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 charred noble catastrophe and the concern here is that if at the fires head south that the force there will will bird and that the contaminated soil will find its way the particles from the salmon and so will find itself in the air and the wind will carry it along going to ask my camera man to follow me as i show you just with 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 boat has made its way to the capital and 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 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 so it's been reported and for the most school region will be in time. getting back on track tonight as the blanket of small spring wrapped around the capital is finally started lifting it cools off those delays for passengers off the plane so the. notion is that the country's biggest airport and we did have a. almost to appose occur in the operating according to the shadow but we cannot say for sure whether the problem is over now because it's changing all the time and their activity depends completely on changing weather conditions and change in wien

times thickness of small so we cannot say for sure so far whether it's all with the flight delays oh no it's friday has probably been one of this is the worst days for most of eyes how we have been able to speak to some witnesses to at the airport has not listened to what they have to say about that. when we came in the morning we can see anything because of the smoke we could only see the planes that we've right next to the terminal now we can see more of the most complicated situation he's adamant about airports it's in the south of most chaos and as the eastern and southern parts hold the most coverage and have been many stuff affected by the wild places late in the day the station has started to worsen father's city sad were forced to speak his passion we seem when the decision on whether to land on north is taken by commanders on that flight and since then all the flies to most k. have been directed to the russian citizens not that bad now as. the airports are

now getting back to normal and their stores he says well ahead open that very soon all the passengers of all the delayed flights will be able to depart to their destinations. or if an ocean of course one of the don't go to the airport. japan is 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 the first time washington sends an official to the annual ceremony but as alex he's shown thomas reports tonight ground zero still holds more than just memories of that fateful day. but here she 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

a now took on the 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 un 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 where 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 it was that there was a big land. heaven and earth turned. the students inside were all hit with glass fragments. started to turn away. and even they are here in pieces. the bomb sent a mushroom cloud into the atmosphere creating its own weather system pouring down a radioactive soot filled rain on to the survivors some people who were unaware of the dangers even welcomed it as. i had never seen before i remember it was such a pleasure to play with. the u.s. and japanese governments acknowledged black rain as

a health risk and set up an official area where they believed the phenomenon had occurred but people living around here ashima 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. our members are not consider to. look more than eighty percent of us suffer from. cancer we just want to government to recognize. this building was destroyed in the initial blast and miraculously this wall was left standing it is the left here as a memorial to that tragic event and the like this building the victims in the media path of the radiation wave are easier to identify than those in the surrounding areas 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 we found nine thousand houses with mud under the

floorboards because when the houses were built we know when the mud was exposed and when we took samples the mud was still radioactive evidence of radioactivity from black rain can go a long way towards getting help for the victims also using new technology teams are reassessing the size. of the radioactive cloud in. the commission that identified the original area calculated the mushroom cloud at eight kilometers but by finding the poor and the pilot and where photos were taken we can get a better idea of the real height which ended up being sixteen two on the doors more than twice that we had thought traditionally 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 really 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 r.t. hiroshima japan well for more on the hiroshima bombing universe we were joined now by a story in north pole is why from for them to be with us the u.s. mainstream point of view is that the nuclear bombing of the japanese cities was a measure that helped to save hundreds of thousands of lives at the time avoid an invasion of mainland japan now in your book you're challenging the view why. well the idea that a bomb was necessary to end the war has been shown to be totally wrong it was not necessary to nuclear hiroshima and nagasaki because there were many rather simple

ways of ending the war including the very simple one of basically blockading japan and sooner or later a big country like that on an island would beg to capitulate because that would not be enough food coming in so there was really no need to obliterate a city like hiroshima killing so many hundreds of thousands of people and in out of there are stories here in russia who call the hiroshima and nagasaki bombings the first page of the cold war they say washington was then trying to intimidate its than ally of course as it still was the u.s.s.r. with a new weapon do you agree with that. yes a definitely one to bring in this factor what i'm saying and what other people are saying are people who actually know the whole history much better than i do is that hiroshima was bombed not with the japanese in mind and certainly not in the hope of bring about an end to the war against japan but it was bombed actually to impress you might even say to intimidate the soviets was the only military necessity of an asshole do you

