suite policy of how to move and that's the problem that the emergency crews face as well as soon as they wish one part of the fire and another part is obvious that dry the conditions here are really very tender dry and it just flares up any instant and as you can probably see behind me the air is very very thick with smoke as i'm talking to very difficult not to cough in fact it's so thick i can taste the smoke burning my eyes and it's actually so thick that i can even look into the sun for a number of seconds directly there aren't any clouds the smoke wasn't here to be blue sky but it is that it's very very gray and you can and is forming a sort of veil over the sun the can actually stand straight into the sun this is one of seventeen regions across the country where far as austere raging in total this is just in is from satellite imagery this morning there and there are eight hundred fires still raging across the country the emergency ministry has got one hundred fifty thousand workers trying their best to put out these flames and trying to contain the fires there are troops from ministry of defense and the interior

ministry as well as firefighters and even volunteers they yesterday that they did succeed in preventing the flames reaching three hundred villages and towns across the country but in some cases the fires are in fact just out of control they just flare up so quickly they're impossible to contain and that's meant that in the last seven days forty eight people have died as a result of these fires and also two thousand or so homes have been destroyed and people have lost all their belongings and for more on that it's now watch to report on my colleague jim fake. when darkness dawns hours ahead of schedule although with already been five days since fires in syria disbelief ash clouds are still so thick they block out the sun. flyer many continue to keep the truth as yet more fleas break out but for a good in their efforts don't matter anymore pretty well through the good while my

daughter ran out and said the bus is waiting and everyone is being evacuated we already had our bags packed with my wife walks around the catholic with a religious icon asking our protection even the bones of vanished. a wall of flames up to three hundred meters wide was more than the firemen could handle all but a few of the one hundred houses were totally destroyed. everything even had built up and thirty years living here the family home their daughter's house their cattle even their dogs all lost to the flames but amidst the scenes of utter destruction a glimpse of hope or rather. full of. just fifteen kilometers away another village lays in the path of the flames its people are the same fate awaits them but only. around arriving that many of.

them. we don't know where it's going to find from that nobody is offering us about anything. but for those whose battle with the fires ended in defeat the temporary shelters of being found part of the evacuated were taken here and an old school building they say it is received as often as four times a day although that's still not enough the most basic things are much needed underwear to pillows to warm clothes back in moscow volunteers assemble what help they can they say there's enough supplies the problem is delivering it's huge problems with transportation because we don't have cars of our own but will flames already appearing in the highway how sweet to the villages finding a car could prove a lot easier than actually getting them to if they cross party central russia. said i've.

covered by an incredibly thick. morning it looks like it's the west in a week. yes definitely definitely seem like the worst small group of seniors very difficult to see early this morning it was visibility was down to around fifty meters even looking up at the tall buildings which are even on that tall compared to other cities you couldn't even see the tops and the smoke was really that big but it got from going from bad to worse driving out here one hundred kilometers south of the city it really did get even as the day went on the sun rose up still even got darker almost because of driving on with the headlights visibility was that poor actually and you would not have no idea it was actually just past midday here is that dark and gloomy here is more like school early dawn is very very strange and it seems that it could be going from bad to worse as well this weekend because in the situation in the areas worst hit high high temperatures around forty degrees celsius are forecast this weekend so it doesn't seem to be any

let up on the wildfires because they forecast emergencies minister sergey steroid use says they could potentially have far more wildfires this weekend as well and muscovites are being warned by health experts to wear protective masks across their nose and mouth to prevent them breathing in the smoke because you can actually taste it is that beacon is a horrible acrid smell and taste and it's very very bad few the pollution in moscow health experts are saying a seven time is seven times higher than normal so it's very very bad for you and if you spend more than one or two hours outside of the time it's the equivalent of smoking two packs of cigarettes and just being outside here talking to you the last five minutes my voice become very very hoarse from all the smoke in the air. not the news that people wanting to hear this morning across the country all right i've heard that was artie's either better reporting for us from the moscow region many thanks. to other news now the u.s. is imposing more science sions on around drawing up

