prison system the release will come as a mass hunger strike continues in some california prisons and update on both sides of the story later on in the show. good evening it's monday august fifth eight pm here in washington d.c. i marinate and you're watching our two. now new reports over the weekend from the guardian show that house members looking for more information about face the courts were turned down by the house intelligence committee repeatedly now according to these reports the house intel committee also considered censoring congressman alan grayson a florida for distributing guardian reports of n.s.a. slides this is information already published in a major international newspaper now to house members representative morgan griffiths of virginia and representative alan grayson repeatedly requested information about the n.s.a. from the house intelligence committee both congressmen were denied access by the committee which turned down their request with a secret voice vote which they said also they were not allowed to see now the two congressmen send their attempts to get info

lawsuit against nevada they claim nevada gave hundreds of psychiatric patients a one way ticket to california more on this clash later in today's show. it's thursday august twenty second five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t well the obama administration is trying to beat its critics to the punch in the wake of the n.s.a. surveillance scandal they're coming clean in a way any way the white house released documents dealing with the foreign intelligence surveillance court and the ruling that came out in two thousand and eleven after the electronic frontier foundation filed a freedom of information act request pretty recently in the documents the court lambaste of the national security agency for illegally collecting as many as fifty six thousand e-mails from innocent people each year over a three year period then the n.s.a. proceeded to misrepresent the size and scope of that collection to the fisa court former surveillance court judge john bates wrote to the two thousand and eleven october decision saying quote the court is troubled that the government's revelati

instead of barbara california. there are the people who are bailed out booted from their jobs or busted for financial fraud but still c.e.o.'s are among the highest earning people in america despite their job performance that is a new report released by the institute for policy studies discovered that forty percent of the top earning c.e.o.'s in the past twenty years have had serious performance issues the report found that forty percent of all top honors were fired or forced to retire but don't worry about them the average severance package was about forty seven point seven million dollars another twenty two percent of those people ran companies that needed to be eventually bailed out to break down the numbers zoe carpenter is a reporter for the nation and she joins me now zoe let's start off with your article you wrote an article on this very issue and in it you said quote one of the great american delusions is mediocracy the idea that everyone competes on an even playing field and then gets whatever they deserve

well court in one word we're willing to follow a lawsuit because california taxpayers are footing the bill for something that we shouldn't and we let them know on tuesday that we are ready to go to court to get our taxpayers' money back and you said something specific there you said california instead of san francisco how widespread is this program to go beyond san francisco other jurisdictions in sanford and california are conduct their own investigations of mr brown here mentioned earlier is actually someone who was busted sacramento and they are conducting their investigation as well the five hundred thousand dollar figure reflects just the city of san francisco the city and county if other figures come to light later because other jurisdictions conclude their investigations and come up with dollar figures then them will compile a larger figure and they will decide what legal action they might want to take but this practice is absolutely widespread beyond san francisco we know of several other cases which this is the case gabriel is there any indication of what happened so these pe

the waters of california santa barbara post tightest secret for years now there's been offshore fracking even though there are no regulations and the coast was once trashed by an oil spill we'll tell you more coming up. pay raises and bonuses are usually the rewards for doing good work but that's not the case for many of the nation's top c.e.o.'s especially at a time of growing wealth inequality more on that later in tonight's show. it's friday august thirtieth eight pm in washington d.c. and lopez and you are watching r.t. we begin our newscast tonight in syria president obama and his cabinet are still deliberating on whether or not the u.s. should become militarily involved in syria and if so to what extent earlier today secretary of state john kerry addressed the public reiterating administration rhetoric against president bashar al assad and his military is alleged use of chemical weapons listen to our concern is not just about some far off. oceans away that's not what this is about our concern with the claws of the defenseless people of syria is about choices that will directly affe

surprise state lawmakers have called for a federal investigation the california independent petroleum association claims fracking is being used on shore millions of times and has a strong safety record environmentalist disagree fracking is an inherently dangerous technology and really what we're talking about today is only fifty for the last time to fifteen years so this is an entirely new generation of truly no oil and natural gas extraction oil companies like de corps of a no go set their sights on the senate barbara channel which was also the site of a catastrophic oil spill back in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine two hundred thousand gallons of crude spread across the channel and on to the nearby beaches the black mass killed thousands of animals and sparked the modern environmental movement walking down this sandy paradise it's difficult to believe that this used to be covered in black sludge and that this beach was littered with dying and oily birds decades after the infamous santa barbara oil spill this pristine piece of coastline is once again the focus of some controver

