from the crowd said those kind of things. not long ago on the twenty third you travelled on these modes he was in a poor condition then yes because most serial times you're in or a trip to board had to stop. because the engine wasn't working properly we had our prom number. on those who have died to you i feel especially sort of for the children the little ones it's a terrible loss. but when the boat was sinking and the crew was in there and they were busy saving their own lives we still hope that our daughter has survived this you know haps in an air pocket or some other way but yet we still believe that our little angel is alive. so a sense of immense tragedy here amongst the crowds amongst the relatives and amongst the survivors but also of a growing number of questions as to why this happened to tom we understand that some relatives still believe their loved ones could be alive or how is the rescue

operation going. at the moment the rescue operation while it has really turned into more of a recovery operation but the tempo has not let up we were at the site of the center of the rescue operation yesterday and boats kept going from the bank throughout the day to try and recover people you can hear some of the music being played behind me to try and commemorate the sinking of the ship but downstream the rescue efforts are going on with divers going to the wreck to try and search the rooms inside the ship and find people find bodies of people who went down with that ship they're moving into one of the most difficult parts of that operation into a large room a play room which was where around forty children were at the time of the sinking and it's thought that the largest. number of children there but that they simply

weren't able to skaters and they all drowned in that room they're going to try and recover those and on the sixteenth of july they're going to begin trying to raise the the sunken ship to try and recover all of the remains on the ship and also to try and ascertain what happened there was a growing number of accusations either given anonymously by crew members although eyewitnesses of big problems on the ship it's hard to verify the moment but all together they add up to quite a diamond indictment of what may have gone wrong things such as the s.o.s. alarms and tunnel is not working at the time of the sinking because of the electricity generated stopped working one of the engines itself repeatedly kept breaking down according to crew members the captain ignored. and now some holmes blowing in a memorial tribute to those that died this is

a large river with many craft traveling up and down it and a lot of the crews on most ships would have known the crew on the boat garcia. paying their respects now to the ship that sank. first came terrorist country that if you look at the boat leans a 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 waves crashed into them and he lost grip of my grandson he said he swim towards the . i and made it out alive but i can find my grandson or daughter in law. now amidst

the grief comes the anger and the questions. like if you speak so do your jobs you don't understand a thing. the vogue area pleasure boat sank in just three minutes on sunday now some people are saying it should never have been on the volga atoll that they will stay out of the bog area past us two hours before it looked an awful condition of they had done a preview each before it would never have been allowed to sail. growing evidence seems to point to gross mismanagement on the vessel including a broken engine ignored by the captain and blocked in the agency exits. were used to work on it it was called the ukraine more and more people complained to the just change the name to the bulgaria the crew themselves always praise god for saving them every time they got off that ship the vessel was first built in one nine

hundred fifty five and as recently as last month was given official clearance to sail. despite this rescue teams say it was hopelessly outdated the crew that was working tell me they noticed water coming in through the windows at such a pace the boat went down very quickly now president medvedev has ordered wide ranging checks saying there are many more bulgaria's out there 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 all of this will come to the fore when the ship itself is raised to the surface for investigation but it's the hiring accounts of what happened on the weekend pleasure cruise that told the real story. is that people were basically buried alive in china 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 rescue workers will continue their efforts throughout the coming hours and days but hope has now gone they will find anyone else alive leaving just the shock and grief. of all go back central russia. coming up in a few minutes a drawn out decision france is serious and also what to do with the game plan. that the country will sit down and talk to colonel gadhafi. the middle east peace corps head made up of russia america the u.n. and the e.u. has gathered in washington in attempt to revive stalled israeli palestinian peace talks meeting comes at a low point in relations between israel and its biggest ally the u.s. after president obama spoke in favor of a return to established three nine hundred sixty seven borders that israel occupied vast swathes of palestinian land and since declared that much of it as its own

