obviously having heard that the negotiations had resulted in what they were expecting to result in and the crowds tried to force their way through the barricades that did not go well because of the army immediately started firing firing. their guns into the air also firing tear gas and throwing up a crowd the crowd started to push their way through the army started pushing them out and shooting at them shooting tear gas basically they forced them down the road around two cars with the crowd running and the army and riot police shooting at them. why number of journalists here they also got involved in the mentally. ill and some of the tear gas but all are knowledge but he seemed to be saying there were some broken vehicles that we saw were ok and we're hearing more shocked than from this checkpoint very serious gunfire of course they are shooting into the air

and they are shooting warning for now but it does seem that the people. have aligned to the other guy checkpoints are trying to force their way through and there aren't fully cars shooting back at them. reporting there from the center of these latest clashes in which come just two months after an outbreak of interethnic violence in the south of the country which left hundreds dead and injured republic's capital was also the scene of bloody protests in april which led to the overthrow of the president and government and how work then is of course home to foreign military bases the u.s. transit center in manassas which helped operations in afghanistan and a russian air base in compt. but we want some other news this hour swathes of central russia are still in flames with firefighters tackling hundreds of new fires every day at least fifty people are now known to have died and it's

likely to be several days before the scorching temperatures show any sign of cooling down reporting from some of the most affected areas are stacy bivins is in the center of moscow but first we go to jacob graves who's in who's among rather the fire ravaged woodlands outside the capital. diam in moscow region a village in moscow region and i'm actually standing by an example yes another example of just the devastation and destruction that's been brought upon local communities here we have. if you recognize that what was a garridge and inside is a car that's being burnt out now is the farmer so as far as that residence he didn't have time to move the car out there was literally just engulfed and i was a similar story there's rubble strewn everywhere and there's also the surrounding houses were completely burnt down as well as a similar story for the forest surrounding these houses what's been left is smoldering ground and that's been causing far fighters

a lot of problems they've been having to watch that quite rigorously and in fact only just about ten minutes ago to my left there was a smaller smaller piece of ground that actually reignited firefighters had to come across and dampen the flames and put them out that's a problem that's persisting that's why there's so many firefighters still here. now there in the heat as long as the heat continues at such high degrees people are saying experts are saying that this sort of is going to keep on occurring this this problem is not going to go away now. the number of fires about she increased to from five hundred thousand or so so it was yesterday to over eight hundred firefighters have been talking to them in the early hours of the morning and that they've managed to put out two hundred fifty fires unfortunately there has been an increase in the numbers killed by these wildfires that's going up to fifty people one of who in a central russia was found amidst the rubble another who later died in hospital

after sustaining substantial injuries now there is some more positive news for those in. the region there were worries and alarm bells ringing about bars are surrounding a nuclear energy plant there now they authorities there have said the. energy nuclear energy material has been moved so there is no danger of radioactive spill or any explosions taking place. back to. moscow region there has been thousands of people displaced here and there really has been a lot of course and my colleague maria phenomena she went to see what one village it's really been left in the show since these fires. rushes in flames. the hottest summer on record has also become one of the most destructive mess in forest fires have already burned about thousands of hectares of land in here with

more than forty and that's more than thirty thousand homeless with the wind speed of twenty meters per second it's moving through fourth as you can see behind me it's approaching now leaving behind at trade of devastation. this used to be a small picture is clearly naslund beautiful pine forest some one hundred fifty kilometers south of the russian capital and paradise to the three hundred people that lived there with a kindergarten and to watch and a community home it will never be the same again it to dismiss for a frightening display of mother nature's food force to change it forever. twelve perished in the in through no sun in her refined circumstances panic has been sprayed in among people as fast as the flames have been in gulf in their homes five people an old couple and mother and a son and another woman decided to hide in

a basement their place of refuge became their tomb temperatures inside became too hot to survive. most people in the village managed to flee clean it was one of those that escaped and a later she's bag hoping to find something tagged but it's all in vain sure of lames was grabbing up even of other tall tower and the black smoke filled all the space below i felt really scared when i saw red fire glow and black smoke you know i've seen houses and vans burning but here the entire village burned down completely this was really horrifying yet the dormitory of a local college has become a new home for dozens of homeless its staff in smoky and its corridors in rooms but it's the only shelter they have now. we want to say thanks for all this care they feed us here very well they talk to us and we have

