to. fail the field stress test more in business in twenty minutes. live from moscow this is a very warm welcome to the russia's unprecedented heat wave rages on with friday seeing another record breaking temperatures here in moscow the hot weather has caused the worst drought in years and hundreds of people have drowned in lakes and ponds as they desperately try to cool off but with no immediate end in sight to the high in mercury readings. explains the impact of the heat wave and how people are coping with russia's tropical weather. corkey park here in the center of moscow people are enjoying the heat but that is an exception across the country in the suburbs of moscow today people can smell and see smoke from raging forest fires

very close to moscow itself twenty thousand fires have been recorded this season across russia and they have burned four hundred thousand hectares supposed to be one hundred seventy fires still burning right now with new ones starting all the time and emergency services are struggling to try and bring those under control on four separate days this month the temperature has been the highest it's ever been on that day here in recorded history this winter the past winter was very very cold and it's proving russia's continental climate we are seeing just how powerful our continent climate can be so far three hundred reports just this week. drowned trying to cool off that's one of the effects of some of the other effects twenty three russian regions have actually declared a state of emergency as the drought is so bad they have the promise of literally watching their property die in the fields and drop all their grain on the floor because they just don't have enough water to ripen the great doctors give some

general advice to people don't go out between midday and four pm that's when the sun is hottest high. in the midday sun as it were dogs and englishmen but if you don't have to go out stop to say don't stay in and try and find a cool place drink plenty of water again you know it's easy to forget but you can dehydrate very fast in the heat especially when you're doing exercise people going out playing football matches is not such a good idea at the moment so doctors you can dehydrate very fast and you should try and drink two liters of water a day to try and keep you hydrated my colleague peter all of a prepared a report on what some other people around russia are doing to try and escape the heat. when temperatures soar everyone has to find their own way to. in the sweltering city summer two brothers in moscow have come up with a plan to beat the heat as well as make a bit of cash on the side and the tolly and boris rent out their apartment in the summer months and set up camp on a small island in

a state one kilometer outside of the city center i camped here in one nine hundred sixty s. when i was in my second year at school we came here in a car and we saw the place was vacant we bought a boat right away and brought it here to paradise there's good fishing under you it might seem like a strange choice but it's all perfectly legal anyone can pitch their tent and start their own camp as long as they are based certain rules. our chief concern is to avoid harming nature these people are clean and tidy and don't harm nature but if other people can pitch a tent and start throwing rubbish around they'll have to face punishment. as far as ways to beat the heat goes on a tele and boris have certainly adopted a fairly novel approach but the spike robinson crusoe esque existence they still can't live without some of the creature comforts they go hand in hand with city living the good use of new york we have to t.v. sets two radios and a notebook but no internet at my house in moscow

a six minute ride from here the retired pair have just about all they could need on their thirty meter wide island getaway and if there's anything they want it's only a short trip to the nearest shop wants to take in the boat right to the shore of course heading for some alfresco sleep isn't a new thing for muscovites in the past before the invention of air conditioning many people would sleep in the courtyards of apartment buildings to try and get some respite from the times oppressive heat not many will be willing to go to the same length as boston on the tolly but with temperatures still around the thirty's more people will be looking for ways to stay cool this summer peacher all of the arctic. and we've got some ideas for escaping the sweltering city in the summer this week's edition of moscow out gives you the lowdown on the golden ring which are renowned tourist destinations just outside the capital joining mark now who is for that in just over twenty minutes time right here on r.t. . history various precious icons advantages books from the fourteenth century

onwards but if you think that you know we have a problem reading war and peace because the size. of this amazing how made book imagine this but i'm reading. a ruling by the international court of justice that cause of ours a unilateral declaration of independence from serbia was legal has sparked interest . no controversy over the court did not rule on the legality of course of session the u.s. and many european countries have praised the ruling but moscow says the decision so it's a dangerous precedent and still wants dialogue between serbia and kosovo to resolve their differences the un's highest court in the hague said on thursday that the declaration of sovereignty had not violated any international more belgrade argues

the court only focused on the declaration and said nothing about the legality of course of our as an independent state so if your claims that cause of a session in february two thousand and eight violated its territorial integrity of journalist and historian and the bush of knowledge has a list of a number of reasons why because of a can not be called an independent state. it's pretty much a death sentence for international law this is a textbook case of a clear violation of both the un resolution twelve forty four and all the accepted norms of international law. honestly was expecting a more nuanced decision along the lines of it was illegal but it doesn't matter i quite honestly didn't expect the world court to take such a directly pro-american position to be perfectly honest kosovo is a much independent does manchukuo vichy france was in world war two it's a puppet state it suffers from endemic corruption abuse of power in government

