the death toll from devastating floods in the south of russia has topped one hundred seventy thousands of homes have been washed away and many people injured as the resort region faces its worst natural disaster in living memory. as america lashes out at russia and china for the continuing violence in syria the un's envoy to the troubled country draws attention to other states that are fanning the flames of civil war with arms and cash. and suspends at the ecuadorian embassy in london and julian assange has extradition deadline passes while his wiki leaks website starts to release the so-called syrian files.

recapping the week's top stories broadcasting live twenty four hours a day this is our team with the weekly glad to have you with us devastating floods leave one hundred seventy one people dead and many more injured in a popular southern russian resort area residents woke up to find themselves in a nightmare as the disaster hit overnight on friday thousands of houses have been washed away while officials say as many as twenty thousand people could have been affected by the flood artie's tom barton is in the city of crimps which has been hit the hardest he spoke to some of the survivors of the tragedy. you can see here behind me the river next to the town of crims all the devry that's been flooded into that 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 hit it pushed this carriage down with ease up against the side of the house the struts there have been pushed out all this debris thrown 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 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 cost 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 down 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. my go tells you the housing come

to the thing so the stream would have washed me away then too late to maine came up and helped me on to an emergency truck and a senior so i got up there i saw my neighbors brief collapse particularly your ship this used to be movement is nothing really this used to be her bedroom the house has been completely gutted from the inside by the roots which came right up to the tops of the windows with miller managed to escape sat there and right on a neighbor's fence where house collapsed she was perhaps know his neighbors say just down the road a neighbor on a room and had her house collapse on top of thousands of workers with heavy equipment trying to clean up the frost amounts of deborah and to provide people with shelter and with food but things are becoming more difficult as time wears on food supplies are short people here are exhausted they are hungry and increasingly

they're angry. there's a lot of meat to flew over the area and it's come and met local leaders to try and decide what should be done to help people here as best possible and has demanded an inquiry looking into if they could have been moved things that could have been done to help protect this town and its citizens and the region from the floods the swept through here and floods that have claimed so many lives parties tabard reporting for us there and now the region affected by the deadly floods is a popular tourist destination with thousands heading there during the holiday season but with travel and communications paralyzed in the area people are growing desperate to find out news about relatives and loved ones are too scared to write your reports. i'm here in moscow standing in front of one of the major transportation halts 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 cross and they can't even reach them let alone not by train but even by telephone a lot of 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 thought that is right by all the 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 leak 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 karen tara reporting for us there now keeping with the story discussion of the floods is dominating russia's blogosphere online users are expressing their condolences as well as searching for someone to blame for the disaster or choose to take a look at some of the more controversial comments. 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 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 than social media's to politicize things it goes the most important thing now is to make sure putin doesn't fly a fire extinguishing a craft 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 two crimps guy urge everyone to forget about the

political views and help the people that's really what's important now which is to bring most a report for us there professor chris williams from the new york pace university says the flooding could be just one of the more dire consequences of climate change . well i think scientists generally would be very wary of describing any individual and weather events no matter how extreme to definitively to get global warming but i think you can certainly say that if you look at the massive flooding here or the wildfires in siberia or the fires across southwest united states the flooding in the midwest last year all the fires around moscow in two thousand and ten there's a patent sight to develop where by you you can say that things to extreme weather events that were maybe only happen every decade or two every twenty years and now it's going to happen with increasing frequency so you're getting every two to five years. around ten thousand emergency workers are operating in the disaster zone

searching for survivors of the devastation or he's dense blonsky joined some of the rescue teams we were told the emergency ministry units just got a call from this neighborhood seeing. people heard loud screaming during the floods and actually right now emergency ministry group with surge dogs they're trying to find the 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 there could still be survivors trapped underneath . sadly emergency workers did not find any survivors this time but they went on with their work with spoke to the couple who called them and they are still in shock at what was happening to them. that's where the water level with at its peak

at first the waist high flood threw me right into the corner over there luckily i managed to grab a front that was tied then i called up and over the railing and got inside the house and then i just climbed the ladder. there are many theories and rumors surrounding the krims disaster some people doubt that the flood was caused by severe tarantula rain alone 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 . in this particular case. so the flooding during the rains that accumulated a huge amount of water any kind of deliberate will to discharge is technically impossible but has a mobile flow pipe to release excess water in safe quantities. so the search for survivors here and claims continues and there is still hope that more lives will be

saved. corella in who is an engineer of hydro power systems says dams are usually constructed so that discharged waters pose no threat to nearby residential areas. certainly it was critically it's still provides the discharge streams trio not closing it damages the sick as it was it will flow. only persuaded you to make such kind of gives charge sure for do even for it's your com or was it the opposite it's wrong or close it's. controlled by their fortunes from a very sad to leave and thanks again throughout the course of their by the condition so far normally it's a record going to some. in any case it's going to be the goal is to buy their work a damn. dentist polaski continues to bring up his bring us up to date via his twitter stream in his latest tweet he says a group of local residents have inspected the nearby reservoir by helicopter and

