thank you minding our correspondent in a question of reporting from the white house there in central moscow. now speaking to business russia's largest insurance company rules call struck says it has more than enough funds to cover the cost of any damage from. we figure eight hundred buildings insured by a company of being hit by the wildfires this amounts to about two hundred million. if we pay out around a billion rubles that's the sum of two hundred million even if it doubles because the finds it difficult to fight is insignificant compared to reserves and payments we make through the year. time now to check out the markets and disappointing us jobs data has sent stocks on the dollar tumbling mounting fears of a slowdown in economic growth u.s. economy shed another one hundred thirty one thousand jobs in july the second month in a row that jobs have been lost the dow jones is shedding one point four percent european shares are falling on the news of the dax down more than one percent or bank of scotland is up though after of course in a pretax profit of more than one billion pounds the fi

live from our headquarters in central moscow this is archie with me a nice to know way first this hour a tropical virus that's rapidly spreading in the south of russia has already claimed six lives while millions could be at risk of infection nearly two hundred people have so far caught the west nile virus which is carried by mosquitoes are to figure out grown of reports from the volgograd region which has been the worst affected by the virus. a steady stream of patients has been arriving at this hospital near volgograd all with the same diagnosis where. more than one hundred are seriously ill and five the real number of those affected might be several times higher a lot of people are being treated at home without knowing what's wrong with them and don't ask for help until it was too late when you had known that high fever was a symptom of the virus and gone straight to the hospital things might have turned out differently and my mother could have survived because she was a very strong person west nile fever affects different people in different ways but those who are young might pass

thanks medina that was our correspondent in a courtroom our reporting from the white house in central moscow. now time to check out the markets start with russia where the markets are trading higher in the afternoon most of the blue chips are in the black of both voices following positive trends in asia and the west cast from is up nearly a percent while the mostly go with hardware and software back trading in the red bull horses and in asia stuff markets will make stuff friday investors will cautious off to new unemployment benefits claims the west rose to their highest level in four months to make it end of the trading session point twelve percent lower on hindsight is up over one hundred percent the sour. shares in europe pounds back ahead of us and off on payrolls date on london's footsie and germany's dax up trading over half a cent higher on friday well bank of scotland is up over two percent of the pulte after reporting a pretax profit of one point fourteen billion pounds for the company here barclays is sending one point two percent. international reserves have grown by five billion

from our studios in central moscow this is a twenty four hour a day the talk of smaug that's been hanging over moscow seems to be retreating due to a change in wind direction but city residents are concerned it could soon return those wildfires are still raging in over twenty regions of the country the military and volunteers are working twenty four seventh's to stop the flames spreading and put out the blazes and he said now he has visited some of the devastated villages where help came too late. burn area which has been directly affected by these fires in fact you can constantly hear the roar of emergency service planes trying to put these fires out we know that there is a fire somewhere back in that forest a couple of kilometers and you can see the smoke coming out and officials say it's moving closer and closer this area has a ready been destroyed we're standing in the ruins of what was once someone's home here you can see this was obviously what used to be the kitchen you can see the remains of a sink and a stove practically the only things that are recognizable here this bowl one of

from central moscow thanks for being with us these are our headlines again enveloped in small as firefighters battle russia's rampant wildfires that have left over three thousand people homeless there is some progress to report as well emergency services say the area affected by the burning forests has been reduced by two thirds of the past week. or the main stories of the past seven days the ceremony to mark the sixty fifth anniversary of america's atomic attack on the japanese city of nagasaki was attended by over thirty countries but the legacy is still being felt by its victims to this day eighty thousand people were killed in the explosion. just as campaigners claim women convicted of killing their abusive partners in california having their parole hopes dashed by the political ambitions of state governors liberty activists say the woman acted in self defense suffering domestic violence. next tonight we take you to the north of national nature reserve it situated on the slopes of the great of caucasus mountain range of stunning scenery rivers plants and wildlife and also pose a host of c