structure can be best described as a organized crime is not a state in any way shape or form just because the u.s. state department says it is a doesn't mean it is a case of course or just a naked land grab and if it's allowed to stand in serbia itself may actually soon fall apart disappear. as a country cannot afford to simply let this slide for the past twenty years there have been wars and conflicts in the balkans stemming from the collapse of yugoslavia and each time there was any sort of dispute the serbs turned out to be on the losing end. and the principles that the so-called international community adopted along the way varied according to the needs of the moment there's no principle here really that can consistently apply over the past twenty years except the serbs always lose and that's clearly not a principle you can build a policy on well needs to wait for the un general assembly vote on the ruling

that's the view of the foreign editor and state television boy. it will be the decision of the general assembly that will change more things than this ruling which isn't unimportant but it says less than we thought it would their facto course of. deciding about their own lives and it is their free will i'm not the spokes person of the government government but what i've heard from from our government seems to me as if serbia does not want to rule over. and decide about their lives all he wants a minimum of sovereignty over that area thirty recognize the sovereignty does not imply serbian right to actually run the daily lives of course of all being aeons and serbia head in the past several different proposals on how to resolve this all of which were very quickly rejected by the big powers except for four for russia

and china and there wasn't much room for for serbia to cooperate or in you go see a. we are approaching the ten minute mark of the hour here in the russian capital you're with r.t. thank you for joining us now milan as the center of opera and fashion it's a fitting setting for talks on cultural ties between russia and italy key on the agenda for dmitri medvedev and silvio berlusconi will be two thousand and eleven as a mutual year of culture to be held in both countries european security russia e.u. and russia nato relations as well as iran and afghanistan to be discussed after the meeting russian president and the italian prime minister are expected to give a news conference which we will cover live. but with the tourist season at its height many beachgoers flocked to the black sea coast for some summer fun but alongside the chic hotels and restaurants one ukrainian resort has a murkier side odessa has become a thriving hub for the sex slave industry as

a strategic port its location makes it a hotspot for human trafficking to learn from the region. reports. it is fun in the sun in the crane in port city offer desa hundreds of thousands come here during the height to recede. but for this woman from central africa it became a living nightmare with her identity concealed she told us how she was turned into a sex life. i met a man who told me he'd marry me and take care of me he brought me here then he locked me in a hotel room some men came every day and raped me sometimes there were three of them at once later the man said he'd sell me to turkey but i managed to find help. she managed to escape from the man who had in slave her now she lives in the under protection program but many young girls here are not as lucky every day ships bring

thousands of tourists in and out of her death but for many of this harbor becomes a point of no return as many sex slaves are being shipped from here to other countries. turkey italy united arab emirates these are some of the most popular destinations for the sex slave trade and it does so with its strategic port serves as the marketplace police talk of fifty cases solved over the last two years but in reality the number of victims from all across the c.i.s. which are being brought here could be a thousand times higher and fighting organized sex trade gangs is very difficult because it's thought some are highly connected with the authorities forensics trade workers use local men to find girls from deprived regions who are struggling to make a living so they're easy prey for these men offer them a new life they promise them jobs abroad and hotels and restaurants but eventually

they end up as sex slaves and are stripped of their passports but. this organization called faith hope love helps sex trade victims to rehabilitate from their terrifying. cost in five years they have offered assistance to more than a thousand women it's still pretty had says it is impossible to keep track of how many sex slaves are out there as most of them are simply afraid to call for help both social workers and authorities admit in the last several years a desa sex trade has slightly diminished but they say while ukraine's economy is in tatters the sex industry will remain as one of the most burning problems for this resort city regardless of the season. see reporting from odessa ukraine. well women's rights are also under the spotlight elsewhere some countries look to ban the full face covering as lama grail in the latest edition of cross talk and his guests discuss whether the burka degrades or empowers women that's

coming up later today in our program but he's a teaser. we need to give them a lesson and be an example of what tolerance really means it means sticking to our principles even if it means accepting something that we ourselves find strange go down and listen to the women i've heard women explain why they were in a car they were in a car because they are taught by an ideology that tells them that they are a precious stone a diamond a piece of candy that must be hidden to prove their worth i am not going to stand up to an ideology that compares me to a piece of candy they also taught that they will burn in hell fire for everyone if any part of their body is shown where is the empowerment in this then the carbon the blood to be degrading and. we have to get all of our intellectual discussion and get down on the ground and see what is happening to these women. well in arizona and you bill the police to stop and search those suspected of being

