wrecked by blazes that have most of them while wildfires a lot of them peach fires which is one of the reasons they were seeing this oppressive smoke that's all around me it makes it very difficult to breathe it's very stinging on the ice and it's shows no let up as it stands at the moment tragically you heard the over at least forty people have been killed so far across russia in these fires over three hundred injured and two thousand people are now left without. their homes destroyed i'm standing just in front of some of those homes that have been completely obliterated by these fires or you can really see all that's left of them is the chimney stocks everything else completely turned to dust even glasses that have been in people's houses melted down and you know in the fall on the floor here now a quarter of a million people are reportedly involved in trying to tackle these blazes across the country as russia and russians try and get back to a normal sense of life without the smoke and of course peter that smoke and smog

has made its way its way to moscow in the past couple of days and the tight enough of it is in the center of the capital now trying to what's the smog situation as we speak. well and he said it's very difficult to find a place in central moscow where you can breathe normally the areas so happy and the smog sometimes gets so thick that my eyes actually start burning coal just are saying that the air of pollution in moscow right now the level of air pollution is seven times. what it would be usual of value and doctors add to that that's if you try taking a walk down one of most schools central streets it will be equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes in just those couple of hours so many prefer to wear face masks in order to reduce the amount of this poisonous area that they breathe in and many doctors actually suggesting for those with lung diseases and diseases to stay indoors and to spend as little time outs. right as possible so i can only imagine

how difficult is it must it be for my colleague peter over there peter what are you hearing about what the authorities are doing to help the fire victims that's right the people who had their house just behind me that was destroyed are in line to receive one hundred thousand dollars so at some cases the receive a hundred thousand dollars that's been pledged by prime minister vladimir putin those that a desperately in need of to be able to to live basically if they've lost homes they've lost all their possessions everything would be receiving extra a little quicker because the expected to be dished out next week now with a groan behind me of this house is still still smouldering away so it's going to be quite a fifty try and to deal with all of these houses and all of these people's property that's being destroyed day by day more and more is falling to the fire as it were right now right here behind me is just one example. of course the scorching heat

makes it so much more difficult to deal with not trying to what are we hearing from forecasters are we going to see a break from this heat in the near future it kind of feels bad trade during the day when the smog goes away but every night it once again covers moscow and it gets worse and worse and of course muscovites our brains to get some heavy rainfall down in the states but. weather forecast only saying that there might be some short term rains in different parts of the city and that temperature in fact is going to grow over forty degrees as they also use and. even right now at night the temperature in moscow. it can be estimated at about thirty degrees so does look like most is going to say they won big often for quite a while now. and tell you in the overcovered there in the center of the russian capital and peter oliver reporting from the moscow region. now israeli arabs have long said they were treated as second class citizens in

their own country but now civil rights groups claim the current government of the jewish state is increasingly passing racist laws they say new legislation doesn't just discriminate against palestinians but all minorities within the country. they're just back to in the states with a protest music found sympathetic ears among jews and arabs they go by the name of damn blood and they're the first arab israeli hip hop group to rap in arabic hebrew and english the lyrics are bold and demand better treatment for arab israelis who they say are treated as second class citizens even money saying. they want to take the i was out for the loud and people elected them so it's not the government. but i mean this is the face of the people like what started first i don't know but this is the situation ever seems like they elected gangsters as i'm still white scoots

agreed they say it's official become inches really government is the most racist in israel's history. studied them and side by two hundred ninety six instances of all races are not just against arabs there's also a significant rise in racism against other ethnic russians ethiopians and eastern jew i believe that israel is a racist country. its bills disaster for the state of israel already at least twenty one bulls that arab citizens against a school just schoolmate against them have been past the most recent perspective citizens now have to swear allegiance to a jewish and democratic state changing the whole discourse in israel now into one in which the assumption is that palestinians are not loyal they have should have no rights they have to prove their loyalty and so this is very much part of that whole circle same kind of move the first victims of this this legislative drive will be the palestinian parliament members who are b.