a new expanded blacklist of green suspected of terrorist links it follows a recent comments by. they refusing to rule out using ohm force if iran doesn't stall richmond. responds saying military action would lead to the us suffering its a feat was than those in iraq and afghanistan. when the united states treasury department did announce additional sanctions against twenty one iranian entities entities that u.s. officials say and accuse of aiding groups such as hezbollah hamas and the taliban now these u.s. sanctions are targeting iranian companies in the banking insurance investment mining and engineering sector americans or u.s. companies are now in a bit from doing any business from those entities that are now being sanctioned by

the u.s. treasury department and all of this is coming just a few days after the u.s. joint chiefs of staff michael mullen said that the option to strike iran a plan to strike iran is still on the table and it's an option that's ultimately up to u.s. president barack obama that subject did come up at the united nations when. the russian representative to the united nations to held a press conference as russia assumes the presidency of the security council now why the issue of a potential strike did come up with discussing iran and the mounting sanctions that have been placed on iran by the international community ambassador churkin also noted that all of the u.n. resolutions that include sanctions against iran do not include any text that allows the use of force to be used against iran under any circumstances let's take

a listen when we discuss iranian nuclear issue and we will resume. on this matter as you remember we have very clear language and it is allusion in the last resolution even clearer than in three previous resolutions. it has nothing to do with out any possibility even remotely. use of force against the brazilian president lula da silva was among the first world leaders to react to u.s. sanctions against iran saying that they will not help but possibly hurt from engaging iran in bringing iran back to the negotiating table specifically what it cost to do with the nuclear fuel swap program that was proposed by turkey and brazil a program that is gaining support among the international community and it is something that the president of brazil says that the u.s. could be deterring with these. sanctions that are being done unilaterally outside

of the united nations all resign or is currently the focus for how american immigrant population but the u.s. states also getting something called the many big protests to send and spend because he reports on how the rallying call for also you keep bringing. these past few months. the state of arizona has become synonymous with it with gratian protests. and now another word floating around boycott boycott arizona corporations but considering how many people have flooded into arizona recently unless they all pack their own lunch it's pretty contradictory to pour into a state that you're boycotting in order to boycott it i suppose are working out quite an appetite with those tantrums or throwing down talents or maybe they'll drop by for a meal restaurant owner michael monte says he's seeing business as usual it's very

hard to tease out any discernible effect of the boycott. our numbers are stable compared to last year right now this place has actually been here since eight hundred seventy one it's the oldest standing building in this part of arizona and despite all the calls to boycott the state is still standing pretty strong man pretty good. and general manager jerry ceasar is i was born in michigan may go i came to the united states and nineteen seventy six. of six has a unique take on the issue what they're trying to do is do the right thing for the state and what. hasn't been done basically from the federal government our local area has been all over populated with a lot of the hispanic community. and you know it just seems to be out of control to take that's often under or even on reporting we have left the stripe. cross the runs around here saying no this isn't right well why are they

saying they're even sir elton john. had a few choice words for some pro immigration activists saying quote i have read that some of the artists won't come here they are all. maybe artists aren't coming here but a regular folks still are my sales have increased people are calling me and telling me they want to support arizona they want they want to buy a flag or pins that have the state flag on them and show their support for arizona nevada resident daniel lavar was so intrigued about what was going on in arizona he decided to come see for himself i came here to be enlightened a little bit i think that this is a trial i can see trial and i think it's a good trial i think it will bring a lot of issues to the surface but nobody's wanted to talk about but some people are willing to talk about it i'm angry at our government for allowing the illegals

we see an influx of people coming in now what were they waving they were waving the mexican flag and they were waving the cuban flag if they want to be americans they better wave the american flag we would not think of going to their country and waving our flag around demand. rights that we're not entitled to all of the way out you know go. back when you're legal and in arizona where you're legal you are welcome it's a great state and we have a lot to offer and i'm doing great business because of the devious soft arty phoenix. we do had online for more of what we're covering here. what i also find online at the moment is going to go all the death penalty debates and back in the american spotlight is the first woman in bali is faces execution.

