international house. every. intel who. has moscow breeze freely for the first time in weeks hundreds of wildfires continue to rage across russia join me a new so no way to the latest. a burning desire to help hundreds from russia and abroad risk their lives to quell the flames are key talks of the retired british firefighter ready to assist after arriving to what. the u.s. troop surge in afghanistan coincides with civilian casualties rising by there are it according to un report outline. bloody first half of two thousand and ten. you're watching r t coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshing welcome to the program now moscow was breathing more freely after overnight rain washed away much of the suffocating smog which has been tormenting the russian capital for days now the record breaking heat wave is still around and hundreds of fires continue to burn across the country. in the badly hit region of resign which just two hundred kilometers southeast of los. we've been trying to show you how much destruction these fires have caused across russia but where we a

is the first time that the international have been like this in a circuit in russia so i'm very happy to be there we know the first winner of the circuit so for me suppression and also i see that they make a very good job in the last race to make a reality of this race another race is over meaning that drugs need to be legal back into shape and get prepared for the next battles in less than three weeks the resource will have to czech republic for the six lakh robert but the new m r t central russia. that's like this is for the moment next is the way to stay with us . every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our g. this. car and this. pill. and the number of deaths has doubled in moscow while many people are trying to leave the capital which is still covered by. small. studios here in central moscow. widespread forest and peat bogs still raging in russia leaving many cities suffocating under a thick blanket of smog forec

better future at least the first step we have to be making their voice heard in our i think you know dina the soft archie phoenix arizona and it's ten years since the international space station first became habitable when a russian module with life support systems docked with the orbiter event revolutionize the research which could be carried out on the i assess john thomas reports. 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 of plan for the i.s.a.'s is a major contemporary space project it involves a big number of program participants including the united states canada european countries and japan and the station is being used as a big scientific laboratory 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 technology for the first time twenty years later russia and the u.s. expanded on that shared experience with the goal of creating a pe

doubt on that saying mine could be to blame for policy analysts stephen says the result of the first international report raise doubts even within south korea the lead government is not a government that is interested in peaceful coexistence with north korea. is to see the collapse of north korea and its absorption into the south. it's also suspicious of the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial and local elections there is also the case and. the idea that a north korean submarine could have been operating in the shallow waters in which the chief. is incredible but one could make the. the entire point of this incident in the blaming of it on north korea was to provide a pretext to escalate tensions there is a large opposition within south korea to the idea that in fact north korea is responsible for the sinking of the ship just remind you we've got much more on our website that is dot com we feature blogs and forums galleries and different stories and here's a look at some of what you might find there for you right now towering inferno a group of men filming the

government announced on monday that vice minister of commerce gao hu cheng will become its first international trade representative. the new office will mainly negotiate economic and trade issues relating to china's overseas business. the post was created due to more and more trade disputes between china and other trading partners. these include the u.s., the eu and emerging economies such as india. the trading countries complain about china's protected policies. china, in turn, criticizes them for imposing anti-dumping taxes on chinese imports. last year china became the world's top exporting nation overtaking germany. china's exports were worth $1.2 trillion in 2009. >>> the japanese government is considering economic stimulus measures after the latest economic growth figures show that the economy is slowing down. the cabinet office said that the gdp grew at 0.4% from april to june. naoto kan asked his ministers to assess the situation. he wants to determine the impact from the scheduled end of the current stimulus programs. subsidies for fuel efficient vehicles will expire in september and

first time and they all came in. different very very smoothly i think it will have a great time so people knew very clearly that russia was really to talk when it comes to organizing big international events like that russia's progression for the twenty fourteen sochi olympics is likely to come under scrutiny by three for two and with the first results appearing to be impressive then such a success could mean another winning goal for russia in its world cup a bit. of a r t. our got plenty more for you coming up later this hour including a place to get a taste of space. want to be an astronaut here's what it takes to get your suit your helmet a frictionless environment let's go to space. so join our g.'s force by allowing us space and rocket center in alabama to find out why the veterans here think was really behind the space for. he's. now two years since the devastating accident at russia's biggest hydroelectric plant in siberia which killed seventy five people. the say on the stage was badly damaged when water crashed into the turbine hallway last august the investigation to the cause of the accident is still ongoing commemorative ceremonies will be held in the republic of cossey

i think for citing the first international track of the school citing potential. here we go back for a second. the racers had one day to get ready and have just left well certainly was certain to get behind the wheel for real. the first weeks of the day produced no surprises with the championship leader until you. claiming the first victory in the new circuit. having started the second race from pool position russia's most successful racer alexander law had a great chance to shine and ensure but above with your hands close to the podium place where the german confidently kept the lead to the end yesterday i have a mistake and in. and i go to him and say holy. i'm a little bit late on the but i give him a small touch and it's not just fail to fail but in the end it's wasting and you must look but but you do now and after that sedation you say oh it's tall boy it's not so fail but in the end it's not it's not all not football it's more ball than it's a little bit all been a pretty good sport it's a very technological sport and sometimes it's not all up to the driver

