didn't want to go on camera but he showed us mobile phone 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 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. reporting that people have been cutting down trees in an effort to stop the flames spreading to towns and villages president has called this

a necessity to save lives although forest felling without permission is normally illegal more than four thousand volunteers are helping firefighters tackle the blazes the smoke from the wildfires is making it difficult to breathe in many cities and salties it was from the reports. at the moment it does seem like the situation is improving just a little bit 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 just right there are several hundred meters away but i can tell you it's still very hard to breathe without a gas mask i have my own one right here but despite the mask my henri eyes 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 small thing 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 missy's across the city are sold out of medical masks but 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 flee the capital going to wherever is wherever place without the smog and without

the small there without this pollution and of course those four in the capital at the moment of the concern about the situation let's listen to what some of them had to say. when the smog is terrible icon green it makes my eyes each and nothing helps no matter what we do with everywhere masks were cute went through things over the windows. which for a lot of people shouldn't work in such conditions the government must send them. gigs like you. there is station here it makes my town sore and his feel is dreadful weather forecast to predict a change in wind 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 but the forecast also say that the smog is expected to return by the end of the week the situation in moscow region is almost as bad as in the

capital itself but environmentalists say that in large cities are doing more speakers this the small is mixed with the fumes and that it is even more harmful for the environment and for your 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 of moscow before stands seen petersburg should be all right but barely it's also been affected by the smog for one or two days during the weekends and now apparently it's a little bit better. it was. reporting that later this hour we've got more to come on the russian blazes wildlife and wild fire look at how animal lovers in the moscow region trying to save the ones from the approaching flames.

the japanese city has been commemorating the victims of the atomic bomb dropped by the united states sixty five years ago it was the second nuclear attack against civilians just three days after the first target hiroshima was devastated as a result of the bombing and smoldering 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 and 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 and to 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 on to 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 air raid sirens and bells and a moment of reflection and word 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. 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 shoulder my skin was dripping off 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 have. 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 is sixty five years sixty five years so that it true that the. radiation is affecting human bodies for sixty five years so we tara taniguchi 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 should have be. 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 you know. people use the word deterrent but i do not believe that human beings can co-exist with nuclear. a reason why a bomb survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete

global nuclear disarmament sean thomas r t nagasaki japan. and tony lloyd labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation says that there is still the nuclear threat from such countries as iran and north korea but military action against them is not the answer we know the concern for example about your brown or north korea something i think shared across the globe in the end most of it would be horrified at the idea. that with the round 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 than since to my own country we are in the. nuclear armed iran could well set off a chain reaction of sense 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 this in rein in 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 same 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 political ration serves nobody's interest. coming up for you in just a few minutes time birthright controversy india's untouchables are reigniting a debate over discrimination those of a higher caste refused to give up age old traditions despite government prohibitions. ok let's go to some other news making headlines around the world now and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu defended his country's actions as an internal inquiry into the gaza flotilla incident he also criticized turkey saying

it had been seeking a confrontation the inquiry is looking at the lead up to the storming by commandos of the guards abound aid ship netanyahu said he was in the u.s. at the time which is why the defense minister ehud barak was in charge of the operation iraqi is expected to testify at the inquiry on tuesday. rescue workers are looking for over one thousand three hundred left missing after flooding in northwestern china buildings have been destroyed and entire villages left underwater in gansu province chinese premier when job bowed joined rescue efforts to save families still trapped under the rubble landslides triggered by the heavy rain have killed at least one hundred and thirty seven. all right back to our top story now as a wildfire spread across a large swath of russia threatening to destroy everything in their path the need to save those who can't help themselves has prompted a special community effort. found out. against time.

everyone from the animals who can help is helping do anything possible to keep the wall or in this case the fire from the door because behind it liber 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 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 hot on the shoes will melt 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 so 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 ourselves like you can put in and manpower the firemen say there's only so much they can do we're working double shifts additional shifts people shouldn't be insulted i have to fire trucks and provide

help where it's needed there's 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 across the archie moscow region. attempts to break down the caste system in india are being resisted by many while discrimination is illegal changing an ingrained mindset is more difficult than simply changing the law one school is experiencing this struggle as artie's charan singh explains. 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 john import here to prepare the government funded midday meal but despite sony's best intentions some of the students turn their noses up at many creations because she's a doll it or untouchable in traditional hindu society only upper caste cooks.

