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 and 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 where the fires are 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. for days now. cools the. fires has been hanging over many cities in moscow the death rate is double the average for this time of year you could if you can offer is in the center of the capital close to the kremlin. where i'm standing now this is the my new national square which is one of the main tourist attractions in moscow it's usually people take pictures of the kremlin says this is one of the most ideal places the now it's hard to see the

kremlin because the small bit is so thick it's hard to breathe without a mask i can snag and i have my own mask right here but despite the fact that i do read through it when i'm not tweeting the report my eyes are still watering they are still very h e n in fact officials say that the levels of carbon dioxide in the hair grow double the warm and they have by everybody to see inside to drink as much water as possible and to hold some of themselves down because the sea is also quite intense it's around thirty degrees celsius that the moment which makes it even more difficult to grieve for everybody for me in the city people are of course be consumed about the situation the authorities have organized these so-called small centers across the sea water and. get it out there with a force that pharmacies many pharmacies across the sea are sold out of medical masks because people think that may be useful in these conditions but in fact i've

been told that these medical masks are really of no use in these conditions and what you need and i want to show our viewers clearly in russia you would need these types of mass to travel an opening here and we have a filter which filters the air that you breathe and lots of people are trying to leave the capital to small free regions however the fact that seventeen regions are affected by the fires and also infiltrated by this small that is for me too difficult to leave the city that's why the locals here in moscow are very concerned about the situation us listen to what some of them had to say. the smoggiest terrible icon three it makes me always each which. people shouldn't work in such conditions the government. must send him. a few days like you. do stationed here it makes my town sore and his feel is dreadful moskowitz now are praying for

a change in the weather for some rain and a change of wind to blow the smog away from the city but unfortunately weather forecasts truly call for a little hope saying that the speech is likely to stay and that the wind of change can happen not sooner then only in a couple of days meaning that the small may start dissolving all me in a couple of days and besides the fact that people are forced to wear masks and some are forced to flee the city looking for some relief from smaug areas environmentalist are already naming some other extreme consequences which may be brought by this disaster. serious trouble he is related to a nuclear power plants because because of what he and the forest fires some of the nuclear power plants has been shut down the last to be actually according to the child or information be expanding more shutting down the free outdoors. at least

five nuclear plants across russia and the other problem is a. forest fire so radio approach the. forest service going to be needed for a day of people after chernobyl and this is actually a big threat of spreading right to t.v. to round up their own the country well these are definitely some top level consequences not only for smaug or gas masks we're talking about radioactivity which may be spread across russia because of these fires but hopefully that will not happen we will see a change in weather and unfortunately i want to see this again so for weather forecasts call for little for. do you go to prison off there reporting from just outside the kremlin and led to the come this hour here on r.t. 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 and it seemed like the game was almost lost just a couple days ago when the fire was as close as one hundred fifty metres in the

forest to find out how workers at a wildlife sanctuary managed to prevent a tragedy that's in about ten minutes time right here on. the japanese city of has remembered those killed by the second atomic bomb dropped by the u.s. sixty five years ago sean thomas has more on this story. 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 he 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. 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 do 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. my left arm and shoulder my skin was dripping and i had severe. eleven year old yoshi kawi 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 drove 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 just as disturbing is the long term effects of that radiation the effect is continuing. cutting her. that means 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 bomb 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 should have. 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. people use the word deterrent but i do not believe that human beings can co-exist with nuclear. 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. nuclear weapons are unlikely to be used any time soon despite fears

in the west about countries like north korea well that's the view of. an expert on south asian affairs in moscow the full interview is coming your way next hour here on but here's a sneak preview. careers bill threatening to spill she's a blood and destroy imperialists and their marionettes over several decades i would not overestimate the actual threat if we 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 company should there's been no liberalization in north korea the armed forces are mean to their current positions. turning our attention now to india 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 charan singh visited a school in eastern india to see how the problem affects the people there. it's a problem that's been simmering but now suddenly 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 but many creations because she's a doll it or untouchable in traditional hindu society only upper caste cooks a lot of community minos and even now in some upper caste children don't want to eat food made 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 me every working day in the largest school lunch program in the world but when the education ministry decided to send it cooks to get it schools where the majority of pupils are upper caste hindus many found that 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 cost people and have removed their children from here and also threaten us as well. need to sing family a member of the upper caste raj board community they refused to allow their ten year old son for money and to continue studying in a school which they felt didn't respect their customs and pulled him out immediately. but we are apricots 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 picked

him into part 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 in areas where the kind of work you do and who you can eat with is largely divided along lines. and we know caste 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 us they want just remain low and never rise up. the government says legal action will be taken against villagers who are poor. the earlier this is done the better after all this attempt to get children of all costs to eat together it respectable who's made the food is a small but important step in the country's journey to bridge social divisions got

and seeing r.t. . ok now let's turn our attention to an air show stunt that went badly wrong and belarus what was supposed to be an enjoyable day watching the aerial acrobatics turn fatal in a matter of seconds just the other ones killed when his helicopter smashed into the ground after trying to do a loop the loop witnesses say he didn't have enough height as he came. and in some other news making headlines around the world and south korean officials say northern neighbor has fired artillery shells into the yellow sea near the two countries disputed maritime border shelling came south was wrapping up military exercises that had been conducting near the border for the past five days north korean state media had previously said south korea's maneuvers were an attempt to provoke a military conflict. controversial muslim cleric abu bakar bashir has been arrested in indonesia for his alleged ties to

a recently discovered terrorist group police believe the group was planning numerous attacks including the assassination of the country's president the cleric is considered by some as the spiritual leader of another group. jemaah islamiah which was behind the deadly bali bombings eight years ago. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the country's military did not violate international law by storming the gaza found a particular in may the comments were made during his testimony given to the panel investigating the deadly raid and the internal inquiry into the highly controversial attack which left nine turkish activists dead was set up under considerable international pressure the defense minister and the army chief were also to give evidence later this week. well coming up we look at north says here's a nature reserve it's renowned for its wildlife but is even more celebrated for its ancient architectural landmarks don't miss that in our special report on the way in two hours time. discovering.

