this is why you should watch it only on the. more than one hundred forty people die as flash flood sweeps worth thousands of homes in russia's southern region of krasnodar the worst disaster in the area has ever seen. us and local piano says international peace halfords in syria have so far failed and warns against placing the blame on russia for stalling the process. and julian assange remains in the safety of ecuador is london embassy a deadline for his extradition expires and he is we can lease web site and publish his files on syria downing damascus and the west. welcome to r.t. today we take a look at the week's top stories as well as the latest news flash floods in

russia's crescent our region struck unexpectedly a six thousand woke up to a nightmare while they were asleep their lives and the people they loved were being washed away. by here but if you. give it you might go without the not being able to because it would behoove you with the. emergency teams are continuing to search for survivors after a devastating floods killed over one hundred forty people in the southern russian region of cross nadar over twelve thousand people have been affected the disaster caused by tarantula rains swamped thousands of houses and there are warnings the rain will continue throughout sunday r.g.s. town barden has more on what's going on in the affected areas right now. so you can see here behind me the river next to the town of crims all the debra that's been

flooded into there by that deluge of water that came into the night and here we can see just a little part of the damage that that immense amount of water did this small house close to the river one of the worst hit one of the first state it pushed this carriage down with ease up against the side of the house the straps there have been pushed out all this their brick road into the front garden the fences been pushed down and all around this town the first people are starting to come back to their houses to try and assess some of the damage and some of the costs of all of this water many of them really in a she in a state of shock they may have survived that night but the cost to this town and all the damage are immense sums up what i mean. i want to change to another house including a paralyzed grandmother and a young woman with three month old child last time we got a call from them they thought the water level was almost reached new zealand and

they didn't know how to get out we haven't heard from them. for in europe. there's no electricity at the moment there's no landline telephone service it's very hard to find any food or water outside the refuge centers that many people are still in and that rescue effort that now that train operation is starting is really going to be humbugged by all of that president vladimir putin has flown in to talk to some of the people here and some of the administrators who are trying to coordinate those efforts and also to find out why people were given no warning and why this flood happened so fast and cost so many lives tom our reporting there from the scene. reports on how the events unfolded from friday night when the disaster hit. people are still in shock in an instant their homes their cars and their gardens were swept away by a five metre high wave as the nearby river other go to turned into

a roaring nightmare almost everyone was caught by surprise the town's emergency ward was hit two out of six ambulances were destroyed in an instant doctors and drivers managed to get other vehicles out of the garage but it was the people came in under a lot of stress they have lost their houses their relatives and loved ones it was painful to look at the elderly july is the time of school holidays and russia and here in the south thousands of kids take excursions out of the school bus was caught in the deadly stream but the driver managed to call the emergency crews and help to get children out of the bus much of it we're standing at the traffic lights when the water it was up to here at first and then it went higher and the bus stopped i backed up called the emergency services they came in about ten minutes and started taking the children off the bus through that window even though power lines have not been fixed yet the local authorities are certain that they will be able to restore the grid in the couple of days rescue operation continues and

emergency workers are still hoping to fly in and help more survivors. it was the last year for in the disaster in russia south is already taking its toll on other regions as masses of tourists heading to the area for their summer break a catastrophe as paralyzed much of the travel network in the affected region so current erasure now joins us live from a ticket office in the capital and so tell us how badly is this disaster affecting other parts of the country. had been standing all morning long in front of one of moscow central surest agencies where you can see the doors right behind me people have been entering and exiting this building all morning long trying to get a refund on plane tickets. now we know that cost not that is why the black sea making it a very attractive vacation spot for many of russia's tourists and it's so close in proximity that it's really affordable for russia's middle class you can get there by train you can get there by plane you can even drive there in some cases

depending on where you're driving tromp but as a result it sort of had the disaster that did occur on friday night in crossing about of those torrential rains that caused that flooding has sort of had a domino effect throughout the rest of russia people very upset and trying to get their money back those who haven't purchased for example insurance on their plane tickets are just left with their hands in their pockets and really no way out so we know that there are evacuations happening in the city across not that an unfortunate event of course for those people there but also looking at the people who are trying to get into july is high season for tourists and they're finding themselves with no place to go and not only the people who haven't gotten into the city with no roads and no electricity but there are also people who are trapped on route there's people who have saved up money throughout the year purchased their plaint their train tickets boarded the train with their families and of course those train conductors were just stopped midway on route because of the flooding

