you're watching r.t. live from moscow let's take a look at some stories dominating world news this monday in the philippines a soccer police officer has now released eight of the tourists who've been holding hostage on a bus seventeen others remain on board with more longbowmen men women and those who is armed with a rifle he's demanding to be reinstated in his job snipers are surrounding the boss which is near him and will park in the country's capital the man's brother has joined the negotiation team who are trying to persuade him to surrender. more than thirty miners have been found alive in chile after being trapped underground for seventeen days rescuers sent a probe almost seven hundred meters into the collapsed mine shaft it came back with a handwritten note saying they were all surviving in an emergency shelter however the authorities say it could take up to four months to get them out food and oxygen will now be lowered down to them. in china more than two hundred fifty thousand people have now been f

injured in a fire that broke out at a hole for the elderly in the fair region in western russia cross live to r.t. sean thomas for more on this. good morning shine and this certainly is a tragic incident so what exactly happened this morning at the nursery home. well certainly a nightmare situation indeed early this morning flames erupted in and out of the elderly home leaving nine people at least killed and one person severely wounded investigation is under way right now into that situation in fact four hundred eighty people at the time were displaced and have been evacuated now we're told at this point in time that the fire is out in the investigation is underway early investigation looks into possible faulty wiring as the cause but there's also speculation that there could be a suicide attempt in fact all nine of the people who were found dead were in one room and there's a gas canister in that room that people believe that one person used to try and commit suicide but of course that has not been confirmed the emergency ministry is looking into that right now also we do know that the authoriti

going to piss going off reporting there it is approaching the ten minute mark of the hour you with r.t. live from moscow we are highlighting the top stories of today and this week and the u.s. has now added thirty seven billion dollars to its war budget after congress approved further funding for the afghan troops capitol hill was unmoved by the whistle blowing website wiki leaks which published nineteen thousand classified documents detailing civilian deaths at the hands of nato personnel the pentagon is investigating the source of the leaks and one. soldier has been charged as president with releasing online a classified video of a military operation the white house has requested wiki leaks to stop posting the top secret documents brian becker from an american war coalition says the leaked documents will influence u.s. public opinion this is a war that's already been lost the politicians know it's been lost what these documents reveal is that they've concealed that fact from the american people and they're sending more and more troops tens of thousands more troops to kill and to be to be k

keyboards and saw in southern israel here with r.t. live from moscow still to come for you of voting stance find out how immigrants in finland are make their voices heard and why their plans have evolved a negative reaction in song. all record breaking temperatures have been torturing russians for over a month ambulance crews are in a tough battle to save people suffering from the heat and smog but doctors say casualties are hard to avoid when the fight is against nature are just going to be not as our reports. hearing tina and yvonne haven't left their apartment for days the husband and wife struggle with the daily heat wave blasting their home but it's better than even thinking about going outside in a squat here and you didn't go outside i haven't been out on the streets for the days and the heat is so difficult for us it's hard to breathe and your heart's can get struggle with no air conditioning and only one hundred eighty u.s. dollars per month pension even than his wife can only rely on their daughter she hangs what drapes new doorwa

porting there from the city of her to gore's watching r.t. live from moscow terrorism and drug trafficking are what's on the table today in russia's city of sochi president dmitry revered it was hosting a summit there where the leaders of ghana stand stand and pakistan are reports from the city. president dmitry medvedev is bringing together the leaders of afghanistan pakistan and their neighbor down and saw this is a second formation meeting of a kind the first one was in last year and back then the leaders focused on cross border projects economical projects as well as on security issues russia is reluctant to get involved in military action in afghanistan but it still seeks a role in settling the conflict with russia central asia is a traditional sphere of interests and it has always been sensitive to instability the afghan conflict is causing in the region drug trafficking and islamic radicalism stemming from a ghana stand or the main security threats recently there's been an increase in the record straight the trade which is also the main sou