and the lifeline for six children opens in chechnya the new kidney sent in these patients from russia's court this is no longer house making expensive trips a day for treatment at all the details that i don't call. now india is one of the world's fastest growing and most powerful economies but the workforce of tomorrow could prove to be a kiddies he'll millions of children are growing up as compulsory for education but as counseling explains going to cost can also mean going without food. my niece does not go to school his parents simply cannot afford to send him he is one of eight million children in india facing the same predicament even though the government has made education free and compulsory for children under fourteen the family cannot lose the income makes as a rag picker. we have no money to teach our children the government doesn't give us

a livelihood so the children have to help our family support itself we spend the day trying to get food to eat how can we educate our children. even if money got access to education this is what might well greet him not a classroom in sight in rural india when schools often exist only on paper they may be registered but they may be no buildings or teachers. who have no books here the children have no books to write on there are no pencil serai where you can see the state of the board it's very difficult in this way. this means many who worked in school even to read and write for instance i asked each of the recite the alphabet . after. he. arraf. d.

and and and. he asked. seven out of ten children in delhi drop out by the time they turn fourteen in many schools. to i mean especially municipal schools going to write downs on the board so there's no question of anybody feeling it doesn't matter if you understand all the understand so that i used to read classics and we totally unable to cope to go to this start a group to provide educational support in underprivileged areas project. why seven hundred students from the slums who are looking to supplement their government provided education thirteen year old likes mathematics and wants to be a banker when she grows up i took a look at this and i learn more here then in my school first of all there the kids make a lot of noise so you can't hear anything and also the school teacher doesn't explain

. here i can ask my tutor many things but in school before the teacher can explain the class is over and the teacher vanishes. india is one of the youngest countries in the world with over half its population under twenty five while this may provide a workforce with an edge over countries with aging populations access to education will be needed for all indian children for the country to continue with economic growth story got unseeing r.t. new delhi. the donkey that was sent parasailing up of a russian big chain of cool p.r. stunt is ready for her new life and worldwide sympathy for her ordeal and is now undergoing some high level we have she's a ride to the kremlin school of riding in moscow which is where she is tom barton is a right now told how as an upgrade to head you have. well alice it was just about an hour ago when i arrived at how best to describe it

probably a horse equivalent of a five star hotel so she was let inside she seemed very happy and calm and she's now going to have a month of massive luxury she's going to have. a special oils is going up especially prepared diet. to help build up strength and regular exercise all provided for by the staff here at the kremlin riding school she's going to have a very very pampered time indeed that is very different from the time she spent only really a week ago. it was last month middle of last month when a group of tourist organizes tourist tall organized on a beach in the south of russia decided they'd try to p.r. stunt and it's called parasailing when a boat pulls a tire a chute along a beach usually with a person on it but they decided that they would attach a donkey and up to the parachute and went in that because sailed up into the air

with very distressed grays the people on the beach called local media. then when they reported the story that was seen by local police they were quite shocked that people on the beach hadn't phoned them there were reports of people being distressed on the beach but they they found out by local media they then they then moved in the people responsible now are under investigation and has come here but certainly not because not staying at the kremlin stable for operations so what will happen when she recovers. it's not quite sure yet what's going to happen after months here is are there's been a huge amounts of international attention by animal rights groups and also for example the act to actress brigitte bardot contacted supposedly the president himself to be better to ask that the donkey was better cared for another rumor that

seems to be one of the at the highest priorities of the highest the most well known rumors among this is that the coach of tottenham hotspur football club in britain harry redknapp is supposed to be very very interested in buying another car and bringing her to a new animal sanctuary that he wants to build in britain we talked to one of the people who'd helped organize not because moved here from the sun newspaper in britain gary o'shea earlier and he gave maybe a little speck. you know in the. story which crossed all borders. we thought we have to. do something so we try to. there we were able to purchase and up to the top and bring her here to moscow and we're going to go it's from people. from that school crawling most

part would be enough for special interests here the experts to each take their advice and go in some situation. so whatever is in store for a knock off that month for the moment for this month she can just rest at ease. day that was also used in telling there about the future fortunes although not capital . ok now some of the international news this hour briefly and b.p. says its latest attempt to plug the leak in the oil well from the gulf of mexico has been successful the stop to kill process uses a specially formulated mob to push the oil back down into the reservoir b.p.'s that it's a permanent fix but it will no one to the relief wells drilled later this month five million barrels of oil a thought to have escaped say far. too lebanese soldiers the one israeli army officer has been killed following a brief but deadly