that happened on friday evening so you have those people. two were trapped in the middle of nowhere and those people don't have food or water so a very unfortunate situation for those who are there and unfortunate for those who are trying to get there as well on the current as we can see a huge knock on effect their current iraqi thanks very much indeed for bringing us up to date. now for the first time in months anti-government protests are not the hottest topic for in russia's blogosphere a discussion of the flaws have taken over beyond the usual expressions of condolences and offers of help there's a whole variety of reaction or it has to balance a joins us now live from our news room was more. well it's amazing what one hundred forty characters can do to instigate change social media talking everybody has been buzzing the last twenty four hours just talking about this disaster that has happened now i just want to tell you a little bit about what's actually been being said at the moment

a lot of people are going on about conspiracy theories like this natural disasters actually made disaster this actually got the governor of the actual region to come out and say it's a natural disaster it's been five months of rain just pounding over this region for one night so you know we need to focus on what's important right that of course others have also taken to twitter and facebook and so forth to try to throw stories as president putin this is a great time for people who are obviously not for him to come out and say hey you know let's just throw a few more words at him but i think at the end of the day what most people are saying is that it's a disaster we need to come out and help come together and no better way to do that than on your social media facebook twitter way to tell people where to go. bring you know these are flood survivors they victims they they need shelter they need food they need warm clothing so this is some of the tweets that are just going on there you know let's give the people of screams some help let's give them shelter

there's actually of people coming together this morning from moscow university to actually go out the to lend their help at this time of tragedy and that this time when people need so much help we need to remember what is the important thing here is that it's a natural disaster that people can use social media for change for good and let's just focus on that. all right ted thanks very much indeed for reading through the tweets there and threads that are available on social media and of course we'll keep you updated on what's happening there as we continue our coverage on russia's flood throughout the day here on our teeth. well so don't forget that you can follow our correspondents on twitter and watch the scenes of devastation and tom barden's tweet as he follows the story from the worst affected area. what you are to live from moscow let's now turn to the other news stories that we are following for you here today the one special envoy to syria has admitted to

international peace efforts have not succeeded so far kofi annan also warned against blaming russia for stalling the process while ignoring the role of other powers for sending weapons and money into the conflict zone are just very financial reports from syria. commenting on why the international peace offer is haven't succeeded so far u.n. and arab league special envoy to syria has retreated but success as absolute of the plans on hold to speak in holding this conflict and his sound that they have a lot of talks about russia while little is said about nations still sending money and weapons to syria this friday friends of syria group accused russia and china of supporting the syrian regime and hampering peace process here in syria even threatening that that these two nations will pay a price kofi annan has said that iran could not be excluded or the peace process and and should be part of the dialogue own syria something america has been

strongly opposed to iran is a very powerful player in this region and with huge influence on syria while the international community is desperately trying to hammer out a common vision on how to resolve price in series syria is in war right now we've just returned from homes in the central part of the country that have been the epicenter. of the questions between the rebels and the army for months now here's my report from home. the spouse of hundreds may be back on the syrian army control but their patrols never stop soldiers are searching house to house they're looking for terrorists or snipers but that's not what they usually find. some people in their homes became their grades too and this room look human bones but at least one person. seems to have been burnt to death. in the next house we find three more charts. activists claim up to eight hundred

thousand people have been killed since the uprising began sixteen months ago the u.n. estimates around ten thousand we have no way of telling if these remains or others like them were even counted. by bomber used to be home to one hundred thousand people now we're driving through area people have left military almost the only human beings left in this area this is he can see behind me the city cemetery almost untouched actually while the rest of the city looks completely like the cemetery buildings schools mosques all in ruins and no sign of life while many signs of this is one of the tallest buildings in the area and we can see from this balcony two completely different pictures two completely different realities look there beautiful pictures peaceful city while over there well we can see war homes the opposition hotbed has always been at the heart of the

uprising against president assad there's a reactor bomb that if they could have been the epicenter of the questions between the rebels and the army since it's been shelled heavily now so you can see it's quiet here but just steps away just misses away another. from crimea and this is where the things are happening right now it's standing behind these rays strange rays quite safe but from time to time missiles reach this area too this is why would a hurry up. but the buy another home state district as you can see also almost completely destroyed everything shops building schools even mosques we were told that this district was cleaned from terror months ago but as you can hear not far from here questions still continue so we were actually told not to go any further i didn't simply dangerous soldiers come to our location they tell us the rebels woke up so we leave. homs syria. iraq's foreign minister claimed

