you know with a count taken of what the situation was before when referendums were held in south ossetia naturally people were striving for it we are a small and divided nation most of which lives in russia but given the fact that south a city is independence has been recognized and that it is now building international relations with russia has once again shown to the world community that it doesn't need foreign territories i can argue south a city is not an alien territory for russia but we need a united a set it was a united a setia that voluntarily joined the russian empire but today the situation is different and russia is demonstrating to the whole world that it's not going to an extent the body's territory and that its operation to force georgia to peace was not same did occupying georgian territory russia is building equal into states. relations with us russia has chosen this way of communication with south a settee and calls here and we're going to build these relations yes we can create a kind of union with russia that can be various forms of unification but today we're fightin

those ukrainian arms were modernised by israeli experts georget was planning a sneaky attack on south ossetia but at the time of the beginning of the olympics which was another break ship international or however they failed to consider the bravery and persistence of the defenders of south to setia the first two attacks awarded off the war as the supreme commander in chief of course the minute i wasn't giving the order to counter fire even though we knew the attack was being prepared we didn't even announce mobilization so that the international community would not model a south ossetia provoking and aggravating the situation we only called to arms on the eighth we were doing everything possible to avoid that scenario however the georgian side had been preparing for this attack with the help of the nato experts at the moment of the attack there were one hundred seventy u.s. military advisers who hadn't left georgia as they weren't prepared for such consequences in the later they had a problem trying to georgia so simple i believe the country that had organized such actions had to be judged fo

south ossetia is remembering the victims of the two thousand and eight war with georgia hundreds were killed in the fighting which followed tbilisi's a surprise military attack on the breakaway republic two years ago my colleague spoke to our correspondents in georgia and italian mark over in south ossetia who are both following the story. 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 in central square involved thousands of people have gathered for their requiem that lasted until six o'clock in the morning they stayed here for hours holding candles and remembering the victims of the aggression other topics president addressed his people trying to reassure them and give them some hope that their if the situation will never be repeated it's simple similar ceremonies are helped throughout the republic another big one is held in the village of that suffered

the fields are in south ossetia and it is too dangerous to get them. yes, we have relatives and friends there, but if we go, the south of sectionso -- ssetians or -- ossestians or russians will get us. >> the georgians around the one side and the russians around the other. russia and georgia are at each other's throats. >> there are georgian cities which were occupied. people were violently withdrawn from their homes. this creates a very clear picture of war. >> russia says georgia started the conflict. it is a picture that does not get any less complicated. the road to a lasting resolution is a bumpy one. for this man, like in the fields must go on. bbc news in georgia. >> before we go, and reminder of the headlines. hiroshima is marking the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing. bye bye for now. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by -- the freema

south ossetia is in mourning as it remembers the victims of the war with georgia two years ago hundreds were killed when tbilisi attacked its breakaway republic in august two thousand and eight r.t. correspondent natalia was following the commemorations in the south of certain capital. several sorry monies have been help their publics president who are quite delayed grief stole the places that have become symbols that were bogus two thousand and eight here in c involve one of those places was a local school number six nearby which a lot of people have been killed and it has become involved has become one of the places where reefs are laid annually in a small village of he thought i would have outside of involved and museum called museum over burned soldiers was open it basically looks like dozens of burned down cars put in a circle with a monument in between them many families have died in those cars trying to scape south say to as the war broke out and they were simply burned down by the georgian tanks first racoon began last night at eleven thirty five pm that's moment here in south t

from south ossetia well following the conflict in south ossetia russia decided to recognize the independence of the republic and another georgian breakaway region. on a visit to the. present dimitri medvedev has spoken about the reasons behind the move. the decision russia made after the military conflict wasn't an easy one but time is shown it was the right move for the existence of the uprising in south the city people was at the time under threat and if those decisions weren't made the situation would have been totally different. present event have also said he was glad to see life changing for the better in the region and promised that russia would continue to help with reconstruction the next step is likely to be the resumption of direct travel to a cause which was stopped after georgia's war with the republic in the early one nine hundred ninety s. coming from the russian capital twenty four hours a day good to have you with us still to come in the next few minutes the food for thought farmers in hungary say that being starved of business by e.u. policies and are treated more like a co