central moscow this is r t with me nice in no way it's six pm here in the russian capital one four pm in warsaw poland first this hour with the summer heat wave now fueling wildfires in twenty two regions across russia the death toll has risen to fifty two more than three and a half thousand people have been left homeless meanwhile the capital is shrouded in dense smoke the worst the city's ever experienced stacie bivins has. the smog is really has come in and has blanketed no matter how healthy you may be doctors it's saying to stay indoors and if you have to many reasons they're urging you to wear a mask it's awful outside and it hurts to breathe this stuff and then once you do you taste it for hours after you've gone inside your home you're also getting reports that in certain areas throughout moscow the air quality is twenty times poorer than usual so this is a very serious situation and this is all going down as firefighters continue to battle blazes throughout the country six.

italian overcover reporting from central moscow the thick smoke that's suffocating moscow's even going to the capital metro millions of passengers use the service every day of being affected. temperatures hit a record high on wednesday thirty four degrees celsius so now most of what's coming from the ground. so you look at some of the news today iran is denying president mahmoud ahmadinejad was the target of an assassination attempt earlier reports claim to grenade was thrown at his convoy in the west of the country claims come at a time of increasing pressure on iran just days ago a top u.s. military official said that washington's ready to launch a military strike against the country if needed it's also told the sanctions already in place by expanding the black list of the groups and companies suspected of having a result of these latest instructions one universal support. while the united states treasury department did i denounce sanctions against twenty one iranian entities entities that u.s. officials say and accuse of aiding groups such as hezbollah hamas and the taliban now thes

nice and now way the city of moscow is again shrouded in a dense choking smaug it's the worst the city's experience as the prolonged heat wave fuels wildfires across central russia stacey bevins has more. this is the thickest that the smog has been since the fires have started and that's disrupting air travel to moscow airports. and but no cover have diverted passengers on forty flights coming in so they're taking them either to share much of an airport to the north of moscow or to the regions south of moscow they're taking them either to st petersburg you know garage or cars on in the south also these two airports have also had to delay for twenty flights of people on those flights they've been grounded as the small just really has come in and has blanketed the capital have blanketed central moscow actually and the doctors are taking people to take telling people take heed no matter how healthy you may be they're saying to stay indoors and if you have to come from and the reason they're urging you to wear a mask it's awful outside and it hurts to breathe this.

a warm welcome to you live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. with me nice and now way it's six pm here in the russian capital ten am in washington first this hour forest fires which are spreading through central russia have claimed more than forty lives the president and heat wave that sparked the blazes has left moscow suffocating under a blanket of heavy smog. is in the heart of the capital and peter all over is been looking into the fire at a military air base. well we have heard from the military and they've confirmed that there was a fire however saying that this fire took place not with the. equipment was worth so much money where these airplanes were put in a place where decommissioned hardware in vehicles were being stored over the stands at the moment no journalist being able to get in to actually to see what has been destroyed by those fires all around russia many places that people just can't go to try and find out what is happening because the by as are so severe also in central russia in the south of region there's an ongoing milita

or welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is our team with me and some now way it's two pm here in the russian capital and two thirty pm in tehran but first this hour russia's emergencies teams are be. raising themselves for the worst to come as far as peat fires continue to hold their grip in many parts of the country what makes firefighters still wary is that the relentless heat wave is keeping the landscape tinder dry and the scorching temperatures are set to top forty celsius in the next few days artie's ivor bennett is in the south of the moscow region. around one hundred kilometers south of moscow in the moscow region and just a few meters over there in the woods behind me there are fires raging you can hear the flames here as i'm standing here you can hear them crackling you can hear the fires burning and just a few moments ago when two men to see for ourselves what was happening because there is an emergency vehicle in there trying to contain the flames they were only around knee height but they did suddenly flare up over two meters that's the troubl

