years and several thousand firefighters and volunteers are we trying to extinguish them in total during the whole time that these fires have been raging or 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 basically their problem and we're just urged to be. currently aware of in temporary shelters and the off doughty savored to give them full compensation for their property and also to give each affected family a new home into the nearest future and artie's more useful nor should i want to see the full scale of the devastation that these fires have wrought rushes 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 factors of land 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 of devastation. this used to be a small picturesque naslund beautiful pine forest some one hundred fifty kilometers south of the russian capital and paradise to the three hundred people that lived there with a kindergarten. and a community hall it will never be the same again it to dismiss for a frightening display of mother nature's food force to change it for river. 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 modern the 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 manage to flee elaina was

one of those that escaped a day later she's bag hoping to find something intact but it's all in vain. the flames were really high even above that salzhauer ashleigh and the 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 its staff in smoky meats 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 take here will not be long or divestiture 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 that 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. tea mostly region. while russia was baking in the heat central europe is swimming in floods heavy rains of course rivers to burst their banks and left at least ten people dead in the last few days the flooding struck an area near the borders of poland germany and the czech republic hail strong strong winds and torrential rains destroyed bridges damaged buildings and ruined crops thousands of had to be evacuated from the worst affected areas helicopters of plucking people to safety from the roofs of their homes a state of emergency has been declared in the number of cities which are only just warned the rains will continue all sunday. so officer to 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 correspondents following the anniversary on both sides of the conflict. several sorry monies have been help their publics president who are quite delayed griefs told the places that have become symbols of that war poll was two thousand and eight here in spain vall one of those places was a local school number six nearby which a lot of people have been killed and it has become involved has become one of the places where reefs are laid annually in a small village of he 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 states here 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 remembered vividly as two years exactly from now i'm sorry two years ago exactly at that time georgia began its assault in south of satan and opens fire many people are wearing black in south of setia today as well as some believe is buildings that are covered with black fabric 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 to the nation of independence of the republic and that will take place on the twenty sixth of opus while the reconstruction is in full swing here many of the infrastructure objects have been restored several more schools and kidan gardens will be finished by this 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 small airport is being built outside of the capital to involve the 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 a city and enjoy living here. yeah she's a georgian who lives in south acedia 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 he says. is it safe for you and ethnic georgian to live here in south a city where especially after two years ago georgia atop this republic you are

going to have it is safe here no one is bothering us the city and we're 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 and village we yashin lease or georgians a pharmacy or 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 front. here is your passport. the roads are bad in this place toward public and it can take several hours to reach the capital so many go to georgia to shop. 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 two of us friends just like both of us sitting here there must not be any confrontation between george associate enterprise your brothers and sisters here. to police 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 has to separate independent countries nato says about r.t. from south the city of. and it does look like on the other side of the georgian south border the attitude towards the war its causes and consequences is also changing as my colleague. from b.b.c. . tell you the attitude is changing if two years ago people didn't feel that there was a right time presence across from his behalf to start

a confrontation with. 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 bush for me to attack the city 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 conservative party had to say on the matter as

well within the. results. results. so. it was the biggest mistake for sure but you also have to remember that at this point president president really is not stepping off the warpath in fact georgian citizens are being. parted by messages that russia it was the main aggressor in two thousand and eight and russia is getting ready to strike again but 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 or correspond salena glasgow from the georgian capital tbilisi and. from. following the conflict in south ossetia russia decided to recognize the independence of the republic another georgian breakaway region because you present me to medvedev 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 were made the situation would have been totally different. currently on a visit to prison 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 travel to the area which was stopped after georgia's war with the republic in the early one nine hundred ninety s. . this is from the russian capital twenty four hours a day coming up

a little later in the program. why cliff jones runs for president in haiti. knows these people these families they're. poor he lived in a he had to drink out the. he knows what the people want. in the case. ok celebrity to be a politician. he's ok. president. politics . and also still to. old to be happy mel. is still leading the high life but thankfully these days with. the ground as he checks into the. riding school. the first sixty five years since two japanese cities hiroshima and nagasaki became the only places on earth where atomic bombs were deliberately used against civilians more than two

hundred thousand people died due to radiation poisoning after the u.s. launched its nuclear attack on friday held its biggest memorial yet 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 ki moon but despite his international attention there's still a group of victims in japan that are. getting help and recognition. 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 brain. that there was a big heaven and earth overturn. the black queen started to turn away. even though here in. the bomb sent a mushroom cloud into the atmosphere creating its own weather system pouring 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 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 now groups of survivors like the black rain association are gathering to make their voices heard. our members are not concerned. eighty percent of us suffer from serious or education related illnesses and cancer we just want to government 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 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 nine thousand houses with mud under the floorboards because of 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. commission that identified the original area calculated the mushroom cloud at eight kilometers but by finding the old the pilot and where photos were taken we can get a better idea of the real height which ended up being sixteen hours 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. 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. this week another bout of violent clashes erupted near the capital of anti-government protesters were demanding an opposition leader be made prime minister police used tear gas and live rounds into the back to disperse the crowd of thirty people who tended to be automatic body. testers once in power he's already accused of trying to stage a coup in the country five years ago and just on suffered months of the political economist since president coming back you have. april.

