russia mourns a victims of a devastating flash flood in the krasnodar region which is killed over one hundred seventy and affected almost thirty five thousand becoming the area's worst ever natural disaster. bravery in the face of horror we have the stories of those three miraculously escaped the deluge as well as the people who rushed to provide aid and help with the rescue efforts. and international envoy kofi annan peace to the syrian leadership damascus points fingers at what it calls america's devastating role in the civil conflict.

on 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 class on friday night thousands of houses were hit by locals described 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 of 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 local reservoir and its dam caused the flooding by opening its gates across the internet there's also been a lot of discussion with some people criticizing the off orat least and others using the internet to try and organize donations of clothes and supplies for people who have lost everything or forty's 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 an 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 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 the night perched on top of the neighbor's fence the flood surging around her the water had risen to more than three meeting with i was sitting on the bench 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 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 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 if 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 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 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. . thousands of emergency workers are in the affected areas searching for survivors and helping locals clear the day bring people to being put off in temperature shelters provided with food warm clothes and psychological support while the panic

hasn't subsided yet rumors of a possible new wave of flooding sent hundreds of locals running to higher ground in that insufficient trying to assure everybody that the worst has now passed but as all of these reports from the spot it has done little to dispel the fence. we are. right next to crims drive above the city as you can see there are hundreds of people and hundreds of cars here people gather here and 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 old their belongings. and it lasted for quite a while. to a website to read more on the region floods locals have lashed out at the authorities saying the flood warning wasn't issued properly claims district heads have already been sacked and now the regional governor has come under fire the people say he could have done much more to avert disaster instead of leaving it all to lower level authorities claimed there was no way of spreading the. footage and photos from the disaster zone as well as a timeline of the tragedy and you can follow our correspondents twitter feeds to get more reports from the haunt. them. well it's not just emergency officials providing aid to flood hit locals hundreds of volunteers have been using the internet to coordinate their efforts and help the victims an online map has been created where you can find the nearest spot to donate supplies or set one up and

tell others about it website also helps with transportation which is a major problem right now with the aid of the map people get together in order to take food or clothes or medication to the spot as well as go there personally to lend a helping hand you can find out all the details of r.t. dot com. damascus has agreed to move ahead with implementing a peace plan proposed by kofi annan despite failures and international skepticism the special envoy held talks with the syrian president who earlier accused the u.s. and some of its regional allies of being partially responsible for civilian deaths in his country ortiz is there and brings us the latest. your honor 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 if you can only be done and should be done through

dialogue has also stressed that. all the sides been involved in these conflict 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 by a 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 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 hostage 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 carter 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 and this crisis has been raging in syria for sixteen months already and many ask 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 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 effectively 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. 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 currently those murderers and i believe it 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 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 of the voice 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 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 g.m. to actually see one that can take care of its people many 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 fears mounted in syria that this is the people that will pay the ultimate price. my flush out sea from damascus in syria. as 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 there that includes first hand experiences and using footage in her latest week you quotes a syrian human rights activist who says the militarization of the conflict is a result of rebels using very sophisticated weapons. president putin has said

working out a political solution in syria will take much more effort than that what he called barbaric foreign intervention but he added only donnel will bring last instability speaking at a meeting with the country's ambassadors and envoys putting outlined russia's foreign policy priorities 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 ensue called human interior operations thanks paul to 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 are 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. russia's military officials say they'll be no new almost deals with syria until the political situation there stabilizes washington criticize a 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 owned helicopters bought years ago. saudi arabia may be one of the loudest voices when it comes to criticism of syria 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 regime demonstrators it's not the first time there's been deaths at protests while many of also find themselves behind bars political analyst professor him lou says that it's far from the ideology it's trying to preach. well so the areas not only

