far as across the country four hundred of which sprung up just in the last twenty four hours so the situation is still very very critical. in the heart of the capital there how are russian authorities dealing with the disaster. wounded and he's like you just said question president came from you some residents 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 yes many structures in this for fighting is as possible course during the meeting they discussed how to help people who lost their homes or their lives in this in these forests as well as how to stop the forest around small scale and in washington all 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. you smothered a little but it would look amused. i've ordered the ministry of defense to fight

the fires but the ministry can't always even protect itself a large fire is broken out in the most cruel regions with heavy consequences someone was asleep on the job the fire that was spreading slowly was not contained and the heads of the local military base were nowhere to be found i'm sacking five high ranking officers and ordering the ministry to fire morning if anything of this sort takes place again i will take the same steps without any rift. i believe so while talking about how to help people rushing 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 have already been 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 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. imo 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 the 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 they're 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 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 . very few of them it was the 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 not supply. everybody ran to the crops into the fields. the fire was coming closer in place and then when we realized that we could get bent we grab buckets and spades and tried to put it out later the firemen came with . the mystery we put it out we didn't want to let the fire spread the fires have been very very quick to spread and caught many villages unexpected and burnt down

the whole house is 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 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 pretty well soon they're going to mark my daughter ran out and said a bus is waiting and everyone's being evacuated or more we already had our bags are packed with my wife walks around the cattle go to religious cycle with us and our protectionists it was not even the bombs have vanished it is a. 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. your filth. just fifteen kilometers away another village lays in the path of the flames its people are the same fate awaits them if the chest but only a mere on our right in the 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 we'll flames already appearing on the highway how we into the villages finding a car could prove a lot easier than actually getting them to if they cross party central russia. with our team live from moscow still had to report on what's in store next twenty pounds selling donkey. five star luxury at the kremlin stables help us forget the night now until. your asinine president mahmoud. it was the target of an assassination attempt earlier reports claim to grenade was thrown in his convoy in the west of the country well the claim

comes out of 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 links. to reports these latest restrictions haven't won universal support in the world. 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 in a bid from doing 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 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 in 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 allow the use of force to be used against iran under any circumstances let's take

a listen when we're discussing iranian nuclear issue and even though the sanctions resolution is a 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. the fact that 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 amalgam ting sanctions that are being done

unilaterally outside of the united nations. from new york ortiz marina portnoy reporting there still to come here in our t. isn't easy as you used to be. seen. for some school students in india even reciting the alphabet is a tough nut to crack find out why they're not the ones to blame. now the donkey about was sent paris selling above a russian beach in a cruel p.r. stunt is these days enjoying the trade things of her new celebrity lifestyle and that go was swamped 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 driving near moscow from where tom barr now 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 kremlin riding school she's going to have a very very pampered time indeed it was last month middle of last month when a group of total organized 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 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 site true 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 and build an ark it is a russian donkey story which crossed all borders and we found we had to commotion and do something so we traveled to southern russia and there we were able to purchase and up through the trunk and bring her here to moscow and we're going to take the gods from the people here at the school growing industry part would be

enough for his best interests and they are the experts so we take their advice and guidance on the situation so whatever is in store for an after that month for the moment for this month she can just rest at ease. tom darren reporting there 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 daily wage to put food on the table but authorities saying reports it threatens to harm one of the world's fastest growing economies. 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 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 greeted him not a classroom in sight in rural india when 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 in this way. this means many who were in school even to read and write for instance i asked each of the recite the alphabet. after. being. in r. and. d.

and and and. he asked. seven out of ten children in delhi drop out by the time they turn fourteen when many schools. it's true i mean especially municipal schools because i was on the board so there's no question of anybody feeling it doesn't matter if you understand don't understand so that i used to read classics and talk me on able 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 bank open she grows up i took a look at these and. i learn more here and then in my school. there the kids make a lot of noise so you kaante 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 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 indian children for the country to continue with economic growth story got in saying new delhi. now remember there is always more on the stories we're covering as well as lots of other access online let's have a quick look at what you can find at our team dot com right now find out which russian football stars uniform has made it into the top five best selling lists in england. and moscow's teenagers are risking their lives for a dangerous new hobby as police clamp down on the.

