who may or may not survive the thinking of the present crew. the store people they give a very small crew may a proper burial. and three. lives we can hear from some of the survivors now about what they experience. what they want from. her. a little bit of the vessel sank within three minutes it flipped to the right swerved and went down we were literally thrown out that's how we survived our whole family was on that ship we lost everybody my wife and grandchildren two vessels have passed by and didn't even care to stop and reach out a helping hand we spent around two hours in the water before we were rescued i swam around searching for any survivors and couldn't find anybody there were

a lot of children on this ship they were all in the games room it was impossible for them to get out of there my grandson would be five years old tomorrow we went on this trip to celebrate his birthday. but she was sick of it we didn't talk it's just people basically buried alive as if in the metal sickle forgets we managed to get through the windows i was there with my ten year old daughter i couldn't risk here she swallowed too much whatever when it was pulled out with a realised my child was absent we don't know where to look for survivors there were a lot of children on board even more than ever this might only came ran into me and my husband two or three minutes before the ship sank and told us please we'll live checketts as the vessel listened and i couldn't believe it. you mean you were telephoning everyone trying to learn anything about john deal once one called the police but they said to contact the search and rescue service we did but there was no reply. so the game here to find out at least something didn't he and nobody

knows anything. it's horrible having the slightest knowledge of what's going on they should give us at least some information and that's going to search and rescue so this bad they don't answer the phone. so as you can have very good trusting found at the moment trying to find the culprit the hundred people who are still missing is proving something of a trial and boulder at that point is going to be far graver and very very formal from the nearest body or anything five it will be for trying to make it to the bank or the capturing of more i look around where the by the boat thanks for having him as we speak to try and let me and the five percent well known to be older both in one thousand nine hundred fifty five and it was a route that they didn't run and the difficulty at the moment not awful from

a few people of. the of the most. elite probably more than one. might have expected it. remained in the era. of the shipment of the fireball engine failure a modern mechanical problem at the moment that. you need to write about people. who will say we were passing by the man overboard we mediately started to lower the rescue boats into the water to bulgaria saying so quickly it couldn't. pick everybody up in the water it's a lucky coincidence who flew in the area because two other ships didn't even stop to help because arson is not that he's asleep but that was an account from someone on the ship which in the area. were not that bad you know they were a lot. how big eight by without stopping where they haven't been confirmed done

with what's happening it didn't quite fit but it did stop and pick up from people who are really good at close. up there's a lot more people on the team now but it will be many hours. and i find out what. more people. ok for now tom barton thank you for that update. well as we just heard from tom barton over one hundred people are still missing and feared dead in the tragedy with no official account as to why the ship went down jake agreed that brings us more details on how the search operation is progressing . officials there actually still looking for answers here a number of theories have already been put forward but must stress none of them of really being a firm just yet a prominent one is the fact that this been overloaded official capacity was one hundred forty people were. confirmed one hundred eighty five people were on board

of the time of its sinking also the age of this vessel was fifty five years old and there are questions being raised to whether or not it should have been used as a tourist boat on the revolver in the in the first place some is being stunned by reports of claims made by a crew member saying that had engine difficulties just before making this two day voyage to because although we have to bear in mind it's important to stress that the misha trust was said that it do have a record of this ship being given the all clear and that recently as the fifteenth of june of course it's their attention to really focus on finding more survivors and searching out for those missing. rescue operations are being carried out on board sure's started at first light while police are operating twenty four hours are doing there is as yet no information about those who have drowned riskier for asians are still ongoing some people might have been able to swim to the island

there are many islands about a kilometer away from where the ship sunk will continue their search until everyone is found aside from the distance the passage of have to swim to get to shore and of course the currents and other problems with to do with the weather is also the fact that this ship sank very quickly indeed in under three minutes giving people really no time to put on life vests. in the correct areas to get on the lifeboats and this is something you've heard from survivors who are on board and they've they report saying they're not too sure they don't really think that the crew members or any of those on board in charge actually did enough. to stop this boat going down it's such a quick time now those at the scene with those divers at the scene who have found the best so on the bottom of the river bed and base is actually been tipped to the rice and that may offer some clues in the future is to find out why this boat did sink but president medvedev is already said that there will need to be