think to bomb the psyche in one nine hundred forty five let's talk about the actual cities that were bombed with the cities legitimate targets in any way shape or form . well the war was over pretty well in one thousand nine hundred five there was really no need to bomb anymore cities tokyo itself had been bombed and more people had been killed in tokyo during a bombing raid in march nine hundred forty five. of course bombing always hurts the enemy to that extent there's always some advantage to be gained but we are talking about finishing off the war and the fact is that there was no need to bomb a city the japanese actually had offered to surrender on one small condition so why the condition being. yes but what i ask is why you put a bomb these two cities singled out for the a bomb. ok the reason for bombing hiroshima was that it had not the city had not been previously bomb that was

a virgin targets of the speak so to drop one bomb to obliterated an entire city would one by one bomb which showed the power of this new weapon with the united states hat and that was the whole idea to impress moscow with the new weapon that the united states had and we want to moscow to know they had it and want to know how powerful that weapon was but how could you get that across unless should demonstrate it so demonstrating it would have to bomb a city well you couldn't bomb a russian city because you were now a russian you had a bomb in any city and you still have an enemy japan so you're going to a japanese city how dropping that bomb on tokyo would have made sense to cure was already destroyed in advance of the bomb had been dropped on tokyo nobody would have noticed much difference but hiroshima was there intact the day before and was story of liberated today after a by one bomb that sort of brought the message home mr poe's there's a train of thought is that there is

a view in the us that the atomic bombing was necessary because it forced japan and subdue and bring the u.s. troops home alive unarmed or was that a dangerous logic there look would ever be used to lead the u.s. to the use of a weapon of mass destruction again in the future. i'm not sure i got the question sorry we're going to get it it's day the logic that was used to. make your pants a subject of thought that was used then could that ever be used again is it a dangerous logic could it be used in modern day times yes ever permit the u.s. in its mind to be able to use a map and a weapon of mass destruction again this day in age. yes the logic the rationale i should say behind the bombing of hiroshima and as i made out of dresner earlier that is to say that it's supposedly to to britain to do to bring about to

bring the enemy convince the enemy to surrender or to bring about some other worthwhile objective has been used time and time again i mean in recent years a lot of countries had been bombed from iraq to serbia and for places like sudan and libya and each time we have been told that it was for a worthwhile purpose that it was worthwhile to to kill thousands of civilians including women and children because it was to bring about some you know something good most of the time unfortunately. it turns out there were other reasons other objectives that were behind the actual attacks ok the author of store in live the line from toronto canada thank you very much for your thoughts on the program tonight. the russian president has unveiled the latest age of his top to bottom overhaul of the country's police force at a meeting with security officials to me to inventive surprised everyone by proposing to drop the name he's sure somebody milne ever since the bolsheviks revolution or long courses have been known as the militias this emphasize their

popular or proletarian nature i mean they were volunteers in uniform but today we need professionals honest and we'll coordinated people who are good at their job this is why i think it's time we gave our law enforcers back their original name and started calling them the police. all of it is asked top officials and lawmakers to consider his offer the forces currently undergoing deep reforms with a new law to regulate the body in the making the president really propose cutting the number of offices by around a quarter keeping most qualified the militia have come under fire recently after several high profile cases of murder and corruption by high ranking officers. also the story today from the editor in chief of the slovo magazine victor linnik he believes that russia's ministry of internal affairs which manages law enforcement certainly in need of reform to i think the. mini's. peace initiative obviously to yes to shift an image of public perception rather of

the after days of militia the image that has been very tarnished that's been very compromised in the public eye the ministry has been so compromised people are scared to turn to malaysia people are scared to to get into contact with man in uniform in the street so yes we need to root out corruption that's what should be behind this whole reform when he truly unprofessionalism when he to root out in effect in this so the reforms are all are long overdue but whether the effort will be worth the the. the idea remains to be seen. as editor in chief of self magazine vixen linnik. forest of coral ski 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 polish officials in a plane crash well today should have signified a new beginning it's been marred by protests our correspondent explains. 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 again in the morning here in parliament 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 the final stage of the ceremony in the world where all the attributes of the presidential power are being handed over to. 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 the people who are

