rules and in one thousand nine hundred took a first bunch of pagans into the deeper river here in kiev and baptized them to become the orthodox christians the whole christianization process took several more centuries but still key it is considered to be the credible orthodox christianity in this part of europe now. now ukraine now key it is the capital of silver in ukraine and here this is being marked as an official state holiday but for the first time since june this year it is being marked in russia as well president even today if in june and this date to become an official state hold in russia as well for so for millions of worshippers on both sides of the russian ukrainian border this is now the. holaday. what we know that the head of the russian orthodox church paid her career as they are to market this holiday so how important is it. indeed as we know about the archaeal of the russian orthodox church is on a weeklong visit now to ukraine which is commentated today with the celebration of the baptism of the key of bruce but despite what seems to be a purely religious visit it ha

religious visit it has received somewhat a political connotation the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved up to five years of being very strained under the usually good ministration now with the very unequivocal in office they're moving towards each other and the fact that millions of worshippers are greeting party are to deal all across ukraine is as a good proof to that according to many experts so people are now celebrating and we see services are being held everywhere across ukraine and russia. pakistani officials all the hundred and fifty sheep on board a passenger plane that crashed in hill surrounding of lamb about have died. five survivors have been retracted while the air blue plane was flying from corruption for the capital of escalation is on the way to establish the cause of the crash. at least twenty five people have been killed after a bus has roadside bomb in afghanistan's numerals province dozens were injured in the blast officials say the passenger bus was travelling on a busy highway on route to the capital kabul president karzai condemned the attac

religious visit it has received somewhat a political connotation the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved the five years of being very strained under the usual good ministration now with victory on a government office they're moving towards each other and the fact that millions of worshippers are greeting but they are to deal all across ukraine is as a good proof to that according to many experts and that was on the next you know just keep reporting from kiev well meanwhile celebrations in the ukrainian city. when a bomb blast in a local church killed an elderly woman and eight other people were injured in the explosion ukrainian officials say the blast was called homemade device equal to. local reports say it was concealed in a pulse hole near the church's entrance. the whole life of the elderly has been set up in the czech republic following the disclosure of cases of abuse and neglect charity workers say many seniors are unaware of their rights and fall victim to the cruelty of abusive care as you go often have has this report most arrive at this care home in subu

and russia we bring you the report from the crowd of orthodox christianity the ukrainian capital of kiev. but first russia might not be quite at the top of a millionaire's list when it comes to choosing where to reside but each year increasing numbers of foreigners are moving in and among those settling are c.e.o.'s of large international companies and all of these countries are of reports now on what they find so alluring about life here in russia. lundahl civita russian style the media writes about it the people talk about it and very few actually live it and a lot of those who do aren't even russian this is moscow so-called golden mile where real estate is valued at around ten to twenty thousand u.s. dollars per square meter is apartments are fitted with every gadget and have every conceivable comfort and are let to top managers from international companies who come to live and work in russia. but why do they come by and large moscow's a fast paced developed city but it still lacks the comforts the expert managers or you still so what brings them here. well first of all is the money m

paycheck capital has held a special service in the ukrainian capital kiev to mark the anniversary of the baptism of. the beginning of the christianization of the russian lands more than a millennium ago so it will fowles and all believe in came to take part in this the liberation. now standing just meters away from where the orthodox christianity is started in this part of the world back then it was called key of rouge and in one thousand nine hundred eight prince lemme took a first bunch of pagans into the river here in kiev and baptized them to become the orthodox christians the whole christianization process took several more centuries but still key it is considered to be the crowd a lot of christianity in this part of europe now now ukraine now kiev is the capital of sovereign ukraine and here this day is being marked as an official state holiday but for the first time it is being marked in russia as well present even today if in june and now it's to this day to become an official state hold in russia as well for so for millions of worshippers on both sides of the russian ukraini

head of the russian orthodox church has arrived in ukraine's capital kiev for a three day visit whichwill call his week long tour across ukraine he's already managed to meet with several officials from ukraine. we understand that in the next couple of days he's got busy agenda is concentrating several temples and churches across kiev as well as a holding large meeting a large council of the russian orthodox church in ukraine as well as holding a service dedicated to one thousand and twenty one years since russia adopted christianity now. has been to the cities. as well as to the crimea where he met. and presented him with the highest award of the russian orthodox church now it's the second visit to ukraine since he became the head of the russian orthodox church but last year this visit sparked many protests and lots of controversy ukrainian nationalists believe that his visit here is a threat to the autonomy of ukraine i'd like to remind all of us that a certain schism in orthodoxy in russia and ukraine exists because the russian orthodox church does not control the church in ukraine

