this is the happy scene that should have seen this ship is designed almost identically to the bulgaria in this room almost identical to the one that children on that ship played in but for whatever reason their fate was very different. the iraqi as crowds gathered in remembrance of those killed by the sinking of the volga pleasure boat it was the younger victims that seem to cast the longest shadow. was. these schoolgirls that lost one of their classmates. at the most we study together for a year i had arguments with a new one she was a very kind girl and was always ready to help. as divers reached the playroom on one of the bokhari as upper decks they found the bodies of the children that had

gathered there just before the boat sunk. once inside the boat the bite is were everywhere in the corridors and cabins most of them were wearing the life first divers now have the awful task of bringing the bodies to the surface those left behind can only wonder at how fast their families were torn apart. our colleague was on that ship she went on a cruise together with her family husband five year old son and daughter says she was pregnant and was to deliver her second baby in august has not found yet only her husband managed to survive she and her son died. and for those children left suddenly without parents the terrible truth they may not be able to comprehend for years when she lost her mother and father we're all but we'll have to look after her now she's only want to our viewers old you know if you tell her we can't

she wouldn't understand. there is much that people don't understand about this disaster reports about the ship's engines failing about blocked emergency exits and electricity failure that stopped any s.o.s. or evacuation instructions going out criminal cases have been opened into why two ships passing straight after the sinking didn't stop to pick up a single person and into why the aging vessel was allowed to sail in the first place but for those who have lost loved ones the case will never be closed tom barton party. you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow and still ahead for you this hour deciding his fate will continue covering the london eye toward session which will rule whether the extradition to sweden we can expound or julian assange will go ahead. of the fury over the phone hacking

scandal gripping britain goes international as the u.s. senate takes a. media empire to. washington's planned missile shield over europe has been labeled as a main irritant behind a wide and chasm in russia to american relations by foreign minister sergey lavrov the u.s. has brushed off moscow's concerns over the project maintaining the shields only to protect against attacks from rogue states but some say it's taking advantage of post salvia didn't is to see it through parties gun it should count reports. u.s. missile defense plans in europe are of course up for discussion here in washington foreign minister lavrov said russian news for him legally binding guarantees that the european missile defense project will not threaten russia's security there has been words before washington has many times said that the system would not be against russia but moscow needs to have it on paper some analysts explained that this urge that russia has been getting everything on paper with promises in the

past that were not fulfilled for example when the soviet union collapsed russia was assured that nato would not be expanding towards these borders but he did condemn it continued recruiting new members of the bottom line is words are good but words in a legally binding agreement are better foreign minister lavrov said that's probably the most irritating issue in the relations between the two countries and there is a huge desire to live it behind and to rather turn it into an area of cooperation on the ground that being created on the basis of american national design of missile defense which was not accepted as a reasonable way to respond to what is there sieved as being the. system so we want to stick to the original agreed that there would be no parts of the system which would create risks for the strategic stability and for the but then short the strategic stability area namely through the course and those of the participants of

the system russia has offered building the missile shield in europe together but that offer was turned down nato says russia can participate but it can't be a joint project because russia is not part of nato to that moscow says if that's the case let's base our relations on agreements not just words the shield itself according to the state department will have the whole of europe covered my colleague alex a euro shift he went to romania where the u.s. plans to build the radar and found out what it means for the local population take a listen. the voice. the romanian village of their cell still cannot believe his luck after washington picked this place in romania region to locate a new raider base locals have been all smiles about hypothetical investment for the civil war when we first heard that the u.s. would build a retard base here we were a little bit scared believed to we were informed that having this piece would mean better infrastructure and possibly jobs or throws the locals airbase in there for

so little was deserted for a long time. it will have a second chance. proposed to consist of radio facilities and interceptor rockets it is scheduled to be built by twenty fifteen and will become instrumental in president obama's european anti-missile defense shield in the one nine hundred fifty s. an airbase in the town of davis cellar in romania was used by the soviet forces now with washington's plans to place a radar station here locals have a joke that should book arrest changed its foreign policy again the place will be occupied by the chinese similar plans were no joke for some other european countries thousands in the czech republic and poland protested against the initiative to have military bases on their soil with mixed results while the first line of interceptor missiles was eventually placed in poland the czechs suddenly pulled out of the anti-missile defense in romania there have been no demonstrations

