of course quite careful about. the threats here and there but we do not feel that we have to be panicky about this there has been some controversy surrounding the alteration revoking of the citizenship of palestinians who settled in the kingdom in the one nine hundred fifty s. how would you respond to such criticism and what factors led to this decision there is no actually a decision of this nature at all we do not. withdraw. nationalities of as you say i'm still. just listing the origin we do not even have the. austrians or. games or for the team origin jordanians of syrian origin we only have jordanians that's the only term. in the case of. people who have jordanians who have

visited and see in the west bank. there they are given permits by the israelis we would like these people these jordanians to maintain these permits in order to have to keep their right in the west bank if they were all to abandon these permits and go anywhere else in the world they would only contribute to the confiscation of the two confiscation of arab rights and of course this was done in implementation of an arab summit that was held in one nine hundred eighty eight after the disengaged the administrative disengagement agreement that was proposed by the p.l.o. by the palestinian palestine liberation organization and again accepted by an arab summit so door that is really implementing. what the p.

said at that time and we were also aware of the fact that if we just make it easy for people either palestinians or jordanians who have property and there was bank to leave we are only facilitating the process of confiscation confiscating of other plans and arab rights and we do not want to be a party to that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu recently said that he planned to deport some seventy thousand palestinians from the west bank to jordan what is your response to that is really a very negative development and we completely reject this decision and oppose it you cannot definitely uproot people from their land and throw them anywhere else in the world and expect to have peace with them or their representatives this just doesn't happen. we would like all these unit

steps to stop immediately because they are very dangerous to the peace at most fear and they will definitely torpedo any efforts to move the peace forward as the u.n.h.c.r. as budget continues to decline all the plans to allow iraqi refugees in this country greater freedom to work. iraqi guests in jordan are working with all the freedom that is there. first of all we don't differently call them if you g.'s they are our brothers. and suffering. very difficult situation. sold our help in jordan as brothers and in our arab culture. give your brother you share with him you are low for. bread split in half and give huff to

a brother so out of this tradition out of their long history that binds us with our iraqi brothers we decided to host them here temporarily until the situation in their country improves and then they can go back to their country. but while they're here of course jordan as you know. is it. is not a rich country jordan it's not a rich country and especially this year we are really living through difficult economic situation we have a deficit in the budget. or there is a strain in our on our economy from different angles but nonetheless we have our iraqi guests are still among us and they're enjoying everything his majesty king abdullah was very gracious in permitting all iraqi children to enjoy education just

like their jordanian counterparts to enjoy healthcare for all iraqis enjoy healthcare. just like jordanians and education for all iraqi children is free in jordan so. but there is a limit as to what jordan can give as far as this issue is concerned and we do call upon the international community to continue helping to even boost its assistance to jordan in order to enable it to better serve their iraqi guests what do you believe is the solution to this problem of the iraqi diaspora yes of course the solution to. the problem of their rocky people living in desperado with jordan or syria or europe or anywhere else in the.

world is to create a situation back home creates a place he said that would encourage iraqis to go back home the question is why aren't these people going back home definitely they feel probably that the security situation is more. of a desire to feel that there are still. issues with the situation with them to a situation back home of course this matter is up for the iraqi people to decide but again. and there are definitely encouraging signs in iraq going on the decision of the allied forces to withdraw from iraq next year the political process that's going on in iraq is. or is going quite well there are setbacks sometimes the electoral their electoral process

that happened recently is still. hung as we would say. but we do hope that. iraq is from different backgrounds. would come together and decide to put iraq first to do to do whatever they can in order to keep the stability and prosperity of their country but the tension surrounding the establishment of a new iraqi government do you think we could see more people leaving iraq we don't know we hope this this will not happen of course still the consultations are going on to form a new government. but the political. parties are discussing it. and rose again as i said. you know we don't like to interfere in what does have. but on the surface very clear

hope that all americans will come together and choose government that represents them all a government that lives up to their aspirations and definitely when this happens or awkward to resume its role in the nation and differently the arabs also have a role to play in supporting iraq as one country not definitively one party at the expense of the other we were if iraq is not stable the whole can't the whole arab nation is not stable the whole region is not stable we have a vested interest as ups to help iraq resume its role within our broncs because of the situation in iraq and the palestinian question is it likely that they will be great influences from outside jordan affecting what people are thinking and doing

internally that could ultimately lead to a destabilization of the kingdom we do not think really that there is cause for worry as far as stability and security over jordan is concerned there the three thirty round us of course are known to everybody about we we are confident that people who are living in jordan. without palestinian refugees who are forced to live outside their country because of the occupation or iraqi guests who are again forced to live outside their country because of the conditions there they definitely appreciate the security and stability they find here and the fact that they are able to live quite normally and they they will be with us in trying to prove to maintain the security and stability because it's definitely in the interest of all of us living together. and this country doctor now below

seventy ft thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. you're most welcome my pleasure.