main reason for such a collapse in a day to day life of moscow is of course the undergoing severe head and fires that i send all across the central russia and far is the surrounding moscow and sound where over there behind my back is the white house where prime minister vladimir putin signed a decree to bayne gran export from a period between the all good fifteenth and december thirty first well prime minister vladimir putin also said that the grain from the state intervention fund will be distributed without any options and the state is also sending some financial just too poor to those farmers who were hit hard by the ongoing drought in the country the state is sending one point two billion dollars meanwhile of the wheat prices have kids at twenty three mt hawks and many experts say that of the recent ban will lead to further increase in prices around twenty twelve percent. why do you know what are the other side effects so about grain exports. well be a recent and how here current of course the wheat prices but also put in that victim impact at all and of the work of a russian are very cultural companies russia is the third l.

twenty four hours a day from our studios here in central moscow this is our top stories now this hour russia brings together afghanistan and pakistan to discuss how to tackle drug traffickers and terrorism in central asia more seen as the major cause of instability. investigators say a blast in southern russia that injured thirty could have been the work of the al qaeda linked militants behind march's moscow metro bombings police in the capital are being put on a high state of alert. human rights group says the scandal involving israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. president pledges better relations with russia as investigators from both countries join forces to work out what calls plane crash which killed president lech kaczynski. as our top story so far this hour with a look at more developments in this in half an hour from now on any time a special report we look at the personal stories of female u.s. soldiers who were sexually assaulted while serving in iraq and the army's attempts to cover it all possib

or welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is our team with me nice and now way it's six pm here in the russian capital and first this hour firefighters have succeeded in extinguishing almost all of the blazes in the moscow region one of the areas worst hit by the fatal flames this summer the damage caused to russia's budget by the record breaking heat wave is approaching four hundred million dollars argues country nazar of a has the latest update on the fire situation. it seems that the emergency ministry did report that all most of the country's fires have been played out specifically in the moscow region as you can see the weather is completely different to what we've gotten used to over the past few weeks it's actually quite cold people are wearing jumpers sweaters and the recent wind and rain according to the emergencies ministry helped a lot in extinguishing the fires and neutralizing a localizing all the existing fires in the moscow region but fires in other parts of the country are still ravaging the nation in central russia and of the most affected re

italian overcover reporting from central moscow in the thick smoke suffocating moscow's main descent into the capital metro to millions of passengers use the service every day having a for. active temperatures down they had a record high wednesday of thirty four degrees celsius so it's uncanny hide from the heat wave underground. the iranian authorities are denying that the country's president mahmoud ahmadinejad who is the target of an assassination attempt clearly report states that a grenade was thrown at his convoy in the west of the country now those claims come at a time of increasing pressure on iran just days ago the top u.s. military official said that washington had not ruled out a military strike if the country does not stop enriching uranium the u.s. treasury department also tighten sanctions by expanding a blacklist of reigning in groups suspected of terrorist links to rand's call for dialogue when tired which it says should be based on justice and mutual respect the group of american intelligence experts also written to president obama to say they believe israel may lau

live from our headquarters in central moscow this is our team with me i need to now way it's six pm here in the russian capital and our top story at least forty eight people have died as russia was sweltering in the worst heat wave in decades the air in moscow is thick with smoke from wildfires and more blazes keep springing up our correspondent ivor bennett is just outside the capital with more. all morning on the early hours of this afternoon just in the woods behind me there was a fire raging and the firefighters were struggling to control it but in the last couple of hours they have managed to put it out for the time being because the conditions here simply just so dry far as a spreading very very quickly and unpredictably earlier we had a look at the fire it didn't seem too troublesome from where we sort of the flames were just coming up to around knee height but suddenly out of nowhere they fled up to well over two meters and that's the sort of challenge these firefighters the faces as they put out one part then another part springs up very very quickly we did actually have to move