communicate with. ask yourself and become free. see what nature can give you on. returning to our top story now here on our tell you all about the wildfires raging across russia as flames are destroying vast forests animal activists are desperate to try and save some of the creatures affected. my fake reports from an animal shelter just outside moscow a recent gainst time. everyone from the animal shelter who can help is helping do anything possible to keep the wolf or in this case the fire from the door because behind that little 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 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 as close as one hundred fifty meters and that of course the dancing flames were only stopped by this ditch quickly dug by 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 hot on issues will nail 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 that fire trucks have 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 it 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 cross or archie mosco region.

ok let's let's catch up now with the latest business news a career is now his career now with wildfires small record heat and we hear it's not just the people the animals in the plans that are suffering but also some of the industries of its own with the news about a russian's car john after all that's right laurie well the company suspended production for a week in august due to a normal heat in the some are region where the plant is actually situated now more of that in a moment but first the us now though is in talks to buy a major stake in the u.k. high tech group plastic logic if a deal is reached the russian state owned corporation will take a controlling stake of a company which has pioneered the development of low cost computer chips made from plastic recently chinese government also looked into investing in plastic logic but the two sides failed to reach agreement inventive said last year that russia would spend ten point six billion dollars on not technology by two thousand and fifteen

and microsoft is expanding its supporting program for russian startup companies now each company will get several million dollars earlier microsoft announced its plans to invest more than three hundred thirty million dollars in russia over the next three years and for the first time the corporation is ready to invest into startup companies directly before it just supplied them with free software. and rushes off to vaas resume production on monday the company suspended production for we can always do to normal heat in the sim our region after vos has seen a sixty percent boost in sales for july year on year as the car giant continues to benefit from a state sponsored cash for clunkers program and continued economic recovery. now 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 reliable reliability it was supposed to be

a pioneer in the new world of low cost air travel in russia so will it ever be possible to fly cheaply in russia it's not because of finds out. this airplane costs about ten dollars an hour unfortunately this is the closest trust funds can get to a low cost airline in this country regular air carriers so even the messick flights at the price of many people's monthly salary and russians are craving for the discounters so popular abroad eight pounds from liverpool to crack of twenty euros from all slow to front for it russia's first low cost airlines sky express was meant to be like that however it's and that up raising prices to match the network airlines but without the reliability or in-flight service consenting to tear down the head of charter airlines red wings says flying low cost is very expensive in russia and the experience of 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 a budget carrier who will have one or two but he won't be able to have such extremely low tariffs as in europe or the states constance in 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 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 a worry strictly regulated system or by a lateral agreements between russia and all european and all other countries which limits. the number of carriers number of destinations of.

frequencies of flies number of seats in their approach all across. this limitation is. an airline actually maz and a lot of her friends marty. care is. doing their best to avoid sparing tomorrow try or approach the resources whatever russia's aviation rules were created in soviet times when some airports serve just a couple of planes a day and that is to say the government should reform the airspace code if it wants to develop cost effective air travel for the general public this could pave the way for greater competition in the industry and make flying in russia less awful much for the few. business r.t. . taking a look at the markets now the russian markets are going gaining on monday with both

the artist realize it's more than one percent higher south energy names are leading the gains were those hydra the top performing blue chip on my six noisemaker is the leading is leading on the r.t.s. up to a half percent values are also higher with reverend both more than one percent in the black and in europe shares are also higher on monday with mining for i was an oil and gas producer is leading a broad based advance or giant b.p. game two percent up for it said cementing procedures on the leaking well in the gulf of mexico had been successful siemens is leading on the dax up two and a half to two point seven percent. and news from the tourism industry half of the hotel rooms in moscow are empty and it's not just because of the heat and smog according to a survey by real estate company knight frank average can see in moscow is slightly more than fifty eight percent the sector did grow three say three percent this summer but the figure is much lower than in most european countries have averaged

over a prize among the highest one night in a typical moscow hotel will cost to up to three hundred dollars while in paris good pay just two hundred thirty dollars. that's all the business news i have for you this hour with other back in less than thirty minutes now with another update.

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it is three in the off to noon here in moscow you with all its heat let's get to your headlines now on the crisis spotted by wildfires raging across russia show. a little sign of easing 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 with many suffering breathing difficulties both in their homes and outside the number of deaths in moscow has doubled since the record heat and smoke seized the city. and its sixty five years since the u.s. dropped a second atomic bomb on japan survivors of the deadly blast in the city of calling for complete global disarmament. all right now it's time to get out of the theories the conspiracy is all about the collider in switzerland it's crosstalk with people

enjoy. if you can. stand. alone and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the great quest for what is called the god particle the big bang experiments conducted by the enormously ambitious and expensive large hadron collider is seen by many is a scientific breakthrough others say differently the safety of humanity and the earth maybe its day. can.

you discuss and explain the meaning of the l.h. the i'm joined by neil on the swami in london he's the author of the edge of physics and a consultant for the new scientist also in london we have jordan nash he's the head of the high energy physics research group at imperial college and in stuttgart we cross to otto rustler he's a professor of theoretical biochemistry at the university of tuning in and another member of our crossfire team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want first of all jordan i'd like to go to you i didn't do very well in high school physics ok and when i'm told the project the great collider can reproduce the nano second after the big bang how can you explain that to me why is that important and what it what does it mean and how can it change our life. well the first few.