to build incinerating eighty houses and making two hundred people homeless in the space of a couple of hours. and never fire could spread that fast but the wind was very strong it was like. police told us to leave the new dangers to stay here it was only thanks to them where i live and who think god it wasn't because then there would have been much more victims. one elderly man desperately trying to leave his burning house got struck by falling why is the electric shock. friends and neighbors have around and there were many tales of courage. if i didn't come back on time my neighbor would have been burned alive because she didn't see the fire approaching from both sides she could have been trapped in the middle at the last moment she ran out in her gown and slippers she's left without her identification and any of her documents the devastation wasn't just restricted to property.

i buried my rottweiler he was near the house when it caught fire. and didn't let anyone approach him. he was burned a large it was a good dog people are now coming to terms of how everything that was being lost but they are help is coming from many. who have come here to one of the temporary refuge centers where people have been coming up in their hundreds bringing in clothes and offering help to those who lost everything in the fire with so many people left homeless the government has promised immediate help and that new houses will be built. in the meantime villages like love and reeling from fire damage left trying to pick up the pieces. but i magine two thousand five hundred really struggled with this to put them out prime minister. think about the help you fight like a hundred thousand dollars. every family has lost but we can hear more from him now

she just knew what 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 three to fight the design of the first thing you see here 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 and. so are further following the devastation caused by forest fires and. added to the country's far east now another type of environmental threat may be lummi thousands of barrels with toxic chemicals from china floating towards russia after being swept into a river by floods the chinese authorities are desperately trying to intercept the poisonous containers and are even paying locals to help retrieve them. going off explains what could happen in theory trash. the river is one of the biggest sources of freshwater in russia's far east and in the city of karbala as well we're

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 the sun 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 barrels which have been previously washed into the river as a result of the biggest flood in a decade 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 barriers 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 experienced such problems back in two thousand and five a huge chemical spill has left millions of chinese without the supplies of fresh water this time the authorities on both sides are monitoring the situation at the emergency. here is already monitoring the quality of the water so far they haven't reported any abnormalities but they do see that they are already planning ways to distribute fresh water to the local population in case the contamination does happen of course we'll be monitoring the situation and we will report on this story as it continues to develop. here washing out here and of us later in the program to close some teams visit turn of boris tadic

a little region of russia where traditional architecture has become a commerce for contemporary art and said terra cotta it's. going to stay near veterans who fought with the knowledge as against soviet forces and world war two has been holding come our ations but the authorities have banned and to fascist groups from holding their own event catarina reports now on how the legacy of notes has misremembered in the baltic state. naziism one of the most feared movements the world has a countered yet there are those who glorify it today we are told. that there were two liberation wars in the world one began in one nine hundred fourteen the other nine hundred thirty nine soon there will be a third war and it will start here gaining momentum and giving the world true freedom the estonian waffen s.s. were created by german forces in one thousand nine hundred four and sent to battle the anti hitler coalition forces thousands of civilians died at the hands of those

soldiers get their glorified as the true heroes of a stone. rallies like these take place every year with full support from the government people turn up in full regalia wearing nazi symbols and selling german war souvenirs a bitter pill for those who are trying to stop naziism in the baltics from rearing its ugly head. they to hold rallies but few managed to take part as the authorities in a stone you did everything in their power to stop them yes. you know i'm not going myself because a stunning or thirty's in two thousand and seven put the latvian anti fascist committee on the blacklist we all received explanatory notes my note contained a hardly credible statement that the latvian anti fascist committee posted a threat to a stunning state route from civil. blacklists with no explanations sudden

inability to speak anything but estonian our crew witnessed all these tricks the empty fascist organizations however say nothing will stop them from calling the world's attention to this because the pain is too raw even sixty five years on so. i drew some of these clothes for a second time and came up to the barbed wire and all of a sudden i imagined that excuse me please. thank. the stand off between welcomed nazis and unwelcome anti fascists is almost absurd authorities go as far as to ask the anti nazi activists to turn down their microphones as the sound interferes with the s.s. veterans rally. and as they lay flowers and light candles at the graves of soviet soldiers and the stony labor camp victims they can but wonder how can the rest of the world tolerate such

a glorification of naziism the entire world mourns the victims of the nazi killing machine here in a stony however those who participated in the murders are viewed as heroes and are given more glory the many believe they ever deserve the anti fascist movements here in the baltic states however do say that they will put in every effort to prevent this attempt to rewrite history as much for the future generations as for the memories of those who lost their lives in the second world war castro's r r t a stone. the wiki leaks website exposed a of more than seventy five thousand classified u.s. documents on that gun istanbul has enraged the white house while suggesting cover up in the deaths of hundreds of civilians. juden associate the man who started the controversial whistle blowing project four years ago. the taliban is part of the rule of the uk and and people. well the united states and other forces need to

