in the movie joy see the jewels a movie that's the case we have to the ground in period true and the socialist. you can to listen to till socialism to see don't need to go and. read this and the colonel was toto as a retreat. continuing our breaking news coverage on r t a rescue effort that's now a recovery operation more than forty bodies retrieved pleasure cruiser day it's a day after it sank on the boulder river in central russia. president in the. early days and this to gates into those responsible for that said he and those people will be punished as least as close the ship was too close to the same. child's remains. with more than one hundred feared dead shock relatives struggle to

accept how their loved ones were dragged to their deaths when the boat sank within minutes. four pm in moscow and mattresses are continuing our breaking news coverage of the tragedy on the shoulder here on our team were all divers in the river are undertaking the grim task of achieving those killed when their pleasure cruiser sank sunday in central russia they earlier reported finding more than one hundred bodies trapped inside the boat kariya archies town barton is near the rescue operation headquarters in tatarstan. it is now more of a recovery operation than a rescue operation we've been talking to the emergencies ministry officials here at their base camp on the bank of the volga the closest point to where the boat sank and they have shown videos that have been taken by their teams of divers that have

been going down to the boat very graphic videos showing those divers exploring the sunken ship and bringing up the bodies. of those divers and those officials have also said that they have pretty much given up hope now with finding anyone alive everywhere that they could have searched so someone who could have survived was pretty much being searched. absolute. bottom of the river been searched by sectors and decks to examine it closer but there is very bad possibility the waves are quite high and this is also making the ramp difficult task nationalist there is almost no chance of finding any more survivors so both banks and the ship will be checked. and there's also been continued to see over the number of people on this boat it all starts in the fact that it was supposed to hold one hundred forty people but then various estimates

have been given all of them are greater than that number but they range from about one hundred sixty to maybe one hundred eighty people and now the emergencies minister himself has said that there were two hundred and eight people on that boat which is a long way over the number that it was supposed to hold yesterday's cruise was supposed to be just a nice sunday afternoon this stretch of the volga is very popular amongst cruise boats but it turned very rapidly into a nightmare it took just three minutes for the boat to sink and that created a stampede to try to get out of the boat in the chaos families were torn apart and this leads to some of the personal stories that we've heard very. graphic and very traumatic ones for example a five year old that was rescued lost his mother and his grandmother he was in the water and they stated he was going to drown but he grabbed hold of a hand he saw this belongs to

a man he didn't know who managed to rescue him but the man himself lost his pregnant wife another man whose wife was also pregnant ran off to try and find her friends he couldn't stop her i never saw her again he grabbed his son and jumped into the water but the car it was too strong and the water too cold and took his son from his arms and he had to watch his son drown in front of his own eyes. from a summer dream so a nightmare in a matter of minutes. our child remained on that boat. it was a sunday afternoon when the holiday river cruiser garia run into difficulties on the volga catastrophe came swiftly soon get over it. people were basically buried alive and trying metal coffin we managed to get out through the windows but i was there with my ten year old daughter i couldn't rescue her she swallowed too much water when i was pulled out i realized my child was gone and the dog area now

lies at the bottom of the. reversal same careless and three minutes it flipped to the right then swerved and went down we were literally thrown out and that's how we survived our whole family was on that ship we lost everybody my wife and grandchildren to vessels pass 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 survivors and couldn't find anybody there were a lot of children on the ship they were all in the going through it was impossible for me to get out of there my grandson would be five years old tomorrow he went on a ship to celebrate the birthday. many of the passengers were families with children on a weekend sightseeing break survivors and relatives powerless to act and now able only to wait and ask. we 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 they should give us at least some information we're calling the search and rescue service but as soon as the phone. as many as fifty of the passengers were under eighteen hours old holding to the vulgar three kilometers about these people behind me are just some of the relatives desperate for news about their loved ones and what was a pleasure boat cruise has for them turned into a living nightmare. of all the bank central russia. investigators are looking into whether safety regulations were seriously violated that lead violated that then led to the tragedy of all the arteries and how you know if a car has more on this from moscow he joins us live and i tell you the president

