log the smell of burning people and spreading through some of the capital's outlying areas firefighters are tackling the blazes course by the severe drought. population that. looks at the struggle to stay cool. the sand may get its head on in central russia but it can be wearing much else because it's absolutely baking with the mercury hitting record highs and lows and 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 swimming with a green 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 it but not everyone feeling the heat rushes salvaging an ice cream pretty soon and making a fortune barbers in the country having a busy time to the everything over haricot is a hit this summer one line shops like this one selling air conditioners and fans have a waiting list that run into english by being a container with. mobile conditioners sold out within three weeks just as the heat set in many moscow based companies fail to perceive this heat and they didn't want to 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 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 treatment ask 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 fact with his goats all year round. the poor dog is suffering so much it always comes to see through my lap. hoping i can somehow ease the heat all i can do is pull cold water on it modern leaders not meeting people suffer enough she's quite prepared to fru few under fire literally with a tinder dry conditions leading to forest fires which have been burning for weeks. the temperatures are going to be up every day it's very tough for a story 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 and i say make omelet. or is interested in your opinions on the stories we're covering log on to r.t.

dot com and have your say and today we're asking you how do you keep cool in scorching temperatures just over half of this fifty one percent walking around in just their underwear twenty nine percent or less provocative fare into town on the economics thirteen percent are stocking up on ice cubes of course and the rest going to stick their heads in the fridge for too long i hope what's your opinion cast your heat wave vote politics dot com and all top stories. despite threats of a nuclear response from north korea a joint navy drill between the u.s. and south korea is underway off the region's peninsula the exercise involving about eight thousand troops from last into wednesday tensions have been running high after an international commission blamed the north for the sinking of a south korean ship back in march denies any involvement america currently has twenty eight thousand troops based in south korea and fifty thousand want to pan

petro of korean studies at sydney university believes washington's actions are provoking pyongyang. north korean never threatens first north korea in the small distant you for impoverished struggling pariah state so believe that for north korea simply reacts or sometimes over reacts to the threats which comes from outside if united states decides to go ahead and execute an invasion or regime change i would be surprised if your young at some stage decided to use their nuclear capability nuclear deterrence against whatever enemy is closest them to solve korea's going to be the first victim of the. another standoff with a nuclear pretext is that between israel and iran now is time a veteran at british journalist and heart explains why tehran would never strike first. yes posing iran had one to three dozen

nuclear bombs do you think he broke would be stupid enough to launch a first nuclear strike on israel of course he would because the whole of iran would be devastated the real reason why israel is paying up the iranian threat is to deflect political and other attention away from what it is doing in the occupied territories but the only real problem prison is if you ron did possess nuclear weapons it would greatly limit israel's ability to go on imposing its will on the entire region. police say they've killed two militants and measure three involved in last week's attack on a hydro power station in russia's republic of coveting about kyra parties north caucasus correspondent neither has the details look in the written field and the russians

are you know about you know about that it has been identified as are from google and you know they were placed on the police wanted only for number of priority in cleveland park on the back on hydroponic. only the world on there is. some uninformed and they learned that made by one of the mainland in the region a bit the family although this information has not been confirmed by police reportedly learned but the machine gun one piece go through it and all the nations police say they were killed that it was that they were. the from a plant in the russian republic about you know about the idea or the fact until i think the group on our quantified government force their way through the. gate there they allegedly fired off the top and president there would not find find out where the controls which is. people. there are. they going to know. the story. at the.

equivalent you know. managed one vote for the right. coming up shortly a controversial option for mothers who abandon their babies. this is a baby box if a mother wanted to meet her child all she'd have to do would be to pull on the handle and put the child inside. it's a project that aims to save infants lives but some say it's encouraging to give up their children. one of the biggest leaks in u.s. military history has exposed several cover ups over the war in afghanistan including the deaths of hundreds of civilians the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks handed over ninety thousand classified documents to british and american newspapers they also include information about attacks as well as nato fears that pakistan undergone fueling the insurgency white house and pentagon files and field

reports were surprised but that they threaten national security that's explore this with military analyst you're getting a flu shot here in the studio for us thank you for joining us here what are the implications of this leaked information for u.s. forces in afghanistan that's the most important thing that whatever leaks or declassified data they should not in any other way to put the lives of the u.s. military into harm's way and preliminary analysis suggest that that's exactly the case because the whole information that was dumped or actually provided by the weekend weeks wasn't ninety thousand files dates from zero to two zero nine so the reason the reason no way that this information can jeopardize or. or harm the american servicemen in afghanistan that's the key issue and not another point one

of the political implications of the divulging of so data i believe because of this operational tempo in afghanistan whatever use more than one month is already outdated and belongs from that and should be declassified as because it provides a historic main interest not for the. intelligence but for historians so let's put it into perspective so far for this particular up to this hour the reasonable really classified data that have been provided to the international media jeopardize the operational a strategic intent of the u.s. but you mention the politics that some of the documents suggest pakistani support for the time about how would that change u.s. policy but you see we don't need to weaken leaks to tell us above that pakistan who is the stepfather all the clothes that pakistan is still look here's the picking