watching r.t. live from moscow tell us is a multinational country which has always attracted people seeking a better live but recent violence against hispanic immigrants this product fears over a new wave of racial hatred lauren lyster is in new york for us. the united states has always been a country of immigrants but they're not always welcome we've seen mexicans targeted in the western state of arizona which passed a tough law targeting undocumented immigrants there's many many people that come to this country and they go through the proper channels to do the proper thing and and the people that don't do that they're breaking the law despite a backlash. now we're seeing more signs this sentiment is making ripples across the country far from the mexican border in one area of new york city. there has been a string of a dozen attacks on hispanic residents in recent months the victims like were helio number nine infidel you can literally find them simply walking through the neighborhood and the suspects

a very warm welcome to see this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice heads a tropical virus that's rapidly spreading in the south of russia has already claimed six lives while millions could be at risk of infection nearly two hundred people have so far caught the west nile virus which is carried by mosquitoes. that reports from the volgograd region which has been the worst affected it's. no one is safe just one by trauma an ordinary mosquito is enough to put a life in danger hundreds involved region i've been hospitalized with the worst. initial symptoms include high temperature headaches and nausea followed by seizures unconsciousness and there. the situation is grave as it has been an unusually quiet summer which allows mosquitoes to build up a high level of the virus there is nothing we can do to totally wipe out the sometimes your good dog can has survived infection but his central nervous system has been damaged he has problems remembering his age and address warm. period when i felt myself slipping away i don't remember

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

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice habit a baby girl in southern russia has stunned doctors by surviving after being a bounder and in the blistering heat waves that glaring song the two week old was discovered on a roadside in police in the region on now looking for her parents look at that in the garage of the house the story. here it's got to be. the favorite of all the stuff that's going on and she's something of a miracle after surviving the record heatwave abandoned by the roadside hospital staff have called the baby girl or sonny the two we call child will sported by possible by having laid for hours on the ground in fifty degree heat to cook with the disc we thought it was a kitten. then i looked closer and was taken about it was a crying child my husband and i was shocked how could somebody abundant child like . the couple spent hours trying to track down the girl's parents without success it's a miracle how a baby a little more than two weeks old so many hours under the open sun this

very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice habits and moscow is finally enjoying sunshine after overnight rain washed away the dense small noxious fumes that have been tormenting the russian capital for days officials say some more wildfires are now under control but many are still raging because of the record breaking heat wave all. the badly hit region. two hundred kilometers southeast of moscow. 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 on this ill seventy six. the . water line they began. the day. with if you want to drive over the past we. have our service like. at the same time down below our first. flights the plane ready and the flight is the funny. part. is.

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow here's a look at the top stories a breath of fresh air the torture is toxic smog finally lifts from across moscow but the record heat wave doesn't ease fueling hundreds of wildfires still burning in western and central russia. hundreds of volunteers from russia and abroad risked their lives to quell the flames others help people who lost everything in the fires by gathering and delivering essential supplies. civilian casualties rose by thirteen to get a stand on the first half of twenty tan according to a u.n. report a total of twelve hundred afghans were killed during this period of time which coincided with the u.s. troop surge. how it was a boom in technology it often seems society is making huge leaps forward but some are concerned at the imperial age with its fight for resources and influences coming back laura haven't spoke to a veteran journalist john pilger who shared his views on the past and present. today i'm in london speaking to jonah hill just veteran journal

watching r.t. live from moscow i'm marina josh and welcome to the program now after a few hours a relief on monday millions of russians are gann waking up to a sick layer of smog as force and peace fires continue to rage across the country experts have already called the current record breaking heat wave the worst in a thousand years well you know across. the we don't cross in the moscow region. so what what's happening where you are at the moment can you describe what you're seeing there. we're about one hundred fifty kilometers southeast of moscow in one of the worst affected areas due to these fires we've managed to find one of the few remaining standing homes if that's what you can call it really on this block that we found that's been destroyed completely i just want to take a look inside with you can see the stove which is still out where the floor was the entire floor has collapsed in of course the chimney is still standing which is the case in many of these fires and then someone's bad of course

a very warm welcome to see this is r.t. live from the russian capital with me on a set but now the top u.s. general in iraq says there are now fewer than fifty thousand troops in the country that's the lowest number since the start of the war but once those troops are out of the conflict zone and back in the u.s. many are finding themselves in the midst of a deadly new struggle. and they sent us this report. by the government but still more treason you know and that's me i don't think they they they show enough respect for the local bad things brian 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 some

