as i'm talking to very difficult not to cough in fact it's so thick i can taste the smoke it's not expanding 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 was in here the blue sky that is that is very very grey 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 justin is from satellite imagery this morning 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 in a fake. when darkness dawns hours ahead of schedule although woods' already been five days since fires incinerated this village ash clouds are still so thick they block out the sun. flyer many continue to keep which rules as yet more fleas break out but for a good in their efforts don't matter anymore but it will through the good while my daughter ran up and said a bus is weighty and everyone's being evacuated we already had our bags packed my wife walks around the capitol with a religious icon asking for protection but even the bombs have 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 in 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 and honor. for. just fifteen kilometers away another village lays in the path of the flames its people are worried the same fate awaits them but only a moron arriving the men have to get to. we don't know where to expect a fire from that nobody is informing 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 so on old school building they say it is received as

often as four times a day although that's still not enough and 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 on the highway half way to the villages finding a car could prove a lot easier than actually getting there too if they cross party central russia. early this morning it was visibility was down to around fifty meters even looking up at the tall buildings which are even on the top compared to other cities you couldn't even see the tops and the smoke was really that big but it all from went from bad to worse driving out here one hundred kilometers south of the city really to 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 it's more like our 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 it 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 they can it's a horrible acrid smell and taste and it's very very bad few the pollution in moscow health experts are saying a seven times seven times higher than normal so it's very very bad people 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 becomes very very hoarse from all the smoke in the air. now the u.s. is imposing more sun shines on around drawing up a new expanded blunt thanks to groups suspected of terrorist links if only the recent comments by america's top minutes show refusing to rule out using force if. response she would lead to the u.s. suffering a defeat. in iraq and afghanistan. well 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 nearing 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 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're discussing iranian nuclear issue anyone know the sanctions resolution is that on this matter as you remember we have very clear language never does aleutian and in the last resolution even clearer than in previous resolutions . fact it has nothing to do with out any possibility even remotely. use of force against. brazilian president lula da silva was among the first world leaders three acting 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 amounting sanctions that are being done unilaterally outside of the united nations. well starting with iran now and local media are reporting off an attempt to kill president. nader is reportedly detonated as his convoy was making its way to the hama province and this is a couple of hundred kilometers west of tehran within the job was not injured in the blast but all those nearby all sides to be wounded as. a result of that is currently the focus for how america treats its immigrant population but the u.s. states also getting something of a mini boom as protesters descend and spend and it is also a report on how the rallying calls are also keeping the tills ringing. these

past few months. the state of arizona has become synonymous with it with gratian protests. and now another word floating around. 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 are throwing down towns 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 and pretty good. and general manager jerry ceasar is i was born in michigan may go to

the united states and nineteen seventy six. 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 better already. our local area has been all over populated with a lot of the hispanic community. and you know it just seems really out of control to take that's often under or even on reporting we have left the stripe. press the runs around here saying the. 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 by 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 in. 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 think it's a trial 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 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 demanding rights that we're not entitled to all of the fence

that i'm on the way out you know go. come 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 had a line for more of any of the stories that we're covering here today is just a quick taster of what's. at the moment the death penalty debate back in the american spotlight as the woman in five years faces execution. lifeline for sick children a chance at a new kidney sense and from the options caucuses will no longer have to make an expensive trip to moscow for treatment get the details at all to you don't. india is one of the world's false describing the most powerful economies but the workforce of tomorrow could prove to be

a killings hill millions of children growing up illiterate as compulsory free education but as counseling explains going to call skin also mean going without food. when he does not go to school his parents simply cannot afford to send him he is one of the 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 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 government schools often exist only on paper they may be registered but there may be no buildings or teachers. who have no books

here the children have no books to write on there are no pencils. you can see the state of the board its third difficulty 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. each. be. in r. and. d. and and and. he asked. seven out of ten children in the early drop out by the time they turned fourteen when many schools. i mean specially municipal schools teachers write the answers 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 talk we are able

to cope to go to this start of group provide educational support in underprivileged areas project why. seven hundred students from their homes who are looking to supplement their government provided education thirteen year old likes mathematics and wants to be a bank job when she grows up i took a liberties and a dentist and i learn more here than in my school who goes to florence and the kids make a lot of noise so you conti anything and also the school teacher doesn't explain things here i can ask my tutor many things but in school before the teacher can explain the class is over and the teacher vanishes is the man in 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 its economic

growth story got unseeing r.t. new delhi. small the international news this hour and b.p. says it places attempt to plug the leaking oil well in the gulf of mexico has been successful to stop sick kill processing says specially formulated to pressure the oil back down into the reservoir b.p. hopes it's a permanent fix that won't know until relief wells drilled later this month five million barrels of oil are forced to have a scape safe. to lebanese soldiers only one israeli army officer has been killed following a brief but deadly firefight tensions remain high following the worst order incident since the two countries war in two thousand and six lebanon that claimed its tree so you can follow after israeli soldiers illegally entered its territory u.n. peacekeepers have confirmed that israel's transform their own side of the border removing a tree. of adultery that was sent parasailing above

a russian beach in a coup and is ready for a new life. world wide sympathy for her ordeal and is now undergoing some high level rehab she's at the kremlin's school of rioting in moscow from where top bottom reports. now 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 mass arches with a special oil she's going to have a specially prepared diet plan to help build up her strength and regular exercise all provided for by the staff here at the kremlin riding school she's going to have a very a very pampered time indeed it was last month middle of last month when a group of guys on a beach in the south of russia decided they'd try to p.r.

