russia mourns the victims of a devastating flash flood in the region which has killed over one hundred seventy and affected almost thirty five thousand coming the area's worst ever natural disaster. bravery in the face of paulo we have the stories of those who lived reckless escape the deluge was what is the people who rushed to provide aid and help with the rescue efforts. also the international envoy kofi annan peace to the syrian leadership along the mask of point a finger of what he calls america's devastating role in the civil conflict.

screen online international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow this is. a day of mourning has been declared in russia for more than one hundred seventy lives lost in the flooding in the southern resort region of on friday night thousands of houses were hit by what locals describe as a tsunami like daily caused by torrential rains. in the region. 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 solution gates 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 to 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 crims 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 mcmillan managed to escape and sat all night on a neighbor's fence while her house collapsed she was perhaps a lucky one though as neighbors say just down the road

a neighbor an old woman had her house collapsed on top of the 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 grab the curtain and push 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 saved 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 if their hours drive 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 niece is lost we were standing outside the morgue all day yesterday but 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 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 r.t. . while friends and loved ones bury their dead as the number of victims could rise further locals are afraid a new wave of flooding may strike the town of crimps despite officials trying to dispel the panic people being flocking to higher ground. looks at the situation. we

are on top of the mountain right next to crims tried above the city as you can see there are hundreds of people and hundreds of cars here people gathered here in fear and panic of the second wave of the floods and for about an hour and a half they've been standing here without any information about what's happening just like you've heard right now we had an official confirmation from emergency ministry saying that there is no there is no overflowing of the there are no problems at the dam and they ask people they're asking people to get back to their homes this is one of the. cases one. word of mouth and rumors. people who are afraid of the flood who are still in shock up to the first wave so they've gathered here. they brought all their all their belongings. and it lasted for quite a while volunteers are resorting to

a whole range of modern communication equipment to help those affected by the floods activists from across russia have started drawing an online map to coordinate the volunteer effort anyone willing to donate food or clothes can find the nearest spot to do that or set one up and let others know there is also also help show ways to get aid to the stricken area which is a major problem right now with help of the map people going to crims can pull their efforts to bring more aid or volunteers with them can find out all the details on that at. a website. and you can go there to read more on the region floods locals lashed out at the authorities saying the flood warning was issued promptly district heads is already cause for ready to be sacked and now the regional governor has come under fire the people there say he could have done much more to avert disaster instead of leaving it to lower level of authority it claimed there was no way of spreading the alarm soon well on the web site r.t. dot com we got the latest footage and photos from the disaster zone as well as

a timeline of the tragedy and you can follow along correspondents twitter feeds to get more reports from the heart of the disaster. damascus has agreed to move ahead with implementing a peace plan proposed by kofi annan despite failures and international skepticism these special envoy held talks with the syrian president accuse the u.s. and some of its regional allies of being partially responsible for civilian deaths in his country. is there brings us the latest. well you're on an arab league special envoy to syria 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 it has also stressed that. all the sides been involved in these conflicts should do they have passed to try to implement the six point peace plan

brokered by you and 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 the point there is also is 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 saddam 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 katara are also involved in this crisis by. providing financial support to the rebels and by arming them and he has also mentioned turkey that he is providing logistical support for the rebels and 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 still 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 would be for 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 you know defectively want to give in to the demands of the armed opposition but it seems too 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 explain why this man was hanged and what really helped the syrian regime and

was killing the rebels they say can i mean. 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 cruelly those murderers and 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 media whose origin is hard to establish these men say they captured the syrian air force officer then they dispense even more rough justice but well united states will continue providing non-lethal assistance to help those inside syria who are carrying the fight to organize and better

communicate. turn of march in this video are the voice behind the camera says the fight. it must go on it warns this will happen to anyone who cooperates with the assad government. they are top criminals these people type of criminality how do they have the right feel sad when you find your country destroyed our country we've been building our lives. the whole world wants to see a political transition from this illegitimate regime to actually see one that can take care of its people many however fear that should such people force assad to leave since 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 that will pay the ultimate price. me for our tea from damascus in syria. when the rear is one of the few foreign journalists at the heart of the syrian conflict via her twitter stream she brings us the latest on how the situation is unfolding and that includes first hand experiences interviews and footage 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 arms. president putin has said working out a political solution in syria will take much more effort than what he called a barbaric foreign intervention but he added only dialogue will bring lost

instability speaking at a meeting with the country's ambassadors and envoys putin outlined russia's foreign policy priorities but more on this now from 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 we're going to end up with 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 in sue called humanitarian 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 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 and against trying to earn points by using harsh anti russian comments an 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. russia's military officials say they'll be no new deals with syria until the political situation there stabilizes washington criticize the country for selling arms to the assad regime taking particular issue with the shipment of assault helicopters moscow says it was simply fulfilling earlier contracts under which it repaired syria helicopters bought years ago. saudi arabia may be one of the loudest voices when it comes to criticism of syria over what it calls the repression of the people but it seems it's using similar tactics at home two people have reportedly been killed when police opened fire on anti regime demonstrators it's not the first time there have been deaths at protests while many of also found themselves behind bars wolf more on this i'm now joined by political analyst from. the saudi arabia is widely believed to be supplying arms to syria's rebel forces have been paying their salaries why does it apparently help to topple the dictatorship there in syria but crackdowns on its own people at home.

