it was very strong like a hurricane the find came from the forest and spread with devastating speed we tried to stop it but it was catastrophic we couldn't do a thing. at first we try to put the fire but it was impossible so we started to move things everything we could police and firefighters told us to leave . it's not scary now scary is when you see the fire this was hard to get over now we know that it's not just furnished that's being felt bring this thing of course another way to all and also the heat wave began around twenty two thousand fires have been reported started and emergency services the fire service is really finding this quite a focal point there were they've had a lot of help for volunteers in the last hour or so we've seen quite a few helicopters going above us to collect for her to take to land this being catching fire again about twenty kilometers from the village where we are now as

a voluntary concern to ensure that there's not more devastation like this but it's her love for her thing. year in families affected by the wildfires will receive compensation or new homes which will be built before the end of october this year not everything has been done to fight the fires but it's not the right time to place blame so now we need to consolidate all forces to fight the disaster the situation remains extremely difficult for the fires in the most affected areas in central russia have morally stabilized it still remains intense and unfortunately there is no forecast of the temperatures going to. at the moment what forecasters are saying is that the heat is set to continue at least for the next week or so they're saying we could see more of these incredibly high temperatures we saw last week record breaking temperatures now versus not only used to hold weather in the summer but this is the hottest it's even the most severe drought in nearly three

decades and has really left the land absolutely dry and very very well as these things the devastating. surface reporting so we were eyewitnesses have been sharing their experiences of the deadly wildfires on the internet some have been uploading their own videos of the drama because the more you filming this. slow or stop it. you already have to. get out of the car. if you don't have the we weren't sure to do all this one we're talking. about four hundred kilometers from moscow a group of men were trying to escape from a burning village using the only paved road and found themselves trapped by wounds of flames they had to turn back when their car almost caught fire one of the men later described as being in. while emergency crews are hunting for more than two thousand barrels of highly toxic chemicals floating down

a chinese river towards russia it was thought the drums might reach the country in two weeks but some experts now say they could arrive in days. off explains the potential danger. to river is one of the biggest sources of fresh water in russia's far east and in the city as well water standing now and it's ecology is still under up with threats because china is just several dozen kilometers away from here and so is this sign for a river which joins the where the place where this emergency happened to the chinese authorities do say that they've managed to extract several variables which have been previously washed into the sand for river as a result of the biggest flood in a decade the china has experienced several more thousand barrels are still in the water in the sun for river and or en route towards the end towards russia china has built eight beers in order to prevent them from getting here but there are several

factors suggesting that anything could happen for example out of the seven thousand barrels which of initially got into the water three thousand of them contain toxic substances including acids which make it cause harm to humans and animals and it's not clear how many of these so far extracted barrels actually contain these toxic substances there are also reports that some of the barrels may have sunk to the bottom which makes them up attentional future of threat for the ecology and also obviously makes it much more difficult to extract them to the surface this is not the first time that china as it has experienced such problems back in two thousand and five a huge chemical spill has left millions of chinese without the supplies of fresh water and the authorities on both science are monitoring the situation at the emergencies ministry here is already monitoring the quality of the water so far they haven't reported any abner. do you see that there are already planning ways to

distribute fresh water to the local population in case the contamination does happen. be monitoring the situation and we will report on this story as it continues to develop. now a little bit later for you in the program here on. the town of. a region of russia where traditional architecture has become a canvas for contemporary art and satirical cartoons. who sided with the nazis during world war two against the soviets saw gathering in the northeast of the baltic state that has sparked outrage over why their countries are welcoming such fascist sympathizers and those who wanted to oppose the meeting had been barred from entering. investigates. every year when a lot of the national anti fascist organizations attempt to cross the border into their neighboring a stonier they say they run into all kinds of trouble because you

stoning authorities whilst kindly allowing all kinds of form of veterans of german waffen s.s. groups to gather and hold meetings and basically glorify in all kinds of ways the german s.s. groups that basically fought on the german side on the nazi side during the world of the second world war they will not allow anti fascist organizations to hold similar rallies and come up with all kinds of legal and illegal excuses to keep them from entering the country from holding their rallies and this year it's been just the same way as soon as the bus with latvian anti-fascist organizations crossed the border into a stone yet they were pulled over the only car to be pulled over here at this checkpoint and their bus underwent a very detailed technical inspection and that technical inspection according to the officers we've managed to speak to they said they found a number of issues with this very bus they say that the wheels are somehow out of order that the protector on the wheels is not of

