after just a few days of clear air as the unrelenting heat wave continues to stoke wildfires in central russia. half mast russian naval bases to mark ten years since the forced submarine tragedy how the families of the one hundred eighteen victims say they feel a loss as strong as ever. and confronting it says on the german left wing is set up a closed label to expose its rivals france nation the third running. around the clock news for you here at r.t. welcome to the program well moscow is bracing itself for another uncomfortable cloud of smaug experts warn that a new wave of noxious smoke is likely to engulf the city after a burst of rain gave the capital a couple of days response wildfires continue to burn near the capital and the

relentless heat shows no sign of abating. because of reports from the outskirts of moscow. the blazes are slowly crawling into the russian capital in this park just on outskirts of moscow several fires i have covered and there are two hundred where meters that have been stopped by now but the smell is still in the air for the past two days however muscovite had a chance to breathe fresh air well as fresh as it can be in the capital of course as the rain fell out of the city however experts predict the smog to be back late thursday thursday or friday. as the wind changes they do say however that it will be much less intense doctors are saying that because of this smaug people's immune systems have gone down so that we will see significant increase in cold and flu cases over the upcoming also mosco thirty's are saying that the death rate in the city have doubled during this period over fifty people have died in the flames

russian authorities are doing everything they can of course to decrease the number of fires. fears however spread among russians many are afraid for their lives how many are simply in unstable emotional states however there are also those who are not giving up and volunteering to help firemen to tackle the blazes and one of the regions that was affected the most by the far is is the region around the city of resign from where my colleague any sonali now reports. for some the destruction is already being swept away. for others it's sweeping towards them this is how it all starts with a small flame that can quickly engulf the entire forest making this a very fierce battle for emergencies workers and volunteers it has been sergei's

job to protect this forest for years but this summer has become his worst nightmare . the most dangerous is one of the treetops are burning. and the flames move at an incredibly fast pace thousands of volunteers have joined in to help fight the flames widen fire breaks between damage to non han trees and damp in the smoking earth. it has to be said the work we have been doing here helps the effort tremendously the battle has been going on for weeks with over fifty dead hundreds injured and thousands homeless while the struggle to contain the flames below continues hundreds of tons of water are dropped by the emergency services a day by helicopters and specially adapted aircraft. but sergei who will be here once the flames are finally put out is scared there might not be much left to protect. and some time to syria will be just complete

heaps of trees. anything now a r t central russia. or the spot the fact moscow is had a gulp of fresh air after a burst of rain the effects of the poisonous smog haven't been washed away completely we taught a meteorologist who explains why the consequences are so dire. that doctors are saying is bending one hour out on the street breathing the small is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes. all those poisonous lead emissions were of such a scale that in pollution was at times of the eight times higher than acceptable that. even with the small gone we must give up its many others have lost our lungs as the trees around us that used to purify the air burned down. but the worst part of it is that a lot of those of hard carbon monoxide emissions and are stuck and yet the spin up

when they mix with steam in the atmosphere they create carbonic acid which then turns into consideration because of that temperature abnormalities can continue for several years. and you can see the full interview with meteorologist by the end of next hour here on r.t. well the prolonged joyous spell is making russian wheat much harder to come by the season the harvest is expected to reach around sixty five million tons which is just enough to meet domestic demand the government is now holding grain exports for next three months and it could be up for they resumed pressure is the world's third largest we take on the announcements that supplies were being caught forced processed to rise for the un's food and agriculture organization says the russian government's moves are understandable. i sincerely hope that it is still not a case where we will have a grain 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 than 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 that there were that 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 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 are 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 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 leave. and take care of the disastrous emergencies currently under currently in pakistan so the inventors are not the 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 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 a government of doubt much other choice and it is understandable. memorial services are being held on thursday at russia's naval bases to mark a decade since the course tragedy the nuclear submarines sank killing. most of the crew on the thirty three of the next back. the course

submarine russia's biggest post soviet naval tragedy to date on august twelfth two thousand the nuclear submarine sank in the barents sea. international rescue efforts failed to save anyone on board one hundred eighteen sailors died trapped in a watery grave waiting in vain for. a cup of java it's been ten years but it feels like yesterday when i think of the pain he felt it's cured me i would do anything give my life to take away his pain anything for my boy you must. lose twenty four year old son and he was a lieutenant on the sub she and her younger sons and grandsons visit under his grave all the time his memory is something they're not prepared to ever let go. i'm a teacher not