first international track and. so i think. we go back to. the racers had one day to get ready and have practice leps while survey was done to get behind the wheel for real. the first weeks of the day produced no surprises with the championship and. claiming the first victory in the new circuit having stirred a second race from pool position russia's most. under law had a great chance to shine in. but above with the year he can cause he looked podium place where the german confidently kept the lead to the end yesterday i have a mistake with alex and in. and i go to him and says holy. i'm a little bit late on the boy can i give him a small patch and it's not the absolute has failed to fail but in the end it's wasting and you must look but but you do now and after that situation you say oh it's it's not so fail but in the end it's not it's not not football it's more than it's a little bit all. it's a very technological sport and sometimes it's not all up to the driver everybody fights everybody give their all to when i should have driven in a t

quarter past midnight here in moscow let me tell you first international news in brief protesters in poland have saved a temporary cross to the late president from being moved from outside warsaw the presidential palace the wooden cross was placed there after the small and plane crash that killed lech kaczynski and ninety five others present a leg and said he didn't want the religious symbol outside a government building but officials eventually relented saying the cross should become part of a political game. u.n. surged israel and lebanon to show restraint after a border skirmish escalated into violence killing at least four it prompted fears of a repeat of the bloody war between the two countries in two thousand and six chooses clashes began with lebanese and israeli soldiers exchanging fire fighting then fled into israeli tank helicopter and artillery strikes. warns it will intervene if israeli troops ever attack lebanese forces again. there's been a surge of violence in iraq a car bombs ripped through an outdoor market in the southern mainly shiite city you could killing at leas

with me and he said now way first international officials are assessing russia'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 would be used if russia wins the right stage the tournament and cyber 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 the nation will be 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 it's the fear of missing the chance to play in a world cup on home turf and i'm still really want russia to host the twenty eighteen world cup it's the purpose of my life if we keep working hard we have a good chance of making the team by the trainings no walk in the park befor

but first international pharmaceutical companies are under fire for allegedly testing new drugs on peoplein india without their consent around two million people are estimated to be taking part in clinical trials in the country but even those who do sign up already told the full story about the potentially dangerous side effects. any india government run hospitals provide low cost treatment to the poor but there are increasing claims that being made guinea pigs in drug trials for western pharma companies without their knowledge here at the. hospital in indoor the north has been taking pills for the last six months on the advice of his doctor he suspects he's being experimented upon. 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 haven't got any. rash or account that they can test any medication they like on me. allegations have surfaced in the media that the hospital conducts illegal drug trials on patients police are investigating the complaint the hospital officials say any trials are be

we will first look internally and say is the lab capable of handling this request? >> do we have a policy in writing that says in that case of an unknown assailant, we ascribe to get this done in this amount of time? >> i will research. we have investigation divisions that may address that. where this happens, the lieutenant of sexual assault, at the round table, will ask us to move and we will do so. >> thank you. i would ask you to do that. in terms of the numbers, i oppose these numbers so nobody is surprised. -- opposed these numbers to nobody is surprised. -- pose these numbers so nobody is surprised. i do not think there was any bad intent in this at all. i do not question the veracity of that. it does show the need as a department to have resources on any given day. if it takes two months to turn around a rape case, we need more resources. it sounds like progress has been made on the ability to outsource some of these things. what is the state of that, do we have rfp's? >> we have rfq's, requests for qualifications. >> when did that go out? >> i do not know w

debut advocaat leads out russia for the first time as his charges are taking on borg area in an international friendly insipidus back. while old coach new tricks capello overseas england's first game since their disappointing world cup campaign. keeps getting better roger federer breaks another record with his win at the toronto masters. and we start with football where there are thirty four international friend these being played tonight and russia currently hosting ball guerrier in some petersburg where the new national coach to guard the car has been reunited with arsenal's andrea shoving at their former clubs in its grounds the chelsea stadium and the school that was hoping one will to russia later the second half just eight minutes to go off is on target after just six minutes for the home side plates tonight scotland are in sweden world cup runners up the netherlands are in ukraine and germany who finished third in south africa to denmark the republic of ireland home to argentina now no longer under the guidance of diego maradona england are up against hungry at wembley not ten minutes

six debut advocaat leaves out russia for the first time as his charges take on both garia and international friendly in some petersburg. while old coach new tricks fabio capello overseas england's first game since their disappointing world cup campaign. keeps getting better roger federer breaks another wreck or two with his win at the toronto masters. and we start with football there are thirty four international friendlies being played on wednesday night and russia will shortly be playing host to bowl there and some pages back with the new national coach dick advocaat will be reunited with andre arshavin that's in its arena the stadium reports. the friendly match against bulgaria was originally scheduled to take place in moscow budget's a heavy small going the russian capital it was moved up north to st petersburg this shift though could be a blessing in disguise for dick advocaat who spent some of the best years of his career in st petersburg old faces are familiar in the current roster with all russian internationals present joining the team from england are on duty at a shop in a room o

