of parasailing donkey. this is r t you're watching our news review of the week with me kevin o. and welcome the unprecedented heat wave hitting russia continues to rage on with july already the hottest month on record them while emergency teams deal with rising cases of heat stroke forecasters say the hot weather is set to stay. the sun may get its head on in central russia but it can't be wearing much else because it's absolutely baking with the mercury hitting record highs and lows and 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 have a break 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 but not everyone is feeling the heat rushes some drink in ice cream pretty soon and making a fortune but i was in the country having a busy time the everything haricot is a hits this summer online shops like this one selling air conditioners and fans have waiting lists that run into english. mobile conditioners sold out within three weeks just as the good 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 rain 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 sunday. people with lung diseases will find it hard of course it be better to take them somewhere where there's no smoke another option would be to buy them treatment they sell them in pharmacies. it's five dollars life or three friends either this canine takes several show is a day to keep cool if owner few theories that that effect when it goes all year round. here's a look at the poor dog is suffering so much you know god always comes to see. in my lap said eyes open i can see. all i can do is pull cold water on it deal with it model me choose not making people suffer enough she might be here to proof you under fire literally with a tinder dry conditions leading to food is the fires which coming during two weeks . or temperatures are going to be up every day it's very. recently i heard

a story about someone throwing eggs on the pavement. now this 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 omelet. so high temperatures of detroit just warning of possible hurricane indeed last choose day of the capital was hit by one with powerful winds up rooting trees and renshaw rain flooding the streets all and all the damage cost the city of million dollars forecasters are warning that may be where hurricane is on the way. over i was interested in your opinions on the stories we're covering and you can have your say on our website at a time without t.v. dot com and the russian he weighs stories no exception today we're asking how you keep cool in scorching temperatures let's take a look so far since fifty percent fifty one percent of the majority of people walking around just your underwear thanks for that twenty nine percent less provocative you prefer to turn on the air conditioner if you've got one of course

while fourteen percent stuck up on ice cubes the minority of viewers tell us you're sticking your heads in the fridge. for not too long what's your opinion. hague's international court of justice ruled this week that kosovo's declaration of independence was legal it's not a binding decision but that's not stopping some countries from raising their voices the u.s. and many european countries praised the move moscow says it won't affect its stance and still wants dialogue between serbia and possible great argues the court only focused on the declaration and said nothing about the legality kosovo is an independent state serbia claims that the secession in february two thousand and eight violated its territory technically and has pledged to step up its diplomatic efforts to stop more countries recognizing possible journalist in the story in a bush says the court's decision is unjust. 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 i honestly was expecting a more nuanced decision along the lines of it was illegal but it doesn't matter i quite honestly didn't expect the world court to take such a directly pro-american position to be perfectly honest kosovo is a much independent does manchukuo order vichy france was in world war two it's a puppet state it suffers from endemic corruption abuses of power in its government structure can be best described as organized crime is not a state in any way shape or form just because the u.s. state department says that is it doesn't mean it is begs opinion on kosovo spoke reaction from two other states seeking world wide recognition of cars here in south the settee as say the court's decision confirms the double standards of western

countries over their right to independence causes problems so certain schanberg says the two republics of more of a right to their own sovereignty than kosovo. the word of. the president confirms a people's right to determine their own identity at the same time giving our arguments more weight on the other hand it's all politicized and we can't 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. this is our take plenty more ahead this hour cable for grass find out why hundreds of protesters have been banned from parliament square in the u.k. . first at least five suspected militants have been

killed and four wounded after a u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan it follows saturday's attack on a militant compound in the same area that killed sixteen despite concerns the aircrafts are causing more and more civilian casualties the u.s. military plans to increase their production to target the taliban. big 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 police agency question 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 alitalia 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 there are thousands of miles away and when they cause to structured they don't feel it here in washington d.c. suffering but cia drone operator wakes up in the morning 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 to wait to move more in the future if war is cheap why not use the people specially against the smaller countries and organizations touch on the issue will try to ship it out with a cable 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 so why killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh again. r t washington d.c. . and he will piece in front of london's westminster parliament being removed by dozens of police officers protesters claim the democratic freedoms and right to free speech are being violated the very things the government said it wanted to defend 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 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 insist their crucial message is being meted out to see. the aggressive foreign policy this government has been pursuing for such a long time going. to see. 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 a teacher who gave up her job and her apartment to join the demonstration i'm here

mostly because i met something. about the laws of war which covers. me. 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 former m.p. and london mayoral candidates lembit opaque believes that while parliament sitting people should be allowed to make their protest her. within earshot of their m.p.'s kryten goes 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 and a half metre metal fences 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 the 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 a less than four hours to clear out the tents and the people and erect their beds and along with the protesters when the right to free speech according to some they say the government's sending a message to democracy keep off the grass your enemies london. you're watching our news through the week coming up shortly the boy who allegedly suffered so much corporal punishment in schools he took his own life.

