last month as a result of these fires over five hundred have been injured so the situation is incredibly dire of course many people are wondering why the emergencies ministry isn't doing as much as it perhaps could be doing the emergencies ministry did say that they began working around the clock to battle the forest and p. fires the day before yesterday of course the fires are ravaging the country for over a month and many have already asked why it has taken the emergency ministry so long to actually start working around the clock but they are doing everything in their power to battle this they're throwing every man of vailable to all the different locations where the fires are starting up trying to put out existing fires trying to maintain areas where fires could spark again trying to prevent more homes from being burned down and more people from being injured. or indeed those are extreme conditions people have to put out of the moment but what about the breathing

situation as you know fires are forcing a lot of people millions to breathe in toxic smog so how are people dealing with that. i mean it's incredibly hard to deal with it i've lived in ma i was born in moscow i've never seen anything like this not any of the previous years has the situation been this bad the peat fires do start pretty much every summer but the situation hasn't been this bad for as long as i can remember breathing in the capital is almost impossible with the quantity of talks a gas is in the air over going over the a lot of limit by a number of times so people are trying to prevent breathing basically breathing in the stalks of air as much as they can there are wearing masks that they can get in local pharmacies they can also get them at so-called smog centers that have been set up in the capital where people can come in get a mask get

a drink of water maybe get seen by a doctor but the problem is of course is that the masks that are widely available at the pharmacies are mostly used for flu like viruses and basically are more focused on preventing yourself from passing on a virus to other people so they're effective at controlling the air you breathe out but they're not actually filtering the air that you breathe in and the only way to make those masks affective is to douse them with water but even then they're only effective for around ten to twenty minutes so people are struggling and the situation despite the promises of clearing up twelve rain of winds that would perhaps clear the air a situation still continues to be incredibly dramatic we have russia has already received help from other foreign nations and battling the fires and trying to do everything they can to minimize the damage both from the fires and the toxic smell

but so far nature seems to be a much more powerful enemy. could really thanks for bringing us the latest on the situation there coming as our reporting. from the moscow region. and later this hour here in r.t. animal rescue. seems like the fire was playing a game of cat and mouse with adam walsh spring water from different sides but it seemed like the game was almost lost just a couple days ago when the fire was as close as one hundred fifty meters in the forest to. find out how animal rights activists managed to prevent a tragedy in ten minutes here on our team. before that the japanese city of nagasaki has remembered those killed by the second atomic bomb dropped by the u.s. nine hundred forty five a minute of silence was observed at eleven o two am local time the moment when sixty five years ago the bomb nicknamed fat man . most of the city tens of thousands of people were incinerated instantly with

manning more dying from diseases linked to radiation ever since and those who survived the terrifying attack say was a reasonably cruel and universal ban on these weapons are to sean thomas has more from nagasaki. sixty five years ago taro taniguchi was enjoying a simple morning bicycle ride when in a tragic instant his life was changed forever. i was thrown to the ground and i heard an e.p. sing sound i thought i had been killed but i encouraged myself not to do it that it was important to go on living. at first noticed his bicycle had been twisted and bent out of shape but as he started to move he began to realize the severity of his own condition. on my left arm and shoulder all my skin was dripping off and i had severe burns. eleven year old yoshi he was at home with his twin

brother just two kilometers from the blast center on that fateful morning. at eleven o two i saw the lights and give to the floor to cover my hand eyes and ears there was a wave in our entire house crashed over us. go and his brothers crawled from the rubble and went into the city to look for their father who worked at the mitsubishi munitions plant close to the heart of the explosion on their way they found countless charred bodies and a terrifying scene you had. while crossing the river we were drawn to a woman who was walking with what looked like a wide belt or cloth trailing behind her but when we took a closer look it was her intestines coming out of her stomach there was nothing we could do. this is the hyper center of the bomb which means sixty five years ago it exploded five hundred meters above this exact spot and the people who suffered that horrific event well their stories are truly amazing but what they didn't know back

then and just as disturbing is the long term effects of that radiation the effect is continuing. that sixty five years. so that it true that. radiation is affecting human bodies for sixty five years. has had continuous surgeries throughout his life to remove tumors on his back caused by the radiation now he declares that the war did not end in one thousand nine hundred five but rather the effects continue to this day and even though. he wasn't as severely injured initially. as an adult he has endured liver disease and two types of cancer attributed to the bomb as well as a psychological damage of the event. the atomic bomb was extremely cruel america should never having dropped the bombs and human beings on the tests in new mexico

