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 or 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 useful notion i want 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 foul thousands of hectares of land in 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 fu force to change it for ever. twelve perished in through some hurry find circumstances panic has been sprayed him on 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 all the flames were really high even above that small tower 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 where 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 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 take here will not be alone or divestiture that this is we've already got about seven thousand dollars in compensation each pension isn't jobless

a bit more but what we're 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 house is a rebuilt the victims of these unstoppable and merciless force who try to rebuild their lives and consign these ghosts village to the past all here would rather forget. tea. while russia is baking in the heat central europe is swimming in floods heavy rains have caused rivers to burst their banks leaving 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 damaged bridges destroyed buildings and ruined crops thousands of had to be evacuated from the worst affected areas helicopters plucked people to safety from the roofs of their homes states of emergency have been declared in a number of cities so if

a set is in mourning as they remember 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 r.t. correspondents are following universe 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 polled as 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 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 museums overburden soldiers was open and 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 asia 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 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 a city and opens fire many people are wearing black in south the city it's a day 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 of the commission 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 universities 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. construction is taking place not only in the republic but also in the relations between the south the city and enjoy living here . yes she is a georgian who lives in south the sea here she was born here in didn't leave his home even during the war he has a small farm and keeps a reasonably sized garden needs but watching this family was swallow's is his favorite pasta and 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 them it is safe here no one is bothering us the sit ins were saying don't

worry don't go away stay even during the war no one came and told us to leave. the overwhelming majority of the population in this a seat in the village we yashin these are georgians most of pharmacy or small scale trade has some regularly travel to georgia as that's where they nearest hospital. this is a checkpoint controlled by russian border guards they hear not only to secure the republic but also to guarantee free movement of the locals who live in this segment to georgia and back this is essential as many of them have relatives on both sides of the trunks. here's your boss border 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 old re 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 all of us friends would 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 forward to a tree but these two old friends georgian authority and a city in sergei say the time has come to restore relations between georgia and south city is to separate independent countries. r.t. 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 right i tell you the attitude is changing if two years ago people did feel that there was a right time president because for his behalf to start a confrontation with south a 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 in the streets today in order to protest the decision that was made two years ago by president because for me to attack south 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 at the georgian president knew 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 now being that it was. going to be.

to seek confrontation with russia the results are and we see this the results that georgia was to. be integrated being the. nato soldiers two years. so it was one of the biggest states for sure but you also have to remember that at this point president president really is not stepping off the war path in fact a 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 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 are two correspondents or an igloo should go from the georgian capital tbilisi and italian overcoat reporting from south of here well following the conflict in the south of russia decided to recognize the independence of the republic and another georgian breakaway region. and a visit to the capital of russian president dmitry medvedev has spoken about the reasons behind the move. the decision russian 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 people was at the time under threat that if those decisions were made the situation would have been totally different. president medvedev 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 have which was stopped after georgia's war with the republic in the early one nine hundred ninety s.

. coming up a little later here on our t.v. pop superstar why clever john runs for president of haiti. knows these people. these days be employed. to drink out the. usa he knows what the people want. in the case that he's ok celebrity to be a politician. he's ok. archie's resident pop pop stars should tune into politics plus. happy and for you your parasailing donkey still leading the high life but thankfully these days with all hoops firmly on the ground as she checks into the luxurious kremlin riding school. first though it's been sixty five years since two japanese cities hiroshima and nagasaki became the only places on earth where atomic weapons were deliberately used against civilians more than two hundred thousand people died either in the

blast or due to radiation poisoning after the u.s. launched its nuclear attack during the second world war on friday hiroshima held its biggest memorial yet remembering the victims of the tragedy for the first time washington said a representative it was also a first visit for u.n. secretary general ban ki moon but despite international attention there are still a group of victims in japan that are only now getting the 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 turned. started to turn away with spots and even there here in. 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 the u.s. and japanese governments acknowledged black rain as a health risk and set up an official area where they believed the phenomenon had occurred but people living around here ashima say the designated section was far too small and that the government didn't do enough to protect the entire population that suffered now groups of survivors like of the black rain association are gathering to make their voices heard. our members are not consider typical. more than 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 the 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. 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 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. the radioactive cloud. commission that identified the original area calculated the mushroom cloud as eight kilometers but by finding 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 hiroshima japan. dr robert jacobs from the. believes the u.s. presence at the ceremony marks a turning point in washington policy. 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 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 bronislaw komorowski was officially sworn in as poland's new president on friday this comes four months after the previous leader lech kaczynski was killed in a plane crash in russia you know gratian wasn't altogether smooth though was 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 on the central square shortly after the accident in which more than ninety died the new president wanted