reporting from kiev . well meanwhile celebrations will mold in the ukrainian city. when a bomb blast in a local church killed an elderly woman until the people were injured in the explosion and ukrainian officials say the blast was caused by a homemade device to hold on to see it was concealed in a pulse hole near the church's introns. the use of depleted uranium munition by u.s. led forces during the war in iraq is possibly causing cancer and genetic diseases among the local population such the findings of a recent study by a group of researches are now going to speak to the authors of the report professor christopher busby scientific secretary of the european committee on radiation risk . a british iraqi scientist both joining us there live in london thanks very much both of you for joining us here on r.t. first to you professor busby before we discuss the possible link with uranium and the current health problems being experienced there can you please explain to us what is depleted uranium and why it could be so dangerous well. it's a feedstock as you know for nu

by and enjoyed demonstrations of rescue and attack operations under a new deal between moscow and kiev russia's naval base will remain in such a stop till two thousand and forty two. and i'll be back with headlines in just a few moments stay with us. for almost susie. julie. the. speech congress. the latest news on the week's top stories from. abnormally high temperatures breaking new records in russia but the intense heat is claiming lives says at least three hundred drowned while trying to keep cool over the past week alone. keep off the grass. will protesters is forcibly removed from westminster. city hall security is blamed for an attack on a hydro power plant in southern russia which left two dead. the wrong breed and it's really caught convicted. by deception for sleeping with a woman while pretending to be jewish.

called and in one thousand nine hundred eight first bunch of pagans into the deeper river here in kiev and baptized them to become the orthodox christians the whole christianization process took several more centuries but still key it is considered to be the crowd of christianity in this part of europe now. now ukraine now key it is the capital of solver in ukraine and here this day is being marked as an official state holiday but for the first time it is being marked in russia as well as present even today if in june and to this day to become an official state hold in russia as well for so for millions of worshippers on both sides of the russian ukrainian border this is now official state holiday but they are acutely ill of the russian orthodox church is on a weeklong visit now to ukraine which is common a did today with the celebration of the baptism of the key of bruce but despite what seems to be a purely religious visit it has received somewhat a political connotation the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved the five years of being very strained under the usuall

and also to the crimea and now this week long visit is culminated here in kiev and we understand that he is here to consecrate several churches monasteries and temples as well as taking part in a large council of the russian orthodox church now before all during the week but they have to deal has been to all over ukraine consecrating churches and temples there as well as meeting with the president. in the crimea where they are real presented to victory on the court which with the highest award of the russian orthodox church now it's the second visit. since he became the head of the russian orthodox church to ukraine but last year his visit sparked lots of controversy here in this post soviet country now everywhere he went a year ago in june two thousand and nine he was met with protest organized by ukrainian nationalists who believed that his visit was purely political and had nothing to do with religion itself now this time around his visit so far has been calling and see no major protest rallies but we understand that the ukrainian nationalists that organizations run by ukrainian na

religious visit it has received somewhat a political connotation the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved the five years of being very strained under the you could ministration now with victory unequivocal in office they're moving towards each other and the fact that millions of worshippers are greeting party archaeal all across ukraine is a good proof to that according to many experts so people are now celebrating and we see services are being held everywhere across ukraine and russia. the u.s. congress has been asked to give the green light to an israeli attack on a well known really one third of house republicans expressed support for a measure backing a minute she strike against the islamic republic ironic but the woodrow wilson center for scholars says the move sends a dangerous think now we are reaching silly season in washington with the elections in november and for that there has already been signs that israel is going to be a major element that some republicans will use to be able to get both voters as well as finance donations to campaigns away from the de

berlin, 23, much more comfortable, vienna is a lot better as well, staying hot in moscow, 36 and 33 in kiev. here is your extended forecast. >>> friday was the hottest day of the year in japan. city dwellers tried to beat the heat in a century-old manner. about 150 people splashed water on to the scorching pavement. the water splashing ritual is said to date back to the period that began in the 17th century. the effort paid off, if only by a little, as the temperature dropped in 15 minutes by 0.3 degrees from an alarming 39.1 degrees celsius. the modern campaign was launched by citizen groups that have been calling on urban residents to use rain water or left over bath water to tame the summer heat. this campaign will continue through late august in various cities. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." we'll be back in 30 minutes. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