protesting against the removal of a wooden cross which was put there to commemorate those who died in the tragedy near by the russian city of i'd 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. this 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 president lech kaczynski and his twin brother but obviously coming back to the integration ceremony itself and the fact that he has become the new president and what would it mean for foreign relations of poland we're joined by gareth price 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 backed 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. the president and the rather cold relationship to russia. in poland had one another than common office he's come out and said that he will try to improve cooperation between the two nations 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 try to improve relations there so over a week we can say that. form with common excuse president will continue in the same the same direction of improving cooperation between the new two nations right thank you so much this was going to price from warsaw business journal joining us here live in warsaw watching what's happening with integration and we'll bring you all the latest details from the polish capital which certainly will and i was out he's a lecturer from warsaw forest's stay with us as well we can we go to business just ahead. we've got.

the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we'll do you understand how we'll get there and what. the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us. on our jeep. and i welcome to the business program here on r.t. is the hottest draw a summer in recorded history wildfires are raging across the country in the capital has a blanket of thick choking smoke giving the impression of widespread disaster there's been a terrible human cost because of they have no more wherever with their lives and

homes lost it's also created severe problems for the nation's farmers with more than twenty percent of the wheat harvest wipes out a promise to impose a grain export to ensure there wouldn't be a shortage of food prices start to rise or the situation is grim the underlying health of the russian economy is not being damaged our correspondent medina explains. moscow east coverage with how the smoke and the treaty 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 down the smoke has lifted the russia will still be intact and that's according to. chief economist. who says that the damage to russia's economy should be insignificant. with regard to industrial production pick ups. growth performance in the summer period after the. things will

stabilize we have heard already about. pauses and the operation of some of the plants including on the auto sector because of high temperatures may be compensated by. still significant. household consumption apart from terrible human costs locally there will be in the economic impact the decision to ban grain ag sprayed will be felt by some russian agricultural businesses and according to the need to recall 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 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 for

the time being the situation here in the downtown of moscow is still green but from an economic point to eat everything looks worse than it really is. speaking to business russia's largest insurance company. says it has more than enough funds to cover the cost of any damage from the wildfire. but if we figure around eight hundred buildings insured by a company of being hit by the world this amounts to about two hundred million rubles every week we pay out around a billion rubles that's a sum of two hundred million rubles even if it doubles because the phone is difficult to fight is insignificant compared to our phones reserves and payments we make through the year. let's have a look at the markets now going along with global trends the russian markets finished the week and they read that says that oil is a kind of a disappointing jobs report from the u.s. state concern the economic growth flowing. along mainly two

percent and looking back at the trading week an initial rally in crude prices above eighty two dollars a barrel helped the russian markets but a positive sentiment wasn't to last. the markets are fine was the growth. so. positive for the from us europe we have what we had for all. of the market was flat or mix of data from china and us during that week were hopeful for russian market is longer so much earlier well we will get through eighty. dollars per barrel it was the extreme opposed to this was one of them says though there are other for the show performance for. much of the whole price the group of the info we get. 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 phone the dominant sector russia's main trading partners outside the former soviet states were china germany and the netherlands russia's international reserves have grown by five billion dollars in one week that's a big increase thems experience throughout the whole of june the central bank says the reserves are now around four hundred seventy billion dollars unless a growth has accelerated over the last two months because of the rise of both the year and 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 rate as the global recession took hold. last year update you can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business.

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approach areas contaminated after the chernobyl catastrophe moscow has been engulfed in a cloud of smaug making it very hard to breathe 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 i'm from radiation poisoning often us drop the bomb. under the new polish president promised sworn in the late lead in the kitchen scheme comes back into the picture hundreds of people gathered in front of the presidential palace to protest against the moving of a memorial across built in his own. coming up next tonight we look at how a state controlled t.v. channel in georgia said the nation into a panic by reporting fresh hostilities with russia last spring the region was still reeling from the south conflict out of the year before find out what really happened and a special report. always

insisted on telling the truth and that's what he spent his life doing before he had to flee his home country 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. i'm good here all right are you ok any problems. 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 i was here lying on the ground and screaming please don't kill me please don't. the georgian television channel you may be shocked a nation on march thirteenth two thousand and ten. journalists have put to good.