says instability could turn into a safe haven for extremists from the neighboring countries. there is growing instability in the north. and this is just a few hundred kilometers away from this. just stop so it's going to this town becomes a non-controlled territory where there is no real authority and where there is a force sound. and plan b. this then of those. on the fresh enough in this town may think well we have another place to go and then it will have wider international consequences and developments of iran plans on development. when i also spoke to the cutting its interior minister about the roots of the violence and the prospects for social and economic stabilization and you can watch that interview in about fifteen minutes here on. he was officially sworn in as poland's new president on friday

it comes four months after the previous leader lech kaczynski died in a plane crash in russia the inauguration wasn't altogether smooth as one of the new president's first initiatives sparked protests in warsaw hundreds gathered outside the presidential palace to boycott his 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 ninety died and the president wanted to move the memorial to church grounds but after the protests the transfer has been displayed. with updates we know one of the world events at this stage of the day at least one hundred twenty seven people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in western china two thousand and missing after floodwaters tore through the province toppling buildings and overturning the disaster is the latest to affect the country this summer which is the worst season of flooding in a decade. fifty three people have been killed by two landslides in pakistan heavy monsoon rains have worsened the flood crisis which is the worst the country's seen

in eighty years and has been issued in the south of the country as rescue and food aid efforts have been hampered by the bad weather then huge which started two weeks ago has claimed the lives of at least fifteen hundred people officials say thirteen million have been affected in total. hip hop star sean this week end of the running for haiti's president their member was born on the caribbean island where he's been involved in rebuilding efforts following the devastating earthquake there earlier this year when all of these resident laurie oftenest asked people in the big apple if popstars politics should mix. like let john an american music celebrity is running for president of the haiti do you think certain politics should ever make this week let's talk about that you got . if he's around here and if one of them was. still fall in pick him out

a bit probably take more and more attention as opposed to somebody who's perhaps running the treasury or something else you know just bending years in them entertainment but how would that prepare anyone 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 low not a president or a play 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 before him 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 you know say he lived a he knows these people his family's there on tuesday he's been employed he lived in a hut he had to drink out the pond to some you know say he knows what the people want . in the case of my class he's the 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. the world famous flying beach don't get rescued by a british tabloid and currently enjoying all the trappings of new fonts and happen . lifestar could be an imposter that's according to

a russian newspaper it's report cites the man who organized the parasailing stunt claiming the donkey actually uses call and that he still has her and won't give her away to anyone and not because owner is reportedly just a local farmer who tricked the british paper into paying an inflated price for a similar looking animal while these allegations are still to be proven the only hard fact in the story is that one lucky donkey as well and truly fallen on its feet or more accurately the kremlin stables polities told barton went to visit her . the donkey has learned it russia's notorious four legged fly is finally able to breathe easy and not because the donkey arrived in moscow after days on the road from southern russia and i'm not complaining and it's very sweet one and everyone fell in love with her and we don't want to give you know and i'm not because strange journey started with her now infamous flight up above the beach a power sail pulled by a boat a publicity trick by

a local water sports company but police found out the owner run away and was only found later. sitting on the beach boys or parachute go i couldn't quite figure it out myself or legs nor of my own eyes 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 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 a napco now spend a month the prestigious kremlin riding school drinking filtered water eating a special diet prepared by a nutritionist and being messengers with medical appointments might get a little bit if they make it go off 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 house and 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 at that animal sanctuary and not come 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. well since i had free here and not see the central asian states has recently seen a rise in violence all t.v. interviews the country's interior minister on what should be done to restore stability but before that this week's headlines with me just in a few moments not stay with us.

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forty five. good to have you with us this is our t. here in the russian capital this week's top stories now closes in raging blazes a spreading across russia killing dozens operating thousands and leaving people in cities struggling to breathe in toxic smoke. remembers the hundreds killed in the war with georgia two years ago the republic even its capital razed to the ground. also japan's what sixty five years since an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima for the first time since that deadly event washington sent an envoy to the memorial service but still no apology. today from an update in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime as this week saw another round of violence in spite of the

country's interior minister and what's behind the rest. of. the. 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 limo stories and 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 into kick 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 struggle is happening against the backdrop of an unstable situation so they'll probably be tempted to try to seize power in this way that our purview groups behind these forces to do you know who those powers might be near. there are several large groups one of them includes overthrown president of his immediate family i'm just supporters who used to be in the country's government will be.