here in the smoke is very very thick the air is very very heavy and you can taste the smoke here if you're outside for more than just a few minutes in fact it is quite know was a thing in fact that that taste of smoke and there's a gray blanket over the sky you can't really see the sun. you can tell there's no clouds you can just make out the sun but it's the smoke so thick it's not managing to cost any shadows that's just how thick the smoke is even though there are any far's in this immediate vicinity and moscow region is one of twelve regions that is most of this one of the worst hit in the whole of russia this morning satellite imagery suggested there are around eight hundred fires across the country four hundred of which sprung up just in the last twenty four hours so the situation is still very very critical indeed it is of course the russian president cutting short his holiday to come back to moscow for an emergency meeting that in the heart of the capital there how are russian authorities dealing with the disaster. willing to denise like you just said russian president came from his summer residence to hold

a serious of emergency meetings in kremlin regarding the problem of firefighting he will be meeting with representatives of the russian defense ministry of the prosecutor's office of the russian emergencies ministry he wants to involve as many structures in this firefighting is as possible course during the meeting they discussed how to help people who lost their homes or their lives in this in these fires as well as how to stop the fires around moscow and in watching general right now and of course how to prevent those fires from spreading onto strategic objects in russia such as military bases or nuclear plants for example. he's made it in the bush we hope it will continue. the ministry of defense to fight the fire which was going to ministry you can't always you know you think it's still a large fire is still going out emotionally trying to deal with heavy consequence someone who was asleep on the job before and that was spreading slowly was. not

contained and the heads of the little military be secured and nor to be found i'm sacking five high ranking officers in ordering the ministry to fire me if anything of distortion takes place again then i will take the steam steps without any real. weakness and. so while talking about how to help people of russian president has also talked about how to punish those who are responsible for some of the lies that could have been saved by didn't several. locations even filed against those local authorities working on the spots who according to russian president worked in effectively and who could have prevented some fires but i didn't and meanwhile here in moscow the situation looks like it's getting worse this night has brought a lot more smog in the city and as you can see behind me right now it is very difficult to even see kremlin because of the city's centuries covered in small. i've heard what about the people who have been left homeless by this disaster are

they receiving help. they are indeed the conversation has actually already started to filter through to those who lost their belongings in this region the moscow region and also in nearby region the nizhni novgorod region this compensation was ordered by prime minister vladimir putin amounting to around one hundred thousand dollars for each family who have lost their belongings in these wildfires and that's affected around three and a half thousand people across the country two thousand homes approximately have been wiped out and as you said earlier forty eight people have died as a result of these fires spreading in some cases they just spread far too fast to handle their out of control and others said earlier they're very very unpredictable but earlier this off they went to a nearby village here where they did actually manage to fend off far without the help of precept professional firefighting crews they managed to keep the flames at bay just twenty meters from the buildings thanks to everyone. in the village

turning out with whatever container they could get their hands on with water and dousing the flames from the elderly or young as well and this is what one of the villages had to say about that experience. one time very of them there was a line of fire from the forest it was like a wave traveling with great force i went to water and when i came back. it was close but also black smoke that everybody ran to the crops and to the field. fire was coming closer and place and then when we realized that we could get bent we kept buckets and spades and tried to put it out but later the firemen came with malta pipes and mostly we put it out we didn't want to let the fire spread. here. and the same villages now actually set up a sort of sentry duty if you will through the night to raise the alarm should the flames return and that's how i came they are obviously to protect their village and their belongings but some haven't been so lucky the fires have been very very quick

to spread and caught many villages unexpected and and burnt down the whole houses all to the ground and as i say three and a half thousand people have been affected by that two thousand houses have been destroyed by these fires and this is a report by my colleague tim a fake us here on the effect this is how this is had on those suffering. 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. firemen continue to keep control as yet more flames break out but for a good read in their efforts don't matter anymore those played a role through the good while my daughter ran out and said a bus is waiting and everyone's being evacuated or more we already had our bags packed with my wife walks around the catholic with a religious icon asking our protection even the bombs have vanished as i'm. 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 rather. than look for. just fifteen kilometers away another village lays in the path of the flames its people are worried the same fate waits them but only a mere on arriving and many of. them. we don't know where to expect the fire from that neighbor is awful mingles about anything. but for those whose battle with the

flyers ended in defeat the temporary shelters of 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 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 how sweet to the villages finding a car could prove a lot easier than actually getting them to if they cross are cheap central russia. and of course this disaster is making headlines around the world not tell you what you've been hearing about how moral is reacting to the fire crisis in russia. already several countries have already offered their help to russia such as belarus ukraine and azerbaijan this saying they can send their helicopters to help fight

