during the whole time that these fires have been raging over fifty people have now been killed and around five hundred people have been injured in the fires and several thousand people have been deprived of their forms obesity there probably were just heard to be. currently aware of in temporary shelters and the off towards a valve to give them full compensation for their property and also to give each affected family a new home in the nearest future and artie's more useful notion i went to see the full scale of the devastation that these fires have brought. rushes in flames. the hottest summer on record has also become one of the most destructive with the wind speed of twenty metres per second it's moving through fourth as you can see behind me it's approaching now leaving behind at trade devastation. this used to be a small picturesque village naslund beautiful pine forest some one hundred fifty

kilometers south of the russian capital and paradise to the three hundred people that live there with a kindergarten. and a community hall it will never be the same again. to dismiss for a frightening display of mother nature's food force to change it for over. twelve perished in the in through some in her refined circumstances panic has been sprayed in among people as fast as the flames have been engulfed in their homes five people an old couple and mother and a son and another woman decided to hide in the basement of 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 and a later she's bag hoping to find south intact but it's all in vain. 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 where they are 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 smokiness corridors 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 take here will not be long order that this is we've already got about seven thousand dollars in compensation each pensioners and jobless a bit more but what we are really especially waiting for the new home they promised it for every family within the next three months and we're ready to wait. when the

houses are rebuilt the victims of this unstoppable and merciless force who try to rebuild their lives and consign these ghost village to the past all here would rather forget. remembering the two thousand and eight war with georgia hundreds were killed in the fighting which followed surprise military attack on the breakaway republic two years ago correspondents in georgia. both following the story the moral ceremonies have started late night last night here at exactly eleven pm thirty five minutes so the first ceremony started because exactly at that time two years ago georgia opened fire on south the state you say everyone here vividly remembers that day and that's our here in central square both thousands of people have gathered for their requiem that lasted until six o'clock in the morning they

stayed here for hours holding candles and remembering the victims of the aggression other projects president addressed his people trying to reassure them and give them some hope that their if the situation will never be repeated it's simply similar ceremonies are helped throughout the republic another big one is held in the village of that suffered the most from georgian aggression that was nearly completely destroyed there today a museum for thirty souls is open to remember who victims a lot of people are wearing black in south the city it's a very sad at least be here indeed but not to forget that in just about two weeks time here people will be slightly more optimistic as they will be celebrating the independence of their republic that is on the twenty six of oldest now they would like to cross to your you know who's in georgia going to tell us about what's happening in georgia how are people reacting to what's happening and what are they think about what happened two years ago there is not much going on in terms of can remember commemoration of course but a lot of people do consider this to be

a very tragic day georgian citizens essentially are being bombarded by not almost never ending messages that russia is the aggressor and russia will strike again soon and of course those messages are most of the time coming from president. or somebody else at the top of the georgian government at the same time georgians hope that nothing of the sort will ever happen again we do believe the president occasionally has acted to say the least to say police irrationally and he wants to break two years ago some of the members of the opposition in georgia believe sanctions should be imposed on the georgian president they do not specify what sort of thing but they do think that the international community must show their disapproval of the president's actions within that it was a big. confrontation with russia the results are and we see this in results that georgia lost two territories.

to be integrated. with nato so are there two years or. so it was one of the biggest mistakes for all four presidents not to sure let's go back to natalia and south to say here there and especially our people to euro zone trying to please their lives together tells me more about the restoration going on in the republic. while a restoration is in full swing a lot of the infrastructure has been restored it was completely destroyed during george's aggression a lot of people. for a lot of people in new homes have been built and construction works can be seen anywhere everywhere throughout the republic so life here is slowly getting back to normal and as my colleague my disease of our reports every construction is not only taking place in the republic but also in the relations between georgians and south the city is living here. georgian

police in south the city she was born here and didn't leave even during the war. he has a small farm and keeps a reasonably sized garden for his own needs but watching this family or swallow's is his favorite pastime he says. he is it safe for you and 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 no one is bothering us the surgeons were saying don't worry don't go away stay even during the war no one came and told us a leave. the overwhelming majority of the population in this city in a village where yasha lease are georgians most are farmers or small skilled trades as some regularly travel to georgia as that's where they 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 franks yeah. here is your passport. the roads are bad and displaced war public and it can take several hours to reach the capital so many go to georgia to shop. no there are no problems between the ordinary people like us we have nothing to petition is the people in power the government. we need peace first of all we need to have as friends just like both of us sitting here there must not be any confrontation between georgia and shared enterprise your role brothers and sisters here. to please a status and refuses 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 the city is just separate independent countries nato says about r.t. from south the city. and a few moments ago that was my colleague marina joshua speaking with our r.t. correspondents in georgia natalie overcover in south ossetia well coming up later today our special report looks at the role of the media in the georgia or by president mikhail saakashvili. one of the key elements of democracy. which is so uncomfortable for me or for. who pays for the new. how dependent is this independent media. and who is behind the t.v. story. george media. and reality on. hiroshima is marking sixty five years since it was devastated by