a firefight tensions remain high following the was border incident since the two countries were at war in two thousand and six lebanon that claimed its troops opened fire. entered its territory but u.n. peacekeepers have confirmed that israel troops were on their own sides removing a tree. in ten minutes time the tiny arab state playing a big role in the delicate middle east peace process before the business update with dano. well that's a business billionaire could turn the tables on all of their past but point him out of mining giant norilsk nickel yesterday we reported how their bid for proton is blocking stake in the world's top nickel producers accusing him of bad management but this morning very misty daily says patani is now looking to raise the cash to buy twenty five percent share. of the conflict and says

a third party should enter the company to mediate a solution. the ruble is enjoying a resurgence against the dollar on the back of the rising oil price which is trading at a three month high the russian currency is now holding below the psychologically important level of thirty to the dollar telepathic over ports. the russian ruble is a three month five star says the greenback and analysts say the rising oil price is not the only reason for the rally since his heart of the year we had a huge win for the rubble didn't mean anything instrument just because of. central bank and because of market perception three stop at night everyone was looking for high yields and assets and bearable was one of them in a minute debt and from that. pleat on the rubles long term prospects some for dictate the ruble billfold significantly next year as investors buy into

the dollar which is seen as relatively the cheapest currency in the developed world but for the ruble bulls the appeal of the dollar could be trumped by the russian currency which they believe offer us the best value in emerging markets you proceed to do invest. buying various assets all around the world. of course one of the best bets in measuring markets taking russia india china and south eastern countries over one of the best undervalued commodity currencies for the time being the ruble is likely to track the rise and fall of crude prices in which case data that confirms a global recovery or even a big hurricane in the gulf of mexico could blow the russian currency to new heights as it serves as proxy trade speculators that channel believe global business our team. russia central bank increase sales of poems to

a record thirty four billion dollars that's a five fold from a year ago the states used the bonds to remove rubles from the markets and control the exchange rate policy help curb inflation to a twelve year low a five point eight percent in june. europe's on the slide in the stock market is off to some we propose from banks doris. first half net wide the one point seven billion euros. in asia pacific is reported first half profit rose eight fold and call me to tell you its return to the black in the first quarter despite its problems with product recalls but the mix japanese shares fell sharply in the last hours of the dollar hit an eight months low against the. fuel talk of more fed policy easing. exchanges are struggling for direction here. is pushing off energy stocks from. around the third of a percent so there's still a little bit of profit taking going on after last week's run. record temperatures

have pushed russia's services sector to its lowest growth since february. banking and transports fell for the first time in four months in july business is reported workers have become less productive and blame the heat. the i.p.o. for facebook shareholder digital sky technologies is worth six billion dollars according to common daily this is from goldman sachs morgan stanley and j.p. morgan. the upcoming in london last year paid two hundred million dollars for a three and a half percent stake in social networking site facebook. poland says it's reconsidering a long term gas deal with russia to deliver some two billion cubic meters a year to twenty seven. now says the country is looking to all the sources concerned about energy dependence on russia. that's the latest you can find most there is on our website dot com slash business i'll be back next.

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it's all past now why are most gay faces on the scene waiting up for a stampede famous continue just three reception at the boston landscape continues to dry out and the battle breaking didn't waste

a spike in struggling to contain the blaze is six. so you could still spreading out cold pools and breathing difficulties for many. immigration activists who are pouring into arizona no calling for a boycott of the state are having the opposite effect they're trying to squeeze the u.s. states to backtrack on its tough new immigration will be increased temporary population is adding to businesses profits and states. and india could be compromising its development as one of the world's fastest growing economies despite the country's compulsory fridge occasion many people was he stricken children off the rails to skip school to make ends meet. now jordan may be geographically small but its role in the have a shifting and fragile will struggle for middle east peace is vital aussies poorness lee has been else king and leading jordanian or make why any moves the country makes can cause

a bigger ways elsewhere. with me i have to. be told damien government spokes person also the minister for media affairs and communication dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. you're most welcome jordan was criticized last year by reporters without borders for closing down two satellite stations in our region is there a fear that iranian influence could destabilize the kingdom first of all let me. correct the premise of the question where we did not close the. stations what happened actually was that the correspondent. correspondents or these stations. were working without proper permits. and. we.