top stories from a relentless fires across russia have claimed at least forty eight lives as temperatures continue to break records a state of emergency has been declared in seven regions entire villages have been wiped out houses of people in the. russian emergency crews have stepped up their efforts to put out the fires in neighboring countries have joined the operation sending aircraft to help in the most devastated regions present the value of five five high ranking officials for their lack of action in dealing with the crisis.

one of the piece of news tonight tightening the grip on washington imposes new sanctions severing ties with the rain the groups the p.a. the end of this president mahmoud ahmadinejad says he couldn't care less about the new restrictions but warns other countries not to follow suit. twenty four seven a calls wednesday evening at a moscow case got later sport now a good result was that it simply was put in tonight's football was it not it was kevin yes it is have been romanian side anyway to seal a place in the champions league playoffs that's the sport that's coming up now. hello welcome to the sports news and these are the headlines. european dream city to go through to the champion's league playoffs after a one nil win at home to remain inside. while completing the job liverpool aim to go through to the playoffs of the europa league as torres produced his future to

the reds. and loving shaq veteran shaquille o'neal may become the big leprechaun as he's reportedly set to join the boston celtics. but we kick off with football and russian premier league leaders and it's in petersburg have gone through to the playoffs of the champions league after one zero victory at home to remain inside anywhere in the second leg of their qualifier danny for the having signed off the thirty three minutes and the nail biting end to end second half followed its in and hung on to victory narrow only winning one nil and i get elsewhere it's goalless between lech pas now the sponsor prague and apache versus young boys and again against dynamic kiev celtic have just kicked off at home to braga needing to overturn a three nil deficit salonica versus i.x. is also just under way. and just a step away from the group stage and elect and how well as those teams went through to the playoff round on tuesday night and elect side the new saints three nil to win six one on aggregate and popplewell overcame one nil first they devastated

catholic side act three two overall. meanwhile liverpool are without champions league action for the first time in four seasons england's most decorated side in europe who finished seventh in the premier league last season are preparing for the second leg of their europa league qualifier instead the reds hold a comfortable two male lead going into thursday second leg into macedonian side watch nikky but the future remains slightly uncertain for new manager roy hodgson while the reds have recent signing joe cole in the. the ranks. might well be open to offers from other clubs and salvatore's is still not back in full training despite returning from his holidays however the spain strike out he's been strongly linked with chelsea and manchester city has publicly committed himself to the eighteen time this champions hodgson has succeeded rafael benitez in july played to spain for talks with the player last week. but they will use probably most interest with their work fifteen hours on live

a plane to spend fifty minutes with him or it was an impressively. he's a footballer you know when you're talking with level and hopefully if you've been in the game a long time it's not difficult to find the right things to say. his decision really had to be one that he he had to make sure he had the motivation to be back here to do the job as he knows i would like it to be done and the good thing for me is that but motivation was put into question by the speculation but as christian purslow told me don't worry he'll be with us and a little take my head off and he was the he was right. to transfer news now and by i mean it would say all that and that's hardly a shock might still be on his way back to the russian premier league the form residents get back hasn't been getting much playing time from louis van hall that the first. defensive midfield role now must be the front runner in the race to land

craig filled. now the men's basketball world championships gets underway at the end of the month in turkey and russia's coach david class is unveiled his preliminary squad for the event although he still looking for front man back reports. at down fast on red square the mood in russia's camp is one of excitement this least young and ambitious team is ready to surprise the wall once again they'll travel to torquay spree on the dogs but base is the usual position for david plotz side we are realistic and know what the strengths and weaknesses of our team or i know what things we have to do in order to overachieve and we will have to overachieve. but i'm confident that with the effort level and the commitment of the dedication on the part of the players that we can do is to go which will have to make do without his team leaders and a key to get into and jr holden both were crucial to the side's biggest success to date gold at the european championships in two thousand and seven but this time

they had to withdraw for personal reasons russia will have to look for a new front man on the court to grant very strong hope will be mikey must go off twenty four year old signed every year deal with the new york knicks last month and will be. own mess of attention and they are coming war championships. of course this contract is a great boost for me but the national team is a completely different story and i still have to do a lot to establish myself as a key player. david blood says getting for the group stage is the mean task for now and it shouldn't be an easy one as they'll face whole story as well as greece in group c. however the scene has already proven their ability to win despite all the odds being against them by the mystery about our team. meanwhile the n.b.a.'s oldest and still one of the most popular stars shaquille o'neal is reportedly joining boston for the next season the celtics fans may experience

