very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice habits and moscow is finally enjoying sunshine after overnight rain washed away the dense small noxious fumes that have been tormenting the russian capital for days officials say some more wildfires are now under control but many are still raging because of the record breaking heat wave all. the badly hit region. two hundred kilometers southeast of moscow. this is how it all starts with a small flame that can quickly and golf the entire forest making this a very fierce battle for emergencies workers and volunteers. one of the biggest operations in fighting these fires happened from the air jordan airport in the resign region one of the worst hit by these fires and the emergency

services has invited our team to come along for a ride on this ill seventy six. the . water line they began. the day. with if you want to drive over the past we. have our service like. at the same time down below our first. flights the plane ready and the flight is the funny. part. is. as you can see helicopters are also working to put out these flames it was quite

a ride we took the mike i said this is one of the world's kate major incidents in fact why prime minister vladimir putin chose to come here to fly on one of those planes we just flew on and see the process himself of course it's not only authorities and volunteers trying to contain these flames ordinary people citizens are doing what they can to help gather and whatever items they can food water clothes to help those who have lost everything and were terribly hoping that this crisis will soon come to an end and he said now why. r.t. resign region. it's not only russians that are helping those affected by the fires people from other countries are sending aid and their condolences some even want to help battle the blazes assays lore and discovered when she met with the british form a fireman. this is a man whose sense of duty knows no national borders a retired firefighter daniel collier saw the reports of the florist blazes raging

in russia and felt compelled to offer his help so he wrote to prime minister putin . i want to offer to volunteer to assist in firefighting operations and you win the russian federation and i'm available on request as a personal offer to your country with that in mind daniel prepares for action he says he's ready to go to the airport the moment he receives word his help is welcome. retired from the forest service. as he is are still feel that burning desire to help people rush hour in particular because of the problem they've got the moment with the. people from all around the world offering to join the fight against the force of nature volunteers from bellary spoke area and france are among more than one hundred sixty thousand people now estimated to be battling the blazes daniel started his career in rural fire fighting and says that's prepared him well to tackling the type of blazes sweeping through russia start my

career off in the interim seven zero eight sorry farmers wish a lot of muscle cars but a lot of oil is in rural areas including forests military rangers and in terms of the fires are occurring in russia a moment in the work. we would spend many year we hear some of times and hope some of dealing with exactly the same type of foils the one way that we would have dealt with it in those days was to dig for a break in of words dig a trench down below the pay to stop the action for spreading underneath the ground even though daniel retired two years ago he says in his mind he's still on the front line no matter where you are in the world for far it's a sign they're there to help save lives for. the ship and russia has to point to store the present. you simply are and then allow

the people that care the paramedics. the four foreigners who used to come in and do their job daniel cali is packed and ready to go the only thing stopping him flying to russia is red tape kolya says if russia temporarily suspended the visa regime for emergency workers he and hundreds like him would flood to russia to quash the flames. r.t. essex. intense heat drought so wildfires are they a result of climate change or is global warming just hype the natural weather lots will be developed discussions with his gas on cross talk later in the program but here's a preview. we're seeing profound effects on the natural unnatural systems melting glaciers melting sea ice droughts floods yet the climate denial industry continues to chug on repeating the same worn out talking points and cherry picking individual

pieces of data acting like that undermines the entire scientific consensus science is done by consensus whenever you hear somebody saying there's a consensus of scientists you know they're running for cover because they haven't got a scientific case the truth of the matter is that it only takes one paper to disprove a so-called consensus it's happened time and again in the history of science that's how science advances that one paper has arguably now been published. now the worst drought in fifty years in russia how spalls the government introduced an export ban on wheat the agricultural ministry says that this year's harvest is up to sixty five million tons just enough to meet domestic needs forest and sea could be i'll tell you before the country starts exporting again after the harvest because the red with russia the world's third largest we take the last year global prices for the grain when xampp part of the announcement of dollars. from the

