new fires are breaking out in the moscow region so really a huge strain on emergency services and we've heard the russian military have been courted to help get control and also a huge amount of volunteers have been needed as well now you can actually probably see behind me some of the devastation that this fire has caused this is left thousands of people across russia homeless and we went to meet one of the families to find out how they're coping with the situation. it was supposed to be a new beginning instead it was a fiery and just one day after giving birth to baby victoria corrina in alexandria killings house was burnt to the ground it was one of the many inverted nish destroyed by the fierce fire that people's homes leaving devastation in its wake. we've lived here for five years and now this is all that remains of a home now they have to stay in a refuge center one of two in the city that has been set up to help those that have

been left homeless. when inter victoria which means victory so i think where we come from before. i think everything will be all right we've got enough help and our life has just started we've been hit way continuing and fires still burning throughout central russia many towns villages and homes remain at risk emergency services have been battling to gain control of the situation. now the situation is under control at least eighty houses have burned down during the fire at least one person died in this village probably when the men desperately trying to leave his burning house was struck by falling one of the electric shock killed. whilst many have lost their houses to the fire kareena and alexandra remain great knowing that like they could have lost a lot more. now the country's leaders have also promised to provide assistance to these people we've heard prime minister peyton

say that the families that have lost homes will be receiving up to one hundred thousand dollars and hopefully the homes will be used to rebuild their homes. now but obviously the people having to deal with the situation that they've been left in now the census in the fifty head and we've seen a huge amount of volunteers coming forward and bringing clothes and food and just offering general assistance to these people that have been left in this situation and i've also heard from the russian paycheck who will has expressed his condolences to some of these people. everyone. we can control who we can control. now the timing of those condolence is very appropriate because in the russian

orthodox church calendar tomorrow which is the second of august is the day of the of the light which is the controls the rain and thunderstorms and certainly they'll be a lot of people hoping for some of that over the next couple of ways because at the moment there's no sign of this heat wave abate thing and of course you can see behind me that the destruction of these fires the cool thing everyone really very keen to put an end to this situation and show that more damage isn't. all right to you sir for the reporting from overall news richard thank you. well coming up for you this hour artie's resident got his opinions on whether wiki leaks release of u.s. military files was the right thing to do. sordid details of politicians i don't think we need to know but information that's in the public. should know everything . also we meet an afghan war veteran who is fight against the military campaign meant he was jailed for five months.

while in china or forty's are desperately trying to intercept thousands of barrels containing toxic chemicals which are floating towards russia severe floods washed the drums into a river on wednesday. fears in russia's far east looking into unconfirmed reports that some barrels are already leaking their point in its contents. 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 had 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 kilometers away

from here these barrels are clearly enroute to words russia chinese are 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 really me 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 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 and 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 is china has to find a way to prevent the well we won't be able to drink this water it'll of course. the authorities in russia are very concerned about the situation as well and the russian consulate and embassy are cooperating with authorities in china nevertheless the official skewing from bottles are already planing we to distribute fresh water to the local population in case a contamination does occur but thankfully so for the emergencies ministry which is monitoring the quality of the water by taking samples at least twice a day see so for they haven't found any abnormalities what you're going to put kind of reporting now this week the u.s. added thirty seven billion dollars to its war budget after congress approved

further funding for the afghan troops capitol hill was unmoved by the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks which published ninety thousand classified documents detailing civilian deaths at the hands of nato personnel the pentagon is investigating the source of the leaks and one soldier has been charged with releasing online a classified video of a military operation the white house has requested wiki leaks to stop posting the top secret documents brian becker from an american antiwar coalition says the leaked documents will influence u.s. public opinion this is a war that's already been lost the politicians know it's been lost what these documents reveal is that they've concealed that fact from the american people and they're sending more and more troops tens of thousands more troops to kill and to be to be killed in a war that they know can't be won and the reason they're doing it is that they don't want to take responsibility as nixon did not want to take responsibility in

vietnam for a military set back and that's millions of people will be paying some kind of price in national treasure of course the blood loss for afghan civilians for american g.i.'s i think this will have an explosive effect on a on the american public which already has turned against the war. well i spoke to the founder and editor in chief of the wiki leaks website who says that they tried to cooperate with the white house but have received no response. we're looking at these you seriously to see whether it's true he did hold back thousand reports about full force there because they had this sort of classification that suggests that maybe if they contain that sort of material we approached the white house to austin for assistance in reviewing material before we published the white house people kept it quiet. and you can watch ati's full interview with julian assange founder of the wiki leaks website in about twenty minutes time right here on our.

