paul scott reporting there now to some other international headlines this hour in our world update a bomb has killed twenty six and fifty more people wounded in iraq's capital the suicide bomber struck a cafe in a crowded park in a northern district another separate assault on a vehicle in the city claimed four lives there a deadly attack some almost a daily basis there is internal strife in iraq spirals. these thirty people being killed and sixty injured in a riot in bolivia's largest maximum security prison palmer solar some prisoners were shot others are burnt to death in a fight between rival gangs as in many overcrowded latin american jails inmates largely control the inside of the facility. in our world update this. gavel to demand democratic reforms match peacefully protest is proof from think how much rain makers were recently criticized by the international community for introducing harsh methods in dealing with the last two weeks ago police broke up a rally in the capital dispersing protesters with tear gas and birdshot. fork rebels have called for temporary timeout on peac

been evacuated by emergency services and authorities say this could just be the beginning artist paul scott is in the thick of events and talk to some of the victims. the scale is breathtaking as far as the eye can see floodwaters submerged swathes of eastern russia homes destroyed and livelihoods ruined and this is what the destruction looks like close up the water beneath me is three meters deep and all around you can just see rooftops and treetops sticking out from above the water we've even just come across one couple who were preparing their dinner on the roof some of the steadfast few who at the moment have refused to leave their homes this is the island of leyte the middle for most of the residents have been evacuated to safety forced out by the deluge but some have simply refused to leave the furring instead to brave it out me to alexei for two weeks now he's been living in his attic with his brother slava and cats. we have to travel to dry land by boots to meet my wife who brings us food from the city and i have to stay here to try and save what i can there's no other place we can

now the next twenty four hours a crucial for that region our correspondent paul scott is monitoring the situation there. base is a city under threat a city on the edge at the moment water levels continuing to rise with the pink not expected for another twenty four hours or so now is the hour more river so that my right that is causing all the problems it's breached its banks and is beginning to filter through to the city now work is continuing to reinforce the city around fifteen kilometers worth of dikes have been built like this one and they are being reinforced and raised along with the water levels now despite the perilous situation authorities say that they are prepared for the worst. organizational issues are worked out it could be some setbacks but the main point is that there are no big tools and all eyes are work will work for the good now around two and a half thousand people have been affected by the flood so far in and around the city in the majority of those people have been housed in temporary accommodation centers that provide things such as food drinking water shelter an

a painful waiting game as to when the ammo river will let them see what's left of their homes paul scott's r.t. about ask. well i have here in our team from suicide to renowned psychology professor we follow the path of one extraordinary man to stay with us. so the historic and for many americans tragic ruling in a bradley manning case just got a lot weirder because he has declared that he wants to live the rest of his life as a woman named chelsea well i'm glad his lawyer got him to keep this revelation to himself until the end of the trial but said he really should have pushed for him to keep quiet about this just a bit longer why us because if there is one thing i know about the mainstream media is that the second sex is involved everything else instantly becomes a distant second case in point what is the legacy of bill clinton is that the job murderer who are sure to nafta no is it a violent foreign policy throughout the world somewhat similar to bush's and obama's in locations like haiti somalia in the balkans etc no his legacy is based on the least important sin he committed as a pre

the damage early estimates say costs are already nearing three hundred million dollars artie's paul scott's of the stricken area where the painful consequences would be felt long after those waters recede. to many in russia's far east the misery continues homes uninhabitable lives turned upside down around thirty thousand people have seen their property submerged causing a logistical headache for authorities r.t. traveled with emergency crews as they conducted one patrol in the village of bella goody. this resident dismissing the chance to leave choosing to remain with her fifteen cats i will leave my pads and they don't evacuate cats wait we do take pets i told you we do and i also wanted my books in my records to be rescued no sorry there is just no room for books well there is no point buy new ones once it's over so i'm here to the beater and. the emergency services work isn't restricted to aiding just humans these bears were tricky customers because at least now enjoy dry land after days in this half submerged cage. we feed these bears twice a day in the morning and in the evening we've