good news for you. 33 in vienna and clearly hot across eastern europe 36 in kiev and in the 30s for moscow. be careful outside, keep well hydrated and in the shade. here's your extended forecast. >>> and that's it for this hour on "newsline." the torrential rain since wednesday in japan, eight people are confirmed dead and five are missing. three women in their 70s died in hiroshima. one was swept away by floodwaters while the other two were caught in landslides on wednesday. a mudslide destroyed a house on thursday night in gifu. two men and one woman died. in another city, cars are reported to be stuck and drifting in floodwaters. three people are unaccounted for. in a shimane prefecture a landslide appeared before dawn on monday. a mother and her two children were trapped. police and firefighters rescued a girl who had suffered a broken leg. the mother and her son were found unconscious but later died. >>> and that's it for this hour on "newsline." on behalf of our team, thank you for staying with us. jj

so even though there is rain on the cards it's going to be hot again in kiev. 28 degrees. 38 degrees in moscow as well. and many areas in western russia still dealing with heat wave conditions too. now, another hot spot is going to be the iberian peninsula. spain and portugal dealing with extreme heat. in fact, let's take a look at some footage coming out of spain. this is taken from the north of the country and galicia you can see many people made it out to the beach enjoying the sun and swim. and this is in the south of the country in seville now. the temperature made it to 45 degrees celsius yesterday. people sought for different ways to cool down. hats and fans were out, and ice cream was selling fast as well. well, it looks like the heat is going to continue today, on wednesday.ave heat advisories ie for many of you in spain and portugal. you can see reaching 40 degrees in seville and 41 in beja as well. so heat-related illnesses are going to be a major concern. here's your extended forecast now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and athat wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine k

we heard that maksim by kiev said i have a shepherd that says father and five million sheep magine that. it was those deaths ultimately allowed the interim government to seize power when the victims of the bishkek massacre were laid to rest the new authority still to present them as national heroes to sacrifice their lives for the future of back country. loose people who shed their blood for they had the noose of careless nation and for the fast the routine. before the bishkek rides christiane had never buried so many people at once and there at the cemetery the leaders pledged it wouldn't happen again. but just two months later the country was drowning in. s.o.s. save our souls this plea was seen on every house on every street in those back neighborhoods of southern kyrgyzstan a cry for mercy that led to even more violence. we didn't have anything to protect ourselves with so we had to write everywhere but it didn't help at all places where it was blacks live all had a swiss. to fight us. neighbors for centuries in just a matter of days the congress and those backs turned into each oth

much, much hotter picture toward the east, meanwhile. 35 in kiev, and 33 degrees for moscow.heating up yet again. it's been a pretty hot past couple of days, and it is starting to cause all sorts of problems. here's a look at some of the latest footage. strong storms erupted across moscow on tuesday night. they toppled trees, also damaging some buildings as well. the heat is also starting to warm up waters, and it's making jellyfish rather active. they're really enjoying the warmth. but on the other hand, it's proven deadly for trout, which are starting to die in large numbers due to all the warm temperatures. and here's a look at conditions on thursday. 29 in st. petersburg. 36 in samarra. and the heat's not expected to subside anytime soon. we're looking at even warmer temperatures for the rest of the week. so definitely take precautions if you are going to be out and about. and i'll leave you with your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> a shinkansen bullet train line in western japan suspended operations on thursday morning after two maintenance trains collided in a tunnel. west

washington he's an adjunct senior fellow for african policy studies at the council on foreign relations in kiev we go to xan roberts of the elliott school of international economics at the george washington university and here in the studio with me is but a common he's the director of global governance initiative of the american strategy program at the new american foundation and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want princeton i'd like to go to you first in washington it's been about twenty one months since the financial crisis hit has capitalism taken a major hit is it is it created doubts in the world that it can really pull itself out or is there just simply an indictment of neoliberal capitalism a certain model that has come out of the west during that say the reagan years. i think it's more the latter if you look at the debate going on for example in the united states you find there's a lot of anger at the at the bad steps taken by big business but also a great deal of hesitation about bi

reporting from kiev. a hotline for the elderly has been set up in the czech republic following the disclosure of cases of abuse and neglect charity workers say many seniors are unaware of their rights and full victim to the cruelty of abusive carers and. reports. to roy that this home in suburban prague are no longer able to survive on the. money when the close family almost the entire attention goes on paying medical bills their lives and toil in the hands of the carers. independent charity say that up to twenty percent of elderly checks have been subject to abuse they say that the country has simply failed to acknowledge the problem the abuses both for the call and mental that happens at homes and institutions which govern my grandmother was straight to the bed naked and covered in her own excrement she said the nurses dropped the bed under her got angry and just slapped her there telling her to behave when i found the chief nurse she said my grandmother had been bad and we could take her home if you wa

