other than to play together in the play room a lot of eyewitnesses reported that those children because there were so many of them in various parts of the ship they struggled to get out and some of the eyewitnesses accounts have been extremely of families torn apart in the struggle to try and escape into the water not even time for people to put their life jackets on some families even having to leave their own children behind on the sinking ship for more background on how this sinking happened and all the details leading up to this current search for people will go to my reports. from a summer dream to a nightmare in a matter of minutes. my child remained on that boat. but. it was a sunday afternoon when the holiday river cruz garia run into difficulties on the. catastrophe came swiftly if you think of it didn't is that people are basically

buried alive as if in the middle. who managed to get through the windows i was there with my ten year old daughter i couldn't risk you here she swallowed too much water when it was pulled aerialist make child was absent. the ball garia now lies at the bottom of. the vessel sank in listen three minutes of it flipped into the right kind of swerved i went down a bit here we were literally thrown out and that's how we survived our whole family was on that ship we lost everybody my wife and children showed you two vessels passed by and didn't even care to stop and reach out a helping hand we've spent around two hours in the water before we were rescued i swam around searching for survivors and couldn't find anybody so there were a lot of children on the ship they were all in the going through it was impossible to get out of there my grandson would be five years old tomorrow if we went on a ship to celebrate what birthday. there were nearly two. one hundred people on

board many of the passengers were families with children on a weekend. survivors and relatives powerless to act are now able to wake. me up when you are telephoning everyone trying to learn anything about our dear ones we called the police but they said to contact the search and rescue service we did but there was no reply so we came here to find out at least something but even here nobody knows anything. it's horrible we haven't the slightest knowledge of what's going on but they should give us at least some information we're calling the search and rescue service but i don't ask for the phone. as many as fifty of the passengers were under eighteen hours old told into the volga three kilometers but these people behind me are just some of the relatives desperate for news about their loved ones and what was a pleasure boat cruise for them turned into a living nightmare. the volga bank central russia. russia's

investigative committee is now saying that mechanical failure could have caused the tragedy because the efforts are underway at the site of disaster for more details on the progress of the operation you can cross to our correspondent peter oliver peter i guess the hope is fading media finding anyone else alive. well following the grisly discovery of those people who died while still trapped on board the stricken vessel the process of removing their bodies from the bottom of the volga is underway however divers taking part in the operation struggling against strong winds strong currents and also the fact that. the vessel itself is leaking fuel all of these things making their job much harder. the emergencies ministry are telling us now that the the chances of finding any more survivors.

very very slim. although with one hundred divers have been sweeping the bottom there with us throughout the night although there is very bad visibility where the ship sank on the night that she was being searched my sister's index to examine closely what it was land on this right side the waves are quite high and this is also making the world difficult just because i'm tossing nationalist there's almost no chance of finding an imposter pointless with him still both france and the ship will be transferred to a. tragedy of this scale of course raises questions at the the highest levels of government president dmitri made. for a call for a full investigation to determine what went on the emergency minister here in russia who is demanding reports on his desk as soon as possible to find out what happened but the interim head of the region where this occurred the interim head of the republic of todd to stun has said that even though chances are slim of finding

anybody still alive they are all going to continue with those operations. within the minute of those it's such a little bit of rescue operations are going on both the rivers banks as well as many islands in this area of the ball god being checked rescue ships patrolling the river also we have doctors and psychologists working with the survivors and relatives of the dead and missing. all the she is speed of how this tragedy escalated is reelected so why there's been so many deaths three minutes from the time that they the first skill that they had a problem to the people making its way to the bottom of the boat the river so quick in fact people couldn't get on life jackets the lifeboats couldn't be lowered and that led to such a trust stuff a loss of life. what more do we know about what could have caused this tragedy as it. well investigations into what caused the very early stages at the

moment the emergencies ministry though saying they believe a technical fault would be the most likely cause from what they've seen already the most likely cause of this disaster now they also saying that when the boat left port it was listing to one side of course this investigation and it's very very early stages they'll be looking into that to try and find out if there was a problem when the the ship left port and contributed to this disaster now the boat itself was licensed to carry one hundred twenty people and we're hearing that there may have been almost two hundred on board so overcrowding hasn't been ruled out to not be some very serious questions asked in the direction of the company operated. along the river the boat itself was first put into the water in one thousand nine hundred fifty five so certainly not

a new vessel just as recently as the middle of last month it passed all required safety checks so it was apparently deemed to be up to code and safe to carry passengers but these investigations can stress more are in the very early stages but the investigative committee here in russia thinking that a technical fault may have led to this. for now thank you for that update. if you are some more details about the ship itself the bug area as it was called was a double decker pleasure boat built in the former czechoslovakia in one nine hundred fifty five when the ship was used for day trips along the volga river popular with tourists in the summer months attention has been drawn to the age of the vessel speculation it could have played a role in the tragedy of the ship had not been updated for more than fifty years russia's transport ministry has confirmed it had undergone routine checks them in june and was deemed to be safe. engines and rescue navigation equipment had all