you are with r.t. live from the russian capital and our website has a lot more stories for you here's a taste of what's triggering life for you right now at r.t. dot com and the two brits find themselves shipped off to greece controversial e.u. extradition laws mean that they could await trial for over a year with no evidence to prove their guilt. and scorching heat brings an unlikely visitor to the waters of the moscow. tiny jellyfish the size of small coins but. for more tourists head on to r.t. dot com. the arctic is becoming an international bone of contention as russia the u.s. and canada search for evidence to support their territorial can claims because a fourth of the world's oil and gas reserves are thought to lie near the north pole and a climate change on melting ice is likely to tempt nations closest to the region to start drilling. for points. the race is on the u.s. together with canada and russia have launched competing expeditions to the bottom of the sea near the north pole. of the country

back to watching r.t. livefrom moscow on the sunday morning take a look at the stories that shape the week and wildfires caused by record breaking heat in russia expanding to new areas almost certain lives have been lost this week and the blazes have destroyed sounds of homes. water supplies in russia's far east are under threat by barrels containing chemicals from china and they were swept away by floods and the currently heading for the border. and whistleblower web side we can leaks publish thousands of classified u.s. documents revealing cover ups of the war in afghanistan among the population was the alleged on reporting off civilian deaths. speaks to the founder and editor in chief of the website responsible for that leak which was the biggest u.s. military history. i'm here in london talking to julian assaults the founder of the whistle blowing website wiki leaks which this week released a huge still say of documents relating to the afghan war which mr ourselves describes as detailing the every day squal

where you are with r.t. live from moscow there is a lot more coming your way including germans they fear more potentially dangerous cons could soon be living in their communities as the country looks set to end its practice of keeping some convicts locked up even after they've served their sentences. and paragraphs peninsular even the south koreans now doubt the findings of a u.s. led report blame pyongyang for sinking a southern warship in march find out why in a few minutes time right here on r.t. . well a new law on illegal immigration came into force this week but the most disputed parts of the bill were struck out a day before it was enacted the court ruling means for the time being immigrants in the state of arizona will be safe from their proposed new round of police checks some claim would lead to racial profiling those against the bill say it's a bittersweet victory as the fate of illegals in the u.s. remains precarious. doesn't sound like your typical. all immigration protests today i feel great as beau

watching r.t. live from moscow and there are more stories available to you on our website which is r t v dot com let's now take a look southern russia is facing a threat from the tropics the deadly west nile virus is spreading in the region in the wake of an unusually hot summer. also singing in the rain but spirits were far from damp as the first russian you to concert rocked moscow with tens of thousands of fans bopping to the legendary irish band. clocks on the tower and alleged by chapman is facing a legal case after a photo shoot with a russian magazine visitor to a dot com to see how the station got her into trouble. the british coalition government is divided over plans to place a cap on the number of immigrants and who are in the country some politicians say the decision will damage the international image of the u.k. and harm the country's economy while they debate the future of the immigration system many of those directly affected are struggling to survive on the streets. in london they said

with you watching r.t. live from moscow we continue exploring russia's varied regions in our closer it's an in-depth and personal view on the everyday life of local people and the history of the country. and today we're in the northwest of russia in there hung this region once the country's only seaport recognized as the capital of northern russia it has everything from ship building to diamonds we sent tess are still yet to explore all the peeling sights of this region. we're now in the north of russia and out how girls ration a region which has a coastline on three arctic seas now because of its location it was extremely important in the seventeenth century as russia's first and only seaport as well as its first sea route to the west now this region became extremely wealthy because of that symmetry and monasteries were very much involved in the business in trading salt and wood and it was also here that the first arctic expeditions were outfitted as seem awful ever once it was found at sea trade was made from

enticed into medical experiments that could potentially have serious side effects got unseeing r.t. . live from moscow here with r.t. coming your way. are foreign powers shaping the agenda of the us media or even us policy in the middle east the answers come in just a few minutes. they came to stalin out the if the inspectors leave moscow after spending four days in russia to determine an age by ability to host the world cup details ahead. those responsible for tuesday's car bombing in southern russia will be found and killed should they attempt to resist arrest that's the message of the russian president who's in the blast hit city of people to go to meet the local authorities. it was good so i am sure you will do the utmost to help those injured in the blast that you will provide them with all necessary treatment what about the manhunt for the perpetrators the orders have been given the investigation will go ahead and i am sure those responsible for the talking will be punished. after discussing security measures in advance of visited victims of the blast fifteen of the thirty people inj