like that at all there is a historical fact that makes one of the most pro american countries in the world he has been explained by our ancestors the better things and the companies came from the east everybody was expecting the american to rebalance the whole thing so there is this sentiment and this feeling that. the president of the us is contra balance and specifically the us is contra balance. the presence war. of russia in the region if there is the real case then what security would this new shield provide and most importantly defense from whom not even two years since barack obama restructured the bush era european shield scheme moskos delight over the us president's move was replaced by feelings of discontent and concern. with worry that washington does something before informing us of these actions it

is unclear what exactly they're creating as soon as we understand that this is them won't be used against russia will have legally by. this tension will be result. despite being described as fruitful the recent summit between president with nato ambassadors in sochi broke no consensus on anti-missile defense so experts say the issue will remain a thorn in the side for both moscow and washington at least until next year when the next nato russia council meeting will be held in chicago by the time construction of the raider facility endeavor sello would most likely be in full swing. see reporting from. bucharest romania. we get leaks founder julian assange continues his fight against extradition at the high court in london sweden wants to question the world's most famous whistleblower over sexual assault allegations but his supporters fear extradition to the

scandinavian country will open a way for the u.s. to get its hands on him aren't his laura amatus covering the trial from outside the court building. days the second day of was expected to be a two day hearing that holds the appeal of jute enough songs a bit whether he's to be extradited to sweden we're expecting wednesday to be given a bit to have agents on the hall of the swedish prosecutor's office since yesterday was given a bit to. defend i phones he left the court last night completely tight lipped he didn't wave to any of his supporters who was standing outside the court he just walked away which must be a direct instruction from his new legal team that he has especially to deal with a steering the new legal team seem to taken on a new strategy that much more conciliatory about this case a much more concerned with european door and specifically the european arrest warrant under which judeans request to be extradited has been requested to the

legal team auguring that the european arrest warrant is invalid because the discrepancy the tension between the allegations that have been made and the testimonies told the two alleged victims that a full count to be considered ranging from coercion of rights to rape and the defense team has said that there is nothing in the victim's statement that amounts to that and that new evidence over the lack of consent in the statements of three of the poor allegations they say wouldn't even amounts to crimes in the u.k. so it's very much the approach that that taking hold so they are during attention to the fact that i phones has not. being charged in sweden that he's wanted there merely for questioning and they're saying kind of the prosecution has he actually been accused of anything and if not then the european arrest warrant is in but we may be able to expect a verdict at the end of wednesday but we may know that the judge may refer the decision to another day he may put it off and give decision a few days or even

a few weeks' time we're hearing. lawrence reporting there while you can find more from our website including the latest news blogs and expert analysis some of the stories online for you in clothes how a world famous fast food chain turned into a grocery store officially at least adults in russia serves up a smart move to save itself supersized tax bill. also third time lucky a russian rocket finally gives six american satellites a lift into orbit after two days of technical delays this and more. the world's two fastest growing economies india and china appear to have reached an economics they saw the giants have huge mutual export amounts but it's mostly wrong materials on india's part while china sells manufactured goods the and even trade is putting new delhi at a growing disadvantage explains. its dragon versus tiger in the

battle for supremacy india and china two of the fastest growing economies with the world's largest population vying for power and prestige in asia and beyond but where india led the way and and back office is china recent head in mobilizing its masses onto the factory floor fuelling a huge trade deficit and a reality india is forced to accept. to. india opposed world class basis in nuclear programs yet struggles to create every day jobs making every day good something this cotton tycoon knows all too well it's cheaper for him to export to china to get the job done than like india buy it back then we make a profit of ten percent more in the international market than the domestic market

ironically it's indian efficiency that's part of the problem with supply rapidly outpacing domestic demand. if we don't export in the cotton prices in india will crush and farmers will suffer as they won't get even the original price this will increase the quantity of cotton and even the indian government is encouraging the export of cotton here in the cotton fields of india lies the heart of the indian chinese trade relationship more than seventy percent of the exports from india to china are wrong materials like cotton however ninety percent of the exports from china to india are manufactured goods if india is selling well then why should it matter while having a twenty billion dollar gap with your next door neighbor puts power in their hands and makes jobs and savings dry up at home and economists know that only by sewing up a successful manufacturing sector india's large and skilled workforce. but it's a blind spot leading to blind faith. and we should focus on different models and

