from phones to freshen. he starts on t.v. don't comb. day of morning and russia for more than one hundred seventy people who died after a flash floods hit cross in the dark it's the worst natural disaster in the southern resort region has seen. cheered up as a child out of with i read people's pleas for help on an internet forum and we rushed here my son died as soon as we could to at least bring some much needed food to them as thousands of those displaced after the tragedy suffer a shortage of essential supplies people across the nation join efforts to provide much needed help. and syria's leader accuses the u.s. of fueling deadly violence in the country by partnering with rebels that he's army holds military exercises on how to repel an attack from the outside.

it's eight o'clock in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie russia is mourning more than one hundred seventy lives lost in devastating floods in the southern resort region of cross in the dark over five thousand houses were swept away when a seven meter wave caused by torrential rains hit the area on friday night artie's dumbarton spoke to some of those who kept their lives but lost everything else. after the flood a country mourns. everywhere in the town of crims there is evidence of the force and speed of the waters of violence and it seems everyone here has their own personal drama to tell this it has to be living room this used to be

a bedroom the house has been completely gutted from the inside by the letter which came right up to the tops of the windows with miller managed to escape and sat right on a neighbor's fence where house collapsed she was perhaps. his neighbor say just down the road a neighbor and i room and had her house collapsed on top of her all night perched on top of the neighbor's fence the flood surging around. the water has risen to more than three metres i was sitting on the fence praying it wouldn't come higher because i you i would have drowned most of those who died were elderly too frail to escape the deluge those who did manage to make it to safety say they will never forget what happened. i grabbed the curtain and pushed my feet through the window just couldn't save my life the helicopter didn't sue me at first but i started to wave my cane and it came back it couldn't land so it didn't pick me up after that

a boat came and i started to shout but save me for those left behind the basic necessities must now take priority well looking through the rubble for all things one of them in this water and of their hours dried them the clothes that we are wearing now are actually on would have left as the wave struck we only thought of our children and our lives tim's the beginning of this tragedy the death toll has climbed steadily and even now not everyone has been accounted for our ten year old nieces lost who were standing next to the morgue all day yesterday and no news nothing. many here are hungry and exhausted and have no homes to return to and need to start from scratch here i'm a veteran of the second world war all my medals are gone everything is gone i don't have anything anymore how do i live what should i do now but i thank god that i'm alive. and with commemoration services being held across russia there are certain to be many more stories of personal tragedy and bravery. and.

funerals will continue throughout monday while the number of dead could rise as emergency teams continue to search for the destruction over twelve thousand people have been affected by the flash floods and man if people are still in shock why it is and is a lot more is us from the region for more. this is a tough time for those who survived the floods and many people lost their loved ones livelihood so how are they coping now. the flood affected almost every family and every household sold and crims just this morning with all groups of people talking about the damage still trying to find their neighbors and loved ones there was a sign on one of the houses we passed this morning that read i'm alive i'm at my brother's place there is a lack of local information since there is still no electricity in most neighborhoods with no radio or t.v. in town people share news by word of mouth we saw dozens of relatives visiting the

town's morgue where they did identification of bodies is still taking place those who were lucky to survive now faced off challenges this scale of destruction is enormous and people are taking matters into their own hands by starting to rebuild homes and apartments the russian emergency ministry deployed thousands of rescue workers but there is so much more besides government's help there is a strong feeling of support coming from russia in the broad social networks twitter and facebook in particular are buzzing with information about donations for the victims of the koreans i got two emails yesterday from people in brisbane and in chicago asking about the krims club's calls for help go beyond traditional charities as volunteers among them private individuals from other cities travel to koreans bringing food water and clothes yesterday were met calls explained crossing guard who brought several trucks of supplies i spent a few hours driving around to see how this small community is coping with the

aftermath and here's the story. bloodied and christina moving to the relatives and just a couple of weeks christina is expecting their second child still she decided to help her husband find their lost belongings but i do think that ideal of packing all the children's clothes we were expecting a girl or a second she might need them a couple of blocks away other survivors of the crims claude receiving humanitarian aid local volunteers bring fresh supplies throughout the day up as a child out of what i read people's pleas for help on an internet forum and we rushed here my son and i as soon as we could to at least bring some much needed food for them to move as water supplies have not been fully restored authorities have also started distributing bottled water firefighters have joined other rescue services they are also helping pump water out of people's yards and basements meanwhile thousands of collection centers have been set up across russia with people donating money clothes and food emergency ministry crews from all over the

