stupid. stunts on t.v. don't come. russia mourns the victims of a devastating flash flood in the crescent our region which killed over one hundred seventy and is now effectively almost thirty five thousand quickly becoming the area's worst natural disaster. bravery in the face of cholera we have the stories of those who miraculously escaped the deadly use as well as the people who rushed to provide aid to help with the rescue efforts. international envoy kofi annan sells to the syrian leadership while damascus points fingers at what it calls america's role in the civil conflict. there are some markets makes it. a rule that choppy day of trade enough despite prices bouncing back

from a two week about twenty minutes time in the business on how the official figures for the. global news around the clock this is arts he with me rover sushi i live in moscow a day of mourning has been declared here in russia for more than one hundred seventy lives lost in the flooding in the southern resort region excuse me of. happened on friday night thousands of houses were hit by what locals describe as a tsunami like deluge caused by torrential rains in the region with the latest reported dotty's tone bot. today is a day of grief and a day of mourning for the victims of flash floods in southern russia the search for

bodies does continue as does the cleanup operation made more difficult by the lack of supplies of electricity gas and fresh water the water came into the town on friday night in the middle of the night with huge force and with no warning it flooded and destroyed houses and flipped cars over in the street many of the victims were elderly people unable to escape in time so rapid was the deluge all across the town people tried to escape and get to help on roofs and on fences wherever they could find any shelter a criminal case has been opened into why so many people died and it's also been found that a flood warning system did not work properly people here are very angry both at the lack of the warning and because they say the local reservoir and its dam caused the flooding by opening its case across the internet there's also been a lot of discussion with some people criticizing the hour for

a tease and others using the internet to try and organize donations of clothes and supplies for people who have lost everything authorities deny that the dam cause the flooding saying that it had an automatic overflow system that came into effect but that didn't release enough water to cause flooding and investigation which is looking into the causes will try and find out what exactly happened on that night people across the town of crimson and also throughout the region are trying to start cleaning up and rebuilding their houses and their communities but primarily today is a day for grieving for all those who lost their lives. 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 used to be members living room this used to be her

bedroom the house has been completely gutted from the inside by the water which came right up to the tops of the windows live mail and managed to escape and sat all night on a neighbor's fence while her house collapsed she was perhaps a lucky one though his neighbors say just down the road a neighbor an old woman had her house collapsed on top of her or night perched on top of the neighbor's fence the flood surging around her. but the water had risen to more than three meeting with i was sitting on the fence praying it wouldn't come higher because they knew 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 this can save my life the helicopter did not see me of 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 they save me for those left behind the basic necessities must now take priority. where looking through the rubble for our things wash them in this water and in their hours drive them the clothes that we're wearing now are actually all we have left as the wave struck we only thought about our children and our lives since 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 outside the morgue all day yesterday no news nothing many here are hungry and exhausted and have no homes to return to and need to start from scratch for sure 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 for you or 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 tom watson r.t. and i while friends and loved ones bury their dead there have been warnings the number of victims could rise emergency teams continue to search through the debris left by the flood now almost thirty five thousand people have been affected many still in a state of shock artist and he's polaski reports on how they're coping. 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 the identification of bodies is still taking place

those who were lucky to survive now face tough 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 a broad social networks twitter and facebook in particular are buzzing with information about donations for the victims of the koreans chewed up as a child out of with them 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 call 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. at least in his political reporting there well meantime a volunteers are resorting to a whole range of modern communication tools to help those affected by the floods

activists from all across russia have started drawing an online map to help to coordinate the volunteer effort anyone that willing to donate food or clothing can find the nearest spot to do that or set one up and let others know about it other resource also helps to show ways to get aid to the stricken area which for the meantime is a major problem with the help of the map people going to can pool their efforts to bring more aid or volunteers with them those details for you available right now at r.t. dot com and if you do go to our website you can read more on the cross that our region floods locals are lashing at the authorities saying the flood warning wasn't issued properly i mean time the district heads have already been sacked and now their regional governor has come under fire all the people say that are the authorities could have done much more to avert disaster instead of leaving it all to lower level officials he claimed there was no way of spreading the alarm sooner and r.t.

dot com we've got the latest footage and photos from the area as well as the timeline of the tragedy you can follow our correspondents twitter feeds to get more reports from the heart of the disaster. that is are just turning ten minutes past the hour here in moscow damascus has agreed to move ahead with implementing a peace plan proposed by kofi annan despite failures and rather a lot of international skepticism a special envoy held talks with a syrian president who earlier accused america and some of its regional allies of being partially responsible for civilian deaths in his country artes. with the latest. well you're an arab league's actually able to see your ear has described his meeting with president bashar al assad here in damascus on monday as constructive kofi annan has sat that they've agreed discussed and agreed on approach and common approach on how to end the violence here in syria he has said that it can only be done and should be done through dialogue and he's also stressed

