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 or just urge to be. currently living 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 in the nearest future and artie's more use the notion 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 factories of land in brush with 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 more scope and paradise to the three hundred people that live 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 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 at 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 it intact but it's all in vain. the

flames were really high even above that salzhauer 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 meets 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 tape here will not be alone or ditch 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've

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. well russia is baking in the heat central europe is swimming in floods heavy rains of course rivers to burst their banks and left at least fourteen people dead and several others missing in the last few days the flooding struck an area near the borders of poland germany and the czech republic hailstorm strong winds and torrential rain of 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 a number of cities. south of settlers in mourning as it remembers the victims of the war with georgia two years ago and 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 ceremonies have been held their publics president who are quite delayed grief stole the places that have become symbols that were pulled was two thousand and eight here and seen vaal 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 a few thought would have outside of involved and museum called museum over burned soldiers was opened it basically looks like dozens of burned down cars put in a circle with a monument in between them many families have died in those cars trying to escape 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 city it 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 city and opens fire many people are wearing black in south the city it's a day as well as some believe it 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 the nation of independence of the republic and that will take place on the twenty sixth of overseas while the reconstruction is in full swing here many of infrastructure objects have been restored several more schools uncared 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 small

airport is being built outside of the capital involved 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 george and living here. yes she is 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 for his own needs but watching this family or swallows is his favorite pastime 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 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 where yasha lease are georgians most are farmers or small scale traitorous 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 from movement of the locals who live in this segment to georgia and back this is essential as many of them heroin on both sides of the fronts yeah. here is your passport thank you. 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. 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 confrontation between georgia. brothers and sisters here. to police a status and refuses to recognize this over into 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 it's just separate independent countries. from self-esteem. 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 hears ago people did feel that there was a right time president because for his behalf to start a confrontation with south the city 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 south 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 eight hundred 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 is well within the.

results. to. be integrated. 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 bombarded by messages that russia was the main aggressor in two thousand and eight and russia is getting ready to strike again president really has actually made a speech just at the end of last week at the ministry of defense meeting saying that very thought to say 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 but correspondents from the georgian

capital tbilisi. from south well following the conflict in south russia decided to recognize the independence of the republic and another georgian breakaway region on a visit to the causing capital present dmitri medvedev has spoken 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 at the time under threat and if those decisions weren't made the situation would have been totally different. present event have also 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 carson which was stopped after georgia's war with the republic in the early one nine hundred ninety s. . come july from the russian capital coming up later in the program the superstar runs for president in haiti.

yet to drink out the. he knows what the people want it. to be a politician. he's ok. president. should choose to politics. or to be happy. but thankfully these days with. kremlin writing 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 this international attention there's still a group of victims in japan that are only now 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 like brain. there was a big national heaven and earth overturned. on 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 point down a radioactive suit filled the survivors the u.s. and japanese govern. 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 and now groups of survivors like the black rain association are gathering to make their voices heard. our members consider to. suffer from. cancer to governments to recognize. this building was destroyed in the initial blast and miraculously this wall was left standing it is the left here as a memorial to that tragic event and the like this building victims in the media path of the radiation wave are easier to identify than those in the surrounding areas in an ironic twist it is another set of buildings built shortly after the bomb was dropped that has given scientists the information they need to help black rain survivors. three years ago we found nine thousand houses with. because of when the houses were built we know when the mud was exposed and when we took samples.

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 mushroom cloud as eight kilometers but by finding. the pilot photos were taken. 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 are. our biggest goal is to extend the black rainy area and continue to care for the health and support the survivors even. of years on from the event of 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. dr jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute but he's the u.s. presence at the ceremony marks a turning point in washington's that's a cheat. i think that there's still a lot of contention in america over how that how those actions were viewed how the bombings of hiroshima nagasaki were viewed it was only in one thousand nine hundred five that at an exhibition commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the bombing at the smithsonian institution in the united states that there was controversy over including photographs of his box shot along with the display of the enola gay but i think that the attendance of the ambassador today is a testimony to president obama's desire to effect healing and to find