a us launched nuclear attack it was in the final days of the second world war that the u.s. dropped the bomb more than one hundred forty thousand people died either in the blast or due to radiation poisoning while there was a surprise at this year's i'm sorry but i was but u.s. sent a representative the first time that's ever happened un secretary general ban ki moon was also there to commemorate the anniversary and this trip was his first of the event as well now despite this international attention there is still a group of victims in japan but only now getting the help and recognition that they deserve. thomas says in hiroshima and sent 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 it was that there was a big flash heaven and earth overturned then we heard

a blast from the black queen started to fall and turned away blouses black with spots and even though here in faeces were all soaked in blood between the bomb sent a mushroom cloud into the atmosphere creating its own weather system pouring down a radioactive soot filled rain onto the survivors in 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 alike of the black rain association are gathering to make their voices heard our members are not consider typical survivors but more than eighty percent of us suffer from serious origination related illnesses and cancer we just want to government to recognize this. this building was destroyed in the initial blast and miraculously this wall was left standing it is been the left 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 areas 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. two or three years ago we found one thousand houses with mud under the floorboards because of when the houses were built we know when that 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. commission that identified the original area calculated the mushroom cloud at eight kilometers but by finding the poor and old 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 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 r.t. hiroshima japan. talk to you keaton aka from the hiroshima peace institute says japan is 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 u.s. government it still hasn't you know the offer any apologies to to survive those coming to bombing of the large number of civilians is of course clearly was clearly against international law of karma against humanity participating in the ceremony it's a step towards the official record a recognition of the crimes that the us government committed so i hope someday soon the u.s. government. official apologies to. those. still to come for you here on r.t. good life awaits. and you can hear now has her feet planted on the ground so wherever she ends up after the smoke of the moment she can just relax find out how russian parasailing donkey whose treatment provoked global outrage from animal

lovers is getting a make over at the kremlin writing school more details on her celebrity life little bit later. well this week a new round of violent clashes erupted near their killers capital riot police used tear gas and sound grenades to disperse antigovernment protesters who were demanding that an opposition leader be made a prime minister up to thirty people were detained in putting the man the protesters want to put into power. he's already wanted for trying to stage a coup five years ago when the now after my back to kiev was in power the country suffered months of deadly political and ethnic and rest since becky was overthrown in april r.t. spoke to the country's interior minister about the roots of the violence and the prospects for social and economic stabilization and you can watch the full interview in less than fifteen minutes but for the meantime here's a preview. there are several large groups one of them

includes the overthrown president of this immediate family and his supporters who used to be in the country's government the second political group is those who are waiting for the fate in sales to get exhausted to suddenly appear in the political scene but there are three key groups fighting for power in the country all these events are governed by their aspiration is the will to go from. estonia has commemorated nancy supporters with a military exercise and international drone called the. owners are reconnaissance group that worked with german military intelligence in world war two. the exercise was founded shortly after the fall of the soviet union some twenty years ago russia says it's an attempt to glorify its don't use collaboration with hitler's germany holland claims it's mainly a sporting event estonia has been widely criticized for honoring nazi supporters

former british european parliament member glyn ford believes the drill is offensive paul what concerns me about this it appears how some support from if you only officials within the a stone in government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want a political collaboration with the people organizing this event it's clearly both offensive and bizarre that while there is a new enthusiasm for extreme sports or actually basing it around a nazi collaborating organization. for second world war out of salt the generally across the european union the vast majority of people will be horrified about what's going on there always are a small minority of people who actually sympathize with the nazis but they are extremely small these days i can't imagine that anywhere would support for this kind of event it's now twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you are with r.t. and don't forget we've got much more on our website our team dot com there you'll find videos blogs forums and galleries and here's

