the death toll after devastating floods in russia's southern region of crust in dar continues to rise reaching one hundred forty six water swept through thousands of homes in the worst disaster area has ever seen. you on as we kofi annan says international peace halfords in syria have so far failed and of warns against placing the blame on russia for stalling the process. and join us on from maine to the safety of ecuador's london embassy as the deadline for music for edition expires as we can weeks website publishes files on syria damning damascus and the west.

what you are going to live from moscow today we take a look at the top stories as well as the latest news and flash floods in russia's crescent are region struck unexpectedly as thousands woke up to a nightmare while they were asleep their lives and the people they loved were being washed away. in your mouth but you got by here but the other thing here that you might have without the likelihood is this. emergency teams are continuing to search for survivors after devastating floods killed over one hundred forty people in the southern russian region of cross nadar over twelve thousand have been affected the disaster caused by torrential rains swamp thousands of houses and their warnings the rain will continue throughout sunday artist on barton has more on what's going on in the affected areas right now

. you can see here behind me the river next to the town of crims all the deborah 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 debris rode into the front garden the friends has been pushed down and all around this town the first people are starting to come back to the 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 state of shock they may have survived that night but the homes to this town and all the damage are immense but my cousin woke me up at around one am until this to get out we found ourselves kneedeep in water i jumped out of the window while my

wife went back to get our papers she could not get a chance so i had to run to the back of the house by then the doors of the room will blocked so i broke the window and pulled her out the water was all over the house. 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 senses that many people are still in and that rescue effort that now that cleanup operation this starting is really going to be home put by old 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. largest dumbarton is staying in their region and will bring us the latest throughout the day by and you can also follow him on twitter see the scenes of devastation and the latest tweets

as tom follows the story from the worst affected area. police have launched a criminal investigation to look into the floods and it will concentrate on whether the deaths were caused by accident or negligence artie's dennis blonsky 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 i was going to but i'm. going to kids who are in a house think leading a paralyzed grandmother and a young woman with her three month old child last time i got a call from them they said the water level was almost reaching the ceiling and they didn't know how to get out we haven't heard from them soon for you 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 by 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 the 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 . 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 the catastrophe has paralyzed much of the travel network and the affected region well let's now talk to our ts carpenter roger karen how badly is this catastrophe affecting other parts of the country what do we know. well we know that it has of course affect to the people in cross and of course as sort of a domino effect happening on people throughout russia. because of its location by the black sea is a very popular spot for tourists a very sort of affordable want to and many families in fact to do send their kids to stay at summer camps in the cities so certainly affecting people who are residents of the city but also people from other parts of russia who travel into chaos no doubt especially with july being such a high season for tourism now beaches of course goes without saying have been closed the main port right into the black sea you have a run off of just imagine dead bodies and houses and terrible runoff of sewage even

and fact into the port leading into the black sea so really bad news and they are certainly trying to deal with the catastrophe and you do have emergency crews sent from moscow into cross by helicopter and by emergency planes but it has been affecting not only the people in the area but people throughout russia people who can't get in touch with family and because of the down to electricity telephone lines not working as was earlier mentioned food and water supplies also running short so very a dire situation that we are trying to deal with as the hours go by oh indeed a huge knock on effect on everyone there in the region current thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest. well for the first time in months anti-government protests are not the hottest topic in russia's blogosphere discussion of the floods have taken over and beyond the usual expressions of

condolences and offers of help there's a whole variety of reaction artista bang which a joins us now live from our newsroom with more. well marina it's amazing what one hundred forty characters can do to instigate debate and especially during this time of this natural disaster and now if you look at the twitters that we've actually been receiving and just going through a lot of people have a lot to say about what actually is happening out there in crimson now let's start off with the conspiracy theories now the theory out there that some twitters and their facebook is actually throwing out there is that there is a water reservoir that's out there people are saying that this natural disaster is actually a manmade disaster and they've included that water reservoir as an example of why they say that now that reservoir of course is that it's empty it's in between to the port at the bottom as well as crimes people have said that the reason why there's so much people who have died in crimes is because of that reservoir government officials as well as the governor have come out and said that is not

true the laws of gravity don't make sense there's no point there's really there's no way we're sure that that reservoir has actually been tampered with people have also actually also for the government to resign you know barry in mind these series the governor has said that he's not going to resign the people of his region need him and that's what he's going to focus on now let's move over to the government backlashes now people have taken to facebook as well as twitter to kind of poke at the president at the moment now i want to take you back to twelve years ago when we talked about this submarine incident that happened in coop's now a lot of people are sometimes miss pronouncing those two names proves it could be confusing to a lot of people so they're saying that you know the situation that happened back in cruise is happening right now we know that president putin was out there twenty it's immediately when that tragedy happened. without the lending his support to the people as well as the emergency services out there let's look at the good that's actually coming out of the social networks people are using social media to say

let's do good let's lend to help that's bring food let's bring clothing let's bring blankets that's what's needed out there right now for those people who are the thirteen thousand people who are now left with that devastation now you know these kind of catastrophes if you look around the world where does social media play such a big role in spreading information getting those pictures you know giving people a picture of what is going out there so it's really important that social media continues to be as such for me and will keep you updated on what's going on. all right tammie as we can see differing views own thoughts there and thanks very much for gauging the reaction for us having a tater now the timeline of the tragedy as well as all the latest news food and photos from the disaster zone are always available for you at our dot com. we've also got stories of outstanding bravery and heroism from the flooded areas like the policeman who died rescuing local people he managed to save two kids before his

