please. the death toll from devastating floods in the south of russia has now reached one hundred and fifty five thousands of homes and many people injured in the resort region's worst disaster ever. a clash of words while syria the u.s. lashes out at russia over the drawn out crisis while the chief international envoy to syria tries to draw attention to other countries that he says are boosting the conflict with arms. and the suspense of the ecuadorian embassy in london julian assange has extradition deadline passes by his wiki leaks website prepares to release millions of damaging files on those cashing in on the war in

syria. by from moscow this is r.t. to show welcome to the program russia's across the region is coming to terms with the sheer scale of the devastation inflicted after a flash flood struck overnight on friday many people were woken into a nightmare with their loved ones simply washed away into the darkness at least one hundred fifty five people at this point have died in the deluge thousands of houses were swamped affecting over twelve thousand residents. in the worst hit town he did speak to some of the survivors of the tragedy. you can see here behind me the river next to the town of crims all the deadly that's been floated 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 it it pushed this carriage down with ease up against the side of the house the straps there have been pushed. all this dead brick road into the front garden the fence has been pushed down and all around this town the first people are starting to come back to the house 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 cost to this town and all the damage are immense but my cousin woke me up at around one am until just 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 out so i had to wrong to the back of the house by then of the room will block group that we pulled her out the

water was all over the house. not mine the good news of the house incomes are staying so the stream wouldn't wash me away then too late to main came up and helped me on to an emergency truck and a senior so i got up there i saw my neighbors we can proceed to make your ship this has to be moving room this used to be a bedroom the house has been completely gutted from the inside by the router which came right up to the tops of the windows with miller managed to escape and sat there and might on a neighbor's fence where house collapsed she was perhaps. his neighbor say just down the road a neighbor on a room in the house collapsed on top of. reporting right while the deadly floods in southern russia have sent reverberations all across the country and the region is a massive tourist hub with thousands of holidaymakers heading there every summer but with travel and communication is now paralyzed and news about friends and loved

ones caught up in the disaster area is limited karen terror reports i'm here in moscow standing in front of one of the major transportation this train station behind me. are where the trains depart to head into and we've been seeing cancellations and delays but more importantly it's the families who are suffering families of those people who are still stranded in krasnodar and they can't even reach them let alone not by train but even by telephone a lot of the electricity is still out over there and so you really can't make any sort of phone calls to find out what's going on there on the ground so a lot of fear a lot of concern but you also have children in summer camps it's a very popular spot for children to relax throughout the summer and while most of the children in these camps have been evacuated still many are unaccounted for and parents here telling me today that they just want to find out if everything is

alright keep in mind now cross the god that is right by all right on the black sea and the main port is also dealing with the runoff of houses and dead bodies as well as even a sewage leaks so on top of the catastrophe that's going on you have people in the area who can't even get fresh water or food so a very major situation going on right now and it's affecting not only the people there but people throughout russia as well now for the first time in months government protests and the whole topic in russia's blogosphere discussion of the floods are dominating chants of the moment let's are joined to buying more on this so it's right so what how so what has the reaction been on the web to to this point . well rory the blogs for years have been buzzing obviously giving support and also reiterating the shock of this disaster more importantly sharing some of the witness accounts and just sending support to the people who have been affected by this you know social media is a place where people can share their thoughts they can you know debate about things

that is important to them but what i really want to share with you is some of the tweets and some of the messages that really shocked me and i want to start off with this tweet that we got now it says those did should blame themselves they voted for this stability now as any human being with any hard do you think how callous can somebody why that and tweeted to the rest of the world this is a tragedy that's happening we should be supporting these people who have been affected by such they've lost their livelihoods some have lost their you know their families they need support now i just want to go to another tweet here this is some of the political jabs that some people have been using twitter and some other on social media is. you know politicizing it goes the most important thing now is to make sure putin doesn't fly a fire extinguishing aircraft as he normally does and discharge more water on the city now seriously i mean this is a time when people should be coming together it's not time for politics it's time for people to rally and go help those people thirteen thousand of those people are

going to be displaced after this tragedy it's really just a political jab now last week which i think is the most important this is what people should really and this is what people have been pushing towards is this tweet that goes flying all of crimps everyone forget about the political views and help the people that's really what's important now but before we get there i just want to talk to one of the experts looking at one of the tweets that really has had everybody kind of talking in the uproar joining here with me is a mr alexie know who is the head of the w w f russia climate of. thank you so much for being here with us on r.t. now i want to show you something that i found on one of the social media so we can talk about that now said the town of prince was destroyed by a manmade tsunami after an emergency discharge from the nearby water reservoir is

