directly there aren't any clouds the smoke wasn't here to be blue sky but it is that is 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 also raging in total this is a gesture made from the satellite imagery this morning there and there are eight hundred fires still raging across the country the emergency ministry has got a hundred fifty thousand workers trying their best to put out these flames and trying to contain the fires there as 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 farms 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 falls hours ahead of schedule. although it's already been five days since fires incinerated this village ash clouds are still so thick they block out the sun and. fire many continue to keep patrol as yet more flames break out but for a good read in their efforts don't matter anymore. but it will through the good while my daughter ran up and said a bus is waiting and everyone's being evacuated we already had our bags packed my wife walks around the capitol with a religious sign called 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 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 around are. full of. just fifteen kilometers away another village lays in the path of the flames its people are worried the same fate awaits them we speak yes but only a certain way you are on our own the men have to get to tractors smoke is everywhere we don't know where to expect a fire from neighbors informing us about anything but for those whose battle with the fires ended in defeat temporary shelters are being found part of the evacuated were taken here and an old school building they say is received as often as four times a day although that's still not enough the most basic things are much needed there were pillows to warm clothes back in moscow volunteers assemble what help they can

they see there's enough supplies the problem is delivering it's a huge problem says transportation because we don't have cars of our own but with flames already appearing on the highway how sweet to the villages find you can car could prove a lot easier than actually getting there two or three across party central russia early this morning is visibility was down to around fifty meters even looking up at the tall buildings or so even on that tall compared to other cities you couldn't even see the tops of the smoke was really that big but it all from went from bad to worse driving out here a hundred kilometers south of the city really to get a cave in 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 have no idea it was actually just past midday here is that dark and claiming 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. says it could potentially have far more wildfires this weekend as well and muscovites are being warned by health experts to wear takes of mosques across their nose and mouth to prevent them breathing in the smoke because you can actually taste it is that the can is a horrible acrid smell and taste and it's very very bad for you the pollution in moscow health experts say a seven time is seven times higher than normal so it's very very bad 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 be outside here talking to you the last five minutes my voice becomes very very hoarse from all the smoke in the air. iran is denying reports that an attempt been made on president ahmadinejad's life and news

website have reported that a hand grenade was detonated as his convoy was travelling to the hama than province which is a couple hundred kilometers west of tehran the online story said ahmadinejad wasn't injured and that the blast happened one hundred meters from the president's car but state t.v. is saying no such attack took place with confusion and being caused by an exploding fireworks we'll bring you more details as we get them meanwhile iran is facing more u.s. sanctions with a blacklist of groups being linked to terrorism earlier america's top military officer said armed force isn't being ruled out if you run doesn't and uranium enrichment are g.'s green important iowa has more from new york. 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 engineering sector americans or u.s. companies are now or have been hit from doing any business from 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 to come up at the united nations when i ambassador vitaly churkin 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 when discussing iran in the mountains 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 when the sun shines resolutions that on this matter as you remember we have very clear language in there that is aleutian in the last resolution even clearer the previous resolutions. it has nothing to do with any possibility. of the use of force against a 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 amounting sanctions that are being done unilaterally outside of the united nations. israeli prime minister's plan to relocate west bank palestinians to jordan is not surprisingly finding few supporters in the neighboring arab state later we hear from a leading jordanian lawmaker about why the move could destabilize the region already fragile peace is really a very negative development and we completely reject this decision and oppose it you cannot definitely uproot people from their land and throw them anywhere else in the world and expect to have peace with them or their representatives this just doesn't happen. we would like all these you know

steps to stop immediately because they are very dangerous to the peace. and they will definitely torpedo any efforts. you can catch the rest of our g.'s interview with dr knot deals serif in just over an hour well india is one of the world's fastest growing and most powerful economies but the workforce of tomorrow could prove to be an achilles heel millions of children are growing up illiterate there's compulsory free education but as counseling explains going to class can also mean going without food. money does not go to school his parents simply cannot afford to send him he is one of eight million children in need here facing the same predicament even though the government has made education free and compulsory for children under fourteen the

family cannot lose the income he 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 pencil cirrhotic with you can see the state of the board it's very difficult teaching this way. this means many who would then school barely able to read and write for instance i ask. recite the alphabet. after.

the. air. and and and. the. seven out of ten children in delhi drop out by the time they turn fourteen when many schools. too i mean special municipal schools have won the war so there's no question of anybody feeling it doesn't matter if you understand all the understand so the trial used to reach classics and talk me on able to cope to go on to this has started a group to provide educational support in underprivileged areas project y. helps seven hundred students from their these slums who are looking to supplement their government provided education thirteen year old girl who likes mathematics and wants to be a banker when she grows up. i learn more here than 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 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. and 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 you can always have online for more of what we're covering one else you'll find right now at our dot com the death penalty debate back in. the american spotlight as the first woman in five years faces execution. and a lifeline for sick children opens in the new kitty center means patients from

russia's caucuses will no longer have to make an expensive trip to moscow for treatment get the details much more. the white house is playing down comments from pakistan's president that u.s. led forces have already lost to the taliban because they failed to win over the afghan people argues military analyst again herself says it's washington's obsession with pakistan and its intelligence agency that's now spreading violence in neighboring afghanistan. according to a conventional wisdom the main reason u.s. casualties in afghanistan are improvised explosive devices reach over old kill more than seventy percent of u.s. forces in afghanistan but when you do believe will further you realize. the actually very main culprit is not the taliban or any