the. rest of the. different. indian traders seem satisfied to because the set up means the money keeps rolling in what comes on. benefits in exporting is that we get a bigger volume of cotton and will still get paid on time but new delhi is worried knowing it has to cut its cloth before its economic run of luck is sewn up preassure there are tea in door india. the scandal surrounding rupert murdoch's media empire has gone international after u.s. senators called for their own probe into the news corp company it follows allegations that some of murdoch's newspapers attempted to bribe new york policeman for access to the call records of nine eleven victims in britain the outrageous

explosive as details of the sheer scope of the hacking from royalty to murder victims began to set in richard at is editor of the day online news service but the scandal will grow to threaten murdoch's very hold on his entire media empire. but where this does become a question for national security is the idea that police assailing private phone numbers and private contact details of people like the royal family and the prime minister obviously is not necessarily the same to sell these things to a newspaper as it would be to sell them to a terrorist organization but if you do you may be able to do so it's very serious the whole edifice of news international is deeply intertwined with the downing street machine all that has yet to come out and will cause a lot more headaches but i think what people i talk to and. expecting is for the scandal to go up through the chief executive of news international to james murdoch and james murdoch himself many people say should step down whether he's for. scape

without serious damage is also doubtful although i don't think he's going to retire or leave the helm of the company. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world the struggling euro has been struck another blow after movies one of the big three credit rating agencies downgraded islands dad to junk status the move is a warning to investors to. build out economy verges on the brink of another crisis the same agency caused a political and economic firestorm last week when he did the same to portugal's death rate it also prompted e.u. finance ministers to value to levy more regulation on credit rating agencies. french lawmakers voted in favor of continuing the country's military operation in libya the decision was supported by the majority of the lower house of parliament meanwhile french officials claim colonel gadhafi is representatives who told them

the libyan leader is ready to discuss rendering power. the taliban's biggest achievement in ten years that's what the group called the assassination of the have brother of the afghan president karzai head of the kind of our province a volatile region on the border with pakistan jeremy back in two thousand and eight was held by the taliban for forty five days says the killing leaves washington was no one to rely on when it comes to securing the region. while the cars it was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now with the canadian troops pulling out and with the u.s. trying to you know focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon. the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it

could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with. the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had every reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information i have is independent journalist and author gerry van dyke there. i was often accused of links with the taliban in afghanistan illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drug control service victor even also as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are in helping watch his full interview in around ten minutes time but here's a quick preview. this september will see the tenth anniversary of that

interference it's longer than world war two the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example commanding the military operation in afghanistan to a sense of the number of clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of armed clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times the assigned tasks been achieved because we see that there was a curacy in afghanistan it only got worse it said that our drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation so it's a kind of closed circle your. last time now to take a look at what's happening in the world of business dimitris with us here in the studio. now alone one welcome to business switzerland is one of the top ten and best as in russia and countries trade is only getting stronger leaders of the two countries

are meeting today it is all business the proposed free trade agreement and the inauguration of the wholesome cement plant near moscow we caught up with the swiss economic minister to find out what's next in terms of projects. which is. what this interim pharmaceutical production plan it's an investment of about five hundred million swiss francs to treat us with a very successful swiss company very much interested in this is being developing this cipro tree project around the football championship been to a p in particular i have the president of him playing a big. construction company with me and he mentioned i look for some piece of the cake around the stadium infrastructure in sochi.