order pakistan. mujahideen in soviet times then there were diggin arrayed it was transformed into a taliban it's the same old story this is what we are witnessing right now it's a wilson war part to their revenge or blowback that's it that pakistan strategically for the soviet forces for us it was the main impediment on i mean unsurmountable challenge we couldn't cross the river as we used to say in soviet times do you know hot pursuit against them and the mujahideen into pakistan american scam but they are not willing to open up their eyes and to realize that pakistan is the most indispensable ally of the united states is the most indispensable ally off taliban and. so now in terms of these leaks in particular we keep saying has said that a sort of the white house office has condemned the leaks and it was sponsible while

weekly says that just promoting transparency in this issue what's your view on that . my view is the third one i completely i understand the logic behind the u.s. military who was not in this sort of aspiring but because he thought the afghan war is so under reported by old this embeds polishing their their real situation in afghanistan in a way that would suit their white house political intent we have the whole director of communications admiral smith who is in charge of all in bets and human and he controls them so this is unvarnished uncontrolled data that provides not only transparency but also could provide. us the ice president viewpoint that when they started to come up with a new u.s. strategy in afghanistan that should have gone from counterinsurgency to counterterrorism because as joe biden said and i completely agree with him and his

camp he's trying to thought them until you resolve the issue of terrorists in pakistan you can accomplish whatever you want in afghanistan guess what it's irrelevant came in after the nazis military honestly who should thanks for joining us. well ten years ago a major turning point for the international space station russian life support systems were in stew which meant crew members could spend more time in. a sea change in experiments which could be carried out. thomas reports. it circles the globe about three hundred fifty kilometers from the earth's surface it is the largest construction in space it is a marvel of modern engineering which is approaching a crucial milestone moment of the i.s.a.'s is a major contemporary space project it has a huge mass of around three hundred eighty tons it involves

a big number of program participants including the united states canada european countries belonging to the european space agency and japan and the station is being used as a big scientific laboratory. though it is a prime example of international cooperation now the roots of the station stem from the apollo soyuz program thirty five years ago when two rival space programs of the u.s. and soviet union integrated technology for the first time twenty years later russia and the u.s. expanded on that shared experience with the goal of creating a permanent space presence for missions we've done a lot with in the mir shuttle program which was the ancestor of the international space station we work hard to ride cymbal tinnies operation of both the mir orbital station and preparation for the i s s launch i remember those years the most interesting period of strenuous work which finally did to this great result during the link up there were no hiccups everything went smoothly. this is the mark up of

the capsule which is where astronauts and cosmonauts come to train at star city who are traveling to the international space station and it is in here that you get a sense of the significance of this capsule in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight the zarya and the unity capsules wore a watch but it wasn't until ten years ago when the capsule was attached that the space station became livable. i'd say was a foundation of sorts for the rest of the station if the module had failed then other systems were it would be pointless since the module consisted largely of life support systems the module made it possible for their crew to stay in both the station it would be impossible to build the station at the pace it was constructed at without the special part. lou the infrastructure was now in place it was up to the station's first crew to get everything in motion. the first two weeks were critical since a lot of the systems were being activated for the first time some russian system

segments were merged with us systems those machines had never seen each other in earth and that was the first time they would work together there's sponsibility was huge and that was why the crew had been composed of experienced cosmonauts. ten years on the i s s is approaching the record for a structure being continuously inhabited in space and on are currently held by russia's mir project and while it was originally only supposed to be in service until two thousand and fifteen it looks like a bright future for the international space station which. i assess members decided to prolong the station's use until twenty twenty and possibly even longer if the technical state of the station is good ensuring a continued international presence in space for many more years to come john thomas r.t. moscow. it's hard to imagine what goes through the mind of a mother who feels she has to abandon her baby in eastern europe one solution is

a secure container for unwanted infants to be left and want to mislead the doctors to then find. reports from prague where the baby boxes dividing medics and child care experts. there are all around the czech republic at first sight they're just nondescript metal dolls on the sides of hospitals and government buildings but they've already helped to save dozens of lives this is a baby box if a mother wanted to meet her child or she'd have to do would be to pull on the handle i would put the child inside now at the just the metal container an infant would be able to survive here for several hours but usually they're rescued within several minutes by those on the other side. the first one was placed in this private hospital it's still the most popular with nearly fifteen children left here in five years. as soon as the babies placed inside the door locks on the outside and in the llama settle i remember running to the box for the first time to see the

baby inside and showing it to the doctor to be examined felt special i think it is an amazing invention. the baby books and learned is not a doctor but a writer and horse breeder but his idea was not immediately well received with protests from some clergyman and even doctors. though the baby books is high tech with three hundred twenty parts special places to leave unwanted children existed even in ancient times. but the government was wary of the baby books and didn't provide funding as if i was encouraging people to get rid of their children now the perception has changed. but it is love and christina have dated for two years and run a hostel in prague although they can have children of their own don't also like to adopt a baby box child. come from a big family i have four brothers and three forty cousins.

