a fire as tall as the trees it was terrifying and they said that all happened in almost a matter of seconds there was. 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. people have been cutting down trees in an effort to stop the flames spreading to towns and villages. in the city to save lives although forced funding without permission is normally illegal more than four thousand volunteers are helping. blazes the smoke from the wildfires is make it difficult to

breathe in many cities. now 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 just a few hours ago when it was impossible almost to see the kremlin which is right there are several hundred meters away but i can tell you it's still very hard to leave. my own one here but despite the mask my. watering and this heat is not making it any easier the environmental. is so polluted that reading it just for a few. small two packs of cigarettes be 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 long problems in fact doctors are seeing that the. 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 and many form a season 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 are very concerned about this situation let's listen to what some of them had to say. the smog is terrible icon three it makes my eyes each and

nothing helps no matter what we do with it where masks were could whip through things over the windows. which were people shouldn't work in such conditions the government must send them. gives like you. there is stash engineer it makes my throat sore and his view is 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 but the forecast also say that this small 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 it's even more so because this the small is mixed with the fumes and that is using them warm. one

fault for being environment and four for health seventeen regions in russia have been effected by the fire so be steve 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 forced the scene commuters group should be all right but apparently it's also been affected by the small for one or two days during the weekends and now apparently it's a little bit better. and. we've got more on the russian blazes for you but look at how animal lovers in the moscow region try to save them from the approaching flames. because all the news now the japanese city of nagasaki has been 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 hiroshima was devastated as a result of the bombings hundred thousand people died either in the blasts or due

to radiation poisoning presenters from the thirty countries gathered with survivors to highlight the message to the world that humans. can't exist. he. 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 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 the 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 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 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 those survivors this is their story. sixty five years ago. 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 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 a good time while crossing the river we were drawn to a woman who was walking with what looked like a wide belt or cloth trailing behind her but when we took a closer look it was her intestines coming out of her stomach there was nothing we

could do. this is the hyper center of the bomb which means sixty five years ago it exploded five hundred meters above this exact spot and the people who suffered that horrific event well their stories are truly amazing but what they didn't know back then and just as disturbing is the long term effects of that radiation the effect is continuing. that sixty five years. or so that are true that. radiation is affecting human bodies for sixty five years. has had continuous surgeries throughout his life to remove tumors on his back caused by the radiation now he declares that the war did not end in one thousand nine hundred five but rather the effects continue to this day and even though a car we 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 the test in new mexico should have been the end of nuclear weapons once the power of these weapons was known but having experienced the wrath of the world's most devastating weapon these two survivors have one shared message. saying 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 nagasaki japan. and tony lloyd a labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation says the world's nuclear powers should follow the example of moscow and washington and negotiate disarmament. britain in recent years has got rid of more weapon system

than i think and the and the 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 and 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 but 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 the country and yes we want to come to the disarmament sable we do look to the united states we do to make sure there is a table for us to all sit down at. welcome to you live from the russian capital coming up in a few minutes from now. control the city is called on to talk troubles a rig not to go to discrimination those of a high cost refused to give up age old traditions despite government which. while not of some other world news in brief at this stage of the day israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu defended his country's actions of internal inquiry into the. incident he also criticized turkey's saying it been seeking a confrontation the inquiry is looking at the lead up to the storming by commanders of the cause about a chip there's no who said he was in the u.s. at the time which is why the defense minister of iraq was in charge of the

operation in iraq is expected to testify at the inquiry on tuesday. rescuers are searching for over one thousand three hundred people missing after flooding in northwestern china buildings have been destroyed villages left underwater in gansu province the chinese premier wen jiabao joined rescue efforts to save families still trapped under the rubble slides triggered by the heavy rain have killed at least one hundred thirty seven. where flooding has affected thirteen million people will say the number exceeds the combined total of those affected by the two thousand and four indian ocean tsunami the kashmir earthquake the year after and this year's haiti earthquake pakistan's northwest and provinces the hardest hit are being evacuated from their homes as the floodwaters. were now back to our top story this hour an artsy. as well as they spread across a large swathe of russia threatening to destroy everything in that path the need to

save those who can't help themselves has prompted a special community effort. a race against time but i doubt everyone from the animal shelter who can help out is helping do anything possible to keep the wolf or in this case the fire from the door because behind it live a thousand different animals with no escape. each has its own story this monkey was no longer wanted because he has diabetes each day he needs two shots of medication and gives back a little thank you for the care. however his and his friend's new home is in jeopardy oh flames are threatening to overrun the shelter it seems like the fire was playing a game of cat and mouse with animal shelter and spring on it from different sides and it seemed like the game was almost lost just a couple days ago when the fire was called us one hundred fifty meters and that