now these procedures occurred at two california prisons the california institute for women in corona and the valley state prison for women in law former inmates accuse prison medical staff of coercing women who they deemed likely to return to prison in the future and get them sterilized this was a direct indirect violation of prison rules and state lawmakers are confronting the problem head on they said quote when we first heard of this issue we acted quickly and strongly because we all understand that this is about fairness and dignity this is at the core of basic dignity and human rights we need as a public safety committee to send a clear message to all californians that we will not accept less as of right now no legislation has been introduced but lawmakers say that the tax will include more oversight and education for prison officials and doctors about federal law. well you may have heard the phrase why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free but what about something with a little slack toe some talking of course about why our american consumers have drank their way to nu

your home is mine for the city of richmond california is saying to homeowners an effort to help those with underwater mortgages the city is using eminent domain to seize homes with homeowner consent then sell the home back to them at a lower price but as usual all such well intended at birth have unintended consequences and those consequences are being expressed and escaping life saved by those who ended up owning the. securitized mortgage bonds that would include the pension funds which are now facing losses if the suit fails and several other cities are considering a similar eminent domain scheme so the ultimate risk is banks will be less willing to grant loans that the government simply imposes losses m.v.s. investors will be less likely to buy any and freddie paper and mortgage rates will needlessly write. and apples on a roll after winning a presidential intervention against samsung recently a federal appeals court just ruled and their favor and a dispute with motorola ironically while the samsung sued what have prevented apple from importing at.

in santa monica california. are. while this week marks the anniversary of the atomic catastrophes on hiroshima and nagasaki japan today japanese attention turns to other nuclear concerns tensions in japan are rising over the radioactive water leaking into the pacific ocean from the country's crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant which was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami of two thousand and eleven to discuss the current state of affairs if i was joined earlier by paul gunter director of reactor oversight project the reactor oversight project at beyond nuclear dot org i started off by asking him how long the contaminated water had been leaking into the pacific ocean. likely since the explosions in the meltdown fukushima daiichi in march of two thousand and eleven that is quite a long time now how much and what sort of radiation is leaking into the pacific i know there's all different types that you can explain a little detail well clearly what we've seen now is the movement of radioactive hydrogen tritium w

works congressman adam shift representing california twenty eighth district thank you so much for coming on. now last week you might remember the house of representatives nearly defunded these n.s.a. domestic spying programs and a razor thin vote on the air matia amendment r t serenade has some interesting numbers about why members of congress voted in the way they did. last wednesday an extremely important vote took place in congress it was the house vote on the emotion amendment now proposed by michigan representative republican justin amash the amendment was designed to forbid the n.s.a. from spending any money on collecting americans phone records however the house voted two hundred five votes to two hundred seventeen in favor of not reigning in the n.s.a.'s phone fine dragnet and it turns out that the two hundred seventeen people who voted no receive twice as much campaign financing from the defense industry as those who voted yes and take a look at this data compiled by open secrets dot org and analyzed by a nonprofit organization mathlete representatives that voted against the emo

wildfires in california are spreading further into new so many national park the fire which is now thirty percent contained is threatening san francisco water supply due to ash falling on to a major reservoir the blaze that began two weeks ago has left no casualties behind but has destroyed more than one hundred buildings and campsite. with the damage from the floods in russia's far east reaching almost a billion dollars president putin has been urging local officials to step up their response the disaster has seen many thousands evacuated farmland and homes destroyed and entire towns devastated are caught has more. this man is one of thousands in russia's far east waiting nervously his garden submerged and soon his ground floor could also be taken over by the amel rivers rising levels the consequences of which are unthinkable. after this flood i'll be made homeless what would do if the house is entirely submerged this is the village of lenin square in the jewish autonomous region in russia's far east the other may drive the school bus during term time but for now he's found a scorching r

wildfires in california are spreading further into yosemite national park of the fire which is now thirty percent contained is threatening san francisco which is the plot to ash falling onto a major reservoir the blaze that began two weeks ago has left no casualties behind but it has destroyed more than one hundred buildings and temp sites. in northern afghanistan police say twelve people including a district chief have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a mosque around twenty others are said to be wounded no groups have so far claimed responsibility but suspicions have fallen on the taliban incident reportedly occurred during the funeral of a tribal leader who died the day before north afghanistan has been the country's least volatile area in recent years but has seen a surge in attacks ahead of the twenty four thousand made to withdraw. with the damage from the floods in russia's far east so reaching almost a billion dollars president putin has been urging local officials to step up their response the disaster has seen many thousands evacuated farmland and homes destroyed and entir