is one of them she's one of the team out on a meeting members out of one hundred twenty she says it's a daily struggle for arabs to be treated equally even the most liberal israeli parties often struggle to support them the first part. if he is to keep the position in the coalition government this is the house all this week and this little against the us this government has no vision just so this isn't going to see us this shit but also has peace with its own citizens but in its defense the same israeli cabinet approved the largest economic development plan for arabs this industrial park is the brainchild of stephan. a jewish israeli millionaire who's joined hands with shockey the former mayor of the largest arab city in israel as a goal of both the moment the arabs are not participating in industry they have stayed in the profession we want to bring arabs into the circle of industry and my

vision is that five years from now there will be twenty or twenty five production factories here but that regime is being tested because although parliamentarians still need to vote on the proposed amendments to the citizenship law another bill that has already been passed includes threatening to cut off funding to institutions that support the palestinian version of the one nine hundred forty eight war and now the ball criminalizes and denying israel's right to be called a jewish state which is why they'll be no shortage of lyrics anytime soon and the music will repower policy on t.v. israel. taliban insurgents have attacked nato largest base in southern afghanistan however officials say the facilities defenses want to bring in the ground assault u.s. and british forces have cleared several taliban strongholds in the south and center of the country over the last few days but russian. sorrow says the u.s.

is fight against the taliban and the search for their most wanted man osama bin ladin is only a means to justify their presence in the country. he's a person who knows a lot closely work together with the c.i. . the saudi arabian intelligence he was acquainted with the head of saudi arabian intelligence that such he has great knowledge of many contacts pakistan into agency intelligence close ebooks with the us intelligence it might be so that somebody is interested in his presence in a certain place americans say they fight against al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan but the u.n. reports that in afghanistan there are less than three hundred al qaeda members in comparison with one hundred fifty four thousand u.s. personnel and according to our information they are no more than one hundred people perhaps even less you understand what this means when there are one hundred three hundred terrorists against the one hundred fifty four thousand of the symbol should

remain otherwise there is a question what are they doing that. we who watch the full interview in about twenty minutes time right here on our team. well on another front u.s. combat troops are withdrawing from iraq as promised but fifty thousand will stay on to help iraqi forces president obama confirmed america will stick to its deadline of the end of this month but that the sacrifice is not over yet well james dense though a rider on mideast politics and security says obama's promise is overshadowed by fresh violence in iraq. they will hand over to a more of a combat support than a combat role in the coming months and mission should technically leave the country entirely by the end of next year what's interesting i think is that obama has always distance himself from the iraq war joe biden his vice president has been the emissary to iraq in recent months i think he's using this reminder that he's the president to take u.s.

troops out of iraq to continue the same amount of support for his war in afghanistan where last month the u.s. experienced the biggest loss of the war so far it's a sort of irony that barack obama decides to make this announcement as iraq last month enjoy its worst month of violence for the past two years over five hundred people killed in shootings and bombings across the country so one thing you have of the rock is. of uncertainty and i feel that both in terms of the government's ability to make policy and its ability to secure its own people both significantly compromised well there may be another struggle coming president obama's way after iran's leader challenged him to a face to face t.v. debate it follows a statement by a top u.s. military officer that a strike against iran could not be ruled out parties are important i has the details for me ill. we should mention that president ahmadinejad has made this offer and presented this offer in the past in the past few years to obama last year

and to his predecessor george w. bush it is highly unlikely that the president of the united states would sit down for face to face with the president of iran especially with cameras surrounding them for a televised debate but what is so surprising about it is the fact that it couldn't see news to make news all the u.s. mainstream media outlets have picked up this story all the very popular blogs on the internet have taken this story its main headlines and what it really does prove is that the president of iran continues to be something of a mastermind of u.s. media look at the realities that are taking place right now we've seen at the u.n. as you mentioned four rounds of sanctions against iran the most recent ones to take place in the early june after that the united states and the european union passed unilateral sanctions. by the actual sanctions and embargo against iran and iran has not changed its course it is continuing to enrich uranium which

it says it's being done for peaceful purposes when i did sit down with the president of iran he assured me that iran will not halt its nuclear program because he says that it's entitle the countries entitle to have a program for peaceful purposes and he said it doesn't matter how many sanctions are passed so we see that there have been international sanctions placed against iran one after another after another and iran has not changed its course. well the founder of the arabian american political action committee says the upcoming u.s. mid-term election is among a number of things causing american rhetoric to get fired up. these comments are really directed to three different audiences one is towards iran obviously to try to use the carrot and stick approach and continue to use a carrot and stick approach and emphasize that that stick is real to the extent that the iranians may not be taking it as seriously under the obama administration as under the bush administration by the second is to the domestic u.s.