a corner to sleep. but they hope this take here will not be long. we've already got about seven thousand dollars in compensation each pensioners and jobless a bit more but what we're really especially waiting for that the new home they've promised it for every family within the next three months and we're ready to wait. when the house is a rebuilt the victims of this unstoppable and merciless force who try to rebuild their lives and consign these ghost village to the past all here would rather forget. the most to reach and what a difference twenty four hours make clearer skies in russia's capital now you have a clear picture of the behind the polar opposite situation that we had yesterday what you would have seen from this vantage point is a wall of white just a small in fact it was difficult to see even fifty meters in front of you it really was like living in a snow globe but just because the facts of the fires aren't as strong today it

doesn't mean that the side effects aren't people still are experiencing nausea. and all around discomfort if you're out in this for too long because the air pollution is so high six times what is normal you feel like you've snorted or you feel. on gravel it's a really uncomfortable feeling and muscovites are a little bit impatient a little frustrated because going on for so long you couple that with the smog the how difficult it makes it to breathe and people just want it to end now obviously and it's gotten to the point where doctors are urging the elderly and people who have breathing problems just to stay home if you don't have to be outside if you can work from home do that because it's just not worth it and also the health ministry is suggesting that maybe russia should hold off on the first

day of school it scheduled for september first but because of the conditions right now they're thinking that maybe it's best to hold to postpone on the first day of school not mention the frustration that many muscovites of having because there doesn't seem to be and the site jake mentioned the flare ups with the fires that seem to be more firefighters make in advance of the more fires come about and so you have the weather that's stoping and has started these fires and we don't know when the end is going to come because the drought is still here there's no rain in the forecast. more projections for high temperatures. or t. stacy bevins reporting there. now group of former cia and military officials have written to president obama to say they believe israel is preparing to attack iran this month the experts describe how israel is ready for a sudden strike and make it politically impossible for obama to do anything other than offer full u.s. military support but michael just adolphus ski from the canadian center for

research on globalization thinks that in reality israel would need washington's backing first. centuries of. very. serious. people there and of course the space that should be taken very seriously it is to make the case from a military standpoint impossible for israel to actually launch a war on iran without the green light from the united states we have to understand that this this is not strictly an israeli military project the united states since the mid ninety's. has indicated iran as a possible target that the war plans which have been ongoing since two thousand and four in fact in the wake of the bombing of the invasion of iraq have been a joint program of the u.s.

they tow and israel so that in fact these war plans already full and going it may be convenient for washington to let israel unleash the attack and in fact dick cheney back in back in two thousand and four intimated that israel might do the work for us still to speak iran has ten percent of the global oil and gas was five times those of the united states it's a it has tremendous wealth and ultimately war in that region is the battle for oil and natural gas the threat of. or is real. the implications of. that of what would hold. within the next few months the whole read should. move the room to grow through the chinese all the. money of our breaking news this hour we're getting reports from care because of clashes near the capital bishkek

apparently they were on their way to join around a thousand others who gathered in the center to support a politician who want to who is wanted rather for trying to seize power five years ago the rally was also calling for the central asian countries in terms government to stand down riot police have been on alert as the crowd developed in numbers of stones have been thrown out also serves who responded with tear gas shots are also being heard as police try to disperse the crowd there are no details of anyone so far being injured our correspondent at the scene reports that she's seen tanks and other military hardware being deployed by police we of course are tracking this story very closely and we'll bring you more details as and when we get them. let's take a look at some other world news in brief for you this hour british supermodel naomi campbell has told a war crimes court that she was given dirty looking stones by former liberian president charles taylor who is on trial there campbell explained she received them

after a dinner hosted by nelson mandela thirteen years ago but she said she gave them to charity a few hours later charles taylor is accused of selling the gemstones to finance a brutal civil war in sierra leone is being charged on eleven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity which he denies. in federal court in california has overturned the state's ban on same sex marriage the judge says that proposition eight violates the american constitution it could now be up to the supreme court to decide californians narrowly approved. the band two years ago in what was the most expensive social political campaign in u.s. history critics of gay marriage say the latest decision is ignoring the electorate . the vote count underway in kenya after its constitutional referendum early results show that over sixty percent voted for laws to limit the president's powers