look at our main news stories again but just ahead now on the second anniversary of the war in south ossetia spoke exclusively to the country's president. shared his experience of the conflict and told us how he sees things now. fair enough that would have been the other thought mr president let's start our interview with the reasons for georgia's aggression against south of setia which happened in spite of negotiations between the conflicting parties would russia support these negotiations were approaching a successful result but they didn't stop those events from happening what can. i do like to thank your colleagues from r.t. and other russian channels that were bravely operating here during that time they witnessed inhumanity and aggression demonstrated by the georgian side systems prior to that both russia and south assess where we're trying to restart the negotiation process took a special ambassador a year a pop off was here then with his help we reach an agreement with the georgian side to restart negotiations on the eighth at noon so we started receiving visitors discussing the gend

reach roaring over the region's map it began with georgia shutting its that breakaway region of south ossetia destroying part of the capital russia sent in troops to protect people in the republic including many russian passport holders some of whom were forced to hide in based on. growth in five days georgian troops had been pushed out several countries have since recognized south in session independence putting russia. did not pick up a cup of the events two years ago says that life in the republic is gradually returning to normal. the reconstruction of infrastructure is in full swing and i can say that i do see progress a lot of buildings have been reconstructed of course there are still those buildings with bullet holes in their wounds they're still buildings that are being reconstructed and you can see builders everywhere through this city as we move through this life point here in central square of team ball itself the city and capital reconstruction works are still underway there are still people who waiting to have returned to their homes and the local government promises them that th

from south ossetia well following the conflict in south ossetia russia decided to recognize the independence of the republic. georgian breakaway region because you present spoke about the reasons behind the move. the decision russia made after the military conflict wasn't an easy one but time is shown it was the right move for the existence of the uprising in south the city and people was of the time under threat and if those decisions weren't made the situation would have been totally different. currently on a visit to president medvedev said he was glad to see life changing for the better in the region and promised that russia would continue to help with reconstruction the next step is likely to be the resumption of direct air travel to the area which was stopped after georgia's war with the republic in the early one nine hundred ninety s. . this is. coming up in just a few minutes from now spelling out the problems you can feel no access to education in india is holding back the country's economic potential. the first sixty five years since two japanese cities. became the only places on e

not the politicians that suffer it's the people tens of thousands of georgians used to live in south ossetia for decades and when the shelling and the bombing of south the city began they were forced to flee and they flee they fled to georgia but as they found out not all georgians are actually welcome in georgia. when the war ends some wounds heal faster than others these people were forced to flee their homes leaving everything behind to escape the shelling and explosions in their native towns and villages but though the run away from war they cannot find solace in peace. president's head is in the clouds he has no idea how refugees live we're supposed to get new homes by twenty eleven but then just prom. we don't believe anything will be done all of them are georgians from a cause in south a city or some were forced to flee two years ago during the south a city or war others have been here in tbilisi since the early one nine hundred ninety s. which though the first violence erupt between georgia and its then breakaway regions for two years the refugees have lived in a dilapidated building

prepared we didn't even announce mobilization so that the international community would not malaysia south ossetia could provoke it and aggravating the situation we only call to arms on the eight of us we would doing everything possible to avoid that scenario however the georgian side had been preparing for this attack with the help of the nato experts at the moment of the attack there were one hundred seventy u.s. military advisers who hadn't left georgia as they weren't prepared for such consequences in the later they had a problem trying to leave georgia so simple i believe the country that had organized such. actions had to be judged for them alongside with georgia the us is the e.u. and the r.c.a. the observer those who left south are said before the attack are responsible for it . as an international organization at the opportunity to influence georgia but unfortunately they didn't use it for some reason my. chest the other terrorists mr president it's been two years since the day of george's attack on south of setia how do you says today's security situation. was not too. many things have c

south ossetia remembers the hundreds killed in the street conflict with two years off it's a policeman shelled the sweeping republic leaving its capital. plus for the first time in sixty five years since an atomic bomb devastated the russian america's sons and envoy to the morals of others but no apology. we are featuring this week's top stories here on welcome to the program while dangerous levels of pollution destructed flights blanket of smoke of a moscow stinging the eyes and sticking in the throat the forest fires caused by a record breaking heat wave across central russia making life for millions miserable fifty two people are now dead. five hundred have been injured and many more have lost their homes aussies and you go to prison officers in the badly affected moscow region it's very hard to breathe in fact the ecological situation is still critical the small is very thick and visibility is really poor and as soon as i'm done with the report i'm going to put on this mask is the only way to feel at least a little bit comfortable since of this the small and pollution is also worse