a full of proper investigation into to find out more answers on this case the rescue effort is still really in full swing because there are many people missing now this is focusing along the volga river but also on those are islands nearby as well this is something as we mentioned by the emergencies minister. the main goal is to survey the sures divide them into sectors with people responsible for each other all the island should be checked for survivors and i want to see a final report only once we know for certain there's no one there to search likely to continue for some time now as scores still remain missing and of course the hope they can find more survivors. well that we can give you some more details about the ship itself the area was a double decker pleasure boat built in the former czechoslovakia in one hundred fifty five the ship was used for day trips along the volga river popular with tourists in the summer months attention to the age of the vessel with speculation

it played a role in the tragedy of the ship gone in the dating for more than fifty years russia's transport ministry confirmed it had undergone routine checks in the june was deemed to be safe the engines were checked when the ship was on the water as well as rescuing equipment vessel was capable of travelling at speeds of up to twenty two kilometers per hour. of course we'll be keeping you up to date on the rescue operation throughout the day here on r.t. . of the big news a major effort is being made to kick start the store that palestinian israeli peace talks. at least diplomatic quartet compromised u.n. russia european union and the u.s. will meet in washington later today because the ground to a halt last year when israel well to renew a partial freeze settlement construction west bank just indians so that their own

want recognition of their state in the recognized sixty seven borders parties paula smear visited one arab village which its former inhabitants say stands as a painful memory justice. nestled in the mountains of jerusalem are the remains of a once bustling out community only the memories of those who once lived here have survived intact i feel this not only have to come back and to be. in my village. to see the house since the spring. also to remind. my father. grew up among the cacti and fit trees but in one nine hundred forty eight just before the state of israel was declared his family evacuated and like the hundreds of villages that disappeared in forty eight and sixty seven most of the original houses of lifter are still here so they only we heard shooting. and shot the

crowd they will shoot do they move the whole the whole day with the hope that they will shoot through the. our mother took us inside the room in the corner and the table so as to protect us here cook was one of seven hundred thousand palestinians who became a refugee in one nine hundred forty eight his childhood home was quickly absorbed by the newly established jewish state almost livable as the man who lived his house and went in for it never the less if he was forced to do just because he was returned he is considered as absently. and he lost the property in the early one nine hundred fifty s. jews moved into the abandoned homes like you and your hundreds parents they were also refugees fleeing arab countries we life had become dangerous after israel was created these ready government sent them to live in lifter your nieces to prevent

arab owners from returning or undercurrent here on live here near as without water without electricity the came here. for memory here is a very important most of the original two hundred jewish families lived because life in the mountains was difficult and the government was slow to develop the area no one has lived in these houses for forty six years all that remains are stone walls where wild flowers and grass grow if there is empty. and it's into that emptiness that the israeli government now plans to build more than two hundred luxury homes a chicago tel shops and a museum insisting they'll preserve the area's history we will find ourselves with a neighborhood where history has been conserved there will also be documentation and the story will be told of who live there as we do in all the neighborhoods of jerusalem but many like your could say it's palestinian land and

a double injustice why you want to destroy our house. yanni. four of the route three world came from anywhere in this way i can move in my village and come back. return back to my privilege and live. with me. for palestinians lifter is a physical reminder of injustice and survival but for a fair number of israelis it's an eyesore and they'd rather not be reminded of what happened here every time they drive into jerusalem policy r.t. lifter. nato reports on the success of its bombing missions over libya some countries taking part in a campaign don't share that enthusiasm fighting economic losses at home and many in spain are saying they've been simply dragged into war and the pressure from

washington parties sarah furth reports from madrid. we appreciate spain's contributions to enforcing the no fly zone and the arms embargo the nato led mission is on track a pat on the back for spain but not everyone feels quite so please with spain's involvement in libya least of all the spanish people. spanish government support. with spanish troops because they're not. they're not or they're that and the parliament and the government not the public opinion recent polls have shown a large majority of the population and now against the military campaign in a spanking tinnies to swear in the abyss of economic crisis political imperfect unrest has been growing. it's been carried out in the conditions of a tough economic crisis and conditions when the government had to sacrifice a lot and introduce huge reduction of costs in the social sphere think it's unfair

