artie's very own new york resident asks if ground zero is an appropriate place for a mosque. the international aids conference held in vienna this week has raised heated debate on treatment for hiv and aids and the role of large pharmaceutical companies skeptics challenging conventional thinking on aids gathered ahead of the event to make their views heard which they claim are being ignored by the scientific community. right here right now a human rights based approach to hiv prevention and treatment and a coup to the world to continue its fight in the us against. the two thousand and ten conference in vienna unveils cutting edge new treatments and so speakers from frontline workers to x. world leaders joining forces with bold cools to zero new infections zero deaths and zero discrimination. forensics may never have heard. they were there oh if i did that voice. but not everyone felt they got the chance to speak. now opinions at a separate conference heard a few days before the official event was a group raising questions some of which challenge the fundamental assumptions ma

immediate end in sight either to the hive mercury readings let's get more on the impact of the heat from artie's tom hi there now tom as we saw you are in the center of moscow now when i was driving in just a few hours ago in that traffic my car was telling me it was between thirty seven and thirty nine degrees there so what's it like now this friday evening and this is putting people in a weekend relaxed kind of mood. here a park in the center of moscow people are enjoying the sun there strolling around the temperature here is still about thirty six degrees centigrade celsius so separate here is about the same as inside my body now it's about a quarter not totally comfortable the people here might be enjoying it but others not so much the temperatures have been ruling so far have been truly record breaking this is the fourth time in july that the temperature of a bad day was the highest ever recorded it was up in four times now it's an absolutely monstrous heat wave and inside moscow some of the effect is that it's been the asphalt on the roads is melting trucks are having to go with water tank

country's government and international aid organizations have come up with a water based solution artie's charan singh reports. well come to water world this is the mighty brahmaputra river originating in a bit it enters india and flows on into bangladesh it's the peak of the rainy season and here in the state of a savvy north east india health care arrives by boat for those living in remote villages it can take three or four days to reach some of the islands. many villages we can go only in the rainy season it's more difficult to get to them during the dry season we have to work five to seven kilometers this could take two hours we can't carry all our medical equipment social distance one hundred thousand people live in the district of nobody but there is only one functioning medical center no wonder then that the arrival of the boat clinic is a big event here the entire village turns out to meet the staff. sixteen year old is pregnant and feels this free check up is a far better option than travelling to the nearest town the book clinic is run by the center for northeast studies and is

s aggressive foreign policy artie's or emirate reports. democracy but only on our terms that seems to be the message coming from the powers that be in the u.k. capital as a peace camp is finally removed from the government's doorstep as dozens of bailiffs and police sweeps to clear out the campaign as london's mayor said the demonstrators were making a mess and stopping the public from enjoying parliament square but the protesters insist their crucial message is being muted primarily i would like to see the aggressive foreign policy that this government has been pursuing for such a long till going back through many governments and i would look to see. sobering stories. for any reason they've been resident in this focal spot in westminster since just before may's general election mainly calling for an end to the war in afghanistan but adopting other peace causes along the way i'm here mostly because i met some of the press coverage out here about the rules of war which covers all wars and it showed me how evil wars are within the law and ex

let him hear me this is artie warm welcome if you just joined us this hour it's kevin irwin here with the top stories for you and struggling homeowners traveled for miles and queued for over twenty four hours to get free advice being offered by a mortgage advocacy group in washington d.c. they say the government's aid programs failed them despite talk of an end to the financial crisis more than three hundred thousand homes are still repossessed every month in the united states. these are the faces behind the crisis we're waiting and hoping and praying to but we can decide to help everybody really help you know to help and that's what we're looking for help the desperate voices of those who have reached the end of the line for him to land what time nine thirty nine thirty last night and if you sleep here. gondola nichrome naomi lawrence took several buses from florida eighteen hours then arrived at the washington d.c. convention center thursday morning waiting thirty hours to get in oh you've been our boy it's tat and we don't have no place to go and bathroom. but they waited anyway fo

