they can go on for months deep underground and surface from time to time emitting clouds of smoke including including carbon dioxide of course over fifty people have now been killed in these fires and several thousand people have lost their homes as a result of these fires specialists say that just reading this air for several hours it was just smoking several backs of cigarettes that's why they advise strongly advise people to stay inside to shut all the windows to take several showers a day drink as much water as possible and of course try to avoid reading this area as much as possible and to if they do have to go outside and definitely wear gas masks and this is especially difficult of course for people with heart and a long problems at the moment thousands of firefighters and volunteers are working to battle these blazes but unfortunately weather forecasts on really giving any

cold since they say that this and this heat the hot weather is likely to stay and that just talking about moscow this small is may dissolve but not sooner than the middle of next week. well either over the past couple of weeks with seen some dramatic footage of fires devastating people's homes and of course thousands of people watched their homes burned to the ground what's happened to them. well over two thousand people have lost their homes of course this is probably the most devastating hoard of this whole situation on this whole crisis and these people are now forced to live in temporary shelters the government has vowed to give them full compensation for all for this for the for this for this tragedy and also as valid to provide every family which is lost their home with a new one intervene news future for the past several weeks the president has been holding constantly these conferences with authorities monitoring the situation and

artie's money if inertia went to see for yourself how devastating these fires can get. russia's in flames. the hottest summer on record has also become one of the most destructive mess in forest fires have already burned about thousands of factories of land in russia killed more than forty and that all the thousands homeless with the wind speed of twenty meters per second it's moving through father you can see behind me it's approaching leaving behind at trade of devastation. this used to be a small picturesque village naslund beautiful pine forest some one hundred fifty kilometers south of the russian capital more scope and paradise to the three hundred people that lived there with a kindergarten a church and a community whole it will never be the same again it to dismiss for

a frightening display of mother nature's fool force to change it for river. twelve perished in the in through some in her refined circumstances panic has been sprayed in on people as fast as the flames have been gulf in their homes five people an old couple and modern to saw on 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 elaine it was one of those that escaped a day later she's bag hoping to find something tacked but it's all in vain all the flames were really high even above that small tower and the black smoke filled all the space below i feel really scared when i saw the red glow of the fire and the black smoke you know i've seen houses and barns but here the entire village burned

down completely this was really horrifying. the dormitory of a local college has become a new home for dozens of homeless its staff in smoky kodos in rooms but it's the only shelter they have now. we won't see things from this care they feed us here very well they talk to us and we have a corner to sleep. but they hope this tape here will not be alone. that this is we've already got about seven thousand dollars in compensation each pensioners and jobless a bit mome that's what we're really especially waiting for at the new home they 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. rif notion r t most the region. and south a city is remembering the victims of the two thousand and eight war with georgia hundreds were killed when tbilisi attacked the republic with their tiller in tanks two years ago moscow san forces to protect the people in the area many of whom were russian citizens after five days of bloody battle of the georgian group or pushed back to the border several countries have since recognized the independence of south again russia being the first one on saturday night thousands gathered in the center of town of all to remember the victims camels were allowed to mark the tragic events and are either found out some georgians and stadiums are still happy to live as neighbors. yes she is a georgian who lives in south the city here she was born here in didn't leave his home even during the war he has a small farm and keeps a reasonably sized garden needs but what you can disseminate was swallow's is his

favorite pasta that he says. he is it safe for you an ethnic georgian to live here in south a city especially after two years ago georgia atop this republic you are going to have it is safe here you go no one is bothering us citizens were saying don't worry don't go away stay even during the war no one came until the sleeve of. the overwhelming majority of the population in this seat in the village of these georgians least a pharmacy or small scale treatise some regularly travel to georgia as that's where the nearest hospital is this is a checkpoint controlled by russian border guards they hear not only to secure the republic but also to guarantee free movement of the locals who live in this segment to georgia and back this is essential as many of them have relatives on both sides

of the trunks. thank you. the roads are bad and displaced more public and it can take several hours to reach the capital so many go to georgia to shop but i. know there are no problems between the ordinary people like us we have nothing to petition it's the people in the government memo that will merely do we need a piece first of all we need to have a zero would just like both of us sitting here there must be any confrontation between george associate enterpriser we're all brothers and sisters here. to police the status of the fuses to recognize the sovereignty of its former territory but these two old friends georgian authority and a city in sergei say the time has come to restore relations between georgia and south city it is to separate independent countries nato says about r.t. from self-esteem. while the georgian people have set their mind on peace their

leadership is thinking war georgia is spending or thirty times more on its military budget than economic development are to renegotiate reports. president mikheil saakashvili is up in arms over his country's defense capabilities. each village should be able to defend itself there should be small train units in each village and each settlement which have a certain number of arms so that everyone can defend their own land. either since the two thousand and one south the city of the drudging president appears to hold the belief that russia is this country's in a number one moscow still plans to attack georgia mikheil saakashvili claims and this calls for full scale military zation coom what you know that would if the enemy forces decide to advance from the ethnically cleanse territories each and every square metre of georgian land should be done beneath them that's the task the president's rhetoric has got many concerned not only in south the city and the