finally get over the division that's happened over through this bombing and i believe that this is laying the groundwork for obama himself to attend the ceremony sometime in the future or to visit hiroshima sometime during his presidency. but on this love the was officially sworn in as poland's new president on friday he comes four months after the previous leader contin ski died in a plane crash in russia integration was in order to get a smooth as one of the new president's presses to sponsor protests in mosul hundreds gathered outside the presidential palace to boycott his decision to move a memorial to the crash victims the wooden cross with the wrecked in the central square shortly after the accident in which more than ninety died the new president wants to move the memorial to church grounds but off the protests the transfer has been postponed. the well famous flying beach don't keep. rescued by british tabloid and current enjoying all the trappings of a newfound celebrity status could be an imposter that's according to a russian newspaper the report claims

a local former tricked the son into buying and that a similar looking animal for an over inflated price whereas the don't even actually took to the skies it's called money and it's still in by the organizer of the parasailing stunt he says he has no intention of giving it to anyone all these allegations are still to be proved the only hard fact in the story is that one lucky donkey as well and truly foreign on its feet or more accurately who has at the kremlin stables. went to visit her. the donkey has learned it russia's notorious four legged fly is finally able to breathe easy enough because the donkey arrived in moscow after days on the road from southern russia not because she's not complaining she's very sweet 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 a beach on a power sail pulled by a boat a publicity trick by a local water sports company when police found out the owner run away and not

because it was only found later. sitting on the beach 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. presented a vet certificate showing the animal was not physically harmed so is unlikely to face prosecution nevertheless the outcry means a napco now stunned a month the prestigious kremlin riding school drinking filtered water eating a special diet prepared by a nutritionist and being mass hours with medical appointments might get a little speed as they meet it's one of the we have well equipped stables good for her and a team of professional experts who take care of the horses. but what after office

to housing up to have flooded in from all over the world and not all from where 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 can 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. hip hop star this weekend at the running for haiti's president he was born in the caribbean island where he's been involved in rebuilding efforts following the devastating earthquake this year well it seems laurie hall finest people in the big pop stars on politics should mix.

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 hey you got. a few celebrities around here and if one of them was. stopped for in probably take more and more attention as opposed to somebody who's pops up and i run in the treasury of something else you know i'm just bending ears in them entertainment but how would that prepare a new one for politics i don't think that that was my whole point i don't think he should stay where he should is that mainstream chalo entertainment otherwise just start low 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 got until when 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 to use your money for there may whitman of california as an example you know she spends 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. he had to drink out the pond yes so he knows what the people want. the case. ok celebrity to be a politician. but they're not 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. this week another ballot a violent clashes erupted in the capital of anti-government protesters were demanding an opposition leader be made prime minister police used tear gas and runs into the air to disperse the crowd up to thirty people were detained including to much. to the protesters want in power he's already accused of trying to stage a coup in the country five years ago and suffered months of deadly political and ethnic unrest since coming back becky was overthrown april. says instability could turn it 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. so if going to this town becomes a non-controlled territory where there is no real authority and where there is the

force. and. then of those. on the pressure. they think well we have another place to go and then you will have the wider international consequences and developments of iran plans on developments . naughtie also spoke to the code of his interior minister about the roots of the violence and the prospects for social and economic stabilization and you can watch the interview in just a couple of minutes from now it'll be off to a short break and a recap of the headlines stay with us here on our team. culture

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forty five. from the russian capital twenty four hours a day top stories from the week now for you follow a close as a raging blazes a spreading across russia killing dozens of thousands and leaving people in cities struggling to breathe in toxic smoke. so author says he remembers the hundreds killed in the war with georgia two years off tbilisi shelled republic leaving its capital all but 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 . i'll be back in the recap of all main stories from the past week in about fifty minutes from now in the meantime this week's or another round of violence in

kurdistan and we spoke to the country's interior minister on what's behind the unrest. 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 and his 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 but there are three key groups fighting for power in the country all these events are governed by their aspirations.