well michael brooks hotel macarthur grant is the hotel macau divination marco resort hotel resort of the salty are you mccullum well could tell when resorts mccall's beverly plaza hotel macau riviera hotel macau cintra hotel macau. breaking news on our t.v. tonight divers make the tragic discovery of up to forty children's bodies inside the sun complex you crews are in central russia it went down in minutes killing more than half of the two hundred seven on board. with hope of finding survivors dwindling to the north the search is still on for bodies beneath the cold russian president putin says those responsible for the tragedy will be found and punished as you believe the vote was due to be scaled joy as the big easy healthy get. leave your golf course our child remained on the look at the shots relatives

struggled to accept how their loved ones were dragged to their deaths when the ball carrier sank in open water during a weekend trip. welcome you're watching r t from moscow it's now eight pm i'm kevin zero in on the main story today a harrowing development indeed even this hour in the volga river tragedy divers now say they've seen the bodies of forty children in the musical of the sunken pleasure cruiser two hundred seven people roam boarded my boat got into trouble more than half of them died parties time gardens near the rescue operation h.q. in tatarstan these been hearing of a traumatic ordeal of survivors and relatives. a few have spoken out since the sinking of the bulgarian and their stories shine a light into what may have happened yesterday on the river at around two pm the the

ship the bulgaria a river pleasure cruise liner was going along the volga as many ships do at this time of year very popular among tourists when it ran into trouble now what happened next was really because of most of the major problems the ship sank within the remit says giving very little time for anyone to even put life jackets on or to organize any kind of evacuation and what we hear from eyewitness are reports are horrifying tales of families torn apart in a matter of a few minutes. in the bed there are three of them in the cabin my son my daughter in law and my grandson my son said he tried to open the cabin door holding his child when the wave crashed into them and he lost a group of my grandson who say he swim towards the light and made it out alive but i can't buy my grandson or daughter in law they're not on the new list now i'm waiting to see portals but you can see this small strip of sand behind me this has

become really the launchpad of the emergency services efforts to try and recover first they hope survivors and no route to recover bodies from the sunken ship hour after hour through back through today through last night and yesterday afternoon teams of divers have gone out to a special platform has been constructed and they've been going down they've supply goes with the video why did graphic video showing them going into the ship and bringing up bodies from the ship obviously for the people on shore this next part of the recovery operation could indeed prove to be quite a nightmare and seeing that that come ashore i think the people who have been waiting for answers might unfortunately get the answers that they were dreading. 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 cruz garia run into difficulties on the volga catastrophe came swiftly through much of it is that people were basically buried alive and trying metal coffin we managed to get out through the windows 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. the whole garia now lies at the bottom of. the vessel same can listen three minutes it flipped to the right then i 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 the grandchildren two vessels passed by and didn't even care to stop and we shot 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 so there were a lot of children on the 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 he went on the ship to celebrate her birthday many of the passengers were families with children on a weekend sightseeing break survivors and relatives powerless to act i'm now able only to wait. maybe 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 answered the phone. as many as fifty of the passengers were under eighteen years old hold into the volga three kilometers from the bank 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 tom barton r.t. the volga bank central russia. when investigators discover why the aging boat was allowed to sail into open water in seemingly poor weather and the search for the truth behind the tragedy begins at the very highest level as that is no telling of a cover in moscow explains. russian president meets me they held the special meeting regarding this incident and he's met with the country's emergencies ministers to detroit police ordered to set up a special status committee to investigate into this case and the question transport minister is going to be there how the committee. i want the prosecutor general's office to check for compliance with a political transport regulations by the owners of the 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 his class and other classes as well a 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 could have happened it did happen and with the most grave consequences present it is also an els that tuesday july twelfth is going to be a day of national mourning as we see new video believes that one of the main reasons that could have caused this incident was the fact that the boat was really always and only other records that were getting can be pretty much shit to reuters from what he's saying we're hearing reports that the boat did not have a moistens to transport that injured in the first place other reports say that the best seat of the best suit was fully one hundred and twenty people. at the time of the accident there was there were two hundred people on board of the those are also