those plays. wilson wrote the words from paul benedict to send his condolences to the russian feeble wishing them to be strong during this difficult time and the spanish prime minister has highly evaluated the efforts of russian authorities during this party for its. own right will continue to track these wildfires and there are facts on russia and around the world for now ivory bennett reporting about one hundred kilometers from moscow and italian overcome in the heart of the town. your authority live from moscow still ahead for you in the program we report on what's in store not just for the power selling donkey and she settles into a five star luxury in the kremlin stable hopeful for debt nightmare or deal. iran's denying president mahmoud ahmadinejad was the target of an assassination attempt earlier reports claim to grenade was thrown at his convoy in the west of the

country the claims come at a time of increasing pressure on iran just days ago a top u.s. military official said washington's ready to launch a military strike against the country if needed it's also tightened the sanctions already in place by expanding the blacklist of iranian groups and companies suspected of having terrorist links but as our teams were important to our reports these latest restrictions i don't want universal support in the world. well the united states treasury department did announce additional sanctions against twenty one iranian and 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 and 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 iraq 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 it come up at the united nations when i ambassador vitaly churkin 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 it on a new kerry sure anyone knows. that. as you remember we have very clear language innovative solution and in the last resolution even clearer than the previous resolutions. it has nothing to do with 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 amalgam ting sanctions that are being done

unilaterally out. side of the united nations. it was important i am reporting there from new york now still to come here on our agency isn't easy as it used to be. for some school students in india even reciting the alphabet it's a tough nut to crack find out why they're not the ones to blame. now the donkey that was sent parasailing above a russian beach in a cruel p.r. stunt is these days enjoying the trappings of her new celebratory lifestyle and that goal was swapped in worldwide sympathy after her ordeal and was rescued by the british tabloid the sun but before heading to pastures new she's been undergoing some high class rehab at the kremlin school of lighting 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 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 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 you don't feel total organize on a beach in the south of russia decided they try to p.r. stunt they decided that they would attach a joint and up to the parachute and went in that because sailed up into the air with very distressed braze 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 me. 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 donkeys story which crossed all borders and we found we had to commotion to do something so we traveled to southern russia and there we were able to purchase and up through the tong and bring her here to moscow and we're going to take the gods from the people here at the school of rolling as to what

would be enough his best interests as they are the experts to take their advice and guidance on the situation so whatever is in store for an hour after that month for the moment for this month she can just rest at ease. tom barton reporting there now millions of children across india are being forced to give up their education to earn a living with widespread poverty many families can't afford to send their kids to school and instead rely on their deadly wage to put food on the table but as our thing reports of threats to harm one of the world's fastest growing economies. money 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

a 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 greeted 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 it's very difficult this way. this means many who would then school even to read and write for instance i asked each year old recite the alphabet. after. each. be. in r. and. d. and and and. he and.

seven out of ten children in the early drop out by the time they turned fourteen when many schools. through i mean especially 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 we talk we are able to cope to go to this start a group to provide educational support in underprivileged areas project why. seven hundred students from their these slums who are looking to supplement their government provided education. the likes mathematics and wants to be a bank job and she grows up. i learn more here than in my school that's typical they're the kids make a lot of noise so you conti anything and also the school teacher doesn't explain things you can hear i can ask my tutor many things but in school before the teacher

can explain what the class is mover and the teacher vanishes it's a mad and india is one of the youngest countries in the world with the oval office 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 the indian children for the country to continue its economic growth story got in seeing new delhi but just after twenty minutes past the hour let's take a look at some international news in brief b.p. says it's reached a significant milestone after apparently controlling the oil leak in the gulf of mexico with its latest effort the new operation employs a static kill process which uses having mud to push the oil back down into the reservoir the u.s. government says seventy five percent of the spill has now been cleaned up or broke down by around seven hundred million liters of oil gushed into the sea since a regular exploded in april causing what's been branded as america's worst

environmental disaster. parts of pakistan are facing a life threatening food crisis amid the worst floods to hit the country in eighty years rescuers are struggling to reach far flung villages that have been left without supplies the disaster has already claimed more than a thousand lives and left nearly a million people homeless forecasters say more heavy rainfall is expected in the coming days. and a relative calm has returned to lebanon's border with israel as un peacekeepers have increased their patrols of the boundary. it comes a day after a fierce firefight between both countries armies left for dead lebanon claims its troops opened fire after israeli soldiers illegally entered its territory but u.n. peacekeepers have confirmed israel's troops remain on their own side of the border it's the bloodiest incident between the two since their war in two thousand and six . time now for business update with the charlotte she joins us and she has news

