stay with us here on r t lots more ahead to do away including this. we'll look at why a legend russian arms dealer viktor boot is wanted so badly in the united states plus artes close up team takes to the high seas. now on a four hour journey by boat to one island that's only excessive during the summer months on designing this city a village populated by more people more meeting post around and explore the lives of more people their traditions and their past lives. first though one of the suspected organizers of the moscow metro bombings in which forty people died has been killed in a shootout with russian security forces four other alleged militants were also shot dead during the special operation in russia's southern republic of dagestan r t s sean thomas reports from one of the metro stations that was hit by a deadly blast in march. officials are telling us that the map how we build up all of these has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of doubt this time along with four others now this is important because he is wanted on the fe

two am in moscow i matter as a thanks very much for being with us here on r t our top story thai authorities say a russian businessman wanted in the u.s. for global arms smuggling will not be extradited immediately the delays are reportedly over additional charges of fraud and money laundering in the us in february and with victor boot still in solitary confinement the time media has now produced its own version of events as artie's catarina as our reports. oh a small. story that was actually more similar to a short propagandist style documentary of basically documented the life and allegedly dealings of the russian businessmen there and also quoted some unnamed american authorities who are allegedly and possession of evidence that proves victor booth was involved or somehow is somehow involved in the nine eleven terrorist attacks in the united states of course this is something that has just surfaced there has been no mention of it whatsoever leading many analysts to wonder why exactly is the united states had this evidence before hand they didn't make it public because surely that would ha

and he's now a r t central russia.there's disaster has destroyed a quarter of russian grain crops the government is paying to spend more than a billion u.s. dollars to help producers it's also imposed a ban on wheat exports to avoid a surge in domestic grain prices exports are expected to resume in october but this is already caused a global price spike president dmitry medvedev told key ministers and governors that taming food costs remains a key responsibility for the government and regional authorities are. going to wish . it was a very hard decision given the commitments of the russian state and companies but the main goal now is to prevent the rise of prices for grain and mixed florida. we must clearly understand what's going to happen to food prices the cost of bread meat and milk everybody including those responsible for the sick they're concerned with that but ordinary people are also thinking about the consequences of this harsh summer and its impact on the price of essential food chute in the product. chris m

news around the clock from around the world you're watching r t it's five am here in moscow. our top story russia is struggling to extinguish hundreds of wildfires raging across the country dozens of flights have been grounded in moscow or diverted due to the dense layers of thick smog people in the streets are wearing masks to protect themselves from the pollution which is the worst on record artie's guy has more from the moscow region. moscow is covered with a thick blanket of toxic acrid small going to this very small village just outside the city caught fire a few days ago and its residents as well as some three hundred others in the moscow region have lost their homes in the city itself millions are now choking in the smoke which is carrying some very harmful gases like carbon monoxide its consistency in the air exceeds the norm would be to prove that. you see reuse handkerchief certain to uncover all noses there's new all the way. to a joke that's just who god is mercy and sends us rain. which i.q. writers we're really shocked water should be given out people can't brea

two am in moscow thanks for being with us here on r t our top story the top u.s. general in iraq says there are now fewer than fifty thousand troops in the country the lowest number since the start of the war but once those troops are out of the conflict zones and back home in the u.s. many are finding themselves in the midst of a new struggle. filed this report. f. by the government but still no treason you know and yeah that's me i don't think they they they show enough respect to 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 common theme at stand down an annual nonprofit event that helps homeless vets get off the streets volunteers are helping these veterans become better adjusted to civilian life something the military isn't doing enough of a lot of people really don't know ex

for its scorching summers as while the democrats have r i t. the manpower drafted in to defeat russia's wildfires is a ments with more than one hundred sixty thousand firefighters army personnel and volunteers out isn't this an hour joined one of the emergency teams operating in the skies above one of the worst affected regions. this is how it all starts with a small flame that can quickly and gulf the entire forest making this a very fierce battle for emergencies workers and volunteers profile. one of the biggest operations in fighting these fires happened from the air jordan airport in the resign region one of the worst hit by these fires and the emergency services has invited our two to come along for a ride on this ill seventy six. the . water line they make and. if you want to drop over the past. service life. at the same time down below our first. flight. ready and they're all fighting. hard. as you can see helicopters are also working to put out these flames it was quite a ride we took that my guys said one of the worst case major is tha