boat was overturned so do logon to r.t. dot com for all the details. also a look at some of the stories that we are following for you here today the u.n. special envoy to syria has admitted 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 who are sending weapons and money and to the conflict zone are just more efficient reports from syria. commenting on why the international peace offers haven't succeeded so far u.n. and arab league special envoy to syria has retreated six hours after the crimes on hold hard to speed involved in this conflict and he has signed 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 of hampering peace process here in syria even threatening that these two nations will pay

a price kofi annan has said that iran could not be excluded of the peace process and and should be part of the dialogue on syria something america has been strongly opposed to iran is a very powerful player in this region and with huge influence on syria. is desperately trying to hammer out a common vision on how to resolve the crisis in syria and 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 crashes between the rebels and the army for months now here's my report from homes. at least part of hundreds maybe back on to 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. who seems to have been burned 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 pounds we have no way of telling if these remains or others like them were even counted. the bomber used to be home to one hundred thousand people now we're driving through ghost area people have left military almost the only human beings left in this area this is he can see behind me this is a 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 is a bad joke bomb that if you 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 meters away another big. sometimes 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 to this is why would a hurry up. but with by 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 tell us the rebels woke up so we leave. homs syria. iraq's foreign minister claimed this week there are solid information that al qaeda fighters are streaming over the border to syria to fight against the government that is the u.n. observer mission violence have reached on president of levels neil clark a contributor from britain's guardian newspaper believes the west is boosting unrest in syria by forming a virtual alliance with terrorist 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 and 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 clear a list of political system 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. well we want to hear your thoughts on this story so 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 eleven percent are sure it undermines the geneva peace accord preventing any joint progress while fourteen percent think the harsh rhetoric was aimed at securing more public support for president obama and twenty two percent of you think the words had

a point russia and china are stalling the peace efforts so log on to you to let us know what you think. vote counting is underway in libya after its first free national election for more than forty years the general consensus so far it seems to be that the islamic parties will gain a majority as they did in post revolutionary tunisia and egypt but journalist reso rick says the militias that contributed to gadhafi so overthrow will play a much more important role than the new national a sampling. 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 are paid to 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 or made to feel that their revolution is being stolen from 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 always something 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 of so-called stability you know why don't you live in moscow ahead of the program discovery of the decade just fine old god particle and say its existence may on law the mystery of how the universe was created. the deadline for joanna songes extradition to sweden set by britain's highest court

came and passed this saturday but the whistleblower remains in the u.k. is still waiting for ecuador to decide on his request for political asylum before taking refuge in the embassy of the south american country songe produced a much talked about interview show the last edition aired on r.t. this week laura smith looks at the key moments of the series. i'm julian assange. it is true he makes where they expose the world secrets these documents long united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn this western white people for what it promised an insight into the world tomorrow and in twelve episodes julie and i saw and 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 for serious negotiations dialogue and he said it was for a matter of a long as you make every day because the alternative to that no one cause of the diversity somebody else inside syria because it's sensitive to the situation in syria also that just i was saying 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 winger against radical leftists. 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 just took 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 the other party the global politics sea change also made waves but two more on the guest list the eminent thinkers tariq ali and noam chomsky the world protest movement showing modern politics are no longer fit for purpose to them the answer could lie in latin america in bolivia you mentioned a couple of times one of the most striking things that's happened there is the most repressed. part of the population of the. 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 costing highly engaged and significantly represents stiff of the times i'll miss it. looking forward to season two of july in a sound 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 i don't want to do it illegally shoot the son of a guy would have one forcing for me nobody would know who is 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 notion 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 the 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 chiro be welcome to the club of the persecuted. thank you. take care. i think it is new to. us associates given us a glimpse into the future as shape of the world we live in while his own future hangs precariously in the balance nora smith ot london well the spot of sound just plight we can leaks is 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 in a tie and company supplying the syrian authorities with sophisticated communication

encryption equipment as recently as this february and there are more damning revelations to fall there is apparently one hundred times more information than the previous leak of u.s. diplomatic cables just an erratic from the government accountability project says the fact syrian files are making headlines despite the criticism against julian sun and weaken 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 organization is continuing to function which is a testament to the buy ability of weekly leaks as an organization especially at

this time and i find all of this very interesting because it shows number one week the 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 well don't forget there's always plenty more on our website r.t. dot com so online right now there are no looks set to use it airborne drones domestically critics say that puts the privacy of u.s. citizens as risk also. a group of kids in a shelter for homeless kids in new delhi and set up their own a fully functioning financial system offering the world bankers a few lessons and in-depth report is available at r t dot com. scientists are hopeful they are closer to solving the lives of greatest mysteries after discovering what's known as the god particle european center for nuclear research

says it's the most anticipated find in a decade are the spear all over tries to decipher behaves 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 nor masses and we believe we

understand how the leave the basic walls but it doesn't sound to be real because this sort of played on mars and imagine that we have a theory which explain how it could go there mars and this is none using the higgs was unwelcome just completely different 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 boson 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. or peter alvarez entire interview with physicist under regular event is coming up later on r.t. he explains the scientific significance of the discovery here's a preview. 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 the problems we share you think the big we don't win this clear in our brains a twenty years ago all saw in a sense we know all the list of problems to be understood and that's what makes all of us so exciting and with way the large hadron collider has been built. by now wrap all of our top stories is coming your way in just a few moments stay with us.

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