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a power station in bushehr saying u.n. sanctions want to fake a joint project. to commanders are to be given their marching orders also massive war the military academy in the moscow region. prices in russia could grow by as much as fifteen percent this year the price hike is driven by a president drought and increased demand for dairy products that and more coming to you in our business program. this is our team for moscow welcome has just joined this it's eight pm here now in the capital i'm kevin now in with the top stories for you this friday evening in the area in gulf by wildfires in russia has been reduced by a fifth over the past twenty four hours the record breaking heat has been aggravating the blazes in the moscow region is finally starting to ease authorities now bracing for heavy storms are expected to strike the area this weekend as
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artesian italian overcover reports. the burning area has shrunk by thousands of hectares throughout the country in the past twenty four hours and states of emergencies have been lifted in several regions in russia however the overall situation is of course still devastating as many villages have been burnt down completely and thousands of people have been left without homes over fifty people have been killed in the blazes right now we are some two hundred kilometers away from moscow and this is the area that one of there is that have suffered the most from the far as. you can probably see the completely burned down forests here right now russia helping barmen to tackle the blazes are very important task of the russian government right now is to protect the country's strategic objects such as military bases the nuclear plants and all bars in those regions contaminated by the nineteen eighty six noble nuclear disaster have been extinguished by now as they
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have been concerns that they could spread rage or acts of particles further and russian authorities right now are saying that the radio active level in those regions is the normal meanwhile in regions like this one but they're still burning the smoggy is still very very thick it's very difficult to breathe here and doctors are saying that standing here in this forest for just one hour is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes bill saying that immune systems of many people have gone down during this period of fires of course those with lung diseases and heart disease that have suffered the most meanwhile the weather forecasts are not very optimistic even though where you saw heavy rainfall early morning on friday it seemed that for the shower it was very isolated and just as we left the capital on our way here the showers have stopped they did clear the air in moscow however of but they didn't help to fight the fires outside the city experts are saying that
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this heat that will last for the next couple of days will then be slowly replaced with lowering temperatures which might bring heavy rains and storms in the city. artesian telling of a cover reporting for the moscow region. body of volunteers meantime who've been helping firefighters put out the blazes has been found in russia's republic of mordovia hundreds of ordinary russians helping a hundred sixty thousand firefighters as a situation remains critical in some areas. we went to see what residents in the mosque originally doing to tame the flames. and you can do you want some water. meet alexander the driving scene and i manage my night there's open fire over there and see that about if i fight a by day one of the many russian volunteers who are trying to say forests they ledges and people. in the morning i have two toddlers when you wake up the whole
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city is choking with smog the kids a coughing and you really want to get rid of the small get away but how we understand that we ourselves have to do something mari did fire to speak to kill a forest into wasteland alexandria his friends spread the word volunteer and people do you know. we take food so that people won't be hungry we've got food rations from the emergencies ministry it tastes good volunteers usually have no gloves they are needed as the fire is everywhere and you can easily get hurt but. almost every day a team of twenty from different backgrounds meets at the square the group is almost ready but just found out the fire speak danger meters away and this is where we're going and half an hour later the real job begins for volunteers to forest becomes a war zone i'm going but the. fire got close to the solid line it can move over it
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and into the forest at any minute our task is to hold back the fire cover it with sand so it won't get into the village but he may be small but they punching above their weight of three. today the four is not so bad but yesterday volunteers braved the worst they put out using anything to hand over canada without this guys here helicopters are a good thing they're dropping water but here on the ground there's guys face to for close up shop work for you guys we need sand here. over there the fire is moving up the tree we need to try to stop it. it's hard tough work a real challenge luna refuses to go under and follows her husband on his forests even mission some of you with
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a lot of help for fire and called my husband hicks think wishes that with a shovel or drops of water when we're moving from place to place helping with the caring. the team stays in the forest until dawn but while most of them rested home and xander will work his regular shift at the drive in cinema and the following morning he will get them all in tears who will again tool and sweat to save the forests. r t more news today russia says it will launch iran's first nuclear power plant later next week the russian state nuclear corporation which is building the bush air plant announced that the reactor will be loaded with nuclear fuel on august the twenty first. of a report. all signs seems to point to the fact that yes all issues have been settled all the details have been hammered out and iran's a first nuclear power plant in bushehr will indeed launch on august twenty first of course it's been a long way getting there the plant a bridge in the way of the construction of the plant originally began in the one
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nine hundred seventy s. they were ordered by a german construction crew the first after the iranian revolution construction was halted that was later picked up by the russian state nuclear agency to stop them in the rough that i've seen in the ninety's up original launch date was originally set for two thousand and seven but that iran had some financial difficulties failing to pay some parts of the bill that assad presented it with so the date had to be bought as according to officials here at the south the this is the final launch date of august the twenty fourth iran says first nuclear power plant will begin producing peaceful nuclear energy according to the officials that we've spoken to at the russian state nuclear agency and i saw them they say that the sanctions currently enforced against iran by the united nations security council do not actually the effect the pushchair power plant project they did that the bush era power that is not included in those sanctions of course moscow backed the last bout
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of sanctions against the islamic republic of iran and that has dampened relations somewhat between moscow and tehran but the russian the nuclear state to see if the agency says that it is working very closely with the iranian side it is working very closely with the international nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency to make sure that every step of the way of the process every step of the functioning of this power plant is strictly controlled not only by russia but by the i.a.e.a. as well you can not only throw these nuclear power plant your hope that they support military. you give bob. just what do you write that you do see. is true there are. we call the double double double these spent fuel. worth this animal so we can.