as r t washington d c. despite cast discrimination being used legal in india many face harassment and hostility on a daily basis because of their social status those choosing to tie the knot with a member of a different caste can find themselves rejected by both their community and family but as our current thing reports more and more young people are trying to break with tradition. have upset their families well into different castes they would expect it to matty one of their own but they have broken what is considered. an intercom is considered a sin here our society wants to continue its traditions that people have been following for centuries her family has a much higher cost than mine this hurt their ego but the bridegroom is lower in status. the couple who have been listed the help of outsiders the end you unite humanity movement often deals with marriages that have been more than one type. thousand two hundred such unions in the last decade in the be hard state. we want to discuss based society based

r t bush era iran. professor in political communication at the university of tehran says the opening of the bush era plan is a milestone for countries that seek to counterbalance u.s. dominance. we have a number of countries united states where example that have a political problem that you and the government and they use the nuclear issue as an excuse to pressure iran internationally has nothing to do with nuclear weapons just because iran's advances may not be broken by a number of countries doesn't mean that the international community would have a problem but that a lot of people all around the world are celebrating this. along with the iranians because this is going to have meant just what iran it's an achievement for countries that the stand up to international pressures and can achieve what they need to achieve if they have patience i think stay with us here on r t a lots more ahead for you including why we look at why an alleged russian arms dealer viktor buddhas wanted so badly by the u.s. plus

brings up the date here on r t and a recap of the week's top stories in just a few moments. the . first cream removal call the clear cutting. second the explosives are used to plaster baby burn in the dirt. heard the remains are removed by machinery. finally the fund wanted soil is deposited in valley feel. modern trouble on a large. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. welcome back here with r t here is a look at the top stories of the week i'll fire closes in raging blazes continue to spread across russia killing dozens uprooting thousands and leaving moscow was struggling to bring even toxic smog. self the city remembers the hundreds killed in military conflict with george mitchell years after those who shelled the sleeping republic leaving its capital in ruins. last for the first time in sixty five years since an atomic bomb devastated hiroshima america sends an envoy to the memorial service but offers japan no apology. and on the second anniversary of the war in south the city r.t. spoke e

of r r t. the united states leads the world in a number of the eagle immigrants it accepts every year for most new citizens life in america means better opportunities but a growing number seven hundred last year have renounced their u.s. citizenship. and it cost one patriot why he did it. ken o'keefe grew up an american and the nation that he believed was the greatest in the world a bastion of freedom and democracy in order to protect those ideals he joined the marine corps and went to fight for his country in the gulf war and that's when the american dream became a nightmare i was punished for speaking out about something that my superiors were doing and my life became extremely difficult upon my return with a different perspective i started to look at american history and politics and realized that my whole life i had been lied to and i believed in those ideals you know i believed in them and when i found out that these ideals were really the way america was presenting itself in the world it

broadcasting twenty four hours a day live from moscow this is r t now look at our top stories firefighters have further cut the area affected by wildfires in russia but thick smog has returned to the capital blazes are now covering only a little more than a quarter of the territories they did a week ago but the relentless flames have devoured entire villages and towns in their path leaving more than three thousand people homeless the record heat wave in central areas triggered blazes across more than twenty regions while firefighters have been enjoying recent successes they're still battling in the reason and a bloody me of regions neighboring moscow wildfires there have caused poisonous smaug to return to the capital after a few days of clear. guys i tease you catherine mcgrath cio of the consequences. this summer as wildfires differ from those in previous years the disaster was not only widespread but highly visible especially in the capital a blanket of smoke covered moscow for several weeks so too did it envelop the country's economy. to its sure the situation is very severe as about a

will have to take urgent steps to prevent this from snowballing into a major crisis got and saying r t from the village of then eastern india. well coming up later in the program for you here in our rights under fire you can find out why people in the u.s. state of louisiana saying give us our guns back five years after they had them taken away. and still to come russia's high tech mall they are exchanging tweets in the workplace ticking off from the president. people in the u.s. have just been marking five years since the deadly hurricane katrina in the wake of that storm many people in the state of louisiana had their guns confiscated in an attempt to stem looting and violence but it's pretty scary to report some still fighting for the right to defend themselves. it's a sunday afternoon in louisiana i just came out here to shoot practice. and guns are a blazing at this shooting range. so our forty percent believe everybody should have the right to defend themselves at any cost in this part of the united states the right to bear arms is part of every day life. force and have the right

