direct to try and search the rooms inside the ship they're moving into one of the most difficult parts about operation into a large play room and it's thought that a large number of children 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 paid to do your jobs you don't understand anything. the bulgarian 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. area past two hours before it looked an awful conditions if they had done a pretty voyage before it would never have been allowed to sail that growing evidence seems to point to gross mismanagement of the vessel including a broken engine ignored by the captain and blocked in the agency exits are not long ago on the twenty third we travelled on these motors he was in a poor condition then because most serial times you're in or a trip it would have to stop for somebody years 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 despite this rescue teams say it was hopelessly outdated the crew that was working tell me they noticed water coming in through the windows at such a pace the boat went down through quickly but all of this will come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 the 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 . something which are. plenty of anguish but now there's also growing anger following claims that two vessels passed the cruise ship as it was sinking but did nothing to help a criminal case has been launched against those ships captains and don't forget we've got more on the human side of this tragedy at our website r.t. dot com there you'll also find an interview with the divers working at the scene who give a harrowing account of the underwater search for dozens of bodies and call for civility you can read that and further news and analysis on. the half brother of afghan president hamid karzai has been assassinated in his own

home initial reports suggest karzai was shot down by one of his own bodyguards the taliban has claimed responsibility described it as one of its biggest achievements cause i headed the kandahar province a volatile region on the border with pakistan he was often accused in media reports of having links to afghanistan's massive illegal drugs trade talk to me a political analyst from kabul says the killing is a blow to the u.s. . and the past couple of years he confirmed that he had a good relationship with their american troops and american office because of this i think that americans lost one of their important members of the our 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 the american secret for for another person to replace him. two years ago we spoke. about how he sees the

allegations against him. but then never in the last seven years we challenge. community and we challenge everyone to approve log on to the video section of our website where you can access this interview in fool and of course a huge archive of other news footage. wiki leaks founder julian assange is back in a london court where he's appealing against an earlier ruling to extradite him to sweden the world's most famous whistleblowers want the questioning of a sexual assault allegations but his supporters fear that if sent to stop it will end up in the hands of the u.s. government. has been following the case from right outside the courthouse. we saw wrestlers arrive at courts his own cheese day he was flanked by his lawyers and his assistants and he was silent obviously 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 but he had a haircut he's now wearing glasses and he looked that he much older than his forty years and certainly much older than him but he did this carrying that we're seeing this week essential to last until wednesday but even then the rulings expected to be reserved 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 and i saw it 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 go 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 and that the end goal of this is this weekend will eventually send him to the u.s. where of course the grand jury is currently investigating the work of wiki leaks and in fact there are significant links between sweden and the u.s.

which is the subject of the 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 the worry is swinging which in the past has extradited people to america with a minimum of fuss when they were asked was show us a possible back door to get him out of britain who waits him in the us is this really in my mind is it because it clearly ought to be. put on trial for war used on you're a notorious neo conservative ruth helped the swedish prime minister. reinfeldt win reelection last year and there's another glaring link in the shape of lawyer thomas bold stroke his firm's 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 you have the military and some politicians cooperate. with the united states. large massive. sweden one on sex crime charges the us is reportedly preparing an espionage case and it nato member sweden just fine to be a conduit in this case and in others. 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 ourselves particularly after it requested the extradition of hack 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 has to do it ourselves 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 eye will be firmly fixed on sweden and a country that insists on its own neutrality whilst turning asylum seekers over to the u.s. to allegedly to be tortured only our soldiers and his stuff that wiki leaks know what else we just got to hide your enemy's hot seat. of course so you can always find more stories on our website that's. the latest news blogs and videos is just a taste. right now check this out amazing footage showing the. rescue operation to take place just hours after. you know. right here in central moscow.