illegal immigrants is being fought against tooth and nail only days before it comes into effect the us federal government and human rights groups opposed the war saying it violates human rights would lead to racial profiling they filed seven lawsuits against the new bill to keep it from coming into force a judge in the state capital of phoenix has not indicated whether these complaints will be resolved before the law takes effect next week meanwhile our washington d.c. studio sore a clash between human rights activist reverend grayling and radio host attorney cats over this issue in particular. every conversation about the law not being humane is a red herring it should not be discussed it's an embarrassment as be turned seventy years federal law and all the state of arizona is doing is making sure that federal law is enforced the answer start with is to seal the border to quite literally build the fence fifty feet high. and the whole length of the border from san diego

through texas those of us from the civil rights community we see a whole. racial issues that are really come to play in terms of the arizona law that this law is basically going to allow for racial profiling and therefore discriminatory it is true you don't live on the same as a dragon i you don't live on a slide you do not live on the same child or tracks that i live on maybe you live in a privileged situation but the reality is that my god you hate it simply. because they're in the wrong neighborhood people are stopped all the time because they look at different way the rotting away in terms of the eyes of law enforcement is that reasonable cause to stop somebody on it unfortunately it's such a situation for racial profiling and when we look at someplace like does not arizona have created a law that is basically screwed discriminatory in its nature and a happens i didn't create a law and making a two tier citizenship system it's a cop me jumping you're absolutely not first of all let's be clear reverend they

are not citizens they are legal invaders they do not have a right in the village of an absence of the united states of america because they look a certain way they may be citizens but they look a certain way that's the nature of racial profiling the reality is the law is racist the law sets up a dynamic to attack a certain segment of the population and to attack them with absolutely not. we know more about on our website that is r.t. dot com now people in the years hard to reach areas struggle to get proper medical care but the government rather the country's government and international aid organizations have come up with a water based solution artie's charan singh has a joint health mission and reports. welcome to water world this is the mighty brahmaputra river originating in tibbett it enters india and flows on into bangladesh it's the peak of the rainy season and here in the state of assam in northeast india health care arrives by boat for those living in remote villages it

can take three or four days to reach some of the island's. many villages we can go on when the rainy season it's more difficult to get to them during the dry season we have to try to seven kilometers this could take two hours we can't carry all our medical equipment such a long distance one hundred thousand people live in the district of nobody but there is only one functioning medical center no wonder then that the arrival of the book clinic is a big event here the entire village turns out to meet the staff. sixteen year old is pregnant and feels this free check up is a far better option than travelling to the nearest town the book clinic is run by an ngo the center for northeast studies and is funded by the indian government and unicef its main focus is the immunization of children why locals were initially hesitant to get their babies vaccinated mothers know actively supported but there

are limits to what the doctors can do dr hark examines who has been complaining of a pain in his abdomen to diagnose the cause doctor needs an x. ray but for that to loudoun we'll have to go to the city. don't have to show this to the medical center in. how do i do that the poor man and i can't afford the money it costs to go there i'm looking a bit we can deliver babies and do blood tests but we don't have an x.-ray machine so that the patient has to go to the medical center in the city if there's an emergency we have a stern bible that we can use to transport to patients. getting access to health care is never easy any more so during the monsoon when the river problem as much of the land by delivering health care to the doorstep of villagers the book could well mean the difference between life and death got and seeing our d. on the river brahmaputra or what don't you bush will be here in

a few moments with the latest from the world of business for the meantime however let's check out some of the stories making headlines all around the world and at least fourteen people have been killed and many injured when a truck plunged off a steep precipice in a mountainous region of bolivia the vehicle was taking people from a rural village near the capital pasts when it fell down a ravine and exploded emergency workers say rescue efforts have been hampered by the steep location. north korea has warned of a strong response to upcoming u.s. south korean military exercises john yang has said planned military exercises on sunday were an affront to its sovereignty and security the comments came as asian foreign ministers met for regional security for dominated by the isolated states alleged sinking of a south korean warship in march the u.s. has announced new sanctions against pyongyang. and venezuela has a broken diplomatic relations with colombia after bogota are accused of harboring

