the homes were completely destroyed and now we know thousand homes have been having ruined by these by the way they stepped up to the rescue stunned. people have been turning up bringing. you know how i just to do anything really to help these people we have lost. that we can have a minute that prime minister putin thinking about the help his fighters he's pledged one hundred thousand dollars every family has lost and we can hear more from the. year. affected by the wildfires will receive compensation for new homes which will be built before the end of 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 the fires in the most affected areas in central russia have morally stabilized it still remains intense and unfortunately there is no full

cost of the temperatures going. now we've done this course fervor in this over the past couple of days the smoke is still really hanging very thick in the air not sure how much you can see the force behind me but the first attention is completely joy obviously that was the perfect situation so unfortunately for them to be susceptible to these fires that we see people really still in shock at what's happened and how much damage these have been able to over the past couple of days. was very strong like a hurricane defined came from the forest and spread with devastating speed we're trying to stop it but it was catastrophic we couldn't do a scene. at first we try to put the fire but it was impossible so we started to move on with 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. this heat wave will come to an end soon but. for the immediate future certainly the hot temperatures. continue as we search for the perfect temperatures of course these fires already we've heard it's running into millions and millions of dollars worth of damage and everyone just very anxious to contain the situation. so first reporting that eyewitnesses supreme sharing their experiences of the deadly wildfires on the internet some are being uploading their own videos of the drama. because the more you filming this. slow or slow or stop it. he has no. get out of the car. if you don't have the way weren't shot the tool this one shot in the nizhni novgorod region about four hundred kilometers from where i'm sitting here in moscow a group of men were trying to escape from a burning village using the only pain and found themselves trapped by walls of

flames that. almost caught fire one of the men later described this is being in hell. other news now an 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 within days. explains the potential danger. to river is one of the biggest sources of fresh water in russia's for east and in the city as well 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 a river which joins the army where the place where this emergency happened the chinese authorities do say that they've managed to extract several barrels which have been previously washed into the 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 border and 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 has it's because experienced such problems back in two thousand and five a huge chemical spill has left millions of chinese without the supplies of fresh water the authorities on both sides are monitoring the situation of the emergencies

ministry here is already monitoring the quality of the water so far they haven't reported any abnormalities but they do see that there are already planning ways to distribute fresh water to the local population in case of contamination does happen of course we'll be monitoring the situation and we will report on this story as it continues to develop. reporting now this is our to hear a little later in the program. this is the town of border in the kaluga region of russia where traditional architecture has become a canvas for contemporary art and satirical cartoons. but first a stunning veterans who sided with the nazis during world war two against the soviets a gathering in the north east of the baltic states it sparked outrage over why the country's authorities are welcoming fascist sympathizers and some of those who want to oppose the meeting are being barred from entering as artie's. found out. during

the years of the second world war nazi forces established twenty labor and concentration camps here in the stony and this is the site for one of the violet a concentration camps where thousands of jews were executed between the years of one nine hundred forty one and one thousand nine hundred five today members of a stone in latvia and lithuania and anti fascist organizations laid flowers lit candles and paid their respects to all of the victims of the nazi killing machine but they are a minority here in the baltic states specifically here what you want in a stone you are just a few meters away up the road a sort of a huge rally is going on just one way why do you say to a new government. turn out with a lot that you need your support and media coverage about them but they are not anti fascist organizations again later neo nazi organizations with members that are not all going to the twenty one are as it is certainly a unit that was established by the german forces here in

a story of those people fought against the coalition forces during the second world war killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people but here and if you don't know their heralded as heroes they all wear the usual german every ghalia they sell things at their rallies which commemorate the german troops your german before says with the turnout with everyone. nearly wrapping up all the information that is being pushed towards the anti-fascist organizations here in the stone you however receive a very different kind of treatment by the fact they are allowed to organize rallies here in a stone yes everything is being done to prevent them from reaching the destinations to prevent people who live outside a stone you to enter the country they are being detained they are being blacklisted they are being turned away at borders which technically don't even exist because it's a stoney and all the baltic states are members of the european union and here even