resident laurie hoffman estates the streets of new york to get her opinion on the wiki leaks story. should they be releasing such sensitive information this week let's talk about that i'm a journalist and i think freedom that you get the people need to know what's happening and i think it's great is there anything that the public should know. i don't want sordid details of politicians i don't think we need to know that but information that seemed to fit in public such as should know everything is there any information that should never be published by a watchdog oh yeah i mean if this thing which is going to endanger troops or something which is really going to hurt us or hurt the people who are really trying to the right thing in afghanistan that should absolutely not be shared so out of ninety one thousand reports it is possible i'm sure there's a bunch in there that's bad stuff i believe that you know america should know a lot of things but also america should be kept in the dark about other things and

they compared to the pentagon papers this was released without a lot of. explaining what it all means it's just a lot of information without a lot of explanation and that leads to can you know anyone could take it and use it how they want to use it should they have done it no but is the maisha should the information been classified in the first place that's another question i mean some of that information is pretty basic is it really a serious risk to national security and the fact that the information is published it doesn't look like it but it's not a good idea to be leaking classified information whether or not you think this kind of government information should be released to the public the bottom line is that now it's out there for the whole world to access so let's just hope it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. well meanwhile the dutch wrapped up with military service in afghanistan almost two

thousand troops have ended their mission and then military bases being handed over to the u.s. and australian contingent. it comes as the british forces are on day three of an operation in central helmand province against the taliban. and afghan army is have reportedly cleared a taliban compound and seized the bomb making equipment but many in the u.k. . many of the war veterans in the u.k. opposed this war and artie's a lawyer and spoke to a former british soldier who's refusal to fight cost him his freedom. this is the soldier who said no to the to of speaking out against the war in afghanistan one he calls illegal and unjustifiable his advice to the government i was i was i listen to the people to simplify. it and people want to make the morning withdrawal and support going for these conflicts. you know the call of will fall off the wagon which was the message which confusion the store just want to start listening to

public clinton joined the army in two thousand and four and fought for seven months in afghanistan he says he came home a changed man suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for which he claims he was bullied when he heard he was being sent back to afghanistan he hopes gone dead from the army and didn't come back for two years initially his military superiors were understanding but when joe spoke at an antiwar rally in london they upped his charges to desertion which carries a ten year prison sentence joe's mother says that exposes the hypocrisy of the conflict going into this and we've got freedom of speech we're fighting to introduce a draft understanding the lock somebody up speaking to. them and saying lenten paid a price for his outspokenness in the notorious military jail the glass house he thinks the reason it wasn't longer was to avoid a public outcry which could have brought on an examination of the war he served his time along with other soldiers who he says were with him all the way on the stand

he'd taken in terms of gauze around the train was unbelievable you know i was so much support from from my fellow prisoners it was fantastic and so much mildness of one point i wanted to face i was going to under those who died is fantastic so you know the only time i think of how long for the first night when the cell door shuts off so that i was directing was so much what i was trying to us jews become a poster boy for the stop the war coalition. a hero's welcome following his release from prison for someone they consider brave and principled well i mean shouldn't be punished at all he's saying what everyone believes and everyone knows the war is not just on winnable it's immoral it's a disaster it's causing catastrophic for the people of afghanistan more and more young british men and women are being sent out to risk their lives for a war that only the politicians support and even in private they know it's a disaster james glanton story is because it comes straight from the front line as

do the ninety thousand documents released this week showing the unvarnished truth of the bloody conflicts and going by clinton's account of the support he received from other soldiers during his time in prison if there is dissent inside the armed forces something the government could have a hard time ignoring nor emmett's r.t. london. where you are with r.t. live from moscow there is a lot more coming your way including germans they fear more potentially dangerous cons could soon be living in their communities as the country looks set to end its practice of keeping some convicts locked up even after they've served their sentences. and paragraphs peninsular even the south koreans now doubt the findings of a u.s. led report blame pyongyang for sinking a southern warship in march find out why in a few minutes time right here on r.t. . well a new law on illegal immigration came into force this week but the most disputed

parts of the bill were struck out a day before it was enacted the court ruling means for the time being immigrants in the state of arizona will be safe from their proposed new round of police checks some claim would lead to racial profiling those against the bill say it's a bittersweet victory as the fate of illegals in the u.s. remains precarious. doesn't sound like your typical. all immigration protests today i feel great as beautiful guy you know my god everybody was so excited great and. yeah it was. that's because just one day before the law was to be enacted i. sat harshest provisions i'm here celebrating with the community and our victory. to be removed a celebration over one hundred

a long hot days in the making. me feel. i'm the boss didn't have much to celebrate and that having been governor brewer signed immigration law they've been here every single day five am. right but it wasn't always the law now but some of the most controversial provisions. took a step back and their prayers were answered with we've been in pretty high you know every day twenty four hours a day this is taking over or our lives and right now this is the only issue we can work because there's so much demand for it and good right here who are directly in the thick of it right on the front lines of what is a national struggle and whenever there's a national struggle money has to be made here. now. where anyone can be a patriot belong to god. and stand in solidarity with america's immigrant population but although venter an activist jonah clearly is busy these days he's

