a very warm welcome to you this is r.c. live from the russian capital with me alice have it now moscow is finally enjoying sunshine after overnight rain washed away the dense small good noxious fumes that have been tormenting the russian capital for days officials say some wildfires are now under control but many are still raging because of the record breaking heat wave aussie's and he said now we is in the badly hit region of riyadh 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 two to come along for a ride on this ill seventy six. the . water line they take and. if you want to drop over the past. service like. the same down below our first. flight. ready and the flight if you. feel. that it. is.

you. 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 gathering whatever items they can food water clothes to help those who have lost everything and we're terribly hoping that this crisis will soon come to an. and he's now way r.t.d. resign region. for stalling russians that are helping those affected by the fires people from other countries are sending aid and condolences and we want to help battle the blazes this more emmett's discovered when she met up with

a british former fallen. this is a man whose sense of duty knows no national borders a retired firefighter daniel coleus 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 were in 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. i still feel that. people russia because of the problems with. people from all around the world are offering to join the fight against the force of nature volunteers from 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 for tackling the type of blazes sweeping through russia. sorry for. a lot of mystic oil a lot of oil in rural areas including four of military age. in terms of the forums are occurring in russia. in the world. we would spend money here we are some of times and hope some of dealing with exactly the same type of foils one way that we dealt with it. was to do it for a break and of words dig a trench down below the pay to stop 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 for. there to help save lives for. the ship and rush rush to point to shore the person house. and then allow the people the. paramedics the four forces to come in and do their job daniel clearly is packed and ready to go the only thing stopping him flying to russia is red tape coleus says if russia temporarily suspended the visa regime for emergency workers he and hundreds like him would flood to russia to quash the flames you are at it essex when many countries have been experiencing record high temperatures this year which is unique of earth according to meet your eyes this jeff is from the weather underground website he things those little toms the same areas will see such heat waves again any time seeing. when you have forest

fires not only do you have the smog but you've also got carbon monoxide and you've got small particles which are ingested in the lungs and cause problems breathing so the air pollution levels are extremely dangerous as part of this heat level is part of this heat wave and it's a good thing that the smoke has finally cleared out of moscow that should help significantly with the death toll there been seventeen countries in the world that have set their all time maximum heat record this year i'm out a lot of those are surrounding russia for instance finland ukraine and belarus but a lot of countries in the middle east and africa have also set their all time record high temperature what you saw this year is an unusual phenomena that's not likely to be repeated and you know next year or even they are after that and and so on i mean you can look back at two thousand and three when europe particularly france had an incredibly hot heat wave almost as bad as the current russian heat wave and they have not experienced temperatures like that sense i think in just two

years you can have a significant recovery of the ecosystems as long as you don't have a repeat of course of the drought like conditions of this year. russia house fools the government introduced an export ban on wheat cattle cultural ministry's since the seas harvest is up to sixty five million tonne just an ostomy mastic feel fortunate sake. of the country starts exporting again after the harvest begins the rain this rush of the world's third largest which exposure last year global prices for the grain went up after the announcement and that is the apathy in the food. nations said the decision made by russia is the solution. i sincerely hope it is still not a case where we will have a green shortage but there is certainly a very severe situation in terms of supply and the drought has been extremely

severe and the production shortfalls are far more far more dissipated as early as three weeks ago therefore it is understandable that the restrictions of on exports is a one way to compact 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 but that there were many other 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 year is 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

bench results and we believe 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 you can even take care of the disastrous emergencies currently under currently in pakistan so the inventors are not i mean russia is drawing down on 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 eight issues which if you 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 the fire and all the uncertainties surrounding it really left the government without much other choice and it is understandable one last thing a grain shorties because the intense heat wave in india millions of people are going hungry for a different reason charan singh investigates why stocks of rice and wheat of failing to reach things he most needed. india is home to work quarter of the