quickly mobilized an investigation into this was to be made better of been saying. all this and president need to be held a special meeting regarding this tragedy he was outraged he said that those responsible for the deaths of all those people in the death toll is rising why the hour they will be found and punished he set up a special status commission to investigate into the case and it wasn't transport because he's going to be heading that commission let's listen to it that's the best . i want the prosecutor general's office to check for compliance with clickable transport regulations by the owners of that vessel the state officials that certified it is suitable for cruising and generally everyone related to the organization of this cruise especially considering the fact there were so many children on board the ship the results of an investigation should be summed up and not only in relation to this specific catastrophe but in relation to

all vessels of this class and other classes as well the number of decrepit barges cruising along our waterways is enormous and the fact that we were lucky before yesterday doesn't mean anything like that couldn't have happened it did happen and with the most grave consequences you could. present be that it's also announced tuesday that swells troy to me that say that. the country's emergencies ministry even forcing more and more deaths by the hour it seems that there is a great chance at this point if aid that more people will be saved i guess in prisons also ordered to check up on all boats served vessels of such finds to make sure this situation does not repeat itself and he names is one of the. reasons for the ship to sing was because it was really old again see this sailing in nine hundred fifty five that means over fifty five years old sailing without corporate

check ups in the days following and tell you what investigators considering in finding out how this disaster happened. both. the main reason being the ship was really old but it's a combination of things that could have legs for the ship to sink and some reports are saying that the vessel didn't have a license to transport passengers in the first place other reports are saying that all the capacity of picasso's was only one hundred and twenty feet well if this was carrying over two hundred or. so some of the same that one the whole bit engines over the ship was broken and even though that help was holding back he decided to proceed with a trip anyway some argue with this i was saying that weather conditions were rules to very difficult is that it was really strong winds and it was very difficult to operate a vessel it's a very popular way you close bending time during summer of course you can see the

bigger behind be booed scumming back and forth like every five minutes and of course the moscow river here in central city in the mood in the capital is very narrow but the gold grouper is very big in the waters that are very very close so one of the reasons for the deaths was the worry about people who waited for two hours to be saved and they weren't paid out in the end and nice aborted as the saying that in fact emergency exits over the boats were looks but maybe the reason that's the boat was way to ruin right now rosie hearing reports that there is a leakage of petrol from the boat that saying on to the need to go back to ration old people in worsening the situation in the region and trigger. he's italian overcoat alive on the search for answers to the deadly sinking of the boulder area thanks for that report. just to recap now the main points of the tragedy so far divers have now recovered more than forty bodies from the doomed pleasure cruiser

that sank sunday in the volga river in russia's republic of tatarstan they say more than a hundred bodies many of them children remain trapped inside the vessel as the recovery teams retrieve more victims distraught relatives waiting anxiously for news of their loved ones are told that there is little hope of finding anyone else alive tuesday's been declared a national day of mourning for the victims of the tragedy president medvedev has ordered an investigation into why the ship sank saying quote decrepid vessels shouldn't still be cruising the country's waterways the investigative committee believes a technical failure is to blame for the disaster our team is following the developments as they unfold in the tragedy will keep you fully updated across the day. turning now to the day's other top stories the middle east peace corps attack will meet in washington later on monday at a time when the israeli palestinian divide is growing wider russia the united states the u.n. any e.u. have a tough job ahead with peace talks with and with the upcoming u.n.

vote on recognizing an independent palestine the impasse has been compounded since israel rejected u.s. backing to return to that pre-one nine hundred sixty seven borders as a basis for the talks israel began occupying palestinian territories including gaza the west bank and east jerusalem during the six day war also driving a wedge in finding a solution is the refusal to stock or withdraw jewish settlements on disputed lands party's policy or visited one ancient arab village near jerusalem that its former inhabitants say stands as a painful memory to a justice. nestled in the mountains of two recent now the remains of one community only the memories of those who once lived at some fine intact i feel no need. back to bring. my village. the hobson's spring. also.