that's coming up to twenty minutes past the hour let's take a look at some international news in brief for you parts of pakistan are facing a life threatening food crisis amid the worst fonts 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 coming days. 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 claimed 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 . kenyans are voting in a referendum on a new constitution which seeks to limit the president's powers and force a bill of rights president why. there is backing the yes vote security has been stepped up across the country where more than a thousand people died in clashes following two thousand and seven disputed election polls show the constitution is likely to be packed. and b.p. says it's reached a significant milestone after apparently controlling the oil leak in the gulf of mexico with its latest effort a new operation employs a static kill process which uses heavy 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 broken down by nature around seven hundred million liters of oil gushed into the sea since

a rig exploded in april causing what's been branded as america's worst environmental disaster ever charlotte joins us from the business that she has more for us on b.p. where the new went on. old c.e.o.'s have just arrived in moscow that's right robert dudley and tony hayward both going to be having talks with deputy prime minister eagle searchin and we'll get the latest on this in a live report in a few minutes but first this hour the ruble is enjoying a resurgent against the dollar on the back of the rising oil price which is currently close to a three month high the russian currency is now holding below the psychologically important level of thirty dollars to put a corporate reports. the russian ruble is a three month versus the greenback and analysts say the rising oil price is not the only reason for the rally. and just because of. the central bank and because of market perception. everyone was looking for high

yields in assets and was one of them in a minute and from that. term prospects for. 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 offer us the best value in emerging markets if you see the best. buying various assets all around the world. of course one of the best bets in emerging markets taking russia india china and. countries 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. that confirms

a global recovery even a big hurricane in the gulf of mexico could blow the russian currency to new heights as it serves as proxy trade speculators. are team. b.p.'s new chief executive robert dudley is in moscow for talks with deputy prime minister. the discussions are likely to include possible sales to cover the cost of b.p.'s gulf of mexico oil spill dudley will be joined by tony hayward the outgoing chief of b.p. he'll be taking up a non-executive director role on the board of the russian joint venture. for more i'm joined now live by our correspondent. who's out rolls next headquarters where the meetings take place. hello dana thanks for joining us on the any details about the subjects of these discussions. definitely there's several subjects that are likely to be on the table today here at the rosneft headquarters where first to be

a prime minister crucifixion again was tony hayward's and robert dudley a meeting also on the hudson all of the russian oil giant such as while enron staff and the media just like to be very interesting due to the fact that robert dudley is his first visit to russia up to two years of absence up to he escaped prashar are to the dispute with the russian billionaires and also the stakeholder seem to keep neat but probably done their work in russia for a long time so you know those are all the main players of the whole industry very well done so it might be a new beginning for robert dudley and also an interesting hugo she should say oh for the russian side due to the fact that saying k b b o this third largest oil company in russia and also the border of the old the pieces are oh grizel sold the beans. assets are so please no and very important will need to back the team

g.b. now is the main cause gringo told me and b.p. is looking to over raise you know some thirty billion dollars in order to cover the consequences of the spill so these negotiations are very important for both sides another topic of the discussion is likely to be the sell off of the assets all b.p. to the russian companies stinky to be impossible for oil and gas from our a.v.r. spokesman told our t.v. the odds are this might be their house it's in bit is through a loan and the know we need to wait on selling our no doubt the last. the last deal was all floating its oil and gas exploration business income local amir so really you know b.p. are talking something to. we do it probably today here in moscow. thank you. the world and the headquarters in moscow. to see how the case that before going on

it's a mixed picture in europe off the losses is now trading in the last week or pool so banks up behind the empress to confirm. that almost seventy percent of. net loss is wider than one point seven billion here a charge issued a fortune sending it shares almost three in home. and russian stocks the rebounding up to report showed the u.s. added more reason to live in this forecast for. climbing as we near the end of wednesday's session. now the construction open or gas pipeline has reached an important milestone with the second ball into the pipe finally coming ashore in russia the project will provide gas to millions of european homes when it's completed which is due in two thousand and twelve. here at the pride of ebay in the baltic sea the construction of the noise pipeline project

is only progressing now which you see behind my back to pipeline 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 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 is over but now this train to protect the both a pipeline 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 reach the pipelines hand near the finish border and then it will be delivered to the european

a customer as the end will reach you were up on the north end coast of germany. day for now join me in an hour's time. that's.

question are you live from moscow where it's five thirty pm our top stories 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 record breaking heat wave began more than two weeks ago entire villages have been wiped out and thousands left homeless. person emergency crews have stepped up

their efforts in point specialist equipment to extinguish the fires neighboring countries have joined 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 dumped to battle the flames president medvedev has already fired five high ranking officials for their lack of action in dealing with the crisis. and in other news washington puts more economic and political pressure on terror raan tightening sanctions and blocking range in organizations thought 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. i'll be back with more on these stories in thirty minutes time now to explore a new town in russia sit down relax and let our very own guy james brown take you want to tour around one of siberia's oldest cities discover tomsk next year in our

city. in southeastern russia around three and a half thousand kilometers from moscow. it's a city with a striving student an academic population and it's got a reputation for giving visitors a friendly welcome. i was ready to experience it for myself. and your hotel has a message for you to make yourself at home but there are literally dozens of little monuments like this. appropriately enough. i'm going to go for a walk just. found it over four hundred years ago one of subareas oldest cities but this is also

a very modern town with a real passion for. a leg.