inside that could do at least something in terms to help coping with the pollution and with the environment the weather forecasts don't really offer much much hope they do say that it may get a little bit easier in the next few days we do even when even get some rain and a cooling in temperatures and a change of wind but they do see that the small is very likely to come back by the hands of the week nearly the whole of russia central and western court is. on fire now and over one hundred fifty thousand people including firefighters volunteers and even the army are battling these fires but we've heard battle despite the efforts of. those the small that is still moving and arriving to new and new cities just for example seen petersburg is now also affected by the smog and just a couple of days ago it was thought to be a good place to for

a refuge from the city this small and russia's president dmitry medvedev has been monitoring the situation for a few weeks now personally and he says that we are trying to get the situation on to get under control but despite the government's efforts weather is still very unpredictable. in general we've got the situation with the forest and the country under control but the weather days of normal we can forecast wind directions and how the fires might spread so it's certainly too soon to relax the fires and the small are definitely a big problem for all of the people living in the affected areas especially the elderly and specially those with court and along problems so it's one of the other devastating course of this whole disaster in this whole emergency is that several thousand people have lost their property recently just in a couple of seconds their homes for poor and to the ground by the fires and artie's catching us. well we'll see what dealers station these flyers could bring where one

at one of a so-called country of villages just outside moscow where people have their summer homes it evidently used to be a really nice area there was a forest and people had their homes looking out into that forest used to be obviously quite a nice place to be right now it looks like an inferno there is no more forest is just charred land and felled trees and here this is actually this used to be someone's home what's left of it is pretty on recognizable because it's been charred to a cinder this is somebody's bath this is probably where the bathroom used to be all of this house as you can see most of it is just charred remains and from where the firefighters were fighting the blaze and so everything is just strewn around this is part of a car there is a completely burned out car in the garage this is obviously a part of it we don't quite know how it got there and why just a little bit over there with probably the bedroom because we can see the charred

remains of the bed lying down there and this was evidently the kitchen there is the remains of us and some other kitchen paraphernalia like kitchen utensils and various other things so this was somebody whose home people live there people accumulated their possessions and they lost all of it in a matter of hours one of the local residents here didn't want to go on camera but he showed us mobile phone footage of when the fire started and 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 almost literally nothing people could do the fire spread from the trees to the houses burning them down in seconds people losing everything that they've been accumulating for their entire lives now they don't know what to do how to start over again and this of course is just one of the villages in russia where such a thing such a to. 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 and over fifty people have already lost their lives because of this terrible fire ravaging central russia russia's deadly wildfires the smog filled cities and poor harvest are being seen by some environmentalists is a sign of manmade climate change earlier my colleague bill dog spoke with piers corbett of the weather action foundation who blames the heat wave on climate cycles . climate has always been china but it has nothing to do with man and we predicted that there would be extreme heat in east europe and russia this summer and it's caused by a certain circulation pattern c o two does not cause circulation patterns what causes those is a combination of solar activity and the state of the phases of the moon helping i mean excuse me just a minute you say this isn't caused by man how come the reporting this heat wave is

recognize the worst in a thousand years of recorded history in russia and. has got something to do with this has really not nothing to do with only the only connection is man is here design time as the sun and the moon are doing things you see a very similar situation happened about one hundred thirty two years ago where there was the side. of magnetic state and there was. on the wall so floods in pakistan. and in the previous few years there was also floods illegal summers also under thirty two years ago so these things are. physically in there and nothing to do with mankind and those who say they are to just try to make money i would put but are we not ready there's a lot of oh we're not going to see this again next year the year on i mean it's only quite recently that a lot of very interesting question these things do come in bursts and we're working on that very question those forecasts we did say there would be

a series of what summers in england for example which we've had now will be a series of these very hot hot summers in russia we don't know we have to work on that but i assure you it's nothing to do with carbon dioxide and if you stop stop driving around moscow it won't affect next on the long shot. you're watching r t still ahead this hour nagasaki is atomic legacy. this is the hyper center of the bomb which means sixty five years ago. exploded at 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. first though attempts to break down the caste system in india are being resisted by many well discrimination there is a legal changing an ingrained mindset is more difficult than simply changing the law one school is experiencing this struggle as artie's karen seeing 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 turn their noses up at many creations because she's a ballot or untouchable in traditional hindu society only upper caste cooks. community minos and even now in some upper class children got twenty trued made 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 it cooks to get schools where the majority