audience and in the u.s. there is some concern by many people that this this whole track the whole sanctions track is doomed to fail and so for the administration it's important especially with the elections coming up and so on not to be perceived as being weak on security and to hold this threat out seriously and finally the third target of course is the israelis and the israelis of course are concerned that this this whole new sanctions process is just something that will by the iranians more time and so they they want reassurance from the u.s. gravely ill children in russia's regions like the chechen republic have been thrown a lifeline after local facilities were upgraded previously receiving treatment for serious conditions such as kidney disease meant travelling to moscow something many families can't afford now though no equipment means vital medical care is within reach it's been a year since he adopted

a baby girl died but lady said she still mourning she's always looking at the pictures of the girl when she was in hospital the only memory she has no she was more than a child she was and. we think about her all the time my mom still crying . little hard to get. seven months old martha was brought to this hospital with acute kidney failure the doctors did dave best to save the girl but with the special equipment to purify the plant there was no hope of it was a shame to see a child who couldn't help. feeling has been working at the hospital for three years during that time ten children have died from acute kidney disease. this new equipment was installed four months ago to dock to say it will support due suffering from renal failure until the moment they'll be able to find

a donor kidney the last patient was treated here for two months before going into more school for transplant and there are i don't think it matters that these machines are not being used right now and what really matters is that they really do accept help them at least a little bit but you know. the children's hospital in the center of the chechen capital has eleven departments which makes it one of the biggest in the north caucasus people from all over the region come here for medical care but the center for the treatment of kidney problems makes it special children are whole kids if they had a kidney problem and in the past their only chance for treatment was probably to go to law school that's providing their relatives had enough money but the russian government determination to decentralize specially care this unit is on their doorstep. they either visit or are seen in grozny. where wildfires raging across russia may be at the forefront of the minds of the

country's leadership but that doesn't mean nobody is thinking about the future and the black sea resort of sochi the president said some light on the upcoming elections in two thousand and twelve talking to journalists to meet their methods of said he did not want to compete with prime minister vladimir putin as he did not want quote a battle between friendly forces although he didn't know about running for reelection he added. it might be him it might be put in or it might be somebody entirely different political analysts from real news agencies need to bob it says the president hasn't really told us anything we are ready for. more stuff we need to go experts believe. gentlemen very different serious competition for all the powerful politicians that we have now in russia will craft pretty limited collector it's basically video for just repeated what the legislation so the ball the presidential election so it was a nice we were warned given the direct response but it's

a slight change from what we have been hearing during the last two years because in the last two years we've been in the video where basically mostly talking about themselves with the person of the year indeed they're not important what is important is to have a predictable president someone who will do more good by your nice wards that we hear from the west or from the east and who will be realistic about that i must tell you without almost all russian put it very realistic sometimes they're reduced . just gone twenty minutes past the hour let's take a look at other news from around the world in brief for you a wave of violence in pakistan's largest city karate has left forty five dead and almost one hundred injured fighting broke out after a government official and his bodyguard were shot dead inside a mosque in response rioters torched dozens of shops and vehicles gunfire was also reported in the city it comes amid a spate of murders targeting political and religious activists as rival parties

vying for power in the region. two men have been convicted of plotting to blow up fuel tanks at new york's j.f.k. airport president former congo handler and deer were convicted of multiple conspiracy charges the plotters were arrested in two thousand and seven after an informant infiltrated the plot and recorded them discussing it. could face life behind bars when sentenced in december. iran's been flexing its military muscle state t.v. show footage of fighter jets hitting targets and special drills it comes as the u.s. refuses to rule out a military strike to thwart trayvon suspected nuclear weapons program iran claims its only pursuing peaceful nuclear energy. as severe storm has struck australia's east coast causing extensive damage to homes and businesses winds reaching up to one hundred kilometers an hour brought down power lines and trees across the region and tore the roof off

a house in sydney power was disrupted to over seventeen thousand homes and flights had to be rerouted the wild weather is forecast to ease over the next few days. starting now joins us with the latest from the world of business i understand you're going to tell us which company is the most valuable in the world that's right well according to forbes magazine apple is top of the list thanks to its i phone model beating weibo microsoft into second place no russians might be lined up wish comprised of mainly text would have the details later in the program but first this hour the russian government says it won't just nickel to settle its bits a shareholder dispute billionaire. bidding to rival logical time in accusing him of monitoring the gulf of tonkin on monday appointed an ally as president suggesting he's go nowhere a spokesman for president david says he won't step in but don't want a third party to buy the world's top nickel why not end the crisis. russian

