course that in certain areas throughout moscow the air quality is twenty times poorer than usual so this is a very serious situation this is all going down as firefighters continue to battle blazes throughout the country six hundred fires and so far one hundred fifteen thousand have been burned and to give you an idea exactly how big that is we're talking about lining up one hundred fifteen thousand baseball fields or one hundred fifteen thousand international rugby field it's a huge amount and seven regions have been declared a national disaster area with emergency ministry is also worried about their air we're not just talking about the pollution and the smog that we see now but we're also talking about radioactive particles that could find its way into the air the ministry has its eye on the region which was affected by the churn noble catastrophe and the concern here is that if the fire is headed south that the force there will will burn and that the the contaminated soil will find its way the

particles from the contaminated soil will find itself in the air in the wind will carry it a longer in a smaller community and i'm going to ask my camera man to follow me as i show you just look what's happened now this is part of a smaller village that has just been destroyed look at the homes here nothing is recognizable you can see like maybe a child's boot a bicycle and if you take a look over behind us look at what has happened here it's absolutely awful nothing is standing it's it's practically a wasteland out here and you can see the have a small that has made its way to the capital of this just one example of how when you get forces together it's hard to battle and you have this excessive heat which they're expecting to continue to rise as that as a matter of fact meteorologists are predicting that we're going to see temperatures hit thirty eight degrees celsius not fun and and we're not and there is no rain in the forecast so firefighters have an extreme battle ahead of them. stacey bivins reporting there from one of the worst affected areas and the moscow region. and

japan's mourning the victims of the american atomic bomb that fell on hiroshima sixty five years ago one hundred forty thousand people were killed by the blast and subsequent fallout for the first time ever washington sent an official to the annual ceremony but as our tucson thomas reports ground zero still holds more than just memories of that fateful day. the hiroshima peace memorial ceremony was a significant and important event with thousands in attendance including foreign and international dignitaries from japan there was a presentation of the register of the names of the people who passed away when the bomb exploded but there were also speeches from dignitaries including who is the prime minister of japan john roos was in attendance the first time that official representative of the united states was in attendance at the ceremony which has been going on since the year after the actual bomb exploded all except for one year

in one nine hundred fifty when the occupation army disbanded the ceremony also very important is that ban ki moon who is the secretary general of the u.n. the first time secretary general has participated in this ceremony as well he spoke about nuclear nonproliferation and said as long as that nuclear weapons exist we are under the threat of global terror he also pointed to the united states and russia as major powers moving forward with the new start treaty as a good example of a step towards nuclear nonproliferation which is his also my goal something he has said he is making a priority for the united nations also in attendance for many survivors some who felt the direct impact of the bomb itself and others who were indirectly affected we had the opportunity to speak to some of those indirectly affected this is their story. at eight fifteen in the morning on august sixth one thousand nine hundred forty five the united states destroyed the city of hiroshima instantly with an atomic bomb while not directly hit the people living in the surrounding area faced another danger black rain. that there was

a big heaven and earth would turn. the students inside. the plant green started to turn away. even though here in pieces. the bomb sent a mushroom cloud into the atmosphere creating its own weather system pouring down the radio. active suit filled the survivors some people who were unaware of the dangers even welcomed it. remembered. the u.s. and japanese government. and set up an official area where they believe the phenomenon had occurred but people living around here she must say the designated section was far too small and that the government didn't do enough to protect the entire population now groups of survivors like the black rain association are

gathering to make their voices heard. suffer from. the government. this building was destroyed in the initial blast and miraculously this wall was left standing. here as a memorial to that tragic event and the like this building victims in the media path of the radiation wave are easier to identify than those in the surrounding area in an ironic twist it is another set of buildings built shortly after the bomb was dropped that has given scientists the information they need to help black rain survivors. three years ago. with. because. when we took some. radioactive evidence of radioactivity from. way towards getting help for the victims also using new technology reassessing the

size of the radioactive cloud. identified their original area calculated the mushroom cloud at eight kilometers but by finding. the pilot. taken. the real height which ended up being. more than twice. that we had traditionally to be armed with new information in the city of hiroshima has commissioned a new study with the idea of increasing the official area for a bomb and black rain victims. our biggest goal is to extend the black rainy area and continue to care for the hills and support the survivors even now sixty five years on from the event the tragedy continues in hiroshima alone it is estimated that three hundred fifty thousand people were exposed to the bombing nearly one hundred fifty thousand died today the city that was once destroyed is a thriving epicenter for culture and peace those who live here fight to rid the