country are working in creams now a right behind me you can see their camp there providing support with specialist equipment but as thousands of households are affected in the city alone they are under pressure to reach everyone while the government has pledged millions of dollars in financial aid as well as to rebuild the destroyed houses before winter many have already started cleaning up and fixing things themselves throughout the town authorities are also deploying mobile generators to help people return to normal life as soon as possible even though the town has been badly hit it looks like the people of chremes have not lost hope and against all odds they're staying and helping each other to rebuild their homes and their lives. cross and our region . chris williams from new york space university says the flooding could be a consequence of a lack of planning when developing mountain areas. if you have a month's worth of rain falling in a few hours and then on top of that you forest the hills in the mountains along

that feed the water down to the coastal plain there and you make a disaster of this type more or less inevitable at some point i mean i think the you need a lot more planning and thought put into what was going on in the mountains above the coastal plains particularly with deforestation because trees in particular we know hold that hold in the soil and prevented. flooding down and becoming saturated much more quickly and that exacerbates the potential for. flash floods which is what we tragically seeing now so i think it's planning in that respect i think also if you concrete over large areas with houses parking lots roads etc then you take away from the source ability to hold in all kinds of ways both in the mountains and on the plains. well there has been

a show of compassion for those caught in the floods people all across russia are engaged in a drives to help those who lost everything thousands of volunteers over the war in aiding efforts through social networks gathering things people in the worst hit area urgently need dozens of collecting stations have been set up across the country with a shortage of cars to deliver that aid becoming the main problem now people nearer the flood stricken as well as hundreds of kilometers away are offering to host those who need a roof over their heads more than anything more details of how people are uniting to offer a helping hand at r t dot com. plus check the twitter feeds of our correspondents at the scene of disaster tom barden in one of these latest updates says the bodies of flood victims are being kept in the refrigerator at the supermarket trucks due to lack of space and mortuaries so follow his updates apps tom barton underscore our team. you know sometimes you see

a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. nearly a billion people in the world are going hungry. in the united states even our trash

cans are filled with food you just have to go get it with all of these perfectly good eggs because one was cracked didn't even get all over the other ones just threw them all away and she's from the german oh yeah we really like that up with. the dumpster at one am this morning three pm this afternoon on the grill the cake is made from and one dozen dumpster. delicious breakfast for the families eggs and toast for about a week every year in america we throw away ninety six billion pounds of.

what you are taking to live from moscow syria's president says countries like the us saudi arabia qatar and turkey are hindering peace in his country by supporting those he calls terrorists that accuse washington of being partially responsible for the deaths of innocent civilians by partnering with the rebels the syrian army have started a large scale drills simulating the fans against outside attacks some opposition leaders previously appealed to the west for foreign intervention against the regime but as murray financial now reports from syria many of the contrary are fearing for their lives and the rebel forces guess what they want. well since the uprising in syria escalated the west has been consistently calling on assad and his government to step down you know defectively want to give in to the demands of the armed opposition but it seems so far there is no clear understanding of who exactly they are. so immediate. these fighters of the syrian opposition they're

brave determined full of pride they took the fate in their hands. but for some taken control of their destiny meant taken up arms in this amateur video posted on you tube which cannot be independently verified gunmen calling themselves members of the opposition militia from it live explain why this man was hanged and with the help to the syrian regime and it was killing the rebels they say i am. on behalf of all friends let me express my admiration by their bravery over the norm but this kind of justice only adds more anger to what has already been called a civil war. with the terrorists criminals murderers and i believe is necessary for any citizen to leave us. we cannot ask

the opposition to unilaterally give up their struggle for justice dignity and self-determination in other media whose origin is hard to establish these men say they captured the syrian air force officer then they dispense even more rough justice. the united states will continue providing non-lethal assistance to help those inside syria who are carrying the fight to organize and better communicate. marched in this video of the boys behind the camera says the fight must go on it warns this will happen to anyone who cooperates with the assad government. they are top criminals these people are top of criminality how do they have the right feel sad when you find your country destroyed in our country we've been building our lives. the whole world wants to

see a political transition from this illegitimate regime team to actually see one that can take care of its people many however fear that should such people force us to leave since like these could become a familiar occurrence and have little faith in western force democracy. where they're talking about democracy in the gulf or in other countries we are syrian people we should decide these things ourselves. this mantra that the syrian people alone should determine their country's future has been repeated by many nations and has finally been recognized by major world powers but it was some states continue to call on assad to leave and support in his opponents fears mountie in syria that it's the people that will pay the ultimate price. from damascus in syria our official count in libya suggests liberals have a lead in the country's first nationwide election in nearly five decades the

official results from saturday's poll marred by gunfire and violence are due layer this week ali al cassy an eyewitness of the un take it off the uprising says libya is unlikely to have a democratic future following the vote. democracy. you can watch libya now if you visit libya and see the weapons are over a country militia controlling the. country you forgot. to freely in this atmosphere how can i go through the election knowing that there's a gun on my head telling the world to go. elected you cannot kill your own people. in the name of democracy you cannot display the one and a half million lives in egypt tunisia and other parts of the world. and nearly thirty thousand of prisoners in prison being tortured and being