the first same that's one of the engines prove that the captain of the vessel actually knew about it but decided to proceed with the boat to anyway the owner of the boat at the same time is saying that even at that if that was the case and one of the engines did break down it would not. of course this horrible tragedy of reports are saying that course it was a very old ship that was sailing since nineteen fifty five so all of the war could have caused this tragedy but some of the eyewitnesses saying that's where the conditions in the region at the time were very values very strong winds and some of the survivors are actually saying that they were trying to evacuate from the boat so many open emergency exits were blocked again referring to the fact that the boat was really old so to sum up it all comes down to

a vessel that was not properly repaired for a very long time and many blame it on a human mistake. in turning over cover there when a professor from moscow's academy of water transport told is that the main causes of likely to be bad weather and poor safety regulation. there was information of the ship was overcrowded but the number of passengers i think wouldn't to cause the ship to tip over lose downs there are a lot of kids on board and when a child board the ship his weight is counted as an average adult. there was modernization in front of the cruiser but i don't see it as a critical factor because before anything is done to oppose it has to be approved by a commission so even if there were violations they weren't crucial the only reasons i can see the last is that there are reports that the wind was eighty meters per second at the time of the accident and boats of this kind can lose balance in such strong winds and also the good might have been carrying liquid cargo and this could also affect the boat steadiest and the later is the reportedly open might have

filled in with water and lead to the will to tip and this is an irreversible process the vessel just loses balance and sinks with her well if you bring it today with the key point is that we know so far about the volga cruise boat disaster divers have found bodies of up to forty children in the music hall of the sunken pleasure cruise around the volga river and children gathered there some place before the tragedy struck leaving them trapped as the boat rapidly went under water two hundred seven were on board the vessel got into trouble more than half of them died there's been declared a day of mourning across russia president medvedev has ordered an investigation into why the ship sank saying that the crippled vessel should not still be cruising the country's waterways investigators believe a critical technical failure and human error likely to be behind the disaster will keep you fully informed across the. to other news now the middle east peace corps tet meet in washington later monday at

a time when the israeli palestinian divide is growing wider russia the united states the u.n. and the have a tough job ahead of them with peace talks with the ring and where the upcoming u.n. vote on recognizing independent palestine in part has been compounded too since israel rejected us back in to return to pre-one nine hundred sixty seven borders as the basis for talks israel began. occupying palestinian territories including guards the west bank and east jerusalem in the six day war also driving a wedge and following a solution is the refusal to stop all withdraw jewish settlements on disputed lands his policy of his the one ancient arab village near jerusalem which its former inhabitants say stands as a painful memory to injustice. 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 you. come back. and i. see the hard since the spring.

my car there. among the cacti and fit trees but one nine hundred forty eight just before the state of israel was declared his family evacuated unlike the hundreds of code villages that disappeared in forty eight and sixty seven most of the original houses of lifter are still here so the only we heard shooting. and child. bride they will should do the whole little hold the little hoping they will do the. hour another plus inside the room in a corner and then the table so as to prove to. us he 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 a jewish state almost biblical as being and paul lived his house in london for and

availability he was forced to do just because you were rewritten he is considered as absentee or until last. in the early one nine hundred fifty s. jews moved into the abandoned homes like your new york and spare ins they were also refugees fleeing arab countries will likely become dangerous after israel was created these really government simply to live in lifter he only says to prevent arab owners from returning when they came here and therefore live here without water without electricity came here to jordan and for their memory here as a very important most of the original two hundred jewish families left 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 we wild flowers and grass now grow if there is empty. i get into

that emptiness that israeli government now plans to build more than two hundred luxury homes and she kotel shops and a museum insisting they'll preserve the areas 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 really lucky i could say it's palestinian land and a double injustice. to destroy other. yanni ear for. him from anywhere in this web right in my village and come back. and live. with me. and. nice for palestinians lifting 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 a trying to jerusalem policy r t lift. the sword now to represent the bum from the bible resource center for palestinian residency and refugee rights i did jay's in jerusalem for us well thanks for being on our teams pre-show the un the votes of the palestinian thank you for your shin is closing in how does this affect the work of the quartet could peace talks really take place in the shadow of this vote. having desegregation to raise any opportunity for the vicinity fiji's to be to pay some of the general assembly united nations resolutions which is one thousand four tet means they're not going to be back to their original houses as this resolution