should have been the end of nuclear weapons once the power of these weapons was known. but having experienced the wrath of the world's most devastating weapon these two survivors have one shared message that insight. people use that would deter and but i do not believe that human beings can co-exist with nuclear weapons a reason why the a bomb survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete global nuclear disarmament thomas r.t. nagasaki japan. and the u.s. launch atomic bombing of the two japanese cities triggered a nuclear race changing history in the process and the soviet union which would become america's cold war rival realized it had to have its own a bomb as a deterrent to stop a repeat of hiroshima and nagasaki artist eager to ride in a free ports. and then there were two. on august twenty ninth nine hundred forty nine the soviet union successfully

launched first like the it's. taking the cold war to a new level. with anyone outside the world who changed the nuclear research stored within years the arsenals of the u.s. and soviet russia could have destroyed the world many times over the u.s.s.r. researched atomic weapons from the early nine hundred fourteen but it had lagged behind the us and that became frighteningly clear after hiroshima and nagasaki with the us and the u.s.s.r. becoming ever more hostile the soviet had to catch up with american technology costs them already mercury was needed for nuclear experiments and the states gathered all the mercury it had for for years afterwards not a single new thermometer was made in the soviet union at once scientists were assembled at a secret town in southern russia new greater towards after they told me it's tomorrow go to the airport when that stand by the statue of stalin people will put

you on an airplane i said hold on i haven't had the chance to pack my bags a good face said it doesn't matter what you must be. disappointed that every effort it took help from researchers who developed the american a bomb to complete the soviet nuclear project many were communist sympathizers and passed vital information to the soviets. it's no secret that the first soviet bomb was a copycat of the one dropped on hiroshima by the americans or you couldn't. two years later the saudis through their own design nuclear will. was achieved. in the decade little become up to the soviet union the peaceful result of both sides. on several occasions the world was on the edge of nuclear annihilation debate still right john whether nuclear parity was a deterrent that prevented an all out war between the united states under savita

union or the nuclear weapons was something that consigned the two nations to more than four decades of mistrust and enmity either way during the cold war washington and moscow never came into direct conflict and at least in part this is down to nuclear parity hugo grodner. moscow. it's unlikely that nuclear weapons will ever be used these days despite fears in the west that countries like north korea could resort to a strike and that's the view of an expert on south asian affairs in moscow the full interview is coming up in around twenty minutes time and here's some of what he has to say. career's been threatening to spill shoes of blood and destroy imperialists and their marionettes for several decades i would not overestimate the actual threat if you look at it from a historical perspective it has become subjects for jokes i think they could not have kept silent in their current position to say something now what are they going

to see they threaten but nothing specific company sure there's been the liberalization in north korea the armed forces remained in their current positions . to any and now where attempts to break down the traditional caste system are being met with resistance discrimination based on the system is now legal but changing mindsets is proving a lot more difficult than simply changing the law artie's current saying visited a school in eastern india to see how the problem affects people there. it's a problem that's been simmering but now it's only davey sees it's fast reaching boiling point she's a newly appointed cook in this primary school and johnny board here to prepare the government funded midday meal but despite sony's best intentions some of the students turn their noses up many creations because she's a ballot or untouchable in traditional hindu society only upper caste cooks

a lot of community minos but even now in some upper class children don't want to trued me by me their parents consider the food polluted by my time each what can i do i'm here to make lunch in the school and treat the children here just like my own kids one hundred twenty million children across india receive a meet every working day in the largest school lunch program in the world but when the education ministry decided to send it cooks to get schools where the majority of pupils are upper caste hindus many found that too hard to swallow after the media a meal can entice poor parents to send their children to school the kids look forward to it but there are some parents who don't want their children to eat food made by low caste people and have removed their children from here and also threaten us as well. meet the same family