gathering of the quartet also comes ahead of a key u.n. vote on officially record. palestine is a sovereign state something strongly opposed by israel. which if you close range of more of those wishing to see the talks to. the quartet has met at a time when its efforts as the global mediator in the middle east peace process are largely seen as ineffective there's a sense that calls for negotiations alone are not enough in fact they've reached a dead end and made the failure to negotiate as a solution palestinians plan to seek a vote by the un general assembly in september recognizing the state of palestine and urgency to the meeting of the quartet as some analysts say could be the last chance for the global mediators to prove their efficiency before the possible vote in september divides the international community which it most certainly will there is a vision that all quartet members share and that is

a two state solution for these three weeks and the palestinians and the starting point for those negotiations have to be the pre-one nine hundred sixty seven border lines but the israelis find the mere mentioning of nine hundred sixty seven border lines unacceptable the palestinians on the other hand demand israel stop building settlements on the occupied territories demands which israel effectively ignores so it's a snowball of conditions that have resulted in the decades old impasse the two sides have not been able to come to a solution and the hope always was that wall powers could mediate a peaceful outcome but even though the quartet members say they want to see two independent states eventually they have not been united in how they see the path to the solution the u.s. for example blocks every year when attempts to influence the situation take the settlements the obama administration has called the israeli settlement expansion illegitimate but when it came to actually voting at the un security council to condemn the settlement expansion is illegal the u.s. veto the resolution and they say the fact that israel is the protectorate of the

united states makes it hard to expect a balanced approach from washington whereas russia is. seen by many as the more impartial mediator moscow has held consultations with both these really authorities and the palestinian authorities many times hearing out their complains their grievances because the palestinian vote voice is virtually blocked in the us their leadership is labeled as terrorists here and experts say mediation is next to impossible when you refused to talk to one of the sites. just hours before the middle east quartet convened in washington israel introduced a law that makes it a crime for its citizens to boycott jewish settlements in occupied palestinian territory and you know has already been criticized free speech and stuff and democracy human rights organizations cuse the israeli government acting as police station and he said it's nice to see the damages caused by cost places fines

organized this is a stark reminder ongoing motion of civil rights in the country as israel seeks to preserve its decades long stranglehold on palestine. executive director of the sensation for civil rights in israel. the passing of this law was a bad day for freedom of speech a bad day for his only democracy. and even more unfortunately it is only the current representation of the rising wave of democratic legislation that is gradually drowning the foundations of is that of ocracy as well for many years later rightfully so has been recognized as a country with strong democratic attributes but what we're seeing here is the gradual sad process in which the israeli parliament is by itself doing eroding those democratic principles not just

a prolonged occupation for more than four decades but also targeting the rights of . minorities in me as well and specifically arab citizens of the state of israel targeting human rights organisations and ability to function freely something that we've always taken for granted and is now being gradually eroded and also targeting the independence of the high court of justice and its ability to continue to defend human rights and civil liberties in israel. but you know i find more stories on our website called with aces news blogs and videos instead. by the way the shady circumstances surrounding the death of a high profile russian prosecutor who shot himself. by levels of his blood. and a street race. car and some. need for speed carnage

. the french parliament to shuttle to vote on an extension to the military campaign libya the government there says it's determined to take the fight to colonel gadhafi and some experts believe a ground invasion is now the only option left to present. tell me which. books is like bragging will destroy their opponents they're often wrong and gets a surprise i. french foreign minister should pay both did france would be encroached days weeks the war's into a fourth month and the final round inside. the with his western

allies seem short little opponents fighting back well it's not just an embarrassment for sarkozy it's an embarrassment for all nato for the whole west paris even admits libya's rebels some somalia. wench to libya for training within the last two or three years. we have to fly records and everything else so it seems strange in many ways the whole western support of some of the rebel groups in libya must be questioned because in some. we are effectively arming al-qaeda. it's all making a mockery of the un vote on foreign intervention because tree. by leading it never . giving up. none of. this. witnesses the two of libya's causing widespread atrocities for every