police in southern russia claim they've killed two militants suspected of attacking a hydroelectric plant on wednesday two security guards were killed when gunmen stormed the facility and two generators are of the reports from the republic of. it's been reported that the militants leaders are 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 surest 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 isn't a sporadic event this is a case of criminal activity and 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 body of the bulk idea says less violence than are the nearby north caucasus republic such as. last mall there were ten attacks on law enforcement 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. the international aids conference held in vienna pointed to the need for increased resources to fight in the role of pharmaceutical companies skeptics

challenging conventional thinking on aids gathered ahead of the event to get their views which they claim being ignored by the scientific community. right 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 aids the two thousand and ten conference in vienna unveils cutting edge new treatments and so speakers from front line workers to x. world leaders joining forces the fold cools the zero new infections zero day and zero discrimination with forensic pain i've heard most of the day without her why did that voice. but not everyone felt they got the chance to speak. voicing their opinions at a separate conference held a few days before the official event was a quote raising questions some of which challenge the fundamental assumptions many people hold about d.n.a.

tests carry stake hiv positive was amongst them after levon years and eighty to the drug combination therapy she stopped taking the medication after coming across some of the alternative theories it's not that hiv slash aids is a myth aids obviously is not a mess that's an 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 lowered immunity and illness. whether it 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 causes the official conference so early a treatment a prevention we also pay out more drugs will then we have ever had before to treat a trophy and these drugs are more potent they're something more they're more tolerable and they're very effective the cash 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 the p.r. success must 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 a certain serious thinking you know 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 that the reaction is. time so aggressive. the first thing they feel is one area they say to do is the importance of human rights really just an 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 right there which at the psyche is still to done it's a mini. piano. cover makes the barry to a murderer we speak to the wife of no internationalists gang member who's found guilty following a market bombing plain fourteen lines and also ahead. i think it's a good idea they didn't ask them to like i showed the honesty authority to work on actual life why they could say that i could pull shabab out of arties very own new york resident dawson grimes is appropriate place for a mosque. in india the recent suicide of a thirteen year old boy is said to have taken his life after being repeatedly candid schools reopen the debate about corporal punishment although outlawed the

practice is still widely used but the cases sparked anger from parents who are demanding criminal charges for teachers beat their pupils. this is one of india's worst kept secrets the prevalence of corporal punishment in schools but the recent suicide of thirteen year old who won rival has brought the practice out into the open a student at the prestigious law marking their four boys school in kolkata hanged himself at home earlier this year after being gained at school after spending months juicing the school for answers his father has filed a police complaint against the three teachers he says were involved i think that they were after him for a long while and i think he was so long as he was giving them individual. that being if i may use the word he was able to take it but when they all descended on him at the same time that day i don't think. i don't think his young mind could

handle that much animosity. and humiliation and elimination from his friends the school's principal has admitted gaining ranjeet but says this was not responsible for his will say the case has set off a public outcry largely because it occurred in one of india's and most elite schools but most cases of corporal punishment take place in government run schools and go largely unrecorded ten year old mounties often beaten when he doesn't complete his homework on time. and not the teacher and tries to teach us that when we don't learn she hates us and sometimes cry when i see it in the child with the state clearly doesn't solve any purpose one either the child would become too used to this kind of a punishment and the effect would go off or else the child who's very sensitive and anxious by predisposition would feel very very vulnerable a supreme court judgment in two thousand prohibited corporal punishment in early

its forms in india but i don't have it die hard many teachers and even some parents still believe in the need for discipline we don't want to hit them but we get angry sometimes because we're taking so much effort to teach them so sometimes we are forced to hit them with or fifty children in their class teachers often resort to beating them to control their large numbers you hear words like or phrases like it's a theatre of war out there. teachers are sometimes frightened to go into class because there is such a lack of respect and. it's very hard to let an inverted commas control the class or discipline but for one loving father there can be no arguments about corporal punishment there's a law against it there's no debate if you let people hit your kids there will be a monster who will take out his frustrations on your child and you will not be able

to save your child it's not open to discussion nobody has the church nobody you god gave them to us to love not for some guy to beat them up one father's crusade for justice is bringing the spotlight on to corporal punishment which is illegal but still common in indian schools one wonders how many more children will have to suffer before more humane methods of disciplining them are enforced gotten thing r.t. nearly now in the week was the bird was the plane when in fact it was none of those it was a donkey and images of the poor terrified bees dangling from a parachute through the wrath of animal rights activists the world over but despite accusations of cruelty the man responsible looks likely to escape punishment. you know to see how maybe even a simple fact that bitch may never see thank you. and probably never would if it wasn't for a seaside p.r.

stunt. sitting on the beach boys your parachute go i couldn't quite figure it out myself or legs nor of my own eyes don't keep it was intended to attract only local customers to water sports for i don't russian black sea resort but it's quickly rippled out 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 the animal itself wouldn't with ortiz 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

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 a long will the vet's report confirming the donkey's good hill billies dug owner will even find that for the donkey you'll know del be relieved just to have his troops firmly back on the stand timothy cross who. monday morning the twenty six of july just ahead we meet the man at the center of the cold war race a space that's come up in a few minutes here on. a

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is our team's review of the week the latest news and the top stories in the past seven days and normally high temperatures break new records here in russia but the intense heat is claiming lives as at least three hundred drowned trying to cool off this week and. the un's high school says kosovo's independence is legal but several countries claim the ruling as a political display of double standards. indiscriminate aerial killers sales may be grooming for u.s. drones but activists are worried claiming the machines will create more problems than it still may. be and this international aids conference talks of medical breakthroughs with critics label it a pharmaceutical lobby using fair.