in sunday's tragedy there's also a funeral starting to take place today of some of the victims twenty three families will start burying their relatives today from the sinking of the bulgaria ship but downstream from the rescue efforts are going on with divers going to direct to try and search the rooms inside the ship they're moving into one of the most difficult parts of that operation into a large play room and it's thought that a large number of children in there but that they simply weren't able to escape and they all drowned in that room. first came terror and tragedy. the boat leans a bit 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 grip of my grandson he said he swim towards the light 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 bulgaria pleasure boat sank in just three minutes on sunday now some people are saying it should never have been on the volga atoll at the. past two hours before cloaked in an awful condition of their done a pretty voyage before it would never have been allowed to sail. growing evidence seems to point to gross mismanagement of the vessel including a broken engine ignored by the captain and blocked in the urgency exits are not long ago on the twenty three as we travelled on these motives he was in a poor condition then because most serial times during her trip would have to stop . because the engine was working properly 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 despite this rescue teams say it was hopelessly outdated the crew that was working tell me they noticed water coming in through the windows it's how to pace the boat wind down through quickly all of this will come to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 rescue workers will continue their efforts throughout the coming hours and days but hope is now gone they will find anyone else alive leaving just the shock and grief. the volga bank central russia. meanwhile it's claimed to vessels past the cruise ship as it were sinking did nothing to help a criminal case has now been launched against the ship's captain and there's also a further coverage of this story at our website of course dot com we have an interview with the divers working at the scene who give a harrowing account of the underwater search for dozens of bodies and poor

visibility and of course further news and analysis at r.t. dot com. the half brother of afghan president hamid karzai has been assassinated in his own home initial reports suggest. was shot dead by one of his own bodyguards the taliban has claimed responsibility described it as one of its biggest achievements yet cause i headed the kandahar province of the volatile region on the border with pakistan he was often accused in media reports of having links to afghanistan's massive illegal drugs trade doctor a political analyst from kabul says the killing is a blow to the u.s. . the past couple of years he confirmed that he had a good relationship with their american troops american office because of this i think that americans lost one off their important members of the air troops but at the same time he was accused of. being involved in corruption and drug

trafficking and then because of this many believe that america well seek a four for another person to replace him. well or two years ago we spoke to wali karzai about how he sees the allegations against him. because of this big but did never in the last seven years we tried. to music community reach out to your everyone. being approved while going through the video section of our website to access this interview in full. wiki leaks founder julian assange has a back in a london court where he's appealing against an earlier ruling to extradite him to sweden the world's most famous whistleblower is wanted for questioning over sexual assault allegations but his supporters fear that if sent to stockholm he'll end up in the hands of the u.s. government laura that has been following the case from just outside the court.

court's his own cheese day he was flanked by his lawyers and his assistants and he was silent told us he reserving his energies we were all asking him how he felt about how today was going to go but he didn't answer any of us he had a hat he's now wearing glasses and he looked that seem much older than he or she is and set me much older than me but he did this carrying that we're seeing this week essential to last until wednesday but even then the rulings expected to be result so we might not hear what decision the judge has made for days or even weeks and insights even if that this appeal is rejected in a cellar says that he vows to take this case higher up the justice chain here in the u.k. first to the supreme court and then if you have to you on to the european court of human rights and he and his supporters have always suggested that the prosecution on sex charges is politically motivated. so the end goal of this is this we did

will eventually send him to the us where of course a grand jury is currently investigating the work of wiki leaks and in fact there are significant links between sweden and the us which is the subject of reports that you can see now 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 swinging which in the past has extradited people to america with a minimum of fuss when they were asked was seen as a possible. top to. water awaits him in the us is this. really ought to be. a notorious neo conservative group

help the swedish prime minister friedrich reinfeldt when re-election last year and there's another glaring link in the shape of lawyer thomas bloodstream his firm's representing the two women bringing the sex charges against us 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 of the military and some politicians pretty intensively with the united states. large massive. sweden ones are on sex crime charges the u.s. is reportedly preparing an espionage case and it suits nor nato member sweden just fine to be a conduit in this case and in others they get. all the benefits of 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 our soldiers but to requested the extradition of hakka gary mckinnon from britain which so far hasn't been granted but critics say the u.k. is just as much in computes with the u.s. as sweet and as judith sells goes back to court 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 have a country that insists on its own neutrality whilst turning asylum seekers over to the u.s. to allegedly to be tortured only as solo's and his stuff that wiki leaks know what else sweden is going to hide your enemies how is he going to. know you can always find more stories on our website of course. blogs and videos he's just taste. like check out these dramatic new pictures of the moment that a russian passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing on.

