us is waiting and everyone's being evacuated we already had our bags packed my wife walked around the capital with a religious icon asking for protection but even the bombs have vanished on a wall of flames up to three hundred meters wide was more than the firemen could handle all but a few of the one hundred houses were totally destroyed. everything even had built up in thirty years living here the family home their daughter's house their cattle even their dogs all lost to the flames but amidst the scenes of utter destruction a glimpse of hope and honor. for. just fifteen kilometers away another village lays in the path of the flames its people are worried the same fate awaits them with the yes but only a flame around our iron the men of took

a ditch with chuck to smoke is everywhere we don't know where to expect a fire from that neighbor is 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 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 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 how sweet to the villages finding a car could prove a lot easier than actually getting there too if it crosses party central russia. dmitri medvedev a sax 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 in the failure of judy. followed his meeting with government officials here in moscow. president came from his summer residence to hold a serious of emergency meetings in kremlin regarding the problem before fighting 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 small scale and in washington all right now and of course how to prevent those fires from spreading on to strategic objects in russia such as a military bases or nuclear plants for example you smothered in the. i have 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 rift. so while talking about how to help people version 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. locations at all even filed against those local authorities working on the spots cooperating 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. a correspondent in central moscow there natalia novack of all those raging blazes

have reached the federal nuclear center in the central russian city of site of that of the country's atomic regulatory body says all explosive and radioactive substances have been removed from the side so you can encode says the facility is absolutely safe. the situation is complex but it is completely under control the fire is inside the federal security zone but it doesn't pose any threat to nuclear facilities in the center itself have you quit minton human resources including the army have been mobilized to fight the blazes. taking some of the news now iran is denying president was the target of an assassination attempt reports claimed a grenade was thrown at his convoy in the west of the country now those claims come at a time of increasing pressure on iran just days ago top u.s. military officials said washington's ready to launch a military strike against the country if needed. the sanctions already in place by

expanding the blacklist of rain in groups and companies suspected of having terrorist links result is reported found these latest restrictions however one universal support. well the united states treasury department did i now it's 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. ancient's are targeting iranian companies in the banking insurance investment mining and engineering sector americans or u.s. companies are now bit 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 it 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 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 allow the use of force to be used against iran under any circumstances let's take a listen when we discuss iranian nuclear issue and we will not resolutions on this matter as you remember we have very clear language in it as aleutian in the last resolution even clearer in three previous resolutions. it has nothing to do

with any possibility even remotely. 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 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 a man saying that are being done unilaterally outside of the united nations of his group put my new york writes the retired u.s. army colonel 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 well we know that but all it is a is a perfect statement that makes those in iran feel very uneasy that they are truly being targeted again by the united states and by israel and 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 they are assessment that military force needs to be used on iran for their nucular program could be able to program ages it is not as easy as it used to be.

asked to. be. of some school students in india or even reciting the alphabet it's a tough nut to crack find out why the not the ones to blame. the news to you comes reduction treaty known as stuff has been stopped for now at least the us senate pushed a vote to ratify the deal back to september the treaty signed by presidents dmitri medvedev and barack obama in april would see 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 has done that moscow says it's ready to put the deal into effect when it wants to do so at the same time as washington former u.s. senator and acting chairman of the atlantic council think tank chuck hagel thinks that this is more than just bilateral power play at stake. if in fact we we

the civilized world especially the nuclear powers and as we know russian united states possess about ninety percent of all the nuclear weapons in the world if we are to reduce those or 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 didn't we must lead the way so this is also i think it is shoe 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. that was the chairman of the atlantic council think tank chuck hagel talking to me a little earlier on. the earth in a raid and he will international military exercises begun in a stone that commemorates a reconnaissance group that worked with german military intelligence in world war two moscow believes that the exercise is an attempt to glorify

a stone slab ration with nazi germany the only unit was a finnish army formation of a stone in volunteers that spied behind the red army lines games have been held since nine hundred ninety four teams from around the world taking part but former member of the european parliament green ford told me that only a small minority of european support events will glorify the nazi past. what concerns me about this it appears how some support from if you want the officials within the a stone in government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want a political cooperation with the people organizing this event is clearly both offensive and bizarre that while there is a new enthusiasm for sport are you basing it around a nazi collaborating organization. from the 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. former v.p. ford in brussels well news now b.p. says it's reached a significant milestone all for a plan to control of the oil leak in the gulf of mexico with this latest effort the new operation uses 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 in parts of pakistan are facing life threatening from crisis amid the worst floods to hit the country eighty years now rescuers are struggling to try to reach far flung villages that have been left without supplies the disaster is already claimed more than a thousand lives and definitely a million people homeless forecasters say more heavy rain is expected in the coming days. relative karmas return to lebanon's border with israel tonight is that un

