coming forward bringing clothes and food and offering that help and assistance to these people now we know the government are also offering the help we can hear from president promised to provide for the people who have lost hope. after this unusually hot summer. so we need to at least provide people with temporary housing and immediately start the construction of permanent. the russian government and the regional administrations should certainly. to finance these needs that we know where this is the only places being affected not growth another area that's being very very badly hit and we've heard prime minister putin saying that he's going to be providing around one hundred thousand dollars to every family that has lost a home so there's certainly going to be a system that as we said at the moment people really facing the reality of the devastation that these fires have left behind which they could only watch helplessly at the firestorm that they say one person along with this is the village

of must love about fifteen minutes from burnished center one of the places worst affected by the fires there left many of the homes here completely destroyed. the fire wasted no time flames leaping from building to building incinerated eighty houses and making two hundred people homeless all within the space of a couple of hours. i never saw before i could spread the forest but the wind was very strong it was like a hurricane you police told us to leave they knew it was dangerous to stay here it was only things today and we're alive and we think god it wasn't good night because then there would have been many more victims. one desperately trying to leave his burning house got struck by falling wires the electric shock. friends and neighbors have been rallying around and there were many tales of courage. if i didn't come back on time my neighbors. burned alive because she didn't see the fire approaching

from both sides she could have been trapped in the middle of the last moment she ran out in her gown and slippers she's left without her identification and any of her documents. i buried my rottweiler he was near the house when it caught fire. and didn't let anyone approach him. it was a good dog people are now coming to terms of how everything that has been lost but they are help is coming from many. who have come here to one of the temporary refuge centers where people have been turning up in their hundreds bringing food and clothes and offering help to those who lost everything in the fire with so many people left the government has promised immediate help and that new houses will be built. in the meantime fit it is like. reeling from fire damage left trying to

pick up the pieces. for a new. well you are with r.t. and there's plenty more coming off you this hour triumphant protests the country is so criminal and its actions all over the world it has no right to tell one group of people not to cross borders when it's crossing illegally crossing borders and all over the world innocent people immigrants in arizona celebrate as a federal judge blocks part of a controversial new law aimed at stamping out and legal aliens also. several thousand barrels toxic substances remain headed towards the river in russia despite the chaney's of efforts to report from forces far east leader in the program. the u.s. military is desperately trying to find the source of the biggest leak in its history this week internet site wiki leaks published around ninety thousand

classified documents on the war in afghanistan documents expose the alleged killing of innocent citizens during u.s. led operations in afghanistan there are also reports of u.s. concern that pakistani intelligence is helping the taliban insurgency in april the same website released a video showing u.s. soldiers shooting civilians from a helicopter in iraq as aunties guy nature can found out the soldiers that served on the front lines say things like that are not unusual. let me know when something that any military tries to keep under wraps severely bring in operation this april the pentagon saw one of its skeletons walk out of the closet a secret video for american soldiers opening which looks like indiscriminate fire in a baghdad suburb three years ago more than a dozen people were recruited dan including to reuters news staff also two children were wounded the incident was investing in the u.s.

military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the on . and conflict and its own rules of engagement so while the u.s. military is ok with causing some collateral damage it's when civilians die in the course of action a number of soldiers who were involved in those killings now speak out and say this shouldn't be a norm of warfare you can see in of these in mccord a soldier with the unit that's shown in the video said it hadn't been a one time experience who went as far as to say soldiers in his unit were ordered to kill civilians in certain circumstances mccord said the message they got from their commander was if someone in your line gets hit with an improvised explosive device three sixty rotational fire you kill everyone on the street cherish the bers served in the same unit as ethan mccord he refused to talk about

the order because of as he said the threats and warnings that he'd received from his former army fellows with the secret video of helicopter killings seemed nothing unusual to hear from our experiences were shown in their videos. on camera work that happened on a fairly regular basis josh says the training they'd gone through did not ingrid much sensitivity either he remembers one of the songs soldiers were made to sing more than ten songs. as i want down to the market where all the children were all one shot or i will show you and i began to chart josh and a group of other former soldiers are now touring the us and telling people of their experiences and their regret from here was when i was finally able to kind of put ourselves in the shoes of of all the people.

really start to imagine how i feel as if people were doing to me what i was doing so people on a regular basis of storerooms in people's homes sometimes in the middle of the night i think lives and and children's faces. some blame the type of war the us was supplying for the psychological trauma so many american soldiers are now going through it was a very disorienting and destabilizing condition of warfare for most american soldiers to try to separate the benign populace from the insurgents who wanted to kill them that were absolutely indistinguishable from regular civilians. seven roger. eason recording josh stieber signed a letter of apology to the mother of the children hurt during the operation and pledged to change from the inside out again is chicken art team washington d.c.