south ossetia remembers the hundreds killed in the war with georgia two years often three seashell the republic leaving its capital all but razed to the ground. also japan's motto sixty five years since an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima for the first time since that deadly event washington sent an envoy to the memorial service but still offer his no apology. and time now for the latest from the world of sports with. hello welcome to sport in our it's a coming to you from moscow. and ourselves stories. russian premier league all the latest action from week sixteen while a couple of matches get cancelled in moscow due to heavy small surrounding the capital. football is back in europe fire munich claims the german super cop a sub clubs kick off their domestic contango. high octane drivers gear up for the first ever russian stage of the european truck racing championship. and kick off with football in the russian premier league where on g have made a victorious return to their home pitch handing struggling and car their fourth straight loss the druggist on side play two home games on

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 gathered for their requiem that lasted until six o'clock in the morning they stayed here for hours holding candles and remembering the victims and other topics president addressed his people trying to reassure them and give them some hope that their if the situation will never be repeated it's simply similar ceremonies are held throughout the republic another big one is held in the village of that suffered the most from georgian aggression that was nearly completely destroyed there today and museum of thirty souls is opened to remember all the victims a lot of people wearing black in south the city it's a very sad atmosphere here indeed but not to forget that i

while on the second anniversary of the war in south ossetia r.t. spoke exclusively to the country's president edwarda took scuse me shared his experience of the conflict he told us how he sees things now. the not that would have been the other thing mr president let's start our interview with the reasons for george's aggression against which happened in spite of negotiations between the conflict and parties willing russia's support for all these negotiations were approaching a successful result but they didn't start those events from happening what i can tell i'm a hostile so. i like to thank your colleagues from r.t. and other russian channels they were bravely operating here during that time they witnessed inhumanity and aggression demonstrated by the georgian side and their systems prior to that both russia and south a sense here were trying to restart the negotiation process a couple of special ambassador a year a policy was head then but with his help we reached an agreement with the georgian side to restart negotiations on the its new niggle

and south ossetia wants to reconcile with the georgian people but not with those who have blood on their hands that's according to the republic's president eduard kokoity his interviews coming up in about fifteen minutes time here in r.t. . so the stream we're not going to talk to the criminal regime or president saakashvili international criminals it's the judges of the hague who should actually talk to them as with the georgian people we should try to establish relations with them and with the leadership which they but only not with us know that what you. and hiroshima is marking the sixty fifth anniversary of the day it was devastated by u.s. launched nuclear attack more than one hundred forty thousand people died either in the blast or of radiation poisoning after the u.s. dropped the bomb in the final days of the second world war there was a surprise at this year's ceremony as the u.s. sent a representative for the first time that's ever happened while the u.s. amber waves of tennis was viewed as a step in the right direction some in japan also want to official apology especially as

battles the georgian troops were pushed to the back several countries have since recognized in the south ossetia russia the first austria. helping rebuild the republic of georgia maintains the country is still part of its territory but talking of a cover is in the second capitals can vote for. a lot of buildings have been reconstructed of course there are still those buildings with bullet holes in their wounds there are still buildings that are being reconstructed and you can see builders everywhere through this city there are still people who waiting to have returned to their homes and their local government promises them that their houses will be rebuilt over the next year but most of the work has already been done a lot of schools are now functioning again and hospitals local university however still lies in ruins hundreds more investments to be reconstructed this winter however the gas pipeline from russia has finally been built in this winter people here had central heating something they were deprived of officer at the brewery because georgia council just gas supplies to sell for says here

south ossetia remembers the hundreds killed in the war with georgia two years after tbilisi shelled the republic leaving its capital all but razed to the ground. also japan sixty five years since an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima for the first time since that deadly event washington sent an envoy to the memorial service but still offers no apology. this week saw another round of violence including a stunning we spoke to the country's interior minister on what's behind the unrest stay with us. the central asian state of kurdistan has recently seen a lot of violence and unrest the temporary interim government is trying to do all it can to restore stability to the country once again to talk a little bit more about how that is going to happen r t is talking to the minister of internal affairs mr bible of the survival thank you so much for devoting some of your time to us still. the most recent events in kurdistan the recent opposition rally that was dispersed by riot police. is there any chance of that happening again in the near future do you think. firstly i'd like to clarify what r

