weekly review my name is you go and we start in russia south twelve militants and five policemen have died off to gunmen to talk to a village in the russian republic of chechnya special forces have intensified counter-terror recently that with over forty militants killed during the past month . it all started overnight when a group of armed men entered the church leaders home village and set several houses on the fire and i was on accompanied by a team of commandos personally went to this village and the special operation began says that twelve militants were killed as a result of this operation but he also said that five people from the side of the authorities were killed as well seventeen others were injured according to some initial reports five locals have been killed during the fighting as well but the chechen leader has denied this information saying that there were no deaths among the local population in this village the operation is still continuing the

authorities are reportedly looking for the militants who may have fled during the course of the operation and this whole village is still blocked when it comes to counter terror operations in the past month was quite productive just yesterday ten militants were killed as a result of two special operations in the southern republic of bodies in a ball carrier and in the republic of dagestan the head of the federal security service has said that the authorities were able to find and kill thirty militants throughout the entire month and according to the president the need to be just the stories are not planing to back down on these counter terror operations. the militants killed during these recent operations brought it upon themselves by their own criminal acts back when the moscow michal bombings took place i said to demystify will be found and eliminated this is the only way to treat the president

mentioned the two deadly blasts the two attacks on moscow's metro at the end of march just last week they have killed the man suspected of organizing these attacks . and also located his archives which contain information on terrorist activities in iraq. and also proof according to the f.s.b. the prove his links with international terrorist organizations and the f.s.b. has also said that the have information that the last phone call made on the. mobile phone was international as well though they didn't see which country it was with the just to remind you on march twenty ninth two female suicide bombers attacked two stations of the moscow metro at the very peak of the morning rush hour killing forty people and injuring over one hundred others now in the f.s.b. claims to have all the names and information on everybody connected to these attacks and obviously they are now working to search for these people and to find

these people. new yorkers can all sad america is remembering more than one hundred people who died five years ago while hurricane katrina route three of the gulf coast president barack obama's trust and event in new orleans celebrating the city's revival after the tragedy that had dressed rather and he said that although katrina was a natural disaster it was also a manmade catastrophe caused by poor government trust pulls the storm left eighty percent of new orleans underwater and the hydro construction efforts homelessness is still a major problem preassure it in our reports. new orleans louisiana the city of music. on every corner a different tune. a lot of people. it's better to know that born grace and i want to leave you on. that day.

in the french quarter on bourbon street tourists mingle with the musicians this was combat pretty much but i don't know bad night it was an annoying now. and if you travel down to the lower ninth ward you'll hear another kind of sound. the sound of rebuilding. five years after hurricane katrina full streets in the lower ninth ward most devastated by katrina stand silent home still abandoned but others like this one are coming back we're going to miss one house got another few minutes we're going to know and despite all the empty homes new orleans streets are filled with those who don't have one i started being homeless in wars three years. inside this mission. yet another kind of new orleans songs being sung.

by some of the nine hundred thousand people in the city who are homeless we heard about the katrina and all the other stuff that was long and when i would guarantee jobs for it easy you know there'd be work the way available when there was a lot of smith as one of the many who came to new orleans after katrina looking for work but instead ended up on the streets is once you get to that point you have no idea how you come out of. people like her added to the city's overwhelming number of residents who ended up homeless in the aftermath of the storm carol self lost everything in katrina she left the city temporarily came back a few months later and has been homeless ever since modern want to do is come home you know or you know my son my mom the word thing you do down and down the family not there and it's what i know it's home you know it sounds stupid but it is you

know. carol story is not unique new orleans now has one of the highest percentages of homeless people in america after katrina the city of new orleans got federal money to get people off the streets and put them into housing for three months the problem was that without a job the people couldn't afford to keep the places and many ended up back on the streets again. here and many believe that the city that they love and refused to leave is not doing much to help them get back on their feet their forget them on a little piece in the middle from homelessness to house you better find a job somewhere. but even in the middle of despair they find some time to join together in worship and in song. gets harder and harder every day you kind of suit drains to the way of staying true to their city of music while continuing to brave the storm. preassure either.