here with our tree line from moscow the headlines battling blazes wildfires spreading through central russia leave over thirty people dead there destroying crops and houses of polish suffocating cities with smog. bowing to pressure of the israeli prime minister is expected to agree to an international investigation into his country's deadly storming of a gaza bound aid flotilla a may. also food for thought farmers in hungary say they are being starved of business by policies and that the country is being treated as a colony rather than a partner. and the online whistleblower wiki leaks post a massive encrypted file in what some say is a p.r. stunt that follows its disclosure of afghan war cover ups the massive leak secrets on the wiki leaks website has been condemned by u.s. officials leaks are nothing new of course but the internet means they spread faster than ever before talks to american investigative journalist neil sheehan who published pentagon papers on the vietnam war forty years ago. first it was u.s. troops killing civilians and journalists in iraq now more than ninety thou

central russia russia rather let's check in with our team to tell you a novel cover who's in central moscow of course where the city is covered in smog what is the situation as we speak. well and he says there have been quite use jong flows. storming through moscow today and everyone told that they would bring rain but they only brought more small small from outside the city now the nights are the worst by meat day part of the smoke over moscow dissolves but the more in the mornings the visibility in the cities are very close to zero but this problem is of course two fold first of all is the fresh air right now air in moscow is very heavy and the smoke is so thick that sometimes it actually burns your eyes and ecologists are saying that the level of air pollution in moscow right now is seven the times of its usual figure and also doctors are saying if you take a walk around for just a couple of hours it will be equivalent to smoking. back so if cigarettes some people prefer to wear masks to protect themselves from this poison a small so. there's also problems with buying area conditioners i

more welcome to you live from our studios in central moscow this is are to you with me and you so now way it's six pm here in the russian capital and the number of wildfires raging in the country continues to rise with hundreds of thousands of firefighters taming flames across russia the death toll has now risk risen to fifty but situations likely to remain tense for several weeks before the scorching temperatures are forecast to cool as jacob graves now reports. moscow region a village in moscow region and i'm actually standing by an example yes another example of just the devastation and destruction that's been brought upon local communities here we have. if you can recognize it was a garridge and inside is a car that's being burned south now is the farm as far as that residence he didn't have time to move the car out there was literally just engulfed and i was a similar story there's rubble strewn itchy every.

live from our studios in central moscow this is all to do with the twenty four hours a day the toxic cloud of smaug that's been hanging over moscow seems to be retreating due to a change in wind direction but city residents are concerned it could soon return as wildfires are still raging in over twenty regions of the country. the military is a working twenty four seventh's to stop the flames spreading and put out the blazes and he has visited some of the devastated villages where help came too late the aftermath of the fires that engulfed this village are just devastating you can see someone entire home has been destroyed the pictures of course can describe it much better than i ever could just complete and utter devastation bulldozers are on their way in fact to sweep this all up and just fifteen meters away in the process of being built completely of wood untouched so it really is a matter of just meters and also a matter of pure luck you have to wonder if these people are asking why me certainly this family their house destroyed also they have vehicles that were destroyed two cars

may actually expect back to you marina all right thanks very much for bringing us this from aas central moscow reporting there do stay safe and try not spend too much time outside today. to other stores here in articulator will bring you animal rescue. it seems like the fire was put in a game of cat and mouse with their will shoulder spring on it from different sides and it seemed like the game was almost lost just a couple days ago when the fire was as close as one hundred fifty meters in the forests. find out how workers and wildlife sanctuary managed to compound a tragedy in ten minutes here on our t.v. . meantime the japanese city of nagasaki has remembered those killed by the second atomic bomb dropped by the u.s. sixty five years ago r.t. shaun thomas has more. the city of nagasaki is smaller than the city of hiroshima and so the ceremony was smaller and much more intimate as well but no less important that the time of the bombing about two hundred seventy thousand people lived here in the city seventy thousand of those people died at the moment of the bombing let me give you a little bi

