surviving against the odds of two or cold baby girls recovering in hospital after being discarded in the scorching sun in southern russia meantime the heat wave clings to the country but firefighters say they are slowly beating the blaze is the latest ahead tonight also. tempers rising as water that falls drop middle east nations accuse each other of draining the river jordan forcing families to limit their vital supplies. keeping the mysticism alive the descendants of ancient shamans upholding the tradition of the modern world on the banks of siberia as lake baikal we got their story.

hello eight pm saturday night here in moscow this is r.t. very good to have you with us this hour i'm kevin zero in with the top stories and first a baby girl in southern russia has stones doctors surviving after being abandoned in the blistering heat waves glaring sun the two week old was discovered on a roadside and police in the last off region and they're looking for her parents or he's a katrina groucho vors got the story. here it's. our baby our start to favorite of all the star. and she's something of a miracle after surviving the record heatwave abandoned by the roadside hospital staff have called the baby girl sit lana or sonny the two we call child was spotted by possible by having lead for hours on the ground in fifty degree heat. i heard a squeak and thought it was a kitten and then i looked closer and was taken aback it was a crying child my husband and i was shocked how could somebody abundant a child like this. the couple spent hours trying to track down the girl's parents

without success it's a miracle how a baby a little more than two weeks old so many hours until the open sun this is what fifty degrees celsius. doctors say the child was badly dehydrated and was lucky to escape the attention of insects and stray dogs when. the situation was critical a little more time and we could have lost or. pleased with your progress the medical staff say she is demonstrating a super appetite. the police are now involved searching for the parents who abandoned their daughter. to go we've been to all the maternity hospitals but sue for new information about this unlucky and lucky child at the same time. and amber of families have already approached the local authorities asking to see it land so

here future maybe both sunny and secure. children aren't tea. but with a bit more good news to emergency officials say steady progress is being made in the firefighting effort after weeks of ferocious wildfires across western and central russia the area covered has reduced by two thirds and the number of fires is down by half over the past six days a total of one hundred sixty thousand people of more than twenty five thousand appliances have been involved in tackling the flames fires have been completely extinguished in fourteen regions now in central russia and things do remain tense in five other areas affected by the author of emergency and if it's time for that for resources massive wildfires have destroyed dozens of provincial towns and villages and killed more than fifty people along with the drought scorching summer has cost roughly a third of its core. three middle east countries are heading into more troubled waters this time over the rapidly draining supplies from the river

jordan it is the major water source for israel jordan and syria but it's been a bone of contention between them for decades and now is paul a slew of everyday citizens who are facing shortages. see home for quhy has always had to worry about water he has ago she bought a tank to keep as much of the precious stuff in she needs or to wash her family's clothes twice a week and the rest of the time her children know to keep a shower is short in the jordanian capital h two o. is pretty scarce. and big families usually buy water tanks so we can have enough water to last the whole week but the tanks are expensive and not everyone can afford them we get water two days a week and those days i switch on the taps and fuel the tanks for a few hours so we can manage on the other days. it's a problem affecting the whole region competition for water between israel jordan

and syria has become so fierce that it's turned the once mighty jordan river into a trickle well the rivers being almost destroyed because of the conflict because of the competition every country has tried to block off whatever it can before it reaches the international share of the river so they can keep it to themselves typical of a conflict situation israel wants to declare the lower part of the jordan river off limits to pull groups who believe this is where jesus christ was baptized by john the baptist pollution and sewage have contaminated the waters to dangerous levels sixteen years ago israel and jordan signed a treaty they're committed to both sides to return fresh water to the river but that has never happened and these pipes pump water from israel to jordan each year some fifty to sixty million cubic meters pass through them this is enough water for one million jordanians to eat true drink and to wash each year an extra dainian

minister says israel is ignoring other parts of the agreement when it comes to. sticking to. the shield which was the. as planned and the fifty fifty three so was given jordan a lot of water to irrigate areas in the jordan also to. the supplier to use for domestic supply and to see water and applaud you know for the most except like no this water has been almost diminished but the allegations have provoked fury i would belkin was one of the israeli team which negotiated with the jordanians about how water would be shared between the two countries the problem is that when he said to the street i didn't say. a quantity i can say very clear. that we are taking exactly.