recognize that understand that that is part of the people if you're shooting television you were shooting the afghan people. so searching to see the rest of that interview with wiki leaks founder julian assange right here on our c. over seventy people have been detained and later released after trying to hold a bond oppositional while in central moscow demonstration also had been banned as a motor school display it had already been approved for the side as to room fire in the square the authorities said protesters had been given the option of four other locations around three hundred reporters were at the event estimate of two hundred demonstrators opposition groups have sought to rally at the square on the last day of each month with thirty one days the date as of the symbolics reference to the russian constitution as thirty first also called guaranteeing the right to peaceful assembly and they were also addressed at an opposition demonstration in st

petersburg all the other protests in ten different regions with the hunting incident. let's now have a look at some other stories making headlines right now around the world the death toll from the worst floods in pakistan for eight decades has reached eight hundred the united nations says one million people have been affected by the most sowing raise with some four hundred thousand stranded in remote villages flooded roads and damaged bridges have humbled rescue efforts a state of emergency has been declared with torrential rains expected to continue. in germany thousands have gathered to remember twenty one people who died in a stampede at the love parade music presto a week ago chancellor angela merkel broke off her summer holiday to attend a church service in the western city of more than five hundred were injured during a mass panic crash at one of the europe's largest musical events the festival will never be held again due to the tragedy. chelsea clinton the

only child of former us president and secretary of state hillary has married long time boyfriend investment by marc mezvinsky the couple times the knot at a ceremony costing around three million dollars at an exclusive estate in new york shrouded in secrecy and tight security over four hundred were invited to the top society event including chart show host oprah winfrey and film director steven spielberg work all residents were given a free bottle for the convenience of the security operation. and now unveiling russia and its wealth of culture and dramatic sides is the joy of our close up to you as they travel across the biggest country in the world and today they are in the come to give region. so a border of school is just eighty kilometers away from moscow famous for its engine

trashers the time with a population of nearly ten thousand people is buried in the heart of age old forests in central russia and as you can see in the grandchildren now reports is the site over the usual fusion of religious architecture and city wide modern art. where else so close to moscow would you hear church bells ringing so often every fifteen minutes and at a dozen churches similar tiny asleep this beautiful chime can be heard in the provincial town of bor of school located just eighty kilometers away from moscow and it's the closest cause of the kaluga region to the capital it takes so while defenders hilltop position banks to be all protect who started to build the town in the early fourteenth saying more of comprises of several unique churches like the christian old believe us church also legendary is about to pop new to mourn a street adds to the tiles must see least. but more of is not only about

traditional architecture and golden day rooms and crosses it's hauser's arcana verse for contemporary art to self-taught artist but cheney is recording the history of his hometown through his paintings but his art his service comes that applies. to the charm of the russian provence to which nothing it seems could be add it could. be retired construction engineer has turned a whole town into a giant canvas and the dimmer of rock and his native born us collect food culture and splashed images of churches historical figures and still life on its walls in all one hundred new roles. ninety five percent of people in our town don't visit on galleries and museums are talkers and thus they can take in the outdoor exhibition

perhaps is not the greatest art of all time but still this is art the towns near like tip 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. what they're worth three paintings on this one is left two others will whitewashed under the pretext of this house being repaired the man has already destroyed ten of my works with the biggest new euro decorated a local bakery now that it's been whitewashed some locals even claimed the bread tastes foreigners well side is too holy for jane it covers brush including one thought the mayor's office this painting for example depicts historical figures space travel be a rise of. ski while based mural right opposite the mayor's window is typical

soviet setar well done cucumber the sets. the mayor didn't appreciate the humor of was fined 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 ministry doesn't seem the artist touched a raw nerve to go out of their words 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 were raised without knowing their roots. monk maxime turn to religion at the time of year is truly can russia images of abandoned churches sent 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 the board of squid he's anyone else to talk with more about why the provincial town of bor of schizo favorite of so many tourists and historians are now joined by expert in russian history and all the texture professor william brumfield hello and thank you very much for joining us always welcome you tell me about the town of war of hell of a deeply for you why is that what is so special about this i think part of it is the landscape 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 of the old pals isn't for i've been remarkably well for greece or some call this set up a lot of ministry would concede from here 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 fresco. 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 yachting all models of i was incarcerated and ultimately died there then later of course its role in. the repel and various invasions and are probably 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 then i think it's very changed remarkably and for the better they haven't destroyed what was left from the past often the problem prosperity comes up please let's hope that the town will remain just as well preserved historically for the next generations to thank you very much but that 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 colored girl region. which now we can makes the website blowing the whistle blowing web site brother how did biggest screw p had publishing over seventy five thousand and sixty years documents on the afghan roll some of which suggest that the deaths of hundreds of civilians have been covered up the white house has here is claiming the leaks threaten its national security is lower and that what they found over the web site that's up next here on c.