estimates show that the waters have dealt around sixty million dollars worth of damage archies paul scott is at the scene for us and reports now on the main threats hanging over the region the flood stretch from east to west a distance of two thousand kilometers and from north to south a distance of five hundred kilometers now there is a real concern that the situation could get worse with more rain on to supply did over the next twenty four forty eight hours or so the flood levels are expected to peak in the middle of next week and in particular there are two points where our people is seriously concerned that these are the hard drive was electric power stations where water levels out the markets a critical level now there's a real fear that the i'm over it which you can see behind me could bust its banks once more and could power matters even closer than an attempt to try and counter that so far as he's allowed wall to it's a flow through that adams auction increased rates of twenty percent to try to relieve some of the pressure on the lower the floodwaters there around three thousand m

paul scott is monitoring the situation. >> this is a city under threat, or the edge.water levels are continuing to rise, with the peak not expected for about 14 hours. the river to my right is causing all of the problems. it breached its banks and is beginning to filter through the city. work is continuing to reinforce the city, about 15 kilometers worth of dams being built like this, and they are being reinforced and raised along with the water levels. despite the perilous situation, the authorities say they are prepared for the worst. >> all the organizational issues are worked out. there could be some setbacks, but the main point is there are no victims. we will analyze our work. we will work for the good. >> about 2500 people have been affected by the floods in and around the city. the majority have been housed in temporary accommodation centers with food, drinking water, shelter, and medicine, respite from the floods. about 70 have been built around the city at sports arenas and schools. this resident told us he does not know what to expect. >> everything has bee

a brief update, our deputy john paul scott and myself attended a joint meeting, the mini multi advisory also known as the mac. it was a joint meeting with the physical access committee which council member wong is the chair of and we were happy to see you there. john paul and i gave a brief presentation on the current status of the better market plan. we talked about the three options that are currently under consideration. and all three options for market street is improvements to the boarding platform morning market street both to make sure that the bus platforms are wide enough. eight feet wide is what we need in order for a list to deploy the bus, but what we also need in the way of transportation platforms on market street is to have more of the elevated platforms so that those historic stops can be served. so those features are included in all three options of the better market street plan. i wanted to just briefly summarize the options and invite you to a work shop that's taking place tomorrow so you can provide your commentary. option one is similar to what we see now when we lo

john paul scott and i did everything from greeting the couples to issuing licenses to actually performing ceremonies. and our office provided american sign language interpreteration and i was happy to see there was one couple who showed up with their deaf nine year old son and they hasn't anticipated that he would be able to participate, but because we had the sign language interpreter there, he was a full part of that ceremony and that was particularly gratifying. i wanted to build on something that wilson said, i had the pleasure of attending the lion's club meeting last week in china town where our council member harriet wong was promoted to the role as president and it was a really great community to see how the people came together in support the harriet and i was happy to have been there. so this concluding my portion of the director's report and i like to ask heather kettle, our coordinator to give us her reports and complaints that our office have heard over the last 12 months. thank you heather. >> good afternoon council. in the past two months our office received 223 inquires, 9

the best of information so that you get the best bang for your buck so i want to thank you john paul scott for your really excellent work on this project. >> is there anyone on the bridge line? >> no. >> thank you very much. is there any public comment? >> i'm walter park again. a question more than a comment. glad to here about the comprehensiveness about this. ada was passed in 1990 and the law said three years and we're probably going to be done first. my question -- i'm not sure why money is going into recreation and park seeming that they have $60 million for capital expenditures. there's entire states that don't have that much money for capital spending over a decade and it doesn't focus on the lowest income people of low income. what's happening with curbs. we're nine years into a ten year plan, i'm sure there was a cut back since 2008 and it's a disaster, but how far are we from finishing that and when do we expect the curb grounds to be up to specks? thanks. >> for the chair, is it okay if i make a brief answer on that to public comment? >> it's a very good point that you raise mr