firsthand the comical thirty eight year old antics of course while the rest of the nation can catch his exploits in the second season of a.b.c.'s shock purses. every person that i'm competing against a little bit of my life for example cooking or cook or cooktop i school in college no two caliber you know for cheerleading i want to hire a couple chefs but you know spelling you know how much it would a home or go to a little contradiction documents all the time so you know a lot of stuff isn't the stuff that we all do and i'm normal every day activity seven foot return fit into a nascar. sled down and now i think. we're all in all this is good it's going. meanwhile setting himself a huge challenge is streets i'm told to france champion alberto contador he's left team astonished to run for saxo bank and says he wants to achieve something that

the cyclist has done before the spaniard wants to win the tour de france and gerrard to tell you on spanish well it's out born in one season and no one has won all three major toes in succession before it would make him one of the greatest champions ever and who gets to do it watch it sucks so bad it's clear he's just signed a two year contract which is exciting times when a team manager on a race. gives possibilities that's for sure i mean i'm patients lot of ambition so maybe he's on one of these a business to win or a freebie to isn't one yeah i think that's a that's a great one that was and i like that jones. a russia has won the inaugural world rotting championships in the netherlands after clinching medals in all four disciplines with more on this is constant and without both. this year's world drafting championships under the history as the first event of its kind ever to be held on an artificial course the three hundred meter i'll deal why i want to run

a track to fifty teams for over twenty five countries to compete in the world greatest raftery of and which also saw the first youth championships being held five star elite teams from brazil germany saw their kid japan and russia tried their best to tackle in towns caren's with plenty of spectators watching the impressive showdown there are four disciplines the sprint a simple completes the run quickest wins that see if they can avoid getting thrown out there were a few flips and some of the raptors ended up swimming one of the most spectacular disciplines is the head to head two teams trying not just checking the tricky turns but also bedell it out on their way to the finish line it's an ideal chance for the competitors to show their river skills and calm with maneuvers the next challenge is the slow and looking for rafting disciplines the course consists of twelve games hanging over the river and the rafters have to draw on their best technical abilities to complete the route. the final discipline is the physically demanding

don't really cruise have to run down the route but then have to run uphill back to the top and would be the left several times russia's national team is always among the hold favorites in all roughing tournaments but this time the russians failed to get enough medals to get on top ending up in the fifth place. it was the first world championships held on artificial course and we don't have such facilities in russia as we train on real whitewater nevertheless when you are opponents very well and we knew what we could expect our men's team got to hold in sprint but then we didn't succeed in other disciplines however we had some trouble as one crew member broke a leg and we couldn't perform at full strength. japan. rafters have showed swift progress in past years and this time they grabbed their first ever title in both the man's and woman's divisions however russia absolutely dominated the youth championship collecting medals in all four disciplines in the men's division and

becoming the all girl champions and we here with the actually we initiated holding the world youth championships i would have been developing a raft among young people since two thousand and four and every year we all lots of competitions across the country so i would say that i would try and find the world championships as a result and it's not only about results and the support helps the children and their personal enhancement sometimes act like a character and if you can't train them are you still not making them fall down and of course we try to make it more popular to attract more kids there rep it's may have been manufactured but the stamina control and strength shown by the world's rafting ulead was more than real concern but out of. the sports news of this policy.

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be aiding terrorists. also coming up in the business update as the severe drought in russia devastates week production we're looking at the impact three having across the world join us in about twenty minutes time. this is r.t. it's eleven pm here in moscow this wednesday night the fourth of august welcome if you just joined us is kevin zero in with the top stories and first one hundred fifty thousand firefighters are now battling russia's worst wildfires in decades the blazes have already left forty eight people dead yet here in moscow's thick with smoke as far as approach the capital from the south our correspondent out of a bennett report from just outside the smog smothered capital. all morning on the early hours of this afternoon just in the woods behind me there was a fire raging and the firefighters were struggling to control it but in the last

couple of hours they have managed to put it out for the time being because the conditions here simply just so dry the fires a spreading very very quickly and unpredictably earlier we had a look at the fire it didn't seem too troublesome from where we saw it the flames were just coming up to around knee height but suddenly out of nowhere they flared up to well over two meters and that's the sort of challenge these firefighters the facing as they put out one part then another pause brings up very very quickly we did actually have to move the position we were broadcasting from because we were very close to the woods and the fire we were off the road as you can see the small here and 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 it is quite normal see a thing in fact that taste of smoke and there's a gray blanket over the sky you can't really see the sun and moscow region is one of twelve regions worst hit in the whole of russia and this morning at the satellite imagery suggested there were around eight hundred fires across the

country four hundred of which have sprung up just in the last twenty four hours so the situation is still very very critical the conversation has actually already started to filter through to those who have lost their belongings in the last affected around three and a half of the thousand people across the country two thousand homes approximately have been wiped out and this is a report by my colleague jim of fake on the effect 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 patrol as yet more flames break out but for a good read in their efforts don't matter anymore those were developed the good ones my daughter ran up and said a bus 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 from

a wall of flames up to three hundred meters wide was.