to move the memorial to church ground but after the protests the transfer has been postponed. the world famous flying beach donkey was rest who was rescued by a british tabloid and currently enjoying all the trappings of her newfound celebrity status could be an impostor that's according to a russian newspaper or report claims a local farmer tricked the son into buying i'm not a similar looking at a mole for an inflated price or as the donkey that actually took to the skies is called manya and is still owned by the organizer of the parasailing son stunt who says he has no intention of giving her to anyone while these allegations are yet to be proven the fact is that one lucky donkey has well and truly fall. and on its feet or more accurately at the kremlin stables parking is tom barton paid her a visit. to meet. the donkey has landed 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 not because she's not complaining and

she's very sweet wine and everyone fell in love with her and we don't want to give no another now because strange journey started with her now infamous flight up above the beach on a power sail pulled by a boat a publicity trick by a local water sports company when police found out the owner runaway and an up was only found later. sitting on the beach boys are 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 created a demand you know for animals to be treated better the culprit presented a vet certificate showing the animal was not physically harmed so is unlikely to

face prosecution nevertheless the outcry means anat cohen now spend a month at the prestigious kremlin riding school drinking filtered water eating a special diet prepared by a nutritionist and being messenger with medical appointments and i get a little bit of the meat if 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 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 is perhaps cute enough to join him at that animal sanctuary and not now has had feet planted food on the ground so whenever she ends up after this month for the moment she can just relax tom watson. this week hip hop star wife and enter

the running for haiti's president the x. fuji's member was born on the caribbean island where he's been involved in rebuilding efforts after the devastating earthquake there earlier this year artie's resident laurie harford just asked people on the streets of the big apple the pop stars and politics should mix. why cliff john an american music celebrity is running for president of the haiti do you think pop culture and politics should ever met this week let's talk about that you look around here you go. you go it's a few celebrities around here and if one of them was. still fall in around 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 ears in them entertainment but how would that prepare a new one for politics actually i don't think that that was my whole point i don't think it should stay where he should is that mainstream challenge entertainment

otherwise just start low not at president say 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 as you just perform to what they got until when that's it we come to watch the form 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 there may whitman of california as an example you know she spends gobs of money and so does carly fiorina and what qualifications do they have to go for the top office right away senator and governor so there's ego involved you think well that's what i said bennett and you know say he lived there he knows these people whose families they're on tuesdays be employed he lived in

a he had to drink out the upon the some 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 naive think people from a different profession. no backgrounds should ever get involved in politics the bottom line is you can make your opinion count but you. finally in this news blog it's another week there's been a about a violent clashes erupted near the capital of kyrgyzstan anti-government protesters were demanding an opposition leader there be made prime minister riot police used tear gas and fired live rounds into the air to disperse the crowd the thirty people were detained including. of whom protesters want to put a power he's already used to trying to stage a coup in the country five years ago here to stay and suffered months of deadly political and ethnic on

a rest since president kurmanbek bakiyev was overthrown in april political analyst even saffron shirt says instability could turn the country into a safe haven for extremists from neighboring nations. there is growing instability in the north. and this is just a few hundred kilometers away from this. so it's going to this town becomes a non-controlled territory where there was no real authority and where there was the rule of force and the region and. then those who. may think well we have another place to go and then you will have a wide international consequences and developments be around developments. r.t. also spoke with his interior minister about the roots of the violence and the prospects for social and economic stability in the country you can catch that interview

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six thirty am here in moscow thanks for joining us here on our teams we can review music or headlines fire in raging blazes spreading across russia killing dozens of rooting for leaving people in cities struggling to catch a breath in the midst of toxic smoke. so those remembers the hundreds killed in a war with georgia two years after tbilisi shells were a public meeting its capital all but razed to the ground. and japan is marking sixty five years since that atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima for the first time since the deadly event washington set in on voice of the memorial service but still offers no apology. as this week saw another round of violence and care to stay and we speak with the country's interior minister on what are his thoughts of what's

going on behind the rest stay with us here on r.t. . 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 i was talking to the minister of internal affairs mr bible of the survival thank you so much for devoting some of your time to us still live 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. 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 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 are perfectly behind these forces to do you know who those powers might be. there are several large groups one of them includes 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 that are three key groups fighting for power in the country all these events are governed by their aspirations.