a military expert so i don't know whether the tragedy could be avoided but i do know they should have been see our boys be happy to see very. according to some experts if rescue operations had begun immediately instead of some days later lives could have been saved official investigation results show that the explosion that tore apart the door pito section of the sub took place here afterwards oxygen levels in the remaining sectors where survivors huddled dropped dramatically by aug fourteenth navy official state of the chances of getting the sailors our allies were minimal week later when divers entered the sub one hundred eighteen people are dead there have been many different versions of what. happened to the quick sub some people believe it may have collided with an american submarine that was in the same waters others that it could have struck a mine left over from the world war two days but regardless of the theories floating about the human tragedy of course cannot be denied were ever forgotten

castro's are the r.t.e. moscow. trial that you're in but this time it's all about between two clothing companies. among suits. first. a clear cut. second. class to a deeper than the peers a. third remain. in valley feel.

more than sixty years after the nuremberg trials the city has once again played host to a landmark case but this time it was a clothing manufacturer at the center of the controversy a fashion label associated with neo nazis accused a left wing group of defamation claiming its brand had been spoofed or never reported on a legal battle that's about more than just clothes and industrial dispute between two clove manufacturers is an unlikely headline grabber but it served heated debate

in germany tossed on and makes casual wear inspired by nordic mythology closely linked with the ideology of the third reich founded just eight years ago its line has already become very good for germany or nazis. but last year the youth wing of the left leaning social democratic party decided to strike out against nazi chic we wanted to do something about the sub. methods they used to attract the younger people with the with passion with contemporary music outdoor activities because it's not like the old fashioned neo nazi everybody knew with the new uniform and the baseball bat or the new label star climber an obvious spot on their original prominently features a powerful re store obsessed with nordic mythology and its plan to rule the world of fashion store style or fail to see the funny side and sued for damages brand

choosing to file the lawsuit at the court in nuremberg the judge has rejected the claim saying still climber is allowed to engage in satire but in a protest that they do not deserve to be parity as peddlers of new nazi although they had to change their logo because it resembled a swastika they now say they do not carry any notes the symbols which are banned in germany on nor do they cater to a specific market i have people here who can i think for about children i have people here who could be my parents and i have people who are in my age or younger. to say their critics are oversensitive and have no respect for people's right to choose what they want to wear their clothes have already been banned in many official buildings so they want to be the good ones in terms of the. two to see the school and what they spare so what they're called opponents say that

they will not be happy until dark steiner is no more it's very difficult to ban it in for a whole country for example but everybody or most germans know toss china is is a sign of. activists and we don't want this kind of. of activities these kind of people as of now the total start of storefronts in berlin have been defaced in numerous nighttime attacks and there are few customers the threat of the company's expansion seems to be laid to rest for the moment despite what many here want it's business as usual at this store in central berlin but what the controversy over the court case and the company itself proves is that there is nothing the german establishment fears quite as much as its own history. artsy belin. forget to check out our website for

a lot more stories and videos on his line few right now top two don't call me british human rights activists are criticizing me to install in flights of plates of passengers saying the world's most watched country doesn't need any more c.c.t.v. . and russia's heat wave is literally buried fruit in the city of thought to the west of the urals people really figs lemons and even the numbers from all head to watty dot com. the u.s. says it plans to end combat operations in iraq by the end of the month and to withdraw all american troops by the end of next year but a top iraqi army officer says the dates are premature as the local military might not be ready to take over for another decade more than sixty thousand coalition soldiers are currently there to advise iraqi forces some officials say are proud of vacuum and political instability there is making conditions right on al qaeda come

back to us that initially say the terror group is trying to bribe them offering to pay more if they return to insurgency and afghan war veteran jake says al qaeda is fueled by america's extended presence in the region. the coalition forces a failed to realize what's making al qaeda grow al qaeda is growing because of of continued presence u.s. and nato forces in the middle east i mean we have we have completely surrounded the middle east and bases in united arab emirates and saudi arabia in iraq and afghanistan in kuwait and as a result of our bases being there the greater islamic world sees that and they see their their environment being taken over by what they see as occupiers no i don't personally i don't necessarily think that the united states wants to conquer and control all of the middle east but i think that we definitely want to demonstrate power there so we put in military bases there the big problem is that this hasn't

appropriately assess the threat the threat is five to seven thousand militants and every day that we stay inside the middle east those militants have fuel to grow. now to some other international news this hour the u.n. is appealing for more than four hundred million dollars in emergency aid for the flood victims of pakistan desperation is growing as millions of people three shortages of food and water after being delhi by severe rains homes farmland and infrastructure have been destroyed and struggling to get through more than sixteen hundred people have died so far in what is the country's worst financial system. meanwhile the number of people killed as a result of the extreme weather in northern china now stands at more than eleven hundred over six hundred others are still missing there are scenes of rescuers are trying to clear out routes that were blocked by an avalanche of mud and rock forecasters say more downpours are expected over the next few days. a