stunt 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 the people responsible now are under investigation there's been a huge amounts of international attention by animal rights groups and also for example the and the active actress brigitte bardot contacted supposedly the president himself to be there to ask that the donkey was better cared for another rumor 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 helped organize not because moved here from the sun newspaper in britain . is russian donkey's story which crossed all borders and we felt we had to

commotion and do something so we travel to southern russia. we were able to purchase and up through the town and bring her here to moscow and we're going to take the gods from the people here. it. would be special interests to the experts take their advice and go in some situation so whatever is in store for and after that moment for the moment for this month she can just rest at ease. while in about ten minutes time we find out why one of siberia's oldest cities is no way sis almost first of all let's call think. death went downhill standing by for us and invested there not. some poor company forecaster pushing stock exchange's we'll look at why a little later but first this hour billionaire limit patel and could turn the tables on their past by buying him out of mining joint no real cynical yesterday we

reported how they're opposed to the proper time is looking state in the world's top nickel producer because he was management this morning daily says patel is now looking to raise the cash to buy their pastors twenty five percent share russia's president demanding an end to this conflict and says a third party should enter the company to mediate a solution. crude oil is trading at a three month higher to around eighty two dollars a barrel put the rally down to renewed optimism about the global recovery also concern over in the gulf of mexico. i think the eighty dollar figure is more important because psychologically that represents a major milestone or a major hurdle it's been how you look at it really back towards the one hundred level which is really at the back of everybody's mind and i think anybody is talking seriously about one hundred right now but it's a big number and you know i think it certainly draws attention first of foremost and squarely to opec you know kuwait's oil minister was in moscow this week having

some discussions with the russian oil minister and really what came out front and center discussion was that he is concerned about the compliance of opec's members with their production quotas in this high price environment you mentioned it's down to fifty fifty five percent whereas opec would rather it was around seventy five to eighty five percent now it's important for investors that it's about day but the question that we're asking is how long can opec be disciplined in this high price environment traditionally they start to pump more of the ruble is enjoying a resurgence against the dollar on the back of the rising oil price which is trading at the three months high the russian currency is now holding below the psychologically important level of thirty to the dollar that's in a police reports. the russian ruble is at a three month high versus the greenback and analysts say the rising oil price is not the only reason for the rally since the start of the year we had a huge win for you and i will do anything instrument just because of money to both your central bank and because of market perception to risk appetite everyone was

looking for a high yield in assets and bearable was one of them in a minute dad and instruments. pleats on the rubles longer term prospect some are predicting the ruble will fall 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 offers the best value in emerging markets you perceive the investor. buying various assets all around the world. of course one of the best bets in imagine markets for 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 attract the rise and fall of crude prices in which case. that confirms a global recovery but even

a big hurricane in the gulf of mexico could blow the russian currency to new heights as it serves as proxy trade for speculators. business our team. russia central bank has increased sales of poems to a record thirty four billion dollars that's a four fold surge from a year ago the state uses the bones to remove rubles from the markets and control the exchange rate policies hopes curb inflation to a twelve year low a five point eight percent in june. so look at the stock markets europe's on the slide off to some weak reports from banks allied irish is down only. seven percent of net loss is widened to one point seven billion euros the childhood issues a cautious forecast said the shares almost three and a half percent down there was good news for the sector however. reported strong earnings results. over in asia cathay pacific has reported first profit rose eight

fold and called make a toyota says it returned to the black in the first quarter despite problems with recalls but in the final few hours of trade there they'll hit an eight month low against the yen itself the weak u.s. fuel talk of more fed policy easing. exchanges have slipped a little further in the last hour the all price rises pushing up energy stocks however gazprom lukoil of again around the third of a percent but there's still a little bit of profit taking going on off the last week strong. record temperatures have pushed. to its lowest growth since february all display in the banking transport fell for the first time in four months in july business is reported workers have become less productive blame the heat. the i.p.o. for facebook shareholders digital sky technologies is worth six billion dollars according to. is this one comes from goldman sachs morgan stanley and j.p. morgan banks organizing the upcoming awful for the russian company in london last

year paid two hundred million dollars for three and a half percent stake in social networking site facebook. poland says it may pull out of long term gas supplies from russia gazprom has offered to deliver some two billion cubic meters a year to twenty thirty seven but the deal remains on the table from walsall now. says the country. is voicing concerns about energy dependence on russia. as the latest will be going live for the bank analyst next hour for signs of where the markets will go to join us then.

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calling for a boycott of the state's business of bags choying to squeeze the u.s. state back on track on its tough new immigration bill will be increased temporary population is adding to businesses profits instead. an idea could be compromising its future development as one of the world's tallest is growing economies despite the country's compulsory free education many poverty stricken children are forced to skip school to make ends meet. james brown travels to want to siberia is most ancient places but one which still. instills eastern russia around three thousand kilometers from. told. this is he was destroying student an academic population and it's going to wreck the traditions

are giving visitors a friendly welcome. and. i was ready to experience it for myself. when you. see on your show has a message for you to make yourself at home but there are literally dozens of. of course. i'm going to go for a walk just. founded over four hundred years ago tomsk is one of subareas oldest cities but this is also a very modern town with a real passion for art. a leg is one of tom most popular sculptures and he's had what commissioned all across the city including the facts and.