says so if we get a syrian state in the west bank and gaza that's means that if you g.'s we'll only be eligible to go back to palestine which is which means west bank and gaza so me as a refugee from a lead which. go to an airport located now i'm not going back to my orignal house that's one of the things that you could think about there's a lot of things that you could think about but the first thing at the most important thing is the right written is not just. raised it's going to be. not just right it's it's not just to recognize the state and including the palestinian refugees rights in it you know. where do you get the energy from here. i guess what's kept you down you see this story going all day in day out the international community strong words isn't it

when it comes to israel's continued settlement building or indeed the gaza blockade but day in day out there seems to be little change it's impasse impasse what more can the international community do do you think. there is there's a lot of things have been. said. rather than i guess separation wall said there's a harassment circus at the. vacation home demolitions. land confiscation there's a lot happening in the west bank and gaza there's a lot happening inside israel itself and the one nine hundred forty eight land that is the nz now the arab residents of israel are suffering from the regime that they have now but what they what the international community can do is what ingrates into practice that means that they have to protect the civilians that they are

suffering from everything now they have to commit themselves to accountability they have to commit themselves to protection they have to do what they have to do legally we are not asking something weird to do we are asking to be just like a low to apply international law to apply the hague convention. geneva conventions . the survey also wanted to ask you as well very shortly later on tonight in fight israel to approve isn't it a bill that says that to pick it up boycott the country will face a civil lawsuit what do you think of that but does israel want to change the chief here with something can you please say the gale is a little bit later on tonight in israel due to approve a bell we hear that says that activists who picket. a country will face a civil more soon they will be voting on that and about one o'clock moscow time what do you think of that. it's like killing you

and be venting cue from screaming. if you if your country is a coup by you have to decide sometimes to be on one side to defend your country or to deal with the occupation as it's a friendly government. b.d.s. movement and other organizations that chose this. rule and the palestinian society and even internationally choose to be defending their rights within civilized means which means that if they they want to defend them they want to they're worth as. the western word specially to know about the israeli by a tragic gene and what happened in south africa's south africa for example is one of the examples that applied to be the s. movement so if you are preventing me from expressing myself believe in me from

buying whatever i want. and calling yourself. that democracy the democratic state in the middle east it's not the perfect adjective for such a country. what what we need here is they needed nations for example needs to activate its rule in accountability they netted nations needs to pay the international law that the league of arab states for example which is looking just for the palestinian refugees they're not intervening they have to start pushing and pushing giving given pressure and then it states on the big countries the capital countries to give their pressure on israel to move towards their one state solution we don't have two state solution we don't want it the

right to return is the biggest case the biggest question and the palestinian israeli clashes and. patient about hydrogen. to jay in jerusalem thanks for your say on the program it's been a pleasure to have you on r.t. thank you. troubles brings really was the edges closer to becoming a force european countries need a bailout bill rings at a record high as italy's debt surges past raising fears now over whether its banks can pass the stress tests senior e.u. officials are set to meet later but since it leaves one of the bigger players saving it won't change their dream chief of belgium's leading business magazine told us throwing money at troubled nations will not help save. italy represents the seventeen percent of g.d.p. of the euro g.d.p. which means that italy in its own is almost three times as big as

a treat smaller countries greece i wouldn't important go together so this is really something quite frightening and if indeed italy really goes into big trouble on the financial markets this is certainly a totally new phase of this euro crisis new dimension throwing money at the problem whether it's greece portugal ireland and certainly not also italy that is not enough or that can't solve the problem on its own enormous amount of what i call political capital has been invested in this euro project so giving it up is a very tough decision and a decision that will be made just overnight so a lot of energy and a lot of additional money will certainly be spent before we arrive at such a situation and according to me there is no such decision on the horizon if italy comes into this ballgame with the amounts that are involved with this country that might change things quite rapidly. also making headlines tonight trains derailed

