president of kurdistan to hear their demands to hear their complaints and take them into account basically after those negotiations didn't seem to go anywhere the leader of the opposition in the long discussions with the head of fishcakes police after those discussions failed the crowd started advancing on the barricade of riot police riot police form to basically a live barricade across the road would not let them through at which point the crowd started pushing calling for everybody to gather together some stones started flying towards riot police at which point they opened fire into the air their war force shooting blanks into the air but it still made to reflect the amount of noise they were also shooting sound grenades they used tear gas to disperse the crowds the crowd started running with the riot police some members of the army and police force chasing them down the road and they basically pushed them back for around two kilometers detaining some people on the way after a few hours and all the crowds were dispersed on the road has already been opened

the roadblocks have been lifted we saw some people being detained in a somewhat unorthodox fashion they were being handcuffed and put into trunks of on marked vehicles we can only assume these are police vehicles but right now everything is very quiet both here in bishkek and at the checkpoint where the violence actually took place so far the authorities there fishel authorities the ministry of internal affairs is saying that all of the issues that the opposition did have with the government have been resolved apparently some later negotiations took place that satisfied both sides and there were there will be no more violence or any rallies taking place either here in the capital or anywhere outside of the opposition however is staying quiet for the moment they're not exactly publicizing their intentions or plans or in fact commenting on whether there have been any negotiations between them with them and the. we are still waiting to hear on what

they are planning to do but as for the moment it does seem that call has been restored in the courageous capital of course the authorities were very much prepared for the violence that took place earlier and they do seem now confident that everything has been returned back to normal and there will be no more violence here. well today's on ras is the latest in a series of violent incidents that have shaken the contrie since an uprising toppled president earlier this year he was forced to flee in april when protests in the north of the country soon spread to the capital and turned bloody shortly after an internal government was ushered into power to restore order however the relative calm was soon broken when in june interethnic violence erupted in the south of the country leaving hundreds dead and injured a volatile situation in the country's watch closely from abroad as kyrgyzstan's home to foreign military bases the u.s. transit center in manassas which helps operations in afghanistan and

a russian air base incomes. well political analyst ron chook says the situation in care has much broader international significance. there is growing instability in the north. and this is just a few hundred kilometers it way for all this. stuff so if becomes a non controlled territory where there is no real authority and where there was the force. then for those who. think well we have another place to go and then you will have wide international consequences and developments be around players on developments . thoughts there from political analyst yvonne suffer and true well still to come in the program some call it the new bay route but just how much has jordan become

transformed by western culture we explore later this hour. the number of wildfires raging in russia continues to rise with hundreds of thousands of firefighters taming the flames across the country the death toll has now risen to fifty the situation is likely to remain tense for several weeks before the scorching temperatures are forecast to cool as jacob grieve now reports. 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 fire move 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 the force around this area all were just

being complete destroyed by these wildfires and that's left firefighters with a serious problem there's still smoldering ground beneath them and that set of all to reignite into a full scale fire you sort of see behind me this smoke billowing from this smoldering ground that actually just turned back into flames now this isn't just a problem facing moscow region it's one that's gripping the whole of russia as well yesterday there were over five hundred such fires across russia that rose overnight so over a hundred but firefighters have been doing their best to tackle the brace and bought it down by about two hundred fifty flame distinguished about two hundred fifty five's in the process but still have these impacts and it's just been announced that fifty people have now died from these wildfires this bring the total up from forty eight and there has been thousands of people displaced here and there really has been a lot of the nation corps and my colleague maria phenomena she went to see 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 navy's destructive messy forest fires have already burned about thousands of days of land. use more than forty and that's more than fifty thousand homeless with the wind speed of twenty meters per second it's moving through boston you can see behind me it's approaching now leaving behind a trail of devastation. this used to be a small picturesque naslund in beautiful pine forest some one hundred fifty kilometers south of the russian capital more scope and paradise to the three hundred people that live there with a kindergarten at troy which and a community hole it will never be the same again. to dismiss for a frightening display of mother nature is full force to change it forever. twelve

