these are the tail of the parasailing. you're watching our team broadcasting live from moscow three in the morning here it's good to have you with us now the unprecedented heat wave hitting russia continues to rage on july already the hottest month on record while emergency teams deal with the 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 be wearing much else because it's absolutely baking with a nuclear hitting record highs and lows 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 the ceiling area around but it's probably

safer alternative to a we were swim 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 it but not everyone's feeling the heat rushes soft drink and ice cream pretty soon and making a fortune barbers 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 have a waiting list that run into all this by going to continue 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 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 treat mask they sell them in pharmacies it's far from a dog's life or a furry friends either this canine takes several showers a day to keep cool it's owner q do you feel for his bet that it's fact with his goat all year round. the poor dog is suffering so much it always comes to see. in my lap. all i can do is pull cold water on it if not only cheers not making people suffer enough she's quite prepared to proof you 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 of an and i say make omelets but they're not artsy. high temperatures have a meteorologists warning of possible here it came on tuesday the capitol was hit by one powerful winds uprooted trees and to eventual rain flooding the streets all and all the damage cost the city a million dollars and forecasters are warning there may be more canes on the way we're always interested in your opinions on the stories we're covering and you can have your say on our web site that's r t dot com. and the russian heat wave story is no exception as today we're asking how you keep cool in a scorching temperatures so far the majority of voters fifty two percent of you appears to be walking around in just your underwear twenty eight percent are less

provocative and they prefer to turn on the air conditioner if they've got one of course while fourteen percent stock up on ice cubes and a minority of viewers claim to stick their heads in the fridge that offer too long i hope so what's your opinion log on to our team dot com and cast your vote. the hague's international court of justice ruled this week that cost of those 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 but moscow says it won't affect its stance and still wants dialogue between the serbia and kosovo belgrade argues the court only focused on the declaration and said nothing about the legality of kossovo as an independent state so the claims that this is session in two thousand and eight by later its territorial integrity and us pledge to step up its

diplomatic efforts to stop more countries from recognizing kossovo journalist and historian abortion of knowledge 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. honestly was expecting a more nuanced decision along the lines of it was illegal but it doesn't matter quite honestly didn't expect the world court to take such are directly pro-american position to be perfectly honest course i'm always a much independent does month to quarter vichy france was in world war two it's a puppet state it suffers from and democrat ssion abuses of power is its government structure can be best described as a organized crime is not a state in any way shape or form just because the us state department says it is a doesn't mean it is. the hague's opinion on kossovo sparked reaction from two

other states seeking world wide recognition and south a second to say the court's decision confirms the double standards of western countries over their right to independence of qazi as prime minister sergei shamba says that to a publics have more of a right to their own sovereignty than kossovo. a little work but the president confirms a people's right to determine their own identity at the same time giving their arguments more weight on the other hand it's all politicized and we 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 costs about 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. here with our team and plenty more still ahead keep off the grass find

out why hundreds of protesters have been banned from parliament square. now at least five suspected militants have been killed and four wounded after a u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan this follow saturday's attack on a militant compound in the same area that killed sixteen now despite concerns the unmanned aircraft are causing more and more civilian casualties the u.s. military plans to increase their production to target the taliban. the car out of the blue 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 organizations 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 or the collar bomb 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 are terrorists. they're not they're not in uniform but humanitarian concerns seem to be doing little to dampen surging international demand for drones also known as unmanned aerial the calls 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 drones are not on the battlefield they're not in the plane they're thousands of miles away and when they cause to structure they don't feel it here in washington d.c. suburb but ya a drone operator wakes up in the morning the family guy comes to the office and shoot the target thousands of miles away from here and go back home no risk or forward please save the whole operation remind the media ok the question many ask is if it is so easy and convenient with our m.p. . in the future if war was cheap why not use that bit more special against the smaller countries and organizations stretch it out

a case you would try to sit around with a cable which would pull it over simon vets' him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot morris 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 rather than quelling insurgency ganesh i can. r t washington d.c. . and then to you war peace camp set up in front of london's westminster parliament has been removed by dozens of police officers protesters claim their democratic freedoms and a 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 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 insist their crucial message is being muted i would like to see. more primarily i would like to see the aggressive foreign policy that this government has been pursuing over the course was such a long till going back through many go moves. to see. sobering stories. 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 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 him he will prescribe it out here he ran a web shop about the laws of war which covers all wars and it showed me how our legal rules are within the law and expose to me how. awful 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 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 about jimmy is a total contradiction it's anti-democratic but as democracy village is replaced by