world's starving people and one third of its malnourished children here in the village of dollars poured in eastern india had nothing to give us for four days yes a very limited hungry child cries all the time there is no food to feed here how can you survive like this to give this child quite a just me to drink water yet the government has record 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. of my we are poor people desperate for food to eat our children go to sleep hungry names a lot on the government's poverty list and we don't get any food going from the government will can we do ultimately we would 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 the household there right now where you are boarding your cup of tea for me because like you who. can spin on the table. if you see a. green with. losses. i'm standing in one of the largest food storage depos in the capital new delhi in permanent warehouses such as this would fix roofs the grain is safe but when grain a store 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 sky. the

problem experts say about ten million tonnes 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 to add to its food subsidy that doesn't come as good news for his family who depend on the handouts. we cannot afford to buy rice for our 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 wheat stocks to poor storage this could fuel the price surge and that would hit the poor they need india the hardest car and seeing r t. well

russia's i'm president of topical he may have brought up all harvest but it's also bearing fruit the warm weather has led to a proliferation of peaches rather lemons and oranges in the central russian far several months earlier than expected will still help in the city's greenhouses saves the first time but knowledge trees of actually produce crops in this part of the world locals more used to potatoes and also use taking fish lemon straight from the tree. now interactive u.s. backed militia leaders have said al qaeda is trying to bribe members of their group to return to the terrorist organization some officials in iraq it is making a big comeback paul keating to the power vacuum and political instability of the country the us paid mercenaries of called the sons of iraq a force of of the coalition forces but now it seems al qaida is offering to pay the

rule once the americans leave the journalist who broke this story told my colleague to shake could be a big problem with 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's been hired ever since by the americans people who are a cornerstone of the future security of this country however as the americans prepare to leave parroted over responsibility and managing the sons of iraq program to the iraqi government the iraqi government's commitment to the potomac 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 leaders and militia men 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. 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 are 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 has 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 for saddam hussein's chief to be calling for the americans to be starting he said that there 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 countries of the world. nothing is stable here there is

a security vacuum there is no stability in the near future at all there is a vicious political stalemate and the few tenets that this is he is built on the army perhaps the police force and a couple of other things like that which could potentially take the country secure in the future certainly not ready to do so now so his words were a direct challenge to the white house which is that the job is done and that the institutions are ready to take over including the army and that iraq 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 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 there's a sense of dread is the americans prepared to disappear and i think that they will have to mount a pretty strong case as to why their position that the job is done should be believed. and. says most case deploying the s

three hundred as defenses did that to protect the republics as space and ground forces has protested the new saying it may further intensify tension in the region but a policy and since the deployment is the defense purposes i name is made to the existing minute she corp pact with russia to put a museum in apolitical armaments from the institute of strategic assessment says it's a logical step off to george's aggression. out of the russian military bases deployed. i think it's quite logical systems like. ought to be deployed to protect russian military right back to. the way it wasn't drawn to the war it was georgia. saakashvili. saw a free show and also attacks against your parents or. what you saw and

proximity is years ago it's not all that mainstay of the russian nation the old man at work calls you friends but if you get the experts in the world it's probably labels them ever defense systems people wanted world war i. let's take a quick look now at some of the stories making headlines across the globe tonight and she's in pakistan one of many areas could see be submerged causing it fountains to villages as flood his head to the east of the country was not too long history has now killed fifteen hundred people and affected more than forty million the un has launched an appeal to rein in the hall five billion dollars it says is needed to provide emergency aid for the troubled country.

heavy rains are threatening to trigger new landslides in northwest china residents downstream have already been evacuated from their homes as for carlson's predict fresh downpours rescue workers continue to search for six hundred people still trapped under the rubble long after a massive landslide the floods in gansu province of already claimed more than one. resumes around the world are celebrating the stone ramadan the israeli army is relaxing some of its street border rules making it easier out of millions to visit their israeli relations the soldiers have been briefed on how to share respects during the falls to those operating in the west bank been told to avoid eating drinking and smoking in public explaining the significance of a holiday how do you sleep at hundreds of a tree. a second space we're looking at what

a week is taking place to repair a criminal unit on the international space station after a failed attempt on saturday a palm essential for dropping and he's seeing broke over a week ago he needed a cooling system of the station running it off for two astronauts finally free uni using brute force a third spacewalk as we've had this plan to replace it. that is the way the news this hour here on all the more calls on our website. to go away now they've got all that is business all the way with. i'm great for the feet we've got. the biggest issues get voice face to face with the news makers.