i'm here in london talking to julian i saw was the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks which this week released a huge bill say of documents relating to the afghan war which mr assaults describes as detailing the every day squalor of war jew in the sauce thank you very much for talking to r.t. now you've had a wide range of responses to this publication ranging from praise right down to criticism is that what you were expecting you know we knew this was serious material it covers a six year period of war ninety two thousand reports and almost every instant serious incident the tree i was in called me together with the times and locations

number of people killed. so we knew that it's a. great thing for france as a historical document and as a primary resource to be used for further investigations and we also know from those sorts of cases that we've dealt with previously but we always get pushback were never we would feel abused by some of what i was asian we always get that organization. or its friends pushing back to try and steer the message away from the allegations that have been raised and one of the main criticisms has been leveled at you is that you have published the villages the names and in some cases the g.p.s. coordinates of people afghans who cooperated with the u.s. military and you even come under some criticism from human rights organizations for that and a u.s. official has called it a potential hit list for the taliban what's your response to that it was appears to

mostly be a media beat up i mean where we're looking at these you seriously to see whether that is true we did hold back people dean thousand reports for for the because they had this sort of classification that suggested maybe they contain that sort of material we approached the white house to ask them for assistance in reviewing material before we published the white house you don't accept that request at this stage we're looking at this is mostly a media beat up of course we're very concerned to make sure innocents are protected so we're very happy to receive any evidence or which report is possibly revealing information about someone who is who is innocent there's also been a suggestion that the release of this information will make it harder for allied forces to get afghans this is to cooperate with them while what we reveal and that's what we've been doing for the path for us is the truth about how when i was asians actually behave you know if afghans don't like how those organizations

actually behave then of course it is their right to engage with them or not engage with them it's not so much that there is it i think is the potential danger that they might be in now that such a huge body of information in the public domain once again that is an allegation by the london times and that a publication who was in an oppositional relationship to the guardian the paper that we collaborated with the printed fourteen pages on monday. into this issue the times of london printed the pages in relation to this issue on monday so they are in now in an adversary relationship because they weren't invited to the party that washington says that these documents are out day says is there any truth to that claim well it depends on what you're talking about if you're talking about how the war has progressed of course they know that the war has been going since two thousand and one that's nine years this material covers the last six years with the

exception of the last seven months now the exception is in jordan to some degree it means that you need to know it is not all tactical. significance it's interesting to talk about troops who are about just about to do something which means it is over a century no threat to. u.s. military forces but is deeply important for understanding the progress of the war now that the white house say that while the material only goes up to december a new same but we released obama's new policy on the war but obama's new policy on the war was in fact a continuation the previous policy except more troops so why should the war change so dramatically just because it's reality money policy changes being put in place the white house's rhetorical trick was to. say it suggests that there was in fact no overlap between obama's policy and this material in fact obama's policy came in

december first and this material carries through in fact to the end of the year you've said that the under-reporting of civilian casualties starts at the bottom with the sort of cullman soldiery and that really no policy change at the top is going to filter down into that what do you think could make a difference it's extremely hard situation and the answer is not. for it paul western forces will i suffer members the tube. go in tomorrow. because that would lead to a power vacuum and so on but i mean the answer is probably a staged withdrawal. making agreements between the taliban and the afghan government as that stage is drawing continues and i predict it will be a continuation of the civil war and what he wants forces of establish some kind of equilibrium that we will see an increase towards peace i'm here stands to gain from

the release of all this information all the afghan people i mean that is their country and this is the history of their country and if they are to effectively manage and control their own destiny they need this information to understand what is happening to their country but we can also say. you know it's people united states. and u.k. strayer and others in the coalition who are actually paying for all this war and he was sending its soldiers to be killed in this war and those people also have the rights to understand what is actually happening but here you can probably not predict but it is all those military companies. who are making extraordinary profits by providing service services to troops weapons or. clothing and so on but isn't the taliban the afghan insurgency likely

to gain from this as well because you have inadvertently maybe exposed the weaknesses of the allied forces we have to be careful there remember this is a civil war. everyone says taliban but in fact the taliban are i've got news this is a civil war that is going on and that the taliban are part of the will of the afghan people they're also part of the will perhaps of the i saw. the pakistani secret intelligence service but of course perhaps they're part of the will of saudi arabia who was giving some money to this but in terms of the bodies on the ground people actually doing the work the taliban is part of the will of the afghan people and. the united states and other forces need to recognize same understand that that is part of the afghan people and if you're shooting taliban you are shooting the afghan people this material doesn't paint the behavior of any military group in

a nice light there's blood on all sides judy thank you very much. wealthy british style. sometimes rightly. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two kinds of reports.

this is all see a big check of the headlines we're following for you this on. small during some outrageous horrifies claim at least twenty eight lines only for thousands of people hope that central russia says. has its worst quaver in over a hundred years. talks a count down the water supplies in russia sponsor a star under threat as chinese authorities struggle to stop signs of the chemical ways the last refuge of the brave but from reaching russia. on dystonia so she is bar anti nazi per term says a lot of the film and soldiers herself with the knowledge says to gather for a commemoration in the country. and this is how the headlines like this are let's join is for a golden journey with martin andrews has lost the secrets of the ancient towns along russia's historical golden rain.

hello and welcome to blood in your own class like the capital of the ancient rules realize the source of russia it's always there and it's hard i was as it's one of the closest golden ring cities to moscow it's a popular day trip enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. people have lived in this area of russia for every twenty five thousand years the city was founded in eleven o eight by order of law to be a match for the city gets its name out of a new research just as she is even older dating back to the tenth century regardless of which founding date is the most accurate since he's missed the storable significant events right around two hundred years.