ministry says the blaze may have been started by one of the nursing homes residents and as are thieves john thomas has been reporting investigators have found evidence suggesting that a man there had committed suicide by setting himself alight. certainly a tragic situation this morning in the region about two hundred kilometers away from moscow flames are up to early in the morning causing four hundred eighty people to be evacuated from this elderly person's home investigators are saying that early on it looked like possible faulty wiring but that was quickly changed as they had the opportunity to get into the nursing home a building about seven stories high and now on the third floor what they found was a room where there was a gasoline container they believe one man around eighty six year old tried to commit suicide this man was a veteran who was depressed about the government's inaction in getting him an apartment and that he was depressed and at this point was trying to take matters into his her own hands criminal investigation has been launched into the arson also emergency ministry has come in and they have started their investigation as well

this is what they had to say about the entire situation it was five o five am the local fire department was informed of a blaze in nascent aim fire engines arrived at the site within three minutes and the fire had been put out by five thirty am several possibilities as to what caused the fire are now being considered one of them is that the fire was started by one of the residents a war fashion he may have set himself on fire an empty petroleum coniston it was found in his remains three years ago in the rust on don region there was an incident where more than sixty people were killed after a fire broke out in an elderly person's home response was very slow conditions the fire conditions of more poor in that. specific facility and they say that the fire wasn't reported to thirty minutes after it started and once firefighters did arrive to the scene they set up their defenses to far away to be able to save anyone in that specific instance and then again in january two thousand and nine in before me

region more than twenty people killed there. again for fire conditions in that health facility also slow response time claims to those more than twenty deaths in that facility at the end of that. the president they did of actually asked for a view of all this make sure that they were up to. the standards and practices that were being made here and also. the regional directors. around the country were fired that specific instance now taking a look at today's fire it is not believed that poor conditions contributed to. the last time this specific facility was inspected was in march did pass it is believed that this specific. code r.t. has a crew on the scene right now and will be making sure that we bring you the latest on this investigation on this fire as it becomes available. i'll respond sean

thomas reporting there now a terrorism crackdown is in full swing in russia's north caucasus were security forces say they have killed over forty al qaeda linked militants in august but two police officers were shot dead by militants in the russian republic of dagestan just hours ago on sunday twelve militants were killed during a special operation in the chechen republic are. there for us. very early in the morning a group of from fifteen up to thirty militants attacked the village they set some houses of the locals on fire and this is actually the home village of the chechen president arms on their own so no wonder he himself had to counter terrorist operation to find lasted about a couple of hours and as a result these militants still feel that. they have a solid to say that they were those who were trying to film the operation from this and some militants and these were the ones who escaped in the mountains but the

odds were killed in five or more officers security officers have been killed many more wounded and also several locals are reported to be wounded in the operation just across the last days ago and a tourist a militant a commuter levi gaba to use the march to mind behind the moscow metro bombings boys killed and i guess stand still as a result progress by the russian authorities are cracking down on militants. who is the most wanted terrorist in russia it remains on the russian wanted list but most militants are tracked down and killed the situation is actually hard because when some militants are eliminated they are family members like wives and sisters become black widows and others step up to take the fight so it's very important that the operations here in russia succeed and therefore it is a doing their best to achieve this. are reporting from the capital of russia's

chechen republic. so i have for you this hour here in our team goes for a spin find out what the russian prime minister thought of the roads and russia's far east and all the details coming up later in the program. history of violent attacks on the spanish immigrants in new york has prompted fears of a new wave of racial hatred the victims say they've been targeted by african-americans who wants to clear a mexican immigrants from their neighborhoods artie's lauren listen reports on how frustrations are boiling over in the big apple. the united states has always been a country of immigrants but they're not always welcome we've seen mexicans targeted in the western state of arizona which passed a tough law targeting undocumented immigrants there's many many people that come to this country and they go through the proper channels to do the proper thing and and the people that don't do that they're breaking the law despite

a backlash. now we're seeing more signs this sentiment is making ripples across the country far from the mexican border in one area of new york city. where. there has been a string of a dozen attacks on hispanic residents in recent months the dims like ruhi leo victim number nine infidel you can literally find them simply walking through the neighborhood and the suspects unfortunately most of these attacks most recently been by blacks against him which according to these victims they were targeted by teens while minding their own business it was registered in the back of my head stitches and then they hit my arm which entry point for no other reason than being mexican they were peers to be a divide between the minorities sharing this poor area of new york despite this when you go through these statistics you want education and trying to bring the bottom the blacks and hispanics before the show if we have one common then we don't

have a problem but here the rift appears to be growing with the influx of hispanic immigrants city blocks that used to be vacant are now flourishing appearing to leave behind he she a lot of mixed if you're working you know let's work here this is the main thoroughfare of this neighborhood where many of the mexican shops and markets like this one have popped up it's also where many of the anti mexican attacks have occurred now the police presence across the street as a result is new but residents say the issues are not. or was he just. a he's up to forty. two years. when i was in high school i was really getting think so because i was mexican some argue now blacks are unfairly targeted by all the attention the blacks feel slighted they feel mexican share in the blame too and i here legally and they commit crimes here is an argument being made from this talk