forced the dancing flames were almost doubled as 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 opening to it so halt a shoes when they will sing for almost a week employees from the animal shelter how wild 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 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 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 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 is no threat now for the villages animal shelter or anyone else the fires are under control this means more of the water can now be used for more peaceful purposes timothy crosser r t moscow region. attempts to break down the caste system in india being resisted by many well discrimination is a legal changing an ingrained mindset is more difficult than simply changing the law one school is experiencing the struggle as karen singh now reports. it's a problem that's been simmering but now so many davey sees it's fast reaching boiling point she's a newly appointed cook in this primary school and johnny board here to prepare the government funded midday meal but despite sony's best intentions some of the students turn their noses up many creations because she's

a doll it or untouchable in traditional hindu society only upper caste cooks a lot of community minos but even now in some upper class children don't want to trued me by me their parents consider the food polluted by my time 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 asked him lose many found that hard to swallow at. 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 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. after 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 you know radek it in 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 who you can eat with is largely divided along class lines. and when much has 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 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 god and seeing r.t. but. will be back with another update of our top stories this hour in just a few minutes for you that'll be after the business news with kareena stay with us for that. hello and welcome to our business program good to have you with us russia's agriculture ministry has cut its forecast of grain harvest for this year to sixty sixty five million tons that's wrong thirty percent lower than in two thousand and nine and as prime minister to report it says the battle for russia's grain exports

won't be lifted anytime so. even with the harvest apparently we will cover our domestic needs in food this year the question is what the country will have next two years we don't know what the harvest will be and we don't know what we will carry out this year we will review our decision to ban grain imports into only in line with what. the problem is that we are not able to seed winter crops because of the heat so lifting the band weren't happy. and the russian markets finished monday in the black with the r.t.s. getting point seven percent on the my six getting slightly over a percent hydro gazprom and the t.v. one of the top performers on them isaac's gaining over what i have said. was the top where all the r.t.s. over three percent. were just first low cost airlines sky express is facing the prospect of having its license revoked because of financial problems and lack of

reliability 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 change in russia the topic or find out. this airplane costs about ten dollars 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 crack of twenty euros from front for russia's low cost airlines sky express was meant to be like that however and about raising 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 or is it. wuornos deal would need their own war it's only possible to make a quasi low cost airline was just the budgetary or will have one or two but he won't be able to have such extreme tariffs as in europe or the speeds constance and says russia offers few opportunities for a carrier to strip out expenses at twenty percent tempered you down planes and monopolize ass services contribute equally to all russian carriers on the cost is high then most cities just don't have second half was which are widely used by discount as in other countries and it's equally difficult for foreign low cost carriers to operate here mainly because of legislation it's were strictly regulated system 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 number of seats in there. all across. these limitations. an airline actually maz and a lot of her friends marty. course care is. doing their best to avoid spraying tomorrow try there 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 the airspace code if it wants to develop cost effective and travel for the general public this good preview we feel greeted competition in the industry and make flying in russia less awful much of the few that still a political business r.t. . from aviation to automobile sales of new cars in russia have grown nine percent

in the first seven months of the year compared to the same period in two thousand and nine this o.c.a. sion of european businesses says ny of the ten best selling cars in the country are some bold in russia solar's is number one among russia based producers with sales up to thirty four percent after hours has boosted sales by twenty percent took second place gas group comes third however analysts expect a decline in the growth of sales in august and september due to holidays and many russian plants. nineteen consecutive heat records have been set so far this summer in moscow this in turn cause another wave of records prices for fans and air conditioners have soared and this has 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 in. prices for six for 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. now internet advertising in russia has increased thirty three percent in the first half of two thousand and ten year on year that's the fastest growing among all the sectors of the country's advertising industry the market as a whole group ten 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. for the business use but you can always find most stories on our website that's r t dot com slash this. the.

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why he believes the north korean threat is blown out of proportion. north korea said it was prepared to give a military response over the south korean and u.s. naval exercises in the yellow sea why do you think the reaction was so aggressive. this fall into the line of behavior that is generally described as aggressive the general aggressive stance has been threatening to spill sense of log destroying imperius and their marionettes for several decades i wouldn't overestimate the actual threat if we look at it from a historical perspective it has become a subject for joe remember the late fifty's joke about the one thousand two hundred fifteen serious chinese warning so they've issued warnings but nothing followed i think they could not have kept silent in their current position and they couldn't have approved of the maneuvers they had to say something now what do they say they threaten but nothing specific happened there's been no mobilization in north korea

the armed forces remain at their current positions i think it's just natural for north korea to take the stance. so how would it know we saw the u.s. impose new sanctions against north korea at the same time it seems that north korea was nearly ready to go back to the six party talks do you think the u.s. is getting fuel to the flames. i don't think the u.s. is interested in any kind of intentional exacerbation of the situation and going into extremes taking into account the fact that they have problems in iraq as well as in afghanistan therefore starting up something new is unlikely at the same time it naturally has some concerns just like everyone else just like us china like japan like south korea everyone has concerns and does not want to get hold of nuclear weapons therefore all the countries who don't want this to happen are using their own methods russia and china are taking quite diplomatic action at a confidential level while south korea and japan and the united.