not very optimistic about the future of the hispanic community but a lot of the words that are coming here are coming here to escape the 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 echoed. by native born ad naturalized citizens alike 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 on us and demand that the us government listen when they say we're all human. we all have come here for

a better future with this leave the first step we have to keep making their voices heard in our presence know diena the soft archie phoenix arizona. it's now twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you with r.t. as we are running down the week's top stories and the top stories of today and north korea has demanded its experts be allowed to examine the scene where a south korean warship sank the vessel went down in march killing forty six sailors findings from a new russian letting not yet confirmed by moscow suggests the boat had hit a sea mine and earlier international investigation accused the north of carrying out a torpedo attack and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said there was overwhelming evidence pyongyang was to blame north korea has always denied its involvement in the sinking foreign policy analyst stephen gowans says the result of the first report raised doubts even inside 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 the north korean submarine could have been operating in the shallow waters in which the cheering and saying is incredible but one could make the argument that the entire point of this an 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 germany looks forced to scrap its system of keeping the violent criminals and re offenders under lock and key even after their sentences are over the european court of human rights has ruled so-called

preventive detention is illegal this means potentially dangerous individuals could be soon back in the community. shifty glances a nervous stares that's all we managed to see walter a church a murderer and sex offender now living in the german city of sob he's got it all day every day by at least four policemen but he's escaped from his mind as before and locals are worried he'll do it again i think it is very dangerous for the people here in the area because they don't know that such people. such people as this close to them believe that the security and security of the. environment is a big good. has probably only. from the prison no money if you work in this building there's no police but there's since he's living here there's all the day police all the people in town are

talking about. and now all the people don't want him to be here because there's a school next door and there's a kindergarten movie mr rate should still be in prison under germany's policy of preventive detention it was 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 unlawful the german government argued it worked and defended it to the end it's get pushed into failing of course there's a danger to convict could stay in preventive detention for the rest of his life but to avoid the situation we have frequent specialist checks to assess their condition and repeat a fall campaign thomas brookman 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 got to be a few. these criminals will repeat such crimes again that's the worst thing that could happen and it probably will happen because they were 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 for the noise 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's 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 and chris 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. germany and out of some other international news making headlines this hour and in pakistan the death toll from the worst flooding in the country you've seen in over eighty years has now reached more than one thousand official say the figure could rise further there are areas rescue workers have not yet been able to reach flooded roads and damaged bridges are hampering rescue efforts some twenty seven thousand dollars still stranded in remote villages in rescue operations also continue in china after the worst flooding in a decade in some provinces floods triggered by heavy rain has paralyzed traffic on major highways cutting off people living in surrounding mountainous areas ten days

of downpours have left more than one hundred dead or missing in the northeastern province of jilin across the country more than a thousand people have been killed because of flooding said. at the start of the year. truckers are holding firm in their weeklong strike opposing government plans to liberalize their industry and to help tackle the country's financial crisis lorries are lining highways near the capital athens unions are due to hold talks on sunday to decide whether to carry on the action has caused a major fuel shortage it's fourth military vehicles to supply airports hospitals and power stations with petrol. well this week marks ten years since the international space station first became habitable for humans a decade ago a russian module docked with your butter in an event which revolutionized research at the station. is the largest construction in space and has the potential patient of many countries the program was originally going to end in two thousand and fifteen but it has been extended by five more years the current crew sent their

message from space. we're glad to be working here in our space office is that best window of you know traffic jams in a way to work and although there are not many people around in space aliens haven't visited us yet we're never bored. and to another technical milestone now this time in the russian film industry joint technology update on the set of the country's first comedy film the fully in three d. format. coming into the future. just three she. escaped from a cinema and landed in the living room shot on specials and says stream streets are stereo displaying the life the us is no problem which ensures the three d. country knows you are dangerous year on leave the country. and you can catch that next hour right here on our team and i'll be back with

a recap of our headlines in just a couple of minutes. for the. big. voice face to face with the news make.

their vote for bush. always buy one vote for kerry. so the people that are going to be validating this machine can stand there all day long and vote for somebody and it will be right every time but the guy can walk up here and if he hits the right button. you can flip the vote. with the top stories of the day the week this is. blaze is caused by

a record breaking heat in russia. this week and destroyed thousands of homes. trying to. water supply. the country's border. the sting is taken out of arizona's tough immigration. rights activists say the. wiki leaks secrets u.s. congress approved billions more for the. pain despite documents detail. american war. well next. editor in chief of the website responsible for that leak which was the biggest u.s. military history stay with us.

i'm here in london talking to julian i saw was the founder of the whistle blowing website wiki leaks which this week released a huge still 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 incident serious incident you were three i was involved in together with the times and locations number of people killed except for. so we knew that it's a. very different.