i'm stacy visited central moscow where clear skies may be vast hidden dangers join me in a bid for more. u.s. military experts claim israel is preparing a surprise attack on iran which washington will inevitably be dragged into. the arab capital that's being want to localize aid should we know why jordan's young muslims are showing traditional wads of american dolphin is an english teacher. the global cost the wheat says its biggest monthly increase in nearly forty years due to the severe drought here in russia bad and more coming up in our food program. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me on this have it all swathes of central russia all still in flames with firefighters tackling hundreds of new fires every day and it's likely to be several days before the scorching temperatures show any sign of cooling down let's take you around some of the affected areas now. jacob greaves is in the woodland in the mosque. in this right here in the center of the capital for us jacob to you first bring us up to date if you can from where you while was a situation like.

italian overcover reporting there from central moscow. the raging blazes have reached the federal nuclear center in the central russian city of subtle but despite the facility measures have been taken to remove all explosive and radioactive substances from the site that of russia's nuclear regulatory body says there is no danger. oh in russia the situation is complex but it is completely under control the fire is inside the fertile security zone but it doesn't pose any threat to nuclear facilities in the center itself you have you quit mint and human resources including the army have been mobilized to fight the blazes. to look some other news now today iran is denying president of food and we did it was the target of an assassination attempt earlier aboard claimed a grenade was thrown at his convoy in the west of the country the claims covered a ton of increasing pressure on iran just days ago a top u.s. military official said washington is ready to launch a military strike against the country if needed but also tighten the sanctions alre

eighty kilometers away from moscow the same is for its engine chargers the time with a population of nearly ten thousand people is buried in the heart of age old forests in centralrussia and as you can see reports is the site of an unusual fusion of religious architecture and citywide modern art. where else so close to moscow would you hear church bells ringing so often every fifteen minutes at a dozen churches similar tenuously this beautiful chime can be heard in the provincial town of bor of school located just eighty kilometers away from moscow and it's the closest cause of the kaluga region to the capital it takes a while defenders hilltop position thanks to the architects who started to build the town in the early fourteen saying morris comprises of several unique churches like the christian old believe us church also the legendary. monastery adds to the tiles must see list but more of it is not only about traditional architecture and golden dome sent crosses it's houses are kind of us for contemporary art to self-taught artist cheney is recording the history of his hometown through his paintings but his art his sirs comes that applies. to russian provence

from our studios here in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is. the first nuclear power plant in the middle east has been switched on in the southern city of bushehr the russian built reactor is now operating under the strict control of the un atomic watchdog amid international concerns over nuclear ambitions. and a boycott was that the long awaited grand opening. more than thirty years in the making with a price tag of over two billion dollars by all accounts the nuclear power plant is an expensive undertaking and one for which iran has spared no expense the chaparral have always been more than just an education are ready to sell it for all it's a symbol of the country social progress and prove it gets more attention for a lot of critics the embodiment of the slavic republics an ideological backwardness and a vivid example of that i feel things which are in a diplomatic bargaining chip for years the station has finally come closer to fulfilling its practical purpose but the first batch of nuclear fuel just loaded into the reactor the station is e

seven of the fourteenth region affected by the fires also he's maria free notion a smoke stricken central moscow space above and says in one of the areas where fires are still raging. this hot spot is one of seventy thousand there going on in russia right now is wildfires so we through the nation and this situation has been deadly and extremely critical for thousands more who are left without a home or anywhere to go now present maybe that has organized a special program targeting the region that have been hit the most. the emergency ministry together with the defense ministry and other security forces is doing everything possible. localize the fire and most importantly save people the heat still here and the forecast a bleak there for the threat of new fires persists i've signed a decree today announcing the emergency situation in a number of regions of our country which are hardest hit by the fires but much will depend on our actions it's difficult to stay in the city it's stuffy and very hot people want to escape to the countryside.