presentation by john paul scott, deputy director for physical access, mayor's office on disability. >> thank you chair and council members. so this is my yearly update. we have an approved budget. what i'm going to do is for some of you who are new and haven't heard this presentation before is go over in general and very quickly what is our ada transition and talk about the big picture funding for the next fiscal years and go into specific projects that are being funded in this cycle. as you may know we have a plan that was dated in 2004, a dopted by the board of supervisors in 2007 and that is coordinated with the city's yearly capital process. that way we're at the table to be able to ask funding from the directors and the mayor's office and the board of of supervisors. it has moved into a two year cycle. it used to be yearly. our ada transition plan is to remove barriers within the city's buildings and facilities where we provide programs to the public. there are more than 600 facilities. these were surveyed back in 1999, 2000. and then from that we distilled which projects needed

swamped printer estimates say up to sixty million dollars worth of damage has been caused as artie's paul scott reports the authorities fear that and thereby them could become overwhelmed by the flood waters . the flood stretch from east to west the distance of two thousand kilometers and from north to south a distance of five hundred kilometers now there was a real concern that the situation could get worse with more rain onto supply did over the next twenty four forty eight hours or so the flood levels are expected to peak in the middle of next week and in particular there are two. people a seriously concerned at least the hydroelectric power stations where water levels at the moment a critical level now is a real thing which you can see behind me could bust its banks one small you can power even an attempt to try and counter that's authorities are allowing water to flow through the dams an increased rate of twenty percent to try to relieve some of the pressure on the lower the floodwaters there around three thousand military personnel in the region as well there are hospitals and kitchens as

has seen many thousands evacuated farmland and homes destroyed an entire town devastated artie's paul scott has more this man is one of thousands in russia's far east waiting nervously his garden submerged and soon his ground floor could also be taken over by the animal rivers rising levels the consequences of which are unthinkable. after this flood i'll be made homeless what would do with the houses entirely submerged this is the village of lenin square in the jewish autonomous region in russia's far east the other may drive the school bus during term time but for now he's found a scorching rushes emergency services around the devastated area his next move is unknown. after this disaster i'm afraid i'll be sacked who knows what will happen this village is typical of many here rescue crews and local volunteers combining day and night trying to keep the water at bay volunteers like catarina. we do everything ourselves people help us we're not going to drown we're going to live here the situation is really bad but we will not give up. well the severity of the situation is clear to see we are

damage will be revealed causing new an untold challenges to the hundreds of people affected here paul scott r.t. the i'm all region. mother nature has also hit turkey farse fires in the west of the. seventy acres of woodland in just a day the blaze broke out in twenty three places across the region and were found by high winds several homes were evacuated but no casualties have been reported firefighting helicopters and hundreds of ground forces have now managed to bring the flames under control. army prosecutors are demanding that private bradley manning spend the majority of his remaining life in custody asking the judge to give him sixty years in prison his attorney argued for assent to a shorter sentence saying manning deserves to have a life the whistleblower responsible for the biggest leak of classified data in u.s. history was found guilty of twenty charges in july. the tokyo electric power company has admitted that containers at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant have leaked three hundred tons of contaminated water radiation levels and sea have been found to be at their highest e

caused by downpours in early july and it's not expected to start receding until next month marti's paul scott the report's next from one of the stricken districts the flood stretches from east to west a distance of two thousand kilometers and from north to south a distance of five hundred kilometers now there was a real concern that the situation could get worse with more rain on two separated over the next twenty four forty eight hours or so the flood levels are expected to peak in the middle of next week and in particular. points where people are seriously concerned that these are the hydroelectric power stations where water levels out the markets are at a critical level knobs a real fear that the apple river which you can see behind me could bust its banks once more and could power matters even further in a tent to try and counter that authorities are allowing water to flow through that arms at an increased rate of twenty percent to try to relieve some of the pressure on the lower the flood waters there around three thousand military personnel in the region as well there are by about hospi

ways of helping the devastated region survive the coming winter while rains are for cost artie's paul scott talk to those who decided to stand their ground and metal what. is a village under threat on the banks of both jambo on the red river residents wait nervously. record breaking water levels in the region a still rising forcing more and more people from their homes ruining property and livelihoods this lady is a full time carer for her disabled father she says leaving is simply not an option here not using we have no i don't live here i live in the neighboring house my garden is underwater i'm here because i take care of my dad life was tough for residents in rural eastern russia even before the floods here father and daughter grow their own potatoes and vegetables but now the land they used to rely on is totally under water there he said got over thirty with them my garden and chicken coop flooded the water's coming nearer and nearer to the house they are the only residents to remain artie's film crew later came across this man he's also decided to stay with his submerged property like