and also include emotionally charged changes to abortion rules land rights and muslim family courts for the first time in the country the vote was held without incident that's a marked change from the intense violence of the two thousand and eight presidential election when more than one thousand died. b.p. claims it has reached a significant milestone in the gulf of mexico washington says almost three quarters of the oil spill has been either mopped up or naturally dispersed president obama added that the battle to contain the massive oil spill is finally close to coming to an end on wednesday b.p. managed to block the ruptured well by pumping in a special type of mud. now of all places you'd expect to find american style diners or glossy provocative magazines and an arab state in the heart of the middle east might not be your first guess but jordan is fast becoming one of the most westernized countries in the region are there looks into why the younger generation are shunning tradition and turning policy in. a men's magazine that shows off

female flesh and leaves little to the imagination a cover like this would not raise eyebrows in europe but in the middle east in a country like jordan where ninety five percent of the population is muslim it can go on sale only in the capital city editor cyrus side says her aim is to shock and that she does by filling in a gap in the market touching on issues that are pretty much to blue in the arab world like talking about relationships and sex they're not find it in like rural areas a lot of our readers. they have a modern way of thinking well and so modern the dead a different way of thinking a lot of them have studied abroad is a list abroad they work abroad and they take these little. mind sets with them and they come back here and they apply to the way of life and money is one of the most westernized cities in the middle east and is often called the new beirut among the ever increasing number of skyscrapers are american well known brands and chains so

it comes as no surprise that more and more youngsters are choosing a british accent to tune into each day. all. martin be one of the top three english major stations in the country and in the seven years he's worked in the region he's seen english radio almost three fold it's about wanting to consume and it's about westerners and i mean if you look at the fast food restaurant for example you know you've got restaurants on your doorstep burger chains and pizza restaurants and people people want now it's a it's a want you know and essentially when somebody when there's a demand you give it. sorry could do is typical of the new generation that finds it easy to move between cultures she's lived in jordan lebanon and saudi arabia and speaks fluent english and arabic she grew up in american culture and says she

choose wisdom music in movies over traditional arabic ones any day a lot of us have come from culturally diverse societies like either your mom or dad by before and you know this is a new trend in joining it's far accepting the fact that you know you're not limited to marrying an arab or a jordanian and we all know that a lot of us go study abroad and abroad to get so many different cultures and so many different people but surely it's the feel some of the influence also comes from the government she's the first to admit that the fashion that glosses the pages of her magazines no one would ever wear on the streets it's almost like there's a contradiction in society you have that sect of society that is holding on to traditional values and traditional ideas and then you have that side typically the more modern part of the city that is kind of going to develop in western eyes and honestly i would say it's probably a lot of influence from the government love to get a lot of support you need in the us and it's an influence that's hard to miss

especially when it's backed up by western advertising and money a mini stroke that on the streets i would be easiest spoke at a mixture of arabic and english for teenagers it's a way to impress the opposite sex and it is true that speaking english will probably get to a better job after all the king's mother is english policy r t a month. just to update you on our breaking news this hour we're getting reports from karega stand of clashes near the capital bishkek protesters were on their way to join around a thousand others who gathered in the center to support a politician was wanted for trying to seize power five years ago the rally was also calling for the central asian countries in. term government to stand down riot police have been on alert as the crowd developed in number stones have been thrown at officers who responded with tear gas shots are also being heard as police tried to disperse the crowd and there are no details of anyone being injured our

correspondent at the scene reports she saw tanks and other military hardware being deployed by police we're tracking the story very closely and we'll bring you more details as we get them here on our team. we're going to go over to the business desk now with kareena stay with us. how a welcome to a business program it's good to have you with us this hour the global cost of wheat has reached the highest price in twenty three months due to the worst drought in russia in nearly forty years if you from the commodities markets is similar to retailers jack boot jun c.e.o. of the index futures group says the large grain reserves in russia and the u.s. will help mitigate the crisis. 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 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 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. and time to check on the markets now asian stocks are up the sergeant found spent markets regain promotions the day before up to the dollar in value to from an eight month low against the yen toyota motor climbed more than three percent after reporting its best operating profit in two years. and unity and she has often made a trade investors are cautious ahead of rate decision is by the european central bank and the bank of england commerzbank up point eight percent after the bank hike after beating expectations for that second quarter results first british bank

