far one hundred fifteen thousand actors 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 church noble catastrophe and the concern here is that if as the fires head south that the force there will will bird 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 along or in a smaller community and i'm going to ask my camera man to follow me as i show you just what happened there 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 boat has made its way to the capital of that's 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 is that as a matter of fact meteorologists are predicting that we're going to see temperatures hit thirty eight degrees celsius not fun and we're not and there is no rain in the forecast so firefighters have an extreme battle ahead of them. or to stacey bivins reporting from one of the worst affected regions in the moscow region. the moscow airports are getting back on track as the blanket of fog that's been wrapped around the capital has finally started lifting because hours of delays for passengers after planes had to be diverted to neighboring regions the notion is that the

country's biggest airport toma devil. almost to apple it's a 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 of smoke more than two weeks already the smoke from terrible kooris and people fires outrage and in the central russia and in the area surrounding most has been covering the capital but it never affected the work of the city's app pools and to today off to those days short break most has been once again just and golfed with thick smoke so that visibility has folding to dangerous levels the most complicated situation is adam a dead of are apposed they says the most moskos largest and actually the russian largest at port and it's situated some twenty kilometers south of moscow and this

is why the situation here is the worst as the southern and eastern parts of the most a region has been most hit by wild fires several flights have been delayed and. dozens of others have been unable to land here at demanded of an airport and they've been directed to the cities ah there are all those apples all the city's airport were forced to switch to passion regime and they've been operating according to change in weather conditions this is one decisions on whether to land oh no it's taken by commandos on old age flight and this is how all the cities appose have been operating until the last moment so far about forty flights have been delayed and hundreds of passengers a gathered at the airports except post they're provided with food and water for free their source other than their past to direct to their flies to put them on all

the flights going to st. just broke me to no good and other russian cities to let them stop a joint as soon as possible and he sent. japan's mourning the victims of the american atomic bomb that was dropped on hiroshima sixty five years ago around 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 an 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 ultimate 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 to 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. the bomb sent a mushroom cloud into the atmosphere creating its own weather system pouring down the radio. active search filled the brain on the survivors some people who were unaware of the dangers even welcomed it. remember. the u.s. and japanese governments acknowledged black rain as a health risk 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 that suffered now groups of survivors like the black rain association are gathering to make their voices heard. concerns or to. 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 is given scientists the information they need to help black rain survivors. three years ago. with. because when the houses.

when we took some. radioactive evidence of radioactivity from. way towards getting help for the victims also using new technology. the size of the radioactive cloud. identified their original area. as eight kilometers but by finding. the pilot. taken. the real height which ended up being. more than twice. 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 are. our biggest goal is to extend the black rainy area and continue to care for the health 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 hiroshima japan. bronislaw komorowski has been officially sworn in as poland's new president comes just four months after the tragic death of the late leader lech kaczynski along with a delegation of paul this official in a plane crash all today said have signified a new beginning it has been marred by protests our correspondent alexis ourselves explains. it's a big day for poland. he has been sworn in as the country's new president you know gratian was quite long and begin again 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 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. 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 you know 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 the foreign vets with in office what would this mean for russia for relations between poland and moscow ok well you have to compare this period that's coming up to. president. and the rather cold relationship that russia and poland had with one another than he's come out and said that he will try to improve cooperation between the two nations you have to remember that is from the same party as donald tusk the prime minister from the civic platform party who has before this tragedy reached out to russia and try to

improve relations there so over a week we can say that platform with his 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 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 had begun when he and putin met at caton for the cats a memorial and this investigation somehow needs to be wrapped up. right now there is 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 is 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 or. there's enough time we just need a conclusion right thank you so much this was go with the prize 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 . barges alexy are so ski reporting there from warsaw now five british men are facing months locked up in a greek jail while they await trial over a stabbing in creek two years ago they've been extradited despite a lack of evidence under a european arrest warrant reports it's led to claims the british system is failing to protect its citizens. a lost taste of. these two young men extradited

to a foreign country accused of instigating a drunken brawl in a popular holiday resorts in crete which left a man in a coma george collins and then her husband must go to the east of the euro taina rest warrants the warrants operate as europe wide and doesn't require the extraditing country to present any evidence of people having been involved in a crime the links all having to go through to clear my name. just. know it wouldn't take it wouldn't take long for the person to. look over this look at the evidence look at everything. look at the statements confirming the involvement. and report back to the greeks from where the judicial for to look into the evidence in the case and then decide their name whether to whether there is any sufficient evidence to say people to these foreign countries i was in prison at the incident and oldish witness statements already have been says that yet they still said to me

out of nine on in addition. to the european arrest warrant once an extradition request being received in the fullness correctly failed it is very little individual countries could do to prevent an extradition taking place but 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 won't be a feigned sees where it's supposed to the kurds and bicep details like that but the examining court the british court in this case has no power whatsoever to examine. the problem the facia evidence and decide whether there is a proper case to answer a tearful goodbye. to a lawyer too soon. and ben and george are gone to join three friends accused of the same crime no one knows when they'll come back these young men have now handed themselves into british police custody and they'll be transported from head to prate 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. white's diktats which strips individual countries of the right to protect their own citizens the young men's parents see them as victims of a u.k. government which has repeatedly failed to stand up to an episode legislative the fact is the u.k. should hear them before extradite me. that's why they don't change the year pin arrest for innocent people will carry on been extradited as a member of the european parliament civil liberties justice and home affairs committee gerald batten 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 a more happened there is european countries like greece rumania bulk area they will be able to require the british police to actually investigate cases for them they

