when the smoke which choked the city could return. strong. and there's no help anymore promised freedom from the army for these guys doctors in germany did out treatment to ease the post-traumatic stress of the country soldiers but their complaints the army and government are failing in duty of care. and the psychic stock market in italy we explore their points of banking on people's financial fears predicting where their investment fortunes line. oh you're watching r t a twenty four hour news and much more welcome to the program well moscow continues to enjoy a break from the poisonous smoke that in gulf the city for several days far far to

say they're having some success in tackling the forest places that have been blowing dense smoke across the region and beyond meteorologists warn that the air pollution could be back as the record heat wave clings to the capital that's. just outside moscow for us to tell you how much progress is being made in fighting a far as i did not destroy tens of thousands of hectares across central russia. well the area covered in blazes has increased by thousands of hectares in the past twenty four hours state of emergency has been lifted in several regions throughout russia however there are still places like this one where there are still a lot of fires and the small is still very thick. the villages around this forest are devastated devastation hundreds of houses have been destroyed a lot of people left with no homes or infrastructure completely burned down

breathing here is physically painful it makes you want to cough and sneeze and it burns your eyes and right now however in this region security forces have joined farman to help them fight the blazes perhaps you can see behind me there are water pipes going through a local river to the place where the farm and. the blazes doctors are saying however that this fake small that still remains in many regions over russia has serious impact on people's health and immune systems of many has gone down mortality rates significantly increased in the country in most alone. during this period and of course those with lung diseases and heart disease have suffered the most yes we can make out the smoke haze around you there how is it looking for the area over the next few days is a situation like this remain serious. well early morning on friday we saw a heavy rain to fall mosco it felt like you blease of course it's pure in the air

a little bit so and hopefully helps to fight the fires around moscow however it did seem that the showers were very isolated as we were heading to this life point of the left small school of the rains have stopped there are still plenty of areas like this one surrounding the capital so we're still think small can the fires still haven't been fought so the experts are saying that the small quiet return to the capital over the weekend and the heats will continue for the next couple of days however weather information services are saying that. as soon as early next week the heat's will be replaced by low temperatures rains and storms and maybe for now it may seem like bliss but some are saying that. may not be ready for a heavy rains and heavy storms ok italian overcoat for now thank you for that.

well the relentless heat wave and drought has destroyed a quarter of russia's grain crops as a result the government is pledging to spend more than a billion dollars to help producers it's also imposed a ban on wheat export to avoid a surge in domestic grain prices although international trade is expected to resume in october there's still been a spike in prices president was told key ministers and governors curbing food costs remains a key responsibility for the government and regional authorities but until analyst chris mayer says it's too early to predict we're facing a global food crisis he says the price rises are likely. going to very precarious time in and we'll know more about that in next few weeks because we're at a very important point where the farmers have to get their crop in and this drought persists in russia for example will start to affect next year's harvest the worst hit will be the big food importers and mostly there in the middle east in north

africa egypt for example is a big importer of food and some of the poorer countries like india and pakistan were already there seeing big surges in prices for food so there will certainly be the most food companies have a couple of choices to make be either absorb a good price increases themselves or they pass it along so it's been interesting to listen to some of the c.e.o.'s in companies talk about what they're going to do i think you will see higher prices for food bread items for even for things like beer price of barley and doubled in the last month and it's really a trickle effect it's not only we although that's the big headline grabber to factor in everything tomatoes to fruit to potatoes off kinds of things so we're going to see food prices rise in general cross the border i would expect. it's financial analyst chris mayer there. to germany where the army is trying to catch up with hundreds of suspected cases of ex soldiers suffering from mental health

problems well this comes as the country's forces attempt to step up their efforts in tackling the growing insurgency in the northern afghan province of can do it. tom barton examines the allegations that even one of the world's most developed countries is failing to look after its former soldiers. these men were once soldiers and draftsmen served germany for twenty four years and then up left and colonel in afghanistan he had his fair share of hairy experiences i was fighting against the taliban around about five i was in one minute i had suicide attacks i had. all the things who are now all mode for so we're joined more and i did my job but even with his experience the stress of things he'd seen began to eat away at him until a doctor told me ok you are not longer a soldier you have to go you have to be aware in front of your