and moving in the world trouble for speed at least eighteen people are dead over three hundred are injured it's not known how it crashed and some reports just drive it to break to avoid at all causing some of the twelve carriages to land on top of the others our meetings are now cutting through. the crushed carriages to try to find truck survivors and republic bodies. a series of blasts of the naval munitions dump in cyprus has killed twelve and wounded more than thirty others it's thought a grass fire spread to the base setting it to out of almost one hundred containers alights the blast of damaged cypresses largest just the station two leading to island wide power cuts reports said the explosives have been seized from a ship traveling from around two years ago they were kept an example of that. and the language syrian government supporters of attacking american and french embassies in the capital damascus they broke the windows of the u.s.

compound and raised the syrian flag this in response to the american and french avoids controversial visit to the opposition dominated area that would months of protests in syria calling for president assad to quit says our team from moscow bringing up to date on the latest we know about that breaking news the number killed in the volga river tragedy has risen dramatically today as divers now discover the bodies of up to fourteen children in a sunken a pleasure cruiser this afternoon the children are gathered there to play before they became trapped as that boat rapidly went down under water will the half of the two hundred seventy who are on board the vessel have died choose those been declared a day of mourning across russia president medvedev has ordered an investigation into why the ship sank saying that the crippled vessels should not still be cruising the country's waterways investigators believe a critical technical failure or human error likely to be behind the disaster we will of course bring you developments as they happen throughout the evening.

now is coming up through eight twenty five pm moscow time i'm kevin i won't let me hand you over to me to move it and he's got the latest business for you. when one will continue business r.t. headline inflation could be on the wane in wash up several banks as consumer prices could decline over the sun learned this believe there is a chance this will happen given lower food prices and positive crops forecasts however these still see some risks such as rising demand and budget spending amid soft monetary policy russian inflation has been running at five percent since the beginning of thank you. gazprom may become a key investor in germany's second largest energy r.w. . magazine says investment could amount to fourteen billion dollars honorably is facing hard times after the german government decided to abandon nuclear power

within a decade but earning power has been its main business and now the firm is looking to invest in other sources of energy including gas. developing a multi-billion your own best plan to build renewable energy stations. look at the markets we start with commodities and oil is still down on a stronger dollar and concerns about the u.s. economic recovery light sweet is down on a half dollars and ninety four sixty four a barrel and brant is now recovered slightly of that argument seventeen dollars per barrel. u.s. markets are down on the same worries about the recovery of the global and the u.s. economy alcoa is leading the way it's down real hard percent on expectations of a gloomy earnings report which will come out after the closing bell and will kick off the second quarter results in. european markets ended monday's session on a negative no as fresh concerns about sovereign debt are putting financials under

pressure investors are waiting for results and emergency resume easing and preventing the debt crisis spreading to it for years and for the largest economy the country's assets have seen a heavy sell off with bond yields rising to fly percent nurses are concerned by the high level of italy's public debt it stands at one hundred twenty percent of the gross domestic product. in russia a pretty similar picture the r.t.s. end of the session down two percent my six one point three percent the main losers of the day energy shares on a declining crude gasper on their four down one point seven percent was enough to one point four percent truck maker come others also losing both bearing better than the market is on of course was nano a needs to invest three hundred million dollars to upgrade the company. metal production and then immense amount of technology outside government relations capital wraps up the big three. today with the open legged of sentiment the series for two reasons false news make still negative news and second people who got

a lot of positions of the right will continue the last themself and they have to cut some positions on one b. there will be gathering more of the european financial me a story with some market for the night from monday to tuesday they will be forced to report or forgo the calling us. on tuesday morning people will be watching. with this report firmly in the program car sales in russia seems to be easing the market has grown to sixty three or forty percent rather year on year in june that's compared to a fifty percent increase the previous month the biggest slowdown seen by japanese producers suffering from supply disruptions they've run out of stocks which were made before the disastrous earthquake so yoda says i'm a four hundred fifty thousand less cars as a result of overproduction pick ups in the spring headlines are next with kev and

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