so i like children they do not know where or when but sure enough it is a matter of time before someone than what the child will become a welcome addition to their family. artsy prog. but all the stories we're covering always available on our website i thought he dot com and you can also find opinions blogs and videos like this one easy rider russia's prime minister joins bikers and they show their skills on wheels near. the flying don't keith thanks to our seven suicide starting second mission. is.

that's a check on a couple of other stories dominating the world's headlines right now a former prison chief has been found guilty of crimes against humanity in cambodia the verdict was reached by un backed war crimes tribunal defendants but in this corner of doing was sentenced to thirty five years in prison for the court they too reduced it to nineteen years taking into account time you've already spent in detention he admitted to overseeing the deaths of up to fifteen thousand prisoners as many as two million people died under the brutal regime of the communist party which ruled comes out again in the seventy's. the german chancellor has demanded investigation into the deadly stampede in love parade don'ts music festival in germany nineteen were killed and three hundred forty two injured as a vast numbers of party goers packed into a tunnel which was the only way in or out of the festival year when eyes of the parade have already announced that the event will be held again.

charlotte joins us now with the business news. hello and welcome to the business program here on r.t. b.p.'s chief executive tony hayward is due to step down later on monday is likely to be replaced by robert dudley as the company's man in charge of tackling the gulf of mexico all disaster b.p.'s board is scheduled to meet on monday ahead of announcing its second quarter results among other things is expected to discuss the timing of hayward exit in battle chief executives been widely criticized over the gulf of mexico spill which is lost the company forty percent of its market capitalization as the man tipped to take over over dudley has more than thirty years experience in the oil industry including five years as c.e.o. of b.p.'s russian joint venture in cape b.p. he left in two thousand and eight after

a shareholders conflict. now the much anticipated results of the european bank stress tests are out and are likely to be welcomed by investors seven of europe's ninety one largest banks failed the exam which is intended to reveal which institutions would not be able to survive a sustained economic downturn or a sovereign debt default the banks which are found wanting included germany's hypo real estate which is now government owned following a bailout eighty eight bank of greece and five regional spanish lenders a number of other banks only just passed the tests and are likely to face market pressure the increase their life asian governments in countries with suspect institutions say they're ready to help them raise more money the european markets have not yet had the opportunity to cast their verdict as results came out after the close of session but analysts predict gains even if the toughness of the tests has come under question. but if you're expanding sectors struggles where markets

open on monday this is likely to feed through into russia but according to peter weston chief strategist at the tone it may represent a buying opportunity for investors the exposure of the russian banks to the force of two pm countries across our land is two point seven billion dollars a thousand times almost less than what the exporters the european banks they will be punished the russian stock bank itself will be punished but it probably will be punished and justifiably so do if you do see that negative reaction in the financials and you do see russian banks fall in with them but in fact there is another buying opportunity of russian financials. let's have a look at the markets down both this doctor must go climbing and they are testing my six putting on around one percent welcoming the results of those stress tests on banks miners are the main game is with a neurosurgical lukoil and was left more than one percent. and over in asia some arc is a high on relief after those test results in japan stocks are rising up optimism to

domestic earnings why exporters of all sued by the weak you get counted up two point two percent and honda rose one point four percent hong kong's resource tech stocks are also pasting. in other news g.m. after over as joint car manufacturing toll yeah see is hiring people again as demand is growing and production is nearing the pre-crisis levels russia's ministry of industry and trade expects the country's car market to grow by fifteen percent this year and apparently it sank the ongoing cash for clunkers program which is bruce's sales of the cheapest cars rescuing after over. to the person who wants to buy simply as a car and extend the moves of this program then so be it don't forget that we will be unqualified you know in the combination to the company of the bric countries as an origin market which means that we're still far from the european level situation and technical level and from the standpoint. now that is all told this program is

simply reflecting we all would roll out if you would and the disposable income level of the russian population has enough been done for off the last to make it a viable company i had to leave the government support the after was business plan and a strategy. appeared to leave at source and twenty there are three major periods they have to go through and the three milestones they have to pass. one of them is destructuring of the new product portfolio and then. move towards. factoring technologies and efficiency they will be in a position to accomplish the first part. of this plan then we believe that they will be on the charcoals the self-sufficiency do you expect after vos to post the profit this year where they were in the clear good for six months they were the one billion plus. so you think the result will be. children well let's wait and see

because there's a big deal which has a lot of problems three to four starching your foot in the end it will result there to forecast but. you know operationally i think they're getting to of course the right direction and that shop day for the always fun wall stories on our website.

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so you're watching r t let's take a look at tom main headlines now there's no end in sight for russia's exceptional heatwave which has seen the hottest month on record australia's also suffering from small and the smell of people has been felt in some outlying areas of the capital. national space station box ten years since it first became habitable on the other structure and space became possible for a russian module with life support systems don't work with the orbiter. concept baby books is gaining popularity in eastern europe others who want to develop their newborn children can do so in secure containers and stormed on the sides of hospitals and government buildings. at a moment's hits. crosstalk.