peacekeepers have increased their 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 have confirmed israel's troops remained on their own side of the border it is the bloodiest incident since the two between the two since the war in two thousand and six. ten year votes they're being counted after a referendum is held on a new constitution it seeks to limit the president's powers and enforce a bill of rights president michael baccy is backing the yes vote security has been stepped up across the country where more than a thousand people died in clashes after two thousand and seven as disputed election polls show the constitution is likely to be passed. to seventy moscow time millions of children across india are being forced to give up their education to were 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 the result his car and sing reports it threatens to harm one of the world's fastest growing economies now. when he does not go to school his parents simply cannot afford to send him he is one of the million children in india facing the same predicament even though the government has made education free and compulsory for children under fourteen the family cannot lose the makes as a rag picker all about second accurate father 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 serai you can see the state of the board it's very difficult teaching this way. this means many who are in school barely able to read and write for instance i ask. recite the alphabet. after. each or d. . e. f. . g. and and and. b. there. are seven out of ten children in delhi drop out by the time they turn fourteen when many schools. too 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 the group to provide educational support in underprivileged areas project y. helps seven hundred students from delhi 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. 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. 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 and seeing r.t. new delhi has taken a second reminds of those plenty on the home page r.t. dot com one chance of your santa stories you see there and plenty of coverage about the ongoing a horrendous fire. that was saying in russia at the moment for the stories though tonight find out which russian football stars uniform is very good to the top five best selling it is a clue for you said it begins with a. small school as teenagers are risking their lives for a dangerous new hobby although police not surprisingly hot on their heels just two stories might not interest you at all t. dot com. just later this hour we talk to a leading jordanian lawmaker about what a fake neighboring countries actions are having on security in jordan is to come tonight first though it's the latest business mashal that after

a quick break hungry for the full story we've got it from. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our g. hello and welcome to the business program here on r.t. the global cost of wheat is recorded its biggest monthly increase the nearly forty years mostly due to the severe drought here 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's 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 i'll kill ations 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 on a 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 act does this act 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 u.s. we've been preparing for it but remember grain this specially 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 problem 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 rate since february orders for industries like banking and transport fell the first time in four months in july businesses reported that it's become less productive claiming the heat. and foreign direct investment in russia reached twenty one billion dollars in the first half year according to vladimir putin prime minister the indicators were favorable and that 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 loss this markets of basij by reports in the euro. yes it showed the country added more workers in july than this full cost rolls nuff said with solid

spare found where among the main game is the spare bank 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 a not on the table instead the us is maybe in south america all central europe dudley's joined by tony hayward the outgoing chief is 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 pike 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 what 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 now this train to protect the both pipelines from a different external impacts when in two thousand and eleven the pipeline will start it's 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 annually the gas will reach him the pipelines him at near the finish and

a van it will be delivered to the european 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 find most henri's on our website. business.

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have joined the operation sending aircraft to help in the most devastated regions president medvedev has fired five high ranking officials for their lack of action dealing with the crisis. and in other news tonight tightening of the grip on washington imposes new sanctions severing ties with the reigning groups thought to be aiding terrorists present who would have a different child says that he couldn't care less about the new restrictions but warns other countries not to follow suit. israeli palestinian peace talks are expected to resume later this month after a two year freeze next artie's paula slayer speaks to a leading jordanian lawmaker to find out what effect the conflicts have of his country and what influence its neighbors have on jordan. but i have to. be told damien government spokes person 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 in 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 did not apply there of course conditions in order to be able to like any other country in the world there are

conditions that should apply to anyone who wants to write for their foreign. work for a foreign media establishment and i think. there were problems with the permits so the stations themselves were not the issue they should was the people working for the stations as far as living up to the requirements of the permit conditions is there a fear that iranian influence could destabilize the kingdom no actually you know we don't have fear to this. as far as this issue is concerned at all we feel quite confident as to the stability and security you. of our country we feel that we have of course very secure borders because jordan really enjoys very good relations with almost orthodox. but we are vigil.