a strategic port its location makes it a hotspot for human trafficking to and from the region as artie's alexy reports. it is fun in the sun in the cranium port city offer desa hundreds of thousands come here during the hike to receive. but for this woman from central africa it became a living nightmare with her identity concealed she told us how she was turned into a sex life. i met a man who told me he'd marry me and take care of me he brought me here then he locked me in a hotel room some men came every day and raped me sometimes there were three of them one later the man said he'd sell me to turkey but i managed to find help. she managed to escape from the man who had been slaves her now she lives in the under protection program but many young girls here are not as lucky or every day ships bring thousands of tourists in and out of her death but for many of this harbor becomes a point of no return as many sex slaves are being shipped from here to other countries. turkey italy united arab emirates these are some of the most popular destinations for the sex slave trade and it does so wi

to discuss handing more power to the afghan government as was the nato forces role in the country artie's military analyst again says the meeting should focus more on tackling afghanistan's drug street for the upcoming conference and pro bowl is going to be a day or for reckoning for the united states. the issue very grave and very simple at the same time at stake is the u.s. credibility and integrity regarding the unofficial undeclared war on drugs to get three of these notorious have been scored open poppy and can it be feels now if the united states representatives and especially richard holbrooke the u.s. special rep to afghanistan and pakistan start delivering their regular job regarding the millions of raisins why the drug lords and their opium mules immune from any prosecution and they are untouchable the world community will get and next . prove that the us stance on the war of drugs in not is not only double standard but it's totally hypocritical and whatever they say and whatever the u.s. wraps have set or we'll say the bottom line is very simple talk is cheap and the only way f

its extremist activities with dozens of people killed in the race hate crimes in russia each year artie's stacey bevan's looks at what drives attackers to commit ethnic violence you may find some of the images in her report disturbing. this self professed and deeply religious woman is full of hate hate for those who are different hate for immigrants she accuses of occupying disrespecting and contaminating her nation russians she insists are fighting a race war motivated by love books a love for home went and i would nation love good people families where people don't just date and then break up but rather they get married in church they don't practice abortions don't support interesting marriages. who are ethnically mixed communities and what are your thoughts about me i'm not russian i'm african american i'm here are you upset that your government gave me a bill what are your thoughts on that of the must be as well be doing i believe everyone should live in their own homeland where they belong. and with this believe and inspired by racists blocking her husband. and two fellow students. m

and still look on for you here the sour on our team at the right to kill artie delves into the revolution that ripped apart care to stand. it's provided citizens with. it's a. tough sell to. win the game. boy. right. out of the killing and. stay with us and watch that full report in twenty minutes time here on r.t.e. . arizona's governor is appealing in a federal ruling that curb the state's controversial new immigration law parts of the legislation such as forcing immigrants to carry papers at all times were revoked just hours before they came into force but that didn't stop protesters from venting their anger artie's during a soft reports. a lot of protesters on the streets there were a lot of police what they were doing was practicing something called civil disobedience where they were basically getting arrested on purpose in order to get their message heard now what happened yesterday was the judge ruled that certain controversial provisions in the outlaw would not be enacted today so it was just a small victory for the hispanic community but they said that they have a long fight ahea

sympathizers to gather as artie's government as our reports those who want to protest the meeting face some inventive hurdles. every year when the latvian national anti fascist organizations attempt to cross the border into their neighboring a stonier they say they run into all kinds of trouble because you stoning authorities whilst kindly allowing all kinds of form of veterans of german waffen s.s. groups to gather and hold meetings and basically glorify in all kinds of ways the german s.s. groups that basically fought on the german side on the nazi side in the world of the second world war they will not allow anti fascist organizations to hold similar rallies and come up with all kinds of legal and illegal excuses to keep them from entering the country from holding their rallies and this year it's been just the same way as soon as the bus with latvian anti-fascist organizations crossed the border into a stone yet they were pulled over the only car to be pulled over here at this checkpoint and their bus underwent a very detailed technical inspection and that technical inspection accor

the pleasures of swimming and sunbathing the heat brought with it fires smoke and health risks to artie's nataly novikov has more from the capital of temperature records. the sun may get its head on in central russia but it can be wearing much else because it's absolutely baking with not going to hitting record highs and lows in office just goes easy all around the city of ten million looks like a huge beach fountains have turned to bathtubs with people taking every opportunity to plunge into something cooler than the ceiling area around but it's probably safer alternative to a we were swimming with a grim statistics of three hundred drownings this week alone and it doesn't look like russians who haven't read from this furnace anytime soon. this is a serious abnormality the russian weather service has never measured such temperatures in moscow in july according to our calculations it hasn't even reached its peak yet but not everyone's feeling the heat rushes soft drink and ice cream pretty serious and making a fortune barbers in the country having a busy time to the everything haricot is