cultural nation of the united nations says the decision made by the russian government is the best solution. i sincerely hope it is still not a case where we will have a green shortage but that is certainly a very severe situation in terms of. the drought has been through the production shortfalls are far more far more disappeared as early as three weeks ago. this is on the stand of will the restrictions of on exports is a one way to compound domestic food inflation especially the price of bread wheat mostly is useful and i think this is what the government at the end decided to do i'm not sure that they were dead many of the options perhaps they could have also considered taxing exports or perhaps do a good deal in knowing gradual terms but you know in situations like this as the as the you know governments tend to go for the most secure of the measures which is

the total ban there had been a very extraordinary action to the ban in russia and the prices. rose very sharply if you're glad that they have calmed down a little bit the market is actually taking into consideration amount of inventors that are available in other countries in particular in north america so that even invents results and we believe that globally this year's global supply and demand for wheat although a bit tighter than we had anticipated it still is very much manageable and we can even take care of the disastrous emergencies currently under currently in pakistan so the inventors are not i mean russia is drawing down an inventor is it will be some more here and but in general terms we are in much better situation than for example in two thousand and seven and eighty should be chief you'll recall we had a global food crisis and i think that the russian solution given the situation not just with the grains but also be defiant and all the uncertainty surrounding it

really left the government of doubt much of the choice and it is understandable. and while russia is suffering a grain shortage because of the intense heat wave in india millions of people are going hungry for a different we said charan singh investigates why stock the price and we are failing to reach those who most need it india is home to work quarter of the world's starving people and one third of its malnourished children here in the village of dollar poured in eastern india retailers had nothing to give us for four days. hungry child cries all the time there is no food to feed here how can you survive like this to give the child quite a just me to drink water yet the government has recorded amounts of surplus stocks fifty nine million tons of wheat and rice it does have a huge public distribution system that provides free food to families below the poverty line but corruption and complex bureaucracy means the poorest of the poor

often don't make it on the list. we are poor people desperate for food to eat our children go to sleep hungry the names are not on the government's poverty list and we don't get any food going from the government will can we do ultimately we will have no choice but to commit suicide. with people starving the recent images of piles of wheat rotting at a storage facility erupted into a major political issue in the state of punjab it was discovered forty nine thousand tons of food green had perished despite if so you're taking precautions there's every likelihood as we have in our household there are no where your porting your cup of tea from a curtain because likelihood. can spin on the table. and if you see a comet only result was a degree in which we handle our. losses more. abundance i'm standing in one of the largest food storage depos in the capital new delhi

impermanent where houses such as this would fix roofs the guy. but when green are stored temporary like this with just a plastic cover to keep out the rain it can last only one year and with the government keeping seventeen million tons of wheat and rice stored like this because it simply doesn't have enough permanent warehouses you can see the scale of the problem experts see about ten million tons enough to feed hundred forty million people for a month has been through at least one monsoon and is at risk of rotting if this green were released instead it could help those most in need but distributing it will cost one billion dollars and the government cannot afford food subsidy that doesn't come as good news for rakesh and his family who depend on the handouts. we cannot afford to buy rice for family whatever food grain the government has is allowing to run its warehouses the ration cards the issue don't reach the actual

poor whatever race is distributed to the local dealer for us is instead sold by him in the open market. with global wheat prices rising due to the drought in russia if india loses its weed stocks to poor storage this could fuel the price surge that would hit the poor in india the hardest seeing are to the. well russia's unprecedented tropical he may have brought a poor harvest but it's also bearing fruit the warm weather has led to a printer for a ration of peaches lemons and oranges and essential russian far several months earlier than expected something the city's greenhouses saves the first time but knowledge trees are actually pretty east crops in this part of the world locals more used to be tasting small says' or picking figs elevenses straight from the tree. to other things now interact u.s. banks have militia leaders have set out claim to is trying to bribe members that

they agree to return to the terrorist organization some officials that are. it is making a big comeback partly due to the power vacuum and political instability of the country the us paid mercenaries a coupe of sons of iraq and force on the side of the coalition forces but now it seems enclave designed thing to pay them all once the americans leave the journalist who broke this story said it could be a big problem militia members defects. the sons of iraq were a group who were credited with helping stop the violent insurgency throughout two thousand and six two thousand and seven that been hired ever since by the americans people who are a cornerstone of the future security for this country however is the americans prepared to leave it over responsibility in managing the sons of iraq program to the iraqi government iraqi government's commitment to become

