fire as tall as the trees it was terrifying and they said that it all happened in almost a matter of seconds there was literally nothing people could do the fire spread from the trees to the houses burning them down in seconds people losing everything that they've been accumulating for their entire lives now they don't know what to do how to start over again and this of course is just one of the villages in russia where such a thing such a terrible thing has happened all across the country with the fires ravaging central russia for over a month thousands of people have been left homeless over five hundred injured and over fifty people have already lost their lives because of this terrible fire ravaging central russia i've been born and bred in moscow and i've never seen anything like this of course the people do tend to flare up every summer especially towards the end of the summer and on some occasions you could feel the smell but nothing as apocalyptic and as terrifying as this summer has been and of course the

city especially in the city it's almost impossible to breathe with a level of talks talks like elements in the air above the a lot of the allowed limit quite significantly higher than the a lot of limit and people of course have been finding it very difficult to breathe they are trying to use masks those masks that are widely available to the public and pharmacies are mostly used to prevent people from passing on their respiratory illnesses and flu like viruses so they work at preventing spreading the air that you exhale but they're not actually very good at filtering the only way they do work is if you let them but even then that works for only ten to twenty minutes so it's been very hard on the citizens of moscow. to small these terrible icon bre it makes me itch. you know. conditions. the government.

like you can come to an option there is. it makes my town and its viewers dread. so this is what been affecting russians for the last month it's very difficult breathing is almost impossible people try to do everything they can to avoid being outside to avoid breathing in this toxic air and there has already been help from the international community many countries sending their firefighting equipment and their firemen to help battle this situation right now without any rain or without any change in the winds the situation doesn't look to get better anytime soon as humans are reporting there i mean later this hour here in r.t.e. animal rescue. it seems like the fire was playing a game of cat and mouse with the animal shelter springing on it 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 find out how animal rights activist managed to prevent the 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. sixty five years ago sean thomas reports the city of nagasaki is smaller than the city of hiroshima and so the ceremony was smaller and much more intimate as well but no less important than the time of the bombing about two hundred seventy thousand people lived here in the city seventy thousand of those people died at the moment of the bombing let me give you a little bit of history nagasaki wasn't officially the primary target in fact. the city of kokura japan was supposed to be the target but when scouts realized that there were clouds covering the city they couldn't see the target they moved onto nagasaki which was home of a munitions plant at the time there were clouds over nagasaki as well about eleven or one that there was a break in the clouds they were given the go ahead to drop the bomb. and at that

time eleven o two the bomb exploded in japan that that moment was marked here today with the air raid sirens and bells and a moment of reflection and inward prayer as people stood for a minute in silence and then followed by a declaration of peace one of the main messages that people wanted to get out here today was their hopes but nagasaki is the last city that will ever have to endure a nuclear attack we also heard from the prime minister of japan as well as the governor of the nagasaki prefecture as well as survivors of the atomic bomb explosion in nagasaki at the time we had the opportunity to speak to two of the survivors this is their story. sixty five years ago. he 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 didn't eat piecing sound i thought i had been killed but i encouraged myself not to die 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 my skin was dripping and i had severe burns. eleven year old yoshi kawi was at home with his twin brother just two kilometers from the blast center on that fateful morning. it's eleven o two i saw the force of flights 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. cutting her life that means sixty five years sixty five years so that it true that the. 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 mom as well as the psychological damage of the event. the atomic bomb was extremely cruel america should never have dropped the bombs and human beings on the tests in new mexico been should have. the end of nuclear weapons once the power of these weapons was known but having experienced the raf of the world's most devastating weapon these two survivors have one shared message sit ins. people use the word deterrent but i do not believe that human beings can co-exist with nuclear submarines a reason why the a bombs survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete global nuclear disarmament thomas r.t. nagasaki japan. the us launched atomic bombing of the two japanese cities triggered a nuclear race changing history in the process the soviet union which would become america's cold war rival realize it had to have its own a bomb as

a deterrent to stop a repeat of hiroshima and nagasaki are. reports. and then there were two. on august twenty ninth nine hundred forty nine the soviet union successfully launched first light things it's. taking the cold war to new level. you're not having a bomb the world had changed the nuclear research stored within years the arsenals of the u.s. and soviet russia could have destroyed the world many times over one the u.s.s.r. researched atomic weapons from the early nine hundred forty 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 or even 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 down in southern russia new greater thoughts after that they told me it's to morrow go to the airport when that stand by the statue is stolen people will put you on an airplane i said hold on i haven't had the chance to pack my bags a face said it doesn't matter what you must be. disappointed that every effort at the 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. and their bomb it's no secret that the first soviet bomb was a copycat of the one dropped on hiroshima by the americans are you know. two years later the saudis theft of their own design nuclear well. apparently was achieved.