been checked at that time the vessel was capable of travelling at speeds of up to twenty two kilometers per hour. the course will be keeping you up to date with that rescue operation for the day here on r.t. . well to other news now at least three people have been killed after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing on the water in eastern siberia there were thirty six people on board and ten of which got into trouble after reporting a fire on its engines twenty six survivors have been hospitalized with four of them having suffered severe injuries the plane made its landing on the of the river this still staying afloat several people are still missing there in the search operation is underway there. a major effort is being made to kick start the stalled palestinian israeli peace talks the middle east diplomatic quartet comprised of the u.n. russia european union and the u.s. will meet in washington later today because she has ground to

a halt last year when israel failed to renew a partial freeze on settlement construction in the west bank palestinians who consider that territory their own want admission of their state within the established one hundred sixty seven borders parties paula slive visited one old arab village which its former habitants say stands as a painful memory to justice. nestled in the mountains of jerusalem are the remains of a once bustling community only the memories of those who once lived here have survived intact i feel this you know i need. to come back and. my religion. to see the house is. also to remind. my choir there. among the cacti and fit trees but you know. hundred forty eight just before the

state of israel was declared his family evacuated and like the hundreds of arab villages that disappeared in forty eight and sixty seven most of the original houses of lifter are still here so they only heard shooting. and. they will shoot through the whole the whole day with the hope that they will shoot . our mother took us inside the room in the corner and then 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 inevitable as the man who lived his house in london for. if he was forced to do just because he was three it and he is considered as absentee and he lost the property in the early one nine hundred fifty s. jews moved into the abandoned homes like you and your husband's parents they were

also refugees fleeing arab countries we life had become dangerous after israel was created these really government sent them to live in lifter the only says to prevent arab owners from returning or in their came here on their fourth live here years without water without electricity came here. for their memory here as 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 how this for forty six years all that remains are stone walls where wild flowers and grass grow there is empty. and it's into that emptiness that the israeli government now plans to build more than two hundred luxury homes hotel 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 lived 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 houses and. yanni. for. three people came from anywhere in this way i can move in my village and come back. to my. living. this. is so only 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. while nato reports on the success of its bombing missions over the libya

some countries taking part in the campaign don't share that enthusiasm while fighting economic crisis at home and many in spain say they've simply been dragged into a war when the pressure from washington ortiz so furthur ports with dread. 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. there not to order that and their parliament and the government but not the public opinion recent polls have shown a large majority of the population and now against the military campaign in a spanking timmy's to sway in the abyss of economic crisis political and public eye

rest 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 i don't think it's a human need to. resort to go to media now because we didn't care about human rights a year ago when we were selling. equipment libyan people have right here and go and we didn't hear about welcomed in spain in recent years gadhafi was even awarded the keys to the city on an official visit to madrid

the ten there is that so many western countries until recently he could to get south bay and tolerated his regime. so 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 eighteen members themselves have taken very different views about the action being taken in libya with less than half the countries even taking part to pressure on participants like spain 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 of madrid you can see signs everywhere the pre-crisis construction much of that works now stopped and most of those apartments. now days 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. madrid. the u.s. has announced it's withholding some eight hundred million dollars of military aid from pakistan pies between the two countries have been strained since some of the. covert operation. cut washington. must be made to work overtime. these differences will not easily now. i don't think we're seeing any signs that the u.s. officials are really sincere about. ten years ago. it was really very hard to find if.

it was taken for granted if you're criticizing the u.s. you must be. ready. to have people. her class is a proxy. and very very critical of the united states so i think there's something really wrong and i think very sort of a huge responsibility also on the. media to convey the right picture to the american public media which is unfortunately they're not doing very much toeing the . line of government so i think i don't see in the near future many of these serious differences with the united states. but around that now some other international news for you this hour. a huge explosion struck a military camp in cyprus killing at least twelve people around thirty were injured

at the base between the coastal cities of. the blasts reportedly happened in two containers of explosives inside a munitions there or five from explosions as lead to widespread power cuts and wildfires in nearby scrub land. media mogul rupert murdoch is in london to take personal charge of the crisis threatening to ruin his empire for the closure of the u.k.'s news of the world with a phone hacking scandal that is chief executive of books despite mounting pressure for her to be sacked and said she was his top priority brooks was editor of the news of the world in a high profile illegal phone hacking place he could face police questioning as a witness who denies any knowledge of what happened. shuttle atlantis has docked with the international space station on its final mission marking the end of the u.s. space shuttle the crew fall it carried tons of vital supplies to russian american

