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 homes basically they're popular just heard to be. currently living 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 youthful notion i went to see the full scale of the devastation that these fires have brought russia's inflames. the hottest summer on record has also become one of the most destructive message forest fires have already burned about the foundations of factors of land in russia with the wind speed of twenty meters 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 in 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. and a community hall it will never be the same again. to dismiss for a frightening display of mother nature's fu force to change it for over a twelve perished in the in through the sun 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 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 south intact but it's all in vain. the

flames were really high even above that small tower black smoke filled all the space below i thought really scared when i saw the red glow of the fire and the black smoke you know i've seen houses and barns burning 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 it 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 alone. that this is we've already got about seven thousand dollars in compensation each pensioners and jobless a bit more but what we're really especially waiting for the new home they promised

it to every family within the next three months and we're ready to wait. when the houses are built the victims of these unstoppable and merciless force who try to rebuild their lives and consign these ghost village to the past all here would rather forget. t. region. while russia is baking in the heat central europe is swimming in floods heavy rains have caused rivers to burst their banks and left at least ten people dead in the last few days the floodings struck an area near the borders of poland germany and the czech republic hailstorm strong winds and torrential rains have destroyed bridges damaged buildings and ruined crops thousands of had to be evacuated from the worst affected areas helicopters are plucking people to safety from the roofs of the homes a state of emergency has been declared in a number of cities which are ordered just want the rains will continue all day sunday. so the search here is in mourning as it remembers the victims of the

war with georgia two years ago hundreds were killed when tbilisi attacked its breakaway republic in august two thousand and eight bodies correspondents following the anniversary on both sides of the conflict. several sorry monies have been help their publics president who are quite delayed grief stole the places that have become symbols that were bogus two thousand and eight here in spain vaal one of those places was a local school number six nearby which a lot of people have been killed and it has become while it has become one of the places where reefs are laid annually in a small village a few thought would have outside of involved and museum called museum over burned souls was opened it basically looks like dozens of burned down cars put in a circle with a monument in that's when them many families have died in those cars trying to scape south say to as the war broke out and they were simply burned down by the georgian tanks first racoon began last night at eleven thirty five pm that's moment

here in south the said here is it remembered vividly as two years exactly from now i'm sorry two years ago exactly at that time georgia began its assault in south a city and opens fire many people are wearing black in south a city it's a day as well as some believe is buildings that are covered with black fabric a very sad day here indeed but let's not forget that in just about two weeks time people here will be celebrating the second anniversary over the nation of independence of the republic and that will take place on the twenty sixth of opus will the reconstruction is in full swing here many of infrastructure objects have been restored several more schools and kidan gardens will be finished by the september also many people have received new homes that they can now live in of course it's still a long expensive and difficult process so some are still waiting for new homes local university still hasn't been restored but i was here last year as well as two years ago and i can tell you what i see with my own eyes is definite progress

a small airport is being built outside of the capital to involve so life here is slowly getting back to normal and as my cold night eyes he's a reason based here reports it's not only construction is taking place not only in the republic but also in the relations between south and georgians living here. yes she is a georgian who lives in south the sea here he 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 watching this family all swallow's is his favorite pastime and 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. 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 the village we yashin these are georgians most are farmers of small scale trade has 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. or here's your passport. the roads are bad in this post war public and it can take several hours to reach the capital so many go to georgia to shop. there are no problems between the elderly people like us we have nothing to petition it's 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 be a new confrontation between georgia. brothers and sisters here. to police a status and refuses to recognize this over until it's almost to a tree but these two old friends georgian and to see. the time has come to restore relations between georgia and south it's just separate independent countries. from south. and it does look like on the other side of the georgian south of the border the attitude towards the war its causes and consequences is also changing as my colleague. from b.b.c. . that's what i tell you the attitude is changing if two years ago people did feel that there was a right on president to question his behalf to start a confrontation with the sense here two years later that attitude has changed dramatically

a lot of people do not believe that conflict of any sort is the way to go in fact many of them most of the people who live in georgia have already been through several bloody conflict so a lot of people are feeling very strong antiwar sentiment in fact. quite a few people came out on the streets today in order to protest the decision that was made two years ago by president successfully to attack the said there is also a very strong anti-war sentiment amongst the representatives of the opposition forces in the country labor party has actually called for sanctions to be imposed on the georgian president they did not specify what sort of sanctions but they did say that it is time that the international community has let it known that actions like the ones that were taken by the georgian president in the summer of two thousand and eight should under no circumstances be repeated ever again and about let's have a listen to what the leader of the. party hard to say on the matter is well within the.