world of nuclear weapons through their experience stories and memory sean thomas r t hiroshima japan bronislaw komorowski has been officially sworn in as poland's new leader this comes just four months after the tragic death of late president lech kaczynski and a delegation of paul the sophists officials rather in a plane crash and well today said have signified a new beginning it has been marred by protests for more let's cross to our correspondent alexei yourself who will then warsaw hi there alexei how is poland marking the event first of all and what's happening where you are now gone. well indeed it's a big day for poland now that he has been sworn in as the country's new president you know gratian was quite long and begin began in the morning here in. where he took an oath to become the country's new leader then the whole ceremony moved on to one of the central cathedrals in warsaw where a mass was held to mark this fact that he is now the country's new president and

then as we speak now the final stage of the ceremony in the world is being held where all the attributes of the presidential power are being handed over to bring yourself then it is expected that the new president of poland will move on to his residence the presidential palace in central warsaw but it is a question of whether he will actually be able to get inside this building as the street around the presidential palace is filled with protesters people who are protesting against the removal of a wooden cross which was put there to commemorate those who died in the tragedy nearby the russian city of smolensk like to remind you of us that in april most of the country's political elite as well as the country's president died in a tragic plane crash in western russia now. that would be removed and placed in one of the central cathedrals in central warsaw and be replaced with a monument but these people are standing there and trying to protect this cross from removal and these people are supporters of the late brother the late president

lech kaczynski and his twin brother but obviously coming back to the integration ceremony itself and what the fact that he has become the new president and what would it mean for foreign relations of poland we're joined live in warsaw by gareth brice from the war so business journal many thanks for joining us this hour here in warsaw my first question to you obviously we've been hearing a lot of things about the changes in a foreign backed with in office what would this mean for russia for relations between poland and moscow ok well you have to comply coming president up. and the rather cold relationship that russia and poland had with one another than common office he's come out and said that he will try to improve cooperation between the two nations and you have to remember that he is from the same party as donald tusk the prime minister from the civic platform party who has before this once tragedy reached out to russia and tried to improve relations there so over

a week we can say that have a platform with president will continue in the same the same direction of improving cooperation between the new two nations well recently we've heard lots of accusations coming from warsaw concerning the investigation of the smolinski tragedy saying that some people in warsaw believe that russia is holding back facts and trying to stall the investigation do you think this investigation is still somewhat still in the warming bit of relations between the two countries the point here is that the investigations can drag on for too long a period and if if there's no final conclusion they can't get over this and continue what prime minister tusk had begun when he and putin met at caton for the cast memorial and this investigation somehow needs to be wrapped up. right now those are some conspiracy theories but the main the general polish population isn't accusing russia it doesn't feel that russia has done anything wrong here but the

longer it drags on the more room as there are then the more this groundswell of popular dissent against russia's investigation will build and could indeed have a damaging effect on polish russian relations right now. there's enough time we just need a conclusion right thank you so much this was go to price from warsaw business journal joining us here live in warsaw we're watching what's happening with integration and we'll bring you all the latest details from the polish capital. right for now let's say or says give live from warsaw. back to our top story of the crisis concerning the ongoing wildfires in russia as heat wave amid the smog visibility near some moscow airports has dropped four fold since friday morning and with planes being diverted its neighboring region scores of flights have been delayed we can now cross to maria for notion i was at the country's largest airport dome a desert. i've been maria it looks horrendous where you are we can barely see behind

you how are airports operating under these conditions. well the nice days just been announced that almost to apple to currently operating according to the shadow but i have to tell you this information changes all the time as then activity completely depends on change in weather conditions we and thickness so small for more than two weeks already the smoke from terrible forest and people fires outrage and in the central russia and in the areas surrounding most has been covering the capital but it never affected the work of the cities at pools and to today off to those days short break most has been once again just and golf with thick smoke so that visibility has told into dangerous levels the most complicated situation is adam a dead of are pulled this is the most moskos largest and actually the russian largest pools and it's situated some twenty two i'm just south of most and this is