. when the rallies do take place every single thing i've done to put anti-fascist organizations under a tremendous amount of pressure members of the secret police and the stony and secret police constantly patrol them they have requests coming in from the police saying that apparently their volume of their rallies and their speeches needs to be going down because it into iraq it's the neo nazi rally that is taking place just a few hundred meters up the road very ironic but a very bittersweet experience of course for all of them and many of the speakers at this anti fascist rally were in tears as they remembered their relatives who were butchered by the a stone in four s.s. forces by the nazi forces during the years of the second world war some could not even finish their thoughts as they try to speak and bring up the memories of their loved ones katrina's are reporting that. u.s.

forces in afghanistan of just experience that two deadliest months since the invasion in two thousand and one and locals are now rising against the presence of foreign forces and american veteran told r.t. the troop surge is adding to anti-american 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 be occupying forces every day the u.s. and coalition forces set foot in the country anti-american sentiment grows because there is there to it that population does not feel safe they do not feel protected like the counterinsurgency campaign assumes that it can do all the other problem of this whole scenario is that kabul is supposed to be one of the safest places in all about gave him a stamp and if kabul isn't up people's then you can surely buy 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 they see a spike in violence and a spike in deaths and it's to be expected there's no way to stop there 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 of a wiki leaks which published the material online rejects the accusation saying the pentagon is just trying to divert attention from the thousands of lives already lost when all these military and it is to get a crucial says the documents reveal a little that hasn't been known for you is one of the top american collaborative in afghanistan has been known for a long time. and actually there are two of them the first is 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 in kandahar who according to

the u.s. main media has been one of the most cherished cia asset a key a of the top drug kingpin all across the country for taliban me and would be doing him for this mujahedeen troika they know for sure for almost nine years that all brothers swore it for the u.s. government so if the top u.s. intelligence assets are 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. well let's have a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world at this stage of the day the death toll from the worst floods in pakistan has reached eight hundred million people have been affected by the interest triggered by monsoon rains with some four hundred thousand stranded in remote villages roads and damaged

bridges have hampered rescue efforts the state of emergency has been declared with torrential rains expected to continue over the weekend. another quakers in southeastern iran a day after another quake in the country's northeast left over two hundred injured no reports of anyone hurt in the latest earthquake but there is extensive damage iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to quakes experiences tremors almost daily. a memorial service is being held in germany to remember those who died in a stampede at the love parade techno music festival a week ago chancellor angela merkel broke off from her summer holiday to attend the service in the western city of. twenty one people died and five hundred were injured during the mass panic and crush of the event and seven foreigners were among the. drivers a continuous striking greece after defying an emergency order to return to work the government has called in the army and navy to restore the place called by the

truckers action protests turned violent times with some clashes with police as the truckers oppose government plans to liberalize their industry is a part of the measures aimed at tackling the country's financial crisis. when our close up team travels around russia so you can see some of the country's lesser known areas and this time we take you to the region. lives just eighty kilometers from moscow and has existed since the thirteenth century picturesque town as many hillside churches and it was not all about traditional religious architecture there it's houses have become a canvas for contemporary art as katrina 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 moore of school located just eighty kilometers away from moscow and it's the closest cause of the kaluga region to the capital it takes a while to founder's hilltop position thanks to the architects who started to build the town in the early fourteenth saying morris comprises of several unique churches like the christian old believe us church also the legendary. monastery adds to the towers must see list but more of it is not only about traditional architecture and golden days 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 service comes at a prize. the

russian provence to which nothing it seems could be added it couldn't. be returned construction engineer has turned a whole town into a giant canvas and. reckoned his native born collect food 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 town don't visit on galleries amused. as a tool and thus they can take in the outdoor exhibition perhaps it's not the greatest art of all time but still this is art the town's mayor liked of cheney gives images until the muralist turned into a satirical commentator after the artist made a wall sized political cartoon featuring a local governor he became persona non grata. what they're worth three paintings on