perished in the inferno some in hurry find circumstances panic has been sprayed in among people as fast as the flames have been 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 and most people in the village managed to flee believe it was one of those that escaped at a later she's bag hoping to find something tagged but it's all in vain. the flames were spreading up high even about that tall tower and the black smoke filled all the space below i felt really scared when i saw a red fire glow and black smoke you know i've seen houses and bands of burning but here the entire village burned down completely this was really horrifying the dormitory of a local college has become

a new home for dozens of homeless it staff in smoky in 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 tape here will not be alone. 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's a new home they've promised it to every family within 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. reef notion r t. well for our top stories for blogs and much more you can always log on to our website r t v dot com

it's online for your twenty four hours a day here's some of what you'll find there right now rock legend at the top is in the russian capital ready to entertain muscovites as he takes to the stage to prove he's still got it after almost fifty years performing. and find out how a new partnership between the cia and google to track web browsing behavior making some feel uneasy. a group of former intelligence and military officials is demanding immediate action from barack obama to prevent a war in the middle east they claim israel is counting on washington to offer unconditional support for an attack on iran as early as this month it comes just days after u.s. top brass refused to rule out

a strike on the islamic state the group which includes former cia agent says a war in iran will ignite a regional conflict which could lead to the annihilation of israel has repeatedly refused diplomatic relations with tel of the as it maintains the jewish state has no right to exist well michel chossudovsky from the canadian center for research on globalization thanks israel won't strike until washington tells it to. see if there is a lot of very. serious. people that have caused this but it's should be taken very seriously it is to make it clear from a military standpoint impossible for israel to actually launch a wall along with the green light from the united states of the this this is not strictly an israeli military project the united states since the mid ninety's. created a rug as

a possible target the war plans which have been ongoing since two thousand and four have been a joint program with us they throw in israel so that in fact these war plans already been 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 so to speak the run that is 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. yes the threat of war is real but implications of reaching. all were large. within the next few months the whole region with player up probably eastern mediterranean right through to the chinese border. there with me to the

dark skin from the canadian center for research on globalization well mordecai kept our israeli scholar who has twenty five years experience of serving in israeli military intelligence told r.t. israel believes a regime change in iran is needed but that can't be a team without a mass uprising or an invasion. from our system and there is a will never attack iran by itself first of all it's very far away from us and we have to leave fuel that planes above very hostile states like saudi arabi iraq jordan which we don't have illusions with so it's very very complicated to do it secondly the israeli air force is rather small in comparison to the weeds of iran and do not list of targets which we should they deal with in iran but the goalie is unclear because if we deal with that let's say the nuclear facilities only they don't use can be done within the usual two years so there's no significance to such

an air raid if we take let's say personalities or. symbols again think they can be very easily replaced to something which should be done in iran is energy change but this says you can either from below from the from the people in the street or by invasion to iran like what happened in iraq and afghanistan these things isn't it cannot do by its sense. first there for more of the care there from the israeli think tank bag and some guts out or forced to strategic studies now jordan's fast becoming one of the most westernized countries in the middle east with american style diners replacing traditional swarmer downs a melting pot of western and arab values is producing a new generation of so-called arab be more susceptible to change artie's bottles they are takes a look at jordan's ongoing cultural revolution. a men's magazine that shows off

female flourish 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 six they're not flying that in like rule the areas a lot of our readers. they have a modern way of thinking well it's a 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 applied 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 changes so it comes as no surprise that more and more youngsters are choosing

a british accent to choose to each day their only. 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 a fast food restaurant for example you know you've got restaurants on your doorstep . chains in pizza restaurants and people people want now it's a want you know and essentially when somebody when there's a demand you get. 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 on american culture and says she choose wistrom music in movies of a traditional arabic ones any day