on the. end of the war and going the way of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared. the risk is not zero that something might be going off by mistake especially when the weapons on hair trigger a lot. of the victims to use it as a threat. but you know if you keep spinning a trillion dollars a year on weapons of eventually you're going to blow everybody up you you know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't wake up to nuclear weapons or a bill. that represents all of the firepower of the second world war this. is the equivalent. of the world's nuclear arsenal

today. thirteen minutes past the hour here in moscow the french parliament is due to vote on extending the military campaign in libya and comes off the recent remarks by its defense minister suggesting that the rebels should talk to colonel gadhafi this is a spot rumors that one of the most active advocates of the nato led invasion might be starting to back pedal on the campaign and what he's done a bushel reports anxiety is indeed growing in paris that what was intended to be a short lived mission is turning into. long haul. not tell me which. books is like bragging they'll destroy their opponents they're often wrong and gets

a nasty surprise i french foreign minister should pay boasted france would win libya in quote days or weeks the war's into a fourth month no final round inside nicolas sarkozy with his western allies seen short their 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 being libya's rebels but on some somalia. wench to libya for training within the last two or three years that's 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 i think 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 at nato bombing of libya is causing widespread atrocities for every one military personnel that was supposedly a casualty there were ten civilians for all to categorically ruled out sending troops to take spurs predict is the only way male 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 u. turn the french defense minister says the rebels should. negotiate with moammar gadhafi this is the same man that they're already indicted in the international court so. i mean from a legal point of view it's even impossible role sure abstained in the un's vote

warnings to foreign bombs would bring havoc in libya but you play said the latest tool to count support love ruffle quote lloyd lee diplomats all week for a. year 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 bagel so is easy jogging for excessive sweating is understandable this is libyan spring which is turning into a marathon the new bush will see paris. nato is lying when it says its aim in libya is to protect civilians while that's claimed by independent journalists at the heat makes see the full interview in about a fifteen minutes time right here on r.t. but for now he's a small 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

it is rather 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 impossible in nato would normally lie only to conceal its mistakes and this time it's being done not to conceal mistakes but you can see all the strategy. seventeen minutes past the hour now here in moscow a protest rally has been held in israel against a new law which makes it illegal to boycott jewish settlements on occupied palestinian territory the bill which was approved by the parliament in jerusalem imposes fines and allow settlers to sue boycott organizers for damages human rights activists say it's a violation of free speech and are preparing to go to court israeli settlements on the occupied territories are illegal under international law guy that executive

director of the association for civil rights in israel says the bill is a stark reminder of an ongoing erosion of civil rights in the country. 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 the only current representation of the rising wave of democratic legislation that is gradually drowning the phone dacian of his that iraq received as well for many years and i think rightfully so has been recognized as a country with strong democratic out your boots but what we're seeing here is the gradual sad process in which the israeli parliament is by itself undoing eroding those democratic principles not just a call on you to keep creation for more than four decades but also targeting do rights of minorities in the israel and specifically arab citizens of the state of israel targeting human rights organisations and of 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. it was. twenty past six in the evening that such got some other headlines for you from around the world this hour. again turned violent in northern ireland's capital belfast a bonfire. twelfth of july celebrations protesters. and. security services attempted to separate the opposing factions and at least seven police officers were injured and it's. the end of the marching season commemorates a seventeenth century victory over. outrage grips britain with allegations that reporters at the news of the world top of the secret information

about the queen into private telephones. other newspapers also belonging to rupert murdoch have been accused by former prime minister gordon brown of using criminals to obtain private information about him meanwhile senior police officers are being questioned allegations that they obstructed the original investigation into journalists at the news of the world rupert murdoch and his son james are now to be called before parliament as part of an investigation into the newsgroups. the united nations is struggling to cope with thousands of somali refugees fleeing to kenya and ethiopia to starvation but as the drought worsens throughout east africa both countries are themselves suffering conditions the u.n. expects at least ten million people will need food aid in the region with children the greatest risk of dying. for the business update dimitri say.

thanks very much rory alone a warm welcome to business and so you could have your company your top story the italian stock market is under pressure after a heavy selloff pushed the regulator to ban short selling fears amounting to the euro zone's furred largest economy may request a bailout analysts say and sally in default could prove fatal to weaken the years a chief economist at saxo bank seen jacobsen leaves only a radical solution could contain the debt crisis. what exactly could be done and the only real solution long term is for europe to establish the minister of finance for europe europe was born without a minister of finance every single country is allowed to conduct their own checks policy their own fiscal policy bed they clearly didn't work in order to move forward we need to consolidate and act as one europe and that mean that as one minister of finance coronating all fiscal policy will make your a credible and it will allow for the distribution of funds internally within the area. so you can look at the markets now traditionally we start with crude oil is

