yes i think that is cripples. 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 are spreading a very very quickly and unpredictably earlier we had a look at the fire it didn't seem too troublesome from where we sorted the flames are just coming up to about knee height but suddenly out of nowhere they flared up so well over two meters and that's the sort of challenge these firefighters that facing as they put out one part then another part springs up very very quickly we did actually have to move the position we're broadcasting from because we were very close to the woods in the fire we're 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 know was a thing in fact that taste of smoke and is 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 are 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 compensation has actually already started to filter through to those who have lost their belongings that that's affected around three and a half thousand people across the country two thousand homes approximately have been wiped out and this is a report by my colleague tim a 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. fire me continue to keep patrol as yet more flames break girl but for a good read in their efforts don't matter anymore. but it will serve the good while my daughter ran up and said a bus is waiting and everyone is being evacuated we

already had our bags packed with my wife walks around the capitol with a religious sign court with asking for protection but even the bombs have vanished . a wall of flames up to three hundred meters wide was more than the firemen could handle all but a few of the one hundred houses were totally destroyed. everything even had built up in thirty years living here the family home their daughter's house their cattle even their dogs all lost to the flames but amidst the scenes of utter destruction a glimpse of hope rather. than full. up . just fifteen kilometers away another village lays in the path of the flames its people are worried the same fate awaits them and we speak yes but only in certain for you may run our own the man of took a ditch with a truck 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 for 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 to if you cross party central russia. dmitry medvedev has sucked a string of scene in navy officers for failing to prevent wildfires far reaching a military base in the moscow region the president said they were guilty of criminal negligence and

a family of detainee on another followed his meeting with government officials in moscow. bush and president came from his some residents to hold a serious of emergency meetings in kremlin regarding the problem for fighting he wants to get as many structures in this far fighting is as possible course during the meeting they just asked how to stop the forest around moscow and in washington all right now and of course how to prevent those fires from spreading onto city to call objects in russia such as a military bases or nuclear plants for example you smothered in the studio 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 fires broken out in the moscow 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 and i will take the same steps without any rift. so we're 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. locations have already been filed against those local authorities working on the spots go 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. the raging blazes have reached the federal nuclear center in the central russian city of several of the head of the country's atomic regulator

a body says all explosive and radioactive substances have been removed from the site so. the facilities absolutely say. 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 you have you couldn't and human resources including the army have been moved lives to fight the blazes what's going on now the iranian authorities are denying that the country's president mahmoud ahmadinejad was the target of an assassination attempt earlier reports stated a grenade was thrown at his convoy in the west of the country the claims come at a time of increasing pressure on iran just days ago the top u.s. military official said washington has not ruled out a military strike in the country does not stop enriching uranium the u.s. treasury department also tighten sanctions by expanding a blacklist to rein in groups suspected of terrorist links tehran has called for

dialogue which it says should be based on justice and mutual respect the group of american intelligence experts has also written to president obama to say they believe israel may launch a surprise attack on iran in the next month one of them was ray mcgovern who told r.t. why he suspects this could happen. well there are a host of reasons they're mostly circumstantial but the most important one has to do is what impression prime minister netanyahu got of our president when he was here three weeks ago. our president didn't dare to mention any of the contentious issues between our two countries like your objection to the illegal settlements in the west bank or the killing of the u.s. border. and there instead it was a very much. of. with our president pretty much forming all of a niche and yahoo now who is a pretty clever guy and when he got home to tell it even sure he he told his

colleagues that you know these americans are just like we always thought of them they're easily moved eighty percent of the american support us this is bizarre so that's the most that's the key factor if he thinks that obama would not have the courage to oppose a military strike on iran and then you look around for the time to do it well it's very clear that israel has set out a policy to get rid of any hostile regimes with any power in the middle east pretty well with iraq didn't get the removal of saddam hussein in their basic document a clean break. securing the realm back in one thousand nine hundred six when nasser you know where is first right prime minister it was stated explicitly that iran would be right on that list now if they can get rid of the jihad in the mullahs and that would be creating a what they consider to be a super safe region and most people get confused by the virgin mary argument

that israel is fearing existential threat from. nuclear bombs or the have any nuclear bombs and if they go on or to israel has two hundred three hundred so that stretches the imagination what they want is machine change. riots a retired u.s. army colonel things the u.s. statement that it's not ruling out military action against iran is news judged 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 a memory one that we could do this we could take military action well 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 they are assessment that military force needs to be used on iran. that was and right every time to. peace activist and still ahead in the program we reported since store next to the power sailing don't. settles into five star luxury the kremlin staples to help pay for gas and night deal. the u.s. senate has put all of the verge on the start treaty with russia until mid september the head of the foreign relations committee said republicans need more time to decide whether to support it the landmark deal was signed by president smith that offended bomb in prague in april and is designed to reduce the country's nuclear

arsenal by said however it won't come into force until ratified by but size and so find neither has it done that moscow says it's ready to put the deal into fact similar tenuous ratification of a washington former u.s. senator and acting chairman of the atlanta council think tank chunk a goal believes there's more than just a biological power plant. 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. there is the channel there atlantic council think tank chuck hagel now once a part of the us is size sterner nowadays seems to be not only rejecting its soviet past but is resurrecting the legacy of former presses military exercises commemorating nasr world war two recognizance courts have started in the country named after that and a unit of a stand in volunteers that spied behind red on the line fighting the fascists the war games have been held since nine hundred ninety four but most cases them as an attempt to avoid pious ten years collaboration with nazi germany however former british labor party european parliament member glenn ford thinks it's only a small minority of european support of violence ordering the nazi asked. what concerns me about this it appears have some support from if you all the officials

within the estonian government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want a political collaboration with the people organizing this event it is clearly both offensive and bizarre that while there is a new enthusiasm for extreme sport are you basing it around a nazi collaborating organization. for second world war the generally across the european union the vast majority of people would 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 i can't imagine that anywhere would you support for this kind of event. brussels for as b.p. says it's reached a significant milestone claiming the oil leak in the gulf of mexico is now under control with its latest plugging if it be new operation to use the slick months to block a well gushing oil from the seabed the u.s.