well america is claiming it's just protecting its economic interest in the region but as archie's paul scott explains that doesn't seem to be the case. america's increasing interest in the asia pacific is defined by the white house as an attempt to strengthen economic and security interests in a paper released in two thousand and twelve washington makes no attempt to shy away from the fact that china's dominance in the region is a concern saying its emergence has the potential to negatively affect america's economy and security but go some way to explaining exactly why the u.s. is beefing up its military presence in the region but the exact extent of their muscle flexing is causing some to suggest it's an attempt at containment which will only intensify friction in the region the idea that the united states is protecting the interests of the world against chinese influence is clearly absurd all the united states is doing is ratcheting up military tension and pressure and when the world doesn't need it it's all disputes over territory are the main reason for heightened tensions the south chin

dam to protect in the city don't overflow and that the dilute continues to slowly recede out is paul scott tested the waters at the sea. well up until now it had been the remote rural areas that had been worst affected by these flood waters but as you can see now the waters are beginning to encroach on to the city of how about a lost canal just twenty yards behind the camera is a residential area and some residents are being evacuated as we speak in deciding to go to the temporary accommodation centers that have been set up with the first thing you notice about the city actually is the amount of hills that there are meaning that is communities in streets in the lowlands but are most at risk of being worst affected communities and areas like this one and there's a surprising number of residents although many are going to the accommodation centers in their hundreds there are still those who are resolutely staying with their properties and deciding not to leave now. my family is going to evacuated from my home but i decided to stay today the electric power supply has resumed pumps are working

rights activists in the west angered by a new law against homosexuality propaganda to minors artie's paul scott has more on moscow's reaction. ever since russia announced they were adopting this new law banning the propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations to minors there were calls from prominent human rights activists to boycott all things russian from the vodka to the sochi winter olympics which are coming up in february next year now one of the most notable calls came from a project to stephen fry who writes a letter to the british prime minister david cameron and his young daughter the president of the i.o.c. calling not only for a boycott of the were winter olympics to be held in russia but also through parallels to the summer olympic games which are held in nazi germany and by lynn in one thousand nine hundred eighty six and through comparisons between them a pushing treatment of homosexuals in adult hitler that's drawing a stinging response a day from russia's human rights commissioner saying that it is a gross ignorance to compare the two to compare the holocaust to this new law he

around the clock to fortify the city of how bad off gets the worst hit area right now artie's paul scott's been there for almost two weeks you filed this report. like this is marina a resident of bolshoi risky island and this is marina's house water waist high the entire ground floor resembling a cesspit rather than a home now it's only when you enter the properties that you see the extent of the damage that these floodwaters have caused now despite marinas best attempts to try and keep many of her treasured possessions out of the water it was simply in vain the entire house is completely submerged and it's clear looking around this going to take a lot of time money and effort before this place returns to normal marina is one of hundreds in this region to have been evacuated in recent days by russia's emergency services she can take everything with her and doesn't know when she'll be able to return for now she'll stay with friends. who have been crying all week we've lost all our property and that's after we've renovated hundred wallpaper a place new carpets although some hardy souls remai

crews are working around the clock to fortify the city of how bad off the worst hit area right now paul scott has been there for almost two weeks and far this report. like this is marina a resident of bolshoi risky island and this is marina's house water waist high the entire ground floor resembling a cesspit rather than a home now it's only when you enter the properties that you see the extent of the damage that these floodwaters have caused now despite knowing as best attempts to try to keep many of her treasured possessions out of the water it was simply in vain the entire house is completely submerged and it's clear looking around that's going to take a lot of time money and efforts before this place returns to normal marina is one of hundreds in this region to have been evacuated in recent days by russia's emergency services she can't take everything with her and doesn't know when she'll be able to return for now she'll stay with friends. we've been crying all week we've lost all our property and that's after we've renovated hundred wallpaper place new carpets although some hardy souls r