can snoop on you like them bob your telephone they can take you to be anigh 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. course refused to take. to account you are at it. just took a look at some other world news in brief for you this hour the pentagon has demanded that we cue leaks remove secret documents on the afghan war from its website tens of thousands of lead files with information on civilian deaths and other sensitive issues appeared on the site last month officials say the disclosure could put u.s. troops in afghanistan at risk don has also asked the online whistleblower not to

release other documents it holds. about flooding is making its way across southern asia in pakistan the worst monsoon 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 over one hundred and in southern over one hundred rather in southern kashmir and intense rescue efforts are trying to free people who are stuck in debris many parts of china have also been battling the worst flooding in a decade with infrastructure destroyed and millions affected by deadly landslides. a former head of the nelson mandela children's fund said he did receive uncut diamonds from the british supermodel naomi campbell jeremy radcliffe issued the statement following her testimony at the war crimes trial of former liberian president charles taylor in the hague it's alleged she received from taylor in one

thousand nine hundred ninety seven which could link him to illegal blood diamonds campbell told the court she was given quote dirty looking stones which she later handed to charity actually says he's since given them to. they were online twenty four hours a day at r.t. dot com where we have plenty of other stories for you to discover here's a selection of what's on our website right now a record breaking down to measure record temperatures going stalls at the moment are over one hundred meters tall which claims to be the biggest in the world. also for russians there's still one more after mcdonald's and burger king the world's third largest fast food chain wendy's is about to open restaurants in moscow and st petersburg. winners in the moscow river might start coming across jellyfish as the heat wave tormenting russia brings out a new surprise.

law enforcers could be about to get their historic name back currently known as the sorry they were called police now president medvedev has suggested that they return to the old name the term needs you know was adopted after the revolution of one thousand nine hundred seventeen it was supposed to reflect the popular nature i've known foresman and also quotes ties to the people the president made his suggestion at a meeting with top security officials where it was important reform was being discussed russian law enforcers have come under fire recently after several high profile cases of murder and corruption by high ranking officers. are there now and joins us with the latest from the world of business and i understand you've got some news about how this abnormal weather is or is not affecting the economy hello yes and

according to the experts there is that the survey conditions won't have a significant on long lasting effect now this is of course the top story this is the hottest drawing in recorded history. water fires are raging across the country and the capsule has a blanket of fiqh choking small giving the impression of widespread disaster there's been a terrible human cost because of the normal weather with lives and homes lost and has also created severe problems for the nation's farmers and more than twenty percent of the wheat harvest wiped out on thursday prime minister putin imposed a ban on great exports to ensure there wouldn't be a shortage of food prices won't start to rise although the situation is grim the underlying health of the russian economy is not being damaged correspondent dina 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 the savoy chief economist from you do it your bank who says that the damage to russia's economy should be insignificant. with regard to industrial production hook 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. period will be felt by some russian agricultural businesses and that's according to

the theatre you call from the institute of agricultural market studies. of course this will put a negative impact this ban will be a very painful measure for both domestic producers and for explosives but when one has to choose between the domestic. and the needs of other countries is obvious what decision should be taken by. story just 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 everything looks worse than it really is now speaking to business russia's largest insurance company. says it has more than enough funds to cover the cost of. what. we think around eight hundred buildings insured by a company of being hit by the wildfires this amounts to about two hundred million.

every we pay out around a billion rubles that's a sum of two hundred million rupees even if it doubles because the finds it difficult to fight is insignificant compared to our reserves and payments we make through the year. market for performing here in russia the market of. almost one percent in the red this trying to echo the global market data from the share employers. pay for the third straight more likely growth will flow in the coming. days. pre-tax profit of more than one billion. trade surplus grew eighty percent year on year in the first half of two thousand and ten day to four billion dollars both of volume and price of exporting goods rose during the period and other energy products by far the sector. the

former soviet states which china. russia's international reserves have grown by five billion dollars in one week that's a big increase there was experience throughout the whole of june the central bank says the reserves are now around four hundred seventy billion dollars. a. day for the last two months because of the rise of the year on the pound against the dollar russia faced a sharp decline in its reserves at the end of two thousand and eight when they were used to support the ruble right as they global recession took hold. and. you can always find more stories on our website. to.

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wildfires approached areas contaminated after the trial noble catastrophe moscow has been engulfed in a cloud of smog making it almost impossible to see or greens some flights have been disrupted. 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 a bomb. and as the new polish president bronislaw komorowski is sworn in 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 of a memorial call spilt in his honor. now last spring a state controlled t.v. channel in georgia something nation into panic by reporting fresh whole still lives with washed up but the government stayed calm find out what really happened up next here on our city.

he day always insisted on telling the truth and that's what he spent his life doing before he had to flee his home country in georgia on february tenth two thousand and ten the independent journalist asked swiss authorities to grant him political asylum his greatest worries are now for his family back home in georgia. good here all right are you ok any problems so. simply tries to help anyone who asks people often bring their problems to him as the editor of a regional georgia newspaper he looks into the cases identifies those guilty and sums up his findings in newspaper reports some of tried to intimidate him and he's been beaten up several times in two thousand and five he suffered a severe concussion oh thought i was here lying on the ground and screaming please don't kill me please don't. do georgian television channel you may.