the tale of the parasailing. you're watching r.t. broadcasting live from moscow seven in the morning here thank you for joining us now the unprecedented heat wave hitting russia continues to rage on july already the hottest month on record while the merchants have teams deal with the rising cases of heat stroke forecasters say the hot weather is set to stay. the sound they've got its hand on in central russia but it can be wearing much else because it's absolutely baking with the nuclear hitting record highs in the in office just goes east all around the city of ten million looks like a huge beach fountains have turned to bathtubs with people taking every opportunity to plunge into something cooler than the searing 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 some drinks and ice cream producers and making a fortune barbers in the country are 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 waiting lists that run into english by going to continue with the mobile conditioner 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. a global fresh air emergency centers

are receiving thousands of calls from people suffering from heat stroke and sound and. 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 mosque 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 its owner kitty you few theories that that effect with his goat all year round. is a look at the poor dog is suffering so much it always comes to sit on my lap with set eyes hoping i can somehow ease the hit all i can do is poor cold water on it if mother nature is not meeting people suffer enough she's quite prepared to pharaoh feel 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 stuff

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. heart beat. the high temperatures have meteorologists warning of possible here against on tuesday the capital was hit by one with powerful winds of reading trees and to run through rain flooding the streets all in all the damage cost the city a million dollars and forecasters are warning there may be more here again is on the way we're always interested in your opinions on the stories we're covering and you can have your say on our website 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 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

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 though not for too long i hope so what's your opinion log on to r.t. dot com and cast your vote. behaves international court of justice ruled this week the 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. senate many european countries praised the move but moscow says it won't affect its stance and still wants dialogue between serbia and kosovo belgrade argues the court only focused on the declaration and said nothing about the legality of kossovo as an independent state surgically as the session in february two thousand violated its territorial integrity and as pledged to step up its diplomatic efforts to stop more countries for breckon eyes in kosovo journalist and historian abortion mileage

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 i quite honestly didn't expect the world court to take such are directly pro-american position to be perfectly honest course of always much independent does manchukuo or vichy france was in world war two it's a puppet state it suffers from and democrat ssion 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 us state department says it is it doesn't mean it is the higgs opinion on costs of those reaction from two other

states seeking world wide recognition and south a setia 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 the two republics have more of a right of their own sovereignty than kossovo. the fact. 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 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 and. 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.

at least five suspected militants have been killed and four wounded after a u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan this follows saturday's attack on a militant compound in the same area that killed sixteen now despite concerns the on manned aircraft are causing more and more civilian casualties the u.s. military plans to increase their production to target the taliban. the coming out of the blue i have two words for you predator drugs. you will never see it coming a drone least 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 are like ok you know the taliban and you go after a person you say we suspect we say they are terrorists who have 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 coals 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. something like drone operator wakes up in the morning family guy comes to the office and through the target thousands of miles away from here and all back home no risk or the word specialist say the whole operation reminds the media ok the question many ask is if it is so easy and convenient world that our m.p. . in the future if war was cheap why not use the bit more pressure against the smaller countries and organizations to show you know that it would try to sit

around with the cable which would pull it over simon vets' him and has produced a research report on druce 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 shaken r t washington d.c. . an antiwar 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 rights of 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 the better. for america i would like to see the corrosive foreign policy this government has been pursuing over the book for such a long time going back for many governments. to see. 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 of the press coverage out here who ran a website about the rules of war which covers all wars and it showed me how a 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 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 approaches and the radical nonviolent action. in this power. 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 sixteen 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 out see london. you're

watching our news your view of the weekend coming up shortly on our t.v. pride of the block see thousands take to the streets of sevastopol for russian navy day. 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 artie's later as is of our reports from the republic of. it's been reported that the militant 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 shuras 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 and play to negligence law enforcement bodies in 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 their jobs we've seen nothing similar to this before so we must do the most serious conclusions from all the cupboards in the balkans says less violence than all the nearby north caucasus republic such as they stand and last mall there were ten attacks on more in force and officials in cup 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 country's navy 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 that he now is out 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 black sea fleet has existed on 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 still 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 parade specifically becomes a floating fountain and the people loved it everybody here was very 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 there will be magnificent fireworks displays all across the country and here in sevastopol as well. and still. to com here on r t. i think it's a good idea to build a mosque why i shall put the sort of. boy. artie's very own new york resident asks if ground zero is an appropriate place for a mosque. 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 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 unveils cutting edge new treatments and so speakers from frontline workers to x. world leaders joining forces with bold cools to zero new infections zero deaths and zero discrimination. forensics may never have heard. they were there oh if i did that 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 carry 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 pains is a myth aids obviously is not a myth but it's a 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 these use of polar opposites to some of the calls that the official conference earlier treatment to a prevention we also have more drugs until then we have ever had before to treat a trophy at least once or more per year something more or 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. it's 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 denier and cooled a crime against humanity a science that is alive has to have the permission to question a certain model of thinking. theory of 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 real scientists and medical doctors why should we not be able to discuss i'm very astonished reaction is sometimes so aggressive. despite the debate 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 write that which. is still to donate fancy mini sarah. vienna. with a russian american spy story just reaching its conclusion it's a timely moment for a big screen version hollywood star angelina jolie is 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 that 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 time her children are here with her ahead of the premier crowds wronged outside the cinema despite the temperatures

hitting record highs as we were reporting a little earlier. new york is 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 artie's very own big apple 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. the financial why why. why there's a big problem when people equally 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. that 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 is 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 no it doesn't matter

all of the emotions that they're pulling out of people it's all about politics. but there are 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. now was it a bird was it a plane while in fact it was a donkey and images of the terrified beast dangling from a parachute to the wrath of animal rights activists the world over but despite accusations of cruelty the man responsible looks likely to escape punishment you may see that maybe even a simple fact that between never be 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 four legs now of. a donkey it was intended to attract only local customers to watersports firm and a russian black sea resort but its effect quickly rippled out 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 donkey's owner decided he tries handed a different sport running taking the evidence the animal itself with an authority is also questioned 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. or their sheer size several days later he turned himself in along with its report confirming the donkey's good hill 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. i'll be back in a moment with an update of our headlines followed by our debate show cross-talk state.

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you're watching our t.v. live from moscow i'm tess are still here with the headlines sky high temperatures break a new records in russia and a claim lives at least three hundred drowned this week trying to cool off. the international court of justice rules also those unilateral declaration of independence from serbia is legal. extensive civilian casualties caused by u.s. and matted drones raises fears of possible revenge attacks on the american mainland . v.m.s. international aids conference heralds a medical breakthroughs but critics say companies place profit before treatment and up next artie's a debate show crosstalk.