all of the opposition in the long discussions with the head of police after those discussions failed the crowd started advancing on the barricade of riot police riot police formed basically a live barricade across the road it 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 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 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

market vehicles we can only assume these are police vehicles 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 later negotiations took place satisfied both sides and there were there will be no more violence this was an attempt to destabilize the situation in the country and to bring in then to peace in the capital bishkek protesters wanted to take over power by force so we have no choice but to take action and their security forces took the necessary measures using special equipment right now the situation is under government and police control and there is no danger to the public safety 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 and them and the gun. 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 kurdish 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 country design of a reporting will today's unrest is the latest in a series of violent incidents that shaken the country since the uprising toppled president. that he was forced to flee in april when protests in the north of the country soon spread to the capital and turned bloody to the interim government was ushered. over the relative calm was broken again in june interethnic violence erupted in the south of the country leaving hundreds dead in egypt volatile situation the country's being watched closely ruled because produce townsfolk the fall of military bases the u.s. transit center among us which helps operations in afghanistan and also

a russian air base income. political analyst even some from chooks spoke to us he says external factors could mean the situation in kurdistan quickly spirals out of control. there is growing instability in the north. and this is just a few hundred kilometers it way from this. can be a stop so if this town becomes a non controlled territory where there is no real authority and where there is the force. and there will be those then of those who are on the fresh enough in this john they think well we have another place to go and then it will have wider international consequences and developments be around development that was the political analyst even saw from chuck spring to. let's take a look now at some other news today as wildfires rage and grow across russia the

death toll from weeks of blazes has risen to fifty hundreds of thousands of firefighters are working to tame the flames weather forecasters say the scorching temperatures are set to continue to till the end of the month ati's jacob graves isn't one the scene of devastation. diam in moscow region a village or mosque a 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 can recognize it 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 now is 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 have always been 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 it's still having an impact and it's just been announced that fifty people have now died from these wildfires that's bringing a 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 them is destructive mess in

forest fires have already burned about thousands of half days of land. here with more than forty in the world and he's thousands 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 is to bit small picturesque village naslund beautiful pine forest some one hundred fifty kilometers south of the russian capital more scope at paradise to the three hundred people that live there with a kindergarten at church and a community whole. it will never be the same again to dismiss for a frightening display of mother nature's fool force to change it forever. twelve perished in the inferno 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 elaina was one of those that escaped and a day later she's bag hoping to find something tagged but it's all in vain. sure of flames was riding up high even the mother told howard you're in the smoke filled all the space below i felt really scared when i saw the red glow and black smoke which you know i've seen houses and lands burning wood but here it was the entire village burned down completely this was really horrifying and yet the dormitory of a local college has become a new home for dozens of homeless its staff in smoky meets 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 or that this is 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 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 ghosts religion to the past all here would rather forget. raef notion r t. well the whole story of these dreadful fires over the last couple of weeks or in russia chronicled on our website it r.t.d. or congress views videos as well chance for you to have your say what you think about it simply as well as some other stories online tonight on

a lighter note rock legend iggy pop is in the russian capital ready to entertain muscovites it seems as he takes to the stage to prove that yes he still is going what it takes up almost fifty years before all of this is either find out how a new partnership between the cia and google to track web browsing behavior is making some people feel uneasy going on the run of story dot com is the place to be . a group of former intelligence and military officials are demanding immediate action from barack obama to prevent a war in the middle east they claim israel is counting on washington to offer conditional support for an attack on iran as early as this month the group which includes former cia agents say a war in iran will ignite a regional conflict that could lead to the annihilation of israel the warning comes

just days after u.s. top brass refused to rule out a strike on the islamic state to rounds repeatedly refused to promoting relations with tel aviv as it maintains the jewish state has no right to exist michael ski's from the canadian center for research on globalization he spoke to us he thinks that israel won't strike until washington tells it. so your stories of more of very. serious. people though of course this message should be taken very seriously it is technically 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 rather as a possible target that 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 are already ongoing 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 iran has ten percent of the global oil and gas was five times those of the states that it has tremendous wealth and ultimately war in that region is the battle for oil and natural gas the threat of that war. it's real the implications are far reaching if that war were launched. within the next few months the whole region with player up from the eastern mediterranean right through to the chinese border. just off ski from the canadian center for research on globalization. so world news no brief british supermodel

naomi campbell is 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 seventy campbell admitted to receiving what she described as a few quote dirty looking stones which she claims she later gave to charity tailors accused of selling diamonds to finance a civil war in sierra leone he denies the charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. and more than twenty civilians have been killed in two separate nato attacks in afghanistan's nagar province nato has acknowledged that civilians died during fighting with the taliban in the region in one attack witnesses say those killed were on the way to a funeral when they were bombed by nato planes the deaths come a day after u.s. commander general petraeus urged troops to avoid civilian casualties. south korea has been firing artillery and a military drill near the spot where one of its warships sank five months ago the

exercises the largest souls' conducted since the incidents the naval drills seen as a military provocation by the north so for its part blames its neighbor for the sinking of that small ship but young and denies any involvement. supporters of a new constitution for kenya are celebrating tonight after the no campaign conceded defeat with most votes counted seventy percent are in favor of laws limiting the president's powers the constitution also includes emotionally charged changes to abortion rules land rights of muslim family courts the voting settle pastoral peacefully unlike the stark contrast back in two thousand and seven presidential election which exploded into violence and the movement has moved ahead of time. what do we have here we have the world's youngest pygmy po that's what made it public debut at australia's taronga zoo in sydney can bury as part of a breeding program to boost the numbers of endangered species the car scare is just

over. thole she's very shy and likes to sleep a lot but he can be rezoned lee one of three thousand pygmy hippos left in the world making a first steps their lovely pictures. jordanian society has become divided on the country's increasing westernize ation while some are happy to read european star magazines others are reluctant to change their traditional values tonight artie's policy it takes a look at the 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 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 dismissed 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 their only seventy seven if it will. also. 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