six am in moscow i match reza thanks for being with us here on r t our top story the first nuclear power plant in the middle east has been switched on in iran the southern city of blue share the russian built reactor is now operating under the strict control of the un atomic watchdog and made international concerns over to iran's nuclear ambitions archies oksana boyko was at the long awaited opening. more than thirty years in the making with a price tag of over two billion dollars by all accounts the bush era nuclear power plant is an expensive undertaking and one for which iran has spared no expense the chaplet have always been more than just that energy generating facility for iran it's a symbol of the country's social progress and prove that it's more in touch but for a lot of critics the embodiment of the pharmacare public's ideological backwardness and a vivid example of the building which are 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

industrial output temporarily stalls michael christian business r t. russia was the third largest grain exporter in the world in two thousand and nine but the record drought sweeping across the country may now turn it into an importer russia may import up to five million tons of grain up to the end of next year according to vedder mr daly culture ministry says the decisions already been made only the details need to be worked out the grain is expected to come from kazakstan. let's now check out those stock markets exporters in tokyo are being boosted by reports the bank of japan will take new steps to fight the rising yen called giants nissan and toyota are up from one and a half percent. over in russia there are tears in my six finished wednesday in the red on low or oil and metals prices magnitogorsk on the steel fell two and a half percent was bank was the main blue chip blues on the l.t.s. down more than one percent. the big economies of the us germany france and u.k. are at greater risk of a credit rating downgrade than previously but they're stil

over r t.one of the suspected organizers of the deadly moscow metro blast in march has been killed by russian security forces four other alleged militants were also shot dead in the special operation. is believed to have been a leader of one of the militant groups and russia's southern republic of the he was on the federal and international wanted list for over two years is thought to have had close links to the suicide bomber mary i'm sorry but. rather who blew herself up at moscow's metro station a second female bomber detonated her suicide belt at park station the twin blasts killed forty eight people and injured more than one hundred. in india human rights groups have criticised international pharmaceutical companies for testing new drugs on some people without consent and many of those who do agree to take part in the clinical trials only sign up because they can't afford treatment the country's health ministry says the number of deaths linked to such experiments has risen dramatically ove

hello and welcome to what you miss more snooze n r t thanks for joining us they have lights up in smoke two russian premier league football matches have been postponed due to heavy smog in moscow. while in england on demand the manchester united prepared to face chelsea in sunday's community shield . and all blacks secure the bledisloe cup and need just one point to win their town's try nations title to beating the wallabies in style. and we kick off with latest games in the russian premier league when you come was fourteenth placed car in douglas stung equaliser song with the only girl from the battle to spot late in the first there and then the other game six placed a look at mighty of traveled to some are at the take on second from bottom create a bit of no girls in that one. meanwhile in the only game on friday or a stalled cement of their place in the top five all three one male who went against to the encounter at the olympic two stadium was scoreless until one exam the problem for made his mark in the seventy five minutes but remember who is on loan from spartak helping us get th

deep in debt on r t. signed up to join the military because i thought that it was my duty and that it was something that i could do to help my country. my government i find that it is necessary for america you know there was a lot of drug abuse there was a lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of. ways. to go out and fight. before the war i always thought i wanted to win a lot of medals and wanted to have a lot of decorations but afterwards i realize that they don't mean anything or they're not that important. i don't i don't i never kept the medal. first tree removal called a clear cut. second explosives are used to plaster maybe turn in the gears a. church the remains are removed by machinery. finally the unborn and soil is deposited in vallecito. mountain top removal on our team. line. the motion would be soon which brightened if you moon about sun moon from plans to pressure the sun. starts on t. dot com. as the record breaking heat hold sway over russia at least in