other former georgia republic of a cause that's even in georgia itself human rights activist who turned on the wash really sees it as another attempt by the georgian president to hold on to his authority which has been severely shaken following the conflict of two thousand and eight expensive this campaign will be watched against so maybe saakashvili start some kind of new easy dance a new war these big breakaway regions just in order to survive to keep his power because you know what is excuse always agreements war you know he can do everything and i think since the main reason writer and political activist. believes nationwide notarization is certainly not georgia's top priority and could have disastrous effects we think that he needs to adopt the condition of the real democratic change in the country that would mean saying no trying military expenses

and putting money into positively education civil society development and democracy building militarization comes at a price just over four hundred million dollars is being spent on defense this year and while the georgian government continues to claim the need to pull the country out of the economic recession just twelve million dollars is being spent on economic development. many analysts claim georgia need survives on loans from the list such as of recently approved fifteen million dollar loan from the world bank something this money will go towards health ins billy c. prepare for another war what happens when the world bank adds to that to those to those revenues the money is rearranged that allows you to spend to jus to redirect money which was normally. tax joe health and education you redirected to military expenditure and then you use the well back money to find it in education that is

the way it works that's what is called the fungibility of of money. and it's a very well understood back of us and. i suspect that this well fifty million dollars loan to georgia will be redirected. to all its military expenditure. with his country deeply in debt and the people hoping for stability in their lifetimes the georgian president has a task on his hands but it seems for now really is what concerned with dealing with a perceived military threat and hyping up the danger he's got was quite. strong jack. south said he wants to reconcile with the georgian people but not with those who have blood on their hands and that's according to the republic's president added mark according as interviews coming up in about fifteen minutes time here in our team. so the screening when we're going to talk to the criminal regime or

president saakashvili theme of those meetings they are international criminals and it's the judges of the hague who should actually talk to them and as for the georgian people we should try to establish relations with them and with the leadership which they're going to lead also but only not with yet another pop in sochi to. hiroshima is marking the sixtieth a. anniversary of the day it was devastated by u.s. launch nuclear attack more than one hundred forty thousand people died in the blast or from radiation poisoning after the u.s. dropped the bomb in the final days of the second world war there was a surprise at this year's ceremony when the u.s. announced it would send a representative the first time that's ever happened u.s. ambassador john ross was on hand to observe events and despite this international attention there's still a group of victims in japan their only now getting the help and recognition they deserve. while this report.

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. there was a big heaven and earth turn. black rain started to turn away. and even though here in. the bomb sent a mushroom cloud into the atmosphere creating its own weather system point down a radioactive suit filled the range of the survivors 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 considered to survive more than

eighty percent suffer from serious radiation related illnesses and cancer we just want to governments to recognize. this building was destroyed in the initial blast and miraculously this wall was left standing it has been left here as a memorial to that tragic event and to like this building. 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. two or three years ago we found one 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 of the mud 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. the commission that identified the

original area calculated the mushroom cloud as eight kilometers but by finding the pool in the pilot and where photos were taken we can get a better idea of the real height which ended up being sixteen kilometers more than twice that we had 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 reign 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 and. japan still awaiting an apology for what he calls a crime against humanity. well this year that the first time that the ripper sent out of the united states. to japan participated in the ceremony so people appreciated that but the. the the u.s. government still has and you know the any apologies to to survive goes on in a bombing of the large number of civilians. was clearly against international law aplomb against humanity participating in the ceremony it's a step towards the official record a recognition of the crimes that the the u.s. government committed so i hope someday soon the u.s. government. official apologies to. those still to come

here in the program the good life awaits the russian parasailing gone his treatment of vogue lobel outrage from animal lovers gets a hollywood make over at the kremlin driving school more details and personal and pretty wife later. on this week in new round of violent clashes erupted near the carriages capital riot police used tear gas and sound grenades to disperse and the government protesters who were demanding an opposition leader be made prime minister up to thirty people were detained living man the protesters one put into power. by. his own writings wanted for trying to stage a coup five years ago when the now ousted carandang but key force in our country suffered months of deadly political and ethnic on the rest since but he was overthrown in april political analyst even when shock says instability in the country turning to it could turn it into a safe haven for extremists. there is growing instability in the north of

afghanistan and this is just a few hundred kilometers away from the stall folderol going to stop so if going to this town becomes a non-controlled territory where there is no real authority and where there is the rule of force and samarra. and clan leaders then those who are on the fresh enough and yes john may think well we have another place to go and then it will have wider international consequences and developments of iran plans on developments. i don't forget we've got much more on our website r.t. dot com including top videos blogs forums and galleries and here is a look at what may interest you right now. cooling down and three d. german graffiti teams bring their way of moscow back into the ice age. find some expert analysis and search giant google's decision to join forces with

the cia to track web browsing behavior that's in the call this section of top stories. bronislaw komorowski was officially sworn in as poland's new president on friday comes just four months after the previous leader died in a plane crash in russia and one of the new president's first initiatives has sparked protest in warsaw hundreds gathered outside the presidential palace to boycott a decision to move a memorial to the crash victims the wooden cross was wrecked in the central square shortly afterwards in which more than nine died the new president wanted to move the memorial to church ground but after the protests to transcode has been postponed. u.s.