of pupils asked him lose many found it too 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 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 of mine and 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 prime activists say this kind of reaction demonstrates the difficulty in

a ready getting the caste system discrimination on the basis. it is illegal in india but the practice is still entrenched in lady is with the kind of work you do and who you could meet with is largely divided along lines. tend to play much past people are treated like the upper class so just about they tell us stay on one side wash the utensils that anything to humiliate tests they want just to remain alone and never rise that. the government says legal action will be taken against religious. groups in schools the earlier this is done the better after all this attempt to get children of all costs to eat together in a spectacle who's made the food is a small but important step in the country's journey to bridge social divisions got unseeing r.t. . turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe the israeli prime minister defended his country's actions and storming

a gaza bound aid flotilla in may speaking at an internal inquiry benjamin netanyahu said israel had quote acted under international law ingres looking at the lead up to the raid by commandos that left nine pro palestinian activists dead defense minister who brock is expected to testify at the inquiry on tuesday. the indian coast guard is trying to contain an oil spill in the arabian sea off the coast of mumbai a panamanian container ship carrying these alleged lubricants ran aground after colliding with another vessel over the weekend authorities are spraying the oil to keep it from spreading but estimate that two tons are being spilled into the sea every hour. and in pakistan waters have reached the danger level a lot of water a barrier in the south of the country threatening further destruction thousands are being evacuated from their homes as the monsoon rains heaviest in eighty years show no sign of relenting the flooding is already affecting more than thirteen million people are left over sixteen hundred dead pakistan's north western provinces. the

hardest hit. 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 world war two bombings more than two hundred thousand people died either in the blast 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 can't co-exist or he's shown 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 live 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 and 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 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 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 taro 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 all my skin was dripping off and i had severe burns on my body. 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 four flights 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 and just as disturbing is the long term effects of that radiation the medical effects is continuing. cutting her life that means sixty five years. so that it 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. 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 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 the a

bombs survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete global nuclear disarmament sean thomas r. t. nagasaki japan tony lloyd a labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation says there is still a threat of nuclear strikes around the world and it should be taken very seriously if you look at the the history of the post 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. politicians nuclear accident could take place even in this this stage now because we know the so much for sale material so it's only it's only point in time we couldn't be certain since couldn't say place and cause the problem perforation not simply to new states we know the

concern the moment for example about iran or north korea something i think across the globe actually may be just as real as the capacity for the terrorists to get hold of nuclear materials and construct but a terrorist nuclear weapon those are things that ought to make the world wake up and take very seriously the dangers of nuclear weapons in this area and commit the only thing that will stop the proliferation of 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. the two nuclear strikes on japan are the only examples of atomic weapons being used to attack an expert on south asian affairs pura razvan says the only possible use of such arms today is in self defense in an interview with artie's battalion overcover he explains why he thinks the north korean threat is out of proportion it's coming your way in a few minutes here on r.t. .

seven a pretty a big. response over the south korean and u.s. naval exercises in the yellow sea why do you think the reaction was so aggressive. this falls into the line of behavior that is generally described as aggressive a general aggressive stance north korea has been threatening to spill seas of blood 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 jokes 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 did they say they threaten but nothing specific happened so what did the us 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 us is any fuel to the flames. i don't think the us 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 pyongyang 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 states traditionally resort to sanctions it's kid glove diplomacy yes what are the chances that north korea will go back to the six party talks now. with. well i can all situations of this kind the chances are dependent on the future course of events we have to take into account the incident with the sinking of the corvette if no specific attention is paid to that because i don't think there is any solid proof that north korea did in fact sink the ship then peter kay will return to negotiations these talks are important for economies and you know other ways hard accusations are made over worldwide media channels the. n.p.r. came michael out of talks but globally north korea is interested in taking part in these negotiations as they can help improve the overall situation and bring back the support of some nations for p.r. k. of course china is on north korea side the talks can help bring the situation at