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me on this have it all swathes of central russia all still in flames with firefighters tackling hundreds of new fires every day and it's likely to be several days before the scorching temperatures show any sign of cooling down let's take you around some of the affected areas now. jacob greaves is in the woodland in the mosque. in this right here in the center of the capital for us jacob to you first bring us up to date if you can from where you while was a situation like.

r.t. coming to you live with me a nice and now way first this hour fifo thistles 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 to states either of the twenty eight or the twenty twenty two tournament as ivor bennett reports just the possibility is giving potential stars of tomorrow the motivation to train harder today. for these boys football is their life they train every single day just twelve years old and if the world cup does come to russia in twenty eighteen the hopes and expectations of a nation 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 a more important it's not the fear of failure that drives them is the fear of missing the chance to play in a world cup on home turf television really want russia to host to twenty eighteen world cup it's the purpose of my life if we keep working hard we have a good chance of making

well that show you some of what we're also covering on live at r.t. dot com russian police on the money they busted a gang which printed fifty million rubles counterfeit currency every month see if you can tell the difference on our website. and the u.s. looks into one of the country's biggest immigration fraud schemes which made criminals millions of dollars on the chances of getting that asylum seekers from more head to r.t. dot com. the general city of newburgh was the scene of ugly the most famous trial in history the court condemned nazi war criminals for their actions in the second world war with a tear in crosstalk pittel of l. and his guests discuss whether the tribunals set an important precedent or whether it was simply a case of justice for the victims. i think it was very important that historians also got a chance to study what it was like inside a fallen dictatorship were to really look at the mechanisms how that system work and of course that was important step in its own right the problem with many of the dictatorships we see now we do

r.t. india. live from the russian capital this is r.t. still to come for you this hour. they came out the inspectors leave after spending four days in russia to determine. to host the world cup details ahead. but first those responsible for tuesday's car bombing in southern russia will be found and should they attempt to resist arrest killed well that's the message of the russian president to travel to the blast hit city of course after discussing security measures with the local authorities visited victims of the blast fifteen of the thirty people injured in the terror attack remain in local hospitals the russian leader has pledged to provide additional medical equipment wherever it's needed. files declassified in america have revealed covert public relations and lobbying activities of israel in the us and national archives made the documents public following a senate investigation they suggest israel has been trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as important when you can download the files from the website of the institute for research on middle eastern

r.t. we're live in moscow some other international news stories now making headlines around the world we open ended strike has begun in south africa when my workers and public sectors employees are demanding higher wages despite the slow start organizers hope more than a million could join the action later in the week the government proposed a wage increase of up to seven percent. one percent. hundreds of villages and a highway in eastern afghanistan protesting against a night raid by nato and afghan soldiers two people killed in the attack in the city of jalalabad military officials say the two dead were taliban insurgents but it just took to the street shouting anti-american slogans the men innocent civilians. was told of sixty seven people missing after a landslide in the southwestern chinese province of being rescued they were trapped in their homes after heavy rains caused a massive mudslide with at least fifteen hundred people have been killed across the country in floods over recent months economic damages estimated at around billion hole would you well know in about to ten minutes fro

r.t. india. live from the russian capital this is still to come for you this. they came out the inspectors leave after spending four days in russia to discrimination by ability to host the world cup details ahead. also a trip to russia's first seaport and a diamond hotspot parties close up to visit the northern city of. foils declassified in america have revealed the covert public relations and lobbying activities of israel in the us the national archives made the documents public following a senate investigation they suggest israel has been trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as important you can download the files from the website of the institute for research on middle eastern policy don't have smith who's a director at the institute in washington explains what's been uncovered. these files are from a sealed senate investigation which was the result of the senate foreign relations committee as the u.s. department of justice looking into groups that brought thirty six million dollars into the u.s. to plant stories in the us media and promote i