a standardized depth whilst according to the regulations the depth of that protector has to be one point six millimeters and that's a minimum there is no maximum this protectors deeper but still they say it is on acceptable one more issue that they have found with this bus they say it is a leaking oil they found three drops underneath the bus around here somewhere and you can just barely see them if you get down all the way onto the ground and actually crouch and shine a flashlight under the bus and this is very strange because the oil drops are here and the engine of the bus which is the only place that can actually leak oil is all the way over here a bus hasn't made it that far the engine of the bus hasn't yet made it this far so where there was a well drops came from and why if the engine is leaking oil there's only three drop . boston is standing here for over an hour there's no more not a single drop but still the authorities are saying this bus is unfit for stony and

roads and therefore it will be turned around and all the people who are on it are faced with either standing here for the entire night or walking to tell him which is over a few hundred kilometers of course they are going to try and find a different way of transportation but with the estonian authorities this is quite difficult because all of us as the nearby towns are suddenly either broken down unavailable on technical repair or are already engaged so how this will pan out nobody can yet tell but one thing is certain the estonian authorities are doing everything they can to prevent these people from exercising their constitutional rights. it is just ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you are with. u.s. forces in afghanistan have just experienced the deadliest months since the invasion started in two thousand and one and locals are now rioting against the presence of foreign forces and american veteran told the troops. feeling in the country as

afghans don't feel protected. basically the general sentiment of the people is that they're tired of seeing i could pay occupying forces every day that u.s. and coalition four sets foot in that country anti-american sentiment grows because there is there in the pit that population does not feel safe they do not feel protected like the counterinsurgency campaign assumes that it can do the other problem of this whole scenario is that kabul is supposed to be one of the safest places in all of afghan and i stand and if kabul isn't our peoples then you can surely but that the rest of afghanistan is just ten times worse than now well in all counterinsurgency campaigns when you insert more troops the first thing that happens you see a spike in violence and a spike in deaths and it's to be expected there's no way to stop that that's the nature of conflict and the u.s. secretary of defense warns the leaking of classified documents related to the war

in afghanistan could lead to even more deaths among the troops however wiki leaks the those the website who publish the material online rejects not i guess action saying the pentagon is just trying to divert attention from the thousands of lives already lost and military analyst says the documents reveal little that hasn't already been known for years. one of the top american collaborative in afghanistan has been known for a long time leaks actually there are two of them the first he's going to president affectively works for the united states and it's well known for almost nine years and believe it turned out there was no repercussions from taliban all of their associates and the second most notorious u.s. collaborated in afghanistan he's got his eye abroad the in kandahar who according to the u.s. main media has been one of the most cherished cia asset eighty eight of

the top drug kingpin all across the country for taliban hakani and would be doing him for this mujahideen troika they know for sure for almost nine years that all caught his eye brother swore it for the u.s. government so if the top u.s. intelligence assets well known for the whole world for almost nine years and nobody tried to harm them why the united states should be so concerned about the third rate informants somewhere in the countryside so the u.s. decision makers will be well advised to stuff playing this circuit city expressing their crocodile tears about the threat to the lives of u.s. informants in afghanistan and instead they should start thinking real hard how to arrest the narco terrorist threat that comes under their watch from

afghanistan to russia and to european union. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines all around the world and a memorial service is being held in germany to remember those who died in a stampede at the love parade techno music festival just about a week ago chancellor angela merkel broke off from the summer holiday to attend a service in the western city of duis book twenty one people died and five hundred were injured during the mass panic and crushed at the event seven foreigners were among the dead. the death toll from the worst floods in pakistan for decades has now reached eight hundred one million people have been affected by the waters triggered by monsoon rains with some four hundred thousand stranded in remote villages deluge roads and damaged bridges have hampered rescue efforts at this point a state of emergency has been declared with torrential rains expected to continue

over the weekend. rescue teams in iran are searching for people trapped under rubble following an earthquake in the northeast of the country more than one hundred were injured houses have been damaged and communication networks were disrupted iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes experiencing at least one slight tremor a day on average. lorry drivers are continuing a strike in greece after defying an emergency order to return to work the government has called in the army and navy to restore the cut in petrol supplies caused by the truckers action the protests have turned violent at times with some clashes with police as the truckers oppose governmental plans to liberalize their industry these are part of the measures aimed at tackling the country's current financial crisis. well next we bring you closer to russia as the lesser known areas of this time the kaluga rich.