community minos and 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 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 but him on and 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 take him into private activist said this kind of reaction demonstrates the difficulty in eradicating the caste system discrimination on the basis. of caste is illegal in india but the practice is still entrenched in rural areas where the kind of work you do and who you can eat with is largely divided along lines are then a much larger 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 surround main low 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 unseeing r.t. . or whole career is here now with all the business news so we hear that prices for fans and air conditioners have sort of with this record breaking ranks right gloria and that prompted the anti monopoly service to launch an investigation to find out why this is happening and details coming to you after a short break. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers.

every month we give you the future we hope you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us. on our jeep. business. have you with us microsoft is expanding its supporting program for russian startup companies each company will get several million dollars to microsoft the now plans to invest more than three hundred thirty million dollars in russia over the next three years for the first time the corporation is ready to invest to start up companies directly for just supplying them with free software. taking a look at the markets now the russian markets finished the day in the black with

the r.t.s. point seven percent on the rise it's gaining slightly over sent. me with a top performer. one of the huff percent. was the top when all the r.t.s. with the sat. let's cross over to europe i want gets a rising up to jell going to exports reached the highest level since the late two thousand and eight and indication that the economy is slowly recovering oil and energy majors are leading with show. up between one point three two point two percent oil giant b.p. gain two percent after it said cementing procedures well in the gulf of mexico have been successful to travel is leaving over three and a half percent siemens is. up two point eight. that. out of the u.s. stocks are all of the rise follow european gains as investors a wage but will reserve report the market is getting a lift from some upbeat company news as well as with mcdonald's reporting strong

july sales. were just first low cost airlines 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 air travel in russia so it would ever be possible to fly cheap in russia and what it called exactly. 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 domestic 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 a crack of twenty euros from front for it russians first low cost airlines sky express was meant to be like that however it and that are praising prices to match the network airlines but without the reliability or in-flight service constantin to

tear down the head of charter airlines redwing 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. 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 extremely low tariffs isn't europe where the steeds constant and says russia offers few opportunities for a carrier to strip out expenses at twenty percent temperate 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 really 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 all other countries which limits. the number of carriers number of just a nation of. frequencies of flies number of seats in their growth over crowding there is. this limitation is. an airline actually mas and a lot of her friends marty. course care is. doing their best to avoid spreading tomorrow. or for 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 of the airspace code if it wants to develop cost effective and travel for the general public this could pave

the way for grid to competition in the industry and make flying in russia less awful much of the u. that's in the political business r.t. . and sales of new cars in russia have grown nine percent of the first seven months of the year compared to the same period in two thousand and nine the association of european businesses says nine of the ten best selling cars in the country are settled in russia solar's is number one among russian based producers with sales up to thirty four percent after basel boosted sales by twenty eight percent and took second place gas group comes third however analysts expect a decline in the growth of sales in august and september to two holidays in many russian plants. and one thousand consecutive heat records have been set so far this summer in moscow this in turn caused another wave of records prices for fans and air conditioners have soared and this is prompted the n.t. monopoly service to launch an investigation to find out why the watchdog will

examine whether or not companies artificially created supply shortages for these items prices for plans have jumped six fold and air conditioners have also experienced price hikes overall the increased use of electric appliances in moscow has seen a nine percent jump in energy consumption in july. and that's all the stories for this hour i'll be back with more in about fifteen minutes from now when it.

culture is that so much i was about to fade in those eyes in a moment to give it real and be right with the big bang experiments conducted by the large hadron collider is seen by many as a scientific breakthrough others see it. in india g.'s available in the grand central shirts and the taj mahal. torch president but short of fame which results none of beatriz own public close. touch mahal hotel charges some rent hotel to hotel close up in the radio the leader of the g.o.p. hotels church in new delhi who took the most babyhood tones during collection ramona plaza the maiden's hotel. pagosa reticent shift it was promised but they promised.

it is seven thirty pm here in moscow you're with oughts here that's got your headlines now and there's no end in sight to the uphill battle against the wildfires ravaging russia as they destroyed lives on homes often leaving the challah ruins of. entire villages in their wake. and pungent 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 like a sucky those who are skate with their lives called on the world to ensure that no other place suffers the same fate as their city. ok my colleague bill dog will be here in about half an hour's time but for the meanwhile how dangerous really is the large hadron collider bell's guests on cross-talk are sharing some quite

apocalyptic theories stay with us for the discussion show that's coming up next. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. and. alone and welcome to crossfire 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 it's day. can.

you discuss and explain the meaning of the l h c i'm joined by neil anetta 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 crossed the auto rustler he's a professor of theoretical biochemistry at the university of tuning in and another member of our crosstalk 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 and 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 nanoseconds after the big bang whole universe was in a very plain.