on wednesday two security guards were killed when gunmen stormed the vicinity and not generators artie'sneither is a very poor choice of the republican couple of the noble county. it's been reported that the militants leaders are sure who was behind the storming of this hydro plant in the north caucasus on wednesday morning a group of up to five gunmen forced their way into the. power plant killing two police officers at the entrance members of the gang were reportedly identified by employees of the station as the attackers although there's been no official confirmation of the gang detonated four bombs equivalent to ten kilos of t.n.t. the explosions didn't damage the planned day and didn't affect the electricity supply of the region security has been tightened at all the energy facilities across russia. this is a sporadic event this is a case of criminal activity and blatant negligence law enforcement companies should do everything in their power to any repetition of events like this in the future and if this does happen again none of the law enforcement or company executives will remai

temperatures across the country and with no immediate end in sight to the high berkeley readings artie's tom barton looks at how people are coping with the tropical weather here in moscow. here a park in the center of moscow people are enjoying the sun they're strolling around the temperature here is still about thirty six degrees centered ourselves here so the temperatures have leaned it was really so far been truly record breaking this is the fourth time in july that the temperature on bad day was the highest ever recorded in the outskirts of the city people actually seen and smelled smoke and that's that's been coming from large forest fires that have been raging not very far really outside moscow and there's those fires all over russia sort of white in the picture out to send it to russia as a whole farmers have experienced one resident to try out for the worst for a century i think other places or other ways the russians are trying to get out of the heat or explored by my colleague peter oliver in his report. when temperatures soar everyone has to find their own way to keep cool in

record breaking temperature of moscow and with no immediate end in sight to the high mercury readings artie's told barley explains the impact of the heat wave and how people are coping with russia's tropical weather right now. here it's the gorky park in the center of moscow people are enjoying the sun there strolling around the temperature here is still about thirty six degrees centigrade celsius so the temperature hair is about the same as inside my body now it's about a quarter not totally comfortable the people here might be enjoying it but others not so much the temperatures complained it was ruling so far have been true the record breaking this is the fourth time in july that the temperature of a bad day was the highest ever recorded the asphalt on the roads is melting trucks having to go with water tanks on the back trying to stop the roads rushing to melting on the other people's tires the air quality has been steadily declining over the course of this heat wave in the outskirts of the city people have actually seen and smelled smoke and that's that's been coming from large forest fir

court's decision has raised questions about discrimination in the israeli judicial system and its artie's policy or reports even couples who openly choose to enter an interracial relationship face hostility. this jewish drusilla's suburb is surrounded by arab neighborhoods and far from cultivating a culture of tolerance vigilante style jewish patrol groups calling themselves fire for judaism stand watch outside the local shopping mall their mission to prevent arab men mixing with local jewish girls the municipality has created a twenty four hour hotline where parents and friends can phone to rat on jewish schools breaking this to boot a specially trained team of counselors and psychologists is on standby to rescue them as a leash more. it's important to save our traditions culture history and identity because without this who are we from my experience we can see that the chances for a healthy relationship between us really jewish woman and an arab man very very low it's because of the great differences between these two cultures share about any of the most recent case involves an arab man

rush or is also suffering its worst drought in years let's get more on the impact of the heat from artie's tom barton who has a life for us here in the russian capital so tom we've heard about people drowning as they're trying to cool off in this terrible heat here we've also heard the agricultural industry taking a hit can you also can you just give us some details on those two aspects. of yes story well a the gorky park here in the center of moscow people are enjoying the heat but that is an exception across the country in the suburbs of moscow today people can smell and see smoke from raging forest fires very close to moscow itself here in moscow region that's just one of the effects of this heat truly record breaking heat this year in july with the records being broken. on four separate days this month the temperature has been the highest it's ever been on that day in recorded history so that is the scale of the temperature we're dealing with some of the effects as you said. unfortunately three people drowned this week alone we've also got twenty three russian regions declaring a state

