flown footage of when the fire started it was literally just a wall of 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 and now they don't know what to do and 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. moscow remains under a heavy blanket of smoke coming from the fire of surrounding the city although some response is likely over the next day or two looks set to get worse by the end of the week and

a little later we'll be speaking with going all from the heart of the russian capital as he gives us more details of the environmental conditions that well the japanese city of nagasaki has been a commemorating the victims of the atomic bomb dropped by the u.s. sixty five years ago it was the second nuclear attack against civilians just three days after the first target was devastated as a result more than two hundred thousand people died either in the blasts or due to radiation poisoning representatives from more than thirty countries gathered with survivors to highlight their message to the world that humans are nuclear arsenals cannot co-exist. thomas was at the ceremony. 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 that 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 moment was marked here today with the air raid sirens and bells and a moment of reflection an 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 that 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 stood in 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. 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 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 just as disturbing is the long term effects of that radiation the effect is continuing. cutting her. sixty five years.

so that it true that the. radiation is affecting human bodies for sixty five years . he 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 to drop the bombs and human be 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 that would deterrent but i do not believe that human beings can

co-exist with nuclear submarines a reason why the a bomb survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete global nuclear disarmament sean thomas r.t. nagasaki japan. and to discuss the role of nuclear weapons nowadays we're joined from the u.k. by tony lloyd a labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation hello to you so let's turn our attention to the one country that is currently involved in two wars america america is the only country in the world who has used an atomic bomb against civilian targets do you think they could ever use it again against their current foes perhaps. well i think it's inconceivable that in the type of conflict that the states is involved in now that we see the use of its own. nuclear weapons the encouraging thing is of course is that both the american president obama and russian president medvedev have begun to get in serious talks about

deescalating nuclear tensions and this is the first time really probably for a political generation we've seen that kind of optimism we can if we want to seize the politics of a world without nuclear weapons now that may seem fronts full to some but actually with the political will and with a recognition that there are many security issues that people in different parts of the world face that have to be resolved we can nevertheless begin to take that journey in the courts with the lesson of nagasaki and hiroshima where you lead me to my next point other words nuclear deterrent and nuclear disarmament really significant in the modern world i mean countries with nuclear arsenals are cutting them down as you were saying but the remaining warheads are much stronger than the ones dropped on japan. well that's certainly true and if you look at the the history of the pope's nuclear age the reality really is this is that the world has been looking that we've not mourn you can explode is not. gifted by

the great foresight and intelligence of our collective politicians nuclear accident could take place three even in this this stage now because we know there's so much for sale material so it's only at any point in time we couldn't be certain i can say place and cause the problem perforation not simply to new states we know the concern of the moment for example about your brown or north korea something i think shared across the globe actually may be just as real as the capacity for the terrorist to get hold of nuclear materials and construct but the terrorist nuclear weapon now those are things that ought to make the world way corporate and take very seriously the dangers of nuclear weapons in this area and commits the only thing that will stop the proliferation to all the states or to service which is by getting rid of nuclear weapons and it can be done not overnight but it can be done

if this generation has the political will now moments ago you were mentioned the issue of iran let's let's turn our attention to that do you think that the sanctions against iran's nuclear program also agreed by great britain this june will get the desired result is there another way perhaps. well i think in the end most of it would be horrified at the idea of any movement towards the military engagement with iran we saw the lessons from iraq says this is not a way of resolving the issue but we do have to be serious iran is an awful lot closer for example to russia advances to my own country. within the context of a nuclear armed iran could well set off a chain reaction of attempts to gain nuclear weapons by neighboring countries turkey saudi arabia egypt none of this in the interests of stability in the middle east or stability around the world so we do have to take

a new question very very seriously it will only work frankly if moscow and beijing and washington and london and paris are all singing from the same hymn sheet and saying to the rest of the world please this is your issue as well it's not just one for the nuclear powers it's one for the non-nuclear states because put for asian serves nobody's interest but you're doing one of your speeches that america has much to learn from the u.k. in terms of disarmament what exactly do you mean by that. well britain in recent years has got rid of more weapon system use than i think any any other nuclear nation but the reality i think is this is that in the world as of now the serious talks of got a place between moscow and washington that's got to be the starting point because although there are many of the nuclear states now we're not just china britain france but also india pakistan israel all of those may be in the development

process nevertheless the the the the levels of nuclear weaponry in russia and in the united states so much dominate the nuclear equation that it's really getting those washington moscow talks going with a very firm base is in everybody's interests and that's why i do take heart by the steps recent i know there's been a little hiccup in recent days but the general trend between present there for president obama has been significant and real but we've got to capitalize on the mend and make sure that countries like my own are so and yes we want to come to that that disarmament sable we do look to the united states we do look to russia to make sure there is a table for us to all sit down at or either tony lloyd labor m.p. chair of all party group on global security and nonproliferation thank you very.