results. results. so after two years. or so it was one of the biggest mistakes. but you also have to remember that at this point president president really is not stepping off the war path in fact georgia citizens are being bombarded by messages that russia it was the main aggressor in two thousand and eight and russia is getting ready to strike again us really has actually made a speech just at the end of last week at the ministry of defense meeting saying that very thought the country should be prepared for an attack at every single moment that every village every resident of every town should be prepared to take up arms and go defend their country. from the georgian capital tbilisi.

from south ossetia well following the conflict in south ossetia russia decided to recognize the independence of the republic. georgian breakaway region because you present spoke about the reasons behind the move. the decision russia made after the military conflict wasn't an easy one but time is shown it was the right move for the existence of the uprising in south the city and people was of the time under threat and if those decisions weren't made the situation would have been totally different. currently on a visit to president medvedev said he was glad to see life changing for the better in the region and promised that russia would continue to help with reconstruction the next step is likely to be the resumption of direct air travel to the area which was stopped after georgia's war with the republic in the early one nine hundred ninety s. . this is. coming up in just

a few minutes from now spelling out the problems you can feel no access to education in india is holding back the country's economic potential. the first sixty five years since two japanese cities. became the only places on earth where atomic bombs were deliberately used against civilians more than two hundred thousand people died. or due to radiation poisoning after the u.s. launched its nuclear attack on friday had held its biggest memorial gets remembering the victims of the tragedy for the first time washington sent a representative it was also a first for u.n. secretary general ban but despite this international attention this still a group of victims in japan. getting help and recognition huge. 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 like brain. there was a big national heaven and earth overturn that. the black queen started to turn away. even though here in pieces. the bomb sent a mushroom cloud into the atmosphere creating its own weather system pouring down a radioactive suit filled the rain onto the survivors of u.s. and japanese government technology 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 itself now groups of survivors like the black rain association are gathering to make their voices heard. our members are not consumer to survive more than eighty percent of us suffer from serious radiation related illness. soaps and cancer we

just want to governments to recognize that. this building was destroyed in the initial blast and miraculously this wall was left standing it has been the left here as a memorial to that tragic event and the like this building of 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. two or three years ago we found nineteen 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 of the mushroom cloud as eight kilometers but by finding the bunted

school 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 thought 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. talk to you could to knock it from the head off from apiece. institute thinks it's outrageous that america still hasn't apologized 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. any apologies to to survive goes on in a bombing of the large number of civilians is of course clean it was clearly against international law a crime against humanity participating in the ceremony it's a step towards the official record a record mission of the crimes that the the us government committed so i hope someday soon the u.s. government. official apologies to. those. a group of former intelligence ministry officials from the us is demanding immediate action from barack obama to prevent

a war in the middle east they claim israel is counting on washington to offer unconditional support for an attack on iran as early as this month it comes just days after u.s. top brass refused to rule out a strike on the does not extend the group which includes former cia agent says a war in iran would ignite a regional conflict which could lead to the nomination of israel to iran is prepared to deep refused diplomatic relations with as it maintains the jewish state has no right to exist political ominous michel chossudovsky been eaves any israeli action would have to be given the green light from washington. saying your theories of more are very. serious. people of course this should be taken very seriously it is technically from a military standpoint impossible for israel to actually launch a war on iran without the green light from the united states we have to understand that this this is not strictly an israeli military project the united states since

the mid ninety's has indicated iran as a possible target the war plans which have been ongoing since two thousand and four have been a joint program of the us they throw in israel so that in fact these war plans already ongoing it may be convenient for washington to let israel unleash the attack and in fact dick cheney back in back in two thousand and four intimated that israel might do the work for us though to speak iran has ten percent of the global oil and gas was five times those of the united states that it has tremendous wealth and ultimately war in that region is the battle for oil and natural gas the threat of war is real the implications are far reaching if that were launched. within the next few months the whole region with player up from the