that when there is a program of material aid reduction the state participates in a conflict which will be damaging to the country's economy. yet the u.s. defense secretary has still couldn't spain among others to play a more active role in the nato mission and despite the collapse of the housing market and with unemployment at critical level spain has in death and the extended its mandate for involvement in libya we don't think it's a human need to. resort to go to media now because we didn't care about human rights year ago when we were. leaving. the libyan people have right a year ago and we didn't hear welcomed in spain in recent years gadhafi was even awarded the keys to the city on a social visit to madrid the ten there is that so many western countries until recently he could to get south bay and tolerated his regime or go to. the

operation against libya is an action performed so. the strategic interests of the major powers such an example of double standards of morals cannot be justified by the international community and the team members themselves have taken a very different of these about the action being taken in libya with less than half the countries even taking part to pressure on participants like stay to increase their involvement a commitment they simply can't afford right now. evidence of the internal struggles the country is facing it's not hard to find here on the outskirts the majority can see signs everywhere of the pre-crisis construction much of that works now starts in most of those apartments and. now those here in spain who oppose nato military intervention in libya say that of course they don't support the dictatorship but they also don't support their country being dragged into

a war while they themselves are still fighting such tough economic conditions. are madrid. the u.s. has announced it's withholding some eight hundred million dollars of military aid to pakistan ties between the two countries have been strained since the song of bin laden's killing in a secret mission spot cut washington and sister relationship must be made to work overtime with journalists. use the difference is not. i don't think we're seeing any signs that the. really sincere about the relationship. as a relationship. together ten years ago. it was really very hard to find. it was it was taken for granted if you're criticizing the u.s.

you must be. ready. to do. i have people from the upper classes of pakistan really relieved and very very critical of the united states so i think there's something really wrong and i think there is a huge responsibility also on the of the u.s. media to convey the right picture to the american public media which is unfortunately they're not doing very much toeing the whatever. line of government so i think you know i don't see in the near future many of the serious differences between pakistan and the united states. about to our top story now a hundred people are feared dead after a pleasure boat sank on the volga river in russia's republic of tatarstan number of fatalities has now risen to eight let's go back to tom barton who's on the scene. as we understand it rescuers have reached the bottom of the river do we know if

they have found any survivors. well kerry they reached the sunken ship some hours ago well it was while it was still dark now that the sun has risen the search is really intensified to try and find one hundred people who are suspected to be out there who knows whether they are alive or whether they are unfortunately drowned because the wreck sank three kilometers from the nearest bank of the volga in the bank behind me you can see some of the efforts that the emergencies ministry is making sabina arriving at this small beach behind me they have one of a lot of boats out there searching for other people when they did arrive some survivors were found they have been taken to hospitals to be treated first and the trauma that they may have experienced the number of dead has now written risen to eight but the figure that's really being focused on is this one hundred people. but

currently missing there is reportedly a one hundred eighty five people on board that is according to the emergency synastry so those are the figures they're going on to work on how many people they're now looking for around eighty have been rescued so that leaves these people that maybe try to swim from the boat they think they maybe tried to get to some of the small islands that are around the point where the boat sank we spoke to one of their spokesman for the emergence means he's ministry earlier who told us what they found when they arrived at the site of the sunken bog area. were knocked on the hole and waited for an answer but unfortunately there was nothing in the flashlights into the cargo hold so the restrooms in this little bodies there. so that's what they found when they arrived there now the search is very much

continuing to try and find where these people could be somewhere out in the volga. and tom an extremely traumatic time for the relatives. absolutely absolutely kerry they a lot of them have gathered in nearby. city just upstream from here and that was going to be the eventual destination of this essential pleasure boat cruise up the river some of them of the survivors have also are desperate to find out where members of their family were there were also on the boat who they were separated from in the in the evacuation the boats i say evacuation the boat sank so quickly just three minutes it took for the boat to sink that many people didn't even have time to grab a life jacket before they had to jump into the water we had families separated from their children various members of families just having to leave others or jump into the water or some were even thrown into the water they reportedly said by the

