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 end just one day after giving birth to baby victoria corrina in alexandra killings house was burnt to the ground it was one of the many inverted nish destroyed by the fierce fire that tore through people's homes leaving devastation in its wake a move. we've lived here for five years i'm now this is all that remains of our home now they have to stay in a refuge center one of two in the city that has been set up to help those it been left. we didn't have it taria 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 with the heat wave 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 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 also promised to provide assistance to these people we've heard prime minister peter say that the funny sort of lost homes will be receiving up to one hundred thousand dollars and hopefully this will be used to rebuild their homes by october now but obviously the people having to deal with the situation that they've been left in now those two verses. and we've seen a huge amount of volunteers coming forward in bringing clothes. and just offering

general assistance to these people that have been left in this situation. i was at work when my son called me and said mom there is a fire close to her house i rushed home but in fifteen minutes he called back and said everything is burned down and there are no firefighters here when they tried to come closer to the homes there was panicking everyone help people from the hospital which was in flames didn't let anyone in but they believed them to let me in seeing my children when a friend with my children their faces were black suit they were frightened and shocked. and i've also heard from the russian well has expressed his condolences to some of these people. everyone not to fooling to dispute this is a natural disaster and we can't control it but we can't control now nature. to pray for people affected by the fires. now the timing of those condolences very

appropriate because in the russian orthodox church calendar. second of august is the day of the light of the controls the rain and thunderstorms of a lot of people hoping for some the thought over the next couple of weeks because at the moment there's no sign of this heat wave they say and of course you can see behind me the destruction that these fires are causing everyone very very concerned and the situation and show more damage isn't. so for reporting there and coming up for you this. president gathers opinions on what was right for the web site wiki leaks to release u.s. military foils. sordid details of politicians i don't think we need to know but information that's in the very public. should know everything. also we need an afghan war veteran who's fight against the military campaign meant he was jailed for five months. those stories still to come

a person china authorities 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. in russia's far east looking into unconfirmed reports that some barrels are already leaking that poisonous 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 janie's 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 en route to words 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 old we 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 and since the river is a major source off 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 the sort so 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 officials here in front bottoms are already planing we to distribute fresh water to the local population in case a contamination does occur but thankfully so far the emergencies ministry which is monitoring the quality of the water by taking samples at least twice a day b.c. so for they haven't found any abnormalities. this week the u.s. added thirty seven billion dollars to its war budget after congress approved further funding for the afghan troops and capitol hill was

a move 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 is being challenge with releasing online a classified video of a minute trip aeration the white house has requested wiki leaks to stop posting top secret documents. from an american anti walker says the leaked documents will influence u.s. public opinions 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 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 the american public which already has turned against the war. and spoke to the founder and editor in chief of the wiki leaks website he says he tried to cooperate with the white house but received no response. and we're looking at the issue seriously to see whether that is true we did hold back thousand reports for the year 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 did not accept that request. and you can watch auntie's full interview with the founder of the wiki leaks website in about twenty minutes from now. and also what is resident hits the streets of new york together opinion on the wiki leaks story.

should they be released things that sensitive information this week let's talk about that i'm a journalist and i think freedom you get the people need to know what's happening and i think it's is there anything that the public shouldn't know. i don't want sordid details of politicians i don't think we need to know that but information that's in the public to name just such a 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 do the right thing in afghanistan it should absolutely not be shared 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. time explaining what it all means it's just a lot of information without

a lot of explanation and that leads to you know anyone could take it and use it how they want to use it should they have done it no but is the i'm a she 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. meanwhile the dutch of wrapped up their military service in afghanistan almost two thousand troops have ended their mission and their military base has been handed over to the u.s. and australian contingents it comes as british forces are in day three of operation in central helmand province an afghan army is have reportedly clear the taliban

compound and seized bomb making equipment but many u.k. veterans who come back from the region with psychological trauma opposed the war office or image spoke to one former british soldier whose 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 people just simply. you know people want to make the morning with. these conflicts. you know kind of will fall off the wagon as far as the message which confusion the story 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 bringing democracy we've got freedom of speech we're fighting to introduce a draft understand the locks and get to speak in a. certain intern 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 me terms of guards around the train was unbelievable you know i was so much support from from my fellow prisoners it was fantastic and so much milder sort of being one point when you pay so again two hundred dollars a dime is fantastic so you know the only time i think

a fellow line is for the first night when the cell door shuts it off so that i still reckon my son watched all the other guys try to 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 everyone believes and everyone knows the war is not just. a chance to treat for the people of afghanistan a more moral 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. story is k. because it comes straight from the front line as do the ninety thousand documents released this week showing the unvarnished truth of a bloody conflicts and going by clinton's account of the support he received from the soldiers during his time in prison is dissent inside the armed forces something