party. new orleans louisiana. and coming up later in the program death from above another consequence of the country's summer heat wave the skeeters in southern russia spreading a deadly disease. the public around me looking at some of the best cars the world has to offer looking at what you could drive if you have the money southeast tom barton has been checking out what's hot in most trains faslane in moscow that's a mix. this week it has marked two years since full independence from georgia recognized by russia and a handful of other countries the tiny republic however is quickly becoming a hot terrorist destination reports. on the new cars just nineteen but is already an experienced chap when it comes to preparing local meals. you know traditional abkhazian food is pickles mills and

smoked meat either pork or beef and cheese is a must. more king in a small beetroot sort and so home is a summer job for this future customs officer. i chose this occupation because i want to serve my motherland i want to work here so that this border everything would have to go through me and i want our customs officers to work well and ensure that everything is fine and we have guests coming to visitors. the resort just started accepting tourists most of them are from russia this week together with locals they celebrated as independence day with a festive dinner and stunning fireworks. but just two years ago a pause it was under an international bloke eight and on the list of targets for georgian army and coldest of two thousand and eight saakashvili ordered an attack on. its capital involved was nearly destroyed by shelling according to military

intelligence georgian special forces were also preparing to launch an offensive against. russia whose peacekeepers were ensuring security in the region sent its troops to protect both because this republics until the conflict was subdued. recognized the process and independence a move that was soon followed by have been his will nicaragua and the small republic of no we're now up to the turmoil of recent years because it is beginning to build new international relations. a young a pause in diplomat spent months and let in america meeting with local politicians and signing cooperation treaties it was the platform for his diplomatic career no maxine has been appointed a posse as foreign minister and on the home front these years were also marked by good news he's now raising three sons to twins again. new

friends in all countries in the world in particular in latin america the region. which are very much like to be there because most people same language. i don't mean the spanish but i mean people much easier in countries that they conduct really independent policy just like the minister himself the core of the diplomatic thing tank are people in their twenty's they are setting new goals for the republic's foreign policy hoping that over time the list of international allies will grow despite the fact that only a few countries have recognized. the city as independence though. of course are optimistic they say it may take more than just a few years to gain further recognition but with protection provided by most and with new development opportunities for people in. this waiting period doesn't seem to be a problem. r.t.

. russia plans to launch all its spacecraft for a new cosmodrome in the country's far east it will replace the current arrangements of using the base and by canoe in kazakhstan the fast manned flights are expected to take help from the need eight hundred million dollars signed by two thousand to eighteen space analyst says it's a strategic move in more ways than one. i believe one of the reasons why russia decided to build its launch in the far east is. to contribute to the economic social and technological development of the far eastern region of russia and. the future launch but you will see that it is relatively close to equator well as close as it could be and closer the launch but with a quick the easier it is to launch but a lot in the space of the last few days craft will consume to deliver the play

along to the orbit if you look at the world economy will see the increasing queue by the congress over satellite communication of different kinds of services and even space tourism is going to be the wellbeing so i believe that in the future of course the demand in space services will only grow. thailand says it's up to moscow and washington to resolve their differences over the case of victim bid he's facing extradition from bangkok to the u.s. in arms dealing charges they thai prime minister said his country whatever russian was arrested over two years ago is merely a third policy indicates beat then three denies american accusations has sold weapons to colombian fog leftist rebels saying the charges have been fabricated by washington reading a statement from her husband at least twice a day has no chance of a fair trial in the glass not least because of hostile american media coverage by his nicknamed the imaginative dad moscow says the case is political and has been

seeking his return to russia since bangkok's court of appeal as that we could have ordered his extradition to the u.s. for trial investigative journalist daniel is still inside the case has turned into a plea to. spend quite a bit of time in thailand researching the entire troubled story and interviewing bitch about extensively over sixty times for hundreds of hours in prison quote i also had access to intelligence and time travel agents officers of very high level told me that in fact the whole thing was already done before it started in the sense that you know the corridor for instance was going to rule in favor so it looked actually the book was going to win the case and the appeals court was going to rule in boots against the board so that nobody could say that there was a skew decision that nobody could say that the americans paid the thais everybody would say it was one for blood what would for the americans except that the appeals court decision was the final decision because unfortunately in thailand there was no appeals to the supreme court as far as the for the second sort of the war

