running down the week's highlights on today's news here on r.t. welcome to the program or the unprecedented russian heat wave rages on with this july already the hottest month on record three hundred people have drowned across the country this week alone most believed to be just trying to cool off from the overwhelming conditions and while emergency teams deal with rising cases of heat stroke forecasters say the hot weather is set to stay. has more on the impact of the state. the sound may get its hand on in central russia but it can be wearing much else because it's absolutely baking with a nuclear hitting record highs in the in office just goes east all around the city of ten million looks like a huge beach fountains have turned to bathtubs with people taking every opportunity

to plunge into something cooler than deceiving area around but it's probably safer alternative to a we were swimming with the greens the just six of three hundred drownings this week alone and it doesn't look like russians will have a week from this furnace any time soon because of the various is a serious abnormality the russian weather service has never measured such temperatures in moscow in july according to our calculations it hasn't even reached its peak it but not everyone's feeling the heat russia suffered during an ice cream pretty soon and making a fortune but i was in the country having a busy time to the everything haricot is a hit this summer one line shops like this one selling air conditioners and fans every week the list that run into english might be in a container with. mobile conditioners sold out within three weeks just as the heat set in many moscow based companies fail to perceive this heat and they didn't want to fuel their warehouses because of the crisis last summer we had rains this year now. no one was ready for the heat in

a situation where norm ounce of money can buy you a global fresh air emergency centers are receiving thousands of calls from people suffering from heat stroke and sunburn. people with lung diseases will find it hard of course it'd be better to take them somewhere where there's no smoke another option would be to buy them respect to treatment ask they sell them in pharmacies it's far from a dog's life for thirty friends either this canine takes several shows a day to keep cool it's owner q do you feel as though he's bet that it's fact with his goat all year round. here's a look at the poor dog is suffering so much it always comes to sit on my lap said ice hoping i can somehow ease the hit all i can do is pull cold water on it you know if mother nature is not making people suffer enough she's quite prepared to fru few under fire literally with a tinder dry conditions leading to forest fires some of which have been burning for weeks. the temperatures are going to be up every day it's very tough for us

recently i heard a story about someone frying eggs on the pavement. now that sounds like a challenge when life gives you lemons make lemonade well in this case muscovites have been given one big oven and i say make omelets. that they're not that hard to moscow. well we are always interested in your opinions on the stories we're covering and you can have your say on our website that is our dot com and russian heatwave story is no exception as today we're asking you how do you keep cool in scorching temperatures so far the majority of voters forty nine percent appear to be walking around in just their underwear twenty nine percent are less provocative they prefer to turn on the air conditioner if they've got one of course while fifteen percent stock up on ice cubes and a minority of viewers claim to stick their heads in the fridge so hopefully not for too long we're going to r.t. top com and cast your heat wave vote for the hague's international court

of justice ruled this week the cause of our declaration of independence was legal now it's not a binding decision but that's not stopping some countries from raising their voices the u.s. and many european countries have praised the move but moscow says it won't affect it stands and still wants dialogue between serbia and kosovo belgrade argues the court only focused on the declaration and said nothing about the legality of calls of a as an independent state claims that the succession in february of two thousand and eight violated its territorial integrity and has pledged to step up its diplomatic efforts to stop more countries recognizing cause of journalist and historian no voice of knowledge says the court's decision is unjust. i quite honestly didn't expect the world court to take such are directly pro-american position to be perfectly honest what course always a much independent does manchukuo or vichy france was in world war two it's

a puppet state and it suffers from endemic corruption abuses of power in its government structure can be best described as organized crime it is not a state in any way shape or form just because the us state department says it is it doesn't mean it is. well the hague's opinion on cause a vast reaction from two other states seeking recognition abkhazia and south a set you say the court's decision confirms the double standards of western countries over their right to independence as prime minister sort of says the two republics have more of a right to their own sovereignty than that of course of a. lot of what. the president confirms of people's right to determine their own identity at the same time giving their arguments more weight on the other hand when it's all politicized and we can be sure that 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 cost of