government says seventy five percent of the spill has now been cleared out of natural all natural dissolved seven hundred million liters of oil has spewed into the sea since it all rig exploded in april in america's worst environmental disaster. parts of pakistan are facing a life threatening floods crisis amid the worst floods in decades rescuers are struggling to reach far flung villages left without supplies around fifteen hundred zero feared to be dead and up to three million displaced as the disaster persists weather forecasts say more have the rains are expected. and peacekeepers have stepped up patrols along it turns israeli lebanese border a day after an exchange of gunfire killed for the violence erupted as israeli troops tried to cut a tree both sides claim more than that territory and israeli officer died along with two lebanese troops and a journalist in the course border firefight you know best to go to say the tree was in the israeli side countering lebanese claims. votes are being

counted in kenya after random on a new constitution to limit presidential powers and bringing a new bill of rights the poll is a part of a power sharing deal between the president and why i came back here and prime minister. bought the new constitution which is expected to be passed tight security after widespread violence in which over a thousand died following the disputed presidential election three years ago. the don't do that was sound parasailing about a russian beach and a p.r. stunt these days enjoying the trapping of the new celebrity lifestyle i'm not cold . swamped in a wildlife 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 writing in moscow print we're told bottom of her pull. the donkey has landed 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 is very sweet 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 when the power sail pulled by a boat a publicity trick by a local water sports company when police found out the owner run away and was only found later. sitting on the beach boys or parachute go i couldn't quite figure it out myself or legs now of my own eyes a donkey the animal's distressed brain also brought simply from around the world celebrities and animal rights activists were 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

a vet certificate showing the animal was not physically harmed so is unlikely to face prosecution nevertheless the outcry means a napco now stunned a month the prestigious kremlin riding school drinking filtered water eating a special diet prepared by a nutritionist and being messenger with medical appointments might get a little bit limited we have well equipped stables good for her and the team of professional experts who take care of the horses. and what after offers to housing up to have flooded in from all over the world and not all from where you might expect the manager of england's top man hotspur football club harry redknapp has said he would happily put on that go up harry has an ambition to open his own animal sanctuary in the hunt sure area of england and he perhaps could and could join him at that animal sanctuary and not can 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. let's now have a look at what you can find on aussie dot com right now find out which russian football stars uniform has made it into the top five best setting list today england. also moscow's teenagers are risking their lives for a dangerous new hobby although police are all told their heels. under russian globe are angry about their management of the wildfires raging across the country gets an unexpected reply from prime minister putin. israeli palestinian peace talks are expected to resume later this month us reach two year freeze in a moment also he's poorness clears speaks to

a leading jordanian nor make it defined how the conflict and jordan's neighbors affected his country. with me i have talked to. the jordanian government spokesperson and also the minister for media affairs and communication dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. you're most welcome jordan was criticized last year by reporters without borders for closing down two satellite stations of iranian origin is there

a fear that iranian influence could be. stabilize the kingdom first of all let me. correct the premise of the question but we did not close any. stations what happened actually was that the correspondent. correspondents of these stations. were working without a proper permit. and. we. asked them to apply and. of course i think. one of the matter is did not apply there of course conditions in order to be able to would like any other country in the world there are conditions that should apply to anyone who wants to write for therefore i. work for of

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 acquirements of the permit conditions is there a fear that iranian influence could destabilize the kingdom no actually you know we don't have the feel to this. as far as this issue is concerned at all we feel quite confident as to the stability and security of our country we feel that we have of course a very secure borders because jordan really enjoys good relations with almost all countries in the world but we are vigilant of course we are quite careful but we do not feel that we have to be panicky about this so 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 you know steps to stop immediately because they are very dangerous to the peace. and they will definitely torpedo any efforts to move the peace forward as the u n h t r's budget continues to decline aviv 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 definitively call them refugees they are our brothers. suffering. very difficult situation. to our help in jordan as brothers and in our arab culture you give your brother you share with him you're a loaf of bread you split it in half and give to your brothers 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 not

a rich country. it's not a 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 own our economy from different angles but none that is our iraqi guests are still among us and they're enduring 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 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 for stability and security over jordan is a concern. around us of course are known to everybody but we we are confident that people who are living in jordan. with 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 to maintain the security and stability because it's definitely in the interest of all of us living together and this country doctor not below seventy five and you very much for joining us here on r.t. you're most welcome my pleasure. michel would be so much brighter if you knew about soon from files to freshen his.

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six thirty in the morning in the russian capital this is all seen that. the death toll from russian wildfires reaches forty eight with people advised to stay indoors as a blanket of choking smoke covers moscow temperatures are expected to rise even more as a record breaking heat wave shows no sign of that. five hundred fires have been registered across the country while office have been coming in from countries to help flush of bottled the crisis meanwhile president medvedev has fired five high ranking russian military officials for lack of preventive action. and in other news the u.s.

imposes more new sanctions on iran and severing ties with both is suspected of terrorist links as a group of intelligence experts write to president obama saying that israel may strike against iran within weeks they've gone with republicans also denied reports of an assassination attempt on president obama more than a shot. of the headlines no drug production is growing every year with russia becoming the main supply route to year by its southern borders next we'll talk to the russian or cortex chief on what should be done to stop the drug threat that's the spotlight. every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and want to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us it's acknowledging update on our g.