artie's in the soft reporting there from arizona now let's take a look at some of the stories from around the world and the u.s. defense secretary has called the f.b.i. to help find out how secret documents of the war in afghanistan were leaked they were published by that we could leak site on sunday giving classified details of the war robert gates as it has endangered american troops and allies and quote unquote aggressive investigation will be carried out the disclosure has increased calls to and the war in many countries including the u.k. . and france woman has a medical wing eight of her newborn babies are worth the read of seventeen years but dominic could tresses husband has been freed without any charge after she said he had no idea what had happened police were alerted after the new owners of a house the couple had lived in and found bones buried and wrapped in plastic in the garden. more than three hundred people have been killed during widespread flooding in pakistan over the last three days thousands of others are stranded after rivers burst their banks and washed away street

show gets into gear and this year's festival however had an unexpected guest revving up the action artie's got the nuts out of was there for us. one thing can be said for certain about the russian prime minister he certainly knows how to make an entrance arriving at the bike show that is taking place in the ukrainian region of the crimea just outside of the ukrainian city of sevastopol the russian prime minister made his entrance like all of the other people here did on a bike a bit earlier wasn't the first time he was seen any public on a motorcycle and. that it was an experience that he very much enjoyed the so thickly because of course the bike is very much associated with freedom and the free journey that most bikers do experience when they take to the road and of course everybody here very excited to hear that they greeted with cheers they at least reacted responded to everything that he said all of the wishes that he showed up on them and it thanked them for inviting him to this great event this annual event that takes place in the ukrainian region of the crimea. is the most democrat

towers once stood but it's left many asking if this is a fitting spot for a muslim religious center artie's very own big apple resident gauge the mood on the streets. the city of new york is considering a proposal for the construction of an islamic center and mosque at ground zero do you think this is an appropriate site for a mosque this week let's talk about that i think it's a good idea to build a mosque there to buy the idea sort of. well for the actual why why because a. lot of why there's a big problem when people equate islam with nine eleven when after the oklahoma city bombing happened we don't equate you know christianity with that i think it's over the qur'an teaches peace and nonviolence. if the mosque up holds the traditions of the qur'an i don't have any problem with it i have a problem with anybody blowing up buildings i'm all for it so why do you think some people get so emotional and say it's the wrong thing to do because i think this is frustrated with their ignorance so they need somebody to blame something to blame so. that's like one way to go about it people who are af

artie. a by the way can find more stories and analysis on our website at r.t. dot com that's available to when every wanted online all the time here's some of what can be found there right now in iraq if american turns his own skin into a canvas for the memories of a forgotten war is determined to draw attention to those killed in iraq anyway. and impressive forces gathering in ukraine seaside resort of service coppola's bikers from around the world gear up to show off their medals still needs some more head to our team dot com. the russian president has ordered security be stepped up at all critical facilities in the north caucuses on wednesday a group of government stormed the hydroelectric station uncovered in a block area leaving two guards dead and destroying two power generators need to vent have promised anyone responsible for failing to ensure safety at key infrastructure sites will be dealt with. so this isn't a sporadic event this is a case of criminal activity and blatant negligence law enforcement bodies and companies should do everything in their p

radio host attorney katz clashed on the issue in artie's washington d.c. studio. every conversation about the law not being humane is a red herring it should not be discussed it's an embarrassment as b ten seventy is federal law and all the state of arizona is doing is making sure that that federal law is enforced and the answer to start with is to seal the border to quite literally build the fence fifty feet high if need be and the full length of the border from san diego through texas to those of us from the civil rights community we see a whole lot of racial issues that are really come to play in terms of the arizona law that this law is basically going to allow for racial profiling and therefore discriminatory it is true you don't live on the same hours of driving i you don't live on a slide you do not live on the same china track that i live on maybe you live in a privileged situation but the reality is that my god you hate it simply. because they're in the wrong neighborhood people are stopped all the time because they look at different way the rotty way in

coming up to ninety minutes past midnight now here in moscow our programs continue next artie's want to speak to a high profile jewish supporter of the palestinians to find out what he thinks he can help bring peace to the region. no not really but we're. trying to get probabilities norman finkelstein has never shied away from controversy. the american jail is banned from israel and pledges support for the palestinian people the officer and former professor has lost jobs. last time we sat down it was shortly after the war in gaza and it was right before. obama became president you were very open in your opinion on what took place and who was wrong and that and that military conflict. it's been over a year since there's really assault on gaza what's your assessment of how the obama administration has done so far in bringing permanent peace to the middle east at the time when they made those comments they appear to be very controversial indeed you might even say they were extreme but when the goldstone report came out. richard goldstone that's not our only respected jurist police also