well back to our top story now moscow remains under heavy blanket of smoke coming from the fires surrounding the city although some are spite is likely over the next day or two the small block set to get worse by the end of the week it was going off in the heart of the smoke choked russian capital. while at the moment it does seem all that the situation is improving just alright albeit the wind is picking up just a little bit compared to just a few hours ago when it was impossible almost to see the kremlin which is this right there several are. one hundred metres away and now as you've just said i'm in the very heart of the capital which is one of the main tourist attractions the money is in a square of people usually take photos of the kremlin so this was hardly possible just a few hours ago but i can tell you it's still very hard to believe that without a gas mask i have my own one right here but despite them asking why are you guys are still aging and still watering and this heat is not making it any easier the

environmentalist are saying that currently the air in moscow is so polluted that reading it just for a few hours is equal to smoking two packs of cigarettes they strongly advise people to stay inside to shut the windows to drink as much water as possible because these conditions are especially difficult for the elderly and for people with heart and lung problems and in fact doctors are seeing that the death toll in at hospitals across the city has now doubled and they see that that's because of the pollution authorities have organized several so-called small centers across the capital where water and gas masks are being distributed but in fact there are also reports that pharmacies are mainly for mrs across the city are sold out of medical masks but what i would like to tell our viewers who are in moscow now is that i've been told these medical masks are really of no use in these conditions what you need is

a mask like this one which has an opening equipped with a filter that may be useful and that kind of makes it a little bit easier to withstand these conditions but lots of people are trying to leave the capital going to wherever is wherever place without the smog and without the small and without the pollution and of course those who are in the capital at the moment are you concerned about the situation let's listen to what some of them had to say. i wish you were. the smallest terrible i can breathe it makes my eyes each and nothing helps no matter what i do with it where masks were true from school with the windows. which for a lot of people shouldn't work in such conditions the government must send them. gives like you. very stylish engineer it makes my throat sore and he feels dreadful

weather forecasts to predict a change in winds perhaps on tuesday or on wednesday and a little bit of cooling in temperatures perhaps even a little bit of rain because moscow is currently praying for a change in weather so perhaps moscow wyatt's will get a little bit of an easy from these conditions but the forecast also say that this small is expected to return by the end of the week while the situation in moscow region is almost as bad as in the capital itself but environmentalists say that in large cities even more speakers this the small is mixed with the fumes and that it is even more well formed for for being environment and for for health seventeen regions in russia have been affected by the fire so basically you have to choose where you need to go there are reports that it is a little bit better but not not closer than three hundred kilometers to the north pole moscow before stands seen petersburg should be all right but that family it's

also been affected by the smog for one or two days during the weekends now apparently it's a little bit better i've been to the far east the last week that's over a thousand kilometers away from moscow there's no small there so that's a good place to go but it is a very very long trip and a very expensive trip to take so i would advise people to just really examine the places where they should go and st petersburg i guess is one of the best locations at the moment. just turning twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you with r.t. and attempts to break down the caste system in india are being resisted by many while discrimination is illegal and changing an ingrained mindset is more difficult than simply changing the law one school is experiencing this struggle as charan singh reports. it's a problem that's been simmering but now so 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 turned their noses up at college many creations because she's a ballot or untouchable in traditional hindu society on the upper caste books. community means that even now in some upper class children don't want to eat food made by me their parents consider the food polluted by my time church 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 it hard to swallow.