well so their abs not only supplying arms it's also financing the western backed insurgency and syria and it has its long arm playing games in other places including lebanon and several countries in the gulf as well so so the a policy in general. is extremely supportive of western ams especially nato aims in the arab homeland as far as the paradox that you mentioned i think it's really funny that they should speak about a so-called dictatorship in syria when you know if we apply the same measures to so the area be it elections or having different political parties or a free press or you name it we find that so there are a be a lot far behind syria and many other countries in the reeds and i think that what

so the arabia is doing to its own people exposes it. as an agenda for four men thing. insurgency and civil war on sectarian basis specifically in syria as well as so the area let me mention here that the underlying theme of so the policy in syria as well as within so the area itself focuses on the split between sunnis and shiites and it is with this in mind that we should approach the saudis support for militants in syria trying to up stage as secular regime i might to establish sectarianism and a bunch of little states that have such tarion identities especially since their identities as well as other identities what about then those sectarian pressures and divisions we're actually seeing in saudi arabia yemen and of course the

discontent with the the monarchy. could we see an uprising along the lines of what we've seen in syria could it get worse. well i do not think that what we have in syria is an uprising i think that what we have been seeing is billions of dollars at play as well as plenty of cia support especially logistical and intelligence support networks within syria trying to create. a split so i don't know if you can call that an uprising by any reasonable measure but never the intent in saudi arabia against the monarchy isn't it that. this is a grassroots discontent. spado so there may be as concerned i think they are playing with fire by emphasizing this split across the reeds and they are for men thing instability in their own backyard with them so the

area itself so this is a very destructive policy as follows so the concern tom and what we are seeing is an increase in sectarian incidence within some of the area of course this also goes back to the struggle between saudi arabia and iran of influence in the arab gulf region and beyond but you are absolutely right that there are issues within. that pertain to this content genuine discontent and that and there are sectarian issues at play that are getting worse rather than better really interesting here for stock to political analyst a professor at the university and thank you for your time thank you thank you. most militants have shot dead eight pakistani troops at a military base in the east of the country earlier a massive convoy of demonstrators protesting pakistan's decision to reopen

a. supply routes have passed through the area leading them was some of the nation's most hard line islamists and ghouls security analyst and head of the center for research and security studies says there's 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 has also already by the common pakistanis very very angered because everybody believes that this cooperation with the united states with began to any eleven years ago has basically resulted in multiple socio economic and security crises that pakistan is going to be going through all the united states had been giving giving to pakistan very good is about six hundred million dollars under the coalition support 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 this applies to continue running through pakistan. as nato troops are preparing to leave afghanistan in twenty fourteen it seems the u.s. is setting its sights elsewhere now which reportedly expanding its secret intelligence operations across africa coming up at nineteen thirty g.m.t. on cross-talk peter lavelle and his guest debate america's growing presence in the region. the real question is. we are a vital interest in some of these places and why the heck are we there right when i 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 you gone or you got

a life that we have that we have we had we needed because we have to endure the other dream in an era in it here on the growing river in new york oh ever bar the bomb goes off there now the pro in our justice about oil you for the united states yes it's about containing china in this is done under the banner of our war on terror. cross talk a little later here in our now let's go over to business with katie. she is schooling russians in london interesting story katie. is all like that a past and his former partner that may see each other at london's high court today it's over a conflict worth one billion dollars so more on that later bill right now we're going to get over to the u.s. markets and see what's happening and as you can see they are picking up from where they left off last week stop down in the dumps

a red territory that so it just says i have the european stocks down bond yields leave investors a little inclined to put money to work as you can see it just now wall street is now trading for business as sox are indeed declining in the first part of the day that we've also got some big blue chips performing so. such report the second quarter results off their clothes investors are expressing a drop. with global production exceeding divonne keeping metal prices low that's going to the european markets and see that a new leaders are currently meeting in brussels right now on the president of the european central bank has said that although important progress has. mase there is an leaders that must continue to press towards deeper integration including steps to include sharing of fiscal and financial sovereignty that's what's needed ok let's go to the common core as you see how the exchange rates are before your remains to near that q.e. year. low against the dollar as you can see gained traction in the last hour or so

i want twenty three zero seven for the russian car as there is now closed and it managed to lose out to the us dollar and the euro seen in these times of uncertainty as a risky asset so with a lot of miners get over to the russian markets see what the closing figure is as you can see it was a mix of the shadows all over the place choppy trading session the r.t.s. for tens of was that the down on them i say is basis points in negative territory for a modest gain indeed just that all right let's get on to the official snap shot the closing figures with this demo two tenths of a cent down the investment holding company has bought point five percent of its shares from the market for its passenger flow has grown thirty percent in the first five months of this year to six million people as you can see investors saying if you pay for the last seven terms of his that is heading higher hopes are owned by those stronger or prices third of a percent up in positive territory and staying with russian companies

a battlefield for a major stake in the world's top let me introduce you to seoul is moving to the british capital the company's biggest shareholder and current chairman that a pastor is facing a rival billionaire neuer in the london's high court. that a pastor was his business partner who took control over a most. in the millennium now the suited to mons a one billion dollars stake in a company that a pastor denies the charges claiming the church knowing has never been affiliated with resole is going to be or prices i did mention they are indeed managing to regain some strength that she lay that. getting off that two week low after labor strike threatens a whole production in norway western europe's biggest export so as we can see it just there they are managing that we gain some strength right now we're going to talk about. the russian cars here ok local car sales have exceeded the pre-crisis

levels association of european businesses the country's road users bought over one point four million vehicles in the first half of the year that's the biggest number says two thousand and eight a lot of cars topped the list of the best selling models with reynolds and they are following the native produce. that sort of business there for now be back in about fifty minutes good to see there thanks a lot for that update well coming up next on r.t. one of america's most secretive law enforcement services the national security agency and how even some of its own employees can no longer stand the work but first the headlines here on r.t. a minute off no.

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