a look at what may catch your eye right now cooling down in three d. german graffiti teams bring heat wave hit moscow back to the ice age. and find some expert analysis on the search giant google's decision to join forces with the c.i. a to try web browsing behavior that's in the column section of our top stories. bronislaw komorowski was officially sworn in as poland's new president on friday it comes just four months after their previous leader lech kaczynski died in a plane crash in russia and one of the new president's first initiatives has sparked protests in warsaw hundreds gathered outside the presidential palace decision to move a memorial to the crash victims the wooden cross was erected in the central square

shortly after the accident in which more than one thousand died the new president wanted to move the memorial to a church ground but after the protests the transfer has been around. well u.s. hip hop star of gene has formally entered the presidential race in haiti born on the island he's been actively involved in reconstruction efforts softer a deadly earthquake devastated the caribbean nation this yeah web journalist laura huff missed asked people in the big what they think of celebrities switching from entertainment to politics. like cliff john an american music celebrity is running for president of the haiti do you think pop culture and politics should ever make 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. still fall in to provide

a bit probably take more and more attention as opposed to somebody who's. running the treasury or something else you know just bending the ears in them and to tame it but how would that prepare anyone for politics just like i don't think that that was my whole point i don't think it should stay where he should is that mainstream town entertainment otherwise just start low not at present anyway exactly 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 if you just perform do what they've got to do and that's it we come to watch a little we don't need their opinion i don't like it i mean if you have a lot of money and you have nothing else to aspire to but maybe higher office than

when i use your money for they're made 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 vanity fair say he lived there he knows these people these families there aren't these days being poor he lived in a he had to drink out the. usa he knows what the people want. in the case of why glad he's ok celebrity to be a politician. he's ok but they're not even think people from different professional backgrounds should ever get involved in politics the bottom line is you can make your opinion count when you vote. parasailing donkey one sympathy around the world can look forward to better life america has been rescued by a british tabloid the sun but for now shoes living

a life of luxury with high class rehab but the kremlin school of writing near moscow reports. the donkey has learned it russia's notorious four legged fly is finally able to breathe easy and up to the donkey arrived in moscow after days on the road from southern russia and i'm not complaining. very sweet and everyone fell in love with her and we don't want to give no and i'll knock a strange journey started with her now infamous flight up above the beach the power sail pulled by a boat a publicity trick by a local water sports company when police found out the owner run away and was only found later. sitting on the beach boys your parachute go i couldn't quite figure it out i saw four legs. a donkey the animal's 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. for animals to be treated better. presented of that sort. because chang the animal was not physically harmed so is unlikely to face prosecution nevertheless the outcry means a napco now spend a month at the prestigious kremlin writing school drinking filtered water eating a special diet prepared by a nutritionist and being mass hours with medical point mints and i've got a little bit if they make it known 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 from 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 at that animal sanctuary and not to 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 party. i'll be back with a recap of our headlines in just a few moments stay with us. for. the .

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is now here in moscow we are running down the week's top stories here on. closes in places continue to spread across russia killing dozens. and leaving many people struggling to breathe and small. hundreds killed in the military conflict with georgia. shelled the sleeping the public leaving its capital in ruins. plus for the first time in sixty five years since an atomic bomb. america void to the memorial service.

as this week saw another round of violence in. the country's interior minister on what's behind the rest stay with us. the central asian state of kurdistan has recently seen a lot of violence and unrest the temporary interim government is trying to do all it can to restore stability into the country once again to talk a little bit more about how that is going to happen r.t. is talking to the minister of internal affairs mr bible of. survival thank you so much for devoting some of your time to us still. the most recent events in kurdistan the recent opposition rally that was dispersed by riot police. is there any chance of that happening again in the near future do you think. yes. firstly i'd like to clarify what really happened it wasn't

a rally but rather an armed attempt to seize power this was an obvious fact proved by numerous witnesses never dence therefore we simply didn't let the crowd in to be scared of the when they started storming and beating up police officers one of whom was seriously injured and taken away their service weapons we had to use force within legal limits such things are likely to happen again this political struggles happening against the backdrop of an unstable situation so they'll probably be tempted to try to seize power in this way there are perfectly groups behind these forces to do you know who those powers might be. there are several large groups one of them includes the overthrown president of his immediate family i'm just supporters who used to be in the country's government will be the second political group is those who are waiting for the fighting sides to get exhausted to suddenly appear in the political scene there are three key groups fighting for power in the country all these events are governed by the.