in dutch on r t. the united states of america is waging war within its own army. joe now advantage is on no one side. and human losses are quite significant. is it possible to win the war against sexual assault in the us armed forces sex in the army on our. national lead to be soon which brightened if you knew about soon from finest impressionists own. stunts on t.v. dot com. us. broadcasting live twenty four hours a day from moscow where it is four thirty in the morning i'm sean thomas this is r t the multinational battle against russia's wildfires makes headway cutting the area a blaze of by two thirds over recent days. atomic countdown russia says iran's first nuclear power plant share will launch on august twenty first and that the project does not conflict with recent united nations sanctions against tehran. two commanders are to be given their marching orders after a video of a massive brawl at a military base in the moscow region finds its way onto the internet. now after a glut of credit cards overdrafts and bank loans to satisfy the bloated consumer boom

next with a disastrous consequences of the gulf of mexico oil spill r t takes a look at whether black gold is really worth such a high price in our upcoming special report stay with us. the explosion of one rig in the gulf of mexico stunned the entire world according to various estimates six to fifteen million liters of oil tuesday into the water each day for three and a half months in the soviet union underground nuclear explosions were used to deal with leaking whelps they stem the flow of oil within a short period of time. nuclear explosion is safe and very effective economically a different method has been used in the gulf of mexico have installed a special cap on the leaking pipe the task now is to skim the oil slick which now covers nearly two thirds of the gulf surface some one million square kilometers one tenth of the oil spilled has formed this slick even if engineers eventually succeed

wishing you all don't forget some e-mail if you want to send me one the address is kaiser report at r t t v are you until next time nice guys are saying. in some pieces but he's available in front to tell you the grand hotel at emerald. full of the clubs. so close hotel in the big old circus hotel. corinthian the steepness reticent to say yes roy kempinski might go twenty two look you think of sky on sky now so it's. half past three in the russian capital you. watching r t thanks for joining us he's your headlines the smog that's blanketed moscow over the past week now showing signs of dispersing a change in wind direction and unexpected thunder showers brought some relief from the forest and peat fires after a month of record breaking temperatures firefighters and the military and volunteers working around the clock to get the blaze under control prime minister vladimir putin even took to the skies in an phoebe as aircraft to help done tons of water on the flames forecasters say the heat wave could continue into mid august. blunt automobiles youngest prisoner detained at just fifteen i

i know you're watching r t the headlines for you out of sight out of mind u.s. veterans say they've been abandoned by the country they fought for they claim the government is failing its promises to take care of war heroes. really just drug rehab centers are on the rise in russia something that he's facilities are simply facades and dangerous sects. sink to save ukrainian activists are calling for out of peace ships from russia's black sea fleet to be submerged waiting on the official reefs to save the ecosystem. the u.s. constitution is violated daily and then they saw the president and top federal government officials that's the view of richard mourdock a former arizona sheriff who's now advocating state sovereignty as any way to keep constitution abiding america intact our exclusive interview with him is coming up next. r t is sitting down with richard knapp a retired sheriff from arizona who made national headlines in one thousand nine hundred four when he filed a lawsuit against the federal government since then he's been encouraging state law enforcement o

this is r t coming to live from moscow with marina joshie iran has started off its first nuclear power plant built by russia in the southern city of will share engineers from both countries are now loading fuel into the reactor under the strict control of the un's atomic watchdog on a boy goes in bush era for us. launch of the bush plan is a major event not only for the uranium side which are way to its completion all but we've a case but also for russia bottom store expert the company that's been in charge of this project but it cost time years. massive experience of building nuclear power stations all across the world that these projects in bush has been the most challenging by far both know logically and politically in a logical way because when russians to call for a station in knowledge in ninety eight the task was to be the new reactor into an already existing building and to integrate russian made equipment with some of the old equipment left behind by the german contractors rich were in charge of the project up until these comic revolution in the one hundred seventy nine. these

ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program iran is starting up its first nuclear power plant built by russia in the southern city of pushchair and you know years from both countries have begun loading fuel into the reactor under the strict control of the un's atomic watchdog accent a boy that was in bush era for us no one should the bush plan is a major bad don't only put the uranium side. sure way to completion over the big case but also for russia items for expert the company that's been in charge of this project for the years. massive experience of building nuclear power stations all across the world sounds that these project has been the most challenging for both the logically and politically in a logical way because when russians do call for a station in ninety eight the task was to feed a new reactor into no rabbit existing building and to integrate russian made equipment some of the old equipment left behind by the contractors reach were in charge of the project up until these comics revolution nine hundred seventy nine now thi

this is r t from moscow welcome if you just joined us just after nine pm in the capital it's kevin owen here with the top stories this friday evening and the air in goal for wildfires in russia has been reduced by a fifth over the past twenty four hours the record breaking heat that's been aggravating with places in the moscow region is finally starting to ease authorities are now bracing for heavy storms expected to strike the area this weekend as artie's the tell you no reports. the burning area has shrunk by thousands of hectares throughout the country in the past twenty four hours and states of emergencies have been lifted in several regions in russia however the overall situation is of course still devastating as many villages have been burnt down completely and thousands of people have been left without homes over fifty people have been killed in the blazes right now we are some two hundred kilometers away from moscow and this is the area that one of there is that have suffered the most from the far as. you can probably see the completely burned down or is here right now rushing t

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r t cross in the region. it's a matter of a sweeping russia's leading politicians so much so that some were even doing it right and of the bosses and guys one governor was caught tweeting away in the middle of an important meeting in the kremlin but president medvedev himself. right now during district council session as if he has nothing else to do. but tweeting didn't end with the president's remark as more members of the council joined the online exchange the russian leader is known to be a big fan of gadgets and has a twitter account himself and his tech savvy friends include brugge obama and the head of apple steve jones who presented the president with a new i phone for a recent trip to silicon valley. let's check some other stories making news around the world to you given the matter has been arrested after arriving in the netherlands from the u.s. it's following suspicion that they were attempting to commit a terrorist the time officials acted after finding a mobile phone strapped to a medicine bottle

deep in debt on r t. a's signed up to fill in the military because i thought that it was my duty and that it was something that i do to help my country. my government i find that it is necessary for americans to feel you know. there was a lot of drug abuse there was a lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of. things. to pour out of. this all the war i always thought i wanted to win a lot of medals and to have a lot of desperation. but afterwards i realize that they they don't mean anything. that importance. i don't i don't i never kept the medal. the observed nature and disk. the. league the communicate with the wild and learn. test yourself and become free to. see what nature can give you the nazi. wealthy british style. markets why not it's a scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. at.

catarina as r r t moscow. but more ahead here on r t including a clash of cultures americans are divided over plans to build a mosque near ground zero and the dispute going on. board on why the socialism idea of ideals rather one of the leaders of the balsamic revolution are still popular last year. iran's first nuclear power plant is ready to start up on saturday it's been built by russia which says the joint project was sheer will so that tehran is intitled to the peaceful use of nuclear energy the reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict control of the you want your watch dog the plant is expected to be fully operational even found among us who will help run the facility supply the fuel and remove the waste holding out the possibility of tehran using the spent rods to make nuclear weapons run is under un sanctions aimed at pressuring tehran to abandon its uranium enrichment program are on a boycott has the story of the fifteen year long planned construction. it's been a routine. more than a decade

here fight to rid the world of nuclear weapons through their experience stories and memory sean thomas r t hiroshima japan for dr you're going to knock out from the hiroshima peace institute thanks as outrageous that the u.s. hasn't apologized for what he thinks is a crime against humanity well this year that the first time that the ripper sent out of the united states. to japan participated in the ceremony so people appreciated that but the. the u.s. government it still has and you know the offer any apologies to to survive goes on in a bombing of the large number of civilians is of course clearly was clearly against international law of karma against humanity participating in the ceremony it's a step towards the official record a recognition of the crimes that the us government committed so i hope some day soon the u.s. government. official apology to. those. a group of former intelligence and military officials in the u.s. is demanding an immediate action from barack obama to prevent war in the middle east they claim israel is counting on washington to offer unconditional support for an

r t. the battle fighting wildfires in russia's record heat wave seems to finally drawing the way of emergency services and. area is a blaze have been reduced by two thirds in recent days with the total number of fires down by half almost one hundred seventy thousand people including volunteers are tackling the flames with fires put out in fourteen regions but the battle goes on in other areas including the moscow region where the emergency ministries is transferring extra resources reeks of massive wildfires have destroyed dozens of provincial towns and villages and killed fifty three people and along with the drought the scorching summer has cost russia a third of its wheat crop. three middle eastern countries are heading for deeper troubled waters over the river jordan rapidly dwindling supply it's the major water source for israel jordan and syria but it has been a source of dispute between them for decades and as possibly a reports it's everyday citizens who are suffering the most. see