insurgents weaponry conventional or otherwise it is american policy in pakistan it's due to american addiction to parakeets state especially a cia covert cooperation we've. had curried both instability and violence impaired to stand itself and in afghanistan. which is driven by political expediency creates their whole style environment and kills american soldiers and marines in afghanistan as our military analyst guinea crucial there with his thoughts on afghanistan let's take a look at some other international news in brief for you this hour v.z. says its latest attempt to plug the leaking oil well in the gulf of mexico has been successful the static kill process uses specially formulated mud to push the oil back into the reservoir b.p.'s hope it's a permanent fix but won't know until

a relief wells drilled later this month five million barrels of oil are thought to have to skate so far. to lebanese soldiers and one israeli army officer have been killed following a brief but deadly firefight tensions remain high following the worst border incidents since the two continents were at war in two thousand and six lebanon claimed its troops opened fire after israeli soldiers illegally entered its territory but u.n. peacekeepers have confirmed that israel's troops were on their own side of the border removing a treat. all the cost kenya people are taking to the polls to vote on a new constitution the changes would put long awaited limits on presidential powers and would introduce new laws on land ownership kenya's current president is calling the referendum a defining moment for his country is the first nationwide voting since december two thousand and seven when over a thousand people were killed in the violence following disputed election results.

now the donkey that was sent power sailing above a russian beach in a coral p.r. stunt is ready for her new life and that got worldwide sympathy for her ordeal and is now undergoing some high level rehab she's now at the kremlin school of riding near moscow from where tom barton 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 oils is going 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 do a 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 braze the 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 actor 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 a russian donkey story which crossed all borders and we felt we had to commotion and do something so we traveled to southern russia. we were able to purchase and up through the tongue and bring her here to moscow and we're going to take from people you. school you could really thing at least what would be your special interests here are the experts to each take their voice and go into a situation so whatever is in store for a knock off of that moment for the moment for this month she could just rest at ease. and that's the way the news looks this hour from our t.v. up next is all the way it is business with charlotte. hello and welcome to the business program here on r.t. really never got him a proton and could turn the tables on all the diary passed by buying him out of mining giant no real cynical yesterday reported. the proton and blocking stake in

the world's top maker producer accusing him of bad management but this morning according to vedomosti day the town is now looking to raise the cash to buy dairy pascoe's twenty five percent russia's president invaded is demanding an end to the conflict and says the policy should end the company to mediate a solution. crude oil is trading at a three month hawija around eighty two dollars a barrel but the rally down to renewed optimism about the global recovery but also concern over hurricanes 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 and it's been a look at a 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 and 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 that discussion was that he is concerned about the compliance of opec members with their production quotas in this high price environment the mission is 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 baby 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. the ruble is enjoying a resurgence against the dollar on the back the rising oil price the russian currency is now holding below the psychologically important level of thirty to the dollar tatyana for covert reports. the russian ruble is 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 with a huge win for the rubble didn't need these things to ventures because of. the central bank and because of market perception to risk appetite everyone was looking

for high yields in assets and bearable was one of them in a minute there and our instruments. are split on the roubles 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 that investors. are buying various assets all around the world. of course one of the best bets in imagine markets world taking russia india china and south eastern countries over one of the best undervalued commodity conscious for the time being the ruble is likely to attract the rise and fall of crude prices in

which case strong 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 for speculators that channel believe global business our team. you know the news record temperatures have pushed russia's services sector to its lowest growth since february orders for industries like banking and transport fell for the first. time in four months in july businesses reported that workers have become less productive claiming they hate. russia's central bank increased sales of bonds to a record thirty four billion dollars that's a five fold surge from a year ago the state uses the bonds to remove rubles from the markets and control the exchange rate policy to help curb inflation to a twelve year low of five point eight percent in june. time now to see how the markets are performing in europe since july darkie some weeks before its from banks

allied irish is down almost seven percent after first half net losses why didn't one point seven billion euro standard chartered issued a cautious four call sending its shares almost three and a half percent down there was good news for the sector there was a noise frankly in the group or did strong results. from russian stocks are falling for a second day as we've given estimated u.s. economic data spurred concern the global economic recovery will slow gasp probably nucor among the losers with the gas mostly sliding one point four percent on the my stocks. the i.p.o. if the russian facebook shareholder digital sky technologies is worth six billion dollars according to dave it comes from goldman sachs morgan stanley and j.p. morgan the banks organizing the upcoming offer in london taste last year paid two hundred million dollars for a three and a half percent stake in social networking site facebook. poland says it will pull out of long term gas supplies with russia has offered to deliver some two billion

cubic meters a year off until the year two thousand and thirty seven with the deal remains unsigned by warsaw premier task says the country's only other sources citing concerns about energy dependence on russia. and that's your update for now but you can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com business.

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am a taste in bosnia and herzegovina valuable in who told me the children of each. to know what you know so told to makoto. told their ability to turn tones. in serbia soldiers available in that region see they are going to. cross talk is coming up here on our today but first let's take a look at today's headlines raging forest and p. fires continue to sweep for central wash the parts landscape continues to dry out in the record breaking heat wave as fire crews struggled to contain the blaze is thick smoke is still spreading across the capital causing breathing difficulties for many. he was denying reports of an assassination attempt on president

ahmadinejad a local news website had reported about a hand grenade was detonated a hundred meters from the leader's car meanwhile to iran is facing further sanctions as terror linked groups are blacklisted. and india could be compromising its future development as one of the world's fastest growing economies despite the country's compulsory free education many poverty stricken chill. i'm forced to skip school to make ends meet. next peter the valen has a gas look at the stars of reality t.v. in the twenty first century and discuss whether it has a role and simple entertainment that's coming up in just a few moments. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. wealthy british scientists

it's time to rise on. the. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports. and. a low end welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle reality t.v. wonderfully popular in commercially lucrative but just how realistic are these programs are they are the ultimate form of spontaneous expression or are they merely evidence of how modern values are centered on the mall.