eastern mediterranean right through to the chinese border. what's in a name well russia's militia could soon be finding out prison if it wants them renamed as the police the title of force held before the bolshevik revolution almost one hundred years ago the move which includes a number of other measures will be up for public discussion including on the internet last december the president ordered sweeping reforms for the false proposals included cutting the number of officers by around a quarter and keeping only the most qualified the ministers come under immense pressure recently after several high profile cases of murder and corruption by high ranking officers. estonia's held a military exercise commemorating nazi collaborators the annual international war game called the earn a raid on as a reconnaissance group the work behind red army lines during world war two russia says the exercise glorifies estonia's cooperation with hitler's regime while talon claims it's just a sporting event just only comes in for frequent criticism for nazi sympathizers

the former british m.e.p. for the believes the drill may be a signal of nazi support on a political level. what concerns me about this it appears how some support from if you only officials were only in government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want to 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 they're actually basing it around a nazi collaborating organization. from the second world war out of sort 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 you support for this kind of event. millions of children across india are being forced to give up their education to earn

a living with widespread poverty in many families can't afford to send their kids to school and instead rely on their daily wage to put food on the table but as artie's charan singh reports it threatens to hold one of the world's fastest growing economies. does not go to school his parents simply cannot afford to send him he is one of the million children in india facing the same predicament even though the government has made education free and compulsory for children under fourteen the family cannot lose the makes as a rag picker all of that second we have no money to teach our children the government doesn't give us a livelihood so the children have to help our family support itself we spend the day trying to get food to eat how can we educate our children. even if money got access to education this is what my greet him not a classroom in sight in rural india government schools often exist only on paper

they may be registered but there may be no buildings or teachers. who have no books here the children have no books to write on there are no pencil. you can see the state of the board its third difficulty in this way. this means many who are then school barely able to read and write for instance i ask. recite the alphabet. after. each. b. e r. t and and and to be fair. seven out of ten children in delhi drop out by the time they turn fourteen when many schools. to i mean especially municipal schools think to write the answers on the war so there's no question of anybody feeling it doesn't matter if you understand all the understand so the tell us to read classics and we talk we are

able to cope to go to this start the group to provide educational support in underprivileged areas project why helps seven hundred students from delhi slums who are looking to supplement their government provided education thirteen year old who likes mathematics and wants to be a banker when she grows up i travel. i learn more here than in my school. there the kids make a lot of noise so you can't hear anything and also the school teacher doesn't explain things here i can ask my tutor many things but in school before the teacher can explain the class is over and the teacher vanishes madam india is one of the youngest countries in the world with over half its population under twenty five while this may provide a workforce with an edge over countries with aging populations access to education will be needed for all indian children for the country to continue its economic

growth story got and seeing r.t. new delhi. to bring you up to date for the moment in a few minutes from now we'll be bringing you a special report on vote rigging that helped george bush take the u.s. presidency back in two thousand and four stay with us for that.

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is. with. this week's top stories now in our weekly edition. regime blazes a spreading across russia killing dozens of thousands of living people in. struggling to breathe toxic smoke. remembers the hundreds killed in the war with georgia. public capital but razed to the ground. also japan sixty five an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima the first time that washington sent an envoy to the memorial service but still. to bring

back with the innocent from the mean time murder spies in voting it's a story of a man who was commissioned to create vote rigging software that many believe helped george w. bush win the election in two thousand and four a special report next on r.t. in fact in the states that had electronic voting the numbers didn't match at all with the exit polling. but in states where they had paper do you know exit polls and the final results were almost perfect i have no doubt john kerry won the election in ohio ok no john kerry won the election on john kerry would we be better as a certain decided that those exit polls were so far off just didn't happen something else happened so yeah folks here i mean in the harassing maven are getting d.o.t. to harass me this plan is fired at ten in the morning i'm tired at like two hundred thirty that afternoon and said it is investigating this company instead of putting

a putting the brakes on what's going on there actually writing letters of recommendation for that company wrecked yang correct and saying that you're removed correct tom finis fingerprints are all over this now yes literal fingerprints literal fingerprints i mean read the public record read the public record i don't want anyone to take my word for anything brad get the documents and read the record and when you read a memo from nelsonville secretary to him stating that mr feeney wants this letter signed today and this letter is a recommendation for yang enterprises and the following day after mr hill executes this letter of recommendation he is suddenly promoted to deputy cia for the state technology office nelson hill is promoted the day after he writes this letter the letter.