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. 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 in certain flame iran are rising the men have to get to. meet them. we don't know why to expect a fire from that nobody is informing us about anything. but for those whose battle 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 see there's enough supplies the problem is delivering it's huge problems with transportation because we don't have cars of our own but with flames already appearing on the highway half way to the villages finding a car could prove a lot easier than actually getting there to if they cross party central russia. to be to prevent it has sucked a string of senior navy officers for failing to prevent wildfires from reaching a military base in the moscow region the president said they were guilty of criminal negligence and a failure of jus to. follow his meeting with government officials here in moscow. president came for me some residents to hold a serious of emergency meetings in kremlin regarding the problem before he was to involve as many structures in this far 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 moscow and in russian general right now and of course how to prevent those fires from spreading onto strategic objects in russia such as a military bases or nuclear plant for example you smothered in the but it would look. 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 cool region 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 more if anything of this sort takes place again i will take the same steps without any risk. so while talking

about how to help people watching the president has also talked about how to punish those who are responsible for some of the lies that could have been saved but didn't several. cases 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. italian overcover reporting there from central moscow. the raging blazes have reached the federal nuclear center in the central russian city of subtle but despite the facility measures have been taken to remove all explosive and radioactive substances from the site that of russia's nuclear regulatory body says

there is no danger. oh in russia the situation is complex but it is completely under control the fire is inside the fertile security zone but it doesn't pose any threat to nuclear facilities in the center itself you have you quit mint and human resources including the army have been mobilized to fight the blazes. to look some other news now today iran is denying president of food and we did it was the target of an assassination attempt earlier aboard claimed a grenade was thrown at his convoy in the west of the country the claims covered a ton of increasing pressure on iran just days ago a top u.s. military official said washington is ready to launch a military strike against the country if needed but also tighten the sanctions already in place by expanding the blacklist of iranian groups and companies suspected of having terrorist links was artie's made a point meyer found that these latest restrictions have one universal support. well the united states treasury department did i now it's 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 did 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 with discussing iran and the mounting sanctions that have been placed on iran by the international community ambassador churkin also noted that all of the u.n. resolutions that include sanctions against iran do not include any text that allows the use of force to be used against iran under any circumstances let's take a listen when we discuss iranian nuclear issue and even though the resolutions on this matter as you remember we have very clear language and it is illusion and in the last resolution even clearer than previous resolutions. it has nothing to do with any possibility. the use of force against them 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 up 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 and mounting sanctions that are being done unilaterally outside of the united nations. report. she says the statement by washington that it's not ruling out military action against iran is misjudged and provocative that type of action military action against iran is inappropriate the united states of america has tremendous military capability but why do you have to go pushing it in the face of an emerging one that

we could do this we could take military action when we know that but all it is a is a provocative statement that makes those in iran feel very uneasy that they are truly being targeted again by the united states and by israel the increased sanctions that we see that the united states is putting on is another layer of cation in their mind that they are the target we are warning president obama to be very very careful about anything that comes out of israel as far as the their assessment that military force needs to be used on iran for their nuclear program. the new strategic arms reduction treaty known as stott has been stopped at least the u.s. senate pushed a vote to ratify the deal back to september the treaty signed by presidents to be two inventive and barack obama a proven c. each country's nuclear arsenals gradually slashed by a third however it won't come into force until ratified by both sides and so far

neither is done that moscow says it's ready to put the deal into effect but wants to do so at the same time as washington chairman of the atlantic council think tank chuck hagel spoke to me he thinks there's more than just bilateral power play at stake here. if in fact we we the civilized world especially the nuclear powers and as we know russia in the united states but as about ninety percent of all the nuclear weapons in the world if we are to reduce those if we are to influence other nations to try not to come on line to be a nuclear weapons power or to start reducing their powers that we must lead the way so this is also i think in issue of some optics of some credibility of some leadership because if we don't pass this what credibility does the united states have with the rest of the world or russia to say to any other nuclear country or country that wants to possess these weapons no don't do that so there's an awful lot here that goes beyond just the specifics of the treaty chuck hagel speaking to