my car that. you could go out among the cacti and fake trees but in one nine hundred forty eight just before the state of israel was declared his family evacuated unlike the hundreds of our villages that disappeared in forty eight and sixty seven most of the original houses of lifter are still here so they really were heard shooting. controlled by. the. middle of the hall gets a whole group to hold. our mother took us inside the room in a corner and then there so as to prove to us you could 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 every palestinian who lived in london for. if he was forced to do that just because you were. and he

is considered as simply aren't he lost the property in the early one nine hundred fifty s. jews moved into the abandoned homes like you only your comments parents they were also refugees fleeing arab countries will likely become dangerous after israel was created these really government sent him to live in gifter he only says to prevent arab owners from returning when they came here for live here years without water without electricity the came here. for the memory here is 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 is how those for forty six years all that remains are stone walls we woud throw was and grass now grow if there is empty. and get into that emptiness that the israeli government now plans to build more than two hundred luxury homes and ship hotel shops and the museum insisting they'll preserve the area's history

we will find ourselves with a neighborhood where history has been concert 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 maybe luckier could save palestinian land and example in justice. roy our hearts. yanni. for retrieval him from anywhere in a way i can't really come back. to my precinct and deliver. this. is so only for palestinians lift is a physical reminder of injustice and survival but for a fair number of israelis it's an eyesore they'd rather not be reminded of what

happened here if you time they drive into jerusalem policy r.t. lifter. five people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a political rally in northwest pakistan it's the latest violence to rock the towel in the taliban stronghold and comes after pakistan said it could manage without the nearly billion dollar military aid that america is currently holding back it's not washington's decision is retaliating for his law about expelling more than one hundred u.s. military advisers the u.s. pakistan relationship has been strained since osama bin laden's killing earlier in may and the u.s. drone attacks that killed civilians the white house says is a lot of others an important ally in the war on terror but the relationship must be worked on. journalist ahmed correctly says the bitterness is going to be tough to face. i don't think we're seeing any signs that the u.s. officials are really sincere about the relationship. as

a relationship and some of them were together ten years ago. it was really very hard to find a clean cliche even buckstone you criticizing the united states it was it was taken for granted if you're criticizing the u.s. you must be some radical extremist but today you have people from the upper classes approx them 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 in. the u.s. media can be the right church to the american people we need which is unfortunately they're not doing but we're very much toeing the group ever. line of humans government so i think i don't see the near future many of the serious differences will be practiced on in the united states and. a small passenger plane been forced to make an emergency landing on water in eastern siberia at least seven people have

died the engine of twenty four that was carrying thirty six people reported engine trouble before coming down the plane landed on the old river and managed to float allowing survivors to escape but four passengers are in grave condition and two others remain missing. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe a packed train has the rail to northern india while traveling full speed at least sixty nine people dead more than two hundred injured it's not known how it crashed but some reports suggest the driver hit the emergency brakes to avoid hitting cattle causing some of the twelve carriages to land on top of the others army teams are now cutting through the crush carriages to find trapped survivors and recover bodies. in a series of blasts at a naval munitions dump in cyprus has killed twelve people wounded more than thirty others it's thought a grass fire spread to the base setting two out of almost one hundred containers

a blaze a blast damaged the country's largest electricity station leading to island wide power cuts reports say the explosives have been seized from a ship traveling from iran two years ago and were kept in the depot without proper care. syrian forces have killed at least one person and injured more than twenty and once thought to be the heaviest raid since troops were deployed to the west two months ago tanks and soldiers were sent to syria's third largest city homes a day after what the government held and what it called a national dialogue that was boycotted by the opposition they have been five months of protests in syria calling for the end of president assad's regime. so that this president is warning that a border dispute with a newly independent south sudan could descend into conflict northern forces seize the idea in another border region in may causing around one hundred seventy thousand people to flee in recent months president bashir said a protocol governing the area must be respected or there will be consequences it's

hoped that the south secession would bring would bring peace after decades of brutal civil war. spain has given into washington the demands to step up to the plate and providing military muscle in the libya campaign it's allowing to use its use of its jet fighters to ease the burden on nations already involved but it's already sorry for its reports spain has bigger troubles back home with taxpayers unwilling to cough up for the conflict when they say the country is circling the drain. 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 fist plane but not everyone feels quite so pleased with spain's involvement in libya least of all the spanish people. spanish government support. with spanish troops because they're not. enough to order it and their parliament

