the city could return. strong. and no help from the state and from the army for these guys doctors in germany treatment to ease the post-traumatic stress of the country's soldiers but their complaints the army and government failing. and the psychics don't market in eighty explore how. banking on people spawned actual fear is predicting where their investment fortunes are. there you're watching r t twenty four hour news and much more welcome to the program. continues to enjoy a break from the poison a small that engulfed the city for several days far far to say they're having some

success in tackling the forest blazes that have been blowing dense smoke across the region and beyond meteorologists though warned that the epilogue could return as a record heatwave clings to the capital let's talk now to our. who's just outside moscow for. natalia how much headway is being made in fighting these fires that well have now destroyed tens of thousands of hectares across central russia. well indeed the burning areas throughout russia has shrunk down by thousand hectors and stayed over mergence he has been lifted in several regions throughout the country however the overall picture is still quite devastating as several villages have been burnt down completely and thousands have been left with no homes and over fifty people have been killed in the far is where we are right now some two hundred kilometers away from moscow is one of the places that have that has suffered the

most of the far east right now here the russian military are helping firemen to fight the blazes in the forests behind me you can probably see there by the water pipes that they lead from a local river to the forests in the flames. of course one of the main tasks of the russian authorities right now is not only to protect its people but also to protect objects in the country such as military bases and nuclear plants and all. contaminated by the nine hundred eighty six. noble nuclear disaster have been extinguished by now as they have been concerns that they could spread. particles further and russian authorities right now are saying that the radioactive level in those regions is normal meanwhile here in this region the small guys still very very sick it's physically difficult to see it makes you want to sneeze and cough and there's a saying that the smallest has seriously affected people's health as standing here

right now is equivalent for just about an hour is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes the mortality rate throughout the country has significantly increased in most school loans it doubled during the spirit of fires. so the situation remains quite difficult and of course those with lung diseases and heart disease are suffering the most and the teller is the overall picture you are describing likely to remain serious i mean one of the four calls to say. well the forecasts are not very optimistic at this point even though early morning long friday we saw a heavy rain fall almost which purified the air a little bit and hopefully help to fight fires around the city but as we were heading here this position two hundred kilometers away from moscow just as we left the city the rain stopped so it seemed to be very isolated so. many areas like this one are still covered in far as and small going experts are saying

that the small he is likely to return to more school over the weekend and also they're saying that this heat that will last for the next couple of days will then be slowly replaced with lowering temperatures which might bring new disasters such as heavy rains and storms in the city. overcover with developing story that thank you. well the relentless heat wave and drought has destroyed a quarter of russia's grain crops as a result of the government is pledging to spend more than a billion dollars to help produces it's also imposed a ban on we take schools to avoid a surge in domestic grain prices although international trade is expected to resume you know a student a spike in prices. has told ministers and governments that curbing food costs remains a key responsibility for the government and regional forces. says it's too early to

predict facing a global crisis but says that. likely. we're in a 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 africa like india and pakistan were already there seeing big surges in prices for food so there will certainly be the most impact food companies have a couple of choices to make they either absorb the 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 a half and it's really a trickle effect it's not only weak although that's the big headline grabber it's affecting everything from tomatoes to fruits to potatoes all kinds of things so we're going to see food prices rise in general cross the border i would expect. financial analyst chris mad at well to germany now where the army is trying to catch up with hundreds of suspected cases of ex soldiers suffering from mental health problems 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 is ati's tom barton examines the allegations that even one of the world's most developed countries is failing to the cough to its former soldiers. these men were once soldiers and draftsmen served germany for twenty four years and then upliftment 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 techs with. all the things who are normal for the soldier and 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 all you have to be aware are in front of your own reeling 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 blunders for has only recently woken up to the damage done and dressed says 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 walnut or ill and there's no help anymore from the state and from the army for these guys the builders were told us they try . 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 prove them living normal lives but she says the treatment is sometimes frightening terms and settings somebody in front of pew in that pretty moment this really experiencing all the horror and excels and that he experienced during the war and they need a lot of empathy to help people. but you have to you

have to try to control the us war becomes otherwise it will overwhelm us and therapist in germany it's not just soldiers who are 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 three ninety yes it was opinion in the majority of chairman people invest in part of germany said never again should we. take other 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 health blunders worse says some five hundred soldiers of 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 country's 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 know key into the future shady doesn't need to be some people still cry because now this question is on the credit crunch that's on the way so. observe nature and discover its beauty. communicate with the wild and learn. test yourself and become free