that poland may pull the plug on gas supplies from russia that's right also is yet to sign off from gas problem and it seems poland's premier don't know task is instead eyeing other sources we'll have the details later in the program but first this hour the ruble is enjoying a resurgence against the dollar on the back of the rising oil price which is currently close to a two month high the russian currency now holding below the psychologically important level of thirty to the dollar. reports. the russian ruble is a three month high versus the greenback and analysts say the rising price is not the only reason for the rally since this started we. do need these instruments just because of. the central bank and because of market perception to risk appetite everyone was looking for high yields and assets. was one of them in a minute there and instruments evillest 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 the appeal of the dollar could be trumped by the russian currency which they believe offers the best value in emerging markets you can see the do invest. by various assets all around the world. or one of the best bets in. markets taking russia. china and. countries 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 for speculators. business our team. the global cost of weight is recorded its biggest monthly increase to nearly forty years mostly due to severe drought here in russia there are concerns the higher prices could push up the cost of food for inflation but according to a leading retailer five russia's substantial grain reserve should limit the problem . it is true due to the lower hold is this year and the drought signs are pointing to an increase in prices by suppliers simply because there will be a shortage of some goods but. with the government support or should the reserves like the green was created in previous years will allow us to get through this tough period and should there be any price increases they will be controlled and not significant. timing could turn the tables on all the dairy passed

by buying him out of mining giant neurochemical yesterday we reported how dairy pascual be it blocking stake in the world's top nickel accusing him of bad management but this morning according to most days the town is now looking to raise the cash to buy their pass because twenty five percent share russia's president medvedev is demanding an end to the conflict and says a third party should enter the company to mediate a foolish. time now see how the markets are performing in europe's on the slide something we call ports and banks. only seven percent after the first half net losses widened to one point seven trillion euros standard chartered issued a cautious forecast sending its shares almost three and a half percent down there was good news for the sector very as lloyds banking group reported stronger. and russian stocks are falling for a second day as weaker than estimated you with economic data further concern the

global economic recovery will slow gas probably lukoil are among the loses for the gas monopoly flooding one point four percent on my back the construction of the north stream gas pipeline has reached an important milestone with the second branch of the pipe finally coming ashore in russia the project to provide gas to millions of european homes when it's completed which is due in two thousand and twelve. here at the private overbet in the baltic sea the construction of the noise pipeline project is only progressing now which you see behind my back to pipelines the project consist of two ply planes the first one was a pulled out of the water just a week ago in july the twenty eighth and what happened just a couple of hours ago is that the second pipeline finally reached the russian soil now you see that both pipelines are lying in a special train that will be back filled up to the initial seabed a level one of the construction of the pipeline is over but no this train to protect the both pipelines from

a different external impacts when in two thousand and eleven the pipeline will start its open ration it will have a capacity over twenty seven billion cubic meters of gas annually and in two thousand and twelve it is planned that both the pipelines that will start their operations with a capacity over fifty five billion cubic meters of gas annually the gas will a reach the pipelines hand near the finish border and a van it will be delivered to the european customers and will reach you were up on the north end coast of germany. update for now but you can always far more stories on our website on t. dot com slash business. this

is art's new life almost abides there's a state of emergency in seven regions across russia as wildfires rage on with no signs of slowing down at least forty eight people have been killed since the one hundred heat wave began more than two weeks ago entire villages have been wiped out and thousands left homeless. person emergencies crews have stepped up their

ass starts employing specialist equipment to extinguish the fires neighboring countries are doing the operation sending aircraft to help in the most devastating regions more than one hundred forty five flights have been made and more than three tons of water and dumped to battle the flames. in other news this wednesday washington puts more economic and political pressure on terror on tightening sanctions and blocking it. you know what it was a certain spot to be aiding terrorists president mahmoud ahmadinejad says he couldn't care less about the new restrictions but warns other countries not to follow suit. now israeli palestinian peace talks are expected to resume later this month after a two year freeze. speaks to a leading jordania lawmaker to find out what effect the conflict has had on his country and what influence its neighbors have on jordan.

with me i have talked to. the jordanian government spokesperson and 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 of iranian our region is there a fear that iranian influence could destabilize the kingdom first of all let me. correct the premise of the question we did not close any. stations what happened actually was that the correspondent. correspondents of these stations. were working without proper permits. and. we. asked them to apply and. of course i think. one of them at least.