. pizza restaurants and people people want now it's a wanting and essentially when somebody when there's a demand you give it. sorry could do or 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 whiston music in movies of a traditional arabic one is 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 enjoying it's far more accepting the fact that you know you're not limited to marrying an arab very jordanian and we all the a lot of us go study abroad and abroad you get so many different cultures and so many different people but sean is feel some of the influence also comes from the government she's the first to admit that the fashion their classes 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 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 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 arty among. our sort of night here in moscow thanks we were there so we are enjoying our programmes in ten minutes time we'll be looking into the transformation of the

european union and see what is going through the last decade that's to come surely business in just a tick. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in moscow she's available in hotels. keep a promise it is congress motel east west. center.

some s.a.'s lobby and. historical hotels of escape culture in a city. called small. as it can. be stressful for us to tropicana hotel. hello welcome to the business program hey on russia is imposing a temporary ban on grain exports promise a potent says the measures are necessary to help follows in the country and provide the cost of food rising food is on them one was looking making due to the abnormally high temperatures in 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 no one point five million tonnes but we need to guard against domestic price rises. the prime minister goes on to say that grain from state reserves will be distributed to the regions to help alleviate any shortages and

those 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 is subsidized loans the ban on grain exports may cause russia to lose market share as a global wheat exporter according to dimitri rocor from in situ for agricultural market studies there strictures could hit both russian companies as well as foreign importers. 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 it's 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 obligation the russian companies have made will go on to other countries and we prices on the international community markets have race 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 passes expectations the harvests have become more gloomy the grain union is now predicting a wheat field of seventy million tonnes or less that compares with nearly one hundred million tonnes last year the country's resting we consumption of seventy five million tonnes. let's have a look at the markets now and here in russia both the fourth is finished the day session in the red and raising previous gains that's after a report showed us jobless claims increased unexpectedly this concern the global recovery is faltering by putting money in lame losers charging more than one point five percent on the r.t.s. . the day was right stay in europe both the european central bank and the bank of england followed market expectations and kept their policies the same the c.b.s. president as you. they said the eurozone economy was recovering faster than expected this provided a further lift to the single currency against the dollar

a move ages b.c. bank in london sees a sustainable we believe that some of the panic that was within the eurozone was a bit overdone but 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 into your deficit and it's very clear that europe is the side that you have to do it rather earlier than later if we had a crisis where is the u.s. is much more reluctant so we think given that you have more austerity stance 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 . now fun to finance russian infrastructure projects has been drafted by the country's finance ministry it will initially be worth around six hundred seventy million dollars that investment should double in three years but almost

a newspaper says the capital may become the key investor and the main aim is buying shares an energy transport and you to a t company russia has a fall in competitiveness according to global rankings and is now the lowest among the bric countries with declining infrastructure being one of the key factors. in the separate news concerning v t v the government is aiming to sell a ten percent stake in the country's second largest bank by the end of the year the share estimated two point seven billion dollars has been offered to kuwaiti investment fund there's no agreement as yet the state currently eighty five point five percent of each group plans to decrease its stake to twenty four point five percent. russia's energy giant. change the security systems at all it's assumed in the next. the company is launching a new program smallness here at sixty power stations on projects under construction

following last month's events at the facts the hydro power station in july six people attached the station killing two security guards and detonating a bomb in the turbine. to rebuild the expected to take two years and cost the company at least fifteen million dollars. much update for this hour but you can always buy more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business.

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tonight. turns to the streets of. around a thousand. steps. rest. to break the protesters who said the following a violent overthrow. grueling rescue efforts are still underway in russia as wildfires spread across the country during the biggest heat wave on record so far it's left at least fifty day in moscow the toxic smoke is cleared a little bit of college to say the air pollution remains high forecasters predict it could be weeks before temperatures start cooling. and for it or against former cia officials say president obama could prevent a war in the middle east they say israel is planning an attack on iran but will only go through with

a campaign if it is the full military support of united states. friday marks sixty five years since the first use of an atomic weapon in the history of mankind the russian bombing estimates more than one hundred fifty thousand people were killed in the explosion and the subsequent fallout the mission was performed by a b. twenty nine super fortress bomber the enola gay with twelve crew members aboard r t spoke to the last survivor of the crew who told us that if there's ever a need for a similar mission he would be the first to volunteer. today only one of these twelve crew members of the knowledge a live to tell the story i'm joined by that man today theodore van kirk so if you could now take us through the steps that that fateful day or that day wasn't the important because because the bomb was the.