that. all the sides been involved in these conflict should do they have passed to try to implementing this six point peace plan brokered by you and in april in the back to where they've been doing it before actually indeed the peace plan six point plan hasn't been successful so far we've been only seen in witnessing this collation of the violence here in syria immediately after it was announced so it's absolutely clear that something should be changed in the way to implement that and this is exactly what kofi annan has been stressing on there is also a very interesting detail while talking about this common approach kofi annan has sat that. we will share it with the armed opposition but after that immediately he has corrected himself and said that i will share it with the opposition and that could be considered as an indication that we were unlikely to

see any dialogue between the current regime and the opposition any time soon i'm sure that's not surprising because president bashar assad has recently said that he is ready to talk to these people while the syrian opposition has made it has made it clear big can be no solution and no dollar is possible until assad leaves we have been hearing recently very hostile months from president bashar al assad on foreign nations involvement in this crisis in syria he has sat the u.s. is trying to destabilize the situation here in the country by providing its political support for armed gangs and terrorists operating here in syria here is also said that saudi arabia and cards are also involved in this crisis by. providing financial support to the rebels and by arming and he has also mentioned turkey that he is providing logistical support for the rebels but this crisis has been raging here in syria for sixteen months already and many asked the question why it takes so long and some analysts say that the most complicated thing is that

while it's clear from one side there is a syrian regime of bashar assad and his opponents it still remains unclear exactly who or what it is fighting against and here's my report on that or before you watch i just want to warn you that you can find some of the images from this report disturbing. since the uprising in syria escalated the west has been consistently calling on assad and his government to step down the defectively 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. submitted to. 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 which he helped the syrian regime and 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 a terrorist group of those murderers i believe is necessary for any citizen to leave these. we cannot ask the opposition to unilaterally give up their struggle for justice dignity and self-determination in other vidia 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. in this video just behind camera says the fight must go on it warns this will happen to anyone who can trace with the assad government. they are top criminals these people type of criminality how do they have the right. and when you find your country destroyed our country we've been building all our lives the whole world wants to see a political transition from this illegitimate regime you seem to actually see one that can take care of its people maybe however fear that should such people force assad to leave scenes like these could become a familiar occurrence and have little faith in

a western force democracy. where they targeted 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 why some states still continuing to call on assad to leave and support in his opponents fear is mounting in syria but this is the people who pay the ultimate price. r.t. from damascus in syria. one of the very few foreign journalists are right at the heart of the syrian conflict twitter stream she brings us all the latest on how the situation is unfolding there that includes first hand experiences interviews and footage in fact in her latest tweet she quotes a syrian human rights activist who says the militarization of the conflict is a result of rebels using very sophisticated. political analyst

dr saeed join me live here on the program thank you very much for coming on here at our to today as you just heard a kofi annan he's once again trying to persuade the assad regime that a peaceful transition should be in place how are these talks any different from his . not really as you know the syrian conflict is not the poor doctor or for lack of diplomatic the. regime there was enough diplomacy that me the problem is that the vision and the national into this clicked with. this. and that's why you have to me and i have seen. people in you know you know conflict for one you know half and what you're hearing all the time about. the issue here and there will be. a blood shift that is happening on the ground so as

you're saying you're saying that there's a sale down there's a detailed and in effect i do apologize for interrupting here but. i'm terribly sorry we have got a rather bad connection here but i do apologize for interrupting you you're suggesting a stalemate is continuing to on go as you said a seventeen month long conflict in syria is your opinion though that diplomatic efforts could they really change anything in order to get results do you think. in fact when you start to mission up. the. bomb as you will. see among others to me don't and now we're talking about one year more i mean are we going to watch what is happening for one more year more bloodshed and nothing that's happening live it's not going to do for the. military really

a solution to this problem so what is happening is that each regional and international power is supporting and so the syrian opposition is being backed by the gulf by the americans and on the other hand you have the syrian regime supported by iran and by russia and so there is this polarization between the two science and who is speaking the price and it is the syrian people who are being bought by and understandably as you say the syrian people are the ones who are paying the price here but you mentioned iran a moment ago let's let's bring that into the equation here kofi annan has just now landed in tehran he's there to meet the iranian leadership what is the point of talking to the iranian leadership when iran was essentially boycotted not allowed to to to attend the make or break geneva summit last month. is not that you don't you know it's very much a close to. him. but

also love lost. it's. obviously a. political analyst i do apologize that we're having a really really tough time here getting a solid signal here on our own fred we're going to have to cut this short and try and try and get our signal to be a bit more solid this time i do i do apologize or to you and particularly to our viewers as well we'll try and reestablish a better connection with dr saeed a subject of political and the snuff and now president putin has said that working out a political solution in syria will take much more effort than what he called barbaric foreign intervention but he added only dialogue will bring lasting stability speaking at a meeting with the country's ambassadors and force putin outlined russia's foreign policy priorities more on that now two artes sean thomas. international relations are getting up more complicated in the world and there is uncertainty and one of those areas of uncertainty is of course the arab spring in this address the

