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headway the area of. iran's first nuclear power plant will launch on august twenty first. against tehran. to be given their marching orders video of a massive brawl at a military base. finds its way onto the internet. broadcasting live from moscow twenty four hours a day. now look at your headlines the battle against

a raging wildfire across russia is showing signs of success with. just one third of what it was five days ago however the situation remains critical in some parts of the country. meanwhile the first two u.s. planes with firefighting equipment on board have arrived in moscow on friday more deliveries are expected in the capital during the weekend more than ten european countries and neighboring states have also provided assistance to russia to fight against the flames meanwhile the record breaking heat that's been fueling the fires in the moscow region is finally starting to ease authorities are now preparing for heavy storms as artie's natalia novikov a 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 washing 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 wide 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 is right now behind me you can probably see the completely burned down forest here right now russian military is helping farming to tackle the blazes are very important to ask of the russian government right now is to protect the countries such as military bases and nuclear plants and all fires in those regions contaminated by the nine hundred eighty six noble nuclear disaster had been extinguished by now as they have been concerns that they could spread greater access particles further and russian authorities right now are saying that the radioactive level in those regions is normal meanwhile in regions like this one that they're still burning the small 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 they're also saying that immune systems of many people have gone down during this period of fires of course those with lung diseases and heart diseases have suffered the most meanwhile the weather forecasts are not very optimistic even though we 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 but they didn't help to fight the fires outside the city experts are saying that 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. artie's it entirely and over cover reporting from the moscow region and the fires have claimed

another life officials say the first death of a volunteer firefighter has been confirmed after his body was found in the republic of mordovia in central russia many across the country have joined the battle and are. went to see what people in the moscow region have been doing to tame the flames. do you want some more. meet alexander the driving cinema manager by night there's open fire over there see. if i fight it by day one of the many russian volunteers who are trying to say forests villages and people. running i have two toddlers you wake up the whole city is choking with smog the kids a coughing and you really want to get rid of the smog but how we understand that we ourselves have to do something mari did fire tim speak take your forest into wasteland alexandria his friends spread the word pull in tear and people do.

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 we're just find out the fires fifteen kilometers away and he says where we're going and half an hour later the real job begins for volunteers to forest becomes a war zone are going but the. fire got close to the solid line it can move over it and into the forest at any minute our task is to hold back the fire covered with sand so it won't get into the village but he may be small but they punching above their weight of doing. today the fires not so bad but yesterday volunteers braved the worst they put out using anything to hand. out this guys here

helicopters are a good thing they're dropping water but here on the ground these guys face the 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 lunar refuses to go under and for those who has been and are useful receiving mission with your eyes out of i look for fire in coal my husband hicks english is that with a shovel or drops water when we are moving from place to place i help him with the carrying. the team stays in the forest until dawn but while most of them rested home alexander will work his regular shift at the drive in cinema and the following morning he will get the move all in tears who will again to lance went to save the

forests. r t iran's first nuclear power plant is due to be launched next week russia's state nuclear corp will load the bush air plant with fuel on august twenty first and says this does not contradict a new un sanctions imposed on tehran the white house declared its support for supplying material in this way but is opposed to iran producing nuclear energy unless the country proves it is not developing atomic weapons artie's reports. 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 and bush air will indeed launch on august twenty first of course it's been a long way getting there the plant the bridge in the way of the construction of the plant originally began in the ninety's seventy's they were poured 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 from 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 a party to officials here at the sub that this is the final launch date of august the twenty third iran's first nuclear power plant will begin producing peaceful nuclear energy according to the officials that we've spoken to at the russian state that meets their agency at our stop them they say that the sanctions currently enforced against iran by the united nations security council do not actually the fact the pushchair power plant project they did that the bush era power but it's not included in those sanctions of course moscow backed the last bout 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 arabian 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 cannot then you go use nuclear power in your head that they support anything. you get bob bland is just it in your it that you could use it. is true there are. issues we call the double double purpose is richelieu and spencer man but was this a limb and say we cannot our souls are in your responsibility because we are going to supply revenue for fear all sure nuclear power plants all the life and them

girls big response you are back to the process of the russian area so a lot of controls in force but still the media's eye is definitely going to be on around come august twenty first. on the way the secret is out. why washington is more desperate than before the put a stop to the disclosure of thousands of classified documents on the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks and also. investment based on fortune telling find out who hopes to get rich simply by gazing into a cup of coffee. now two russian commanders are getting their marching orders for failing to stop military maneuvers of a rather an orthodox kind scores of soldiers under their charge change ran amok in a mass brawl lasting over half an hour made public after a fight footage appeared on the web and now he has the details it was