or japanese astronauts already working at. least seven days in all that before returning to work especially retired to a museum to get the other nasa shuttles. sixty three people have been killed and almost two hundred fifty injured in the train accident. rescuers have been working to free trucks passengers from the badly damaged carriages the train which was packed with people the rails at full speed on sunday on its way to the terminal then the india is no stranger to railway accidents where poor maintenance is often thought to be the primary course. but a reminder now of our breaking news this hour that divers have discovered the bodies of more than one hundred people trapped in the. pleasure boat which sank on the volga river on sunday thirty of them children eighty people were rescued so even if we can understand the survivors say the ship went down within minutes

picked up passing crews in the region's capital because distraught relatives are waiting for any information of their loved ones so. for several hours rescuers say the chances of finding anyone else alive slim. or that of course throughout the day here in r.t. business news. thanks carrie this is business altie hello and welcome to the program russia has increased its annual crude oil production for cost of five hundred nine million tons however the quantity of russian oil products is still very low and it's becoming more and more urgent for russia to modernize its refinery capacity and prime minister putin is going to make sure it will happen as a political reports. prime minister was obviously unsatisfied that rush

of the world's biggest oil producer has such a weak refighting industry he says it's still as it was fifty years ago simón for high quality fuel in russia grows at double digit rates annually however refining has been called there in volumes or in quality of aggregate say legislation russian made it more profitable for world producers to explore all over quality all products but now putin says those measures through jurors the trend will be taken. when you do we need to monitor the implementation of the modernization plans by the oil companies and if they don't meet their obligations this street will have the right to apply sanctions including the seizure of unreasonably of change. just to remind you in may of russia banned the exports of high quality fuel the country was facing gasoline shortage domestically as producers chose to exports more cashing in

on the high oil prices now with the russian economy picking up and growing even faster than expected demand for high quality fuel is expected to grow at more than ten per cent annually and the prime minister made it absolutely clear producers will have to invest billions of dollars to more than ours their refining capacity and. that. all of extending doses owns a strong good dollar and concerns about the u.s. economic recovery brant bland is trading just on the one hundred seventeen dollars a barrel while. ninety five dollars a barrel. or so european stocks and as fresh concerns about soaring and pushing financials under pressure investors are waiting for the results of the emergency or is a meeting saying that preventing the debt crisis spreading to. the russian markets are trading in the red or negative news from abroad. also let's take a look at some individual movies on the my six we could prove its version and the

two majors love and gas from is losing almost one percent this staff among mine is probably is going to isn't the positive territory that's precious metal is advancing in other sectors truck maker commanders on the rise and reports of recent instant bets to three hundred million dollars to upgrade the company's metals production and implement nanotechnologies. russian investment fund d.s.t. global is buying a share in twitter at the second attempt the deal is said to be worth about four hundred million dollars twitter itself has been valued at eight billion dollars but some analysts say the company is overvalued with the service anything about two hundred million dollars a year d.s.t. global held talks with twitter last december and then they estimate of the company at less than heart the current price the fund is the international investment arm of the mail dot all you group and already has stakes and nothing to add companies such as icici groupon and zynga and facebook. russia's come market is easing up

sales have grown just sort of the sons and drink compared to fifty percent increase in the previous months the biggest slowdown is seen by japanese producers suffering from supply disruptions they run out of stocks which were made before the disastrous earthquake to go to says it made four hundred fifty thousand less cars as a result of production hiccups in this story. and you're up to date will be back with more business news in about thirty minutes time stay with us for the headlines with kerry up next.

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dot com. breaking news terror in our t.v. divers found the bodies of more than a hundred people trapped inside a pleasure boat which sank in just minutes on russia's fault river rescue a say there's little chance of finding one else from. distraught relatives are still desperately waiting for information dramatic accounts have been given by survivors of the great moments reports many children were trapped games or plane. crashes investigative committee says the ship was not seaworthy points to mechanical failures the possible cause of the tragedy has an out other theory outdated equipment or the possible recklessness of the crew. middle east

peace corps tet is making another effort today to negotiate the stalled talks between israelis and palestinians but the decades long conflict could get another twist the palestinians are asking for the u.n. to officially recognize their state at the meeting in september but next we talk to a palestinian politician and former foreign minister to oscar their solution fund we 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 a bargaining chip and some political and some political leaders may not feel that pressure to change things really. 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 there are no colonies anymore. except or in our case. in line nine hundred ninety. 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 thousand nine hundred eighty seven. i spent all my life to go shaping that agreement way before school started and when also started between the lobby in the late president the israeli prime minister of israel and prison are for the late prisoner i think the hope was absolutely there that this is the solution two states side by side on the holy land divided by the one thousand.