president wasted no time in going after the west in criticizing what he called their arab interference in fact the so-called humanitarian missions of the west and of america to go in and bomb and get their agenda promoted listen to what he had to say about this tactic. and where. we see some of our foreign partners striving to maintain their influence so that often our partners back to unilaterally which goes against international law we see this ensue called human interior operations export of the asteroid democracy interference with internal conflicts what we do i see that the process of reforms in north africa and the middle east is controversial and unbalanced and many of us remember vividly the tragic events in libya these scenarios must not be repeated in other countries such as syria now it is interesting that this is russia's foreign policy but he did turn to some u.s. things that are happening right now you did say that this is

a pre-election period in the united states and that there have been hostile comments and rhetoric that are a throwback to the cold war era in fact he warned american politicians out against trying to earn points by using harsh anti russian comments and ideological stereotypes which russia is trying to step away from now one area that russia and the united states have differed greatly is that of syria in fact america has been very harsh about russia's stance on syria russia is very up to the idea in fact what he said about that it is that syria on the topic he believes that we must do all we can to force the warring parties to sit down and promote a resolution through dialogue rather than a single unilateral intervention. reporting. brushes a military official say they'll be no new arms deals with syria until the political situation that stabilizes washington had been criticized in the country for selling arms to the assad regime taking particular issue with a shipment of assault helicopters moscow says it was simply fulfilling earlier

contracts under which it repairs syria own helicopters bought years ago. now mosque militants have shot dead eight pakistani troops at a military base in the east of the country a massive convoy of demonstrators protesting pakistan's decision to reopen nato supply routes and passed right through the area leaving them were some of the nation's most hard line islamists and into school security analyst and head of the center for research and security studies says there is a sense of exasperated among pakistanis there's a water fatigue with the continued cooperation with the united states that the american perception within pakistan of cooperation with the united states is also ready by the common pakistanis are very very angered because everybody believes that this cooperation with the united states which began twenty eleven years ago

has basically resulted in multiple socio economic and security crises that pakistan is currently going through all the united states had been giving giving to pakistan very good early is about six hundred million dollars under the coalition support funds and the united states has been with holding that money since march of last year so it's a very difficult situation for the government to keep a balance between the need to maintain a relationship with nato and to keep the opposition to this alliance pacified neutralized in order for the supplies to continue running through pakistan. and as nato troops are preparing to leave afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen it seems that the u.s. is now setting its sights elsewhere it's reportedly expanding its secret intelligence operations across africa now and coming up this hour on cross talk to the lavelle and his guests a debate america's growing presence in that region. the real question is. are

vial interest in some of these places and why the heck are we there right why not get out 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 ugandan or you've got allies that we have that we have. where do you go because we have to endure the other dream in an era in any of your own growing right living in new york over a bar of a bomb goes off there are no other pro in our. oil you for the united states yes it's about containing china in the on to the banner of the war on terror. i want to stay with us for crosstalk coming away in about seven minutes time now they would go to the business section there's all these kiddie building so

squabbling russians in london do carry on for half a salute leave or is all like that the past and his former partner there means each other in london's high court today it's over a conflict worth one billion dollars a certainly a lot at stake i'll be talking about love a bit later on we're going to head over into wall street and see how investors are responding with all stocks still managing to do co now the allemande you made down component alcoa is such a for the second quarter results after the close to kind of the big story really in the region investors are expecting a drop in and that's because of global production exceeding demobbed which in turn is keeping metal prices low is there was there on harbison down the nasdaq around a third is going on into europe and see how investors they're responding we've got a meeting going on with the e.u. leaders today in brussels our hot topic is is expected to be those spanish foreign calls exceeding that seven percent region there as well now we also had some

comments as well from the president of the european central bank he said that will go important progress has been made eurozone leaders must continue to press towards deeper integration including steps to include sharing a fish school to sovereignty now we've got the common currency to look at as well the exchange rate we can see that is is trying to call. well that two year low against the u.s. dollar as you can see just one twenty three zero seven for the traders favorite pass for the russian ruble it's now close and you can see it lost out to the u.s. dollar and the european currency in today's trading session let's see the closing figures for the russian market is that and it was a mixed day it was very volatile actually it was choppy all over the place up and down but the also just the finished portends of the down the my sex two basis points just ahead this is slightly in positive territory that will be at modest and let's talk about stocks and see who are the biggest moves and it's taken this deal

with a finished up low and it was off the majority of the day was sent down just the air force as well despite increasing their customers told they managed to get a match late was a talk again with a. composed of tara do they benefited from those oil prices let's get back to the drama. going on in london today the british capital and it is all over the biggest our minion which used to roost sol sort of the company's biggest shareholder and current chairman that he's facing a rival billion amoco what noir and london's high court chinoy claims that a pascoe was his business partner who took control over most resell back in the many levy of the future dumond's a one billion dollars stake in the company that a pascoe denies the charges claiming chen noir has never been affiliated with russo so does get into this or important oil prices a dimension they are managing to regain that jumping off a two week lows we go to labor strike in norway as well your question your biggest

export so maybe those prices well we'll be back in about fifteen minutes thanks very much chris. just a moment on the headlines here and it's going to be another round of cross talk the gloves come off for this one.

culture is the same i understand my family and i have always will move from the balcony of the new fighters in the market targeting our from the west is expanding its covert military and intelligence operations across the continent this is being done we are told one of them. is easy to. see. him go for.