r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshua welcome to the program would have changed and that's what millions of russians living under a suffocating blanket of smog are praying for for days the sick layer of haze caused by force and p. fires has been hanging over manning cities including the capital of moscow hundreds of blazes are still. burning nationwide with other countries stepping in to how bad all the fires parties caterina's are reports from the mosque a region where one at one of so-called country of villages just outside moscow where people have their summer homes evidently used to be a really nice area there was a forest and people had their homes looking out into that forest it used to be obviously quite a nice place to be right now it looks like an inferno there is no more forest is just charred land and felled trees and here this is actually this used to be someone's home what's left of it is pretty unrecognizable because it's been charred to a cinder this is somebody's bath this is probably where the bathroom used to be all of this house as you can see most of it is ju

r.t. coming to live from moscow and we're available to you twenty four seven but also there is our web site where you can go for more news and videos and analysis that's r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's online right now. moscow was witnessing spectacular stunts this week as daredevils risked their lives for the crowds and her team into the international stunt festival. and also in the russian capital join our team has been headed to the moscow car show to see the latest models the auto industry has to offer get the details at our side r.t. dot com. so. around. the streets to keep suit secrets but now it's time to feel. some of your songs the key to some strong black want to keep. their conduced childhood was overshadowed by this tragedy. these two feel the fear of these things just. don't remember every second of this nightmare. will remain in their memories and hearts forever. anything so. going to see. a little. every month we give you the future we hope you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the wo

r.t. coming to live from moscow still a common program the good life awaits. the russian parasailing donkey mistreatment provoked global outrage from i am a lot gets a hollywood bank over at the kremlin riding school more details in her celebrity life later in the program. south the city is remembering the victims of the two thousand and eight war with georgia hundreds were killed went to release the attack the breakaway republic with artillery and tanks two years ago for more now we're joined by our teaser in english go who is and georgia and who is and solve the city of well first let's go to natalia and to tell us a bit more about how people in south the city are commemorating the events remembering what happened in south ossetia. well the moral ceremonies have started late night last night here at exactly eleven pm thirty five minutes so the first ceremony started because exactly. at that time two years ago georgia opened fire in southeast asia so everyone here vividly remembers that day and that's our here on central square of thousands of people have gat

r.t. we're broadcasting live from moscow and kerry tells them the u.s. combat mission in iraq has.

r.t. coming to live from osco here is a reminder of the top stories just thirty people have been injured in a terror attack in southern russia a car bomb exploded near a cafe in the bustling center of the town of. facing up to the global drugs read the russian president meets the leaders of afghanistan to stand in pakistan to thrash out ways of tackling opium trafficking experts say a regional approach is vital to combat the dealing of air wind which kills tens of thousands of people each year. and a growing number of u.s. nationals are choosing to renounce their citizenship last year alone an estimated seven million. american dream three times as many as the year before. so we had lines down the weather's extreme conditions have been the summer's hottest topic with heat raging in russia and floods devastated pakistan people are lost as to what's causing these catastrophes are to talk to the provenance russian physicist alexander ginsburg who says the only force to blame is mother nature herself. recent climatic chaos has caused many conspiracy theories to wonder what could possibly be behi

r.t. coming to live from moscow with marina joshie moscow was breathing more freely. after overnight rain washed away much of the suffocating smog which has been tormenting the russian capital for days emergency services say the fire situation is easing but hundreds of blazes continue to burn across the country our season isa now is in the badly hit region of resigned two hundred kilometers southeast of moscow. well we've been trying to show you how much destruction these fires have caused across russia but where we are much of the forests here are still engulfed we're at the makeshift headquarters of the local emergency services who have been working around the clock day and night here for three weeks trying to contain these blazes and they don't look like there's any sign of letting up the situation here is very critical and in fact that's why on tuesday prime minister vladimir putin chose to come to resign region to get his hands dirty and do what he can and give some time to help try to contain the blazes there is a little bit of optimism in the air there is rain