a lot of us have come from like culturally diverse societies like either your mom or dad by before and you know this is a new trend and during its former accepting the fact that you know you're not limited to marrying an arab or jordanian and we all go like a lot of us go study abroad and abroad to get so many different cultures and so many different people but sean is the feel some of the influence also comes from the government she's the first to admit that the fashion there plus is 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 in near us and it's an influence that's hard to miss especially when it's backed up by western advertising and money i mean 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 policia arty among. but look at some other stories making headlines around the world british supermodel my only campbell has given testimony at the trial of former liberian president charles taylor in the hague she's alleged to have received diamonds from taylor after a dinner hosted by nelson mandela in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven campbell admitted to receiving what she described as a few dirty looking stones which she later gave to charity tellers accused of selling diamonds to finance a civil war in sierra leone he denies the charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. supporters of the new constitution for kenya are celebrating after the no campaign conceded defeat preliminary results show almost seventy percent of

voted in favor of laws limiting the president's powers the constitution also includes emotionally charged changes to abortion rules land rights and muslim family courts the voting is said to have passed peacefully it's a stark contrast to the two thousand and seven presidential election which exploded into violence and left more than a thousand dead. south korea has begun a five day naval exercise in the yellow sea the drills angered north korea which is threatened to retaliate by attacking participating ships the large scale exercises are being held in the location where nearly fifty south korean sailors died in the sinking of a warship some five months ago so blames the north for sinking its warship however pyongyang denies any involvement. of the seven afghan police traveling with a convoy of nato forces have been killed in a bomb attack in the country's province officials say

a suicide car bomber calls the blast eleven others including civilians were wounded and the taliban have claimed responsibility. that's all the news from the desk here this hour charlotte's up with the business next. hello and welcome to the business program here on r.t. russia is imposing a temporary grain exports prime minister putin says the measures are necessary to help farmers in the country prevent the cost of food rising. and then one was looking making due to the abnormally high temperatures and the courage drought i think we should impose a temporary ban on the export of grain and its derivatives from russia we do have enough reserves one point five million tons we need to guard against domestic price rises. the prime minister goes on to say that grain from the state reserves so we distributed to the regions to help alleviate any shortage and there's further aid

for farmers the government will provide a total of one point two billion dollars in assistance roughly a third of that will be direct aid the rest a subsidized. but decision to buy grain exports is likely to hit agricultural businesses here in russia but dimitri will call from car says the measures are needed. of course this will put a negative impact this ban will be a very painful measure for both domestic producers and for exporters but when one has to choose between the domestic consumption market and the needs of other countries is obvious what decision should be taken there quite a lot of grain storage is in the us as well as in the european union so the obligations that the russian companies have made will go on to other countries. wheat prices on the international community markets the racing to new highs russia is the world's third largest exporter of wheat but the severe weather has wiped out more than twenty percent of the crop with every hot dry day that pulses

expectations for the harvest have become more gloomy the grain union is now predicting a week shields of seventy million tonnes or less that compares with nearly one hundred million tonnes last year the country's domestic we consumption is seventy five million tonnes. tom to look at the markets now and u.s. stocks are falling in the early trade after first time claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week the high unemployment rate in the u.s. remains one of the biggest worries for investors the dow jones was no point five percent in the red. and european shares are trading in their range as investors weigh up decisions by the european central bank the bank of england to keep interest rates unchanged despite periods of strong net profit results british bank vault reasons down two percent investors remain wary because of the reliance on new day banking operations where progress is slow. but here in russia both the bosses finished the session in the red race in previous games after

a report showed the u.s. jobless claims increased unexpectedly and then stoked concerns of global recoveries faltering with among the main losers shedding more than one point five percent on the r.t.s. now following the right decision by the e.c.b. the bank's president say so that the eurozone economy was recovering faster than expected and the money markets were returning to normal joining me now from london the prospects for europe. european economist b. c. bank thank you very much for joining us now european rates held at a record low for the fifteen months today should the e.c.b. be doing more to stimulate growth. as you said today the statement was actually in line with expectations. today was a bit more upbeat on the second and third quarter but actually also caution that there are there could be a slowdown and now when you question whether they should be doing more i think at