a brutal brawl that lasted for about half an hour some twenty or so draftees were training to do their mandatory year in the russian army just going out if you can see this brutal video which was posted on you tube and of course why officials are so outraged two of the commanders are being forced to resign for not being able to stop or prevent a fight like this three draftees go to court and the facts 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 this investigation 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 decrees in fact that president medvedev made when he'd stepped into all facing is something he's been pursued very strongly for. the pentagon fears more classified documents due to be released by the whistle

blowing web site wiki leaks may cause greater harm than those already published the u.s. military says it knows that the nature of fifteen thousand classified records that wiki leaks editor in chief julian assange has pledged to release last month the site published seventy thousand documents creating a media storm in attracting a white house criticism but investigative journalist and r.t. contributor wayne madsen believes these huge leaks could have been orchestrated by the government itself. is scientists showing up at news conferences in london the australians are saying that they're not going to seek any arrest of him simply as an australian national so we see a lot of governments britain and australia not wanting to take any action against him and you've got to wonder is that pentagon really serious when they're saying we want these leaks to stop maybe it's part of a psychological warfare campaign and we've seen the pentagon way use those successfully in the past they had many people come into iraq had weapons of mass

destruction and they never did these leaks seem to only benefit a realignment of us strategy in both iraq and afghanistan a lot of people are getting very suspicious about the motivations it's a bit of p.r. but also i think there may be a little bit of playing into the hands of those who want the united states not to pull out of iraq or afghanistan but to remain in both countries on that same story john young who was a co-founder of wiki leaks before leaving the organization believes the site has become far too interested in publicity and is neglecting its core purpose. wiki leaks is a master at publish city and they've done a great job of publicising what they do including exaggerating the importance of what they do nonetheless it's an important step and diminishing the amount of secrecy around the world because it set out to interact release documents that should go to the public but it's turned into something of a bombshell producing machine right now and it's neglected it's regulars producing

a lot of interesting documents that the public needs to see and i think that right now they joined up with the department of defense to act to divert attention from more important matters particularly the recent series on secrecy put out by the washington post and so it's gotten into the publishing game for too much. pakistan's president said there should be no official independence day celebrations on saturday as the country prepares for a second round of devastating floods president zardari will visit the worst hit regions after criticism for being a broad despite the severest flooding in eighty years the united nations estimates that sixteen hundred have died with fourteen million people hit by the disaster many are at risk of illness with fever skin and stomach illness is running rampant among the flood victims. at least four people have been killed and thirty one injured after indian security forces opened fire into a thousand strong demonstration in kashmir protesters opposed to two indian had

been throwing rocks and stones at police before the shooting began the rally in the indian administered region was in response to the reinstatement of a curfew which had been lifted for the start of ramadan after separatist groups threatened to hold marches two months of violence have left at least fifty five people dead. the world economic crisis ruined many people's finances but also faith in the ability of the stock market to predict the future some of those with money still left to invest are now turning to clara voyant to help them decide where to put their cash and as daniel bushell reports it's meant a boom for fortune tellers. madame christina sees the future from the stings in her cool feet 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 a bank this fish jumping through an open circle guarantee success. she

does at the end of this report more than christine is that voice has already changed lives. she's 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 as you approach the problem. of reason the astonishing rise in psychic fortunes is fueling

a massive public counterattack professor peninsula as dedicated his life to prove clear voyant are cheats no better than bankers and now madam christine is 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 spectacular failure to see what the economic crisis banks are losing customers some say fortune tellers couldn't do any worse i mean even shed light in these difficult times. you're bushell r.t. . next to martin anders continues his tour around russia's golden ring and visits a town founded more than a millennium ago his latest adventures just ahead. hello

good to see you again and welcome to you said to be the power of the golden ring sissy's located two hundred and fifty kilometers to the north east of moscow it was founded in the. islands as one of the oldest cities in russia. it's featured in countless poems stories and songs. and here is the main transport link that stretches all the way down to the caspian sea. the longest river in new york pastas through many major russian cities such as q sounds to modest. preceded by five hundred settlements in the centuries

