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 we know in alexandria calix house was burned to the ground it was one of the many inverted nish destroyed by the fire the top three people 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 them is it being left. when entire victoria which means victory so i think when we come in from the fires. i think everything will be all right we've got enough help and our life has just started with a hate 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 man desperately trying to leave his burning house was struck by falling one of the electric shock killed him. well so 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 payton say 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 to first sentence in the fifty head and we finish 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. i was at work when my son called me and there is a far. i rushed but in fifteen minutes he called back instead everything and there are no firefighters here when i turned to composer to the homes there was panicking . people from the hospital which was not. seeing my children when a friend with my children. they were afraid. it was my body and i've also heard from the russian paycheck has expressed his condolences to some of these people. everyone. and we can control it but we can't control you know.

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 and 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 think and of course you can see behind me the destruction that these fires are causing everyone very very concerned and the situation and ensure that more damage isn't. better assaraf rath reporting that story will be keeping you up to date where those forecasts suggest have been hotter weather by next friday that's coming up for you this hour here on our c would meet a british that called the afghan war whose fight against the military campaign landed him five months behind bars. and part of his peninsula even south koreans nodar the findings of a u.s. led report that blamed young young for sinking as something more ship in march and out why in a few minutes time. this week the u.s.

added thirty seven billion dollars to its war chance to prove by congress after two months of delays it comes as they whistle blowing web site we can leaks publish seventy five thousand classified american documents on the afghan war with some suggesting the killing of hundreds of civilians has been covered up the pentagon is investigating the source of the leak and a soldier has been charged with releasing classified video of the military operation the white house says the leaks threaten national security and has asked wiki leaks to stop posting secret material but the organizations founder and editor in chief julian assange says they tried to cooperate with the u.s. administration but received no response. we're looking at the issue seriously to see whether that is true we did hold back people being thousand reports for for the other 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 thought except

that request and as he's resident jory hoffman is take the streets of new york to gather views 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 you get the people need to know what's happening and i think it's great 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 same public domain just such as should know everything is there any information that should never be published by a watchdog oh yeah i mean if they're saying 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 it 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. public schooling 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 be information 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 netherlands has become the first nato member to withdraw from afghanistan and two thousand dutch troops are heading home with us for base now in the hands of u.s. and australian contingent and this comes as. forces push forward on day three of an operation in central helmand province british and afghan troops have reportedly cleared several times buildings including a bomb factory but many veterans who served in the region have returned home with technology to control much and now oppose the war and they spoke to one ex soldier whose refusal to fly it cost him his freedom. this is the soldier who said no to the speaking out against the conflict one he called it illegal and unjustifiable his advice to the government so i would say listen some people just simply. you know people in the morning with. these conflicts. you know the call of will to fall off the wagon which was the message which spin cycle fusion the story so it's time

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 which he claims he was bullied when he heard he was being sent back to afghanistan gone did 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 understanding the lock somebody up speaking of. benton paid a price for his outspokenness in the notorious military jail the glass house he thinks the reason it wasn't long go 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 will with him all the way on the stand he'd taken. so much support from fellow prisoners. mildness. point when i was going to under those who died it was fantastic so we are going to tom i think a fellow along for the first night when the show to get off so that i should work in washington much more try to do is become the poster boy for the stop the war coalition. thank you is welcome following his release from prison someone they consider brave and principled well i mean should not 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 attached to free for the people of afghanistan a 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 joe blanton story is k because it comes straight from the front line as

do the ninety thousand documents released this week showing the van as troops of a bloody conflicts and going by clinton's account of the support he received from other soldiers during his time in prison there is dissent inside the armed forces something the government could have a hard time ignoring nor emmett's r.t. london and also a little bit later in the program germans fear more potentially dangerous sex kongs could soon be living in their communities as the country looks source to end its practice of keeping some founders looked up after they've served their sentence. and a decade in space as they are assessed marks ten years since his first president's moved in we talked to the current crew and taken they can cite. the chinese authorities say around six hundred barrels with highly toxic chemicals remain missing in

a river flowing tools russian while six thousands of the containers swept away in floods have been recovered there are fears some may have already caused pollution is going off as in russia's far east which is on high alert against the threat. they say that 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 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 lady me also be en route towards the they have 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 of fresh water in the city. and in russia's far east in general many locals here 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 the 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 chemical spill and we had to use what's a filter is china has to find a way to prevent the stains we won't be able to drink the source or toll of course . russia are very concerned about the situation as well and the russian cause and embassy are cooperating with authorities in china nevertheless the officials here are already planning ways to distribute fresh water to the local population in case it 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 they see so for they haven't found any abnormalities. north korea has demanded access to the investigation of a south korean warship that killed forty six sailors back in march and now the international investigation had accused the north of the best but a south korean newspaper has leaked recent results of