me but he's the chairman of the atlantic council think tank. the earn a raid annual international military exercises begun in the stonier it commemorates the reconnaissance groups that worked with german military intelligence in world war two moscow believes that the exercise is an attempt to glorify a stoniest collaboration with nazi germany in the unit was a finnish army formation of a stone in volunteers and spied behind by the army lines the game to be held since nine hundred ninety four teams from around the world taking part but a former member of the european parliament glyn ford told me that only a small minority of european support events glorify the nazi past. what concerns me about this it appears how some support from if you only officials were only a stone in government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want to a political collaboration with the people organizing this event it's clearly both offensive and bizarre that while there is

a new enthusiasm for extreme sport are you basing it around a nazi collaborating organization. from this second world war out assault that generally across the european union the vast majority of people will be horrified about what's going on there always are a small minority of people who actually sympathize with the nazis but they are extremely small these days and i can't imagine that anywhere would you support for this kind of event. the donkey that was sent parasailing above a russian beach in a cruel p.r. stunt is these days enjoying the trappings of a new celebrity lifestyle it seems and that was swamped in worldwide sympathy after her ordeal was rescued by the british tabloid sun newspaper but before heading to pastures new she's been undergoing some high class rehab at the kremlin school of riding now moscow. reports. the donkey has learned it russia's notorious four legged fly is finally able to breathe easy and not because the

donkey arrived in moscow after days on the road from southern russia and i'm not complaining. very sweet one and everyone fell in love for her and we don't want to give no and i cannot because strange journey started with her now infamous flight up above the beach a power sail pulled by a boat a complicity triggered by the local water sports company but it police found out the owner run away and not because it was only found it later. sitting on the beach boys your parachute go i couldn't quite figure it out so i saw four legs now of my own so i don't keep the animals distressed brain also brought simply from around the world celebrities and animal rights activists who are hot to trot with their opinions this animal was suffering was captured on videos and photographs and the way it spread through the media is really amazing and i think what the public has done is create a demand you know for animals to be treated better the culprit presented of that

certificate showing the animal was not physically harmed so is unlikely to face prosecution nevertheless the outcry means a napco now spend a month the prestigious kremlin writing school drinking filtered water eating a special diet prepared by a nutritionist and being mass hours with medical appointments and i'm going to. we have well equipped stables good for her and a team of professional experts who take care of the horses. and what after office. the housing up to have flooded in from all over the world and not all through way you might expect the manager of england's top man hotspur football club harry redknapp has said he would happily put up harry has an ambition to open his own animal sanctuary in the area of england and he perhaps could and could join him at that animal sanctuary and not get here now has her feet planted firmly on the ground so wherever she ends up after this month for the moment she can just relax tom barton party. at least

a happy ending in the end so world news in brief more pleasant uses what about that b.p. story b.p. saying it has reached a significant milestone now after apparently controlling the oil leak in the gulf of mexico with its latest efforts the new operation uses quote thick mud to push the oil back down into the pipe 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 b.p.'s rig exploded in april causing what's being branded america's worst environmental disaster bartz of pakistan are facing a life threatening food crisis now amid the worst floods to hit the country eighty years rescuers are struggling to reach far flung but it is the to be left without supplies that disasters already claimed more than a thousand lives and left nearly a million people homeless forecasters say more heavy rainfall is expected again the coming days. the relative calm tonight return to lebanon's border with israel as

u.n. peacekeepers have increased patrols along the divide 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 confirmed israel's troops remained on their own side of the border it is the bloodiest incident between the two since the 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 waica back he 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 as disputed election polls show the constitution is likely to be passed. ninety minutes past nine at night now here in moscow when i website there's always more stories to see on our home page r.t. dot com and a chance to have your say on the story as you see as well that she was there tonight for you should find out which russian football stars. uniform has made it

into the top five best selling list in england a great prizes for guessing and moscow's teenagers risking their lives for a dangerous new hobby as police clamp down on the fat mortality dot com. here's the latest we go on a journey of discovery three thousand five hundred kilometers from moscow we had the city of tomsk fine it was caught off in about ten minutes time and but it's plenty of business before that just ahead. hungry for the full stop we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. every