against borders basically a war against russia if you can destroy board and you can prove that is a virtual death and obviously he has to get his arms from somewhere and that someone has to be rational so you destroy russia's credibility in the international community i think is chance of winning the case in those states of zero point zero zero united states has spent fifteen years trying to allegedly try to carry. an alleged gun runner but it was it true they spent two and a half years trying to win the extradition case and it looks a bit actually said to the united states to think that he can win in the united states against america on their home turf when everything is against them so that in the end if you walks in goals whole america will all become a laughing stock of the entire world not to mention that whatever little credibility they have as a nation will definitely be ruined. investigative journalist danielle is still in that now i have normally hot summer and have brought this forest fires which destroyed so much of the countryside but it seems this also brought a dangerous tropical disease they were asking to born west nile virus has already

claimed six lives in russia south hundreds are hospitalized. for. no one is safe just one by trauma an ordinary mosquito is enough to put the life in danger hundreds involved region have been hospitalized with the west nile virus initial symptoms include high temperature headaches and nausea followed by seizures unconsciousness and there. the situation is grave it has been an unusually quiet summer which allows mosquitoes to build up a high level of the virus there is nothing we can do to totally why it's mild this . kid has survived infection but his central nervous system has been damaged he has problems remembering his age and address. so i was sure steered when i felt myself slipping away i don't remember how the ambulance brought me here. but at least he's

alive several have died already if only we had realised what the seam times were and that we needed to get her to hospital she might have survived but my mother was a strong and healthy when. the west nile virus is transmitted by mosquitoes who in fact both birds and humans although traditionally a mediterranean disease has been aggressively spreading through europe and america the first outbreak in volgograd was recorded only eleven years ago this year has already seen the highest number of cases. i've just heard about it on the news i'm terrified. i don't know anybody who's died from it i reckon i'm not in danger authorities are warning people against complacency and advised to use mosquito repellent and cover as much exposed skin as possible to avoid bites doctors say the worst season has not peak and of all claim many more victims before leveling off in october. volgograd. dozens of iraqis have been killed in

a wave of attacks in baghdad this week the surge and violence comes just after the u.s. completed its withdrawal of combat troops from the country how ironic fifty thousand american soldiers will remain in iraq to provide training and support for local security forces critics say the recent violence raises questions over whether the government in baghdad can deal with the ongoing insurgency in the country despite president obama's pledge that iraq's ready to chart its own course and some time of the arab lawyers association says that talks could even be part of a plot to prevent the u.s. from leaving. but there are a variety of reasons why it should have been various theories but one of the i think one of the more credible one is that the government is actually involve itself in it in order to prevent americans from pulling out or at least the troops they believe they must be in military use of force not just training as it was

claimed by the americans although people are talking about forming a government whether it's allow it whether it's my ticket what have you that is really not the situation in iraq has been dismantled there is no government there is no authority in iraq the prime minister cannot leave the green zone there is no military or police in iraq because they are all militias who have been recruited to wear the same uniform but that allegiance is not a national one but their allegiance to their faction or to their group or to their tribe. so with the u.s. combat troops now out of iraq some are wondering if the real battle in the country is only just beginning all his resident reporter on the streets of new york nouri whole thing has been asking whether american forces were in iraq for the void reasons in the first place.

the war in iraq is it over or has it only just begun this week let's talk about that the war just begun it's iran them iraq the sunni and the shiites the whole region is going to be it's blown up it's going to get worse so do the troops need to stay back. that's a very thorny issue because the troops there has to be some presence their best case is if we could you know stabilize the country and then pull out but if we i don't know if that's possible so at this point we should probably just pull out you know i think we don't we can and it's it's up to them at this point i think is going to be problems are going to be more by means once we but at one point they've got to take over for themselves so why was it ever i business to think we should never been there so they went in the hands of the oil and. now the civilians are suffering from and they have to make sure. that that's it's going to be ok

again for the civilians that they can trust each other again and trust america now that they've done this so so we went in for the wrong reasons but we should stay there for the right reasons exactly what happened if all of a sudden we did pull everybody out do you think i think the us so we have a problem but then best possible we're not responsible for that. you don't think we're responsible for causing any of the trouble number no i don't we just went in there and i don't know why we went there you know but i don't think it's our problem telling them what to do. that's not the goal i don't believe but trying to get the people on their feet with a stable government and security for the people i think is important. it doesn't seem like they could do it on their own i don't know you sure have a lot of. years. when. that's a good point because many people have strong opinions but they don't have all the