a predominantly sunni sons of iraq groups has not been a stroll in over recent months it's a very sharp spate of attacks against sons of iraq i mean it is and militiamen and we're seeing some very disturbing reports recently about al qaida offering more money. to them than they would be receiving by the government and indeed some of those approaches being successful so we were told yesterday we spoke to one. sons of iraq leader who said that one hundred of his members have not turned up for the last two months to pick up salaries he says that can only mean one thing that they're now being paid by the enemy so if you're not going to be good news for washington d.c. and capitol hill that. saddam hussein's former deputy who's accused president obama of quote leaving iraq to the wolves saying u.s. troops should stay now given the troop pullout at the end of this month surely it's not the right time for the americans to leave. but there are remarkable words from

saddam hussein's chief to be calling for the americans to be starting he said. it was a massive mistake made to come here to invade in the first place but to leave iraq like this would indeed in his words be feeding the country to the world a saying that nothing is stable here there is a security vacuum and there is no stability in the near future at all there is a vicious political stalemate and that the few tenets that this is he is built on the army perhaps the police force in a couple of other things like that which could potentially take the country secure in the future a certainly not ready to do so now his words were a direct challenge to the white house which is the page job is done on the institutions are ready to take over including the army and the foundations of the new iraq have been laid if you look around the country there are many people who would dispute that. we are seeing a slow steady uptick in violence on

a daily weekly and monthly basis and we have seen so for the last five months the mood on the streets is not good this is a sense of dread as the americans prepare to disappear and i think that they will have to mount a pretty strong case as to why their position at the job is done should be believed . well the commander of a russian military base in up house here says most days deploying the three hundred edge offense is doing that to protect the republican as space and ground forces soldier protested the new saying it may further intensify tension in the region but a policy a insists the deployment is the defense purposes only was made under the existing minutes of corporation part of russia think that amazing the political analysts from the institute of strategic assessment says it's a logical step off to george's aggression. and all of the russian military bases deployed. i think it's quite logical systems like.

ought to be deployed to protect russian military. policy and. it wasn't. a war it was georgia. saakashvili. so ossetia and also. again that's. what you saw and brought so much. to go it's not all that mainstay of the russian nation the old man at work told you found many different. world it's probably the most. defense system. and kind of quick check but leading stories from around the wall. and even threatening to track a new land flies in the old west where couldn't downstream have already been evacuated from the homes as you call since predict fresh down pools rescue workers

continue to search for over one thousand people still trapped under the rubble off to a massive landslide that is almost in a data sea province has already claimed to move in seven hundred clients. in pakistan. in many areas he says people from paladin's to feed cities and villages as fodder and heads to the south and east of the country that people joined our ready boss number the country who have been left homeless without food and isolated by. the u.n. now estimates that nearly forty million have been affected by the damage one billion dollars make us not to dissolve them baucus on the street. venezuela colombia have agreed to restore diplomatic ties the announcement so i cave at the museum between the venezuelan president hugo chavez and his nearly elevated colombian counterpart juan manuel phone calls had been. allegations that

venezuela was sheltering colombian rebels. and measuring six on the richter scale has struck a peaceful south pacific island it's all done you also do is it would trigger a tsunami zone locals and tourists running for higher ground no injuries have saved all been reported over there was a minor damage to the legs as quake comes a day all for a stronger one how much building will power in the eyes of a couple of this. coming up next hour we tell you the story of divine mental design in the united states where coal companies are not only ruining nature but also driving people off their land by irresponsible mining.