league side three one also wins the konami kiev and sparta prague cypriot side nicosia three one zero with red bull salzburg and finish all square between. takes over ten legs of these games will be on changes day on wednesday of next week. or third ryan qualifying tonight among them as they take on pikes only in the dam watching euro remain p.i.x. manager despite speculation he was on his way to full on i want to get a good win at home this evening to effectively settle the tie in the first leg. game is important for us. as you. can better play away from. situation. it's better for us to go. through. very. special. drive to get a very good result. to finish it off in the. us for so long i care it's not till task having only won one of their last seven champions league matches they've also got a new manager pablo's to make that case when he was brought in after mario better left the post after just twenty three days and the current boss isn't fazed by the task he faces a save me. sick you know simple go move i'm new to this team i feel very good move . seem to make a start to some poi

the country to overcome its political and social rifts the head of the russian orthodox churches in kiev on the last stop of his weeklong trip to ukraine. already visited the city. he concentrated on consecrated several churches and. he also met ukrainian president viktor covert action presented him with the highest order of the russian orthodox church. story in the week was it a was of the play one of five it was me that it was a donkey and it got you very irate as well images of the terrified bees dying from a parachute through the wrath of animal rights activists the world over but. despite accusations of cruelty seems like the man responsible most likely to escape punishment. you may feel maybe even to the fact that between never see thank you. and you probably never would if it wasn't for a seaside p.r. stunt not to be. sitting on the beach boys or parachute go i couldn't quite figure it out myself or legs nor of my own eyes a donkey it was intended to attract only local customers to watersports firm and a russian black sea resort but its effect quickly rippled out across the world

the country to overcome its political and social rifts the head of the russian orthodox church in kiev on the last stop of his ukrainian trip party's electorate jet skis in the capital for us too. head of the russian orthodox church has arrived. for a three day visit which will culminate his weeklong tour across ukraine he's already managed to meet with several officials. we understand in the next couple of days he's got busy with. temples and churches across as well as holding large meeting a large council of the russian orthodox church in ukraine as well as holding a service dedicated to one thousand and twenty one years since russia adopted christianity. has been to the city. as well as to the crimea where he met. and presented him with the highest award of the russian orthodox church now it's the second visit. since he became the head of the russian orthodox church but last year that sparked many protests and lots of controversy ukrainian nationalists believe that his visit here is a threat to the ukraine and i'd like to remind us that a certain. exists because the russian orthodox

they're investigating two bank robberies here the suspects face is kiev captured on cameras hispanicite in her 30's about 5 ft. 3 she weighs about 1 30 lbs. she has warned or read tinted hair this woman robs you bank of americans july 12th and july 16th both robbers she shows the teller a handgun demanding money and then ran off with a man of believed to be her accomplice. >> pga knees are meters heating up the border supervisors unanimously voted to halt the installing of smart meters they want more studies done they approved a two page letter which casts for moratorium of the installation in marin county that must go to the public utility commission which will have the ultimate say in the matter. sampras's go protesters rallied kansas marketers other signs called the meters dom and dangerous. 30 had a chance to talk to one of the protesters. >> i think the biggest goal is that smart meters are being deployed in every home in every business reuter state and country note testing for human health impact so we have no idea what variation is going to do all lots. >> the protest was led

she held meetings at the kiev at pauley tech university. she gave a speech in cracow on democracy in the 21st century. sure is that a reception in gdansk. >> i thought you were not going to do a travelogue? >> the meeting was in krakow, however. the first meeting was in gdansk. they had good discussions on bilateral issues and there are statements posted on all of these meetings. that is why i did not do a travelogue. do you have any specific follow- ups? >> i wonder if you can discuss the armenian-turkish relations in azerbaijan? there are some concerns. >> policy has not shifted. we support a sediments of the two. they are not mutually exclusive but are mutually supportive. >> let me clarify. when she was in krakow, she was there for the 10th anniversary of the signing of the what? >> the protocol amending the ballistic missile -- the community of democracy. >> what was the name of the dow -- of the declaration? >> the warsaw decoration. not the gdansk declaration. >> technically speaking, she arrived this morning. >> thanks for keeping m

exchange student for the summer of soviet union going out to a collect if i have farm 30 miles outside of kiev in ukraine and sitting in the shade when the fields looked terrible. this was terrible. everyone knows in the middle of the morning is when you want to work hard because you want to get done before the sun gets hottest in the afternoon. and you start when the sun does and finish before it gets to its hottest and that's the best time to be working and they are still sitting in the shade with no movement going to work and i spoke a little russian back then and i asked, when do you work in the fields? and they all laughed and one of them said, i make the same number of rubles if i'm out there or if i'm here in the shade. so i'm here. that's what the government does. it kills incentives when it decides it's going to take over the job market. so -- and i loved hearing the discussion about big corporations, big pharmaceuticals, big oil, you know. we have heard, wall street, the big buddies of the republicans and yet if you go check, wall street has traditionally given four to one toe democr