hello and welcome to our business program good to have you with us russia's losses due to the forest and p five still ranging across the country could reach fifteen billion dollars earlier my colleague stephanie monday spoke to the tally out a lot of us who gave us more on the impact of make logical 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 how as a recent liberal is seen a very different thing this same dose of size of these reserves because in july and mumble fishel experts were talking about ten to twenty plus million tons in their

reserves as of most recent an independent as soon as give us just mind tones so i would say the gap isn't in mazy and also nerves of government intent to distribute thought if the spot of the fund directly to little russian regions so this will definitely g.'s sigman full sybille to intervene on the local market and to control prices that mimic whatever if we turn out to inflation what's your full cost for this year inflation this is definitely the kinda key to which probably will be visible very soon and we have raised all inflation for cow. the level of some point five percent versus our initial view of seven percent are wrong months ago and just respond the initial responding to their global grain market grain price rather how is the now as we see that the conditions soon russia continue to deteriorate definitely we can expect that the inflation might even critique see this point five percent level and as far as i can see the market consensus is now shifting to even

higher figures. take a quick look at the markets now rushing markets going into the trading day in the read of wednesday banks were the worst performers on both of forces me to be anywhere back felt two and a half percent energy majors also trade in the red with gas probably losing two point four percent on the my six and looked after shedding what a half percent of the quolls. severs style has put most of its north american steel making assets up for sale its us branch has asked potential bit is to respond with offers by friday the company office still operations in warren ohio sparrows point those of the former ruling steel corporation as one package. french g.d.s. so as the final board 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 gus and winter shoal 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 controlling stake in north stream is owned by gas from dutch gas we have another nine percent. of 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 north. into ross and are looking to buy each other stake a political one has more and annual general meeting. at the end of june has provided a new source of conflict. it's. into ross with a twenty five percent stake in normal game for seats on the board but do so which also has twenty five percent gain only three seats who still claims the voting process was flawed just suggesting the risk management which controls about eight percent of its shares through subsidiaries voted with interest russo says that the new rules board is controlled by an unhealthy alliance of interest and nor nickel

and is demanding an extraordinary shareholders' meeting and new elections i think russo wasn't quite prepared for the previous a.g.m. and now i believe the company did it homework. this time around they're going to get to where the interest because they are more prepared and they will just get more of their record is the. work or even minority shareholders and i believe significant share of minorities could support. the surest so this time of recent weeks have seen result proposed buying out the interest stake only to be met with interest and no risk management proposed buying outre zone analysts say a board change is now the only chance for a stall to restore its position in. interest has freed up six point thirty five percent of norilsk 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 a stake but i understand they're not willing to do it right now and now the option that or sell would be willing to do is to much to companies most almost mean kill but this is not in the interest of interop last nickel itself. so right now i see it as a bit of a deadlock so i really i think the most constructive way right now is for the shareholders just to sit down and talk to each other the warring share who. there's no 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 any cost lower business r.t. . that will keep you up that for now but you can always find all stories on our website

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now i am listening to some sweet rough so brave move for a new and small wall flaws seems easy to sing but they're all still hung over the plays and simple sounds simple and save the helping the players provide vital supplies to those affected so. the russians told us we don't schools to ensure as domestic needs a national to waltz flies and travels points ahead on in a global playing boyce's meanwhile india has news in tones of soap and calls to call storage as people in the country go hungry. and al qaida is big combat with terrorists insisting that the action be all over the crusaders story spurred all by the front of us who are all from iraq.