zero zero zero zero respect through the. door into. the sun. we didn't think even one cubic meter or more as the effects of global warming off felt more janya disputes in this part of the middle east over water will continue to heat up. in israel and jordan. just adds and i will look at why equality isn't reaching all sections of society in the united states in just a short while transsexuals will say that they are one of the country's most rejected minority groups undertaking a fight to the top of the report but instead. thanks coming up on our t.v. we'll show you how ancient mysticism is kept alive on the shores of lake baikal.

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this is r.t. from moscow the transgender community in the united states knows that it's only the land of the free long as you fit in the countries and well used civil rights laws protect against race religion and sex discrimination but as the list of reports no transsexuals struggle to get that equality to. blitzing glamour. a job fit for a queen i mean i was. happy beautiful claimed the earth. i was here to have a good time to. put all that glitters. is in called believe the good when someone would no longer care for you cared for most transgender people were going to really look into you know in the united states. as for art for

a phrase. i think you're far from dandy beth glen used to be simply glenn some people just haven't here for their own accounts of the sort of thing though friends who have known her for decades say nothing's different now far as personality there's no create change she is one of a quarter of transgenders in the us who claim they've been fired because of their gender identity. she is one of ninety seven percent who report they've been discriminated against at work because of it the boss just summoned her to his office and said is it true that you have decided that you're going to for sure that you're going to be transitioning and i want to tell them yes he said well that can't happen appropriate in this workplace and this workplace of all places was the institution that is supposed to protect freedoms and liberties i couldn't believe that especially

a government organization would do that it was bandied about glenn's dream job to work beneath this goal delegate to georgia state capitol where she helped write the bills and resolutions that became laws but none of these laws protected her from being discriminated against as a transgender in georgia as in thirty eight of fifty us states discriminating based . gender identity is not banned because vandy beth worked in the public sector with the help of a civil liberties group she is able to sue its own american for people to do the stomach and through this she's won the admiration of friends smart just thought. it was a courageous thing which is doing. fighting the state power. for the support of the queen i think if a person is to change their right to actually leave they are i do think that they should be exempt and now she's fighting the state and not her gender any longer

it's an inborn characteristic and something you're born with and it's something you can't change but it doesn't pay the bills so i have full time employment and it doesn't change the law if it's exposed to the law that you would you want to have something like this happen the first place. and some of parents is a side. unemployment and discrimination are still a drag for most transgender most transgender people who get fired from their jobs. they just have to. grit their teeth during the justice. moore and lyster are to. close all the stories online in the hope. tonight so you might as well the six million dollars scramble russian bank manager and six of his staff stand accused the siphoning funds from their employer in a lab or it's credit card fraud got this back on the same story that i want to go

home tonight. is madonna ready to say ah you do again only this time of the russian palace find out all the news and more about. since ancient times shamans or hold people's souls and connect them with the natural world many can still be found too in russian siberia and it's the locals who are seeking spiritual salvation r.t. shaun thomas has been to meet those bringing mysticism to the modern world on the shores of lake baikal. valentini gets ready for a day's work packing as things indicating his family goodbye but this is no nine to five job. i am a traditional shaman for my people the body at i grew up in

a traditional family we lived at a camp where my ancestors lived and even though it was soviet times we still observed our customs and traditions. in siberia along the shores of lake baikal the powers of the sherman who channel and influence the spirits of good and evil are still respected by those who live here. i think they do trust them because many turn for help to shamans have some critical points of their lifes a person always wants to have hope and so they pray regardless of their confession a christian a buddhist i just know that people do go to shamans. it is believed that shamans act as an intermediary between the human and natural and spiritual worlds and shamans healing abilities are said to come from his use of these forces to mend a person's soul so in this modern age what's involved in this ancient role. with you that the main rituals are the following every year we call on rain for our