why the situation here is the warmest as the southern and eastern parts of the most a region has been most hit by wild fires several flights have been delayed and. assist dozens of others have been unable to land here i demanded an airport and they've been really directed to the cities are there all these add ports are a matter of which a situated in the south of the capital. it is so in the north of the capital and the airport in the west of the capital but then the station hat has started to worsen in other airports and all the cities at pools were forced to switch to this passion regime and they've been operating according to change in weather conditions this is one decision on whether to land on notes taken by commanders on old age flight and this is how all the cities apples have been

operate until the last moment when as i've just told you. they started to pray to normally just very briefly what's being done to help passengers reach their final destinations. so far about forty flights have been delayed and pools hundreds of passengers a gathered at the airport to disciples they're provided with food and water for free and also their source other than their baskets to direct their flights to put them on other flights to go into st petersburg need to know good and other russian cities to let them. join in as soon as possible and he said all right for now maria from the us now live from moscow airport tracking the smog situation. of five british men are facing months locked up in a greek jail while they await trial over a stabbing in crete two years ago they've been extradited despite

a lack of evidence under european arrest warrant and as more emmett reports it's led to claims the british system is failing to protect its citizens. a last taste of freedom before these two young men are extradited to a foreign country accused of instigating a drunken brawl in a popular holiday resort in crete which left a man in a coma george hollands and ben herdman must go to greece following a european arrest warrant the warrant operates europe wide and doesn't require the extraditing country to present any evidence of people having been involved in a crime the links are having to go through to clear my name. just. it wouldn't take. long for the person to. look over this look at the evidence look at everything. look at the statements confirming more noninvolvement . and report back to the greeks from where you just need to shore to look into the

evidence in the case and then decide their name whether to whether there is any sufficient evidence to send people to these foreign countries i was in prison at the incident and oldest witness statements all the evidence says that yet they still send to me out of nine on the emission under the european arrest warrant once an extradition requests been received if the forms correctly filled in there's very little individual countries can do to prevent an extradition taking place well i don't actually have to produce any evidence this is the fundamental floor of the european arrest warrant is all i have to do is fill in a place of type of this is name address what the offense sees where it's supposed to the kurds and by c b tells like that but they keep the examining court the british court in this case has no power whatsoever to examine the problem of five she evidence and decide whether there is a proper case to answer a tearful goodbye. to her lawyer.

and ben and george to join three friends accused of the same crime no one knows when they'll come back these young men have now handed themselves in police cars. just today and they'll be transported from head to crate where they're likely to be reminded in custody for up to eighteen months awaiting trial as they head into an uncertain future in a foreign land some question and e.u. whites diktats which strips individual countries of the right to protect their own citizens the young man's parents see them as victims of the u.k. government which has repeatedly failed to stand up to an ever more legislative you the fact is the u.k. should hear. before extradite me. that's why they don't change the year pandarus were innocent people will carry on been extradited as a member of the european parliament civil liberties justice and home affairs committee general patton says the european arrest warrant is just the tip of the

iceberg the next thing that's coming along is something called the european investigation order and what happened there is european countries like greece rumania both areas they will be able to require the british police to actually investigate cases for them they can snoop on you that somebody's a telephone they can take you to you know your fingerprints and evidence what's wrong about all this is it's entirely one sided they're collecting the evidence for the prosecution as they've done in this case where they've interviewed witnesses but not for the defense critics say the arrest warrant and investigation order rest on the assumption that standards of the same across the board inside the e.u. but the prison where ben and george are likely to be held has come under fire from amnesty international for inhumane treatment of detainees something the u.k. courts refuse to take you to account nor and this r.t. . this is gone twenty one minutes past the hour let's take a look at some other stories dominating world news this friday the pentagon has

demanded back wiki leaks remove secret documents on the afghan war from its website tens of thousands of leaked files with information on civilian deaths and other sensitive issues appeared on the site was no longer official say in the disclosure quickly u.s. troops in afghanistan at risk granted on has also asked the online whistleblower not to release other documents at home. brendan flooding is making its way across southern asia in pakistan the worst month soon rains for eighty years have claimed more than sixteen hundred lives and now threaten the densely populated south raging rains have also hit india with flash floods killing at least eighty eight hundred and injuring two hundred in the southern counties are tense rescue efforts are trying to free people stuck in many parts of china had also been battling wadding in a decade with infrastructure destroyed and the millions affected by deadly landslides . and a former head of nelson mandela's children fund says he did receive uncut diamonds

