Documentary: Professional prisoners learning skills

In this eye-opening 25-minute documentary, we visit a prison in Russia that educates its prisoners, pays them well for their work and gives them skills for a chance of a better life on release.

RT has produced this interesting documentary about a penal colony in Russia.

While most people get their education or learn a trade at college or university, in this penal colony you can get an education totally free.

Some prisoners have learned to cook, grow vegetables and flowers. Others care for livestock, sell milk, raise pigs. There is a shop at the colony selling their produce, both to prisoners and also to people in the village nearby.... read more and watch video.

Video: Demolition of 5 cooling towers in controlled explosion

The video shows the controlled demolition of five cooling towers at a disused power station in Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom.

The cooling towers, located at High Marnham Power Station, have been standing for more than 50 years.

The coal-fired power station, located to the west of the River Trent, just south of the village of Dunham, Nottinghamshire, was closed in 2003... read more and watch video.

Freak tornadoes tear across Poland — 1 dead, 10 injured

Freak summer tornadoes have cut a swathe through Bory Tucholskie forest and the surrounding villages in Poland, killing one man.

The tornadoes have struck the west and north of Poland, in counties in Kujawy-Pomorze and Wielkopolska provinces.

The worst hit was Bory Tucholskie forest and the villages surrounding it, which is a national park and a popular tourist destination.

The forest was badly damaged by a twister that was between 800 and 1,000 meters wide, according to local media... read more and watch video.

21 people killed in floods in China, millions evacuated (video)

Torrential rain, floods and mudslides have continued to hit urban and rural areas in southern and central China. At least 21 people have been killed.

China's state broadcaster, CCTV has reported that the continuing floods are forcing residents to evacuate.

Floods, caused by torrential rains similar to those suffered in Russia, have killed 10 people in central China's Hubei province and affected 2 million more... read more and watch video.

Video: Russian man escapes death at gas station pile-up

It wasn't his time to go, as this man narrowly escapes death during a massive traffic accident involving five vehicles, at a gas station in Orenburg.

In the video, the man barely manages to escape death, and has probably been thanking his lucky stars ever since.

A bus carrying 30 passengers was heading down a busy street, when a Kamaz truck, driving in the opposite direction, suddenly made a left turn without giving way to traffic... read more and watch video.

Video: Cleanup underway in Krymsk, Russia

After the torrential rains caused massive flooding in the Krasnodar region of Russia, people are now trying to get their lives back together.

Digital Journal reported on the torrential rains, which caused flooding, landslides and mudslides in the southern resort region of Krasnodar.

170 people lost their lives, many being elderly people who were not able to leave their homes before the deluge struck. Thousands of homes were destroyed... read more and watch video.

Occupy Bohemian Grove: protesting the elite's secret ceremonies

Bohemian Grove, where the world's most elite men meet in secrecy every year. There have been ongoing protests for many years, but now Occupy is getting into the story.

Nestled in the woods of California, 2,700 acres of pristine land is broken down into dozens of camps, and for two weeks every July since the 1880s, they have been filled with some of the most wealthy and powerful men in the world.

While strange rituals are performed, the elite discuss their plans. The public is not allowed inside this elusive and secret event, but protesters have been in attendance outside the event for years... read more.

Video: Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft takes off for ISS

With a truly international team on board, the Soyuz spacecraft has taken off this morning, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazahkstan.

The Soyuz  TMA-05M spacecraft carrying the next crew for the International Space Station has successfully blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko and Japan's Akihito Hoshide will travel for two days before reaching their three colleagues already in place at the International Space Station... read more and watch launch.

260,000 people evacuated from flood areas in Japan (video)

As the death toll from floods and landslides in Japan rises to at least 20, around 260,000 people living in the affected area have been ordered to evacuate.

Digital Journal reported on July 12, on the record rains and mudslides in Japan. Since that date, the death toll has risen to at least 20 people dead.

Most of the dead were killed in landslides in and around the town of Aso, which is located at the foot of a volcano in Kumamoto prefecture. Kumamoto is one of 4 prefectures affected by the torrential rains and mudslides. Many of these were elderly people who were unable to leave their homes unassisted, as the water levels rose... read more.

Op-Ed: March against cuts, abuse of power & police repression (video)

The people of Málaga, Spain made themselves heard last night, as they marched in support of the coal miners, against the recent cuts, and against police abuse of power and repression.

Digital Journal recently reported on the coal miners from Northern Spain, who marched to Madrid to protest the budget cuts to the mining sector, which will effectively take away 38,000 jobs in the industry.

While the coal miners were demonstrating peacefully in Madrid, the government announced its latest austerity measures, including increases in VAT, which will push prices up generally throughout the country. The people simply cannot afford this. With 25% of Spaniards out of work, the new measures also reduce unemployment benefits. 50% of young Spaniards, most of whom have never been able to find a job, will get nothing.... read more and watch video of the event.