leftist guerrillas and the venezuelan president has given colombian ambassadors three days to leave the country he's ordered the military to be on high alert and says the neighboring nato could provoke a war between the two nations curious reaction was sparked after the colombian ambassador revealed what he said was evidence so far for rebels inside venezuela charlie says the evidence is bogus. and relief teams working on the oil spill in the gulf of mexico have been ordered to evacuate the area for up to two weeks due to a storm threat tropical storm bonnie that hit the bahamas could reach the site of the slick by saturday b.p. officials say a temporary cap now on the well looks safe enough to leave unmonitored but the evacuation is feared to be a major setback in efforts to plug the well for good. or well the business is next with daniel bush or so daniel are speculators are seeing a chance to raise food prices fortunately yes the government fears they'll use

panic over the drought as a cover the details a little later but first there are four hours to go now to learn if they pulse or fail their stress tests ninety one lenders will be told if they're strong enough to withstand another economic downturn but there's concern that regulators have not set the bar high enough to test weak banks telephonic over reports. if too many banks passed the test it means the test failed that's a widespread suspicion about their segment of europe's biggest lenders the banks have been asked to estimate how much additional capital they would need under to the scenario namely if the economic situation were to deteriorate for two years and is scenario with an additional sovereign shock but analysts question just how realistic the task can be it's very difficult to say partly because we. we don't know what the. scenario is that will be considered of just yet

we know that they'll be considering a mild recession as as perhaps a worst case scenario which which incidentally which i don't think is the worst case scenario. but we don't know how and how greater probability they're going to assign to the risk of sovereign default. so what they do on that front would determine the results too long winded results will be released late friday after the european bourses closed for the weekend which is meant to avoid a panic on already nervous markets but some analysts believe the caution is excessive there's been a number of officials coming out over recent days suggesting that. the banks in respective countries seem to be good shape in that they're going to pass. these stress tests there's been a couple of banks saying that they could possibly fail but perhaps the market already had a good feeling for this those type of failure candidates i think really perhaps is going to line up to be somewhat of a nonevent expectations are the major banks will pass and the biggest problems will

be found and the smallest players which in many cases are not listed and once it's revealed which banks are in need of more capital it's still not clear what happens next that's several conscious have been funds that might be able to be drawn upon their business our team. look at the stock markets european shares a mixed in a trapeze trading session on friday gains in miners are being counted by weakness in financials ahead of those stress test results start the chart is one of the top losers down almost two percent on the footsie with some good news for the british economy which grew one point one percent in the second quarter before this pace in four years. here in moscow is a big day for miners in the us nickel is up almost two and a half. since the government may take a state mitchell is up one in the port of the quarter to profit just two hundred

twenty percent year on year. because looking at announcing an initial public offering on its final business. microsoft has posted record revenues of sixteen billion dollars for the second quarter the software joins revenues just to put twenty two percent year on year excuse me it was three hundred million dollars more than apple posted just a few days ago microsoft credited continued success of its operating system windows seven as well as the recent launch of office twenty ten. goes from gas extraction has fallen to a record low level the first post of the year of proved fairly good but that trend has steadily been reversing whereas in two thousand and nine the company hit a year low point june and then rose this year has seen a continued drop in extraction. the world's top aluminum producer roussel has restarted operations at illumina products in jamaica the facility was put on hold last year due to the economic crisis and falling demand the plant's reopening six

months earlier than expected in a further sign of recovery in the global metals market result revenues rose by about thirty percent in the first quarter to reach more than two point three billion dollars. staying with the sec the russian producers of come in for fierce criticism from the government for their pricing policy consumers such as carmakers struggling to agree long term contracts what they consider to be acceptable rates prime minister vladimir putin is in the city of chile to mediate earlier we discussed this issue with boris crust the year of metals and mining and the renaissance capsule. present mechanisms changed across the globe and they became much more volatile and now we don't have any more one year contracts for example for us to settle on what a monthly basis so companies for the address their procurement mechanisms consumers steel mills also should try to avoid credibility that in the course of direct the international president finally this hour food prices in russia will be controlled

by the government as the drug creates crop sure to juice across the country ahead of top five welcomed the move warning some businessmen will try speculative price rises first that the prime minister viktor zubkov says he set up a commission to stop that. sure those who go for food there are no reasons for food prices to skyrocket right now we have created a subgroup with the tosk of monitoring prices on a daily basis and to check who behaves in what way on the market and whether there is a need to raise prices. first that the prime minister is a bit there's a gulf there trouble called after us meanwhile is harboring again join me in fifteen minutes for the details.

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it's about four thirty pm here in the russian capital you are watching nazi headlines now sweltering in the city moscow reddish those records breaking temperatures on friday the heat wave has caused russia's worst drought in years much as his ministry says three hundred people have drowned this one.