hello this is r t you're watching our news review of the week with me kevin now in russia's been hit by an unprecedented heat wave with this one for already the hottest on record ever but as well as the pleasures of swimming and sunbathing the heat brought with it fires smoke and health risks to artie's nataly novikov has more from the capital of temperature records. the sun may get its head on in central russia but it can be wearing much else because it's absolutely baking with not going to hitting record highs and lows 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 but it's probably safer alternative to a we were swimming with a grim 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 yet but not everyone's feeling the heat rushes soft drink and ice cream pretty serious and making a fortune barbers in the country having a busy time to the everything haricot is a hit the summer online shops like this one selling air conditioners and fans have waiting lists that run into english by going to continue to work with. mobile conditioners sold out within three weeks just as the heat said many moscow based companies fail to perceive this heat and they didn't want to fill their warehouses because of the crisis last summer we had rains this year no one was ready for the heat in a situation where no mounds of money can buy a global fresh air emergency centers are receiving thousands of calls from people suffering from heat stroke and sundering. 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 or treatment they sell them in pharmacies it's far from a dog's life or furry friends either this canine takes several show is a day to keep cool its owner here you feel for his bet that it's stuck with his goat all year round. there's a look at emotions 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 you know what 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 because of 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 of an and i say make omelets at the market art. clever if you can do it looking ahead on the program tonight the grass piece combine to move protestors is forcibly removed from westminster we're reporting on that for you and. i think it's a good idea to build a mosque there like i showed for the world just be afforded to one of the black white biggest. political. parties very own new york resident ground zero is an appropriate place for a mosque. at least twelve suspected militants have been killed in a u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan just hours before another strike in the area left five people dead while the u.s. military plans to increase production of unmanned planes to target the taliban the rising concerns now that this will be two more civilian deaths. the

card out of the blue i have two words for you predator drones. you will never see it coming a drone is ten times cheaper than a fighter jet it requires no pilot so there are no troop deaths to explain it's the perfect weapon for covered cia operations in countries like pakistan and afghanistan if things go wrong you can deny it all and things do go wrong studies by independent international experts suggest that for every militant killed as many as fifteen civilians also die there's no way of getting exact numbers the cia keeps its drones program under wraps but the united nations and other international news agency questioned the legality of the extensive use of the weapon it becomes different when you come to a sort of undeclared war with organizations which. like al qaida or the tali bob

and you go off to push and you say day we suspect we say they are terrorists but who has proven that the person you're actually targeting lot of terrorists. they're not they're not in uniform but humanitarian concerns seem to be doing little to dampen surging international demand for groans also known as unmanned aerial the colts or u.a.e. vs the military appetite is such that the market is expected to grow to a staggering fifty five billion dollars in ten years from now with the advances in technology they depersonalize warfare and so therefore you have people war willing to use them and you have people that don't understand the consequences because the people who are flying the drones are not on the battlefield they're not in the plane they're thousands of miles away and when they cause to structured they don't feel it here in washington d.c.

suburb but cia drone operator wakes up in the morning in the family goodbye comes to the office and shoots a target thousands of miles away from here and go back home and no risk whatsoever specialists say the whole operation reminds of b.t.o. day the question many ask is if it is so easy and convenient will the always empty way to move more in the future if war is cheap why not use the people specially against the smaller countries and organizations touch on a case he will try to shift around with a table with a bit over simon vet saman has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament a monkey's concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot wars demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely

make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency gonna shake on our team washington d.c. . and i'm she wore peace camp set up in front of london's westminster parliament spin removed by dozens of police officers protesters say their democratic freedoms and right to free speech were being violated the very things the government said it wanted to protect when it 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 mass said the demonstrators were making a mess and stopping the public from enjoying parliament square but the protesters insist their crucial message is being muted i would like to see the but.

primarily i would like to see the aggressive foreign policy this government has been pursuing for such a long till going back through. and to see and. 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 i'm here mostly because i met. about the rules of war which covers and showed me how. 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 pay and london mayoral candidates lembit opaque believes that while parliament sitting people should be allowed to make their protest heard within earshot 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 to me is a total contradiction it's anti-democratic but as democracy village is replaced by one. the half meter metal fence says the demonstrators are adamant it's no barriers to getting hurt every time citizens of a country step outside the. authorized parameters of protest and they take radical nonviolent action. in this power she affects people in all positions of society and that you can achieve just about anything you want all you need is a bit of courage and desire to see

a better world for now calm is restored to parliament square and the protesters dispersed but they're determined people and vow to gather again elsewhere it takes sixty day let some four hours to clear out the tents and the people and erect steps beds and along with the protesters when the rights of free speech according to some they say the government sending a message to democracy keep off the grass your enemies out see. coming up in the program getting to the heart of the hate we speak to the wife of an ultra nationalist gang member who was found guilty following a market bomb to fourteen lines. sitting target poor security is blamed for an attack on a hydro power found in southern russia that left today. an israeli court convicted an arab man of rape by deception after he lied to an

israeli woman that he slept with about being jewish but while some say it's justice critics argue would say 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 schools breaking this to boot a specially trained team of counselors and psychologists is on standby to rescue them as a leash more. it's important to save 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 us really jewish woman and an arab man very very low