to a new york town to the streets in arizona so in a country of immigrants does this point to a pecking order that has always been it's nothing really new here in the latest royal always has a pretty difficult to go through the tension among races simply evolving to a new era like the ones you think it was a period now was that was the thing we were supposed to and has america always been a melting pot where someone's getting burned we leave. lauren lyster party new york. and police are questioning the suspected ringleader of a mass brawl that took place at a rock concert in russia's your region according to reports the man became enraged and retaliated after a local teenagers have been goading him and eyewitnesses say up to one hundred people attacked the crowd with clubs amateur nao festival in the tribe and screen

media reports suggest a fourteen year old girl was killed but authorities have not yet confirmed this eleven people have been taken to hospital eyewitnesses claim the man even beat up the police and gunshots were heard some three thousand people were at the festival during the attack. security forces in sedan are searching for three russian pilots that have been kidnapped in the country they were abducted by armed man in the volatile darfur region the three russians were employed by a sudanese airline the incident is the latest in a wave of kidnappings targeting foreigners. you're watching r.t. coming to live from moscow and we're available to you twenty four seven but also there is our web site where you can go for more news and videos and analysis that's r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's online right now. moscow was witnessing spectacular stunts this week as daredevils risked their lives for the crowds and her team into the international stunt festival. and also in the russian capital join our team has

been headed to the moscow car show to see the latest models the auto industry has to offer get the details at our side r.t. dot com. so. around. the streets to keep suit secrets but now it's time

to feel. some of your songs the key to some strong black want to keep. their conduced childhood was overshadowed by this tragedy. these two feel the fear of these things just. don't remember every second of this nightmare. will remain in their memories and hearts forever. anything so. going to see. a little. every month we give you the future we hope you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and

around the world. join us for technology update on r g. this is our team a senior government prosecutor in afghanistan says he's been forced to retire for aggressively promoting corruption investigations some of the people under suspicion were top officials and one of president hamid karzai our military analyst says the afghan leader is doing everything in his power to block u.s. efforts to beat corruption and drug production in this standoff between. general betray us. president has scored again in his incipient battle against the american anti-corruption efforts first time i scored. when he completely blocked and stalled investigation of his chief of the national security council. and the second time just recently when

he can sell it they did he has the momentum again the american anti-corruption drive in afghanistan and he not only voided the american pressure but in the way he should go to the american scene again and stand and instead of reversing his decision against the effort handed afghans corrupt officials instead he fired one of the senior prosecutors in afghanistan demonstrating to afghans to americans and to the whole world that he is in charge not only of drug production but corruption as well right now this standoff is coming to the hands again it's open up an opportunity to brush off an old idea aired one year ago that is to regain the initiative and momentum fighting their corruption in afghanistan general petraeus has to be appointed as a governor general again

a stand so he could introduce the martial law and to disband the presidential institution in again a stand once and for all and to call for the loya jirga to postpone the constitution and to disband the presidential institution altogether so he could exit he would the palace coup and to appoint himself as a governor general this is the only way to address the runaway flagrant corruption that threatens to implode the whole social fabric of afghanistan corruption and drug production in afghanistan actually of the two parts of a binary weapon that threatens to implode the evidence of society and totally and completely discredit any notion of democracy in afghanistan. let's not take a look at some other stories from around the world and thirty three miners have

been trapped on the ground in chile for more than three weeks have had their first telephone contact with their families many of the man have severe skin irritation is from the heart of wet conditions but they say they're doing much better since receiving food engineers are due to begin drilling in this cave shaft which is expected to take at least three months to complete you're also considering expanding an existing bore hole which could speed up the rescue. in ecuador a bus ran off the highway and overturned killing at least thirty seven people and seriously injuring a dozen others children are among the dead it's believed the driver who also died in the accident may have fallen asleep police say had been ad the wheel for at least seven hours before the crash the bus was traveling through ecuador's highlands towards the country's capital quito. floods have submerged another town in southern pakistan side walls infrastructure and buildings have been badly damaged and most residents have fled the area the food water the flood waters are

also threatening the nearby city of tata a key staging point posts rather for relief workers pakistan is struggling to deal with the floods that have affected more than seventy million people and claimed hundreds of lives. a senior rabbi from our party was in israel's coalition government has called for palestinian leader mahmoud abbas to vanish from our war quote unquote a spiritual leader spoke out as direct middle east peace talks are poised to begin in washington this week united states has condemned the remarks as deeply offensive israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has distanced himself from the commitment saying from the comments rather saying he wants peace with the palestinians. russian prime minister vladimir putin has sampled the driving conditions on the country's roads giving an exclusive interview to the program my planet on the t.v. channel received twenty four you talk about the need to improve road safety and develop an edge of production in the country's far east. if you're going to go to