a 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. a moscow court has delayed its verdict on a group accused of murder a neo nazi race hate crime since all psychiatric tests can be carried out on four of the accused thirteen men are standing trial suspected of dozens of ethnically motivated killings and terror plots and if convicted they could face life in jail with dozens of people killed as a result of race hate crimes in russia each year the issue of nationalist violence is now critical artes as they see different reports. list south professed and deeply religious woman is full of hate hate for those who are different hate for immigrants she accuses of occupying disrespecting and contaminating her nation russians she insists are fighting a race war motivated by love. for

a love for our homeland and our nation love for our good people families where people don't just date and then break up but rather they get married in church they don't practice abortions they don't support interesting marriages. or ethnically mixed communities and what are your thoughts and. me i'm not russian i'm african american i'm here are you upset that your government gave me a visa what are your thoughts on that. i believe everyone should live in their own homeland where they belong. armed with this believe and inspired by racists blocking her husband. and two fellow students. market in two thousand and six they target it because of the number of traitors that come from central asia and china a blast killed fourteen attacks against looking people are often brutal and in cases like yours kosky market they are deadly the deeds of angry mobs outnumber victims all recorded by racist and then posted on nationalist websites. activists

called the situation out of control when a local nonprofit crime watchdog group acknowledges it is slowly getting better like you know what needs to started seizing the most odious groups that had been involved in systematic violence and terrorism during the last two years the largest formations in moscow were dispelled and the key activists and murderers detained. she says one thousand people have been killed due to hate crimes in two thousand and ten that's down from fifty for the same time period last year but that map does little to satisfy maggots who feel suffer lions is better than police protection is supposed. to learn there are crowds of people take care of their own safety. comes into action after a crime is committed and. asked for veronica her husband is serving a life sentence for actions neither of them regrets and for a cause they both support. r.t.

. it is ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital we are running down the top stories of the weekend off today and still ahead for you in the program britain's parliament dealt a heavy hand to a nonviolent protest come on it's fun for. you. decked out in the colors of the russian navy with thousands gathering by the waterfront for a spectacular display all the details coming out. of the international aids conference in vienna unfolded there was heated debate over the role of large pharmaceutical companies and established forms of treatment for hiv and aids small minority of skeptics challenging conventional thinking on the aids debate gathered ahead of the event but they believe their views are being ignored by the white house scientific community artie's staff with reports. right here right now a human rights based approach to hiv prevention and treatment and

a coup to the world to continue its fight in the us against. the two thousand and ten conference in vienna unveils cutting edge new treatments and so speakers from frontline workers to x. world leaders joining forces with full cools busier a new infections siri does siri discrimination was horrendous has heard of on the day with a roadside voice heard sorry but not everyone felt they got the chance to speak. now opinions at a separate conference heard a few days before the official event was a group raising questions some of which challenge the fundamental assumptions many people hold about hiv and aids carry stake hiv positive was amongst them after eleven years and eighty to the drug combination therapy she stopped taking the medication after coming across some of the alternative view. it's not that hiv

slash aids is a myth aids obviously is not a myth that's a acronym for immune suppression where people become immune suppressed all over the world every day for all types of different reasons lots of things cause lower immunity and illness. whether h.i.b. has been proven to be a viable infectious virus that sexually transmitted i think is really the bigger question for me this use of polar opposites to some of the calls at the official conference earlier treatment a prevention we also have more drugs will then we have ever had before to treat a trophy and these drugs are more potent there something they're more tolerable and they're very effective the cache of opinions has led to harsh recriminations on both sides with those opposed to classical explanations labeling the conference an aids marketing fair and the description of an aids pandemic a p.r. six that whilst in turn not agreeing with the mainstream hiv theory of aids has

been compared to holocaust denial and called a crime against humanity a science that is alive has to have the permission to question a certain model of thinking serious thinking no you don't bring in here a dying patient so that we have to act immediately and give him something we are discussing here we are scientists and medical doctors why should we not be able to discuss i'm very astonished at their reaction is. so aggressive. despite the debate it seems the one area bay sides do agree on is the importance of human rights in addressing the issue the right to freedom of speech. the right to choose what to believe and ultimately the right to have treatment provided to you if that's what you feel could save your life or right the whichever side he fall on is still to damaged far too many surf as

a piano. investigators say poor security at our power plant in russia's south made it vulnerable to attack a gunman stormed the hydroelectric station. on wednesday leaving two guards dead and destroying two generators it's being reported the militant leader. was behind the storming of the north caucasus power plant the gang detonated four bombs the equivalent to more than ten kilos of t.n.t. this summer has seen a number of attacks in mumbai do you know about the area with more force than officers in june alone. or the side of america's worst terrorism attack could become an islamic center later in the program we ask people in the city where muslim fundamentalists kill thousands in one day what they make of the idea. good idea or the mass there actually i would put the idea of florida.