and our website for you right now students at a california high school have been warned to tweet their status in social media only according to the school's rules or phase being stripped of extra curricular activities plus. find out how the likes of mcdonald's and wendy's are said to be pulling all the blood sweat tears and money out of their staff in america and check out what the employees of the fast food giants are doing about it at r t dot com. now with a damage from the floods in russia's far east reaching almost a billion dollars president putin has been urging local officials to step up their response the disaster has seen many thousands of accu waited farmland in homes destroyed and entire towns devastated scott has more this man is one of thousands in russia's far east waiting nervously he's gotten submerged and soon his ground floor could also be taken over by the amel rivers rising levels the consequences of which are unthinkable you know. after this flood i'll be made homeless what would i do with the houses entirely submerged. this is the village of lenin square in the je

well to california now where the u.s. district court judge belton henderson has granted prison doctors permission to force feed inmates who are on hunger strike the ruling says if and maids are near death the doctor may step in even if the inmate had previously signed an order stating their intentions and asking not to be resuscitated right now one hundred thirty six inmates in california are participating in a strike to protest isolation policies the prisons use as many as seventy could be force fed in the coming days as a result if this ruling but is this practice really legal and if if it is it ethical to discuss this and more i'm joined now by rod ron and ernie he's professor of politics at st mary's college ron thank you so much for joining me so is there a legal precedent in the u.s. for force feeding unfortunately there is this has it has been going on in there we also know that it's happened illinois in the state of new york but who are really really upset and disappointed that city c.r. is decided to go this rout

images of a massive wildfire that has destroyed more than twenty five homes and a commercial building in california let's get it resolved for plenty of other world events all on our team. right to see. first street. and i think richard. on our reporters with the. instrument. i. see in the little. the new russian law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors has taken the upcoming torture winter olympics hostage there have been protests by gay rights activists throughout europe and in the us renowned author stephen fry suggested most that she's used to being rejected activist and when with the words sort of a boy called man not thinking russian locked up a comment is stepped in saying sports should be available to all in the new no will not of bag those attending the games but as journalist neil clark believe that the reason for criticism lives be on gay rights in nazi germany homosexuals really were discriminated against they were put into concentration camps and killed in large numbers and of course this is not happening in russia today if it was i'd be the first person said we go to russia

seemed worryingly higher over sixteen trillion dollars but according to a study by the university of california america's debt is actually four times higher at seventy trillion dollars but how much is that really well let's compare these sums to the world's most valuable company so as you can see the official u.s. debt figure of over sixteen trillion equates to forty apple empire's bar professor hamilton studies found that the u.s. has over seventy trillion dollars of unaccounted for debts which would make up a total of one hundred and sixty five apples and that's not all it turns out that even seventy trillion dollars may be an underestimate of former economic adviser for president reagan professor courtly calls reckons a more accurate figure would be two hundred and eleven trillion dollars which in our apple analogy is five hundred times the size of the world's most valuable company. so whatever figure economists come up with although they may defy all the estimates show one common factor they are enormous and it raises the question of how much longer such extraordinary debt levels can be sus

over our website dot com force feeding at guantanamo bay seems to have inspired a federal judge in california he's given orders for the highly controversial practice to be used to break up a prison and a strike in the golden state when we get more on that a lot of people concerned about out he don't come also getting a lot of clicks tonight to the first tender of spanish fishing boats that says staged a protest now in those disputed waters near job role to meet the escalating tensions between london and madrid over the territory find out what sparked all this a little while back at r.t. dot com. turkey's prime minister has accused israel of orchestrating last month's military coup in egypt tabata one also claims western powers are working to undermine other country's democracies to add a one cited an unnamed jewish intellectually apparently met in france two years ago who claimed the quote muslim brotherhood wouldn't be in power even if it won the election and quote meanwhile the past week's turmoil in egypt almost a thousand lives both civilian and law enforcement the latest attacks and twen