artie's marie ivanovna reporting there well it is ten years since the international space station became suitable for crews to both live and work new russian and american life support systems also meant more research could be carried out the i r s s r t s sean thomas went to witness some of the wonders of space engineering. it circles the globe about three hundred fifty kilometers from the earth's surface it is the largest construction in space it is a marvel of modern engineering which is approaching a crucial milestone moment possibly of krypton for the i.s.a.'s is a major contemporary space projects and it has a huge mass of around three hundred eighty tons it involves a big number of program participants including the united states canada european countries belonging to the european space agency and japan and the station is being used as a big scientific laboratory number. though it is a prime example of international cooperation now the roots of the station stem from the apollo soyuz program thirty five years ago when two rival space programs of the u.s. and soviet union integrated

formally the fastest growing european economy now the only thing thriving is unemployment and as artie's tom barton found out a sustainable recovery is a promise many believe the government is incapable of keeping. diana gives out food to people in need for months she's made sure families can get a square meal but this isn't a developing country it's the modern economy of latvia and recently joined the. when we brought the first food bags to those families many parents swept there could have never foreseen a crisis of this magnitude they had jobs they were well to do and respected and all of a sudden they find themselves in a situation where they have to plead for help to feed their children latvia speculated aggressively in international markets leaving the so-called baltic tiger vulnerable in the crisis hit those with loans and mortgages are suddenly seriously short of money if we get the rest if brussels sneezed we in latvia already had a bad case of angina. a very small and very open economy felt the world's problems more painfully than the others and we were experiencing our own mis

civilians increase taliban attacks as well as a nato fears pakistan and iran are backing the insurgency artie's lorem it has details from london. this is essentially a detailed account of the last six years of the war in afghanistan to begin at the beginning of two thousand and four and it's right at the end of two thousand and nine and there has been quite a lot of criticism and skepticism about these documents criticism from the white house which says that the release of documents like these could lead to danger for the personnel who are on the ground and compromising operation and skepticism about whether this is really new information the military experts are saying that we've always known that i was corruption going on in the war in afghanistan and that this is this is nothing new essentially but nevertheless these ninety thousand documents many of them refer to the toll that the afghan war has taken on civilians. hundred forty four details incidents of the deaths of civilians during this conflict some of them have been from controversial as strikes that we've already seen a lot in the new

come every ten minutes time innocent toys or silent killers artie's got a special report looking at the vendors who illegally sell defective goods and look at the danger they pose that's shortly first though daniels in the business news on for a quick break. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on our team. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us for technology update on our g. welcome to business the much anticipated results of the european bank stress tests are out seven of europe's ninety one largest banks failed the exam which was intended to reveal which institutions would not be able to survive a sustained economic downturn or a sovereign debt default the banks which were found wanted including germany's hyper real estate which is now government owned following a bailout eighty eight bank of greece and full regional spanish lenders a number of other banks on

countless injuries in different parts of the world or the deadly aftermath of car bomb attacks next artie's special report brings you the history of these acts of terror. bombing of the mine or my repeat my. homemade explosives slipped across the atlantic into the hands of the ira. the world's first full scale car bomb or was now ready to begin. and the material to make the bombs was lying around in every farmer's barn in ireland. shanel callaghan was the senior ira bomb maker at the time my understanding is that . it was running up explosives and guess what yet garrett great difficulty in getting hold of the military commercial explosives to get small amounts that you could steal from quarries you could buy some of them not could find the money not to use that net nitrate was probably the biggest commercial for the lives in the public the government had a share in the complete manufacture. the british took countermeasures to make it more difficult for the ira to make. simply boiling up fertilizer to make explosives no longer works. but the ira also found ways around those restrictions. and

and up next artie's debate show crosstalk after wiki leaks released papers on the afghan war revealingu.s. suspicions about pakistan helping militants. if washington and islamabad are really on the same wavelength that's just ahead.