this week there is solid information that al qaida fighters are streaming over the border to syria to fight against a government that has the un observer mission said violence had reached unprecedented levels neil clark a contributor from britain's guardian newspaper believes the west is boosting unrest in syria by forming a virtual alliance with terrorists when presidents i first came out and said it was foreign terrorist groups like al qaeda worst forms much of the violence in syria that was dismissed by the west but now we've got the iraqi government the u.n. secretary general saying this and that what's happening is of course we've got this kind of unofficial alliance between the west and its allies and radical islamic terror groups down of course in the west and so i don't want the violence to stop that's the sad reality and i think we've got to be very clear now there's no reason for anybody to be using violence in syria we had to vote back in february and it was a nice all new constitution eighty seven percent of syrians voted for it we want to

see a more pluralistic government in syria more clearly stupid system but that's that's what we want but we're not going to have that what we've got a responsible forces who are backing violent groups and what we want is i said many times if we want the west and its allies to say to the rebels now let go of your arms support peace and reconciliation. we want to hear your thoughts on this story of course and we're asking what you think about u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton slamming russia and china over the syrian crisis well so far the majority believe the move points to the frustration of the west over the or hampered military drive buffer sandor sure it undermines the geneva peace accord preventing any joint progress while fourteen percent think the harsh rhetoric was aimed at securing more of public support for president obama twenty percent of you think the words had a point russia and china are stalling the peace effort to log on to our key dot com to cast your vote. and i'll vote counting is underway in libya after

its first free national election for more than forty years the general consensus so far seems to be that the islamist parties will gain a majority as they did in post-revolutionary tunisia and egypt but journalists reseller it says the militias that contributed to gadhafi so were throw will play a much more important role than the new national assembly. libya considered itself a country even under moammar gadhafi the extent there was organized opposition it was often led by this universe and they're trying to capitalize on that but it's hardly an exercise in democracy because the militias still have the main control and work they do particularly the militias aligned with political parties those forces are not capable of winning elections fairly so they're disrupting the elections and as a response i think i get an interview a lot of ordinary working people or people in the street during my visits are people who are very very upset they think that

a new strongman is going to come to power which does not work they fought for and made to feel that their revolution is being stolen and western interference is an issue the u.s. and western europe or are very interested in maintaining or supplies from with. some of the countries that were away from being the loudest for military intervention are the ones who get their oil from libya and i think there there's evidence that they're back in some of the more right wing islamist and military forces there as their forces are so close to go have a much harder to live from moscow i had in the program discovery of the decade scientists find the so-called soft are to go and say its existence may on unlock the mystery of how the universe was created. of that line for joining us on his extradition to sweden set by britain's highest court came and passed the saturday but the whistleblower remains and the u.k. is still waiting for ecuador to the side of his request for political asylum before

taking refuge in the embassy of the south american country a songe produced a much talked about interview show the last edition aired on r t this week or smith looks at the key moments of the series. i'm julian assange. it is true when he wakes expose the world secrets these jackets belong the united states government been attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn this question was what was promised an insight into the world tomorrow and in twelve episodes julie and i saw interviewed opinion formers and activists from across the political spectrum. and with the first guest being hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah the program proved it wasn't going to hold back from the get go talking to a man the mainstream media has ignored for six years what we call in serious negotiations dialogue and he said that reform actually there are going to be

carried out because the alternative to that no one cause of you see diversities i was inside syria because it's sensitive to the situation in syria they also have to stop us they need to civil war and this is exactly what america and israel want for syria elsewhere the joined up europe project came under fire from david horowitz in a show that pitted the outspoken right wing against radical leftists. with the age old ideological fight threatened to turn physical had they been in the same room horowitz maintains europe is dead agrees oh it was a disastrous spirit europe but europe is a cultural theme park it's significant that's what happened that's what your welfare state that just took you out of the pie i have had personal experience with a socialist dream paradise of sweden and i can tell you it is nothing like you have opposing the global politics sea change also made waves but two more on the guest

