flying into trouble with. the police. of the. with the top stories off today on a vis week here with r.t. live from moscow while russia is baking in an unprecedented heat wave with this month already the hottest on record ever but as well as the pleasures of swimming and sunbathing the heat has brought with it people fires smoke and health risks r.t. and has more from the capital of temperature records. the sound they've got it's had on in central russia but it can be wearing much else because it's absolutely baking with the mercury hitting record highs in the in office just goes easy 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 the ceiling area around the it's probably safer alternative to a we were swimming with a green statistics of three hundred drownings this week alone and it doesn't look like russians who haven't read from this furnace anytime soon. this 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 rushes solved in ice cream pretty soon i'm making a fortune but i was in the country having a busy time to the everything over harry kite is a hit this summer when wine shops like this one selling air conditioners and fans have waiting lists that run into english by being 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 feel their warehouses because of the crisis last summer we had rains this year no one was ready for the heat in a situation where norm out 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 with three friends either this canine takes several shows a d. to keep cool it's own or do you feel that that it's stuck with its coat all year round. there's a look you know the poor dog is suffering so much it always comes to sit in my lap said ice hoping i can somehow ease the hit all i can do is pull cold water on it if not only cheers 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 a start 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 at their mark about art. or remind me to never accept a dinner invitation from the talia meanwhile the heat isn't the only natural challenger moscow is dealing with at the moment on tuesday the capitol was hit by a freak hurricane with powerful winds operating trees and torrential rain flooding the streets all in all damage cost the city a million dollars a year old years of warning there may be more hurricanes on the way. while an empty war peace come set up in front of london's a westminster parliament has been removed by dozens of police officers protesters

say their democratic freedoms and a right to free speech are being violated the very things the government said it wanted to protect when they went to war in iraq and afghanistan. 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 i would like to see the body go. on 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 like to see an end to.

sobering stories. for a new 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 it also became a magnet for all sorts of people including anna a teacher who gave up her job and her apartment to join the demonstration but i'm here mostly because i met some good press coverage out here who ran a website 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 advocate our children how much we are conditioned former m.p. and london merril candidates lembit opaque believes that while parliament sitting people should be allowed to make their protest heard within a shot of their m.p.'s cricketer's all about free speech all the 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 but as democracy village is replaced by one. the hoff meta metal fence says the demonstrators are adamant it's no barriers to getting hurt every time so this is of a country step outside the. authorized parameters approaches and they take rather cool nonviolent action. in this power she affects people in all positions of society and that you can achieve just about anything you want or you need a bit of courage. to see it but it won't so now calm is restored to parliament square and the protesters dispersed but that determined people and vow to gather again elsewhere it took sixty bailey some four hours to clear out the ten thousand

the people there were eight states and along with the protest is when the right to free speech according to some they say the government sending a message to democracy keep off the grass you know we're at it's out see. and still to come in the program right here on our getting to the hearts of the hates we speak to the wife of the ultra nationalist gang member who was found guilty following a market bombing but took fourteen lives. i think it's a good idea to build a mosque but i showed just the idea of sort of. why why. verio new york resident asks if ground zero is an appropriate place for a mosque. well and is ready of course has convicted an arab man raped by deception after he lied to an israeli woman he slept with about being jewish but while some say it's justice critics argue it's

a thinly veiled excuse for racism. this jewish jerusalem suburb is surrounded by arab neighborhoods and far from cultivating a culture of tolerance vigilante style jewish patrol groups calling themselves fire for judaism stand watch outside the local shopping mall their mission to prevent arab men mixing with local jewish girls the municipality has created a twenty four hour hotline where parents and friends can phone to rat on jewish girls breaking this to bu a specially trained team of counselors and psychologists is on standby to rescue them at least from war. it's important to save our traditions culture history and identity because without this who are we from my experience we can see that the chances for a healthy relationship between these really jewish woman and an arab man very very low it's because of the great differences between these two cultures. the most recent case involves an arab man who posed as a jewish bachelor

a jewish woman agreed to have sex with him but after she found out he was an arab and not a jew she filed a police complaint the courts took the case so seriously that he's now been convicted of rape by deception and same tools to eighteen months in prison the judge said he had an obligation to protect the public funds of the state of criminals who could no innocent victims but reactions to the verdict differ i think if the women want to do it it's story blog a lot different it's our belief or model because something like this usually do is girls don't know where they're guys. unless it's a choice you know. there should be a choice you didn't leave her choice but in prison is too much of this is the way that this is going to pick these ruining our present arrives that we cannot have relationships that we cannot be just human beings arabs make up a foot of israel's population but relationships between arabs and jews are rare former palestinian minister ziad abu is