one military person that was supposedly a casualty there were ten civilians frauds categorically ruled out saying the road troops protect predict is the only way to break the libyan deadlock the moves the splitting the nato coalition silvio berlusconi head of keep italy admits invading libya was a mistake and did a stunning the fridge defense minister says the rebels should negotiate with moammar gadhafi this is the same man that they already indicted in the international court so. i mean from a legal point of view it's even impossible what they saying they're saying now and a person accused of war crimes or crimes against humanity is a suitable partner in negotiations men and of course our media here are not the ones who are going to pose these critical certainly not in france. to the president

on the contrary rocher upstream did the us vote warning bombs would bring havoc in libya which place at the latest tools to help support so you could have real full quote lloyd lead diplomats will be. with elections just more in months away psagot advisors said a successful war could resurrect his chances instead one paper writes libya's becoming a slow motion call crash for france's deeply unpopular president. so. this is libyan spring is turning into a. new bush you'll see paris. now to some other stories making headlines around the world. the half brother of the afghan president has reportedly been assassinated and he's. headed to the prevention council and was one of the

most powerful politicians in the south of the country and who reports suggest he was shot dead by one of his bodyguards. the hacking scandal surrounding the world's most read english language newspaper has taken a new twist reports of police and city senior law enforcement officers are being questioned obstructing. the conduct of the news of the world. it was closed down or physicians or confirms of politicians murder victims and the firings of dead soldiers becomes emerging revelations to other newspapers so a lot of. games and hacking. are a turn violent. young arrest began as bonfires were. celebrations that militants began throwing stones at protestants before the security services

became a target of both sides least twenty two police officers were injured no parade is dedicated to the former religion pictures or the catholics inspired decades of bloodshed and destruction. the wiki leaks founder julian assange on will be back in london's high court today to fight extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning of a sexual assault allegations and supporters fear that if handed over to swedish authorities it won't be long before finds himself behind bars in the u.s. party's image reports. seven months since today in our souls was released on bail he returns to the high court to appeal his extradition if he fails will be sent to sweden within ten days but many believe his feet won't touch the ground next stop america i think. the worry is that sui which in the past has extradited people to america with

a minimum of fuss when they were asked was show us a possible. to get water awaits him in the us is this. really ought to be. used earlier a notorious neo conservative group helped the swedish prime minister friedrich reinfeldt win reelection last year and there's another glaring link in the shape of lawyer thomas bloodstream his firms representing the two women bringing the sex charges against him in two thousand and one he was minister of justice and is alleged to have helped turned over to asylum seekers suspected by the cia of terror they were sent to egypt and allegedly tortured he might well want to stop wiki leaks from functioning the question about neutrality became even even clearer thanks to some of the documents from exactly wiki leaks there's been a willingness to. do the errands of the united states over many years

from. questions of. making asylum seekers in sweden. to the cia freddy's is particularly strong now with a government in sweden sweden one on sex crime charges the us is reportedly preparing an espionage case and it suits no nato member sweden just fine to be a conduit in this case and in others. all the benefits. being an intelligence partner of the united states without the baggage of being in nato sweden seen as an easier way for the u.s. to get their hands on ourselves particularly after it requested the extradition of gary mckinnon from britain which so far hasn't been granted but critics say the u.k. is just as much in the u.s. as sweden it's kind of a traditional role of britain to represent us foreign policy in europe. you know

militarily and politically and economically. very unfortunately has to get us back to course in london he'll have an eye on the british justice system which could save him from being extradited but the other i will be firmly fixed on this we did a country that insists on is a new trial as he was turning asylum seekers a bit to the us allegedly to be tortured only our souls and his stuff that wiki leaks know what else we did that's got to hide your enemies what's he done to. main story the moral services are being held all across russia to mourn the victims of its worst accident in three decades and now live pictures from the country's center of the toughest i've got a pleasure cruise and started talking about two things that relatives of the victims and survivors i had to take part in commemoration ceremonies. seventy