a conflict actually i think the truth about that is that it's a military occupation and first of all international law has to be respected and the israelis have to get out of the west bank and and the blockade in gaza it's ending that military occupation suggesting it's a conflict suggests a kind of war between two factions. it's international more is on the side squarely on the side of resolving this matter. and it's about again it's about a negotiation this would have ended a long time ago or would have been resolved a long time ago had the most influential player the united states been on a spread. attempted to take. an impartial position and brought to bear its great influence on israel that hasn't happened and that's why it goes on and on and finally how would you assess this reset that we've seen recently in u.s. russian relations u.s. russian relations are very interesting. it must be amused people in russia. to be told that they're being threatened by missiles from iran. that absurdity is justifying the placement of missiles around russia even though obama made some spectacle of withdraw s

seven pm here in moscow and this is our two coming to you live with me a nice and now way first stop international officials are assessing russia'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 would be used if the country wins the right to stage the tournament. joins us now live from the northern capital hi there natalia so tell us what chance does russia have of being host. while the competition of course is very strong russia is up against countries told we have had experience in hosting a world cups in other major international football championships countries such as japan the united states the united kingdom south korea on the other hand however russia right now is in the throes this is over preparations for the winter olympics in sochi in two thousand and fourteen so it is caught up in that dynamic of preparing for a major international growth position. also fief eyes known for supporting developing countries which would will still work in favor of. the world cup also ukraine together with po

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let me clarify this but first of all the international community and the united nations in the first place should consolidate its efforts and acknowledge disgraceful phenomena which it. produces twice as more sharing then the whole world. but he's avoided this phenomena needs to be classified as a threat to world peace and security. this is not the competence of the u.n. general assembly this is the competence of the u.n. security council unfortunately so for there has been only discussion no common stance has been worked out. is worked out and irrelevant resolution is adopted this will be a major step towards eliminating drugs production in afghanistan secondly the world community including the u.s. security council issued and a mandate each national security and stability and assistance force once the building can be the arena state it has become a drug manufacturer base and cook with no stability. of course so in our view it's scenes with a u.n. mandate that has taken up responsibility for afghanistan's future should take care of that when you start off so it will end the mandate

haneda is preparing to operate full scale international services for the first time in 32 years. it's handled mainly domestic flights since narita airport opened for international flights in 1978. from the end of october, haneda will serve 14 international routes covering asia, the united states and europe. >>> authorities in tokyo have discovered that another person believed to be one of the city's centenarians actually died nine years ago. police found her remains at an apartment where her eldest son is living. officials in tokyo's otawa ward are trying to locate the woman who is believed to be 104 years old. police searched her son's apartment on thursday and found a knapsack containing skeletal remains that most likely belonged to his mother. police say the 64-year-old man told them his mother died of an illness in 2001, but he didn't file a death report. police say the man has also admitted to receiving his mother's pension payments for about three years after her death. he allegedly pocketed more than $1500 every four months. municipalities across japan are now urgently chec

the president appointed for the first time ever an international -- and intellectual property enforcement coordinator, whose sole job is to coordinate the government's response to counterfeiting and piracy. i.c.e. works very closely with her office and on the joint strategic plan recently announced by vice president biden. >> has congress given you enough tools, in your view, to do your job? >> although i am not a political appointee, i am also not usually allowed to ask for more resources. i.c.e. considers this a high priority for enforcement, for all of the reasons we talked about. we recently were fortunate to receive a $5 million line item in the budget for the center. that will help us greatly in enforcing the law. >> talk about the internet service providers' role in trying to identify illegal restraint or downloaded content. what should comcast and verizon be doing to identify this and stop it? >> there are lots of policy issue involved, i.c.e. is law enforcement. what the i s p is can do is victoria's roles. that is for regulatory agencies. >> you are saying that from your efforts

investors a cashing morning in europe shares in recruitment page international. veiling first half and its pros forty six percent recruitment. is rebounding stocks in fashion chain growing revealing comparable sales grew ten percent in july. process tracking europe's losses with. three quarters of a percent this hour but russia is called after versus higher of the same first half so the jump to six percent. losses number two bank d.t.b. wants to privatise at least ten percent of its shares into facts reports the news comes as the government proposed to sell stakes in big businesses to raise cash earlier this month business l.t. revealed oil rich cohen. take a stake in. russian farmers have lost around one billion dollars from the drought ravaging through the country the government has promised six hundred fifty million dollars in state support by the end of the month that's two thirds of the allocated relief fund in interviews versus first deputy premier viktor zubkov i did for a boys of russian grain understand this decision to stop exports. and elam in new york resell this f