the moment that's not really the mood that they are in and it's rather a question of see how quickly they can exit more though tony just for the protestant measures here we believe actually that they will have to continue some of these measures are you full allotment policies at least on one week maturity level and well into next year at the same time we do not think that they really have to step up could it be provision be more aggressive in other policy areas because we can actually see that slowly things are improving we are hardly bullish on the euro zone but we do have some positive signals and so do you agree there were two shades assessment that the growth indicators are better than expected. well that's absolutely true i mean only today we had again manufacturing orders and clearly they were better than expected and just one that's when they will cool down

so i mean it's very clear that we have a very very strong catching up process here and when we talk about these growth rates it's really important to bear in mind that we come from a very very low level and just to stick with the german example the german economy collapsed by five percent so you have to get out of this hole again if you want to and you do have the strong growth rates but yes i mean this is not only something what we are all water mr show you observes you know it's everywhere everybody can see that so in some positive news and data coming up near what you think the worries over the whole sovereign debt situation has eased. now i mean it's very clear that nobody will be prepared to tell you that there won't be any problem anymore and we can see some easing of the tensions you know spreads have come in they are. clearly still more elevated than before these tensions they are still there there are a lot of people who wonder whether some countries may have to deliver them or we have to monitor how the measures that have been announced will actually be

implemented how effective it will be so not i mean we in the all clear and again also with the trade was very careful in saying that they are willing to give any kind of sign of we've achieved everything and there are no challenges ahead and i think these laws are in line with the market without as well now the year is enjoying a resurgence against the dollar and do you think this can be sustained. in our view yes actually we held that view throughout the crisis we believe that some of the panic that was within the eurozone was a bit overdone then we do have structural challenges in the us as well the twin deficits are still there and also you know that there is this discussion between the european governments and the u.s. when actually should you start to rein in do you deficit and it's very clear that europe is a bit more on the side that you have to do it rather earlier than later and it made

a few we had a crisis worse the us is much more reluctant so we think given that you have more sturdy stands you have less willingness to provide a lot of liquidity in the european market this just helps the currency and we believe that your dollar will trade around one thirty five by the end of this year . and just just finally quite briefly from russia's point of view a healthy europe is highly desirable do you expect him to continue to strengthen. but i think it's a very interesting question because actually everybody wants the rest of the world to be strong because everybody wants to export so now we now have to be very honest in the eurozone domestic demand which is generated without any foreign help without exports will be very weak so it's a kind of circular question that you are asking i think well i mean our forecast for european ip and also german ip which is the main driver is that it will cool in the second half of this year and predominantly in the fourth quarter and for us

actually the major question is how will the global economy perform with that of course also russia and how much can we export to these countries ok we'll have to leave it there for now astrid schiller european economist major species thank you very much for joining us today. and your update today but join us in an hour's time .

the kaiser report is coming up here in our team but first a look at today's top stories here it is authorities arrest opposition members as violence returns from the streets of the capital bishkek around a thousand gathered in front of the parliament demanding the government steps down . firefighters are on high alert across the country battles the biggest heat wave on record sparking hundreds of wildfires and killing at least fifty in moscow the toxic smog has cleared but a college just say the air pollution remains high. and taken by surprise former cia officials warn of a planned israeli led attack on the wrong and demand president obama publicly denounce the move to force this force to join in. the next month's kaiser and stacy herbert look at how america's fine answers are dragging the us into a common. for the full story we've gone to.

the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. down once again for the kaiser report i'm max kaiser and the wall street journal confirmed what we've been saying on this show for months that the fallacious is the bogeyman yes.