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great. song from steve. santagati dot com. it's now a thirteen minutes past the hour here in moscow you without me the french parliament is due to vote on extending the military campaign in libya it comes after recent remarks by a defense minister suggesting that the rebels should talk to colonel gadhafi sparked rumors that one of the most active advocates of the nato led invasion might be starting to back pedal on the campaign and as art is daniel bushell reports anxiety is indeed growing in paris that what was intended to be a short lived mission is turning into an embarrassing long. knockout. which. books is like bragging will destroy their opponents

they're often wrong and gets a surprise. french foreign minister should pay both did france would be are in quote days or weeks the wars into a fourth month no final round inside nicolas sarkozy with his western allies seems short little opponents fighting back well it's not just an embarrassment for sarkozy it's an embarrassment. for the whole west paris even admits being libya's rebels but on some somalia. went to libya for training within the last two or three years. documented 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 cases of it we are effectively arming al-qaeda. it's all making

a mockery of the un vote on foreign intervention in the country. giving. none of. this. witnesses to libya's causing widespread atrocities for every one military personnel that was supposedly a casualty there were ten civilians for all it's categorically ruled out sending troops to take spurs predict is the only way mail to break the libyan deadlock the moves of splitting the nato coalition silvio berlusconi head of keep italy admits invading libya was a mistake and did a stunning u. turn 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 role sure abstain did the u.s. vote warning foreign bombs would bring havoc in libya to play said the latest count supports the love ruffle quote lloyd lee diplomat speak for up. with elections just annoying months away sako advisers 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. is easy jogging for excessive sweating is understandable this is libyan spring is turning into a marathon. see paris. nato is lying when it says it's in libya is to protect civilians but that's claimed by independent journalist. see the full interview next hour here on our team but here's a preview. starting from the moment it was decided to launch this

operation the lives of civilians were not taken into account and this is just the beginning is there either a question of the rearrangement of this region and we are yet to see a series of wars in this case nato keeps lying at every stage during the war and possible nato would normally lie only to conceal its mistakes at this time it's being done not to conceal mistakes but to conceal the strategy. we're watching r t it's good to have you with us today now a human rights groups in israel are preparing to go to court over a new law which makes it illegal to boycott jewish settlements on occupied palestinian territory the so-called boycott bill the approved by the parliament in tel aviv imposes fines and allow settlers to sue boycott organizers for damages rights groups say the legislation is completely unlawful and violates free speech

israeli settlements on the occupied territories are illegal under international law guy l. ad executive director of the association for civil rights in israel says the bill is a stark reminder of an ongoing and roshan of civil rights in the country. the passing of this was a bad day for freedom of speech a bad day for is a democracy and even more unfortunately it is the only current representation of the rising wave of democratic legislation that is gradually drowning the phone day sions of is it about prosy as well for many years and i think 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 because i'm a proud of principles not just a call i want to keep pushing for more than four decades. but also targeting the

rights of minorities in the 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. all right twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital let's get to some other headlines for you in brief this hour a protestant parade is again turned violent in northern ireland capital belfast bonfires where you will twelfth of july celebrations protesters threw stones and fire protestants and police security services attempted to separate the opposing factions and at least seven police officers were injured in the attacks of july the end of the annual protestant marching season commemorates a seventeenth century victory of a catholic forces. gripping britain with allegations that reporters

now defunct news of the world tabloid secret information about the queen and tucked into private telephones spreads as other newspapers belonging also to rupert murdoch have been accused by former prime minister gordon brown of quote using criminals to obtain private information about him meanwhile senior police officers are being questioned over allegations that they obstructed the original investigation into journalists conduct at the news of the world meanwhile we've received reports that rupert murdoch and his son james are to be called before parliament to answer questions about stuff. the united nations is struggling to cope with thousands of somali refugees fleeing to kenya and ethiopia to escape starvation because the drought worsens throughout east africa both countries themselves suffering dire conditions the u.n. expects at least ten million people will need food aid in the region with children

at the greatest risk of dying. all right let's turn it over to her dimitri now for the latest in the world of business. thanks rory the italian stock market is under pressure after a heavy selloff pushed the regulator to ban short selling fears announcing the euro zone's third largest economy may request a bailout italy as a debt to g.d.p. ratio of one point two second only to greece within the e.u. analysts say and it's early in the fall could prove fatal to a weakened euro zone now to talk more on this i'm joined by steen jacobsen in the studio chief economist at sykes of bank scene thank you so much for being with us so how likely first of all do you think that it's really might request funds from the e.u. well i think we have to make a clear distinction between greece and italy in the case that greece effectively needed funding they needed funds to get through the budget where is he did lose in a totally different position it doesn't mean however that the situation is not

quite dire in terms of difficult inability to move forward with an agenda of a sturdy so no i mean different starting point but certainly a crisis so how do you think italy has come to the situation it actually has very high risks right now suring its state lines part of the reasoning is that italy has failed to migrate into and it totally industrial nation first and most exported to the commodity remains agriculture on top of this easily hasta highs you need labor cost in europe meanwhile they have lost productivity not exactly the cocktail that makes for a good drink so and then they have failed to implement. in due course so now and they have actually been one hundred twenty even for a long time but the starting point is not as weak and domestic savings extremely high you need to really visit the other european countries but what we could be seeing right now is the first steps into a crisis to put on your so really all these situations with greece will. spain with