in the decade until the collapse of the soviet union the peaceful result of both sides let's test it 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 miti either way during the cold war washington and moscow never came into direct conflict and at least in part this is the nuclear parity. moscow and it's unlikely that nuclear weapons will ever be used these days to spy fears in the west that countries like north korea could resort to strike and that's the view. in an expert on south asian affairs in moscow and the full entry is coming up and around twenty minutes time here in r.t. but here's some of what he has to say. to. the north korea has been threatening to

spill shoes of blood and destroy him here and there marion several days 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 we're going to see they threaten but nothing specific companies should there's been the bill is ation in north korea the armed forces remained in their current positions. to india now where attempts to break down the traditional caste system are being met with resistance discrimination based on the system is now illegal but changing mindsets is proving a lot more difficult than simply changing the law party'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 sony 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 turned their noses up at her college 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 eat food made by me their parents consider the food polluted by my touch 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 the it cooks to get schools where the majority of pupils are upper caste hindus many found it too hard to swallow.

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. 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 we moved our child from this government school and take him into private activist said this kind of reaction demonstrates the difficulty in eradicating the caste system discrimination on the basis. of cost is illegal in india but the practice is still entrenched. with the kind of work you do who you

can meet with is largely divided along. a much we know caste people are treated like dirt the upper castes or just about they tell us stay on one side wash the utensils that anything to humiliate test they want just remain low and never rise up. 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 you respect of all who's made the food is a small but important step in the country's journey to bridge social divisions got unseeing are to. now take a look at some other stories from around the world and venezuelan president chavez has urged colombian rebels to give up their hostages saying it would help pave the way for improved relations between the two countries that traverses republic statement and a weekend meeting the meeting between the country's foreign ministers have made

a meeting was the newly inaugurated colombian president possible that's to take place on tuesday and relations between the two neighbors soured last month when colombia's former president accused but as well of giving anti-government rebels or so you haven which led to a severing of diplomatic ties. china's state run news channel says least one hundred twenty seven people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in the west of the country the chinese premier has arrived in the gansu province visiting rescuers searching for the several thousand residents still missing after floodwaters tore through the area it's the latest disaster to hit the country this summer which has seen the worst seasonal flooding in a decade. and coming up here in our t. we'll look at north a serious nature reserve it's renowned for its wildlife but is even more celebrated for its. architectural landmarks they'll miss that in our special report later today here in our. discoveries.

communicate with. test yourself and become free. see what nature can give you. and returning now to one of our top stories about the wildfires raging across russia as flames are destroying vast forests animal activists are desperately trying to save some of the creatures affected and artie's team i think are so quick ports 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 order in the shelter it seems like the fire was playing a game of cat and mouse with animal shelter and spraying on it from different sides and it seemed like the game was almost lost just a couple days ago when the fire was as close as one hundred fifty meters and that of course the dancing flames were almost doubled as quickly dug by a tractor and workers from the animal shelter armed 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 now 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 second waiting around a thousand animals is very difficult almost impossible and you cannot do it quickly special equipment is needed for some species like bears sole they've had little other choice than to fight nature's full fury themselves but with little help from the authorities. and we tried calling the firemen they told us that fire trucks a busy and we have to extinguish the fire sounds like you put in and manpower 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 could now be used for more peaceful purposes timothy crosser archie mosco region.