supplying arms it's also financing the western backed insurgency in syria and it has its long arm playing games in other places including lebanon and several countries in the gulf as well so saudi a policy and. extremely supportive of western ams especially nato aims and the arab homeland i think it's really funny that they should speak about this so-called dictatorship in syria when you know if we apply the same measures to so the area of elections or having different political parties or a free press or you name we find that so there are a be a lot far behind syria and many other countries and their aides and. most militants of 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 nato supply routes had passed through the area leading them were some of the nation's most hard line islamists and in school security analyst and head of the center for research and security studies says there is a sense of exasperate among pakistanis. there is a water fatigue that is petite with the continued cooperation with the united states that the american perception within pakistan of cooperation with the united states is also already by the common pakistanis very very angered because everybody believes that this cooperation with the united states that began to any eleven years ago has basically resulted in multiple socio economic and security crises that pakistan has got to be going through all the united states had been giving giving to pakistan. is about six hundred million dollars under the coalition support the united states has been withholding 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 it's reportedly expanding its secret intelligence operations across africa but coming up at nine hundred thirty g.m.t. on cross talk about in these guests debate america's growing presence in the region . the real question is. vile interest in some of these places and why the heck are we there 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 uganda you know you've got allies that we have that we have. because we have. a new year. in an era in here on a growing river in new york oh ever bar the bomb goes off there another pro in our u.s. just 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 and. twenty one minutes past the hour now just turning twenty one minutes past the mark and let's join for the latest business used far away what do you got for us absolutely i'm still talking about this russian drama actually going on handbags at dawn we've got all the egg that a pastor and his former partner they are missing each other in london's high court today and it's over a conflict worth one billion dollars i'm going to be delving into that while the

later on for you more details to come now let's check out the markets will begin with the u.s. markets on wall street and see how they're performing and it's the third day of a losses so they're picking out from the losses we saw on the friday session after those u.s. jobless data figures really disappointed in the region also european stocks plummeted today and therefore that is affecting the u.s. market as well now as you can see with that with france and the dax the footsie around six tenths of a cent down the ties around a third of percent in negative territory now i'll continue talking about wall street as well because it's all about the blue chips today we've got some big ones coming out buying coming out today we've also got alcoa as well such as for the second quarter results after the close investors are expecting a drop in with global production exceeding demand and therefore that's keeping those metal prices up no news coming up from the european region today we had

the president of the european central. and he's saying that although important progress has been made eurozone leaders must continue to press towards deeper integration including steps include sharing of fiscal and financial sovereignty he says that needs to be done in order to solve the situation once and for as we look at the exchange rates to see that the common currency is still noise around those two years as you see one twenty three zero eight for the trade as a favorite pedal the russian car is they have managed to lose out both against the us dollar and the european currency as well and it's always sort of a solid global mood really today and it's saying investors really steer clear of those risky axes nice times of uncertainty it is no surprise that the russian markets took a bit of a battering as well having said that the noise next month is to drive itself been posed to territory by two basis points as the l.t.s.

which as it is that in negative territory today's clash it does have a look at some of those biggest chips and system of the investment holding company has bought no point five percent of it shows from the market airfoils passenger flow has been thirty percent in the first five months of this year to six million people who are rural snaps managed to finish up around a third of a percent almost still got crude prices now staying with russian companies the boss of a major stake in the world's top producer company resole is moving to the british have to this is what i was talking about just earlier the company's biggest shareholder and current chairman are like that a process that is facing a rival believe that chav annoy in the london's high court well turn oil claims that a pastor was his business pun up he took control over. in the millenia now was suited to a one billion dollars stake in the company that prosper denies the charges claiming

to have neuer has never been affiliated with roussel so with that in mind is have a look at the oil. prices they are actually gaining as you read these down as you can see light sweet is nearly eighty six dollars per barrel of brant nearly one hundred so it's really managed to gain momentum that there's all sorts going on in norway actually was sort of a strike is the western europe's biggest exporter so more and over the most part of the speed it requires is levels association of european businesses the countries that produce is bought over one point four million vehicles and that was in the first half of the year the biggest now but since two thousand and eight the lot of calls top the list of the best selling models with reynolds and shivery lay following the native produce stuff so that's all the business i've got a few now bill i'll be back i'm going to be following the u.s. markets in particular we see how the european markets closed up today but as far as

russia was concerned a choppy day of trade indeed said the least things like you could see there see in less than an hour coming up next here in our three a special report on how the oil industry is turned nigeria into one of the most dangerous regions in the world first though the headlines here in r.t. with me stay with us live here in moscow.

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