list the eminent thinkers tariq ali and no chomsky the world protest movement showing modern politics are no longer fit for purpose to them the answer could lie in latin america and bolivia mentioned a couple of times one of the most striking things that's happened there is the three most repressed. part of the population of the most fear the indigenous population has moved into the political arena i want you to know i am not defending him i think he is a dirtbag i think he is a dirtbag he obviously has no problem using his fifteen minutes of fame to sleep with anyone who is crawling dividing media opinion but getting real people talking today in a soldier's show hit the ground running and the public on the twitter sphere have an appetite for more nothing short of groundbreaking revolutionary casting

highly engaged and then significantly represents to five the times i'll miss it the looking forward to season two of june this time show but there's no guarantee season two can happen and i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a guy would have one forcing for me then nobody would know. he was a traitor and should be executed or put in prison for life the feeling is mounting that the us would indeed prosecute judean ourselves for westby a knowledge or worse given half a chance he's currently here at the ecuadorian embassy inducted waiting to hear whether he'll get asylum that it's thought that prospect was first raised off mike during his interview with the ecuadorian president for the show broadcast on r.t. mutual admiration is clear in that interview and it ends on a friendly but chilling note as he. is really

a pleasure to meet you julian least in this way and cheer up you're welcome to the club of the persecuted. thank you. take care. thank you. it's just. given us a glimpse into the future the shape of the world we live in while his own future hangs precariously in the balance norris myth london. well despite his songes plight we go back in the game the whistle blowing web site is publishing the so-called syrian files the group promised millions of emails will be released over the next few weeks exposing the west's hypocrisy in dealing with damascus the first batch of documents revealed how an italian company supplied the syrian authorities with sophisticated communication and correction equipment as recently as this february and there are more damning revelations to follow there's apparently a hundred times more information than the previous leak of u.s.

diplomatic cables just on radek from the government accountability project says a fact syrian files are making headlines despite the criticism against join a sun and we can leaks proves the group's significance if these leaks were meaningless fluff or not in the public interest in knowing cared no one would report on them and they would see julian assange djoser crackpot and no one would pay any attention to it the fact that they're being reported on inherently shows their worth despite the fact that credit card companies that choked off financial support to wiki leaks and that he is holed up in the embassy this organisation is continuing to function which is a testament to the by ability of weekly leaks as an organization especially at this time and i find all of this very interesting because it shows number one weekly leaks is alive and well despite the best efforts of so many countries to shut it

down and number two that as much as the mainstream media wants to distance itself from wiki leaks the syria files are the front page of every major newspaper in the world right now. and don't forget there's always plenty more on our website r t v dot com so online right now america looks set to use it airborne drones domestically critics say that puts the privacy of u.s. citizens out of risk but also. a group of kids and a shelter for homeless kids in new delhi set up their own a fully functioning financial system offering the world bankers a few lessons and a death report is available at our. scientists are hopeful they are closer to solving life's greatest mysteries after discovering what's known as the god particle european center for nuclear research says its most anticipated find in a decade or two sphere all over tries to decipher the higgs bos'n. scientists

working at the large hadron collider have said that they've discovered a new particle which is consistent with the higgs bo's'n all the elusive god particle now why that is so important is well if this proves to be the higgs bo's'n it proves right a whole lot of theory that scientists have been working with for the best part of fifty years now concerning the creation of the universe how it works and most importantly why things have muss up until now we've only been able to really theorize mass into equations concerning particle physics it's all very very complex science in fact some of those working at the large hadron collider of said that it's well probably easier to find the higgs boson than to explain it to the lay person imagine good we have a planet which is populated by because we have norm ourselves and we believe we understand how the leave the basic walls but it doesn't sound to be real because and sort of played on mars and imagine that we have

a theory which explains how it goes on mars and this is now on using the higgs was unwelcome just completed month difficult well it's already being heralded as potentially the discovery of the century certainly of recent time in science we are hearing from cern from the large hadron collider that it could take them around a year to definitely say whether this is the higgs bosun this particle that they've found but certainly it's very exciting time for the scientific community and all eyes will be focused on cern to see where this takes us in the future. while peed all over his entire interview with physicist andrea levine coming up later on r.t. explains a scientific significance of the discovery here's a preview of. the great and the whole field that due to many experiments it really became very precision field of science and i think one of our it is a clear understanding call for those problems we think would be we don't win this

clear in our brains a twenty years ago or so in a sense we know the list of problems to be understood and that's what makes all of us so exciting of both ways this large hadron collider has been built. that brings us up to date every back shortly with an update of our top stories.

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