continuing to lose ground despite threw it in the trees in the us or in levels fears of softening demand the dominance in the market with investors concerned about u.s. economic help me on the possibility of further monetary tightening in china now what we're seeing is brant just over one hundred sixteen dollars per barrel of light sweet ninety four and. u.s. markets are showing defiance of the season opening flat to negative with worries about the fate of the debt crisis in europe still showing investor interest therefore down by just a last nasdaq point three percent. european stock markets have slightly come off the heavy losses we saw in the beginning else choose day session after a sharp drop in the previous session investors are continuing to dump financial and insurance stocks on persisting sovereign debt fears and the statement by the dutch finance minister saying a selective default in greek debt is possible is not helping either meanwhile the

market is nervous about the possibility of the crisis spreading to me and spain cost of insuring spain and italian government bonds has jumped to record levels. there in russia the picture is slightly softer than the us or for europe and the united states the obvious down help us on my six by just a notch another twenty minutes left to go on the clock for tuesday's session of look at some of the individual movers you see the. shares of just gazprom are down around half a percent burbank also dampen the very same amount transplant scare however the coproducer is up five and a half percent so it's rallying on reports russia state development bank he could come and buy eighty percent of the minor for five billion dollars. that was in the euro zone have tamed investor appetite for risk pushing the russian currency over twenty eight roubles for dollar loss a further percent against the dollar gaining same amount versus the euro and those

considered to be a safe haven asset at monday's session saw its biggest decline in seven weeks. prime minister has given his approval to the potential creation of a new ratings agency the idea comes after recent downgrades by existing agencies caused turmoils on many financial markets but the. bank explains why a new agency is being debated the answer probably is that. such an agency needs to be to prove that there are more to add value to the markets is to be more forward looking and to warn about potential crisis rather than report after the crisis has happened and say you know or it could become a form worse from here it will be useful to towards a few months in advance of all the wording size when things are still good and measures can be taken at an early stage rather than when the crisis is already out there to be dealt with it will take

a lot more money and effort and time. reconcile of his going to russia's state sector the most newspaper says the government is getting ready to massively expand its privatization program is going to multiply the value of the selloff by seven making it worth some two hundred billion dollars present nutriment valid says he's not satisfied with the current pace of the privatization drive the states was going to sell its stakes in one thousand and surprises last year but only one hundred and twenty and that are being sold the president is keen to get rid of state ownership as soon as possible however the government seems not likely to rush it suggests extending the deadline for privatization and introducing a gold share. after the year two thousand. fiscal component of. almost disappear. prices then when the reason of fruit is this good and there's a good if is economical liberalization and the broom and inefficiency of

enterprises channeling their hands i'm not sure that these liberalization idea that the coal still. feels he is a much more focused on strongarm will have that opportunity to provide stronger and support the so called wroth russia's largest lenders burbank is teaming up with these cork of research up the countries to silicon valley will host burbank's i t cluster in r. and d. on the deal also involves setting up one of the world's largest data processing centers where boeing says this will help it become one of the most technologically advanced banks globally. but. we are planning to maintain the produce budget at around seven hundred to eight hundred million dollars the technophile will build over two and a half years and provide their own five thousand jobs in one thousand and research

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stunts on t.v. dot com. it's now a six thirty pm here in the russian capital and with on the top stories. of the victims of sunday's sinking of a pleasure cruise on the volga river almost ninety tests have been confirmed so far many of them children meanwhile the search for dozens of bodies trapped under water containers. and wiki leaks founder julian assange is back in a london court fighting an earlier decision to extradite him over to sweden on sex crime allegations because supporters say the case is just a pretext to hand him over to the united states. the brother of afghan president hamid karzai has been assassinated in his own home the death of the powerful politician allegedly linked to drug trafficking deals

a blow to nato his plan to leave a stable country behind when his troops withdraw. well that question the official aim of nato intervention in libya that is supposedly protecting civilians our special interview is now. the labor conflict is entering its fifth month with concerns growing that a protracted destructive civil war has been kickstarted by western russia to regime change to miss on a french intellectual and two on the list founder and chairman of pair 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 to 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 that the us a 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 the attempt failed in october. after this field attempt another coup was planned or it in this is just killing all the heads of the libyan national congress if they got together in one place during a big celebration. that field though because the situation in the region changed after the revolutions in tunisia and egypt at that moment france and britain decided to carry out a p.r. operation and present this good town as a people's rebellion. was the aim.