just one to go to regulate to stress europe's banks with their ratings join me for more in twenty minutes in the business. it is seven o'clock on a friday night here in moscow here with our welcome to the program where russia's unprecedented heat wave rages on with friday seeing another record breaking temperatures set 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 well with no immediate end in sight to the high mercury readings. and 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 we

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 new ones keep 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 as this winter the past winter was very very cold and it's proving russia's continental climates we are seeing just how powerful our climate can be so far three hundred reports just this week have 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 i am out here in the midday sun as it were my 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 say 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 i've come up with a plan to beat the heat as well as make a bit of cash on the site 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 it's not that elusive i shift 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 firing rubbish around they'll have to face punishment as far as ways to be there he goes on the telly 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 and that's good use of we have to t.v. sets two radios and a notebook but no internet and my house is 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 once they've taken 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 respirator from the times oppressive heat not many would 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 peter all of the arctic. reporting there on russia's record heat wave. well we've got some ideas for escaping the sweltering city in the summer this week's edition of moscow and gives you the lowdown on the golden ring which is where we're now and tourist destinations are situated just outside the capitol join

us for that next hour right here on r.t. . three various issues icons and religious books from the fourteenth century onwards but if you think that you don't have a problem reading war and peace because it's. this amazing. book imagine this a bedtime reading. well the ruling by the international court of justice because of a unilateral declaration of independence from serbia it was legal has sparked international controversy over the court did not rule on the legality of kosovo as a breakaway from serbia the u.s. and many european countries have praised the decision although it is non-binding

but moscow says it sets 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 you have not violated any international law however belgrade argues the court only focused on the declaration and said nothing about the legality as an independent state so your claims that succession in february of two thousand and eight violated its territorial integrity journalist and historian . says there are several reasons why because of iraq and not be called an independent state. it's pretty much a death sentence for international law this is a textbook case of. clear violation of both the un resolution twelve forty four and . all the accepted norms of international law on asli 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 order vichy france was in world war two it's a puppet state it suffers from endemic corruption abuse of power its government structure can be best described as a organized crime it is not a state in any way shape or form just because the us state department says it is a doesn't mean it is a case of course it was just a naked land grab and if it's allowed to stand and serbia itself may actually soon fall apart disappear serbia 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. opinion on because of. reaction from two other states seeking recognition. and south ossetia say the move confirms their right to independence they hope the decision pushed other countries to follow the example of russia and a number of other states which recognize them for the georgian of two thousand and eight years of communist sort of says these republicans have more of a right to independence than that of course. but there's very little the president confirms the people's right to determine their own identity at the same time giving their arguments more weight on the other hand it's all politicized and we cannot be sure. if we went to the hague we would get a similar ruling we probably wouldn't in spite of the fact that we have more historical legal and moral grounds to demand independence than kosovo double standards do exist it's not a secret to anyone in any case people who object to our independence will now find

it difficult to openly claim that we don't have the right to determine our own standing. it is nearly ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you are with r.t. and with the tourist season at its height many beachgoers are flocking to the black sea coast for some summer fun but alongside the hotels and restaurants one ukrainian resort has 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 and from the region. reports. it is fun in the sun in the ukraine in port city offer desa hundreds of thousands come here during the height to receive. 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 been slaves now she lives in the dust under the protection program but many young girls here are not as lucky every day ships bring thousands of tourists in and out of a 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. so with its strategic port serves as the market place 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 or for in sex traders use local men to find girls from to break regions who are struggling to make a living so they're easy to create these men over there when you live they promised them jobs abroad in hotels and restaurants but eventually they end up as six slaves in a stripped of their passports. this organization called faith hope love helps sex trade victims to rehabilitate from their terrifying past 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 there 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 alexi rush of ski r.t. reporting from address ukraine women's rights are also one of the spotlight elsewhere some countries look to ban the full face covering islamic veil in the latest edition of cross talk people of eleanor's guests discuss whether the burka degrades or empowers women that's coming up in just over fifteen minutes time and it's a small taste of what's to come. 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 the 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 forever if any