violent jerk that the boat received from a lot of those who. we been speaking to are just desperate to find out any information from the emergencies ministry the emergencies ministry of the moment is focusing on trying to find people and it's hard to say to them unfortunately there is very little we can say we're just going to have to try and find these people will let you know when we know so as you said carrie very traumatic experience for them but to find out what's happened to these people what's happened to the boat itself and to the fate of many people's loved ones unfortunately a lot of people here are just going to have to wait. live at the sea thank you for now. of course i will keep you updated on the rescue operation throughout the day here on r.t. business news that is next. thanks gary hello and welcome to business are saying thanks for joining us international

raceway just have fitch says it could downgrade a number of russian state companies after privatization the move still affects only the ones where the state share will go below fifty percent and help garcon from the to the capital says the possible downgrade will not change investor sentiment towards privatizing. investors are dealing with russian corporate. doing their own research not relying much on what the rating agencies say another thing is that again they will read carefully through what the future will understand that there's nothing there's no threat or no imminent risk of any abrupt moves and finally i guess they will remember. when the financial crisis hit the markets russian government was supporting not only state control but also privately owned companies the same was true for banks all those

thoughts put together your conclusion will likely be the market moves from one privatization happens will be quite muted. so let's have a look at the markets now oil is extending the losses after a decline in the end of last week brand land is trading at one hundred seventeen dollars a barrel while the w.t. i as a ninety five dollars per barrel. shares alone monday with disappointing jobs report and the spike in chinese inflation weighing on the market and our shelves are trading in the red in hong kong as we wait to see is down more than one percent in tokyo exporters are losing ground on strong again in the trend is talking of electric power is adding eight percent as investors are waiting for details of the government's plan stress tests of nuclear power facilities. also two hours ahead to the opening bell in moscow the r.c.a.'s and that my six close point nine percent in

the red and friday and the week. last week's poll data from the u.s. have set a negative tone to russian stocks and mark rubenstein from came metropole expects the done with trend to rule the market and the coming days. we just had a very weak us labor market the numbers come out significantly below consensus the number of new jobs created in the united states during the months of june this is our live big negative for the markets i think the current we could see some profit taking and some correction but of course you know it's going to be very much contingent on what's going on in the commodities markets and we might see a correction in commodities this week as well looks like first part of the week is going to be. down poured and then i think sums to busy and you're in the second half and probably going to close lower and here today to we're back with more

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news here on our t.v. rescuers reach a pleasure greater sanction a matter of minutes in the volga river are part of the style of hundred people are feared dead divers report seeing many bodies trapped inside. distraught relatives and friends have gathered desperate for information about their loved ones nothing could have been driven by survivors reports of many children trapped inside the sinking. many theories are being investigated as to why the boat went down in such terrible consequences over crowding outdated equipment on the recklessness of the crew and sort of. the middle east peace quartets his making another effort today to negotiate the stall talks between

israelis and palestinians the decades long conflict could get another twist the palestinians calling for their states for official recognition at the u.n. in september but next we talk to a palestinian politician and former foreign minister to ask whether solution can finally be found. we are now joined by the former foreign minister of the palestinian authority and the current member of the fat ammerman central committee the palestinian israeli conflict has been around for so many decades that it almost became part of you political discourse and bargaining chip and some political and some political leaders may not feel that pressure to change things really are you hopeful that any sort of lasting solution can be found i wonder why i mean why is it that.

the world have ended colonization and the no colonies anymore. except or in our case. in line nine hundred nineteen. your question was answered all right but east indians were willing to give up seventy eight percent of the country and accept the west bank and gaza that the world accepted as not israeli occupied in one nine hundred sixty seven i spent all my life to go shaking that agreement way before school started and when no school started between the lobby in the late president the israeli prime minister of israel and prison our father the late president i think the hope was absolutely bad but this is the solution two states side by side on the holy that divided by the one nine hundred sixty seven borders and an open.