people actually confirmed thousands bodies remain trapped. rescuers say the chances of finding more survivors. because much. time now for the business now. thanks gary this is business r.t. hello and welcome to the program a record over is coming to russia's state newspaper says the government is getting ready to massively expand its prioritise ation program it's going to multiply the value of the cell of by seven making it work two hundred billion dollars president dmitry medvedev says he is not satisfied with the current pace of the prioritize

ation drive the state was going to sell its stakes in one thousand enterprises last year but only one hundred twenty acids and it are being sold the president is keen to get rid of state ownership as soon as possible however the government seems not likely to launch it suggests extended the deadline for privatization and introducing a gold share. after the two thousand. fiscal comp all and brutalization. almost all of the world prices then when the reason of brooches each according to the president will reduce these economic liberalization. in the efficiency of the price of. the road i am not sure that these liberalization is the global story or he is much more focused on strongarm an.

opportunity to provide strongarm and support the thought of rules. russia is going to sell ten percent of its high tech corp it will snow as part of privatizing plans the state could be sold in two years for around one billion dollars and live believe investors will be interested in the acid as nanotechnologies are in strong demand. russia's largest lenders burbank is teaming up with these corporate research hard the country's answer to silicon valley will host a tea cluster and or india the deal also involves setting up one of the world's largest data processing centers spirit banks says this will help it become one of the most technologically advanced buying school openly. routine we are learning to maintain the produce budget drawn seven hundred to eight hundred million dollars the total blog will build able to and a half years and provider on. time

to look at the markets now or this continue to news ground amid concerns about global demand that some speculation of europe's debt crisis is deepening brundtland is trading at around one hundred fifteen dollars per barrel while the w tries nearly ninety four dollars per barrel. european stocks seeing a habit selloff after a sharp drop in the previous session investors continued to dump and pay and insurance stocks are persisting sovereign debt fears. here inversion of the markets i love tracking of the seas and losses let's now take a look at some individual movies on the my six most of the blue trips on low road with financial suffering the most spare bank is losing more than around one and a half percent week of crude is away on energy majors gas bomb is down one percent also into has slipped into the red after gains and it's reported and nine percent

increase in earnings for the first top of the year. also data was you have tamed investor appetite for risk pressuring the russian currency to fresh lows the ruble has slipped to its lowest level in seven weeks against the dollar which is considered to be a safe haven i said it's lost one percent with the greenback now worth just over twenty eight. days while we're back with more business news about fifty minutes time turners that's than if you can not they headlines are next with carrie .

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a human voice face to face with the news makers. are watching our team back to our main story on the moral services being held all across russia to mourn the victims. to vote in three decades some are live pictures from the country's central to the public of touchstone when overloaded pleasure cruise a sank in the fault of over two days ago but it's have so that some sense of god has a book in there to take part in commemoration events and services. simply people who she confronted dozens of bodies from. trapped under. say the chances of finding more survivors are these live pictures. taking place right now.

some of the mideast quartet meets in washington hoping to jumpstart the stalled this very posting peace talks a decades long conflict drags on wiki leaks founder julian assange launches a fresh appeal against extradition in london's high court made allegations that sweden more than a staging post to the u.s. . now is nato deeper into the bloody conflict in libya remaining neutral on syria many are questioning the alliances real motives next independent journalist shares his thoughts on what's really going on in the region . the libya conflict is entering its face month with concerns growing that

a protracted destructive civil war has been kickstarted by a western russia the regime change to miss on a french intellectual and join the list founder and chairman of terror network and the axis for peace conference has been working here in libya trying to find out the truth thank you very much terry for being with us thank you where have you been in libya and what have you discovered what have you found in your time here. first of all it's quite obvious to us see we wanted to answer the war at the same time with libya and syria. that wish was made public by john bolton in two thousand and two the plan was passed over to france and britain who decided to bring it to life in november last year secondly it was necessary to verify whether an attempt of a coup had been made before that that could be organized by france or britain.