at the town of a boat off school lies just eighty kilometers from moscow one has existed since the thirteenth century a picturesque town has many hillside churches however it's not all about traditional religious architecture it's elss has become a canvas for contemporary art. over discovered. where else so close to moscow would you hear church bells ringing so often every fifteen minutes at a dozen churches similar tanny asli this beautiful chime can be heard in the provincial town of bor of school ikeda just eighty kilometers away from moscow and it's the closest cause of the kaluga region to the capital it takes the world to founders hilltop position thanks to the architects who started to build the town in the early fourteen saying morris comprises of several unique churches like the

christian old believe us church also the legendary. monastery adds to the tiles must see list but more of it is not only about traditional architecture and golden dome sent crosses it's houses are canvas for contemporary art to self-taught artist cheney is recording the history of his hometown through his paintings but his art his sirs comes that applies. the charm of a russian provence to which nothing it seems could be added or couldn't. return and construction engineer has turned a whole town into a giant canvas. of rock and his native born collect full culture and splashed images of churches historical figures and still live on its walls in all

one hundred new roles orders ninety four percent of people in our town don't visit on galleries and museums are too and thus they can take in the outdoor exhibit the great is our tool time but still this is art the town's mayor like tip of images until the muralist turned into a satirical commentator after the artist made a wall sized political cartoon. picturing a local governor he became persona non grata. but there were three paintings on this wall one is left two others were whitewashed under the pretext of this house being repaired the mayor has already destroyed ten of my works the biggest neuro decorated a local bakery now that it's been whitewashed some locals have been cleaned the bread tastes wars well side is too holy for a pin it covers brush including all the opposite of the mayor's office this painting for example depicts historical figures space travel as

a constantin ski while basically you're all right opposite the mayor's window is typical soviet satire well done cucumber sets. the mayor didn't appreciate the humor of tunic of was fined several times and even faced court charges a local newspaper criticised him as a moral especially after he painted a controversial image of a religious martyr in a town where every second citizen is a regular churchgoer but surprisingly the biggest local mourners street doesn't think the artist touched a raw nerve. we say i can painting is the bible and colors the same could be said about these paintings they are the history of our town and colors it's especially good for the young people who are raised up without knowing their roots. monk maxime turned to religion at the time of perestroika in russia images of abandoned

churches and wide washed icons are still strong in his memory he's convinced that the artist should not give up and should continue with his dream of painting all of border of squid he's on the rolls to talk more about why the provincial town of bor of scots a favorite of so many tourists and historians are now joined by expert in russian history and architecture professor william brumfield. hello and thank you very much for joining me so dr know you're welcome you tell me about the town of bor of how did deeply spoil you why is that what is so special about this town i think part of it is the landscape of the river that runs through the town creates a bar but it also creates ravines and hills that played an important part in the history of the town and that's preserved today the other thing is that the town is off the main road there's no railroad so that the architectural heritage here the old houses and churches have been remarkably well preserved some coal this sort of

motif want to straight within seed from yeah they've for the town of forest do you agree i certainly do in terms of its history its architecture its spiritual heritage it has seventeenth century frescoes the main cathedral is a late sixteenth century it's a monastery of many dramatic historic events in fact in the monastery one of the main figures by jadine models of i was incarcerated and ultimately died there then later of course its role in. the repel and various invasions in the pali on a conveyor that second world war the so that it's always been very much a part of the history of russia's art but the first time he visited bored of it was about twenty years ago wasn't it how has the tone changed since that i think it's to change to a remarkably and for the better they haven't destroyed what was left from the past that's often the problem and prosperity comes to a place let's hope that the town will remain just as well preserved historically

for the next generations to thank you very much but a little side to your west we don't brownfield expert in russian architecture and history from the town of four of sc in a color good region. now take a journey back in time as we unlock the secrets of the ancient times along russia's historical golden ring next hour we join mucking around using of loud music to discover it's good white stone to. these rules which are on the world heritage of. magnificent gold and white of something could be its wealth was built in eleven fifty seven it was the principal place where the princes of ancient russia were crowns i was a sign of political i'm going to just because you see the globe this is the way.