the government could have a hard time make nor nor and it. would. this is a lot more coming your way including germany more potentially dangerous could soon be living in their communities as the country looks forced to end its practice of keeping some offenders locked up after they've served their sentences. the perilous even south koreans know the findings of a u.s. led report the plane to pyongyang for sinking a southern warship in march you find out why in a few minutes we'll hear on. the u.s. state of arizona has enforce new illegal immigration legislation but most disputed parts of the bill was struck just before it was in acted it means immigrants will be safe from random police checks which some claimed were racial profiling but 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 immigration protest today i feel great and. everybody was very. so i did bring it in. and yeah it was. that's because just one day before the law was to be enacted i. think that 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. i'm the boss didn't have much to celebrate and i mean it's not an arm or a sign immigration law they've been here every single day five am it's great but it wasn't always the law is now but some of the most controversial measures. they say

their prayers are answered with we've been in pretty you know a big day twenty four hours a day this is taken over or our lives and right now this is the only issue we can work because there's so much demand for it and we're right here we're we're 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 vendor an activist jonah clearly is busy these days he's not very optimistic about the future of the hispanic community a lot of the roads 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 crude to have children to have what they need to take or 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. this country is so criminal and its actions all over the world it has no right to tell people not to cross borders when it's crossing illegally crossing borders and all over the world innocent people most of these folks want to drop a different kind of bomb. and demand that the u.s. government listen when they say. they are better. than. our. feet arizona. north korea has demanded its experts be allowed to examine the scene where a south korean warship sank the vessel which went down in march killing forty six sailors it's a south korean newspaper that leaked the findings from

a new russian led inquiry that suggest the boat had hit a sea mine these have not been confirmed and the international investigation accuse 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 those who it was always denied its involvement in the sinking foreign policy analyst even says the result of the first reports raised 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 that the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial and local elections there is also the case that. 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

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. and in further developments on the divided peninsula a land mine which was swept across the border from the north during heavy flooding has killed one south korean and injured another the device exploded after the men tried to take it home military officials say it's unclear why they tried to take it away with them have been issued to people in the area is about thirty minute being found in the past two days. well now to some international news in afghanistan six civilians have been killed as their minibus hit a roadside bomb another nine were wounded in the explosion in kandahar province it's not clear if the bus was the intended target or whether the bomb was meant for passing nato or afghan troops. u.n. has praised

a global treaty that's come into effect banning the production and use of cluster bombs the weapons which contain hundreds of small explosives often leave detonated devices behind they've long been compared to landmines for the damage they can cause to civilians more than one hundred countries have endorsed the agreement however the us russia china and israel are yet to sign up. rescue operations continue in china after the worst flooding in a decade in some provinces floods triggered by heavy rain have paralyzed traffic on major highways cutting off people living in the surrounding mountainous areas ten days of downpours have left more than one hundred dead or missing in the northeastern province of across the country more than a thousand have been killed because of flooding since the start of the. this is several hundred members of thailand's so-called red shirt movement have ignored a state of emergency in bangkok and staged a symbolic protest they were split on the ground to mimic the deaths of fellow demonstrators killed in may when the army was sent into and ten weeks of protests for elections ninety people shot dead soldiers and. more than fourteen hundred

injured. germany looks forced to scrap its system of keeping violent criminals and rear fenders under lock and key even after their sentences are up european court of human rights has ruled so-called preventive detention illegal this means potentially dangerous individuals could soon be back in the community. shifty dancers and nervous as that's all we managed to see walter age a murderer and sex offender now living in the german city of sabriel can 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 and seeing 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 is a school next door and there's a kindergarten. mr eight should still be in prison under germany's policy of preventive detention that 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 is get pushed into failing of course there's a danger there 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 the paedophile campaigner 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 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 rights are of 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 that might ease consciences in strasburg doesn't ease anyone's nerves here martin r.t. germany. this week not ten years since the international space station first became habitable a decade ago a russian module talk to your bitter in an event which revolutionized research at the station is the largest construction in space and many countries are involved in the project program was originally going to end in twenty fifteen but it's been extended by five years to celebrate the station's out of first three the current crew sent a message from space. square glad to be working here in our space office is the

best window of you know traffic jams on the way to work though there are not many people around in space aliens haven't visited us yet we're never bald and luckily we're far away from each. one just a few moments from now interview with julian a source the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks and i'll also be. that would be headlines very soon in about a couple minutes from now stay with us. to .

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breaking heat in russia have spread into new areas. and destroyed thousands of homes. trying to turn the tide water supplies in russia threatens thousands of barrels containing toxic chemicals flowed down the chinese river towards the country's border. it's a sweet celebration. is taken out of arizona's tough immigration law just before selected activists say the fight is not over. we keep secrets the u.s. congress approves billions more for the afghan military campaign despite documents put online detailing cover ups of civilian deaths and a failing american war effort. well next speaks to the founder and editor in chief of the website responsible for that leak which was the biggest in u.s. military history a special interview next on r.t. .

i'm here in london talking to julian assaults the founder of the whistle blowing website wiki leaks which this week released a huge deal say of documents relating to the afghan war which mr ourselves describes as detailing the every day squalor of war judy 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 and ninety two thousand reports and almost every instant serious incident of the three i wasn't called if you're there with the times and locations number of people killed except for. so we knew that it's a. very different sort of historical document and it's a little primary resource to be used for.