r.t. coming to live from moscow one pm here on marina joshing and welcome to the program now the thick blanket of harmful smog caused by a raging wildfire shows no signs of lifting from across the russian capital faurisson p. blazes continue to devastate large swathes of central russia with a record breaking heat wave forecast to go on until at least next week while we can now cross life gonna check out who isn't in the moscow region one of the worst affected areas so guided tell us a bit more about the situation where you are at the moment. well maria not so many changes to really talk about the same disastrous scene in moscow is covered with a thick blanket of toxic acrid smog and here this very small village just outside the city caught fire just a few days ago its residents as well as some three hundred others in the moscow region have lost their homes and the city itself millions are now choking the smoke which is carrying some very harmful gases including carbon monoxide is consistency in the air it seats than warm by five times it's especially hard on those who don't have air conditione

r.t. coming to live from moscow with his plenty more to come including nip and tuck russian style. like. breast enlargement enhanced the quest to become a full three perfect surgery becoming more and more popular and more and more affordable can be easy to forget what the real costs are going into the night. as the demand for plastic surgery grows in russia so does the number of inexperienced and unlicensed doctors. a story still to come first in the iraqi capital baghdad at least sixty people were killed and over one hundred wounded by a suicide bomber iraqi authorities say al qaeda was behind the attack the blast happened close to where a thousand people had gathered near an army recruitment center the attackers one of the bloodiest this year it comes just two weeks before the u.s. starts withdrawal from iraq leaving behind fifty thousand troops to train local forces iraq has been trying to build up its own security forces before the american forces leave but carol turner from stop the war coalition told me earlier that there's no actual combat troop pullout anyway. the force is all fo

r.t. we're broadcasting live from the heart of the russian capital on kerry johnston the mission is complete victories in sight that was the message from u.s. vice president joe biden as he addressed american troops withdrawing from iraq his words raised eyebrows for those who believe the whole campaign was a failure many veterans say the u.s. administration is simply trying to put on a brave face cover up the criminals. they praised as the country's heroes they've been abandoned forgotten teams with the reports. by the government but still more treason you know and that's me i don't think. they show enough respect to the local us brian little was 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 adj

r.t. going to live in the russian capital let's have a look at some other world news in brief now israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu defended his country's actions at an internal inquiry into the gaza flotilla incident he also criticised turkey saying you've been seeking a confrontation this inquiry is looking at the lead up to them storming by commandos of the gaza bound should let me are you said he was in the us at the time which is why the defense minister of iraq was in charge of the operation is expected to testify at the inquiry on tuesday. searching for eleven hundred people missing off the flooding in northwestern china buildings have been destroyed an entire village is that from the water in constant presence from the. joint rescue efforts to save families still trapped under the rubble. in the region triggered by the heavy rain have killed at least three hundred thirty seven. and pakistan flooding has affected both he's thirteen million people official say the number exceeds the combined total of those affected by the two thousand and four indian ocean tsunami the kashmi

r.t. coming to live from moscow still ahead for you this hour well the report goes first in. find out what the russian prime minister thought of the roads and russia's far east all the details coming up later in the program. a string of violent attacks and hispanic immigrants in new york has prompted fears of a new wave of racial hatred the victims say they have been targeted by african-americans who want to clear mexican immigrants from their neighborhoods are lauren list to reports on how frustrations are boiling over in the big apple. the united states has always been a country of immigrants but they're not always welcome we've seen mexicans targeted in the western state of arizona which passed a tough law targeting undocumented immigrants there's many many people are coming to this country and they go through the proper channels to do the proper thing and and the people that don't do that they're breaking the law despite a backlash. now we're seeing more signs this sentiment is making ripples across the country far from the mexican border in one area of new york city. whe