least partly to the level it was when south korea's late president was conducting soft diplomatic negotiations. you mentioned the south korean ship that was sunk and russia along with some other countries is not convinced by the results of the international commission investigation and blames north korea why is that. worth loving and perform. the reason was as far as i know they found no parts are deborah of the torpedo which could definitely show that it had been made in north korea there was just one letter but that wasn't objective proof it's like in court any doubts are interpreted in favor of the accused i personally do not understand why north korea should have sunk the ship for an example of terrorists including al qaeda we know that every terror act is usually announced worldwide but as we know there were no celebrations in north korea relating to the sinking of the south korean ship on the contrary they deny doing it then why should they have done this so they did not admit to doing this on the one hand and on the other it would not

have helped to reduce the number of south korean fleet they have enough ships is there a threat of war i don't think so the ancient roman said think we'll gain from it i can't see how north korea could have gained from it. russia held its own investigation into the case is it going to change the situation somehow. when you put it in my opinion the results won't influence the situation much unfortunately or just objectively in the opinion of the u.s. europe and japan both russia and china are countries which are in a way protecting north korea from stricter sanctions so we can draw conclusions from these results and in other countries they will take note of them but they won't play a big role but what can the results actually lead to even if the security council gathers again to discuss the issue they will once again accept a resolution that there is no direct and unquestionable evidence of that some will consider our opinion the majority of course won't. who could be interested in destabilizing the region. if we leave out the theory of nasties hiding in argentina

the nobody i heard a version that the north korean government has the so-called doves and hawks and the hawks feeling weakness of their position purposefully sank the ship without giving notice to kim jung il but that's nonsense. what are the so-called families millions of can chew there or hear. rumors say that every ruling family has hidden money millions or even billions but it's just words without any tangible proof even the president of the philippines and the iranian shah they ruled for about seventeen to twenty seven years i gather about one point five to two billion dollars for the entire period in their private accounts by the way that was legal money. is the but what are the chances of them rising in the country with a new year. a new leader may come only after the old one leaves and there were rumors that kim jung il was sick and that he missed parades and didn't appear often in public liberalisation may begin with

a new leader but kim jung il isn't ignorant of these new tendencies in my opinion north korea don't make immediate reforms and privatization give full freedom so pornography on t.v. etc i think they will introduce liberalization step by step some of that tell us what do you think north korea he's trying to achieve with this nuclear. about four years ago it was estimated that they had approximately three or four weapons as powerful as a hiroshima missile which is about twenty killer tons i'll be careful in my estimations they may have two or three or four missiles they may be of twenty or even ten killer tons but actually missiles never help solve universal issues there are countries without nuclear arms and they are fine nuclear arms or scorpion stinger in my opinion it can only be used in the most critical situation when an enemy occupies your territory and is approaching the capital leaders will soon be killed and the country will be defeated in such a situation the country may resort to killing both the enemy and itself but it's useless as a usual arsenal for starting or leading

a war with north korea may his soul simply with artillery but if they discharge a missile and several american soldiers in seoul die they'll soon be a strike back so if north korea really has nuclear arms they should save them for their last strike if north korea decides that imperialist or stooges and other enemies have attacked only then should it shoot back but they won't start a war with nuclear weapons.

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thanks for being with us here on our team six thirty am in the russian capital these are your headlines no one insight to the uphill battle against the wildfires ravaging russia as they continue to destroy lives and homes often leaving charred ruins of entire villages on their way. pungent smoke from the fires or strangling moscow driving residents out of the capital and doubling the normal daily death rate. plus the survivors please sixty five years since the u.s. drops an atomic bomb on nagasaki those who would stick a skate with their lives call on the world to ensure no other place suffers the same fate as their city. and now you're up to date with the main stories here on our next hour interview program spotlight this time outgoing of speaks with nobel nobel peace prize winner muhammad yunus he championed through his bank a scheme to give loans to people too poor to qualify for traditional bank lending

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