a representing wildfire has forced thousands of americans to see their homes in southern california five people have so far been injured and ten homes destroyed officials are say another five hundred homes are now at risk a thousand firefighters helicopters and tank planned planes have now been called in to tackle the blaze. israel has also rise eight hundred homes to be build in occupied west bank terror dream peace talks with the palestinians as opposed to resume on aug fourteenth after a stalemate of almost three years but it's feared that this new development a will put a spanner in the works after israeli settlement expansion in twenty two and brought the last talks to a grinding halt. right up next. seven home and if they end cia chief michael hayden and safety. everyone respects a promise written in stone a promise is written on the internet well they're a bit more flexible and a lot easier to erase obama made a lot of promises as a candidate on his site change dot gov including some about protecting whistleblowers and obama said that we need to empower federal employees as watchd

and now to california where firefighters are still battling a massive forest fire near the u. some of the national park nearly seventy eight thousand hectares of woodland have so far been destroyed san francisco water supply is now under threat ash is falling into one of the city's major reservoirs the fire has been raging for over a week now and destroyed more than one hundred buildings. well it's going to be at least the and of september until conditions improve in russia's far east where intense flooding has wrecked entire towns and devastated the area's viable agriculture while thousands of families are sheltering in emergency accommodation others are staying behind to protect what's left of their property both scott reports from the flood ravaged region. this man is one of thousands in russia's far east waiting nervously his garden submerged and soon his ground floor could also be taken over by the amel rivers rising levels the consequences of which are unthinkable you know well after this flood i'll be made homeless what would do if the house is entirely submerged this i

a rapid spreading wildfire has forced thousands of americans to flee their homes in southern california five people have so far been injured and ten homes destroyed officials say another five hundred homes are now at risk thousand firefighters helicopters and tanker planes have been called in to tackle the blaze. israel has authorized eight hundred homes to be built in occupied west bank territory peace talks with the palestinians are supposed to resume on the fourteenth of august after a stalemate of almost three years but it's feared this new development will put a spanner in the works after israeli settlement expansion in two thousand and ten brought the last august to a grinding halt. russia's immigration laws just got tougher with harsher penalties for not only illegal workers themselves but also those businesses who choose to hire them millions of people come to russia without permission a situation in which the authorities are struggling to get control. i mean absolutely they came here thinking it's the road to opportunity but instead in many found themselves on their way back ho

images of a massive wildfire that has destroyed more than twenty five homes and a commercial building in california plus galleries for plenty of other world events . right on the scene. first for you and i would think that you're. on our reporters would. be in the. hundreds of gay rights activists have staged a protest in belgium in front of the russian consulate there were rallying and continued a wave of demonstrations against a new russian law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors the main focus of the protest is to words the sochi winter olympics which activists hope will be moved elsewhere but some statements have been raising more than a few eyebrows for example renowned actor stephen fry compared president putting to hitler and how he treated minorities the olympic committee stepped in saying sports should be available to all and the new law will not affect those attending the games british journalist neil clark believes the reason for criticism lies beyond gay rights. in nazi germany homosexuals really were discriminated against they were putting to concentration camps and killed

wildfires in california are spreading further into new summit in national park a u.s. or east landmark the state officials are battling the blaze trying to stop it from clouding a holiday weekend labor day on sunday the fire which is all thirty percent contained also threatens san francisco's water supply due to ash falling on a key reservoir the fires there begin to lisa go left no casualties behind but destroyed more than one hundred buildings and tents. at these ten people have died of from dangerous fever in pakistan's largest city karate it's reported that around thirty five people are being admitted to hospitals with symptoms of disease on a daily basis or thorazine claim the situation is under control and that treatment is being provided free to curb the spread meanwhile health officials say the fever has already affected six areas of the country with over eight hundred eight hundred cases confirmed in southern sing province. where material damage from the mess of lives in russia's far east region almost a billion dollars present bridges are been urging local of

a rapid spreading wildfire has falls thousands of americans to flee their homes in southern california five people have so far been injured and ten homes destroyed officials say another five hundred five hundred homes are now at risk thousands of firefighters helicopters and tanker planes have been called in to tackle the blaze. russia's immigration laws just got tough with harsh is harsh penalties for not only illegal workers themselves but also those the businesses who choose to hire them millions of people come to russia without permission a situation which the authorities are struggling to get under control artie's you got these going off reports. i mean absolutely they came here thinking it's the road to opportunity but instead in many found themselves on their way back home we were working and then all of a sudden police rushed in and detained us. over one thousand illegal workers were arrested this week alone so many in fact that a temporary camp had to be set up to house those awaiting deportation several human rights organizations have criticized the conditions the migrants ar