that even possible no no it's impossible please account that it was very heavy rain it was about. twenty centimeters of water on one meter a large water basin a large water basin it's easy to calculate the amount of water in the amount of water downstream to claims it's enough water for more than ten meters it's more than enough so additional human influence is not required it's not enough water for saluted normal. authors a signal of new climate data so basically that manmade theory that everybody keeps throwing out saying that this could be something that was manmade it has no relevance to what's happening to mum on a law called manmade influence is not relevant is it more climate change that's happening around the world is a signal it's a signal typical around the globe that the same amount of precipitation the same amount no not as

a lot of small rain or snow but if you are very heavy this year in africa in a night it states and now in russia this is a common signal for human society could we have prevented this could anyone have foreseen this and prevent forestall they have to be ready to such a normal they have to do used to live in new climate it's not new planet it's our planet the same planet but significantly change it more natural more extreme climate there man made influence exist well thank you thank you very much there mr lacy cochran from the head of a double russia and he is of the climate a program that's just some of the tweets and some experts on some of those very fight treats that have been going around on the blocks yes back to you ari thanks very much. well let's get some more expert perspective on how this devastating flood could have formed with someone who actually specializes in such matters are

joining me now here on our peers corben founder of the weather action foundation thank you for coming on the program it's good to see you today eyewitnesses describe being hit by a tsunami obviously not coming from the sea but from a nearby mountain range how can you can you even make sense of exactly how it happened. well. your big fine by the way on your side but i would describe it as a water out of a long. huge amount to right for the idea of. becoming constant coming down the mountain probably a lack of previous lake shore trees or whatever made it come out within the party. we understand is a lot of extreme events around the world. this is because of the. position of the jet stream which is move further to the front it's also in a stark situation all around the world so we've got many extremes predicted the

major ones of the americas europe. some time ahead or certainly as you say this is this is not necessarily an isolated incident you're saying there are other other weather anomalies happening around the world the wildfires in america floods in the u.k. but certainly with such a high death toll we're talking at this point one hundred fifty five confirmed victims of this deluge sharon in russia's southern crescent our region you are describing it as almost a water avalanche coming in the late hours of the night was there any way for people to be prepared or in any way for them to escape. well first thing is we predicted a long time had there would be extreme. forest fires in the usa and the northeast of the usa which had to be. big storms the very way. you know to kingdom very high temperatures on for as far as in east europe and associated

with all this we have a start jet stream which is affecting you in the far east of the black sea no no real short range of it all you should take into account these warnings of extremes i mean to run this rain it's going to be big and that is what's happening now in terms of short range of war and you possibly they could if they had enough start a lot more nurturing i don't know but i would say there's a risk of this targeting norm or toying with not all the talk but norm. all through your lawyer and we don't expect a fundamental shift in the jet stream until sometime in august and we haven't worked out exactly when yet but after that then the danger of this type of thing recurring will decrease while you say you know perhaps in the future. with the jet stream and not being want to see that usual course in the future my dissipate and

things might let up a little bit but for example we're hearing now that the rains have picked up again nearing the level of torrential rain is there a danger of more flooding do you think in the southern cross in our region after such an event as this has people had the time yet to get prepared for what could be another deluge. well yes there could well be another. turn to happen in the period where we have a lot of. flooding just off to the period of. special bursts of solar activity from the sun and then more to. the situation or the moon. we do not do detailed forecasts for russia. look ahead. you know we used in europe it doesn't go down there in the future we might have something to say about that but definitely the risk of a repeat of these things he's still around and people need to well you know. be

able to move quickly will be on hard ground i mean i suspect one of the problems is a lot of people have been building properties quite near to water courses and that has resulted in a lot of all the parts of the world as we understand you know the rescue efforts are underway the recovery efforts as well emergency personnel are so if indeed mr mr pierce called if indeed there is another round of rains or possible another part two of a deluge hopefully they'll be ready for this time piers corbyn founder of the weather action foundation joining us live from london thank you for coming on the program today thank you. but meantime artie's denise polaski he will join to some of the rescue teams in the desperate search for survivors the devastation had this report to contribute we were told that emergency ministry units just got a call from this neighborhood. people heard loud screaming during the floods and

actually right now emergency ministry group with search dogs there trying to find survivors. as you can see right over there. rescue teams always do a thorough examination of every meter of the debris site and may still be oxygen under the debris so there is hope that they could still be survivors trapped underneath. them sadly emergency workers did not find any survivors this time but they went on with their work we spoke to the couple who called them and they are still in shock at what was happening to them. because of the mystery that's where the water level was at its peak at first and waist high flood through me right into the corner over there luckily i managed to grab only one that was tied like hold up and over the railing and got inside the house and then i just climbed the ladder busting your balls. there are many theories and rumors surrounding the disaster