barclays is down two percent after those results. here in russia the markets are trading in the black this hour both the odds yes and i'm isaac's trading less than half the percent shares of spare bank group hydro and last night after losing half a percent of them isaac's overlook oil is gaining one point three percent of the r.c.s. . now the construction of the north stream gas pipeline has reached an important milestone with the second branch of the pipe finally coming ashore in russia the project will provide gas to millions of european homes when it's completed in two thousand and twelve but in the coach never has the details. we're here. in the baltic sea where the construction of the noise pipeline is taking place and now what you see behind my back my two pipelines the first one was pulled out of the water and reached the russian soil just a week ago owned july the twenty eighth and what happened just a couple of hours ago is that the second pipeline reached the russian shore and

many here say that this was a milestone for the whole construction of the noice pipeline project now what you see also is that those pipelines are lying in a special train this train will be back filled up to the initial seabed level when the construction of the pipeline is over but now this trench of protonix both pipelines to from any external impacts including waves current this vessel is called gusto say now it is situated around one kilometer away from the shore this vessel has already laid around two hundred kilometers of the pipeline in the waters of finland and sweden and after the war it can on the russian territory over the vessel will go back to finland and resume its work over there the part of dover bay is this tontine point of the north theme pipeline through the baltic sea and then of the pipeline will be connected to the gas transportation system of russia and i'm sure prime klein and in the meantime the

construction of this prime plan is only progressing where the gas will and to blend hania the finish bore down and will reach a european customers to the northern coast of germany delivering over fifty five billion cubic meters of gas annually. b.p.'s new chief executive has held talks with deputy prime minister intersection in moscow rubber dudley's discussions included possible asset sales to cover the cost of b.p.'s gulf of mexico oil spill b.p. saying its interests in russia are not on the table instead the assets may be in south america or central europe than. 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 tank a b.p. and separate news for the company it says it has succeeded in the static kill of its leaking well in the gulf of mexico and that oil is no longer leaking into the sea. russia's federal antitrust service says there's a billion dollars worth of direct foreign investment on its way ahead of the agency

even have t.v. if a raft of new deals approved by the government on wednesday the agreements covers such things as transport infrastructure food and mining in particular the canadian company can cross gold will gain control over two strategic gold and silver fields in the north of russia in a deal worth more than three hundred billion dollars. the annual rate of inflation in russia felt to its lowest level in july at five and a half percent month on month consumer prices rose point four percent the same pace as in june the figures were in line with analyst forecasts and it was buckwheat's chicken and orange price which rose the most the cost of rice bananas and cabbage went down. and a fund to finance russian infrastructure projects has been drafted by the country's economy ministry it initially be worth around six hundred seventeen million dollars but that investment should double in three years and mr newspaper says t.v.

capital may become a key investor with a fund aimed at buying shares in energy transport and utility companies russia lost twelve points in the global economy competitiveness rankings in the past year it's now on the lowest place among the bric countries with declining infrastructure being one of the key factors. and that's your update for this hour charlotte polly will be with you in the next hour with more business news here on r.t. .

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this is our live from moscow we have breaking news this hour let's check in on the details we're getting reports from care guests and of clashes near the capital bishkek protesters were on their way to join around a thousand others who gathered in the center to support a politician who is wanted for trying to seize power five years ago the rally was also calling for the central asians contraries in term government to stand down riot police have been were on alert as the crowd developed in number there are also been reports of stones being thrown at officers who then responded with tear gas shots are also being heard as police try to disperse the crowd there are no details of anyone having been injured our correspondent at the scene reports tanks and all the. military hardware are being deployed by police we'll have more updates as and when we get them here on our team. now as the european union expands so too does its personality as it gradually soaks up new nations each with their own way of

wanting to do business for the former soviet states that's proving to be an occasional foreign in the side as we hear next from a man who's been keeping a close eye on e.u. psychology. professor while the us croats thank you very much for being with us today and thank you so in your own words how would you define the european identity the emerging you and identity will have probably the same nature as our canadian identity here in canada our canadian identity views the charter of rights and the policy of multiculturalism. european identity is. a legal construct that is.