we have discussed things with truck drivers they say it's ok the motorway has been built and it appears good along this stretch but it's still like service points imagine if a tire bursts when the temperature is fifty below zero it would simply endanger life plus no communication tool this is very serious it means we've simply fails to take proper care of this in our time and it needs to be fixed immediately you'll see this now as we move on large production is planned to be related to pumping oil we are building a new pipeline with our chinese partners that's what several major proposed locations along this motorway will be about without doubt they will grow to become generators for this region and after driving three hundred fifty kilometers in a russian lot of killing a car put in said he was pleasantly surprised with the vehicle the prime minister is on a work trip and the country's far eastern plans to travel to thousand kilometers through the region. about ten minutes will bring you the latest advances in science

and technology across the country now though stephanie joins me was the latest business news. hello and welcome to the business bulletin prime minister vladimir putin says the standoff between arrest nichols' two main shareholders and like that of pasco unfathomed put time in is damaging for the company but he stressed that the government only has a limited capacity to resolve the conflict meanwhile in the real cynical see that the ministers will cough ski is more concerned about the company's future performance he revealed some of the company's plans to business. we are planning to sell our non core assets first of all including our golden norm and so-called non sulfite out such law for both mines and processing facilities of course and probably the black swan in australia although the final decision will be taken in september but the rest is still under consideration but of course the honeymoon

well which is the largest deposit and requires a complex approach will not be offered for sale will use it for further development and capitalization of the company. and let's have a look at how the acting market is shaping up asian stocks have had a buoyant to monday's session rising the most in five weeks such as the bank of japan announces new measures to pump liquidity into the market in an effort to stop the rising for the last week the japanese currency hit a fifteen year high against the dollar causing problems for exporters and the wider economy. and european shares are on the up on monday tracking those gains in asia and the us there also being given a lift by comments from the fed chairman ben bernanke he has said the u.s. central bank was ready to take further steps to boost economic recovery and after a sharp rise in crude prices later for the energy companies are gaining the footsie is closed for a bank holiday in the u.k. . and here in moscow the russian markets are gaining early in the session with both

the r.t.s. and the my sex up around half a percent so far banks are outperforming on the my sex. life or up point of nine percent each and you may just are also making gains but telecom is the star forward getting more than seventy percent of this our. publishing company russia's biggest power and engineering manufacturer has posted first half profits of ninety eight a million dollars the company's profits rose eighty four percent year on year however revenue remained unchanged at seven hundred ten million dollars. a leading russian pharmaceutical manufacturer of farms in paris is planning an initial public offering to raise sixteen million dollars the company will place thirty percent of its shares on moscow's my sex stock exchange it hopes to use the cash to fund the company's investment program which includes a new factory incent peters butt and international expansion the i.p.o. is expected to be completed in if that. russia is the world's biggest producer of

oil but despite having the resources it doesn't organize the market and nor does it possess a grade of oil considered to be a global benchmark micrograph investigates how oil is traded and why russia is finding it difficult to establish its own market. oriel is usually priced in barrels the measurement itself originates from the eight hundred sixty s. when the early pennsylvania oil field producers were forced to store oil in barrels usually meant for b. or turban time. the cost of a barrel which is equal to one hundred fifty nine liters is dependent on a number of factors supply and demand and speculation but it's also determined by the quality of the oil with certain blends commanding a premium over others who have different discounts and premiums of one brand to another that really depends upon multiples of factors starting their cost of transportation quality of course itself to their specific so for

a finding of this or that crude and also to the demand in the so that region where this can crude can go most oil traded usually uses two main benchmarks west texas intermediate and brant blend both of which are considered among the sweetest crudes this is despite the fact that there are more than two hundred blends in the world many of these however have high sulfur content making them salad blends and therefore harder to refine. but with the north sea oil fields reaching the end of their life and with it the grandstanded new of lens such as russia's euros blend or the e.s.p.n. pipeline blend are increasingly becoming the standard by which others are judged russia has become the world's biggest oil exporter and many believe the time has come for the country to establish its own international trading platform rather than leaving it to the u.s. the u.k. and singapore yes. if we had our own stock exchange where we could trade or oil i

think that firstly we could trade not only in u.s. dollars but also in rubles especially for c.i.s. countries among others i mean we are talking about the possibility of the rule becoming a major trading currency or even a reserve currency and this can only be done if the ruble is fixed to serious material resources such as gold oil and gas. the urals blend currently trades at a two dollars discount to brant yet many believe this is an unfounded discount one which could be raised through the establishment of a local oil exchange but for now russia is still happy to trade through the existing channels analysts agree that both the market regulators and oil industry players here still need to learn more from the oil trading heavyweights in london and new york before attempting to shift the balance of trading power in oil markets have genco business. and that's all the businesses for now but i'll be back with morphine in about an hour's time and you can always find most toys on

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moscow i'm marina joshie these are the headlines at least nine people have been killed and seriously injured after a fire at a nursing home in central russia hundreds were forced to flee investigators say there's evidence to suggest one of the residents committed suicide by setting himself on fire and then the flames spread through the room. writing in terror of russia steps up efforts to win the war against militants after claiming a series of successful operations in the north caucasus security forces saying they've killed over forty militants in august alone. and an ethnic divide in the big apple mexican immigrants are being targeted in a racially motivated.