but. i'm all for it so why do you think that people get so emotional and say the wrong thing to do because i think it is frustrated with their ignorance so they need somebody to blame or something to blame so that's one way to go about it. afghanistan wants to take full control of its future by two thousand and fourteen president karzai is deadline came on tuesday as more than sixty nations and organizations gathered in the capital kabul for the country's biggest international event in decades however britain and pakistan have already said some international forces may remain beyond that date to train afghan police the meeting also focused on reconstructing and developing the water and country as well as fighting corruption and. russia's foreign minister a pledge that moscow will continue to help. we're committed to supporting you in efforts on stabilizing afghanistan we will continue to all. transit of

international cargo and personnel to afghanistan through our territory we're working on additional measures to equip afghan forces together with our partners we're also helping restore the afghan economy this year russia wrote off the remainder of ghana stance debt eight hundred ninety one million u.s. dollars we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance. for the british government has been accused of violating freedom of speech after the police removed a piece come from outside the parliament building in london protesters have been living in tents at the side for over two months rallying against what they call the u.k.'s aggressive foreign policy is a lawyer and that investigates. democracy but only on our terms that seems to be the message coming from the powers that be in the u.k. capital as a peace camp is finally removed from the government's doorstep as dozens of bailiffs and police sweeps to clear out the campaign as london's mayor said the

demonstrators were making a mess and stopping the public from enjoying parliament square but the protesters insisted their crucial message is being muted primarily i would like to see the aggressive foreign policy this government has been pursuing over the book for such a long time going back through many governments and i would look to see an invasion of sobering states. for any reason they've been resident in this focal spot in westminster since just before may's general election mainly calling for an end to the war in afghanistan but adopting other peace causes along the way i'm here mostly because i met some of the press coverage out here who ran a web shop about the rules of war which covers all wars and it showed me how evil wars are within the law and expose to me how unlawful the government is and and then that trickles into almost every other aspect of life and into how we educate our children how much we are conditioned. opaque believes that while

parliament sitting people should be allowed to make their protest heard within a short of their m.p.'s cricketers all about free speech over time we fight wars over free speech and then we start a battle in parliament square against people who are expressing free speech that to me is a total contradiction it's anti-democratic for now calm is restored to parliament square and the protesters dispersed but they're determined people and vowed to gather again elsewhere it took sixteen days left some four hours to clear out the tents and the people and erect this fence and along with the protesters when the right to free speech. they say the government's sending a message to democracy keep off the grass you are at it's. all coming up next hour here on arts he just it's all racism opinions are divided in israel after

a palestinian man was convicted of rape by deception for having sex with a woman while pretending to be jewish. ports across russia marking maybe day major celebration which is held on the last sunday of july every year the display of nautical clout is also big in ukraine where russia's huge black sea fleet is based as thousands gather to watch the parade. reports from seven. crowds cheering waving flags everybody very excited to see all of the specific actions and displays that were put on for the crowds and of course for the dignitaries that came to attend this navy day parade of course it was dedicated to the sixty fifth anniversary of russia's victory in the great patriotic war as you can see i'm wearing a striped shirt those are the colors of the russian navy and almost every second person here and ukrainian city of sevastopol is dressed the exact same way it's

a huge day force of us though because this is where the russian black sea fleet is stationed it's been stationed here since its very creation so for the locals it's as much a part of their history as anything else of course this isn't just all for show the russian black sea fleet is very actively participating in operations such as fighting off parrots off the african coast pacifically somalian pirates and those of the black sea fleet has actually participated in quite a lot of those operations where it has actually been successful in three and vessels that have been taken captured by somali pirates this display isn't just all for show it's an actual display of their skills and their sports are very well received here in the ukrainian city of sanaa still but not only is it russian navy day with the parade going on but also it is the ninetieth anniversary of the departure of from the crimea from this very city save us the opening of a lot of the members of the russian white guard and the so-called russian team