killed they call good dictator because if you break refused to receive that was before you get there a few you may get. be taken to prison now if you glorify a kid that if you will definitely be killed. the u.s. military presence is growing on the african continent later on monday peter all of the alan his gas and crossed out debate what could be behind the build up. of your question is. vile interest in some of these places and why the heck are we there right when i get out peter you want to react to that. well you know so many people and peter are so you know why we have you heard it it's very it's very simple i think i think i would miss is the bigger point the bigger point is you can't have allies who you only call up on when it affects you and you don't come to their assistance when they want something now in the case of you gone or you got allies that we have that we have we have to meet out because we would have

a rule here at the end here the other to ruin it in an era in any hero want to grow how they want if they have new york i'll have a bio bomb goes off there now they're probably not yes it's about oil you know for the united states yes it's about containing china in this is done under the banner of terror and the war on terror. but. leave you to.

download the official anti application to go on the phone on called talk from the top story. watch on t.v. lights on the go. video on demand. an r.s.s. feed now in the palm of your. six nato soldiers are dead after a roadside bomb exploded in eastern afghanistan hours earlier several countries including the u.s. and japan agreed to provide the nation with sixteen billion dollars in aid the cash is aimed at securing afghanistan's future once foreign troops leave and twenty fourteen but anti-war activist medea benjamin believes there is a chance the money will and up in the wrong hands but naming afghanistan

a major not nato ally puts it 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 organized is 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 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 is no guarantee that this money will be well spent. player today on our team we talk with a former national security agency executive in the u.s. who sacrificed his career to blow the whistle on wrongdoings inside them to say and here's a preview. raises the specter of your automatic suspicious until we prove that

you're not it raises the specter of a universal quality universal wiretap a persistent universal law or top on every single person. or not they can create one because what happens if i don't like you what happens you speak ill will against a government what happens if you say something they consider disloyal when that's not the country i took an oath to defend and four times in my government career. now brief look at some other stories from around the world greece's coalition government one of competence both parliament and political uncertainty that led to two national elections in may and june all one hundred seventy nine deputies from the three parties making up the government voted in favor premier antonis samaras formed a coalition after his conservative new democracy party came first and elections three weeks ago but the hard work is still ahead where the country's crippled

economy set to shrink six and a half percent this year and previously expected. south sudan is marking its first anniversary of an apparent yesterday after police tear gassed a student protesters they were demonstrating against a stare a new measures of medical nomic hardship in the country south sudan's economy has been struggling after the leadership folded oil production following a dispute over where are the money was going and prominent opposition politician camilla maher has been arrested over alleged links to rebel forces. rebels in the democratic republic of congo have taken a strategic eastern town from fleeing government forces attacked or insurgencies an important mineral transit hub two days ago congress to your piece was broken one former tutsi rebels who have been incorporated into the country's army defected in

april. all right time now to take a look at what's happening in the world of business with the taj so natasha what's the sentiment on the markets this hour's morning in fact absolutely well actually it doesn't look that good it's mainly in the red let's start over in asia where the markets are halfway through the trading sessions this hour and what we're seeing is a sea of red main reason is concerns about the prospect of global economic recovery fueled mainly by weeks to date jobs data in the states more not just minutes traders were a bit relieved to see the chinese inflation figures a couple of hours ago inflation is in june was at a twenty nine month a low that of course gives the government really light to step up the economic stimuli to meet the growth target of seven and a half percent for the year and here in moscow let's see those figures this session will kick off in less than two hours using the closing figures right there the

indices and the friday in the red major losses you see the r.t.s. was down two and a quarter percent and now let's check out what was happening on wall street on friday it closed in the red meanly on disappointing us away were report that came out earlier on friday the report was for the month of june now looking ahead to yahoo and the of facebook announced the partnership after the market closed on friday so there could be investor reaction this monday afternoon and al gore is reporting its q two results lead on monday also something to watch and now moving on to the currency market and at the moment the euro is trading a lower against the greenback and on friday the russian bull was at libor against both the dollar and the european terms and

a lot. but not least to prove it is actually showing some strain at this monday morning and that's after the libya supplied concerns easter week for their resume to crude exports they stopped a while ago because of protests there but in the way the energy sector strike is still on and after the government talks with the state mediators the with the weekend to try and resolve that issue failed now norway's output slumped about two hundred and fifty thousand barrels a day as a result of that strike which apparently is not enough to boost crude contract certainly not this monday morning while that's the latest from the world of business i'll be back in about fifteen minutes you know ok well the business horizon looks a bit cloudy at this point but hopefully as the day unfolds we'll get more optimistic figures and picture there and to thanks very much indeed for bringing us

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