well aris may sell stakes in seven companies to russia after accepting a bailout for its crisis in economy gas pipeline companies and to refineries russian technologies corp and state run gazprom are among those interested in the assets meant receive the nato hundred million dollar bailout last month and the cash strapped economy went through its currency reserves. european commission has removed quotas for potash coming from russia and belarus the e.u. says the restrictive tariffs set twenty years ago are no longer relevant amid growing for its allies of prices russia is the world's largest producer by output currently meets around thirteen percent of europe's demand. us about one of energy is said to award a seven hundred thirty million dollar loan to the american units of the russian steel manufacturer severstal funds will go to upgrade the michigan factory and supplies u.s. auto makers like general motors ford and chrysler specializes in high technology

steel that is lighter and safer than conventional. terms of the markets now and world prices are looking for direction pretty much all session long a positive now continuing their line as increasing u.s. crude supplies and the crisis in europe may hold demand for raw materials gains are limited and therefore light sweet brands are adding no more than thirty cents across asian markets are positive of the data showed china's g.d.p. expanded of faster than expected pace on property so it's gained as a result of china overseas land investment one of the top stocks and in japan stocks are also on the rise with a stronger yen dampening sentiment. european markets to get kicked off in the black again the limited after a downgrade of ireland by moody's investors service kept sovereign debt worries in focus burbery group is up four and a half percent in london making a top gainer that's as the luxury goods maker reported revenues up thirty percent

in the first quarter. here in moscow markets have been trading for an hour. we apologize for this technical glitch hopefully we'll be able to bring you those figures in just a second bet they are the r.t.s. up half a percent my six a quarter of a percent this when's day some of the individual movers if we can of course energy shares are weaker than the market. is down by a point one percent is up one half percent after that lifting of the quotes by the e.u. and coal miner response because continuing its rally it's up two and a half percent as v.b. is interested in buying its stake in the company gold is setting new record highs close yet another record high and choose investors who are running for safe haven stocks where the debt crisis spreading across europe seen jacobson from saxo bank believes the strength in the precious metal will continue until the e.u.'s politicians find a workable solution gold is now the only currency even though ironically it's not

really a currency that is validating your your long term investment criteria is in the sense that this is a currency that cannot be devalued by printing of money i think the reason why goal is going up right now is that everyone seems to sense that the political solution once again becomes throwing more dead at a dead issue we need to change that will probably take some pressure off the rescreening goal but gold is going up today tomorrow and for the next week as long as the politicians play this game of hide and see and no decision making. business out he will be back in around fifteen minutes time with an update marines that had .

with the end of the boer war and the going away 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 of sounds of the nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert. because of the difference to use it as a threat all as an actual event that 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 a new flu weapons or a bill. that represents all the firepower of the second world war

and this second sound is the equivalent firepower of the world's nuclear arsenal today. the first. in india. the move joy be heard over. the day for her to the ground in period truly the torch was there. you can a letter to her to say don't need to go. read this in the kernel was her job as

a retreat. welcome back you're watching ninety coming to you live from moscow these are the top stories one hundred people are now officially confirmed dead after a russian bruiser sank in the volga river and the country's worst boating disaster divers have been slowly pulling the bodies of victims from the wrath of a bulgarian. washington's missile shield over europe chips away at relations with moscow as the u.s. stands accused of taking advantage of and saw its sentiment to secure future bases and you are. the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange continues his bid at a high court in london to fight extradition to sweden he is one of the earth for questioning over sexual assault allegations but his supporters fear sweden will be only

a staging post to the u.s. . well then estimated two million drug addicts in russia magic question whether there is a way out of the narcotics labyrinth next talks to the head of russia's federal drug control service or even off to see how the problem is being tackled. the problem of drugs and drug trafficking seems to not go anywhere no matter how much we fight it and today we're meeting with the head over russia's federal drug control service. to talk about the details of his fight and the problem. and trying to find drugs on the global scale. thank you very much for joining us today according to officials that more than seven thousand people have died in russia from drug related causes since the beginning of the here at the same time there are others who are. actually more than one hundred thousand and that is

actually. why is there such a huge difference in the numbers. you see the figure of seven thousand for the number of people who actually died from poisoning that is they took such huge doses that their organs failed most drug users however don't die from overdosing they know how to measure that is the reason for most drug related deaths is internal organ failure due to regular consumption after. in the third place in the world when it comes to drug consumption do you think it's time for russia to implement some sort of very stringent punishment for drug use a death penalty or life term in prison. we have proposed a bill to distinguish between levels of crime which is being upheld by the government which individuals selling large quantities of drugs will be in for.