r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program millions of russians living under a suffocating blanket of smog are hoping for a change in weather conditions but forecasters say it's unlikely to come this week for days a sick layer of haze caused by forest and peat fires has been hey over manny cities in moscow the death rate is double the average for this time of year and hundreds of blazes are still burning nationwide with other countries helping battle them our discussion is our reports from the moscow region. where one at one of so called country a village is just outside moscow where people have their summer homes evidently used to be really nice area there was a forest and people had their homes looking out into that forest it used to be obviously quite a nice place to be right now it looks like an inferno there is no more forest is just charred land and felled trees and here this is actually this used to be someone's home what's left of it is pretty unrecognizable because it's been charred to a cinder this is somebody's back this is probably where the bathro

twenty four hour news and much more live from moscow this is r.t. welcome to the program it's the greatest show on earth and for a country that lives and breathes football russia is determined to net its ultimate prize and host the world cup if officials are incent petersburg today assessing the bid for the two thousand and eighteen torment and reports it's already giving the potential stars of tomorrow the motivation to train harder today. these boys football is their life they train every single day just twelve years old and if the world cup does come to russia in twenty eighteen the hopes and expectations of a nation resting on their shoulders pressure that would make others of their age crumble but for the boys at spartak moscow is youth academy discipline and desire and more important it's not the fear of failure that drives them is the fear of missing the chance to play in a world cup on home turf yes i'm still a very civil strive to be honest i really want russia to host the twenty eighty mile cap is my life's purpose if we keep working hard w

live from moscow this is r.t. and coming up for you later in the program minority report despite facing similar problems two ethnic groups struggling to get along find out why the streets of new york are seeing a spate of racially motivated attacks. and driving force the russian prime minister took time out during his road trip of russia's far east to discuss foreign policy. police in central russia have detained nine people suspected of leading an attack on a rock festival they say the brawl could have started after a local café you argued with a member of the audience up to one hundred young men started beating up the crowd with clubs other tornado festival in the region some eyewitnesses said they even heard gunshots more than ten people were injured two are still in hospital local authorities say for security at the event could be to blame earlier reports suggested that members of a nationalist a gang these claims have since been denied some three thousand people were at the festival during the attack now wher

live from the russian capital here with r.t. still to come this hour live to eat is the american diet that appetizing the rest of the bill party takes a look at the health of the nation. the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks is back in the headlines after publishing an internal cia report on the internet that documents classified a secret focuses on the perception of the united states as an exporter of terrorism . experts. it's a very short memo from the central intelligence agency that in essence is and now assisted has been done many times over by journalists and analysts here in the united states already it talks about the impression basically the reputation the u.s. may have abroad with foreigners as acts porting terrorism and it talks about cases that are that have been well documented all over the media of five pakistani american young men who traveled from northern virginia overseas to allegedly join the pakistani taliban it talks about as well the case of david healy who is a u.s. citizen who was believed to be involved

r.t. coming to you live with me a nice and now way the city of moscow is again shrouded in a dense choking smaug it's the worst the city's experience as the prolonged heat wave fuels wildfires across central russia stacey bevins has more. this is the thickest that the smog has been since the fires have started and that's disrupting air travel to moscow airports. and but no cover have diverted passengers on forty flights coming in so they're taking them either to share much of an airport to the north of moscow or to the regions south of moscow they're taking them either to st petersburg you know garage or cars on in the south also these two airports have also had to delay for twenty flights of people on those flights they've been grounded as the small just really has come in and has blanketed the capital have blanketed central moscow actually and the doctors are taking people to take telling people take heed no matter how healthy you may be they're saying to stay indoors and if you have to come from and the reason they're urging you to wear a mask it's awful outside and it hurts to breathe

so they have lives here in r.t. i'll be back at the top of the hour but meantime will bring you the latest force news with natalia go away. you're watching the sports news an hour to you thanks for joining us this hour on the top stories martin o'neill resigned as aston villa manager five days before your english football season kingsolver. brushes with on a cruise news saw a break say ten months when the streak and wins the san diego open in california. and tiger woods posters west over old school finishing on an ancient over paw at the bridgestone invitational won by the main. to anyone first where matson on the whole has surprisingly resigned as manager of aston villa just five days before the start of the premier league season really a sad on their website on monday that o'neill resigned quote with immediate effect and quote but didn't give a reason for the decision team said reserve manager kevin macdonald will take over on a temporary basis until a permanent or twice mint is found play west ham at home on sens