live from our studios here in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is. russia has condemned the decision by a thai court to extradite the suspected russian arms dealer a victim to the u.s. previously a lower court rejected the u.s. extradition bid but the appeals court has overruled that verdict correspondent catherine azhar of brings us now the details from the russian foreign ministry in moscow. moscow's very unhappy with this ruling because it believes that it was made under significant outside pressure specifically pressure from the united states the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking earlier said that it is evident from the fact that the thai criminal court earlier refused to extradite mr boat and today of course the thai appeal court has sanctioned this extradition that this request was made possible after the severe pressure from the united states there for making this decision a political thread little one and that is an acceptable. was started at a time i appeal court has made this political decision according to the information we

and warm welcome to you live from our studios in central moscow this is our team with me a nice in that way it's four pm at doma dead of an airport and two pm in warsaw poland now with the summer heat wave now fueling wildfires in twenty two regions across russia the death toll has risen to fifty two more than three and a half thousand people have been left homeless meanwhile the capital is shrouded in dense mob the worst the city's ever experienced safety vivants has more. this is the thickest the smog has been since the fires have started and it's disrupting air travel the small just really has come in and has blanketed the capital have blanketed. moscow actually and the doctors are taking people to take telling people take heed no matter how healthy they are saying to stay indoors and if you have to and the reason they're urging you to wear a mask it's awful outside it mean it hurts to breathe this stuff and then once you do taste it for hours after you've gone inside your home so state and if you have to also get in there.

a warm welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is art to you with me a new some not way it's six pm here in the russian capital nine pm in bangkok where tires are to say a russian businessman wanted for arms dealing in the u.s. will not be extradited immediately reports that a special plane to collect victor boot had already arrived in bangkok well considering azar of a has been following the story there's finally been some clarity in the case it is very unlikely that if they both will be thailand today that is according to the country's prime minister who said that according to tile laws because the united states already have filed a new set of charges against me that aboard those include money laundering he will not be extradited until those charges are actually for. it sort of course the united states realizing that they've basically set a spoke in their own will are now trying to do their best to withdraw those charges in order to be able to proceed with the extradition process but for now if the boot remains in solitary confinement in the infamous bangkok hi

a warm welcome to you live from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me a nice and now way first up it's the greatest show on earth and for a country that lives and breathes football russia is determined to net its ultimate prize and host the world cup. in st petersburg today assessing the bid for the twenty eight hundred twenty mint and as i've been a reports it's already giving the potential stars of tomorrow the motivation to train harder today. these boys football is their life they train every single day just twelve years old and if the world cup does come to russia in twenty eighteen the hopes and expectations of a nation resting on their shoulders pressure that would make others of their age crumble but for the boys at spartak moscow is youth academy discipline and desire and more important it's not the fear of failure that drives them is the fear of missing the chance to play in a world cup on home turf eventually receive most revenue and if i really want russia to host the twenty eighty mile cap it's my life's purpose if we keep working hard we have a good

a correspondent in central moscow there natalia novack of all those raging blazes have reached the federal nuclear center in the central russian city of site of that of the country's atomic regulatory body says all explosive and radioactive substances have been removed from the side so you can encode says the facility is absolutely safe. the situation is complex but it is completely under control the fire is inside the federal security zone but it doesn't pose any threat to nuclear facilities in the center itself have you quit minton human resources including the army have been mobilized to fight the blazes. taking some of the news now iran is denying president was the target of an assassination attempt reports claimed a grenade was thrown at his convoy in the west of the country now those claims come at a time of increasing pressure on iran just days ago top u.s. military officials said washington's ready to launch a military strike against the country if needed. the sanctions already in place by expanding the blacklist of rain in groups and companies suspected of having terrorist links r

with news from russia and around the world you're watching are to you live from our studios in central moscow where it's three pm first stop thirty four people are now confirmed to have died in the fierce fires which are ravaging parts of russia over two thousand are now homeless or to starve for it is a few hundred kilometers south of the capital in the varanus region where entire villages have been destroyed in the past few days there are still many areas in russia that are on fire. over the past couple of days we've really seen a huge amount of devastation caused by this these fires you can probably see behind me the forests the trees are all black where they've been but on the thick smoke is still hanging in the we know of course it isn't just for it is most going it's also facing the thick smoke today caused by these fires and not the images revealed around four hundred air is that it's still burning and emergency services and firefighters really struggling to get the situation under control we've heard that the russian army has been drafted in to help try and gain control of the situati