italy demonstrate a huge imbalance between different members of the euro zone countries going with what do you think should be done in this respect absolutely. in rough estimates twenty percent competitiveness difference between germany and the countries like italy i think the long term solution is very clear in the days only one solution on the table which is politically not very viable it is the establishment of a minister of finance for your europe was started without a minister finest that's the reason why we in the mess we're in today because the local governments when markets are spending money they didn't have so there is this where we are today the intermediate way would be to issue. bonds via the. new us and. which will almost for the european politicians to accept a fiscal quarter national what about the bodies that exist today for the e.c.b. what can i do really is to be cannot really do anything to be is monitoring the

monetary policy and in the acting on that and i think part of the débâcle we have right now is dead easy b.s. back down i see the interest rate hike in europe from these would be being dictated by the fact that these listen guys we will not do your fiscal policy for you anymore so we're not going to give you the very low interest rates for much longer you need to address your stary and hence realize that table you know we have difficulties reaching out and agreement what we saw yesterday is the euro zone financial chiefs gathered for a meeting they did not take any action at all they said that they would shortly what are they doing you saw it almost surprised the politician will always try to buy more time. for the politicians being that if the opportunity cost of doing nothing is zero they would do nothing but i think we've come to a time where opportunity cost is becoming too big the problem all the however is

that when you have the germans going into these tie. negotiation you need to make absolutely sure you are not in violation of the constitutional court and culture which is actually sitting at least face and coming out with a memo whether the so far a lot of people are legal so you can say that the problem being the government's are laurie adopted a they are trying to stay inside the treaty which they are clearly not in terms of practical. development but i think the problem is that the it's very difficult to strike the right balance between doing something constructive and creating a. treaty so see how long do you think will it take for all these problems to be resolved if that is possible to i think ironically we need a crisis we need to create the political. legacy for actually accepting a fiscal union so you know. this is not necessarily negative you seen that in russia you seen it in finland you can come back from crisis and i think people tend

to forget that two generation ago they were fighting two world wars they were seeing a mini crisis and still they created the best growth the world has seen. frightening the euro needs to bleed in order to survive well thank you so much the chief economist with us in the studio thanks so much. for let's move to the markets if we have time for that if we do continue to lose ground despite crude intrusive fooling from peak levels fears of softening demand of dominating there with the market with investors concerned about u.s. economic recovery and the possibility of for the monetary tightening in china they're probably seeing is brant just over one hundred sixteen dollars per barrel light sweet down forty two cents at ninety three. european stocks seeing a sell off after a very sharp drop in the previous session footsies down one percent the dax was just over one percent investors are continuing to dump financial and insurance stocks persisting sovereign the fears and that's not really being held by dutch

finance minister saying some. negative default on greek that is still possible new while the market has never stopped the possibility of the crisis spreading to its in the end spain this is we've been talking about the program long and the cost of insuring spanish and italian government bonds has jumped to record levels. here in russia pretty much the same picture although the drop is softer so here's a down point five percent my six point one percent if we look at individual share movers that's the energy stocks which are losing gas from down point four percent financials well tracking the losses or cross the globe back down half a percent not us nickel is actually fairing better than the market on speculation that it will be buying back shares from the markets. and that was in the euro zone now but tamed investor appetite for risk pushing the russian currency over twenty eight roubles the dollar has lost a third of a percent versus the greenback which is considered to be a safe haven after the moment monday's session saw its biggest decline in seven

weeks. and in the south they will be back in fifteen minutes with an update stay with us.

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thirty pm here in. headlines. the victims of sunday's sinking of a pleasure cruise. almost one thousand deaths have been confirmed so far and many of them children. trapped under water continues. to been assassinated in his own home the death of the powerful politician allegedly linked to drug trafficking. plans to leave a stable country behind when its troops withdrawal. to extradite him to sweden over sex crime allegations but it supporters say the

case is just a pretext to be united states. and. our interview show spotlight discusses a string of cases of russian children killed by foreign adoptive parents we ask is doing enough that's next tuesday. hello yellow welcome to spotlight for the show on r.t. . and today my guest in the studio is. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is on an official visit to the united states among other things he's trying to strike a deal with americans concerning the child adoption process just recently several american families have been blamed. for children adopted in

south moscow wants to have a right to examine living conditions of adopted children what problem does the russian children ombudsman face here is the presidential commission for children's rights the. number of scandals where american parents badly treated the children they adopted in russia. and washington to come up with a solution to document design by russia would make the organizations helping americans adopt to russia need international recognized convention but inside russia it's a different story children's rights are used the country doesn't have a single juvenile court to deal in such cases. welcome to the show thank you very much for coming in first of all about this new agreement that the right.