information about it. that is very common. and that's why you pay your politicians the bottom line is that it's going to take a good amount of time to pull so many troops out of any place so we're expecting u.s. troops out of iraq any time soon we're bound to be disappointed but it's right or wrong. reports from sudan say that two russian pilots have been kidnapped in the country's volatile darfur region the two were working for that sudanese baader airlines where they were snatched local media says they were taken by a group of armed men in a yellow the region's largest town sudanese security forces have surrounded several housing areas where they believe the pilots may be hold the incident is the latest in a wave of kidnappings targeting foreigners in the violent region. that's now i'll have a look at some other international news stories engineers in chile working on an

altimeter plan to rescue thirty three miners stuck underground after the collapse of a shaft four weeks ago mine experts say that as well as drilling a new tunnel which will take four months they may try to one and existing bore hole used to supply food and medicines this option if it were to work all the time to reach them and to two months bring them out via a capsule in a wild relatives have to pope benedict after he told programs in rome that he has been praying. that the mine is safe rescue. as many as forty two people including six children have been killed in a boss crash and ecuador twelve passengers were also injured one the coach left a straight stretch a well surfaced road and overturned although investigators are continuing police are trying to find out if the driver who died in the crash or the scene. will forty seven hours before the crash according to investigate. in

pakistan severe flooding have submerged the city such a wall in the southern province of sindh almost all quarter of a million residents managed to flee but there's been widespread destruction the latest deluge happened one people were trying to save the nearby should have topped out at least seventeen million people have been affected and eight million are in need of a majesty relief since flooding began a month ago we'll have more on this at about five minutes time now into the with the u.s. deputy and boy to pakistan. kleinschmidt. the motor industry has been having every ride of late but it's been revving up to display the best on offer at an exhibition in the russian capital not everyone may be able to afford their wills in view of the moscow international motor show but it's not stopping the crowds from taking on and among them was also the storm barton has been checking up live in the fast lane. it is.

the fast. thousands of turning up to run their hands down some very shiny paint this is moscow kasha on an area the size of eight football pitches exhibitors from all over the world are showcasing more than six hundred cars foreign carmakers hope it will be the start of big things russia the majority of our sales currently come from moscow and st petersburg but words retail network to the far corners of russia

and you know how large this country is it's estimated that this year's show will attract more than one point six million visitors came to see the latest luxury models luxury seems to be the hallmarks of this year's event with middle. display but some brands here are keen to make their mark on any prospective russian buyers . for them. to make. more in the. telling. after the crisis it seems many russians are once again finding the credit to buy cars not many of the ones you'd find here on russian comic because they're also here in force to show they can keep up with the competition. but i think one of the. because. you're working to find

a solution where we can use the people we can use the investment we can help russia to build locally produced vehicles some foreign manufacturers are also seeking to boost production and russian customers by teaming up with domestic producers in this town has joined forces with the russian comic and after that we could imagine that. we could not do more. with some but there's more planned to develop the more than form the sun behind one concept but amidst all the concern about economics isn't everyone forgetting about the environment well not everyone is going to. say. that about everything to make sure that we pig he did himself if you have to. whether it's environmental. the latest in automated fashion or just sheer power you want me to find it here the one thing most of these cars aren't friendly to the wallets the

public around me are looking at some of the best cars the world has to offer i want to create the rise of the show was lifted most of the cars here how to reach the majority of russians but it doesn't just truck in the spectacle of looking at what you could drive if you have the money from boston r.t. . and now some breaking news just in at least nine people have been killed and another badly injured after a fire at a nursing home in they to their region in central russia and around three hundred kilometers from moscow the blaze has been put out as investigations into the cause of the tragedy began or keep you updated as with find out norne this breaking news story. and also the dreadful conditions in pakistan after devastating floods are the subject of our exclusive interview on their way shortly but first up we're back with a recap our top stories just. more

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hello again this is all see the headlines. security forces step up their efforts in russia's north caucuses coming up doesn't that just misses and intensifies and that's how a crowd down but five policemen also die in the lake has gone boss hold. his own america remembers more than eight hundred victims of hurricane katrina but there's still widespread homelessness in the city of new orleans despite her construction aphids. down the pass' celebrates two days since russia recognized it as an independent state with a new nation looking for ways to focus transcend its sovereignty.