hip hop star wife has formally and heard the presidential race in haiti born on the island has been actively involved in reconstruction efforts after a deadly earthquake devastated the caribbean nation earlier this year what journalist lori our finest asked people in the big apple what they think of celebrities switching from entertainment to politics. why cliff john an american music celebrity is running for president of the haiti do you think pop culture and politics should ever max this week let's talk about that if you look around here you go. you go it's a few celebrities around here and if one of them was suddenly. stopped for him to provide a bit of probably take more and more attention to them as opposed to somebody who's pop's other guy running the treasury or something else you know just bending years in them and to tame it but how would that preparing one for politics actually i

don't think that that was my whole point i think he should just stay where he should is that mainstream challenge entertainment otherwise just start love not a president. somebody like michael of john has a possibility of being able to raise huge amounts of money for haiti i mean his international media awareness makes him an interesting figure in the possibility that haiti which needs desperately to get a huge amount of worldwide support to rebuild he actually could help make that happen as you just perform to what they've got until when that's it we come to watch a little we don't need their opinion i don't like it but i mean if you have a lot of money and you have nothing else to aspire to but maybe higher office than when to use your money for that meg whitman of california as an example you know she spends gobs of money and so does carly fiorina and what qualifications do they have to go for the top office right away senator and governor so there's ego involved you think well that's what i said bennett you know say he lived there he

knows these people whose families there on tuesday he's been poor he lived in a hut he had to drink out to ponder some you know so he knows what the people want . in the case of why class he's ok celebrity to be a politician. he's ok guy but they're not even think people from different profession. no backgrounds should ever get involved in politics the bottom line is you can make your opinion count when you vote. for the parasailing donkey the one sympathy around the world can look forward to a battle life has been rescued by a british tabloid the sun before now she's living a life of luxury with some high class rehab at the kremlin school of rioting near moscow as dumbarton reports. the donkey has landed russia's notorious four legged fly is finally able to breathe easy and not to the donkey arrived in moscow

after days on the road from southern russia and i'm not complaining it's very sweet and everyone fell in love with her and we don't want to give no and africa now because strange journey started with her now infamous flight up above the beach a power sail pulled by a boat a publicity triggered by a local water sports company but it police found out the owner run away and not because it was only found later. sitting on the beach boys your parachute go i couldn't quite figure it out so i saw four legs now of my own eyes i don't keep the animals distressed brain also brought simply from around the world celebrities and animal rights activists were hot to trot with their opinions this animal was suffering was captured on videos and photographs and the way it spread through the media is really amazing and i think what the public has done is create a demand you know for animals to be treated better the culprit presented a vet certificate showing the animal was not physically harmed so is unlikely to

face prosecution nevertheless the outcry means anat cohen now spend a month the prestigious kremlin riding school drinking filtered water eating a special diet prepared by nutritionist and being messengers with medical appointments and i got a little bit as i need to just go on as we have well equipped stables good for her and a team of professional experts who take care of the horses. and what after office to housing up to have flooded in from all over the world and not all through way you might expect the manager of england's top man hotspur football club harry redknapp has said he would happily put an up go up harry has an ambition to open his own animal sanctuary in the hunt sure area of england and he has perhaps could and could join him in the sanctuary and not been here now has her feet planted firmly on the ground so wherever she ends up after this month for the moment she can just relax tom barton. i watching idea live from moscow

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me start on t.v. . or go back to watching r t here's a look at the week's top stories raging wildfires continue to spread across russia so far they've killed dozens destroyed sounds of homes struggling to breathe and toxics mom. cindy is remembering the hundreds killed in military conflict with georgia it's two years since tbilisi shelled instantly more public leaving its capital in the world's. last the first time in the sixty five years since the atomic bomb devastated the roshi america has sent an envoy to the memorial service

some in japan are calling for an apology to. the second anniversary of the war in south the city r.t. spoke exclusively to the country's president eduard kokoity shared his experience of the conflict and told us how he sees things now. that would have you mr president let's start our interview with the reasons for george's aggression against which happened in spite of negotiations between the conflict and parties will russia support offer all these negotiations were approaching a successful result but they didn't start those events from happening what i can the hospital. like to thank your colleagues from r.t. and other russian channels they were bravely operating here during that time they witnessed inhumanity and aggression demonstrated by the georgian side systems prior to that both russia and south ossetia were trying to restart the negotiation

process a couple of special ambassador a year a pop up it was here then but with his help we reach an agreement with the georgian side to restart negotiations on the it's new to go so we started receiving visitors to discussing the agenda and so on the same night we heard the georgian president's speech on his unilateral decision to withdraw all georgian armed forces from the conflict zone he called us his brothers and admitted his responsibility for the a setian population that cetera at the same time we watched armed forces and equipment moving towards up the city after it was and we didn't see changes in their actions or intentions so we expressed our worries we were also concerned that the cia members who were staying in south to set the letter to the republic for hours before the aggression began didn't have at the time the three party international peacekeepers mission was located here under the dagger and these agreements included representatives of russia georgia and south a set.