crops and ask for other blessings sometimes we hold wedding rituals but we shamans wait for an invitation they don't impose their practices on anyone this island is known as the heart of lake by call in this spot in particular is very spiritual for the sharma and valentine comes here and meets of people from all over so that he can keep ancient traditions and spirituality alive. a newer side to sherman ism includes tourism as people who visit my call region who grow more curious. and yes there are interesting people here there is not only russian culture but also without culture and you can also learn things about shaman culture. as interest grows a word to. wise select your sharman carefully. there are huge numbers of shamans now and the majority of them i can see this because i see it was just fakes i know personally one shaman he used to be high rank official and got to be some sort of

a glamorous shaman after he retired he likes to wear expensive assessor going out with fashionable people there are a few singers like this but people only go today i'm simply because they don't know the difference. but one team it claims his bloodline is rich with true sharman heritage a tradition he plans to continue with the. we respect our history and culture traditions and customs worship the holy fire our great ancestors gods of the sky the earth sun and moon worship the creator of the universe mother nature we preach living in harmony with self and with nature. providing a service for those who believe john thomas r. t. lake baikal siberia. let me bring up there were five top stories in brief right now pakistan's independence day celebrations in town as the country struggles against the worst natural disaster hits the streets meanwhile the u.n. has confirmed at least one case of cholera in the northwest as

a result of the myself and other aid workers describing the victims in far flung villages as hunger and disease spreads through the region pakistan's prime minister says twenty two million people are now homeless in the last six hundred have died. president obama has defended plans to build a mosque near the site of the nine eleven terror attacks in new york he says that a nation built on religious freedom must allow it is comments came at a white house dinner honoring the islamic holy month of ramadan critics say it's insensitive to build a mosque near ground zero where many three thousand people died. wildfires continue to spread across portugal threatening homes and stretching the services to the limit at least one of the hard people about. very nearly thirty five more with the strong winds are fanning the flames places so far arrested for being paid lots of suspicion of austin the country's president has canceled his vacation to visit the command center tackling the situation. protesters gathering across in memory of the

former polish president will be forcibly removed by the police it was put in place out of the plane crash that killed the president and ninety five others under since become a side of national mourning poland's current president from some more you could be placed in a church the controversial wooden cross is divided conservative catholic supporters of former president richard ski poles supported the separation of church and state . european foreign politicians a visit to the controversial tokyo memorial ahead of the sixty fifth anniversary of the end of world war two in japan the u.s. are keenly strine as draw outrage from countries which suffered japanese aggression saying it all as war criminals thousands of prisoners were tortured or starved to death during the conflict but the politicians insist they are honoring people who died for their country. the newly appointed head of the un drugs and crime office is vowing to address the afghanistan no cortex threat russian official

said daughter of the last month about his military on this new guinea khrushchev says it's high time the war on drugs was linked to the fight against corruption. in his new capacity will be leading the way of the international community a games that narco terrorist threat that comes from afghanistan of the russian voice has been mostly neglected by i said nato an international community so now we have this appointment russia has a unique opportunity to reinvigorate and to jumpstart the international efforts to build up and raise the world awareness about the one and only threat bit really is important significant and neglected in afghanistan and that is how to combat most when the galactic and forgotten drug threat that directly killed ten times more civilian people in afghanistan and all across the world general petraeus

has already arrived applause with his reinvigorated effort against the widespread corruption in afghanistan he's anti-corruption efforts will be even more appreciated if he will also incorporate the war against corruption we have the war against drugs in afghanistan it was a military defense correspondent. trip around the towns that encircled moscow continues in just a few minutes on this channel this heads for a millennium old city on the banks of the vote and. 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 owner is obsessed with bells it's their own and his private collection of over one thousand is displayed here. inside the museum.