well up next artie's and martin andrews explores the ring of ancient cities and towns just outside the russian capital to stay with us for that. hello and good to see you again now about seventy five kilometers north of moscow along the road. is the small town south of the main goal to ring the nations. of the next few weeks we'll be visiting several of these historic wonderful cities and towns day out on a beautiful summer. news amount you can see the journey. to just over the centuries many fasting throughout the journey is a long way in those taking a full day today it's about a two hour drive when you along as you greeted by smooth house is surrounded by family forest and this moscow skyscrapers bloom in the new capital of concrete and steel here it's a time traveling retreat of relaxation history and tradition. so i personally was founded by a guy in the thirty's and forty's. and it's more of a straight have been the greatest and largest religious and cultural center in the russian state it's a get away from the hustle and bustle of busy moscow and i think a great example of true

and a similar number have been evacuated as firefighters struggle to prevent the flames spreading artie's sarah ferguson of rhonda's region one of the worst hit areas we've come here to the city which in the last few days has really seen parts of it devastated by these fires that have been breaking out. just fifteen minutes outside the city center about four hundred seventy kilometers from mosco and we're in a village called muscle which as you can probably seen beside me has had most of it completely destroyed by the fires the smoke is really hanging very thick in the air and i can smell this all throughout the city at the moment with the heat and the smoke it really is quite. intension the people all they see here left wondering what they're going to be now we've had throughout central russia around a thousand times has been destroyed by these spies leaving around three thousand people homeless now haron for and it's those two refugee centers that have been set up time.

today there was a breakthrough when the two countries launched the first ever joint mission apollo artie's catarina reflects on the anniversary it was a turning point the launch the keenly fought called war space race into new heights two rockets blasting off half a world away from each other would bring the soviet union and the united states into the same orbit when so use nineteen and the apollo craft docked i should a whole new chapter in space exploration the first ever joint project between two better rivals it was a giant leap for the men on board two like i said he was the second pilot in the say use crew. we docked with apollo it was one of the most significant moments in history of russia and the us before everything was secret all the details of our space programs every detail to see was apollo project we could finally passed a barrier. you really still remembers all the details of that flight from the technical to the happy banter between them and the american astronauts. who were showing the guys different cities and places in russia and when we were flying over the us ones bra

in the afternoon in new york city wherever you're watching us around the world a warm welcome mrs arty it's kevin zero in with the top stories for you this hour and the pentagon is hunting for the sources behind the biggest leak in u.s. military has to.

peace activists rather say they could find it hard to carry on artie's lore emmott went to me.

main aims of both the soviet union and the united states during the cold war and up next tonight artie's special report looks at the two remarkable man who at the center of this great struggle. that was in the sixteenth century. once there lived a chinese nobleman by the name of one who has most cherished ambition was to go to the moon using the resources available seven powder kegs to a bamboo then he put on his best clothes and ignited the barrels. when the smoke cleared after the explosion there was neither a trace of nor of who. history is rich with ill fated attempts to get into space but in the twentieth century to remarkable men did come to the skies but this time around they used rocket engines rather than exploding armchairs to propel them into. the names then. they were the architects of the american and russian space programs. great eternal rivals in the battle to reach out to space. made their first attempts to reach for the stars in their childhood as a boy in the soviet union so gay designed simple gliders but as time went by he came up with a more sophisticated rocket prop

up next artie's special report explores one of the most intriguing miss of the so-called golden train the legend surrounding the story of train carrying the gold reserve of the russian empire but never reached its destination a life till today. russia celebrated deep sea submersibles covered quite a few secrets hidden under water. on one occasion a scientific expedition found traces of the so-called gold train which crashed into lake baikal in the early twentieth century. according to the scientists part of the russian empire as gold reserves is still to be still on the lake bed which is left of the old railway cause. some claim it lies a siberian ministry. others say it is even the way in case of the country's far east even now the czech republic. what happened to the both of the russian empires gold reserves which went missing in t. is one of the most ensuring myths of russian history. by cal is not the only place linked to the mystery of the russian empire as gold was foreclosed on the bed of the world's deepest lake may be the tip of the iceberg in the past century trainloads of g

dying hard it could be years before stoning women catch up with their male counterparts tom barton artie stoney i'm. a quick look now at other stories making headlines around the world. german police say at least eighteen people have been crushed to death in a stampede at the love parade music festival in the german city of duesberg it happened when police tried to block a tunnel to prevent overcrowding despite the situation being described by authorities as chaotic the festival is continuing its one of europe's largest techno music events attracting vast from all over the world. north korea has escalated its threats in response to joint us south korean military exercises and this weekend saying it's prepared to use a nuclear deterrent it's the latest in a series of threats from the isolated nation following an international report blaming the north for sinking a southern warship in march something strongly denies trying to criticize the planned war games warning against any action which might exacerbate regional tensions. ships have been returning to continue operations on a blown out o