. or brian becker from the american antiwar coalition says the leaked documents expose an attempt by u.s. officials to save face. in its broadest context these documents prove that the war in afghanistan cannot be won and that the leaders of the us government know that it cannot be won but they don't want to tell the american people the truth because they don't want to take responsibility they don't want to have it be known in history that on our watch obama or poetry is that we lost we the great united states lost a war against an armed insurgency in afghanistan. well it's just after ten minutes past the hour now here in the russian capital you with our tears were running down the top stories of today and of this past week and in china thousands of barrels containing toxic chemicals continue to move towards russia they were swept into

a river by recent floods and although chinese authorities are desperately trying to intercept the poisonous containers there are unconfirmed reports that some are already leaking their contents into the water to use you've got to put it off as more. they say they're just around fifty years ago the water in the more was so clean it was possible to drink it straight from the river obviously over the years the situation has changed but the ecology here is now under threat of becoming even worse chinese authorities now say that they've managed to extract several thousand barrels which have been washed into the river last wednesday as a result of the biggest flood china has experienced in a decade but that means that several more thousand barrels are still in the water and since the river joins the. chinese located just several dozen away from here these barrels are clearly enroute to russia chinese authorities eight beers to prevent these barrels from reaching here however there are signs suggesting that

the ecology is still under threat first of all out of the seven thousand barrels which have got into the water three thousand of them contain chemical substances including acids which may be harmful to the environment and there have been reports that some of these barrels have leaked these chemicals into the water and the whole dreamy also be en route towards the also been reports that some of the barrels may have sunk into the water and that creates a potential future of threat to the environment and also makes it much more difficult to extract them to do surface since the river is a major source of fresh water in the city. and in russia's far east in general media locals are very concerned about the situation. they say they're trying to intercept them but i still think some will eventually end up here some say they're leaking on the chemicals will come anyway. it's not the first time we've had

problems like this in the winter there was a big can it will spill and we had to use what's a filter china has to find a way to prevent the well we won't be able to drink the sort so it'll of course. very concerned about the situation as well and the russian consulate and embassy are cooperating with authorities in china nevertheless the officials here are already planing ways to distribute fresh water to the local population in case of contamination does occur but for the emergencies ministry which is monitoring the quality of the water by taking samples at least twice a day they see so for they haven't found any abnormalities. it's going off right there and still ahead for you milestone for the i s s find out how the docking of a russian module the international space station ten years ago made workable the largest construction in orbit possible. plus facing german ex conflicts will

society take them back all keep them locked up after they've served their sentences . well north korea has demanded its experts be allowed to examine the site where a south korean warship sank the vessel went down in march killing forty six sailors an international investigation accuse the north of carrying out a torpedo attack but a second inquiry led by russia has reportedly cast doubt on that saying mine could be to blame for policy analysts stephen says the result of the first international report raise doubts even within south korea the lead government is not a government that is interested in peaceful coexistence with north korea. is to see the collapse of north korea and its absorption into the south. it's also suspicious of the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial

and local elections there is also the case and. the idea that a north korean submarine could have been operating in the shallow waters in which the chief. is incredible but one could make the. the entire point of this incident in the blaming of it on north korea was to provide a pretext to escalate tensions there is a large opposition within south korea to the idea that in fact north korea is responsible for the sinking of the ship just remind you we've got much more on our website that is dot com we feature blogs and forums galleries and different stories and here's a look at some of what you might find there for you right now towering inferno a group of men filming themselves while trying to escape from a burning village in russia trapped by walls of flame recklessly nobody was hurt. and lunch box set up a food bank to help feed people who have fallen on hard times. until

november at least immigrants in arizona will be safe from new round on police checks that's after a u.s. court postponed the state's governor's appeal like an scope's on a new immigration law its most controversial provisions of such as allowing the police to check the immigration status of suspects they stop were removed shortly before the bill came into effect. because often reports i don't think. this. doesn't sound like your typical immigration protest today i feel great espuelas guy one of my guys everybody was so excited reading it and.

yeah it was. that's because just one day before the law was to be enacted i. harshest provisions i'm here celebrating with our victory. were to be removed a celebration over one hundred a long hot days in the meeting. and the. celebration. governor brewer signed immigration law. every single time five am. right but it wasn't always the law but some of the most controversial provisions. they got their first answer with we've been in pretty well you know a big day twenty four hours a day this is taking over or our life and right now this is the only issue we can work because there's so much demand for it right here we're directly on the thick

of it right on the front lines of what is a national struggle and whenever there's a national struggle money to be here. now. where anyone can be a patriot belong to god. and stand in solidarity. with america's immigrant population but although vendor and activist jonah clary is busy these days he's not very optimistic about the future of hispanic community a lot of the emirates that are coming here are coming here to escape political and economic systems that we created in their country they're coming here for for the ability to live to have food to have children to have what they need to take care of their families and they can't have that where they came from largely as a result of united states imperialism in their country a sentiment that was at code by native born and naturalized citizens only blaming the very nation they would do anything to stay in this country is so criminal and