r.t. speaks to the last living member of the plane crew the drop the bomb on hiroshima. today only one of these twelve crew members of the knowledge a lived to tell the story i'm joined by that man today theodore van kirk so if you could now take us through the steps that well that day was an important because because the bomb was the drop by the hour and fifteen of the eight fifteen in the morning. nine fifteen twenty a time eight fifteen. so it was all over by the. but the day before is the important day because. we have to go back and not be realize what happened during this period the bomb was developed by the manhattan project there were hundreds of thousands of people working on the manhattan project they built three cities. tennessee. new mexico and hanford washington just produced to.

financial analyst chris mad that now that's what we're also covering on live at r.t. dot com russian police are on the money they busted again which printed fifty million rubles in counterfeit currency every month see if you can tell the difference on our website. and the u.s. looks into one of the country's biggest immigration fraud schemes which made criminals millions of dollars are harming the child says of the asylum seekers more head to watty dot com. to germany now where the army is trying to catch up with hundreds of suspected cases of ex soldiers suffering from mental health problems this comes as the country's forces attempt to step up their efforts in tackling the growing insurgency in the northern afghan province of can do is ati's tom barton examines the allegations that even one of the world's most developed countries is failing to look after its former soldiers. these men soldiers and draftsmen served germany for twenty four years and afghanistan had its fair share of their experiences i was fighting against the taliban around about five four walls in o

r.t. coming to you live with me nice and now way first stop the suspected russian arms baron victor boot will be extradited from thailand to the u.s. a thai appeals court delivered the verdict after a lower court rejected washington's extradition bit the ruling says boot will be sent to american soil within three months he was arrested two and a half years ago in bangkok and in the operation led by u.s. agents washington wants brut on charges of terrorism and supplying arms to colombian rebels allegations he denies that he nazar of a house more. how the woods lord of war there are over five hundred fifty million firearms in the world wide circulation. that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. how do we arm the other eleven and his alleged real life prototype russian businessmen victor boot nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and laughed off parallels. to play this out a lot for this very silly and i feel pity for it's been moved on his statement never changed even when he came from behind bars in the infamous bangkok hil

views on the situation there in iran thank you very much indeed former cia official joining us live in r.t. thank you. well russia's military will stay in all media until the twenty forty four at least a new date on the lease of a military base has been signed by president dmitri medvedev cheering his visit to the country. our security cooperation is very important especially protocol number five which prolongs an agreement on the russian military base in armenia disagreement to avoid peace and security in the caucasus region. which also has also promised to guarantee armenia security and provide advance military hardware for its own forces the russian leader also praised the progress in resolving the conflict between the media and neighboring azerbaijan over the disputed mountain region of a buck i mean and troops gain control of the territory in one thousand nine hundred four a six year war but the region is still internationally recognized as part of the budget on. controversial plans to build a mosque just two blocks from the site of the nine eleven terror attacks in new york is causin

r.t. and. here with our live from moscow still ahead for you they think. they came. to leave after spending four days in russia to the nation by ability to host the world cup details ahead. this hour right here is one hundred meters deep and it produces about how a million pairs worth of diamonds each year now this is just the beginning because they want to go deeper into the earth where the soil is richer and where there's a lot more of that. many women called their best find out how the city of our congress home to russia's first shipyard turned into a diamond hotspot and artie's close some serious. stopping terrorist and stemming the flow of drugs that was what was agreed upon it was a summit of central asian countries president dmitry medvedev hosted the meeting in the russian city of sochi with the leaders of afghanistan and pakistan from a white house drugs policy spokesman robert wiener thinks if you watch has failed in afghanistan mainly because wiping out drugs is not part of their mission could the u.s. military regrettably has determined that a policy shou

r.t. . and you can. still. live. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle in one thousand nine hundred six the late samuel huntington suggested that post cold war conflicts would occur because of cultural rather than ideological differences is culture more powerful than ideology today with the rise of china the islamic world and emerging economies is the world prone to more clashes particularly with the west. berlin can. still live. to discuss of huntington's faeces stands today i'm joined by richard bullock.