against the russian elite and aristocrats see they were forced to leave the crimea pushed out by the red army they were basically given no choice either to stay and perhaps lose their lives or to leave in this is where their ships set off set sail off for the coast of turkey and today on the nineteenth anniversary of that event many commemorative actions are taking place throughout the city but of course one of the biggest ones is a replica of that ship of those ships exact route. and that's. here today and replicate the exactly that those people in nineteen twenty to commemorate all of those who were forced to leave it is twenty one minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you all with r.t. thank you for joining us let's check out some other stories now making headlines all around the world today and a stampede at the music festival the northern germany has now claimed at least nineteen the organizers declaring the event never be held again more than three hundred forty others were injured as crowds tried to pack into the already crowded

entrance tunnel to the parade and. the event continued as police managers feared a second wave of panic if it was abruptly stopped this year's festival attracted more than a million music fans. cuban state television has released footage of the former leader fidel castro visiting a town outside the capital of ana eighty three year old castro was attending a ceremony to commemorate those who were killed in a failed revolution attempt fifty seven years ago this is the latest in a series of recent public appearances and his first confirmed trip outside castro fell ill in two thousand and six and he disappeared from public view kind of a power to his younger brother. what you might have thought that suggesting a mosque be built at ground zero in new york would have swelled and the muslim sentiments but i was online talk show host laurie hoffman has discovered there's plenty of tolerance in the city where america's worst terror trustee took place.

the city of new york is considering a proposal for the construction of an islamic center and mosque at ground zero do you think this is an appropriate site for a mosque this week let's talk about that i think it's a good idea to build a mosque there go by. the idea sort of. why why. why there's a big problem when people equate islam with nine eleven going after the oklahoma city bombing happened we don't equate you know christianity with that i think it's the qur'an teaches peace and nonviolence. if the mosque holds the traditions of the qur'an i don't have any problem with it i have a problem with anybody blowing up buildings i'm all for it so why do you think some

people get so emotional and say it's the wrong thing to do because i think this is frustrated with their ignorance so they need somebody to blame something to blame so that's like one way to go about it people who are afraid of the unknown they don't understand. that maybe building a mosque would help people understand and the idea is that the way i understand it is actually not just a mosque it's a center for interactivity it's a center for people to meet i believe it's been supported by some rabbis actually i think it's all politics and i think they use in the media to make it an excuse to do what they want to do for the best interests of the politicians it doesn't matter all of the emotions that they're pulling out of people it's all about politics but they're not you support a mosque being built where the twin towers once stood let's just hope that everyone remembers it was cultural intolerance that caused ground zero in the first place.

animal lovers around the world was stunned this week by footage of a power selling donkey in southern russia an entrepreneur struck the animal to a parachute and launched it into the sky as a publicist he stunned but despite accusations of animal cruelty the man looks likely to escape punishment to my fake investigates you may see that maybe even a simple fact that between never see thank you. and you probably never would if it wasn't for a seaside p.r. stunt. sitting on the beach boys your parachute go on you couldn't quite figure it out myself or legs nor of my own a donkey it was intended to attract only local customers to a watersports firm i don't russian black sea resort but its effect quickly ripple down across the world levy many worried about the donkey's feet this animal was

suffering was captured on videos and photographs and the way it spread through the media is really amazing and i think what the public has done is created a demand you know for animals to be treated better and for people to pay attention after a tragedy such an audience the donkey's owner decided he tries handed a different sport running taking the evidence the animal itself with them but there is also question the watersports company involved the police then concentrated all their effort on finding the owner and his donkey like this one there in moscow as you can see is a pretty big fella and difficult to hide. in his haste to leave the donkeys owner abandoned other animals a camel and a horse rumor has it they too may have been skyward bound if it wasn't for their sheer size several days later he turned himself in along with a vet report confirming the donkeys good health police down the owner will now even

be fined for the donkey you'll no doubt be relieved just to have his hooves firmly back on the sand timofey crossing party. all right more news in a few moments just if you will stay with us.

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the latest news on the week's top stories here on r.t. abnormally high temperatures breaking new records in russia but the intense heat is claiming live at least three hundred drown trying to cool off during the past week . the u.s. court says. independence is legal in several countries claim the ruling is a political display of double standards. international aids conference talks old medical breakthroughs but critics label it a pharmaceutical marketing fad with drugs. over treatment. for a while those were the headlines the time now for our special.