own availing to do this job that you are not able to do that you are. in armies the world over post-traumatic stress disorder is thought to affect between five and ten percent of soldiers the german army the blinders for has only recently woken up to the damage it does and dress ses he and many others were ignored that's not fair that we are treating the soldiers who was serving for their own country who risked. their own lives and came back to germany you are very strong war note. and there's no help any more promise fading from the army for these guys the windows were told us they're trying to find out how many unreported cases there are amongst former soldiers orica schmidt and her team are working to try and discover the molecular basis of such stress in the brain tree also treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder

trying to slowly face the flashbacks that prevent living normal lives but she says the treatment is sometimes frightening tense those settings and that informed appears that in that pretty moment this really. in seeing all the horror and excels in and that he experienced during the war and he needed a lot of empathy to help people. but you have to you have to try to control the us war becomes otherwise that will overwhelm us therapist in germany it's not just tsongas who is stressed with the war criticism of involvement in afghanistan is widespread the polls according to at least seventy percent of germans oppose it and history weighs heavily on the debate really began the first about war and the second world war two and zero for ninety yes it was opinion in the majority of german people invest in part of germany said never

again should we. take as a countries while the political debates rage on the battle with traumatic stress is being fought out in labs and psychiatric wards with attention now focused from the army it's hoped they may be able to treat former soldiers who have until now suffered without help the borders were safe some five hundred soldiers have come home from afghanistan with psychological wounds this year alone hating them acquire a lot of time and patience and a lot of work in labs like this but as far as german's attitude to their countries presence in afghanistan goes time and patience are in short supply tom barton r.t. munich germany. well coming up soon on the program we look into the future sanity as we move to psychics still simple question in on the credit crunch that's on the way.

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that is for. i don't know i never had a medal. playing the stock market has always been a guessing game but since the global recession not best has confidence in their own predicting abilities some are now turning to paranormal professionals and in italy it's big business as daniel bushell reports. madame christina sees the future from the stains in her coffee she promises to make you money on the stock market invest in coke she says it's the real thing a safe haven the umbrella shows from current economic turbulence symbolized by these raindrops in russia gophers burbank this fish jumping through an open circle guarantee success we'll check how she does at the end of this report for them

christine is that voice has already changed lives i mean to call it the tree of life she has given me confidence to get a better paid job my my own house and me to partner. fortune telling has become a staggering eight billion dollar industry in italy alone as people don't bankers who fail to call the credit crunch one crystal ball gazer says her clients include rich businessmen and big politicians the world's top terror card expert people also want answers in their private life because knew i was married and not getting along this government is. still in love where i have some problem. the second card is the fall and you approach the problem. of reason the astonishing rise in psychic fortunes is fueling a massive public counterattack professor peninsula has dedicated his life to prove

clear voyant are cheats no better than bankers and now madame christine is jew selection of thousand dollars invested in her tubes would have earned you one hundred fifty dollars triple the average of the stock markets where they trade justified or not she says the public's leaving lenders and coming to her for financial advice after this spectacular failure to spot the economic crisis banks are losing customers some say fortune tellers couldn't do any worse i may even shed light in these difficult times. than your bushel r.t. . for those who don't want to rely on paranormal predictions for the stock market i will give you more down to earth assessments in our business bulletin in just a few minutes turn. of the news now pakistan's leader has paid his first visit to

the areas swamped by the country's worst ever floods off the criticism that he went on a european tour as disaster to cold president zardari talked to victims in the district of sindh province to rebuild all the homes that have been destroyed the u.s. navy has sent aid and the thousand marines to help with the really thought that the tragedy has claimed more than sixteen hundred lives a fourteen million remain affected. hundreds of people in brazil have been forced to flee a fire which grew out of control as it took hold of dozens of sawmills at least one hundred homes and other buildings have been razed to the ground no deaths have been reported the local hospital says it struggling to cope with the influx of patients suffering from burns and greedy cold hands. c.c.t.v. footage has been released showing a powerful blast in the colombian capital bogota