one. the half meter metal fences the demonstrators are adamant it's no barriers to getting hurt every time citizens 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 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 took sixty bailey some four hours to clear out the ten thousand people and erect this fence 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 not see london. you're watching our news review of the weekend coming up shortly pride of the black sea thousands take to the streets of sevastopol for russian media day. now 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 knocked out two generators are these neda as is of our reports from the republic of korea. it's been reported that the militants leader the 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 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 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. company executives will remain in the job we've seen nothing similar to this before so we must draw the most serious conclusions from all the coverage in the balkans says less violence than are the nearby north caucasus republic such as. last mall there were ten attacks all more in force and officials in ca but if you know 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 ports across russia are honoring the concrete maybe in a major annual celebration held on the last sunday of july a display of nautical clout is also under way in ukraine the home of russia's black sea fleet with thousands gathering to watch the spectacle artie's got there you know as a lot of is there. this is the ukrainian city of sevastopol and of course it's the russian navy but this has been its home for as long as the the black sea fleet has existed and the locals here everybody here in the crimea viz that black sea fleet as part of its history as integrity to them as anything else concerning their city so thousands of people turned out to watch the navy day parade each year it's a spectacular event this year of course was the first year a first time in for 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 sum of 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 they 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 it was very a press crowd cheering everybody very happy 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 they will be magnificent fireworks displays all across the country and here inside us the bill as well. and coming up next hour for you here on r t mosques in manhattan. i think it's a good idea to build a mosque there and why. do you. why one. party's very own new york resident asks if ground zero is an appropriate place for . the international aids conference held in vienna pointed out to the need for increased resources to fight hiv and the

role of pharmaceutical companies skeptics challenging conventional thinking on aids gathered ahead of the event to get their views heard 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 us against. the two thousand and ten conference in vienna unveiled cutting edge new treatments and so speakers from frontline workers to x. world leaders joining forces with bold cool's physio new infections siri does and zero discrimination was horrendous has been her. way with a roadside did that voice. but not everyone felt they got the chance to speak. their 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 the 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 hades 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 these use of polar opposites to some of the calls at the official conference for earlier treatment a prevention we also have more drug sales then we have ever had before to trade

a trophy to mr hunter more power or something or more tolerable than the very fact 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 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're discussing here we're scientists and medical doctors why should we not be able to discuss i'm very astonished that their reaction is. some requests and. despite the debate it seems the one area both sides do agree on is the importance of human

rights and interests in 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 right there which. is still to damaged far too many sasha arcee vienna. with the russian american spy story just reaching its conclusion it's a timely moment for a big screen version hollywood star angelina jolie has in moscow for the premier of her latest movie salt. i think the film the film is very very different i suppose in some way but but you know i'm very i'm very i'm somebody who's a little political so i love positive relationships between america and russia and all the good things so so i didn't focus too much on the scandal except i thought it was handled really well by our presidents and kind of very quickly in the movie plays a cia agent who is accused of working with the russian secret services the actress

has been to moscow before but this is the first saw her children are here with her head of the premier crowds who wronged outside the cinema despite the temperatures hitting record highs as we were reporting a little earlier. now was it a bird or was it a plane while in fact it was a donkey and images of the terrified beast dangling from a parachute through the rock about animal rights activists the world over but despite accusations of cruelty the man responsible looks likely to escape punishment. to see that maybe even a super bowl but i bet you 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 quite figure it out myself four legs. a donkey it was intended to attract only local

customers to a watersports firm not a 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 attraction is such an audience the owner decided he tries handed a different sport running to the evidence the animal itself with them 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 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 vets report confirming the donkey's good health police dog 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 timothy cross soup archie and looking ahead tonight they are the undisputed stars of any aquarium lucky enough to have them they are smart cute and incredibly friendly and join us as we set sail to the sea of all hot ski of the north of russia to discover more about the elusive beluga whale. engine sailors call it the sea canary due to its wind pitch twitter. this morning now on this highly communicative. want to find a slate and no one do can determine which. in its. own marketing. and that is just in a few minutes a stay tuned on r.t.e.

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you're watching our do you broadcasting live from moscow and here are the latest news on the week's top stories sky high temperatures a break in new records in russia and claimed lives have these new hundred drowned this week trying to walk. the international court of justice rules call suppose unilateral declaration of independence from serbia is legal but several countries claim the decision is a political display of double standards. airstrike could be extensive civilian casualties caused by the use of unmanned drones by the u.s. military raises fears of possible revenge attacks on the american mainland. v.n. as international aids conference heralds a medical.