its actions all over the world it has no right to tell one group of people not to cross borders when it's crossing illegally crossing borders and all over the world to bomb innocent people but most of these folks want to drop a different kind of bomb and i demand that the u.s. government listen to them they say you. have here their future with the first step we have. taken there but there are no soft ski archie phoenix arizona we are just getting to the twenty minute mark of the hour here in the russian capital you without see it's good to have your company on this sunday now it's ten years since the international space station first became habitable when a russian module with life support systems docked with the orbiter for the event to revolutionize the research which could be carried out on the i asked us sean 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 the i.s.a.'s is a major contemporary space project it involves a big number of program participants including the united states canada european countries 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. we were part of right similar nice 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 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 war and watch but it wasn't until ten years ago when there's a fear that capsule was attached that the space station became livable. but made it possible for their crew to stay and build the station would be impossible to build the station at the pace it was constructed that without the special part of 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 were. we worked together. ten years on the

i.s.o.'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 think a part of my assessment has 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. for suddenly a space of breakthrough value but later in the day we take a turn at the world of another future closer to home three d. joy technology update on the set of russia's fast comedy film fully and that format . future seemed to. be. moving. your stereo display a life. changing.

potentially dangerous back into society. even after. but called a preventive detention has drawn criticism from rights watchdog. most people keeping their family safe and well being. shifty a nervous that so we managed to see h. a murderer a sex offender now living in the german city of. he's got it all day every day least for policeman but he's escaped from his mind as before and locals are worried he'll do it again and.

no money if you work in this building there's no police but since he's living here there's a police all the people in town are talking about. all the people. because there is a school next door. mr wright should still be in prison under germany's policy of preventive detention is designed to keep offenders like him behind bars even after a sentence was served because they were still deemed a danger to the public but it was a policy that fell foul of the european court of human rights which ruled the practice of the german government argued it worked and defended it. to the end it's good of him to fail and of course there's a danger that a convict could stay in preventive detention for the rest of his life but to avoid this situation we have frequent specialist checks to assess their condition and repeat of our campaign

a thomas brockman opposes preventive detention that's because he wants longer sentences in the first place. last year another sex offender not given preventive detention was released back into his community a move that still causes angry protests today now these fears of being replicated across germany i did a few of these criminals we repeat such crimes again that's the worst thing that could happen and it probably will happen because they weren't put away others also think the new arrangements are less than satisfactory it costs far more to keep offenders under guard in the community than behind bars the german newspaper billed put the figure at twelve thousand euros a day compared to one hundred a day in prison a large price to pay when lawyers argue it hardly provides the freedoms of daily life if he goes into a shop and there's always two people following him if he goes to a doctor two people are next to him and that's that impossible to have

a normal life michael ray burger is now fighting for greater freedoms mr h. the criminals right serve little worry to most germans anxious about the safety of their own families people here are concerned about this man in their midst but it's estimated there could be at least another two hundred twenty dangerous criminals released soon across germany was that might ease conscience's in strasburg doesn't ease anyone's nerves here martin r.t. broken germany. now to some other stories making headlines around the world at this hour and at least nine hundred people are now confirmed dead in pakistan's worst floods for eight decades the united nations says one million people have been affected by monsoon rains with some twenty seven thousand stranded in remote villages flooded roads and bridges have come for the rescue efforts a state of emergency has been declared with torrential rains expected to continue in neighboring afghanistan it floods have killed at least sixty four people and

destroyed hundreds of homes. four people have been killed in. landmine explosion it reportedly happened when villagers rushed to put out a fire at an oil facility that had allegedly been started by kurdish militants the kurdistan workers party that is fighting for autonomy in turkey has intensified its attacks since june. sequence and only child the former u.s. president bill current secretary of state hillary has married her longtime banker boyfriend the highly secretive ceremony at an exclusive a state in new york costs three million dollars among the four hundred guests chat show host oprah winfrey and film director steven spielberg local residents were given a free bottle of champagne as an apology for the extensive security operation. and i'll be back with a recap of the headlines in just a couple of minutes stay with us.

one of the key elements of democracy which is so uncomfortable for me a forty. who pays for the news of how dependent is this independent media. and who is behind the t.v. story. george and media fiction and reality.

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you had lines here wildfires caused by a record breaking heat in russia are expanding to new areas that these thirty lives have been lost this week and the blazes have destroyed thousands of homes. water supplies in russia's far east are under threat by barrels containing chemicals from china they were swept away by floods and the currently heading for the border. whistleblower website and wiki leaks published of classified u.s. documents revealing cover ups in the war in afghanistan among the revelations was the alleged and reporting of civilian deaths. all right let's get more now on that wiki leak story where the brian becker director of the american war coalition he explains why he believes the documents were released and who is behind it. detail of the accounts of the war in afghanistan thousands and thousands of these

documents met by criticism from the white house that said this is going to endanger our troops in afghanistan and skepticism from a lot of people what's your take on this but i think what the obama white house is presenting him is disingenuous and hypocritical they're the ones sending you were soldiers and marines to kill and to be killed they're the ones putting people's lives at risk and in fact taking those lives in a war that they know cannot be won but they have not told the truth about that the wiki leaks cache of documents these ninety two thousand documents paint a grim portrait that indicate that the leaders the politicians and the leaders in uniform the military know that this war is a lost cause and yet they're surging tens of thousands more troops because they believe hers don't want to take responsibility for a defeat in afghanistan just like nixon did not want to take a.