for more there is our web site r t dot com remember that and we'll take a look at what's happening in business with stephanie don't go away. hello welcome to the business bulletin russia's first low cost airline sky express is facing the prospect of having its license revoked because of financial problems and the lack of her life it was supposed to be a pioneer in the new world of low cost travel in russia so will it ever be possible to fly cheaply in russia china put it finds out. this airplane costs about ten dollars an hour unfortunately this is the closest trust funds can get to a low cost airline in this country of regular air carriers so even the last six flights at the price of many people's monthly salary and russians are craving for the discounters so popular abroad eight pounds from liverpool to crack of twenty euros from all sorts of front for russia's first low cost airlines sky express was meant to be like that however and are praising prices to match the network airlines but without the reliability or in-flight service constantin to tear down the head of charter airlines

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r t washington d.c. . that you know joins me on the business desk there stephanie how are the stock markets shaping up this hour well we're seeing a bounce back across the board so far in london the footsie is gaining after hitting a seven week closing low on wednesday i'll have more market news for you in just a moment but first russia's biggest carmaker is back in the black the company's profits of less than a million dollars for the first seven months is small but it shows a considerable turnaround for a company that required a federal bailout just twelve months ago the improvement has been widely attributed to the government's cash for clunkers program which has helped lift sales of firearms fifty percent. speaking at the moscow international may to show after vice president victor come out of the company is aiming to stay profitable for the rest of the year his ambitions could be. helped by a brutal rebound in the russian call market which is being targeted by manufacturers from all over the world. th

still ahead on r t we look at a while later russian arms dealer victor boot is wanted so badly in the u.s. plus ologies close up team takes to the high seas. for our journey by boat to one island that's excessively during the summer months on this island this is a village by the more people the more meaning well it's exploring the lives of the one addition they're asked. first though one of the suspected organizers of the moscow metro bombings in which forty people lost their lives has been killed in a shootout with russian security forces four other alleged militants were also shot dead during the special operation in russia's southern republic of dagestan or he's sean thomas reports from one of the metro stations hit by the deadly blast in march . officials are telling us that the mouth i'll leave the job of these has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of dagestan along with four others now this is important because he has been wanted on the federal and international most wanted list for more than two years he's also thought to have ties to sharif about who is one

and r t you spoke to british veteran journalist john pilger who thinks america is tricking the world by saying it's pulling out of wars in iraq and afghanistan a full version of this interview is coming up in around fifteen minutes time here in r.t. . this announcement by obama. would be the end of the combat mission next year is norm sense and that's another example of the of the media simply taking a face for something that told by authorities in fact there's going to be something like ninety four bases left and sixty thousand troops and so cold that is an increase in the number of most of them raise they call them contractors so far from getting out there was a great expression by a great irish investigative journalist called claude cope and never believe anything until it's officially denied we should apply that to all statements like that. after many countries this summer's extreme weather of floods and droughts has led to poor harvests and a grain shortage bought in india millions of people are going hungry for different reasons are just current saying investigates. india is ho

russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program two thirty people have been injured in a car bomb explosion and russia's southern city of pythagoras in the caucasus explosions struck just outside a cafe in a busy street was good now the latest from our correspondent who is in the gorse looks as if the bomber row was deliberately targeting a place where there were a lot of people give us the details of this terror attack. we are right now in the center off me just actually a small resort cd in the solid and bought of russia in the north caucasus and this city is a cultural center it has a lot of students are coming here to many tourists a very to risk to explore and the street where that car was the left and where the cafe was is actually a very obese district is just five minutes from the local police station near the central boylston and just a couple of blocks from the local white house so it is really a business trade and actually we didn't have so many people injured and it largely because the rain has started just a half an hour before the explosion