part of their body is shown where is the empowerment in this then the carbon are to be degrading and dehumanizing we have to get off our intellectual discussion and get down on the ground and see what is happening to these women. as the center of fashion is a fitting scene for talks on cultural ties between russia and italy dmitri medvedev and so if your brothers kone talked about two thousand and eleven as a mutual year of culture to be held in both countries. has been followed in the talks in the italian city. well it's really hard here in milan the atmosphere of the meeting was warm as well but a new school and he started opening opened the press conference with the words let's together greet our dear friend dmitri medvedev who is back well indeed relations between the two and russia could be described as

a privileged relationship and it seems that very of has taken the lead from his predecessor vladimir putin to treat berlusconi not just as a partner but as a true friend and is the third time the two have much in the last eight months the last time their match was during the g. eight and g. twenty summits today they discussed the outcome of those gatherings seem particular such international issues as the iranian nuclear program situation in afghanistan and the reform of the u.n. which they both said was needed well simmer a little scorn indeed tried hard to create a proper refined zone beyond all these high ranking meeting he walked around he invited me for a walk around the sixteenth century cathedral they do your tea palace where the meeting took place later they will visit legend read warm with the symbol of this city and it took five centuries to complete this cathedral one of the biggest cathedrals in the world well to build russia's cozy relationship special

relationship with the to the also took time and it's the time we know that berlusconi frequently has personally lobbied on russia's behalf in the european union and it will be interesting to see whether he's authority now will be enough to push through such important deals as the new european security treaty all girls school and i mean very. talking about how the economic situation has been improving after the crisis the trade turnover grew forty one percent in four months this year and reached twelve billion dollars but with that it turned to berlusconi for a helping hand he said he wanted italian businesses to. help morton as russia's a corner me current biggest headache of the russian president berlusconi he telling businesses would eagerly do that but the biggest obstacle so far has been kristie.

reporting from milan about personal. visit to that city earlier in the day. for people in india is hard to reach areas struggle to get proper medical care but the country's government and international aid organizations have come up with a water based solution he is counseling reports on this health mission. wellcome to water world this is the mighty brahmaputra river originating in debate 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. writes by boat for those living in remote villages it can take three or four days to reach some of the islands. there are 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 checkup is a far better option than traveling 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 course doctor needs an x. ray but for that to load in will have to go to the city. the doctor said i will have to show this to the medical center in. how do i do that the poor man

and we can't afford the money it costs to go there and look at it we can deliver babies and do blood tests but we don't have an x.-ray machine so for that the patient has to go to the medical center in the city if there's an emergency we have a stun bible that we can use to transport the patients. getting access to health care is never easy and more so during the monsoon when the river promise covers 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 r g on the obama. it's about twenty minutes past the hour now here in moscow you with r.t. let's get to some other stories now 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 mountainous region of bolivia if you will was taking passengers from a rural village near the capital of paths where 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 the planned training on sunday were an affront to its sovereignty and security the comments came as asian foreign ministers met at a regional security forum dominated by the isolated states alleged sinking of a south korean warship in march the u.s. has announced new sanctions against pyongyang. china is battling to contain its worst ever oil spill on the country's northern coast authorities fear major long term damage to the environment and the economy of the region the accident happened friday after two pipelines exploded triggering an intense blaze that burned throughout the weekend emergency workers are reported to have been unprepared using gloves plastic bags and straw mats in the cleanup effort. now believe it or not but one woman in georgia is claiming that her cat has defied science she says that her

movie has given birth to a puppy in a labor that lasted two days while they are not fighting like cats and dogs just yet today she says their pups tails and ears take after its mother while the rest of the body is fully canine so it has not ruled out radiation as the recently but say that any cross species encounter was likely cause. well the glamorous redhead at the center of the spy swap deal between moscow and washington is getting more and more popular in the united states one american company has capitalized on this by making the chapman goal customers can choose from called predator and the spy i could love each is available for purchase online for around thirty dollars but chapman herself will not benefit from the sale was due to the conditions of her release from arrest the twenty eight year old had earlier refused to roll offer to her in an adult movie. i will die no less next