month we give you the future we help you understand how we get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. our technology update on our g. hello and welcome to the business program hay on r.t. the global cost of wheat is a record its biggest monthly increase for nearly forty years mostly due to the severe drought in russia there are concerns the higher prices could push up the cost of food and therefore inflation but according to a leading retailer x. five russia substantial grain reserves should limit the problem. it is true that due to the lower harvest this year and the ongoing drought signs are pointing to an increase in prices by suppliers simply because there will be

a shortage of some goods but ok since with the government support showed that the reserves like the green reserve 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. while the impact of the poor harvest might be limited to the national level it may hit some organizations which rely on excess of production asked of you head of the index futures group he spoke to us earlier from the chicago mercantile exchange. it's really changing the entire dynamic importers are becoming export ers and exporters are becoming importers i think much of this is really going to play out the real the hurt i think is really going to come from the relief agencies those that were looking to help those in pakistan or in africa those that were looking for access grain remember not only is grain now scarce around the world but capital to be able to go out and buy that grain which is now

priced a little higher is scarce so they're probably going to be hurting the most out of this entire equation both russia and the u.s. have substantial grain was not does the and this is as a crisis absolutely i think that you know you've got a combination of two economies that are very well versed in making sure that their supplies are intact over the course of say the winter months and they're quite frankly i think good the russian economy was prepared for this that the russian government was prepared for this i know of course here in the us we've been preparing for it but remember grain especially wheat is much like a weed it doesn't take more than just a few days of rain to get things going again of course this crop is pretty much over and i think that we could write it off but we still have a big report coming here in the states in another week and of course south america is going to report over the course of the next few months let's see how it all turns out. in related news the record temperatures pushed russia's third of its inspected to its lowest grade since february orders for industries like banking and

transport fell for the first time for months in july businesses report that it's become less productive claiming the heat. and foreign direct investment in russia reached twenty one billion dollars in the first half of the year according to vladimir putin prime minister the indicators were favorable and the businesses were now going ahead with plans they postponed because of the crisis. let's have a look at the markets now russian stocks were found it late on wednesday to raise previous losses markets of basij by reports in the euro. yes it showed the country added more workers in july than his full cost rolls nuff said with solemn spread about where among the main gain is putting on forty percent of them i say. b.p.'s new chief executive robert dudley is the most scary for talks with deputy prime minister igor suchan but discussions include possible asset sales to cover the cost of b.p.'s gulf of mexico oil spill while the b.p. is saying its interests in russia not on the table instead he also is maybe in

south america all central europe dudley's joined by tony hayward the outgoing chief of b.p. who will take up a non-executive role on the board of russian joint venture b.p. and in separate news from the company it said this is succeeded in the static kill of its leaking well in the gulf of mexico and the oil is no longer leaking into the sea. the construction of the north stream gas pipeline is reach an important milestone with a second branch of the pipe finally coming ashore in russia projects will provide gas to millions of european homes when it's completed which is due in two thousand and twelve. here at the broad overbet in the baltic sea the construction of the noise pipeline project is only progressing now which you see behind my back at two pipelines 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 specially trained that will be back filled up to the initial seabed level one of the construction is over but no this train protects the both pipelines from a different external impact 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 will start their operations with a capacity over fifty five billion cubic meters of gas and the gas will reach them the pipelines hand near the finish border and then it will be delivered to the european and customers to and will reach you were up on the north end coast of germany. i'm not sure update for now but you can always buy most henri's on our website auto business.

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in southeastern russia around three and a half thousand kilometers from moscow lies told it's a city with destroying student and academic population and it's got a reputation for giving visitors a friendly local. and i'm sure for our flights i was ready to experience it for myself. when you arrive in a new city and your hotel has a message for you to make yourself at home but there are literally dozens of little monuments like this dotted all around. founded over four hundred years ago. but this is also a very modern town with a real passion for. a leg is one of most popular. and he's had

commissioned all across the city including the facts and content to. this is a monument to happiness. looks like this. well lived well and now he's happy this is a favorite toy of kids created. most of the very light hearted and one of his favorite pieces is based on that favorite. the story of the baby in the capital which is a true. yes. but. here. picture. one of russia's most famous playwrights. made famous by the city's most famous.