some people doubt that the flood was caused by severe to rain children they claim that it could have been water discharged from the nearby reservoir but russian investigators working at the scene deny those claims they say all surrounding them are intact and they were functioning properly so the search for survivors here and claims continues and there is still hope that more lives will be saved. both in the region they will continue to bring us the latest throughout the day here on our to you can also follow the twitter feeds all of our correspondents are contributing now you can see the scenes of devastation with the stories of survivors get the latest reaction on twitter channels. all the timeline of the tragedy as well as all the latest news footage and photos of the disaster zone available for us. but we also have stories of outstanding bravery amid the flooded areas one policeman has died rescuing locals he managed to save two kids before his

boat was but those details also. dot com. could have you with us on the program today diplomatic efforts in syria although unsuccessful so far will continue that's according to a special envoy to the country kofi annan he also warned against blaming russia for the crisis deadlock saying the role of other powers to send weapons and money into the conflict zone is being played this report from syria and. commenting on why the international peace efforts haven't succeeded so far u.n. and arab league special envoy to syria has retreated six hours after the plans on the only artist been involved in this conflict and the syrian crisis should be and could only be resolved through dialogue and the geneva peace initiative just like other international peace plans is teamwork and it is it is absolutely unacceptable and not at all constructive to blame on only one side because sound that this has

been a lot of talks about russia while little is said about nations still sending money and weapons to the syrian rebels kofi annan has mostly been talking about friends of syria group that 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 should be part of the dialogue something america has been strongly opposed to syria is in war right now we've just returned from the homes in the central part of the country and this is the really sad picture what we saw here's my report from hans. this part of honey so maybe back on the syrian army control with it the trolls 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 or at least one person. who seems to have been burned to death. in the next house we find three more charred skulls. 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 at all. bab amr 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 you 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 death 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 badge of bomb running that is to have been the epicenter of the clashes between the rebels and the army once it's been shelled heavily now so you can see it's quiet here but just steps away just misses away another district sometimes and this is where the things are happening right now it's standing behind these raised strange rice quite safe but from time to time missiles reach the syria to this is why would a hurry up. but the barn other homes the district as you can see also most completely destroyed everything shops buildings schools even mosques we were told that this district was cleaned from turkey 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 just simply dangerous soldiers come to our location tell us the rebels. so when the. homs syria and i'll t. is coming here live from the heart of moscow the deadline for julian or saunders extradition to sweden as ordered by britain's highest court expired this saturday there was a blow at remains of the ecuadorian embassy in london where british police have no jurisdiction he's currently awaiting a decision on his asylum request to the south american country but shortly before he sought refuge there songs produced his latest and much talked about interview program exclusively here on r.t. it is a lot of the latest installment just ahead this week here on r.t. laura smith now has the highlights. i'm julian assange.

it is true. expose the world secrets these talking as long united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn this quote after quote the gulf war it promised an insight into the world tomorrow and in twelve episodes julie and i interviewed opinion and activists from across the political spectrum. and 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 reform actually there are going to be carried out because the alternative to that no one cause of the sea diversities i was inside syria because of the sensitivity of 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 wing against radical leftists. with a age old ideological fight threatened to turn physical had they been in the say room horowitz maintains europe is a dead agrees it was a disastrous spirit europe europe is a cultural theme park in significant that's what happened that's what your welfare state just took out of the plight i have had i have personal experience with the socialist dream paradise of sweden and i can tell you it is nothing like the advertising for the global politics change also made wait for two more on the guest list the eminent i think is tarik alley and. the world protest movement showing modern politics are no longer fit for purpose to them the answer could lie in latin america 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. 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 judy 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 represent stiff of the times i'll miss it looking forward to season two of july in a stone 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 this guy was forcing for me and nobody would know. he's a traitor and should be executed or put in prison for life the feeling is mounting that the u.s. would indeed prosecute judy in our songs for the f.b.i. knowledge or worse given half a chance he's currently here at the ecuadorian embassy in london waiting to hear whether he'll get asylum 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 note as he. is really a pleasure to meet you julian least in this way and welcome to the club of the persecuted. thank you. take care. i thought have given us a glimpse into the future shape of the world we live in now while his own future

hangs precariously in the balance laura smith london and despite his editor's plight wiki leaks remains on daunted the whistle blowing web site now set to publish the so-called syrian files the organisation of promises millions of e-mails exposing international companies interests and dealings in syria as well as the government's inner workings initial was released showed that an italian company supplied assad's government a with cutting edge communication equipment as recently as february of your langrune promised even more damning revelations to come the amount of information expected to war that of wiki leaks infamous u.s. diplomatic cables leaked just learned from the government accountability project says the fact that syrian files are making headlines despite the criticism against sergeant wiki leaks proves at the end of the day the group 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 have 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 viability of weekly leaks as an organization especially at this time and i find all of this very interesting because it shows number one 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 at the front page of every major newspaper in the world right now. when it's a good to have you with us here on our team today we are coming to you live from

moscow we will be back in just a moment with a recap of our top stories. how does the idea of multicultural society. sharing the motherland.

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