just known for its freezing winters but for its scorching summers as while you sit in the church of r r t more scale. the man drafted in to defeat russia's wildfires has been immense with more than one hundred sixty thousand firefighters army personnel and volunteers at his innocent oh i joined one of the emergency teams operating the skies above one of the worst affected regions in the week. this is how it all starts with a small flame that can quickly and golf the entire forest making this a very fierce battle for emergencies workers and volunteers. one of the biggest operations in fighting these fires happened from the air jordan airport in the resign region one of the worst hit by these fires and the emergency services has invited our team to come along for a ride and it ill seventy six. a at. the end of the order and they've gone and that's something that they. only want to drive over the past week. or service lines like mine at the same time down below our first. flights the plane ready and they all fly to the market. part. as you can see helicopters are also working to put out thes

it is eight am in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program russia is ready to launch iran's first nuclear power plant on saturday saying the joint project will show the to iran is entitled to the peaceful use of nuclear energy the russian built reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict controls of the un's nuclear watchdog the plant is expected to be fully operational in about a month russia will run the facility supplying the fuel and take away the waste which eases some fears that iran could use a reactor to make nuclear weapons iran is currently on. u.n. sanctions aimed at pressuring it to abandon its uranium enrichment program. will look south the construction of a project. it's been a routine for more than a decade hundreds of russian constructors streaming to their workplace three shifts a day six days a week building iran's first nuclear power station. it's been a long wait launched by germans in the nineteen seventies the construction was halted after the revolution when russians to call for the task was to feed the new reactor into

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you watching r t coming to life from moscow now russia's putting the pressure on terror in the north caucasus with the security services saying over forty militants with links to al qaida have been killed in august but two police officers have reportedly been shot dead by militants in the russian republic of dagestan just hours ago. on sunday twelve militants were killed during a special operation in the chechen republic while canal cross live to our correspondent mori financial. so maria what can you tell us about these latest events there. well marina we were a receiving contradictory reports on exactly what happened on sunday in the republic of chechnya in the north caucuses with what we know for sure is that a group of ministers from fifteen to thirty people at tak the home village of the chechen president drums and could there of it occurred before sunrise at four am most current local time so the militants wanted to take local residents by surprise because all the people in the village were sleeping at that time. the houses of local policeman situated on the outskirts of the vi

catarina as r r t moscow. victor votes brother sergei has again spoken to r.t. this time giving his reaction to the thai court's decision. friday's. toy justice is entirely under pressure there's no justice such work done for previous hearings for a year and a half clearly showed there's not enough evidence of my brother's guilt but for some reason it turns out to be enough for the appeals court the u.s. kept pressing the high court the prosecutor general and then the senators signed a letter to thailand's ambassador of the consequences if my brother is released this again shows that trick to boots case is political and not criminal the us did a lot of work on this case and i can imagine how much it cost american taxpayers so it's a matter of principle for washington. russia is ready to launch iran's first nuclear power plant on saturday saying the joint project will show the tiran is intitled to the peaceful use of nuclear energy the russian built reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict controls of the un's nuclear watchdog the plant is expected to be

catarina as r r t moscow. iran's first nuclear power plant is ready to start up on saturday it was built by russia which says the joint project to share will show that iran is entitle to the peaceful use of nuclear energy the reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict supervision of the un's nuclear watchdog the plant is expected to be fully operational above them on russia will help run the facility supply the fuel and remove the waste ruling out the possibility of tehran using the spent rods to make nuclear weapons iran is under the un sanctions aimed at pressuring tehran to abandon its uranium enrichment program or he's excited boyko has the story of a fifteen year long planned construction. it's been a routine for more than a decade hundreds of russian constructors streaming to their workplace three shifts a day six days a week building iran's first nuclear power station. it's been a long wait launched by germans in the nineteen seventies the construction was halted after the revolution when russian

r t iran. but we now live to journalist afshin rattansi who's in london for more perspective on the bushehr notching thanks very much indeed for joining us now you spent a great deal of time in iran how is the opening of the country's first nuclear power plant being viewed there well water victory it is for all independent nations that is nations independent of us when it comes to energy interests and as your report suggested what a victory also for those russian families and for cooperation out of sight of the united states sphere of influence you wouldn't be thinking that though if you were in london or washington tomorrow's newspapers i think would be very different to that report well some would say it's a very provocative move the activation of the project very soon in fact tomorrow is being seen by some as a step towards iran actually developing nuclear weapons is it. the is that a group of repeatedly renounced the use of nuclear weapons but it is amazing to see the media coverage of this