a yard says fights break out almost weekly and night clubs and other puppy. paces over the issue it's not religion he says it's racism there are jewish gangs which are against. the relations between jewish jewish men. hunting jewish. those who. are. threatened and forced them to break. in the two years rami where here and kelly been tata have been together they've never been physically threatened he's muslim she's jewish but they're not thinking about leaving israel because they say it's simply too difficult on other levels and when my family found out they were very adamant about cutting me off on every level. for acting as a traitor to everybody and being in a zero inch and making that choice right now israeli parliamentarians are

considering a law it will require perspective israeli citizens to declare loyalty to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be israelis are furious most refuse to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them police here are t. jeff. but we are running down the top stories of this week and of today and it was wednesday that gunman stormed a hydroelectric power plant in southern russia leaving two guards dead and destroying a pair of generators investigators say poor security at the facility made it vulnerable to attack. as of a report from the republic of cover the noble cario. it's been reported that the militants leader victor sure who was behind the storming of this hydro plant in the north caucasus on wednesday morning a group of up to five gunmen forced their way into the. power plant killing two police officers at the entrance members of the sure gang who were reportedly

identified by employees of this station as the attackers although there's been no official confirmation so far the gang detonated four bombs equivalent to ten kilos of t.n.t. the explosions didn't damage the planned day and didn't affect the electricity supply of the region security has been tightened at all the energy facilities across russia. this isn't a sporadic event this is a case of criminal activity and play to negligence law enforcement bodies and companies should do everything in their power to avert any repetition of events like this in the future and if this does happen again none of the law enforcement or company executives will remain in the job so we've seen nothing similar to this before so we must draw the most serious conclusions from all the cupboards in the ballcarrier says less violence than all the nearby north caucasus for a public such as. last mile there were ten attacks on more in force and

officials. in the north caucasus region is seen as one of the most volatile places not only in russia but in the world so authorities across the region are on permanent standby to prevent attacks. our to use night as of our reporting right there where you are with r t it's good to have your company today and there is much more coming your way including all at sea. interested. in white and blue because the city and country celebrates navy day by day out the details of just. the international aids conference held in vienna this week has raised heated debate on treatment for hiv and aids and the role of large pharmaceutical companies skeptics challenging conventional thinking on aids gathered ahead of the event to make their views which they claim are being

ignored by the scientific community. 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 bus against. the t. thousand and ten conference in vienna unveils cutting edge new treatments and so speakers from frontline workers to x. world leaders joining forces with bold cool's zero new infections siri does zero discrimination. says her son. with a. voice. 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 cherry stake hiv positive was amongst after

eleven years an 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.v. 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 and you know then we have ever had before to treat a trophy chemistry answer more power or something they're more tolerable and they're very effective the clash 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. success 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're scientists and medical doctors why should we not be able to discuss i'm very astonished that their reaction is. sometimes so aggressive. despite the pace it seems the one area both 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 there whichever side he fall on it's tilted on it's far too many. here. courthouse delayed its verdict on thirteen people accused of murder and erase hate crimes for the defendants will have to undergo psychiatric tests before the final decision is made the groups accused of ethnically motivated killings and terror plots if found guilty members could face life in jail investigators claim the gang was part of an ultra nationalist movement and for its extremist activities dozens of people killed in the race hate crimes in russia each year. looks at what drives attackers to commit ethnic violence. this self 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 books a love for one home went and our nation of 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 the don't support interest make marriages. or ethnically mixed communities and what are your thoughts about me i'm not russian i'm african american i'm here you're upset that your government gave me a bill what are your thoughts on the must. be doing i believe everyone should live in their own homeland where they belong. armed with this believe and inspired by racists blocking her husband corollary. and two fellow students. market in two thousand and six they targeted because of the number of traders that come from central asia and china the blast killed fourteen attacks against looking people are often brutal and in cases like yours caskey market they are deadly the deeds of