and the government. recent polls have shown a large majority of the population and now against the military campaign the spanking tinnies to swear on the abyss of economic crisis political and public eye rest. it's been carried out in the conditions of a tough economic crisis and conditions when the government had to sacrifice a lot introduce huge reduction of costs and the social sphere with think of some further when there is a program of material aid reduction 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 is in debt and the extended its mandate for involvement in libya we don't think it's human to. to go to the media because we didn't care about the human rights hero go when we.

leave the military equipment the libyan people have right here and go within the iraqi spain in recent years he was even awarded the keys to the city and then a special visit to madrid the turn there is that so many western countries until recently had cause to get that they and tolerated his regime. think that 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 meeting members themselves have taken very different as these about the action being taken in libya less than half the countries even taking part the 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 boom much of that works now starts and most of those apartments. now those here in spain who oppose nato military intervention in libya of course they don't support that they pay to ship but they also thank support their country being dragged into a war while they themselves are still fighting fish tough economic conditions there are literate. recapping our top story now divers have now recovered more than fifty bodies from the doomed pleasure cruiser that sank sunday on the boulder river in russia's republic of tatarstan it's thought that about a third of the vote has now been checked some areas remain out of reach more than one hundred bodies many of them children are still trapped inside the emergencies ministry says there is little hope of finding anyone else alive tuesday has been

declared a national day of mourning president medvedev has ordered an investigation into why the ship sank saying that decrepit vessels shouldn't still be cruising the country's waters the investigative committee believes a critical technical failure is to blame for the disaster our t. is following developments as they unfold in this tragedy and we'll keep you fully updated across the day. comprehensive coverage of our updates on the volga river tragedy is also a click away at r.t. dot com with many children aboard we report on the lucky escape but also those who didn't stand a chance after being pulled and trapped underwater within minutes. and our report our video reports and footage from the rescue and recovery also online you click over to our tease you tube channel for more on that. an update on developments in tartarus done in

a few minutes we'll turn next to the business news with dimitri stay with us. thanks not a lot of woman to the business news on alex he present a bit of his meeting with top business men to brainstorm ways to improve russia's investment climate to get the details let's cross now to business are things money in the course of money hopefully you are with us yes there you are well million dollar question how do you improve the investment climate in the country. well according to president meeting with the if it's all about making better conditions for international specialists he wants the government to make it easier for them to come and work here and he says that it's also all about the product isolation clive's he says the government's proposals are to model this and he wants the government to decrease its stake in the business sector and now there are also proposals to introduce a golden shares which will give the state special rights to veto any she teaches

decisions made by the companies and some say that this will go against everything that productize ation stands for but some are confident that president. will go through with this ultimate goal and that is to make sure the government has less control in the business industry and creates more competition all right marina goes to thank you so much for that update to move quickly to the markets now if we can oil is extending losses on those strong goal and concerns about the u.s. economic recovery with some of those figures blend is trading around one hundred seventeen dollars per barrel while west texas crude is that below ninety five dollars per barrel because of course is having its toll on the energy companies around the world european stocks this was fresh concerns about sovereign debt are putting financials on the pressure investors are waiting for the results of an emergency euro zone it's aimed at preventing the debt crisis spreading to its in

the u.s. euro zone's largest economy countries assets have seen a heavy sell off with the volume brazing to five percent this is our concern about the high level with these top exacts it's now. it now stands at around one hundred twenty percent of the gross domestic product here in russia the markets are most be affected by the will prices which are coming down right now the r.t.s. is down one point six percent nice x. more than one percent this take a look at some of the individual movers on the my sex and yes energy shares the biggest loser is gas is losing one a half percent last year also one point five percent drug maker come others were also losing with its variant better than the markets this is on of course the us now no aims to invest three hundred million dollars to upgrade the company's natural production and implement nanotechnology. and we will be back next hour with not only the headlines are next on our team do stay with us.

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