the media a meal can entice poor parents to send their children to school because 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. 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 at what we are up with caste 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 a party 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 rural areas where the kind of work you do who you

can meet with is largely divided along gas lines how can they play much larger we asked 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 to go and never rise up. the government says legal action will be taken against villagers who are poor cooks in schools the earlier this is done the better after all this attempt to get children of all castes to eat together irrespective of 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. but not. next is the latest business news with kareena mallika. it's twenty two past five pm here in moscow hello welcome to our business program with me cleaning out can but have you with us wes's grain harvest is expected to

fall thirty percent this year compared to what it was in two thousand and nine meanwhile global markets are still concerned about russia's decision to temporarily banned grain exports and a source close to the matter says the terms of the ban could be revised in october . and for more i'm joined by live to give our russian c.i.s. analyst at i.h.s. global insight thank you for joining the program so what could be the side effects of this ban for russia. well the most important scientific to highlight is to reputation. the ban came off to do reassurance from the russian government that there will be no such embargo and then putin unexpectedly announced the export ban this means that russia that had been working hard for the past ten years to cause a nation of fifteen percent in the world market will suffer a reputation old. and do you think the that the terms of the export ban should be

revised somehow i think they should and i think prime minister hugo chavez has already indicated that there will be such review after the harvest is collected and it's probably sometime in the beginning or meet october and i think they would have to look hard into facts and see if really russia needs this export ban and possibly they can cut it short rather than have the present terms set until the thirty first is. now kazakhstan says it's not excluding the possibility to supply russia with grain in order to help it meet its export commitments now does kazakhstan have enough opportunities to help russia with export or will russia need additional support. well there are two questions first of all does cause us done have enough resources they themselves have suffered from drought so they have

projected that there will be some something between thirty to forty to forty percent drop in their harvest. which means that their export potential will suffer as well this means that they're not really likely to provide large volumes to russia on the other hand russia may not need to cause our wheat because with the current level of harvest projected harvest is quite likely to russia will break even and we grain and the mystic the month will be satisfied. thank you very much for your opinion and that was learned from global insight. the russian markets again ing in the evening session on monday with energy majors leading on both of hydro the top performing blue chip on the my six may kill is gaining on the r.t.s. up three percent banks are also high would be to be more than one percent higher.

european shares are also higher head of a key policy statement from the u.s. federal reserve mining firms and oil and gas producers leaving a broad based advance. saw and total of between one point three and two percent for john b.p. again two percent after it said cementing procedures on the leaking well in the gulf of mexico have been successful to travelers leading over three and a half percent on the footsie and siemens is little leader on the dax up two point eight percent. internet advertising in russia has increased thirty three percent of the first half of two thousand and ten year on year that's the fastest growing among growth among all the sectors of the country's advertising industry now the market is a whole group tell percent with growth picking up pace in the second quarter experts say if the dynamics keep up annual growth of the russian advertising market could be higher than earlier forecast. and microsoft is expanding its supporting

program for russian startup companies each company will get several million dollars earlier microsoft announced it plans to invest more than three hundred and thirty million dollars in russia over the next three years and for the first time because the corporation is ready to invest into start up companies directly before it just supplied them with free software. and news from a tourist industry the hotel rooms in moscow or empty and it's not just because of the heat and smog according to a survey by a real estate company knight frank the average annual lock up the average annual occupancy in moscow is slightly more than fifty eight percent the sector did grow three percent somewhat but the figure is much lower than in most european countries however average hotel prices are among the highest one night in a typical moscow hotel will cost you up to three hundred dollars while in paris he would pay just two hundred and thirty dollars. and sold the update for now i'll

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is the hour here in moscow you are with all you have. just no end in sight to the uphill battle against the wildfires ravaging russia as they destroyed lives and homes often leaving the charred ruins of a villages in their wake. hundreds smoke from the fires is strangling moscow driving residents out of the capital and doubling the normal daily death rate. plus the survivors please sixty five years since the us dropped an atomic bomb on. those who escaped with their lives in the world to ensure no other place the same fate as the city. when next we travel to the caucuses to explore the beauty of the north a study in national nature reserve it's in our special report coming up right now

stay with us. among the snowy peaks. of the greater caucasian mountain range the republic of north. high in the mountains where ventura. lives on untouched. the habitat. is closely here. from the top of the rivers rushing to hundreds of streams which turn into endless waterfalls. attracts many rock. they can make their own roof among the rocks and mountain tops up to four thousand.

in spring time the weather here can change several times and it. is slowly coming to life. the first flowers to welcome the warmth of spring. lurk in last year's grass. the alligator gorge river is the reserves main. water is only just beginning to flood its wide. in early spring people use the river to get to the rocky range. is situated tributary of the larger river nature reserve staff who learned about its existence by chance. with. its existence for ten years.