first cre removal called clear cut. case of sorry. the. earth remains in the street. sign that easy. sure is the valley. and. all the nation's business on the way with a short break to go away. hello and welcome to our business program good to have you with us russia's losses due to the forest and p. five. the country could reach fifteen billion dollars early and my colleague stephanie monday spoke to the tally out a lot of other bank will give us more on the impact of the closet all conditions on the economy furthermore she pointed out that the russian government is also losing

opportunities in controlling prices using its grain reserves these was initial scene is a very powerful instrument which russian government might use as a recent liberalist see very different figures symptoms of size of the these reserves because in july and mumble fishel exercise was talking about ten to twenty plus million tons in the reserves of the most recent an independent as soon as give us just mind known tones so i would say the gap isn't in mazy and will soon as a government intent to distribute bought it in a spot of this fund directly to little russian regions so this will definitely g.'s sigman pull sybille to intervene on the local market and to control prices that whatever if we turn out to inflation what's your full cost for this year inflation this is definitely kinda key to which probably will be visible very soon and raise all inflation forecasts to the level of some point five percent versus all initial

view of seven percent a wrong months ago and just respond the initial responding to the global grain market grain prices rally how is the now as we see that the conditions soon russia continue to deteriorate definitely we can expect that the inflation might even increase. see the seven point five percent level and as far as i can see the market is now shifting to even higher figures. take a quick look at the markets now rushing markets finished the trading day in the red wednesday banks were the worst performers on both the forces me to be and where bankrolled two and a half percent energy majors also trade in the red with gas probably losing two point four percent on my six and look after shedding what a half percent at the close. so ever style has put most of its north american steel making assets up for sale its us branch has asked potential bidders to respond with offers by friday the company office still operations in warren ohio sparrows point

those of the former ruling were still cooperation as one package. french t.f. so as the final north stream participant has paid eight hundred million euros for a nine percent stake in the project the company has bought the share from german shareholders. and went to schole each of them has to crease their share from twenty to fifty and a half percent the first stage of the pipeline will be launched next year a controlling stake in north stream is owned by gas from dutch gas when he has another nine percent. the world's largest producer of other many m has filed a claim against into ross through the london court of international arbitration companies are fighting for control of norilsk nickel into ross and are looking to buy each other's stake a political has more and annual general meeting of new rules at the end of june has provided a new source of conflict. so interest with a twenty five percent stake in normal game for seats in the board but which also

has twenty five percent gain only three seats. the voting process was flawed suggesting the risk management which controls about eight percent of its shares through subsidiaries voted with. gruesome. says that the neuros board is controlled by an unhealthy alliance of interest a nor nickel and is demanding an extraordinary shareholders' meeting and new elections i think russo weren't quite prepared for the previous a.g.m. and now i believe the company did it homework. this time around there during the war the interest because they are more prepared they will just get more of their rector's the. work with the minority shareholders and i believe significant share of minorities could support the surest all this time recent weeks have seen result proposed buying out the interest stake only to be met with interest and no

risk management proposed buying out or some analysts say a board change is now the only chance for stall to restore its position in. interest has freed up six point thirty five percent of new rules she is from pledge d.v.d. bank a move that is seen as preparation for a buy back if that happens result could be left out of the game in the running of norilsk right in general in number of scenarios i mean but then surely they can sell the stake but i understand they're not willing to do it right now and now that option that or sell would be willing to do is to match two companies or sol must mean kill but this is not in the interest of interop. sell. so right now i see it as a bit of a deadlock so i think the most constructive way right now is for the shareholders just to sit down and talk to each other the warring shareholders of new rules have

previously put aside their differences at the height of the global financial crisis with an agreement not to try and take control of nerve and with parity on the board now that the parity has been broken and with both sides saying they won't sell observers say a new round of negotiations is the only way forward not only how clover doesn't start. that will now but you can always buy most always at our website that started out columns last business.

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hold the ball it is helping fight the flames and provided by the supplies to those affected. stops we say exports to ensure its domestic needs some more ball isn't drowned pointing a jump in global grain prices meanwhile india is losing tongues is up as crops to pull story just people in the country go hungry. big come the terrorist group is reportedly on a recruiting spree so why the u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq. now with the technology it also didn't seem society is making huge leaps forward but some concern that the imperial age with its fine and influence is coming back. to veteran journalist jong here shared his views on the paulson.