angry mobs pummeling outnumber victims all recorded by racist and then posted on nationalist websites. activists call 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 magnons who kill suffer lions is better than police protection is supposed to believe going to any longer alone they'll work in crowds of people take care of their own safety foresman comes into action after a crime is committed before. 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. . ports across russia countries navy and an annual celebration held on the last sunday of july a display of nautical clout is also under way in ukraine home of russia's black sea fleet with thousands gathering to watch the spectacle let's talk now to r.t. is covering us out of our who is in the port city of sevastopol. hello to you catherine so there are lots of people over that are watch the celebrations in ukraine but tell me what is what's so special about this display. of first of all this is a crime. and of course it's the russian navy but that has been its home for as long as the black sea fleet has existed on the locals here everybody here in the crimea the black sea fleet as part of its history as integrity to them as anything else

and their state is still thousands of people turned out to watch in a day parade here it's a spectacular event this year of course was the first year a first time in over five years that the ukrainian and the russian navy actually participated in preparing the parade and actually taking part in the parade together so a doubly significant event of course thousands of turning up to watch the display and there was quite a things to see military ships gliding by different artillery displays different displays of tactics and techniques that the navy can actually do such as locating underground underwater mines helping those who have been stranded at sea various rescue operations various. military combat techniques were also on display for the crowds there were a great crowd pleaser everybody here screaming and cheering when those combat techniques were on display so a lot of things going on of course concluding everything with the ship that is

actually a fire vessel. that this is sort of like a fire fighter vessel which for this great specifically becomes a floating fountain and the people loved it everybody here was very press crowd cheering everybody very happy and of course it's not just the black sea fleet it's all of russia's navy that is celebrating today all of the fleets across the country are celebrating taking part in parades with people watching them and of course it's not just the parade that's part of the festivities tonight later on there will be magnificent fireworks displays all across the country and here in sevastopol is where our. military. i know that the day is navy day and the celebrations are underway as you say but i wanted to and there's another important date being mocked where you are told us more about that. indeed or each day as. exactly since that day that most of the russian white guard and the

sort that if. it were the russian and the rest of our state had were forced out of the crimea and were forced to run in order to save their lives they were being forced out by the red army and they basically had a chance to stay and possibly lose their lives or just leave their motherland and search for home search for a home and other countries and that is exactly what they did they left the port of sudan and headed for turkey via many different countries and today this because it's the ninetieth anniversary of this very significant event in russian history a ship with all of the relatives of all of those people who left the crimea actually made the same journey but backwards starting from turkey and actually heading back towards us there but it docked here today some of my colleagues were actually on that trip they said it was a very emotional journey saying that in every country they stopped mostly they just visited different churches and cemeteries laying flowers and paying respects to the

loved ones and relatives of all of those who were on that ship so a very significant event a somewhat somber day but of course a hugely significant day for the city here on a big day for national pride indeed aussies are covering a lot of reporting from the ukrainian city all navy day celebrations are taking place thank you. well new york is considering plans to build a mosque at ground zero that's the site where the twin towers once stood but it's left many are asking if this is a fitting spot for a muslim religious center to use very own big hole resident gauge the mood on the streets. 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 by the idea of 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 over the qur'an teaches peace and nonviolence. if the mosque up 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. so maybe building a mosque would help people understand the idea 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 though it doesn't matter all of the emotions that they're pulling out of people it's all about politics whether or 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. what a flying donkey perhaps images of a terrified beast dying linger from a parachute drew the wrath of animal rights activists the world over but i asked him if a kind of york reports despite accusations of cruelty the matter sponsible looks likely to escape punishment you may see that maybe even

a simple fact but between never see thank you. and you probably never would if it wasn't for a seaside p.r. stunt. sitting on the beach or parachute go i couldn't quite figure it out myself or legs nor of my own ice a donkey it was intended to attract only local customers to water sports firm and a russian black sea resort but its effect quickly rippled out across the world levy many worried about the donkeys 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 and with ortiz

also question the water sports 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 the camel and the 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 donkey's good health police dog owner will now even be fined that's for the donkey you'll no doubt be relieved just to have his hoofs firmly back. timothy. and i'll be back in just a moment.

the latest news on the week's top stories from. normally high temperatures a new record in russia but the intense heat is claiming lives as at least three hundred drowned why trying to cool off during this week. keep off the grass. will protesters is forcibly removed from westminster. a sitting target for security is blamed for an attack on a hydro power plant in southern russia which leaves. the wrong breed as.