bus which overturned and plunged into a ravine in peru has killed at least twenty four people injured seven others four children are among the dead rescue efforts were delayed because it happened in a mobile phone black sports making it difficult to call for help or crashes like this happen frequently because of poor roads and vehicles and substandard driving regulations. now as extreme weather breaks records around the world this year backs kaiser and stacy herbert say economists should take equality into account. here tara capital that's a good phrase i like that another word this is what the economy is trying to deal with now because nobody cost the true cost air or water soil the things that were just taken for granted for hundreds of years suddenly they're running out there is a little known bank on wall street called forest made your it's mother nature's

bank and it's calling in the loans billions trillions hundreds of trillions in loans and the earth can't pay those loans and the result is. catastrophic failure in this case ecological failure. yes because reporters here throughout the day on the tree well that coming up a multi award winning film on one of america's greatest environmental disasters. has the business news so we're he talks about the oil prices of their falling for a third day kerry and that's mainly due to fears that economic growth is slowing in the u.s. and china the world's biggest energy consuming countries will have more in just a moment but first normally high temperatures drought and forest fires have triggered a rise in consumer prices in russia inflation in the country has risen point two

percent in a week that's the fastest pace in several months on wednesday the federal statistics service also revealed g.d.p. figures russia's economy grew five point two percent in the second quarter of two thousand and ten slightly worse than expected earlier russia's ministry of economic development how decimated g.d.p. at five point four percent. and those high inflation figures are likely to leak into the banking sphere with the refinancing rate and therefore the lending rate appreciating. reports. russia's inflation rate has been sliding lower from fifteen percent two years ago to well under six percent at the end of the first half of this year but those days are gone and we see the economic grip drought after which prices meaning the road ahead is in place as we could walk them off widely below six percent thought they may pull me it's true that russia. doesn't have enough time to allow its quite near the full benefit of this favorable

monfort conditions because right now with the excel written information or pressure it would definitely we'll see some upward pressure on real interest rates which in the way will. the fall of the inflation the drop in inflation has give the central bank room to slash the refinancing read fourteen consecutive times to seven point seven five percent in the last year and a half to rescue the should have. banks just closed their lending rate in loans to the real economy many banks certainly have done so but the boost to lending has been sluggish edgbaston industry says corporate rates are still higher than they should be on there was a douche but i learned this week president when video became aware of one being still charging eighteen percent and he wasn't impressed. that distrust between banks and industry still exists refinancing rate is low at an all time historical lows and credit rates are high but i'm unpleasantly surprised by eighteen percent

this information needs checking eighteen percent is an intolerable rate with the current refinancing rate that means the profit is huge more than one hundred percent which makes point out the rate on their loan to reflect the risks they need to take as well as the costs to see the higher rates reflect more risk domestic borrowing costs will rise when the central bank leave cerate but it is still under the financial system makes capital even more expensive for end users acting as a brake on the economy you need to do your business r.t. . let's have a quick look at how the acting markets are doing asian stocks are down for the third straight session of state that's growing fears over economic growth commodity prices have taken a hit on news of a larger than expected u.s. trade deficit and a downgrade of britain's growth forecast by the bank of england. and european stocks have turned negative in the last hour the footsie rallied early in the session by gains of mining stocks on news of rio tinto share buyback care energy is

the top performer on talk but falls in banks and other majors are now dragging the index into the red. here in moscow russian markets have also turned negative gazprom is. my sex banks are also lacking but tiger is bucking the downward trend up half a percent this hour. the price of benchmark crude oil has dropped for a day to seventy seven dollars a barrel amid growing concerns of a slowdown in economic recovery in the world's biggest energy consuming countries however b.p.'s oil spill could help to keep the price stable as analysts claim that this disaster will reduce barrel output by sixty thousand barrels a day for the rest of two thousand and ten. russian mobile phone major then pull com is in talks to buy two international operators the company aims to acquire one hundred percent of italian mobile operator wind and a controlling stake in all of us come telecom which operates in asia and africa

buying both would set back some six and a half a billion dollars although much of that will be in shares wind in order eskom are currently owned by egyptian billionaire vidis who's expected to get about twenty three percent of the russian mobile provide as part of the deal because his main shareholders are for group and telling or like you to see their respective stakes fall to thirty five and twenty seven percent there's no comment so far from any of the companies involved. and that's all from the business scene for now but i'll be back with more for you next hour and you can always find more stories on our web site that's r t dot com slash business.

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