from our studios here in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is at least thirty people have been injured in a coal bomb explosion. in russia. the explosion equivalent to thirty kilos of t.n.t. came just hours after another terror attack in russia's north caucuses on tuesday morning. reports. we are right now outside russia's prosecutor's office and it has confirmed that the explosion was indeed an act of terror there was an explosion the windows were blown out one fragment flew really close to me the nearby cars were badly damaged windows broken many people covered in blood were taken out just to give you an idea of how big the explosion was cars in the area one hundred fifty meters around that car were severely damaged as well the preliminary data indicates it was an open explosive lift in a parked car some of those injured are in the critical condition the investigative committee has opened a criminal case the representatives of the committee experienced investigators are working at the site trying to identify the type of the explosive its capacity and all the relevant data the

live from a central moscow later this hour. eight world premieres in moscow in about two million very excited people find out what it's all about later in the program. now it's the moment that many russian u two fans have been waiting for as a world renowned band prepares to perform its first ever concert in the country on wednesday night's event which is part of the band's well. most expensive live history about eighty thousand to fans are expected to show up at moscow's sneakin stadium and the head of the game you two front. teeth. in the southern city of sochi for the rock star and president is a well known spoke not only about music but also poverty and aids. internationally for his long running charity right across. and while the president is out of town a self-proclaimed while he's getting out of the kremlin buildings as he brings a legal case against the russian government claiming they're rightfully his the so-called grand principle russia claims it's his god given right to rule the country but critics say he's deluded

live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching are with me and the sun now way it's four pm here in the russian capital eight am in washington d.c. and the mission is complete and victory in sight that was the message from u.s. vice president joe biden as he addressed american troops withdrawing from iraq his words raised eyebrows however among those who believe the whole campaign was a failure many veterans say the u.s. administration is simply trying to put on a brave face to cover up a lost cause they feel that although their praises the country's heroes they've been abandoned and forgotten hard to. among the window for. by the government but still more treason you know and that's me i don't think they they they show enough respect for the local bad things bryan little is a u.s. navy veteran who has been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome since his discharge he was unable to find work after leaving the military and hasn't been able to get the proper treatment for his condition little has been suicidal at times his pleas for help have been ignored it's a comm

well and he said it's very difficult to find a place in central moscow where you can breathe normally the areas so happy and the smog sometimes gets so thick that my eyes actually start burning coal just are saying that the air of pollution in moscow right now the level of air pollution is seven times. what it would be usual of value and doctors add to that that's if you try taking a walk down one of most schools central streets it will be equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes in just those couple of hours so many prefer to wear face masks in order to reduce the amount of this poisonous area that they breathe in and many doctors actually suggesting for those with lung diseases and diseases to stay indoors and to spend as little time outs. right as possible so i can only imagine how difficult is it must it be for my colleague peter over there peter what are you hearing about what the authorities are doing to help the fire victims that's right the people who had their house just behind me that was destroyed are in line to receive one hundred thousand dollars so at some cases the

reporting here from central moscow on the whole story of those dreadful fires of the last couple of weeks of chronicled on our website. song line for twenty four hours a day also online there. is in the russian capital. as he takes to the stage to prove he still. fifty years performing. would you partnership between the cia and google to track web browsing behavior making some people feel easy. story if you want more. details. a group of former intelligence and military officials are demanding immediate action from barack obama to prevent a war in the middle east they claim israel is counting on washington to offer unconditional support for an attack on iran as early as this month the group which includes former cia agents say a war in iran will ignite a regional conflict which could lead to the united nation of israel the warning comes just days after the u.s. top brass refused to rule out a strike on the islamic state to iran's repeatedly refused diplomatic relations and television maintains the jewish state has no right to exist michel chossudovsky is from the canadian center for resea