from the british supermodel naomi campbell jeremy radcliffe issued this statement following her testimony up the war crimes trial of former liberian president charles taylor in the hague it's alleged she received the gems from taylor in one thousand nine hundred seven which could link him to illegals blood diamonds campbell told the court she was given quote dirty looking stones which she was later hand it to charity radcliffe says he's since given them to police. and speaking of police rochelle's law enforcers could be about to get their historic name back currently known as the lead sia. they were called police now president medvedev has suggested that they return to the old name the term the lead singer was adopted after the revolution of the one nine hundred seventy and it was supposed to reflect the popular nature of law enforcement and officers close ties to the people the president made his suggestion at a meeting with top security officials where one forstmann reform was being discussed russia's police has come under fire recently after several high profile

cases of murder or option by high ranking officers. now it's time for the latest business new news rather with charlotte i'm sorry they stay with us. hello and welcome to the business program here on our take is the hottest driest somewhat in recorded history wildfires are raging across the country in the capital has a blanket of thick choking small giving the impression of widespread disaster has been a terrible human cost because of the abnormal weather with lives and homes lost it's also created severe problems for the nation's farmers but more than twenty percent of the targets wiped out on thursday prime minister putin imposed a ban on grain exports to ensure there wouldn't be a shortage and that food prices won't start to rise although the situation is grim the underlying health of the russian economy is not being damaged all corresponds in medina explains. moscow east coverage with how the smoke and it really looks

like the end of the world behind my back is the white house but it is completely out of sight now but once the fine is done the smoke has lifted the russia will still be intact he does according to you just love you so boy the chief economist you do eat your banker who says that the damage to russia's economy should be insignificant we might see you say with regard to industrial production hick ups and growth performance in the summer period but after that i think things will stabilize we have heard already about. pauses in the operation of some of the plants including in the auto sector because of high temperatures may be compensated by. still significant. household consumption apart from terrible human costs locally there will be an economic impact the

decision to ban grain x. rayed will be filled by some russian agricultural businesses and those according to call from the institute of agricultural market studies will be growing. 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 but there are 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 for the time being the situation here in the downtown of moscow is still green but from an economic point of view average thing looks worse than it really is. time now see how the markets the performing head rush the market the flight and most of the main players are in the black on both the fourth is following positive trends in asia and the u.s.

without any of. that back to flying into the red. river near things back ahead of us stayed out late friday. trading over half a percent higher world bank of scotland with an author forcing a pretax profit of one point one billion with pals with us tom. now thursday was interest rates day in europe both the european central bank and the bank of england followed market expectations and kept the policies the same. president. said the year is the economy was recovering faster than expected gave a further lift to the think current. bank in london it's just starting to. believe that some of the panic that was within the eurozone was a bit overdone that 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 they actually should you start to rein into your deficit and it's very clear that europe is a big mo in the side that you have to do it rather earlier than later admitted that we had a crisis the u.s. is much more reluctant so we think given that you have more austerity 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 . you know the news rushes trade surplus grew eighty percent year on year in the first half of two thousand and ten to ninety four billion dollars both the volume and price of exporting goods rose during the period with fuel and other energy products being by far the dominant sector russia's main trading partners outside the former soviet states were china and germany and the netherlands. that update they can always find more stories on our website called flash because.

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as wildfires approach contaminated and to the to normal times to moscow has been engulfed in a cloud of smog making it almost impossible to see or breathe some flights have been disrupted. as new president promised to come are all still sworn in in poland the late leader lech kaczynski comes back into the picture hundreds of people gathered in front of the presidential palace to protest against the moving album memorial built. and hiroshima calls for a nuclear free world as it marks sixty five years since the atomic bomb which destroyed the city more than one hundred forty thousand people died in the blast and from radiation poisoning after the u.s. dropped the bomb. and as the world marks the sixty fifth anniversary of the first ever use of a nuclear weapon arches spoke to the last living member of the plane crew which

dropped the bomb on hiroshima. today only one of these twelve crew members of the you know again lived to tell the story i'm joined by that man today theodore van kirk so if you could take us through the steps of that fateful day well that day wasn't the important because because the bomb was dropped by nine fifteen and eight fifteen in the morning time nine fifteen to me and i made fifteen hiroshima so it was all over. but the day before was you know because. you have to go back and realize what happened during this period the ball more is developed by the manhattan project. there are hundreds of thousands of people working on the manhattan project they built three cities and.