modern journey underway at about ten minutes time there are two first though before that let's get up today with we can business korinos here. hello and welcome to business grain prices have more than doubled since the start of the drought in russia the hikes have been further supported by over docs and the global harvest forecast but despite a temporary ban on grain export local producers are seeking to retain their presence in the international market that a video reports. the record drought has seen the russian government reduced estimates of the two thousand and ten greenhouse wished to sixty sixty five million

tonnes it denounced a temporary ban on green experts from august fifteenth to december first to shoot domestic consumers from price hikes but then cost global grain prices just search to more than eight dollars per bushel despite analysts saying there is no grain to go around the danger is that given we have been through two thousand and seven two thousand and eight and we saw prices precede rises in other prices of commodities the danger is that financial markets start to anticipate price growth in other commodities and that's actually what causes a more general food price spike so whilst the fundamentals don't point to a rapid price gains across all of these different markets. anything there are some risks that we need to be vigilant of. prices gained more support when the u.s. agriculture department reduced its global would hope forecast by two point three percent but it noted that global supplies will more than there were during the two thousand and seven two thousand the green crisis the russian green expert band has

local producers looking to shore up their position in the global market over the longer term. the competition on the international food market is extremely high and food issues more sensible on the international market there are resources in the world and he will be supplied by somebody with a range of countries like bangladesh egypt they need green anyway we need to continue talks with those countries we need to thing. next year if you will have good harvest and we will return to the international market how we would manage the return of competitive prices. russia has already seeded its position as the world's third largest grain explored with producers such as the us. did you keep it to ice with domestic prices rising despite the then russian green producers who they can retain their position in an increasingly global marketplace he led me to a business. prices in russia and i grew up to fifteen percent driven by the drought

and christiane for dairy products that's according to the cohen of one of russia's biggest. food we can calculate the price increase mathematically fifty percent of the price of milk is comprised of the cost of raw materials that is increased by sixty percent which means producers could grow thirty percent. we have to monitor the situation because consumption is the main indicator for once it starts falling nothing will help 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 have it under control and turn over. it was not a particularly exciting day for the russian markets the markets and participating in the red all the blue chips were down between a quarter. bucking the trend on the r.t.s. that was not a make over finish point two percent. telecom black. head

of analysis at fox club again explains why the stock market's trading in the red this week. as usual russian markets for the correlated with the international markets this week and the main news came from the. federal reserve which left the rate unchanged bots didn't show up to move them into markets saying that economic environment for him to remain very challenging that's why investors remain very cautious about the. markets and about. the old economy. so invest. as a share so. that's why it's all russian markets during this week in the red that dragonflies raging across russia this summer have spurred russians into trouble frenzy also the delights of. to all

regencies are reaping the benefits of summer twenty ten as russians fed up with extreme environmental conditions flee the country. spain israel and egypt have all seen record numbers of russian tourists this summer yeah. it's absolutely unbearable in moscow because of the heat and fires so i'm taking my children to the seaside so this is an overreach is have not only bounced back from the recession but also made significant gains of up to twenty percent local tourism is also enjoying an unprecedented demand. that when the fires began breaking across the country we had an explosion of phone calls from people asking to send them away from the small to somewhere where it was cooler but local weekend tourists in northern destination that's where the most popular i live here there were fears of possible price hikes because of surging demand but analysts say tory agencies have maintained modest prices during the difficult situation and you know when you ask

yourself the national unity there were no speculations on weather conditions neither in moscow nor in the region's tour operators can discount office as well as last minute deals. in the past few days the smog has somewhat retreated but demand for tours to popular egypt and turkey is still extremely high the question is whether the hotel here is be able to handle russia's travel fever. business r.t. that's all from in the business to have but you can always find more stories on our web site that's not a dot com slash lists.