i live from our studios here in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is our team the russian resort of sochi has welcomed the presidents of afghanistan pakistan in tajikistan the high ranking meeting was set up to discuss how to keep the central asian region stable and prevent the work of drug traffickers. has been following the talks there. providing security and fighting drug trafficking these were the two topics which took a front seat during today's summit in sochi where the route to this is not going to be easy russia afghanistan pakistan and the cheekiest on a well aware of the challenges they will meet some in the world wonder whether success is even possible and if so whether all countries of the international community are committed to achieve it by bringing the four nations together russia shows its commitment to support it peaceful stable and prosperous afghanistan and stability in the whole region probably drug threat is a common problem in the region i've already had a chance to discuss it with the presidents of afghanistan and pakistan and the counter to their strength

live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching argue with me nice and now it's two pm here in the russian capital five pm in bangkok where thai authorities say a russian businessman wanted for arms dealing in the u.s. will not be extradited immediately reports have suggested a special plane and fifty u.s. commandos have arrived in bangkok where victor boot is being held our correspondent considering the daughter of a has been following the latest developments in the case there's finally been some clarity in the case it is very unlikely that it will be thailand day that is according to the country's prime minister who said that according to tylenols because the united states already have filed a new set of charges against him that aboard those include money laundering he will not be extradited until those charges are actually heard for of course the united states realizing that they've basically said a spokesman there of the will right now. trying to do their best to withdraw those charges in order to be able to proceed with the extradition process but for now the boot remai

broadcasting live from central moscow this is our t.v. the top story this hour pharmaceutical companies are accused of using people in india as guinea pigs to test new drugs without their consent human rights groups say even those people on tests who are alerted to possible dangers are not told the full story meanwhile india's health ministry says the number of deaths linked to clinical trials has risen this year alone more people have died than in two thousand and seven and two thousand and eight combined archies charan singh investigates. india government run hospitals provide treatment to the poor but there are increasingly aims that being made in guinea pigs in drug trials for western pharma companies without their knowledge here at the. hospital in golf. the north has been taking pills for the last six months on the advice of his doctor he suspects he's being experimented upon i mean to get to me i had a pain in my abdomen they did all sorts of tests and gave me all sorts of pills to have in the morning afternoon and night but i have

a warm welcome to you live from our studios in central moscow this is are to you with a. and now a first up this hour fifa officials are assessing russell's bid to host the planet's most spectacular sporting event the football world cup the inspection has begun in st petersburg one of the cities which will be used if russia wins the right to state either the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two tournament as ivor bennett reports just the possibility is giving potential stars of tomorrow the motivation to train harder today. for these boys football is their life they train every single day just twelve years old and if the world cup does come to russia in twenty eighteen the hopes and expectations of a nation or resting on their shoulders pressure that would make others of their age crumble but for the boys at spartak moscow is youth academy discipline and desire and more important it's not the fear of failure that drives them is the fear of missing the chance to play in a world cup on home turf you have to really want russia to hosted twenty eighteen world cup it's the pur

from our studios here in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is. a car bomb blast outside a cafe in the southern city has left at least twenty three people injured investigators say the explosion which was the equivalent of thirty kilos of t.n.t. is being regarded as a terrorist attack a correspondent is following developments. we are right now outside russia's prosecutor's office and it has confirmed that the explosion was indeed an act of terror a local policeman are saying that the court of exploded injured up to twenty three people who were stabbed in the coffee near to where the car was parked there was an explosion the windows were blown out for one fragment to move really close to me or the nearby cars were badly damaged. many people covered in blood which is just to give you an idea of how big the explosion was cars in the area one hundred fifty meters around that car were severely damaged as well right now a prosecutors are working on the scene there indeed to indicates it was an open explosive lift in the parked car some of those critical