dot com force feeding a ton of a base seems to have inspired a federal judge in california he's now given orders for the highly controversial practice to be used to break up prison hunger strikes in the golden state and get more on that story or to call. for tiller of faddish fishing boats staged a protest in disputed waters with your brawl to remit escalating tensions between london and madrid over the territory again fun of a spotlight on an animosity here go on for months now oxy dot com. turkey's prime minister claims israel has a hand in the coup that took place on the third of july in cairo where the one says that they have evidence of television was involvement in the overthrow of egypt's former president morsi he also accuses the west of trying to grouse control of other country's democracies and one cited in the names of jewish intellectuals that he met in france two years ago who claimed quote the muslim brotherhood won't be in power even if it wins the election meantime the past week's turmoil in egypt claimed almost a thousand lives both civilian and law enforcement the latest

you want to check it out to force fit in at guantanamo bay seems to have inspired a federal judge in california we got the story that he's given orders for the highly controversial practice to be used to break up a prison and destroy in the golden state more than r.t. dot com i'm a following this up to a flotilla now of spanish fishing boats to stage to protest in disputed waters near gibraltar amid ongoing at escalating tension between london and madrid over the territory find out what sparked it all calm. turkey's prime minister has accused israel of orchestrating last month's military coup in egypt to do and also claims western powers are working to undermine other country's democracies to do and cited an unnamed jewish intellectual that he apparently met in france two years ago who claimed the muslim brotherhood wouldn't be in power even if it won the election meanwhile the past week's turmoil in egypt now claimed almost a thousand lives both civilian and in law enforcement with the latest attack indeed same twenty five policeman ambushed and executed the chaos in the country's racy is that

your home is mine for the city of richmond california is saying to homeowners an effort to help those with underwater mortgages the city is using eminent domain to seize homes with homeowner consent then sell the homes back to them at a lower price but as usual all such well intended efforts have unintended consequences and those consequences are being expressed and escaping lawsuits by those who ended up owning the securitized mortgages that would include the pension funds which are no place in losses if this suit fails and several other cities are considering a similar eminent domain scheme.

huge wildfire in california as you saw many national park is continuing to spread ten days after it broke out forcing people in small mountain communities to evacuate their homes the flames fanned by high winds and dry conditions are also edging closer to a reservoir that san francisco depends on for its water supplies around three thousand firefighters and a dozen helicopters are battling the blaze. well it brings us up to date here in our team and time now for the sports update with kate partridge. technology innovation all these developments around russia. that you covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. choose your language. because we know if you're going to say still some. choose to use the consensus here to. choose the opinions that immigrate to. quit choose the stories that impact the life choose the access to your office. hello and welcome to the r t s

a rapid spread in wildfire has forced thousands of americans to flee their homes in southern california five people have so far been injured and ten homes destroyed officials say another five hundred homes are now at risk a thousand firefighters helicopters and tanker planes have been called in to tackle the blaze. israel has authorized eight hundred homes to be built in occupied west bank territory peace talks with the palestinians are supposed to resume on aug fourteenth after a stalemate of almost three years but it's feared this new development will put a spanner in the works after israeli settlement expansion in twenty ten brought the last talks to a grinding halt. u.s. journal strikes in yemen has killed up to fourteen suspected militants according to officials the attacks come a day after authorities say they had foiled a massive al qaeda terror plot in the region the u.s. and other western states close their diplomatic missions earlier this week amid fears of an islamist attack but some analysts have believe america's joan strikes are contributing to militant recruitment rather

massive wildfire in california continues to stream through. my national park edging closer to a larger reservoir that provides most of san francisco's water supply the blaze has also damaged two hydroelectric plants or so in the city to buy energy from other sources more than three thousand five hundred firefighters are battling to control the blaze that's been raging for eleven days. a political scandal has forced the brazilian foreign minister to resign after he helped a fugitive bolivian senator just leave raja bindo was granted asylum at the brazilian embassy in la paz last year and the minister use his diplomatic immunity to snatch at the opposition politician and get him across the border window is accused of fourteen crimes in believing in corruption but denies the charges. the u.k. government has been spending hundreds of billions of pounds to tackle homelessness no matter how much cash is doled out the situation doesn't seem to be improving in fact there's an increasing share of young people are monkeys sleeping rough archies a surfer