and south ossetia saw a real conflict but coming up our special report looks a hell of a georgia news report about a russian invasion cause nationwide panic that's about an hour's time here in r.t. . one of the key elements of democracy which is so uncomfortable for me authorities. who pays for the news. how dependent dues this independent media. and who is behind the t.v. story. georgia media fiction and reality on. hiroshima is marking the sixty fifth anniversary of the day was devastated by u.s. launch nuclear attack and more than one hundred forty thousand people died either in the blast or of radiation pies or poisoning after the u.s. dropped the bomb in a file days of the second world war there was a surprise of this year's ceremony as the u.s. sent a representative the first time that's ever happened while the u.s. envoys attendance was viewed as a step in the right direction some in japan also want to vishal apology especially as there are some victims who are still suffering the consequences even now are to shun thomas' and hiroshima and sent us this report. at eight fifteen

inhumanity and aggression demonstrated by the georgian side systems prior to that both russia and south ossetia were trying to restart the negotiation process a couple of special ambassador a year a pop up it was here then but with his help we reach an agreement with the georgian side to restart negotiations on the it's new to go so we started receiving visitors to discussing the agenda and so on the same night we heard the georgian president's speech on his unilateral decision to withdraw all georgian armed forces from the conflict zone he called us his brothers and admitted his responsibility for the a setian population that cetera at the same time we watched armed forces and equipment moving towards up the city after it was and we didn't see changes in their actions or intentions so we expressed our worries we were also concerned that the cia members who were staying in south to set the letter to the republic for hours before the aggression began didn't have at the time the three party international peacekeepers mission was located here under the dagger and these agreements included represen

correspondents in georgia natalie overcover in south ossetia well coming up later today our special report looks at the role of the media in the georgia or by president mikhail saakashvili. one of the key elements of democracy. which is so uncomfortable for me or for. who pays for the new. how dependent is this independent media. and who is behind the t.v. story. george media. and reality on. hiroshima is marking sixty five years since it was devastated by a us launched nuclear attack it was in the final days of the second world war that the u.s. dropped the bomb more than one hundred forty thousand people died either in the blast or due to radiation poisoning while there was a surprise at this year's i'm sorry but i was but u.s. sent a representative the first time that's ever happened un secretary general ban ki moon was also there to commemorate the anniversary and this trip was his first of the event as well now despite this international attention there is still a group of victims in japan but only now getting the help and recognition that they deserve. thomas says in hiroshima and se

yes she is a georgian who lives in south ossetia he was born here in didn't leave his home even during the war he has a small farm and keeps a reasonably sized garden needs but watching this family was swallow's is his favorite past time he says. he is it safe for you an ethnic georgian to live here in south a city especially after two years ago georgia atop this republic you are going to have it is safe here no one is bothering us the city and were saying don't worry don't go away stay even during the war no one came and told us a leave. the overwhelming majority of the population in this a city in the village we yashin these are georgians most are farmers or small skilled trades as some regularly travel to georgia as that's where they nearest hospital. this is a checkpoint controlled by russian border guards they hear not only to secure the republic but also to guarantee free movement of the locals who live in this segment to georgia and back this is essential as many of them have relatives on both sides of the front. here is your boss border brink you. the roads are bad and displace

the georgian government rejects the independence of abkhazia and south ossetia. russia says the missiles have been deployed to defend the regions from georgia's military. georgia says the deployment shows that russia is strengthening its military control over their territories. on sunday russian president dmitry medvedev visited abkhazia and pledged to help it improve infrastructure in an apparent show of support for its independence. >>> thursday marks the 25th anniversary of japan's deadliest air disaster, which killed over 500 people. relatives of the victims are commemorating the tragedy by climbing a mountain to visit the crash site. the japan airlines boeing 747 went down in the osutaka ridge in gunma prefecture north of tokyo on august 12th, 1985, killing 520 people on board. on early thursday morning bereaved family members and officials of the airline began scaling the mountain to mourn the victims. they'll place flowers on a mountain cenotaph for the victims. >> the mourning ceremony is to be held later in the evening. the relatives will offer a silent