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renew responsibility because we are going to supply it with nuclear fuel should a nuclear bomb once all the lifetime of them go big is spent fuel back versus the russian area so a lot of controls in force but still the media's eye is definitely going to be on iran come august twenty first. reporting. political analyst from the institute of world economy and international relations he told us the opening of a nuclear plant demonstrates the ties between russia and iran are still strong in their recent boss the. emotional state months on behalf of iranian leader president ahmadinejad about the state of iranian russian relations but i think that the nucleic immerse. industry is not the fact that by the statements on the i think that the trade relations between the russian federation and the republic of iran are still good and these special project is showing us that. they are actually
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going to be out with their own way on the project will be complete the threat is so . on the way tonight most would say playing of the stock market is a gamble but north italy's fortunetellers find they say they can make it rich simply by looking into the coffee cup reveal shortly. fall that two russian military commanders are facing the axe for not stopping a massive brawl among soldiers the instance prompted a public outcry after footage of the fight was posted on the internet and he's innocent now reports. but all started with a massive brawl that took place at a military academy just outside moscow it was a brutal brawl that lasted for about a half an hour some twenty or so students who were training to do their mandatory year in the russian army just going out if you can see this little video which was posted on you tube and of course why officials are so outraged two of the
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commanders from the military academy in fact are being forced to resign for not being able to stop or prevent a fight like this three draftees go to court and in fact face trial for being the ones to instigate this fight they were known to be the most violent during the fight and so we don't know what's going to happen to ben little better education probably would have taken the place whether or not this video was posted on you tube as we know russia has been launching tremendous army reforms over the past couple of years it was one of the first to present fact that president medvedev made when he stepped into all of this and it's something he's been pushing very strongly for the new snow reporting there from moscow. in germany the army is facing a spike in cases of mental health problems among those who fought in afghanistan and many former soldiers say they're not getting the help they need as comes as war weariness continues to grow with as many as seventy percent of germans wanting their troops to return home tom barton reports. these men were once soldiers
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and draftsmen served germany for twenty four years in upliftment colonel in afghanistan he had his fair share harry 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 normal 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 be to wait until the 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 veiling to do this job that you are not able to do that you are. in the army is the world over post-traumatic stress disorder is thought to affect between five and ten percent soldiers german army builders for has only recently
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broken up to the damage it does and dress 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 warning that oil and there's no help anymore from the state and from the army for these guys the builders 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 push traumatic stress disorder trying to slowly face the flashbacks that prevent living normal lives. but she says the treatment is sometimes frightening times sitting somebody in front of you in that pretty moment
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this really experiencing all the horror and extols and that he experienced during the war and he needs a lot of empathy to help people. but you have to you have to try to control the us won't become us 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 of us about war and the second world war two and zero three ninety yes it was opinion in the majority of travelling people invest in part of germany said never again should we. take our countries well the political debates rejoin the battle with traumatic stress has been fought out in lumps and
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psychiatric nerves with attention now focused from the army it's hoped they may be able to treat former soldiers who have until now suffered without. the bullet is worse say some five hundred soldiers have come home from afghanistan with psychological wounds this year alone healing the moral choir a lot of time and patience and a lot of work in labs like this but as far as germans attitude to their country's presence in afghanistan goes time and patience are in short supply tom barton r.t. munich germany and those get rolls on line a few twenty four hours a day. always plenty of stories to get teeth into then have your say about all the stories you see on our channel tonight find out how call artists made a million dollars by extracting money from owners of luxury car ups on our team dot com for night the curious new business. for georgia there's a day was to become a serious player in the crocodile and from meat market exploding as produce to europe again that story online snapped up the details but i'll teach dot com.