the business update is next with stuff. hello welcome to the business but it entails on the t.v. russia has declared a state of emergency in four more regions hit by the west in a century farmers in twenty seven regions are estimating the losses a market watch has warned of new price hikes that tell you how kind of reports. cracking soil and plants such a political of two pictures can be seen in many russian regions the heat has burnt out more than ten million hectares of green fields he retired this may fall by quarter this year like many other films hundred and counting his losses amounting so far to fifty percent of his films yields grain production vegetable production in essence all crop production that's open field crop production. and primarily the

dairy industry we're losing a significant volume of milk because of the heat but as soon as the heat is over we'll eventually bounce back the quality of the feed won't be quite the same the cost of the feed may be quite the same drought has a knock on effect on almost every agricultural sector the cost of producing green milk beef and hogs have doubled cattle breeders have lost their grass and now they're running out of cheap grain as drought continues don't clouds are gathering around the finance ministry as they contemplate their inflation forecast seven when we also have the similar rally all their cultural markets it's true that russia received the. local inflation so personalized just upgraded the inflation forecast for this year but greatly by zero point five percentage point from the

level of seven percent off point five percent this is not that very big i don't believe that this level will constrain the comic recovery marketplace there's no reason for panicking and promise to keep prices at acceptable levels so the government doesn't have to intervene but looking into the future they can see another problem looming we have to change your whole policy on insurance there's only about ten percent of the crops have been insured and the insurance companies are not very friendly towards. not only. insuring the crops but they're not terribly friendly on pain obviously once that once the situation happens he says insurance companies should change their approach but also from more responsibility rather than strict you know their hand to the government and then of course business. despite ending friday's trading session in the red it was a good week for the russian stock market as the head of research at metropole explains

overall again that we were quite strong and when out on the talking about equities we're talking about. commodity is and there is gas it's the russian market did really well this weekend you know addition to the support of god from international markets from the performance over in international equity markets it also got a strong dose of support from austria in commodity prices we saw well prices moving . five dollars and this way you can actually stand there a new era of oil has begun the disaster in the gulf of mexico suggests the problems of one oil company may go global there are many more reserves are in hard to develop fields and that's pushing safety on technology higher up the agenda seen a timid credit reports. one hundred days and counting the gulf of mexico oil spill

becomes a turning point for the whole oil industry and perhaps the global economy top exploration rules are coming into force just as easy as oil is running out and as you come pennies will be forced to explore hard to reach fields and the extreme surroundings deep water and arctic conditions showed you what you know we are entering a new we're. just. not enough records to miss any of the risks of very high as it was obvious mexico show is going. to water story robert dudley pioneered international level security and labor norms in russia now he's facing a tougher job setting and even lower threshold for ecological risk across b.p. all oil companies involved in sheltered spot ration are already working on a common security fund the accumulate emergency deposits chief jobs for what is going to be needed to make that commitment to safety for the environment for workers a priority number one we're going to see a sea change globally as

a result of what's happened in the gulf hopefully that sea change will reach the shores of for safety security and risk management could be the oil industry new motto and russian oil giants wouldn't be immune as in the new innovative a business are cheap. and not so for the business say for now but you can always find the stories on our website that's r t dot com slash.

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it is five thirty pm here in moscow you with your headlines russian inferno twenty eight people have been killed and thousands left home of the size forest fires are raging on record breaking heat waves. toxic fishing chinese authorities struggle to retrieve thousands of barrels of dangerous chemical waste from a river that supplies fresh water to southeastern russia. nazi defense authorities and protesters from entering. nazi soldiers all commemorated in the baltic country. well next it's our special report from central asia where ethnic tension dating back to the one nine hundred thirty s. recently turned violent claiming hundreds of lives.

rest has long been kurdistan's national color at one point the word scared and rather even meant the same. on the national flag symbolizes valor courage. the golden sun in the sun to represents quests for eternal life. signifies a product of all the people living in kyrgyzstan. but if the past two decades biggest towns flag has served as a banner of christie. every leader average government that told this country promise freedom and a better light.