a car bomb exploded outside the studios of a major radio station meeting at least nine people injured comes just days after a present one son tossed. around to continue his predecessor's war on the rhythms of cocaine traffickers. let's show you some of what we're also covering online on t.v. dot com russian police are on the money they busted a gang which printed fifty million. counterfeit currency every month. you can tell the difference on a website. and a new you know based on the nixon. german russian that shitty company makes clues. parity it's nice to see designs. online right now to talk to you don't. on the way so you know more from the ancient cities which. this time heads to a place which is

a move to lies in people's wallets. if you look here. it's featured on the course one thousand ruble notes has a value of around thirty dollars and it's one of the most popular and used by long gone is the face of london from any russian bill so instead they feel very stark. like this one here. yes more from martin andrews in ten minutes on the take before that hits the business update with stephanie in just a myth. hungry for the full stop we've got it's.

the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. hello and welcome to the business for ten grain exports from russia this year will be between two and four point five million tongues according to the agriculture ministry a country has exported one point six million tonnes already i could ship another point seven million before an export ban comes into effect on the fifteenth of

august that decision to halt exports has made after a drought hit the agriculture sector this season russian president didn't show it but of has also called for changes in insurance legislation to avoid climate rests and to provide farmers with additional support. the situation is very severe as about a quarter of all grain fields in the country have dried up as a result of the drought unfortunately many farms are now on the verge of bankruptcy the government has already agreed to provide financial help to agricultural producers who are faced with hard times ditto to support amounts to one point one billion dollars in addition suffering farmers will get support from local authorities. russian regions that have been hit with record temperatures and smog are also seeing price hikes for fans and air conditioners the cost of buying them has tripled as temperatures pushed towards forty celsius it's

a highly competitive market but the federal service is looking at new measures to get consumer prices to cool down. but. the current state of affairs is outside the monopoly legislation that is when there is a dominating player on the market or when several players reach a price fix up deal with now what we see is more of a moral and ethical question with retailers cashing in on extraordinary situations the government will take measures to create the rules to market in these conditions some of those rules already exist in russia's trade laws the government can freeze prices for a fixed period if the cost of certain goods exceeds thirty percent over three months a similar formula could be applied to what is going on now we are preparing material for these issues to be discussed. asian markets had seen sharp moves this week on global growth fears they're flat to positive but it's been a choppy session on friday. gains on the nikkei.

stocks extended losses there after the release of weekly jobless claims data which was at the highest level since february. but saw an unexpected fall fueling growth concerns. the russian markets closed in the red on thursday with the majority of the blue chips shedding value the r.t.s. lost less than a percent otherwise it finished just dipping banking shares with the main drag bucking the trend of the r.t.s. . finished up two percent higher. american fast food chains a wendy's and arby's are coming to russia they've signed an agreement with a local company affiliated to food service capital and plan to open one hundred eighty restaurants over the next ten years the russian restaurant market has huge upside as it's still one of the least penetrated the teller reports. fast food far forced based world the financial crisis is changing the menu of russian diners many casual and fine diners have caught their restaurant budgets but

still haven't turned away from eating out there are currently about a dozen large fast food chains in russia and analysts say there's still a lot of room for growth the second is still very strong on the developed compared to the u.s. the fossil segment of course has a way to grow. and if you just come from a fetus in russia the rest are on turnover you know we're all for that i told her noise. less than five percent in the us it makes up to forty percent just basically it's a huge money a bunch of hard billion dollars a year most fast food outlets are concentrated in big cities but these markets will soon be close to saturation in order to attract more customers fast food chains have to expand into the regions opening roadside cafes is also a way to develop right now russian highways are filled with independent standalone establishment but this reply was pay as much as for double cheeseburger but you

never know what's inside i doubt it at places like that's why i asked her i thought it had a high price in the strategy of roadside business. as fast food sales in the us and e.u. are in decline the wendy's all these group says they've chosen the right time to conquer new horizons and they've also picked up the right me as part of our development plan to open restaurants railway station on the highway through a savings plan standalone restaurant as well as for the average check is very similar to what is new us based on our research sixty dollars the owners say they will invest one hundred million dollars into the project and hope to have a lot of surprises for the russian fast food diner and then a couple of the business r.t. moscow. and that's all the basis years from now but i'll be back with more updates for you next hour and you can always find more stories on

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