the city is said to have been founded in the year and as an outpost the principality over stuff. centuries later. second largest city the first time during the polish invasion of russia in six hundred twelve it was the unofficial capital of russia. today the city has a population of over six hundred thousand it's an important heritage site and off to moscow and st petersburg it's one of the main tourist destinations we come from the u.s. where something that one hundred years old is considered all and here we've been able to see magnificent frescoes that are up to a thousand years old so it's been just an incredible experience you can see why this city is so popular. apart from the site during history in b.c. it also has a fast and direct train route from the same. transurban express also stops in the

city. city center monument prince the wise the first fortress on the volga river built one thousand years ago legend has it the force of a ferocious sacred back story is displayed here ever since the bear has been associated with the area and is now the city's emblem. this site is extremely important to russian cultural life it's where the first permanent base was built in the country in seventy fifty after a fire destroyed the original wooden building it was replaced by the shallow certain structure you see today. is said to be the starting point of russian stage craft before anyone such as chekov came along. and many areas in time for the one thousand and. they do something with this amazing. good lick of paint all in good time i suppose. now if you think that

this next monument is familiar you'd be correct take a look here. it's a. one thousand rouble note it has a value of around thirty dollars and it's one of the most popular and used banknotes long gone is the face of lenin from any russian built so instead various historical sites. like this one here. this monument was unveiled in one thousand nine hundred seven was built on the local civilians led by millions. went all the way from here to moscow to free the capital from polish with the waning invaders in sixteen twelve and of the monuments celebrate their success sits on red square with the same basil's cathedral you can't without taking a look inside the spiritual and cultural heart of the city. which translates as savior transfiguration founded in the.

so to tourists. in the united states. but it's more visible in moscow and. here we feel like we're returning. and it is absolutely spectacular to see that we're in a place that boring back to the. grand canyon so we're very fortunate that we've spent three days here it's something that i think a lot of americans don't know about. an opportunity part of the world. every . time. we can hear the sounds of. dozens of men. to renovate the

ministry in time for the anniversary celebrations it's wonderful to hear the most. will be returned to the. the ministry bear proved very popular with visitors found in a forest as a cub a mother being killed barely alive and suffering from exhaustion and starvation she was rescued by the us of a museum and preserve the she lives to this day this is masha here she's been living inside the kremlin for twenty years and hibernates for a staggering three to five months each year she's completely friendly a lot by everyone here in the city she's cared for by egotism who say that she's smarter than a dog i think she's a absolutely adorable and. very . so what else is there to see and to do here they are still state museum

architecture and art reserve is a large musing complex in the city including several buildings and hundreds of thousands of items in its collections precarious a museum in one hundred twenty four when collections of several private museums in the region we lighted into one precious important items from various churches and most trees were brought here this main collections are now on display at the ministry in the city. one of its highlights is a manuscript titles love of equal level of meaning the song of ideas. which is the major epic piece of ancient russian literature. you also must have missed the church of st john the baptist along with the monument it's depicted in one of the thousand with banknotes built between six hundred seventy one and six hundred eighty seven on the bank of the cultural river it's now one of the world heritage sites the area was one of the wealthiest parts of the town at that time this residence was the built the most amazing church in the us level it's pretty cool so decorated with glazed tiles on the structures distinctive feature

are it's amazing fifteen onion domes assembled in three groups. and finally party. popular vote is a large entertainment complex on the peaceful environment of the volga river including many areas there are restaurants outdoor terraces my clubs and so. if loved by the city's well to do the best are organized is an impressive rice dishes and drinks in the menu and some of the best r.c.c. teaches here we not. have not yet. now moving to our next location this is a private museum funded by one of those residents this hall is called music and time featuring various musical instruments and clocks now the island is obsessed

with bells it's the right of his private collection almost a one thousand is displayed here inside the museum. where your islam is a beautiful city and museums are wonderful this is a very special museum of course because it reflects the interests of its founder so much these bells and and these photographs. through is a joy to visit this museum and to hear the the bells and the photographs and as well as become a kind of person. like many museums around the world where you have glass cabinets we do not touch signs at this museum you can see and touch many of the items on display such as this wonderful nineteenth century gramophone. the cultural center at different times to chimes to go off at once good idea if you

want to be crazy by the taking you can always listen to the strange sound of the music box. sounds like it's being played backwards to me. finally after all the side saying i'm kind of hungry i recommended restaurants check the. that i can get at that with two exterior is a traditional russian where dishes of national craziness are of it we have a lot of guests from around the world who visit i would talk to you to try such highlights on the menu as bush with mushrooms and prunes meat a lot saros to john hunt and cranberries and also it will cost you.