realestate prices are on the rebound even though the global economy has yet to emerge from the financial crisis but dana looks at the reasons behind the reiss. it seems the slowdown in russia's real estate market may finally be over in the first half of this year alone prices grew by fifteen to twenty percent and it's not only the price level which is growing but also the number of deals signed most of the developers now declare that there. is about three times higher than it was two thousand in two thousand and nine. so we could say that's on the basis that of the growing. demand on the market will could declare most of the developers could declare that the the process up there rises soon in every single sector from economy parliaments to luxury homes here in the best area for disco is where the

city's most expensive apartment cellar cases the skeleton price of just one square meter tops thirty thousand dollars but this is not the upper limb it's the prices are expected to raise even higher over the next year. after the financial crisis fewer companies started to build new apartment buildings and at the same time the demand for flats continue to grow real estate companies say supply will not keep up with demand and that will push prices even higher and. i believe the economic situation has stabilized and it's again becoming very profitable to invest in real estate i'm sure we'll see further growth in demand as well as in property prices and the other issue is the lack of construction companies active on the global markets and they say only an increase in the number of well financed builders committed to producing quality real estate can keep prices stable might in the question of business r.t. . wheat prices remain near their twenty two month highs as russia's drought

continues to devastate fields prices soared by a fifth last week alone affecting global exports but the head of the russian grain union says prices are unjustified. only four fundamental factors do not support current grain prices last week we reached two hundred forty dollars per tonne but this price is quite groundless according to the latest forecast of the global green council green reserves will reach one hundred ninety two million tons this year compared to last year's record volume of one hundred ninety seven million tonnes is that really such a big difference if the decrease is just five million tonnes but the average price has jumped from one hundred eighty dollars to two hundred forty so it's a. time to see how the markets that performing in both or through the holding in the red tail in moscow telecom and among the main losers down over one percent as announces testing of

a new high speed network the car maker after the sword fifty percent last month and almost half sold under the cash for clunkers program its shares have gained defense . and european shares are also retreating pulling back after a strong start to the week among although earnings from b.m.w. and torture post have helped limit the four foot see if ignore people to fed into the red this hour. there were both slipped below the psychological benchmark of thirty to the dollar as the oil price continues its shot rise ceasing russia's energy exports as the ruble hit twenty nine point nine seven inches a trade after light sweet broke out of the seven hundred eighty dollars bracket in the past three months to settle near eighty two dollars a barrel exposed an unexpected increase in u.s. oil supplies for the great. chinese carmakers really have completed its purchase of sweetmeats volvo in ford the deal was announced earlier this year is estimated to

be worth a billion dollars the new owners designed a new range of premium car models to rival those of b.m.w. and mercedes that. unemployment in russia drop twenty one percent. the first five months of this year compared to the same period in two thousand and nine the country's statistics bureau of all stats says the job police drop means the country has no reach pre-crisis levels. and finally i phone maker apple is the world's most valuable brand according to a by forbes magazine you want to trademark is worth a trillion dollars beating rival microsoft into second place a third of the list of fifty are tech businesses with i.b.m. and google putting out the top five no russian companies got on the list brand managers say domestic companies still have a lot to learn. and that's your update for now we can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business. one

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which brightened. from plans to parachute. stunts on t.v. don't come. to us and artsy why from moscow i mean you see now way the headlines up in smoke over russian air bases reportedly destroyed along with millions of dollars of military hardware in deadly fires triggered by intense heat wave.

jewish homeland israel's government stands accused of blatant racism and passing increasingly discriminatory laws. and throwing a lifeline the russian government's much needed drive to update tenseness medical facilities to help the seriously ill in the process. now some are to increasing sanctions against iran could be dangerous for the rest of the world that's the warning of russian m.p.'s. who believes it's also important to keep dialogue open between tehran and the west he spoke to the notion about this and other causes for concern around the globe. thank you very much simone for your time but again good day thanks for inviting me the you and your ass adopted new sound so let's roll sanctions targeting iran's foreign trade banks and insurance companies and an intercept is russia has

expressed its stronger position what moved to if they. could satisfy russia give the firstly to support the list of sanctions approved by the un and secondly for iran to have a more transparent u.k. program of course russia definitely doesn't want to wrong to have a nuclear weapons objective lee there isn't enough transparency in many aspects on their part so this was one of the reasons that russia supported u.n. sanctions but they expanded the sanctions prohibiting fuels and lubricants to iran i believe it was a wrong move in relation to our country we've been worried about recent talks on possible attacks on iran or a war with iran before because this is a serious problem we can't ignore the fact that they're trying to destabilize the situation not only by economic sanctions if you go but by ethical means as well it's the iran is a multi ethnic seventy million people country destabilize.