concluded the rumors about water being deliberately released from it are baseless keep your finger on the pulse of the latest developments and see the scenes of devastation and read the stories of survivors and get the latest reaction all on our teams twitter channels. timeline of the tragedy as well as all the latest news footage and photos from the disaster zone are always available for you as well that are to dot com. there we also have stories of outstanding bravery and heroism from the flooded areas a policeman has died rescuing the local people there he managed to save two children before his boat was overturned log on to our team dot com for all of the details. in a rare interview with western media syrian president bashar al assad lashed out at washington for supporting what he called terrorist gangs in order to break up the state the president was speaking ahead of the talks with the un's international envoy to syria kofi annan who is now in damascus and on continues his mission to

bring peace to syria despite admitting that previous efforts had failed archies marouf an osha has more on that. commenting on why the international peace efforts haven't succeeded so far u.n. and arab league special envoy to syria has rita rated that success as absolute of the plans on all parties involved in this conflict and the syrian crisis should be and could only be resolved through dol the claim that the geneva peace initiative just like other international peace plans is a team work and it is it is absolutely unacceptable and not at all constructive to blame on only one side he has 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 accuse 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 homes in the central part of the country and this is a really sad picture what we saw here's my report from homes at. least part of hundreds maybe back on the syrian army control but their patrols never stop soldiers a search chain 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 charred skulls. i have to this 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. by bomb or 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 there's a badge of 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. some time here 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 the bar and other homes the district as you can see also almost 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 they tell us the rebels woke up so we leave. homs syria. vote counting is underway in libya after the country held its first post khadafi election on saturday early reports suggest that the party led by the interim prime

minister is in the lead but the vote was marred by militia violence attacks on polling stations and boycotts. and eye witness of the and take it off the uprising says the election had little to do with actual democracy. democracy. you can watch libya now if you visit libya and see the weapons all over a country militia controlling the. country you can. elect to freely in this atmosphere how can i go to the election knowing that there is a gun on my head telling me words to go. you cannot kill your own people. in the name of democracy you cannot. be one and a half million live in egypt tunisia and other parts of the world. and nearly thirty thousand prisoners in prison being tortured and being

killed they call good dictator because if you break the regime that was before good duffey you may get. be taken to prison now if you glorify a kid that if you will definitely be killed. the deadline for julian assange extradition to sweden as ordered by britain's highest court expired this saturday the whistleblower remains at 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 and completed his interview series on r.t. laura smith has been looking back at the highlights. through which she will be exposed the secret these jackets belong united states government been attacked by the united states. promised an insight into the world tomorrow julie and i stand interviewed opinion

formers and activists from across the political spectrum. and with the first guest being has. 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 in serious negotiations dialogue and said reform actually was going to be carried out because the alternative to that no one cause of the first season inside syria because it's sensitive to the situation in syria also the test of our city into 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 it was a disastrous spirit europe 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 and mention a couple of times one of the most striking things that's happened there is the most repressed part of the population of the hemisphere the indigenous population has moved into the political arena i want you to know i am not defending it 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 crumbling. 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 broadcasting highly engaged in and significantly representative of the times i'll miss it. looking forward to season two of julian assange 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 was forcing. everyone to 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 julian asos for westby

a notch 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 who is really a pleasure to meet you julian least in this way will be a welcome to the club of the persecuted. thank you. take. thank it as us no to. close associates given us a glimpse into the future shape of the world we live in while his own future hangs precariously in the balance laura smith london. despite its editor's plight wiki leaks remains firm in its decision to publish the so-called syrian files the

secret spilling group has started to release more than two million e-mails exposing international companies interests and to dealings in syria as well as the government's inner workings initial wires released it showed that an italian company supplied assad's government with cutting edge communication equipment as recently as february the online group promised even more damning revelations to come the amount of information is expected to dwarf that of wiki leaks infamous u.s. diplomatic cables just radek from the government accountability project says that the fact syrian files are making headlines despite the criticism against julian assange and wiki 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 is 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. the u.s. japan and germany and of the u.k. are among countries who have pledged sixteen billion dollars in aid to afghanistan to secure the country's future after foreign troops leave in two thousand and fourteen it comes amid reports that six nato soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in the east of the country on saturday u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton named afghanistan as

a major non nato ally medea benjamin is an anti-war activist and says there's no guarantee the money will be put to good use. but naming afghanistan and me not nato ally could sit in a category with israel in japan which allows afghanistan to have special preferences when it comes to buying military equipment and being involved in training that nato organizes so it keeps afghanistan within the nato orbit for many years to come i think in terms of the money that was pledged it really is not different from the money that has been given to afghanistan in the past unfortunately it is much less then the amounts of money that have been spent on the military and given the corruption that exists in afghanistan there's no guarantee that this money will be well spent. now look at some other stories making headlines around the world for you this hour egypt's military council is to hold an

emergency session after a new president mohamed morsi ordered the country's parliament to reconvene a month after it was dissolved he reversed to the original decision made by the van the ruling generals based on a court judgment over alleged faults in the election process he is also called for parliamentary elections to be held within sixty days of a new constitution being approved expected later this year the military had power to morsi at the end of june. thousands are streaming towards pakistan's capital in a march against the government's decision to reopen nato supply routes they were shot last november after a u.s. airstrike that killed twenty four pakistani troops but reopened last week after america apologized for the incident the first convoys crossed into afghanistan on thursday. reminder of our headlines is only a couple of minutes away keep watching our team.

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