it's because of the great differences between these two cultures shut up at any of 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 being convicted of rape by deception and same tools to eighteen months and president the judge said he had an obligation to protect the public funds of the state of criminals who could know it 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 arabic or more of a 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 a choice but in prison is too much and this is the way that this conflict is ruining our present a life that we cannot have relationships that we cannot be just human being arabs

make up a fifth of israel's population but relationships between arabs and jews are rare former palestinian minister ziad abu is a yard so his fights break out almost weekly in nightclubs and other puppy. cases of the issues it's not unusual he says it's racism there are jewish gangs which are against. the relations between george. bush men. hunting jewish even even those who can go out. anywhere with. threatened and force them to break their relations with guys in the two years rami who are here and kitty 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 for being an inch and making that choice right now he's made economy into his all consuming no it would require perspective this way the citizens to keep the oil to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be israelis are furious most refuse to swim allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them. on t.v. just a. place in southern russia claimed they killed two militants suspected of attacking a hydroelectric plant on wednesday two security guards were killed gunman stormed the facility and knocked out two generators artie's negros is of a report from the republican county. it's been reported that the militants leaders are the 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 box on 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. security has been tightened at all the energy facilities across russia. this is a sporadic event this is a case of criminal activity blatant 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 since we've seen nothing similar to this before so we must draw the most serious conclusions from all the kabaddi about less violence than other nearby north caucasus republic such as. last mall there were ten attacks on law enforcement officials in. l.a.

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. and moscow court has delayed its verdict on thirteen people accused of murder and race hate crimes for the defendants will have to undergo psychiatric test before the final decisions made the group is 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 old traditionalist movement for a six string respectively take dozens of people killed in race hate crimes in russia every. yes i see stacey bevan is not so what drives attackers to commit ethnic violence you may find some of the images we refer to. this south professed a 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 our homeland and our nation of love for our good pure 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 nick marriages is a war where ethnically mixed communities and what are your thoughts about 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 which armed with this belief and inspired by racist blocking her husband. and two fellow students. the market in two thousand and six they target it because of the number of traders that come from central asia and china a blast killed fourteen attacks against nonce lot of looking people are often brutal

and in cases like yours asking market they are deadly the deeds of angry mob family 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 let 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 kill suffer lines is better than police protection is supposed to believe any longer they're working on the 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 regret and for a cause they both support. r.t. . new york's considering plans to build a mosque at ground zero the site where the twin towers once stood but it's left many asking if this is a fitting spot for a muslim religious center of his very own big apple resident gauge the mood on the street. 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 of sort of. well financial 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 showing 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. so 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 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. well she's patras called for unity in ukraine and offered special prayers for the country to overcome its political and social rifts the head of the russian orthodox church in kiev on the last stop of his ukrainian trip party's electorate jet skis in the capital for us too. head of the russian orthodox church has arrived. for a three day visit which will culminate his weeklong tour across ukraine he's already managed to meet with several officials. we understand in the next couple of days

he's got busy with. temples and churches across as well as holding large meeting a large council of the russian orthodox church in ukraine as well as holding a service dedicated to one thousand and twenty one years since russia adopted christianity. has been to the city. as well as to the crimea where he met. and presented him with the highest award of the russian orthodox church now it's the second visit. since he became the head of the russian orthodox church but last year that sparked many protests and lots of controversy ukrainian nationalists believe that his visit here is a threat to the ukraine and i'd like to remind us that a certain. exists because the russian orthodox church does not control the church in ukraine ukraine has its own orthodox church and ukrainian nationalists believe.

is here. to seize control over. something which of course the head of the russian orthodox church has been refuting organizations run by ukrainian nationalists have been planning protests in the capital so far we've seen no rallies. a rival to one of the cathedrals and they planned. a big rally to be held on tuesday in downtown to protest against. the biggest question is whether these protests will be as. large scale as in july last year one but they have to go with here for the first time that protests managed to gather several thousand people and were indeed large scale in old cities where kids went to especially in the west of ukraine where nationalist movement is the strongest in

all of the country. like sierra cesky reporting for us now this next story generated almost sixty eight thousand hits on you tube channel was it a bird was it a plane one of five none of those it was a donkey and images of a terrified beast dangling from a parachute drew the wrath of animal rights activists the world over but despite accusations of cruelty it seems the man responsible looks likely to escape punishment. you may see that maybe even a super fan but because we never see thank you. and you probably never would if it wasn't for a seaside p.r. stunt. sitting on the beach was your parachute go i couldn't figure it out myself. nor of my own i don't keep it was intended to try to only look at customers to water sports for a russian black sea resort but it's quickly ripple down across the world leaving

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 create 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 animal itself with them but there is also question the watersports company called 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 abandon 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 this report confirming the donkey's good hill police owner

will even find us for the donkey here no del be relieved just to have his hooves firmly planted on the stand timothy archie. have so far they've just taken a look at some of the stories we're covering here next out new ways of touching a child video unveiled an international aids conference in vienna but some layman is nothing more than a pharmaceutical marketing friend. steve kossovo canova is reopened as the un's highest court says midges declaration of independence was legal to get more perspective on bad sad makes it to. and have some indian schools have become battlefields between teachers and children so fierce that my being launched a so that's coming up next back to the present in a couple of minutes we're talking about the ongoing gaza aid issues here on out say this early monday morning the twenty sixth of july good to have you with us.

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