state of california where firefighters have contained a twenty percent of the wildfires always continue to sweep through you see mick national park the blazes are edging closer to a large reservoir that provides ways of their francisco's water supply the flames have also damaged two hydroelectric plants force in the city to switch to other pass or says more than three thousand five hundred firefighters are battling to control the fire which has been raging for eleven days now in the u.k. police have launched a probe into who is responsible for sending a cd with part of graphic images and pictures of the prophet mohammed to several mosques in london it's just the latest in a chain of provocative acts that have heightened tensions between muslims and other parts of british society which is tells us all here when to find out what it takes to bridge the religious divide. my name is gavin baby and i'm the lawyer behind you and freedom foundation we start. that is we help local neighborhoods resist planning applications for mosques and we went that's now sixteen wins out of eighteen cases a c

a massive wildfire in california continues to sweep birds through seventeen national park or edging closer to a larger reservoir that provides the most of san francisco's water supply the blaze has also damaged two hydroelectric plants forcing the city to switch to other power sources more than three thousand five hundred firefighters are battling to control the fire which has been raging for eleven days. the venezuelan government has said for all day and as cessation attempt on president jury or this month arresting two presumed hit men in the capital caracas officials say they were working on orders from former venezuelan leader. it's not the first time venezuela has said it's too real in assassination plot against the president the most recent was two months ago reportedly orchestrated from colombia and the united states. stay with us for math cause i think you'll be delving into the murky world of international finance in the kinds of reports coming up next. sometimes it seems like in the face of giant corporations people are just sort of helpless i could be pretty pessimistic myself a

they take go to jail ok let's let's let's take your own country where are you from originally from california. ok so i'm trying to. if you come to europe it's very corrupt but it's a wonderful place. at the end of the day if you take european states what has happened i think the whole idea of welfare state which comes with the idea of equality that every citizen has the right or this has the right of the second thing to the third has become a economy huge burden to that quantum human it the whole idea is development if you're quick enough if you change yourself if you're evolution doing big call it capital in social and then you'll survive but this is my view it all you can you can no make growth you could have economic growth you can create dividends you can create profit but you don't always create development ronnie it seems to me it's just another bubble being built again it's really it's going to run here because it seems to me it's putting it off putting it off you know i'm not sure what the it is putting it off i want to go back to a reckoning i think and i think what is new is the pac

a state of emergency declared in california after wildfires sweep into yosemite national park the blaze doubling in size overnight forcing san francisco to shut down transmission lines with fears it could further damage its power infrastructure while the fires have also led to the evacuation of hundreds from a nearby town officials say only five percent of the blaze has so far been contained. in colombia and he government protests turned violent with at least one person reported killed in the an arrest earlier this week the country's truckers and farmers held rallies against presidential reforms they say hurt their incomes police used tear gas to disperse the crowd after rioting demonstrators threw rocks and explosives at officers this is colombia's largest guerrilla group the fark walked away from peace talks with the government. and a mass rally staged in washington d.c. marking fifty years since martin luther king jr's i have a dream speech on civil rights thousands took to the streets voicing many of the voicing concerns over voting rights a spike in street violence and excessive us

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state of california after a raging wildfire swept into yosemite national park the blaze doubled in size overnight and forced the city of san francisco to shut down some power lines but the wildfires have also led to the evacuation of hundreds of people from a nearby town officials report that only five percent of the blaze is being contained to serve. now here on the program more than half a million brits could be losing their homes over a debt as small as a thousand pounds and that new regulation applies to people's unsecured loans as poorly both reports. frankie's ran up several thousand pounds worth of credit card bills that he can't pay off and because of new laws he could lose his home as a result new regulations state that an individual needs to own just a thousand pounds on their credit card or personal loans for a lender to force them to sell their home through court nobody asked me or twisted mile for somebody to take out the credit write that small doing until i like but the word unsecured was attached to it secured borrowing is borrowing that it isn't attached to anything ini

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state of california where firefighters have contained twenty percent of the wildfires which continue to see through your symmetry national park called into reports the blaze has close to a large reservoir that provides most of san francisco's water supply the flamers have also damaged to a hydroelectric plants force in the city to switch to other power sources more than three thousand five hundred firefighters are battling to control the blaze which has been raging for eleven days now. japan has raised the threat level ad to the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant to serious incident which is a level three out of seven on the international scale the decision was taken after consultations with the u.n. nuclear watchdog the main danger comes from a massive leak of contaminated water three hundred tons of which may have a reach the pacific and this is a great list a warning about fukushima since the tween eleven quake and tsunami caused the meltdown of three reactors. stay with us all for a true story he'd been spying adding treat in miami that's coming up next and documentary called

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