with all the business news stay with us just a moment. for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. every month we give you the future we'll do you understand how we'll get there and. the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us for technology update on r g. welcome to business president medvedev. economic growth forecast for this year that's a news conference with italian prime minister silvio berlusconi this afternoon the

president suggested that g.d.p. would rise by nearly five percent in twenty ten last month the government was still predicting a growth rate of four percent. this year the russian economy will grow by almost five percent which seems to be very good after the crisis however it is still not the growth we need them food prices in russia will be controlled by the government as the worst drought for decades creates crop shortages across the country ahead of top five welcome the move warning some businessmen would try speculative price rises first deputy prime minister victors of course says he set up a commission to stop that. sure. there are no reasons to food prices to sky rocket right now we have created a subgroup with the task 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. quick look at the stock markets now european shares are mixed

in a tropi trading session on friday again the miners are being counted by weakness in financials ahead of the stress test results on european banks but good news for the british economy which grew one point one percent in the second quarter the fourth to space in four years. here in moscow it's been a big day for miners north nickel is up almost two and a half percent of reports the government may take a stake one and a quarter of the quarter to profit jumped two hundred twenty percent year on year. is looking at announcing an initial public offering on its final business. wall street meanwhile is mixed in the morning there of the second quarter profit online retailer amazon grew forty five percent but short of expectations its shares are down more than eight percent on the nasdaq food chain mcdonald's its top loser on the dow down one point six percent disappoint a twelve percent jump in quarter to earnings. russian markets a good week on the back of generally better than expected corporate earnings and

lower risk perception of the looming e.u. banking stress tests are keeping investors cautious to discuss this week's market movements i'm now joined by caribbean called ski from uni credit securities crew thanks for joining us we thought the stress test would bear all but now it seems that won't be the case that evening yes apparently from what we've heard the ceiling actually just before landing in the session and russian actually in london the stress test will be released and actually they will have a mass information and apparently the market was expecting initially so from what we know in about an hour was seeing more information but definitely disappointed to . a lot of traders and i think market did took a bit of a dive towards the end of the session. nickel meanwhile is a bit of a power struggle between some of roche russia's richest men it's now taking a twist yeah absolutely after such a long conflict between the shareholders and we now see there is a big a bit of a twist with some of government officials stating that perhaps the state could take

up a stake in in russian and you could produce or which is very an unexpected move it's not fully confirmed even so it's stated but we don't know the that part of the situation of the deal and say that the mechanics of the deal it could be cash or could be a stake swap a bit early to say anything on this but it definitely creates a lot of rumors and i think it will it did create a lot of short positions that were open as a result of that because states coming into ordinary school might not be viewed or it definitely is not viewed as immediately a positive thing so we could say that it's only has president lot of volatility in the stock throughout the day i think it's still ended up causing in the losses. but i think it's mainly due to the general market feeling talking about the second quarter earnings across the world what are you looking for next week i think is not really that makes the world we still see most of the earnings beating on

a top line and bottom line figures economics nice are coming out especially to us and today we've seen and u.d.p. figure out of u.k. again beating consensus this really creates a lot of positive momentum to the market so i think it could very easily could continue next week even so we have a bit of a choppy end of the week with a bit of a profit taking and some of the things that we've seen with stress that's from he says but next week we'll have more economic from us which is new home sales and some of the consumer confidence which i think for when we could could definitely pick up market a bit higher thank you very much of uni credit next hour we'll be going live to a bank in london for the first stress test reaction join us for that.

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liddle . is. friday night and welcome to the program this is. sweltering in the city. breaking temperatures on a friday the heat wave has course russia's worst drought in years and the emergencies ministry says three hundred people.