summer blazes are russian helicopters and the global demand for these choppers is growing rapidly as artie's reflection reports. it's every year hundreds of thousands of have terry's of spanish flies disappear the reason fire and. the combination of the hot dry climate and human negligence often creates an unstoppable force resulting in a national catastrophe. but now we may have man it's match. serving on the front line for many years russian firefighting helicopters are among the best and spain has welcomed their arrival. we chose the thirty two because we know it for a long time ago and we know that this is the best for you copter four five fighting . for the fighting is very very important market. it's the start of the fighting system that we have this particular fire fighting helicopter the russian k thirty two is capable of carrying up to five tons of water it takes just ten seconds for the crew to feel its huge container haiti's and just fifteen seconds to drop it onto a fire so it's rather quick which is extremely important but this isn't the only feature that makes this russian mode

next artie's interview show spotlight talks of the real life version of the movie character patch adams the doctor who heals with humor to find out if laughter really is the best medicine that's next here on r t. welcome to the spotlight. today my guests are patch adams and mary. he became famous using laughter and joy for healing people and has devoted forty years to trying to improve america's health care system she is russian house founder of my real children rehabilitation center for orphans in moscow the two are here today to me the spotlight on yours and my question is. when you're down americans against you all you need is a law that's what occurred to an american doctor patch adams while he was being treated in hospital he founded the tide institute for laughter repeat they want to make it a health care eco community believes a person's health depends of the society he lives in and says if the world does not change from valuing money to valuing love humans will be extinct. to help change the world patch often comes to moscow to meet his russian friend money. she's the head of th

dying hard it could be years before stoning women catch up with their male counterparts tom barton artie stoney i'm. it's time now for a quick look at all their new stories from around the world german police say at least eighteen people have been crushed to death in a stampede at the love parade music festival in the german city of duisburg it happened when police tried to block a tunnel to prevent overcrowding despite the situation being described by authorities as chaotic the festival continued its one of europe's largest techno music events attracting fans from all over the world. the u.s. and south korea have started a large scale naval war games in the sea of japan earlier north korea warned that it was prepared to use its nuclear deterrent to stop the military exercises this is the latest in a series of threats from the communist nation tension between the north and the south have intensified recently over a report the only offer is sinking a southern warship in march. ships have been a returning to continue operations blown out all well in the gulf of mexico earlier tropical stor

happening there and critics suggest it's not more money that's needed but a massive turnaround strategy artie's christian friends out as more. of a glimpse into the way it really is on the battlefield now made more clear by the release of more than.

next artie's marina portnoy speaks to us all the academic and spoken palestinian supporter not.

a very warm welcome to this is artie live from moscow with me alice have it all the two million people a year die from aids that's why this weekend experts and scientists from around the world are meeting to find a way to save more people mainly through prevention but there's also a group calling into question the exception wisdom of where this disease actually comes from and they're angry that no one's listening. following the story for us. eighteenth international aids conference will begin hay in vienna bringing together around twenty five thousand policymakers scientists community work is activists and people living with hiv to discuss the latest developments in the stills there right now there's a two day conference going on looking at a ton of definitions and treatments of hiv and aids when the aids epidemic first hit the headlines in the one nine hundred eighty s. it caused widespread panic for a singer he was one of the first diagnosed it was a terrifying experience the same experience turned sixty. the trust for information was just great to see it right. kiran. chetry. so. we

israeli palestinian conflict is continuing to divide the middle east artie's adown with journalist and author jonathan koch who says that israel is a regional bully and actually benefits from the division. you know. what now i have jonathan cook a freelance journalist and author of three books mr cook thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. you are the only western journalist to be based here in nazareth the largest arab town in israel what kind of different insight does this give you to the conflict as opposed to most foreign journalists who are based in the centers of tel aviv to jerusalem and ramallah at that location itself. tends to select the focus of your work tends to prejudge what the issues major issues here are in the conflict and i think journalists who are based in the normal cities like jerusalem and tel aviv tend to assume that the conflict began in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven that it's a product of the occupation of the palestinian territories the west bank and gaza whereas my focus has been based being based inside israel in the palestinian or arab co