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light in these difficult times. your bushel otty. want to rely on paranormal predictions for the stock market i will give you a more conventional assessment in our business bulletin in just a few minutes time. well that's. what we're also covering online to dot com russian police in the money they busted again which printed fifty million rubles in counterfeit currency every month so you can tell the difference on our website. and the u.s. looks into one of the country's biggest immigration fraud schemes different from millions of dollars. chances are getting that asylum seekers from all throughout iraq. the german city of newburgh was the scene of the most famous trial in history court condemned nazi criminals for their actions

in the second world war when they took on cross-talk people of l. and his guests discuss whether the tribunals set an important precedent whether it was simply a case of justice for the victims. i think it was very important that historians also got a chance to study what it was like inside a fallen dictatorship and we could really look at the mechanisms how that system work and of course that was an important step in its own right but the problem with many of the dictatorships we see now we don't really get inside them anymore we don't really get the truth or it takes forever to come out ok. you know we only got really got the truth we only got the truth the prosecutor said because of the teutonic habit of writing everything down. signatures on the night and decrees and could cross-examine to be part of the nuremberg legacy and running a court in sierra leone where of course we have to draw inferences for mass graves we have to use informers we don't have the wealth of evidence that was one of the

reasons why nuremberg succeeded. and you can see crosstalk throughout the day arundhati. some world news for you now pakistan's leader has paid his first visit to the area swamped by the country's worst ever floods after criticism that he went on a european tour as the disaster took hold president zardari talked to victims in the good districts of sindh province to build a wall that destroyed the u.s. navy has sent aid and the thousand marines to help with relief efforts the tragedy has claimed more than sixteen hundred lives fourteen million remain affected by the floods. hundreds of people in brazil have been forced to flee a fire which grew out of control and took hold of dozens of sawmills at least one

hundred homes and other buildings in razed to the ground no deaths have been reported but your vocal hospital says it's struggling to cope with the influx of patients suffering from burns and reading difficulties. c.c.t.v. footage has been released showing a powerful blast in the colombian capital of bogota a car bomb exploded outside the studios of a major radio station even at least nine people injured comes just days after we present some tools. to his predecessors one. of it is ok because. now for those with a taste for luxury sometimes rather than any money they simply borrow it but debts can quickly turn to a good use who can pay them off to dream of a better life and this move from sequences. houses parking. cars blinds. no you. until the company says that you.

do you think the property bottom credit really belongs to you. yes you can i watch that report about ten minutes. for that's its business update and i will be tasting news for fans of fast food i guess i do have good news for you carrying two american restaurant chains are coming to brush up with plans to open one hundred eighty outlets over the next ten years have more in just a moment but first. grain exports from russia this year will be between two and four point five million tons according to the agriculture ministry that country has exported one point six million tons already and could ship another point seven million. before export comes into effect on the fifteenth of august the decision to hold exports was made after a drought hit the agricultural sector this season for president dmitri medvedev has

also called for changes in insurance legislation to avoid climate risks 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. and russia's drought is pushing up the flour prices on the other side of the globe we now cost twenty percent more in mexico which has which has to get half of its supplies from abroad the head of the country's national chamber for bread production says he expects prices to rise by another twenty percent during august the russian grain export ban comes into effect. russian regions have been

hit with record temperatures and smog and they're also seeing price hikes for fans and. the cost of buying them has tripled as temperatures pushed towards forty celsius if the highly competitive market at the federal anti monopoly service is looking at new measures to get consumer prices to cool down. but above. the current state of affairs is outside anti monopoly legislation that is applicable when there is a dominating play 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 for markets in these conditions some of those rules already exist in russia's trade law 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. a new economic zone has to be created in russia some are region because of the struggling car industry there it will help employ over thirty thousand employees of the country's largest auto manufacturer after vance there's own will specialize in producing car components using the affected workers existing skills agreements have already been reached with production investors who say they've got over one point three billion dollars ready to invest on the government side improved infrastructure and lower business costs are being promised by mr putin has already signed a decree to get the ball rolling pressure to act has also called for foreign carmakers operating in russia as new rules mean they have to significantly localize their production. asian markets have seen sharp moves this week on global growth fears they are edging higher in a choppy session on friday to call back some of this week's heavy losses lacking automobile shares and how green gains on the nikkei falling wall street overnight

declined stocks extended losses there after the release of weekly jobless claims data which was at the highest level since february and europe's industrial output sort of unexpected fall fueling growth concerns. the russian markets will start trading next hour here in moscow they closed in the red on thursday with the majority of the blue chips shutting friday the r.t.s. last less than of the cent for the my six finish just dipping lower ranking shows with the main drivers there bucking the trend of the r.t.s. caught i'm rotten after i retire i do finished two percent higher. american fast food chains a wendy's and arby's coming to russia they signed an agreement with a local company affiliated to food service capital plan to open one hundred eighty restaurants over the next ten years the russian restaurant market has huge upside and is still one of the least penetrated the tell you how kind of reports. fast food for thought. the financial crisis is changing the menu of russian diners many

to. usually on fine diners have to cover 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 still very strong on the developed compared to the u.s. while the fossil segment of course has a way to wear off. 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 noice. less than five percent in the u.s. it makes up to forty percent just basically it's a huge money about to 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. this week by one pay as much as for double cheeseburger but you never know what side i gotta get places like this i see a cost to our quality at 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 alby's group says they've chosen the right time to conquer new horizons and they've also picked up the right mishka that's why they were developing a plan to open restaurants railway station on the highway through a savings plan stan was front of what was for the average check is very similar to what he was 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 now that a couple of business r.t. moscow. has that sort of business just now but i'll be back with more for you next

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