and seventy nine joins me for the business of dave good morning stephanie now we know global equity markets finished in the red last week so how are they looking now yes i mean it well stocks fell on friday off to data showed a larger than expected drop in july payrolls suggesting a slowdown in economic recovery and then knock on effect has been seen on the asian markets on monday i'll have more market news in just a moment but first roussel has filed a request for russian mind no real cynical to hold a new general shareholder meeting the adam union giant which owns about twenty five percent of neurosurgical is not happy with the results of the miners' annual general meeting that took place on the twenty eighth of june at the meeting resells board representation fell from four people to three this has resulted in a battle for control of neurosurgical with russian conglomerate interests group which also owns a twenty five percent stake or so wants to sell assets including u.s. patent producer stillwater mining and to minimize activities outside of the core

business. russia's first low cost airline sky express is facing the prospect of having its license revoked because of financial problems and a lack of reliability it was supposed to be a pioneer in the new world of low cost travel in russia so will it ever be possible to fly cheaply in russia tachyon your public finds out. this airplane costs about ten dollars or not unfortunately this is the closest truck gets to a low cost airline in this country regular air carriers so even domestic flights at the price of a man of people's monthly salary and russians are craving for the discount is so popular abroad it pounds from liverpool to krakow twenty euros from front for russia's first low cost airlines sky express was meant to be like however it's about raising prices to match the network airlines with out of the reliability or

in flight. constantin to tear down the head of charter airlines red wings says flying low cost is very expensive in russia and the experience of sky express proves it is impossible to repeat the business model off ryan there is a jet wuornos deal which war it's only possible to make a quasi low cost airline was just the budgetary or we will have one or two but he won't be able to have such extreme low tariffs as in europe or the steeds them a constant and says russia offers few opportunities for a carrier to strip out expenses at twenty percent temporary juta on planes and monopolize asked services contribute equally to all russian carriers and the cost is high then most see it is 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 of bilateral agreements between russia and all european and actually all other countries which limits. the number of carriers number of distant nations the. frequencies of flies and number of seats in their. overcome there is. this limitation is. an airline actually maz and a lot of her friends marty. course. during the. spring to. try to resources water rushes aviation rules were created in soviet times airports serve just a couple of planes a day and that is to say the government should reform of the airspace code if it wants to develop cost effective air travel for the general public this could prove

the way for greater competition in the industry and make flying in russia less awful much room for the few. businesses are to. run time now to check out the active markets japanese stocks are lower in monday's trading session with export names once again leading the decline on continued strength in the yen weakness in asian stocks follows it worse than expected u.s. or point of data out on friday suggesting economic recovery is losing traction but chinese stocks a little changed as investors wait for a raft of economic data due out over the next few days that they hope will give an idea of future government policy. has just started trading here in moscow and so far is making gains up more than half a percent follows a disappointing close to russian markets on friday as all prices declined and that weak jobs data from the u.s. caused concern it was his biggest lender bank was among the main losers slipping two percent. amongst other things investors on the russian stock markets will be

closely watching oil and wheat prices at this week alexei's about can head of investment strategy of p.t.b. capital tells us what to expect. this week we will be watching for the market's reaction to the. u.s. economic data the labor markets a disc for july came on the wall and over the expectations the market already sold off a bit in on friday on these news we see what would be useful through falls through . the second big factor ears of the exchange rate dynamics. the significant appreciation of the ruble over the past couple weeks on the expectation 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 and draft and we think that. for the exchange rate appreciation is something the

market the spitting and would like to have a basic speculations about it. so the business user now but i'll be back with more updates for you in about an hour's time and you can always find the stories on our website that's r.t. to slash business.

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the back here with r.t. here's a look at the top stories the crisis sparked by wildfires raging across russia shows little sign of the. over fifty people have already died and hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest have burned down. meanwhile people are fleeing the toxic smoke covered russian capital unable to breathe both in their homes and outside those who stay can get help at special air conditioned smog relief centers . and it's sixty five years since the u.s. dropped a second atomic bomb on japan survivors of the deadly blast in the city of nagasaki are calling for complete global nuclear disarmament. nuclear weapons can't be used to attack these days and can solve any problems either and that's a view of been an expert on south asian affairs in moscow and in an interview with

r t's the tell you explain why he believes the north korean threat is blown out of proportion. even a pretty big north korea had threatened to attack following joint south green u.s. maneuvers. of north korea senshi declares that it is ready to attack any of us those that come to the designated region to take part in the maneuvers well as north korea is so aggressive in its response. or. this falls into the line of be a viewer that is generally considered as aggressive a gentle aggressive stance north korea's been threatening to spittle seas 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 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 the stance but i'm ok so how would it know so i think they're not actually chances off. by yellow do or should. i think it is so i don't think that the united states is interested in any kind of untouched on exacerbation of the situation and going to extremes taking into account the fact that they have problems in iraq as well as an afghanistan that would therefore starting up something new was unlikely at the same time and naturally has concerns just like everyone else just like us.