this wall one is left two others will whitewashed under the pretext of this house being repaired the mayor has already destroyed ten of my works the biggest mural decorated a local bakery now that it's been whitewashed some locals haven't claimed the bread tastes wars well side is too holy for a pin it covers brush including one thought a third of the mayor's office this painting for example depicts historical figures space travel there as a constantin ski while based on your own 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 find several times and even faced court charges a local newspaper criticized 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 aboard of squid he's me rose to talk more about why the provincial town of bor of scots that favorite of so many tourists and his story and some knowledge joined by expert in russian history and all because texture professor william brom felt hello and thank you very much for joining me so dry and always welcome you tell me about the town of war of hell to de place for 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 park 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 cold is said about a straight wiccan seed from yeah 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 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 of your west we don't brownfield expert in russian architecture and history from the town of bor of sc in the color good reach him. we'll be taking a journey back in time with the secrets of the rushes historical gold ring that's in the next hour when we join martin andrews in to discover. cathedrals. on the unesco world heritage list. magnificent gold and white something cathedral

was built in eleven fifty seven it was the principal place where the princes of russia were crowned and as a sign of political and religious power it can be seen from columbus is away. that's coming up in the next. back with a look at the main headlines in about eight minutes from now in the meantime stephanie is next with the business update. hello welcome to the business put it in the hair on our 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 that their losses and market watchers warn of new price hikes that tell you how clever reports. cracking soil and. such a poke will have to pictures can be seen in many russian regions the heat has burned out more than ten million hectares of green fields. may fall by quarter this year like many other farmers. is counting his losses amounting so far to fifty percent of his farm zealot's grain production vegetable production in essence all crop production that's open fuel crop production. and primarily the dairy industry but we're losing a significant volume of milk because of the heat but as soon as the heat is over will eventually balance back the quality of the feed be quite the same the cost of the feed be quite the same drowned has a knock on effect on almost every agricultural sector the cost of producing grain

milk beef and hogs has doubled the cattle breeders have lost their grass and now they're running out of cheap green as drought continues dark clouds are gathering around the finance ministry as they contemplate their inflation forecast seven when we also observe the similar rally all their cultural markets it's true that russia . inflation so personal i just have graded on facial forecasts for this year but there are great by zero point five percentage point from seven percent pull off some five percent this is not very good charts and i don't believe that this level constrain the. 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 paying obviously once that once the situation happens he says insurance companies to change their approach but also from more responsibility rather than stretching out their hand to the government. business sati. 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 there were quite strong and when i was only talking about equities we're talking about. commodity is and there is gases that russian market. did really well this weekend you know addition to the support they got from international markets from the performers over international equity markets it also

got a strong dose of support from our strong commodity prices were so well prices moring . above seventy five dollars and this where you can actually. a new era of oil has begun that is in the gulf of mexico suggest the problems of one oil company may go global their remaining all reserves are in hard to develop fields and that's pushing safety on technology higher up the agenda seen a de mint 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 full just as easy as oil is running out energy company. will be forced to explore hard to reach fields and the extreme surroundings deep water and arctic conditions so you for you know we are entering a new we were told by just a damsel is not enough to recognize them as anyone or the risks are very high as it

was at all these mexican shows because medics doesn't know. the water story robert dudley pioneered international level security and labor norms in russia now he's facing a tougher job setting in lower threshold for ecological risk across maybe all oil companies involved in shell which moderation are already working on a common security fund the accumulate emergency deposits and chief jobs for what is going to be needed to make that commitment to safety for the environment for workers. priority number one we're going to see a sea change globally as a result of what's happened in the gulf and hopefully that sea change will reach the shores of for safety security and risk management could be the oil industry's new motto and russian oil giants wouldn't be immune as in the new innovative our business are cheap. and that's often the business here for now but you can always

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to have you with us this is live from the russian capital tom top that you're now i'm a new stories this russian inferno twenty eight people have been killed and thousands left homeless as forest. in a record breaking heat wave. talks of fishing chinese authorities struggle to retrieve thousands of barrels of dangerous chemical waste from a river that supplies fresh water to eastern russia. nazi defense authorities block county fascist protesters from entering a stone year as x. nazi soldiers are commemorated in the baltic countries. with more developments. in the meantime it's all special report for you from. in central asia where ethnic tension dating back to the nine hundred thirty s. recently turned violent claiming hundreds of lives that's our special report next.

rest has long been kurdistan's national color at one point the word scared and rather even meant the same. on the national flag it symbolizes valor courage. the golden sun and the sun to represent one asked for eternal life. signifies a product of all the people living in kyrgyzstan. but if those two decades could just dance flag has served as a banner of christie. every leader after government that told this country promise freedom and a better life.