a russian led inquiry that suggests it has had it in mind however the information has not been confirmed by last night u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton sat there was overwhelming evidence beyond young was to blame but north korea vehemently denies involvement foreign policy analyst even gallons says the result of the first report raised doubts even though 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 the day 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. the u.s. state of arizona has an act in a controversial new immigration law this week but without highly contentious police powers critics said were racist random chunk some people state his words now happen a move which had given rise to fear is that ethnic groups who'd be racially targeted but those who opposed the new doors still far from happy about the way immigrants are treated in the u.s. when it. is it is. it doesn't sound like a typical immigration protests today i feel great as beautiful guy around my god everybody was so excited to ring in. india you know it was. because just one day before the law was to be enacted i. thought

harshest provisions i'm here celebrating with the believe our victory. were to be removed a celebration over one hundred a long hot days in the making. and i think that how much celebrate and i mean it's not an arm or a sign immigration law they say any year every year i am five am going to break it what are you going to lock down some of the most of our summer measures and took a step back and their prayers were answered with we've been in pretty well you know every day twenty four hours a day this is taking over or our work and right now this is the only issue we can work because there's so much demand and good right here were directly on the secure bridge right on the front lines of what is a national security and whenever there's a national struggle money has to be made here. now.

where anyone could be a patriot belong to god. and stand in solidarity with america. as immigrant population but although vendor an activist jonah clary is busy these days he's not very optimistic about the future of the hispanic community a lot of the emirates 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 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 add 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 u.s. government listen to them they say oh you. all have come here for a better future with the first step we have to keep making their voices heard in our you know the soft archie phoenix arizona. let's now check some other stories making headlines right now around the world in pakistan the daft toll from the most devastating flooding in over eighty years has risen to over eleven hundred officials fear more deaths as remote areas remain inaccessible flooded roads and damaged bridges are humping rescue efforts some twenty seven thousand are still stranded in distant villagers. eight people have been killed in kashmir as protests against india rule intensified on sunday security forces fired at thousands of demonstrators killing four and set fire to

a police station causing for more deaths are showing stalled inside exploded and over thirty five an hour died at six weeks of protests. greek trunk drivers have announced they are suspending a weeklong strike and entering into talks with the government they say they'll return to work on monday but one of more disruption if there's no agreement and that action has caused a major fuel shortage with mu true vehicles being forced to deliver petrol the truckers walked out of the government plans to open up their sector to help tackle the country's financial crisis. germany looks forced to scrap its system of keeping violent criminals and reaffirmed under lock and key even after their sentences are up the 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 glances a nervous status that's all we managed to see walter h.

a mugger a sex offender now living in the german city of sabriel can he's got it all day every day by the least four policemen but he's escaped from his mind as before and locals are worried he'll do it again and seeing that is very dangerous for the people here and in the area because they don't know that such people. such people as this close to them believe that security security. environment is a big good for him has probably only. from the prison no money if you work in this building and there's no police but since he's living here there's all the day police all the people in town are talking about. and knowing all the people don't want him to be here because there is a school next door and there's a kindergarten movie mr rate should still be in prison and the germans policy of

preventive detention 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 felony 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 he paid 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 are being replicated across germany got to be a few of these criminals we repeat search trains 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 eight 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 and chris about the safety of their own families people who are concerned about this man in their midst but it's estimated there could be at least another two hundred ten should be 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. this week marks turn gay as soon as the international space station first became habitable a decade ago a russian module talked to a big all bitter event which revolutionized the research of the station they are assessed as the largest contraction in space and many countries are involved in the project the program was originally going to end in twenty fifteen but has been extended by five years to celebrate the station's anniversary of the current crew sent a message from space. x. square here. is the best window view as you know of traffic jams on the way to work there are not many people around who space aliens having visited us years who know the ball is crushed and luckily we are far away from the. and i will back with every couple our top stories in just a couple of minutes so stay tuned. to

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one of the key elements of democracy which is so uncomfortable for me a foreigner. who pays for the news. how dependent is this independent media. and who is behind the t.v. story it. charges media fiction and reality on our t.v. . it will shine on. see and these are the top stories of the day and from the week raging inferno nasa satellites report four hundred pulse pulse and brush up as

wildfires caused by a record breaking heat wave with the country's spread with thirty dead and thousands made homeless. afghanistan secrets the u.s. swells at some war chest with billions of dollars as a whistle blowing web site neat stuff doesn't have classified secrets exposing civilian deaths in afghanistan and cover obvious. poison peril with hundreds of barrels of toxic chemicals flowed down the chinese agree with towards the border with russia with concerns now for the safe water supplies in the far east of the country. and sweet victory arizona's hispanic community welcomes a softening of the state's controversial new immigration law but leaders say plenty more needs to be down. and more news in half an hour's time right now out stay with us for the natives from the high tech world in our technology update here on aussie .

hello and welcome to technology update three d. no need to worry about the glasses for this program as part of our ever onward drive to make the movie going experience more and more lifelike people have been flocking to three dimensional films meanwhile movie makers have been quick to harness the expanding base of technical quitman to make their film stand out on screen and hopefully at the box office as well. two thousand and ten may well be the year of the three d. film with dozens of new releases in practically every genre screaming at an increasingly large number of three d. ready theaters. the tsunami was undoubtedly to smash its success of james cameron's epic side like avatar which opened in december two thousand and. ten and has the number one.