a member of the upper caste raj board community they refused to allow their ten year old son to continue studying in a school which they felt didn't respect their customs and pulled him out immediately and look we are up a cost we believe strongly in the cost system we cannot eat food made touched by somebody from a lower caste that's why when we found a child from this government school picked him into a party activist said this kind of reaction demonstrates the difficulty in eradicating the caste system discrimination on the basis. cost is illegal in india but the practice is still entrenched in. with the kind of work you do who you can meet with is largely divided along. people are treated like at the upper castes or just about they tell us stay on one side wash the utensils that anything to humiliate they want just remain low and never rise

that. the government says legal action will be taken against religious. groups and schools the earlier this is done the better after all this attempt to get children of all costs to gether the specter of a who's made the food is a small but important step in the country's journey to bridge social divisions got unseeing are to. take a look at some other stories from around the world and venezuelan president hugo chavez is the first colombian rebels to give up their hostages saying it would help pave the way for improved relations between the two countries last month a lobbyist former president accused venezuela giving anti-government colombian rebels save haven which led to severing it was a bad guys but since the inauguration of colombia's new president the country's foreign ministers have already mad at the two presidents are due to meet later this week. and china's state run news channel says at least one hundred twenty seven

people have been killed and landslides triggered by heavy rain in the west of the country up to two thousand are still missing after floodwaters tore through the ground soon province toppling buildings and overturning cars it's the latest disaster to hit the country this summer which is seeing the worst seasonal flooding in a decade. for a federal police commanders in northern mexico have been suspended over alleged links to drug cartels and it follows the arrest of one of the four at gunpoint on suspicion of involvement in murder and kidnapping over a twenty eight thousand people have died since president felipe calderon. ordered a crackdown on cartels in two thousand and six. coming up we'll look at north a city as a nature reserve and its renowned for its wild lives but it's even more celebrated for its ancient architectural landmarks don't miss that in our special report on the way in about an hour. and discoveries.

communicate with. test yourself and become free. see what nature can give you. and returning now to our top story out of wildfires raging across russia as flames are destroying vast forests animal activists are desperately trying desperately trying to save some of the creatures affected an artist in a faker suit reports from an animal shelter outside moscow a race against time. everyone from the animal shelter who can help is helping do anything possible to keep the wolf we're in this case the fire from the door because behind it live with thousand different animals with no escape. each has its own story this monkey was no longer wanted because he has diabetes each day

he needs two shots of medication and gives back a little thank you for the care. however his and his friend's new home is in jeopardy oh flames are threatening to overrun the shelter it seems like the fire was playing a game of cat and mouse with animal shelter and spring on it from different sides and it seemed like the game was almost lost just a couple days ago when the fire was called us one hundred fifty meters and that for the dancing flames were only stopped by this dish quickly dug by tractor and workers from the animal shelter are and of buckets shovels and fire hoses their efforts pushed the flames back by kilometer but the danger remains. right now the fire is coming from that direction we put out the ground five of the treetops of burning to it so halt us shoes will no saying for almost a week employees from the animal shelter how flawed the flames around the clock we

have thirty workers and most of them are here just a few are taking care of the animals evacuating around a thousand animals is very difficult almost impossible and you cannot do it quickly special equipment is needed for some species like bears still they've had little other choice than to fight nature's full fury themselves but with little help from the authorities. when we tried calling the firemen they told us to find trucks of busy and we have to extinguish the fire sounds like you can put in and manpower the firemen say there's only so much they can do that we're working double shifts additional shifts people shouldn't be insulted by have to fire trucks and provide help where it's needed there is no threat now for the villages animal shelter or anyone else the fires are under control. this means more of the water can now be used for more peaceful purposes timothy cross or archie mosco region. everyone is up to date here on r.t.

for more you can always log on to our website r t dot com stephanie will be here with all the latest business news in just a few moments don't go away. i'm great for the we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers. hello and welcome to the business bulletin russia's first low cost airlines sky express is facing the prospect of having its license revoked because of financial problems

how did a lack of a reliability that was supposed to be a pioneer in the new world of low cost of travel in russia so would it ever be possible to fly cheaply in russia tachyon you put it finds out. this airplane costs about ten dollars for now unfortunately this is the closest trust funds can get to a low cost airline in this country regular air carriers so even domestic flights at the price of many of pickles monthly salary and russians are craving for the discount as so popular abroad eight pounds from liverpool to a crack of twenty euros from also front for russia's first low cost ally and sky express was meant to be like that however it and adopt raising prices to match the network airlines but without the reliability or in-flight service constantin to tear down the head of charter allen's redwing says flying low cost is very expensive in russia and the experience of sky express proves it is impossible to