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but the stock market has been a guessing game but since the global recession seems more and more people are turning to cash hungry clairvoyance and desire to die a bushel reports now there is a sharp rise in business among fortune tellers. 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 is 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 will check how she does at the end of this report whether in
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christina's advice has already changed lives the quality of a 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 tarot card expert people also want answers in their private life. still in love. with some problem. the second card. and you approach the problem. of reason the astonishing rise in psychic fortunes is fueling a massive public counterattack prefers opponents the ows dedicated his life to
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prove clear voyant are cheats no better than bankers and now madam christine as june 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 pick tech killer failure to support the economic crisis banks are losing customers some say fortune tellers couldn't do anything. worse i'm even shed light in these difficult times. than your bushel see below. or for anyone who doesn't rely on paranormal predictions for the stock market just around you've got more conventional assessment of our business coming up in the business bulletin in a few minutes tonight. and now world news for your part to start preparing for a second round of clothing as the indus river scrolls to dangerous times presents
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a diary of the worst it says that up to criticism that he was abroad to a country worst natural catastrophe roads and crops to be destroyed survivors are under threat from hunger and disease now the disasters claimed more than sixteen hundred lives well over fourteen million people have been affected. in myanmar's announce the date of its first general election in twenty years votes to be held on november the seventh however critics are skeptical about the legitimacy of the election as key opposition figures are barred from standing the national democracy league won the last poll in one thousand nine hundred slide but they weren't allowed into office by the military which is ruled the country since the early sixty's the party says it plans to boycott the coming election. in a crate of scottish whisky that was trapped in antarctic ice for more than a century is finally been opened in new zealand it was found earlier this year beneath the floor of a hut built by explore a sewer and this shackleton during his nineteen zero eight expedition the eleven bottles of mckinley's whiskey were wrapped in paper and stew often texan however
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the heritage drowned what we tasted as it is in fact being preserved as we expect for posterity. a bit later tonight modern to shows us the highlights of an ancient city one of many and cynically moscow in fact you may have seen some of your sites already on russian banknotes. 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 use banknotes long gone is the face of lenin from any russian bill so instead they feature various historical sites and statues like this one here.
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from an entirely new song here i'll see tonight business before that last night with kareena. hello and welcome to our business program on creating a kind of thanks for joining me while growing stocks are likely to be kept up through u.s. supplies after the drop that's expected due to the russian drought export ban the use the partment of agriculture says an increase in deliveries from china and the european union and australia are likely the agency estimates that grain exports from russia this year will amount to three million tons in line with the russian agricultural ministry s'pore gas the decision to haul shipments abroad was made after a drought hit the agricultural sector this season grain production is predicted to decline by fifteen million tonnes globally half of which results from russia's will
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be docs from the harvest of the harvest in ukraine covets down are expected to decline wish me to have happened three million tons in the european union the drop could be peaceful million tons. the prices in russia may grow by up to fifteen percent this year the price hike is driven by an unprecedented drought and increased demand for dairy products that's according to the cohen are down one of russia's biggest dairy producers. we can calculate the price increase mathematically fifty percent of the price of milk is comprised of the cost overall materials. by sixty percent which means. thirty percent. we have to monitor the situation because consumption is the main indicator for once it starts falling. that's why we have to be very careful and the government should help of course we will see price hikes of ten to fifteen percent but we will try to
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have it under control. or turn over. not a particularly exciting day for the russian market. trading session in the red. quarter. bucking the trend. point two percent. it was telecom. and head of and head of. game explain why the stock market's trading in the red this week. as usual russian markets or have a look correlated with the international markets this week and the main news came from the. federal reserve which left the rate and changed to didn't to move them into a market saying that economic environment for him to remain very challenging that's why investors remain very cautious about the. markets and about their
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bonds of old economy. so investors. shares. that's why a big stall russian markets during this week in red the. air force has increases profits by sixteen point eight percent in the first half of the year russia's flagship carrier and one hundred twenty eight billion dollars from january to july up from one hundred nine billion in the same period in two thousand and nine the main reason for the improved performance was an increase in passenger traffic which was up by a third year on year to date. and russia second largest natural gas producer novacek has doubled its net profit in the first half of two thousand and ten year on year the company reports it made around six hundred million dollars these results are in line with expectations. and you cannot exult will soon open in
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russia some are region due to the areas struggling car industry this will help employer with thirty thousand former workers of the country's largest auto manufacturer after voz the zone will produce car components using the workers existing skills have already been unleashed with potential investors say they've got. over one billion dollars that's on the government's side including infrastructure and loan business costs are being pumped to putin's already scientifically to get the ball rolling pressure to act as though thanks foreign carmakers operating in russia as new rules mean they have to significantly localised at the docks. and that's all the business is for you but you can always find most story on our website that's r t dot com slash business.
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observe nature and discover it's. easy to communicate with the wild and. test yourself and become free and. see what nature can give you on ati. they faced it this is not a provocation but more of. the forces that we should steverson are you sure disapprove retraced because they have no idea about the hardships to face. they wanted to says it all to me it seems for any army the life of a usaf is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live
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a. real life stories from world war two. to truth nine hundred forty five dot dot com. if. russia. which brightened if you knew about song from phones to impression it's. nice for to start on t.v. dot com. this is our team from moscow thanks but with the half hour now it's up as day to night this friday in moscow these are all top stories to.

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