repeat the business models of fry and then all is a jet. because warner's deal would need their war it's only possible to make a quasi low cost airline was just a budgetary or will have one or two but they won't be able to have such extreme tariffs as in europe or the speeds them a constant and says russia offers few opportunities for a carrier to strip out expenses at twenty percent tempered juta on planes and monopolize asked services contribute equally to all russian carriers on the cost is high then most cities just don't have second half was which are widely used by discount as in other countries and it's equally difficult for foreign low cost carriers to operate here mainly because of legislation it's were strictly regulated system or by a lateral agreements between russia and all european and actually all other

countries which limits. the number of carriers number of just to nations of. frequencies of flies number of seats in their pro or con there's a bureaucracy and there's limitations. in airline actually mas and a lot of her friends marty. course. during the. spring to. try and approach the resources water rushes aviation rules were created in soviet times. of just a couple of planes a day and that is the government should reform of the airspace code if it wants to develop cost effective and travel for the general public this good preview we've agreed to competition in the industry and make flying in russia less free if you. business r.t.

. and now it's time to check out the markets just in the stocks are lower in one day trading with export names once again leading the decline of continued strength in the gun shop and honda are all shedding more than a one and a half percent we close in asian stocks follows a worse than expected u.s. employment data out on friday suggesting economic recovery is losing traction. and in line with global trends the russian markets finished last week in the red about his old prices to kind of not disappointing jobs report from the u.s. stocks concerned that economic growth is slowing russia's biggest lender because among the main losers slipping a two percent. russian markets will start trading in just a few hours here in moscow amongst other things investors will be closely watching oil and wheat prices. can head of investment capital tells us what to expect. this week we will be watching for the market's reaction to the friday's u.s. economic data the labor markets to disk for july came when on the low end over the

expectations the market already sold off a bit in on friday on these news we see these fall through falls. the second big factor in here is the oldest of the exchange rate dynamics. the significant question that we've all over the past couple weeks and one vegetation that the central bank will allow greater currency appreciation to counter inflation risks building up as a result of the deficit of grain following the heat and fires the draft and we think that this for the exchange rate appreciation is something the market these extensions bating and would like to have these six occasions voted . and that's all the business use now because everybody's lattes for you in about an hour's time and you can always file stories on a website that's r.t. dot com slash with.

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welcome back to what you are to live from moscow here's a look at the top stories the crisis sparked by wildfires raging across russia shows little sign of easing over fifty people have already died and hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest burned down. meanwhile people are fleeing the toxic smoke covered russian capital i'm able to breeze both in their homes and outside those to stay get help at special air conditioned smaug room. and it's sixty five years since the grass dropped a second atomic bomb on japan survivors of the deadly blast in the city of one saki are calling for complete global nuclear disarmament. nuclear weapons can't be used to attack these days and can solve any problems either that's the view of. an

expert on south asian affairs in moscow in an interview with r t's a tell you explain why he believes the north korean threat is blown out of proportion. they did a pretty big north korea had threatened to attack following joint south korean u.s. move as well because the fifth north korea sashimi declares that it is ready to attack any vessels that come to that designation legion to take part in the mini this was north korea said aggressive in its response. this falls into the line of be a viewer that is generally considered as aggressive a gentle aggressive stance north korea has been threatening to spill she's a blood and destroy imperialists and their marionettes for several decades i would not overestimate the actual threat if you look at it from a historical perspective it has become subjects for jokes remember the late one

nine hundred fifty s. jokes about the one thousand two hundred fifteen serious cheney's warning so they issued warnings but nothing followed i think they could not have kept silent in their current position and they could not have approved of the maneuvers they had to say something now we're going to say they threaten but nothing specific happened there's been no new bill is ation in north korea the armed forces remain in their current position i think it's just natural for north korea to take this stance but a military that's what it knows i think they're not actually chances off. and i. think it is so i don't think that the united states is interested in any kind of intense on exacerbation of the situation in going to extremes taking into account the fact that they have problems in iraq as well as in afghanistan therefore starting up something new was unlikely at the same time and naturally has concerns just like everyone else just like us like china well.