wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in this report. the optimal the pressures of work to river disaster in decades as the bodies of over one hundred people including many children been recovered from the polgar rescuers meantime continue to search. the american missile shield over europe remains of the main obstacle in russia and u.s. relations with russia's foreign minister who's on a visit to washington right now calls of the legal guarantee that moscow won't be talking to. the eurozone economic crisis deepens as ireland downgraded to junk that's fueling fears the country may need a second bailout. and here in russia all markets ended the session on

a positive after wall street came in stronger than extract it would have now details for you and every day straight in twenty minutes and there's this. just after seven pm here in moscow you would not say welcome to the program revelations keep coming about the ill fated voyage of the sunken pleasure cruiser on the volga river as a former captain says it was technically dead long before sunday's disaster over one hundred people are now officially confirmed to have died after the bulgarian went down in just a matter of minutes in the republic of tatarstan. the latest from the scene we want you may find some of the images in his report is startling. at the moment two hundred divers are working out in the volga three kilometers from the bank in

shifts searching room by room inside the sunken belgariad pleasure cruiser and behind me because on river ports the number of flowers and cuddly toys and candles that are piling up against the walls of the river port here continues to grow however there's also another feeling going here was well as of grief and that sort of anger and questions increasingly growing after the revelations that keep in mind about the ship just earlier here at the river port a former captain off that ship of all garia came and revealed some alarming details about the ship's life before its last voyage yeah you're putting your i became captain of the vessel in two thousand and seven ship had neede been renovated for a while before that there were big problems with the engines and power generators repeatedly mention that the management and even had an argument with them these debates will continue as to what caused this tragic sinking but it doesn't do

anything to relieve the grief here on the banks of the volga. this is the happy scene that should be on 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. as crowds gathered in remembrance of those killed by the sinking of the volga pleasure boat it was the younger victims seem to cast the longest shadow. these schoolgirls lost one of their classmates. we started to hear. for you here never had arguments with anyone she was a very kind girl and was always ready to help. as divers reach the playroom of one

of the bokhari as attacks they found the bodies of the children that had gathered there just before the boat sunk. once inside the boat but by ideas were everywhere going to horrors and cabin most of them were wearing the life of us 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 which the bombs our colleague was on that ship should mention a cruise together with her family president five year old son and i was there she was pregnant and was deliver her second baby in august is 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 she lost a mother and father we're all but will have to look after her and she's only one

and a few years old knowledge that all you tell her we can't understand but 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 dumbarton. and on our website artie dot com where you can read the account of one man who alone saved almost eighty people from the bald area many have praised the captain of the only ship that stopped and helped the stricken with pleasure cruiser but he want to sleep points to his crew and passengers as the real heroes he said

everyone was touched by what they saw and rushed to help without hesitation he went on to describe how quote they took their own clothes and gave them to the wounded more on that on our website at r.t. dot com. oftentimes proposed missile shield over europe remains the stumbling block in the russian american relationship that's according to foreign minister sergey lavrov author who's now in the united states he's going next to us are from our washington bureau just a bit. foreign minister lavrov is meeting president obama this morning and it's taking place the meeting is taking place behind closed doors so there's no way from knowing what they're actually discussing it could be the weather but they are definitely more pressing issues and one of the most irritating ones in the relations between the two countries is america's missile defense plans in europe president obama has scrapped the bush administration missile defense plans but they're going ahead with a new one foreign minister lavrov said russia needs firm legally binding guarantees

that the project will not threaten russia's security washington has made reassuring statements before but moscow needs to have it on paper some analysts slain this urge their washer 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 maybe it would not be expanding towards its borders but it did its continued recording new members so there is an understanding among the russians that words are good but words even legally binding document are better on international issues there are certain disagreements and the are being discussed with regards to leave you for example for the ladder of said colonel gadhafi must have down and there's no place for him in the future and that's exactly view shared by the obama administration as well but russia criticizes the scope of the foreign intervention in libya moscow sees the actions of the allied forces there as a violation of the un mandate means to live or of said the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as anyone can do whatever they want with moscow seasons the

west now clearly taking sides in a civil war and extending the conflict talking about syria's foreign minister lavrov said he actually due to the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely the syrian government imprisoned offside and moscow sees it as the wrong actually to do he said it's an suv long message to the syrian opposition prompting them to believe that if they remain insistent in the situation keeps getting critical then the west will come to help them the way it is happy. meaning leave you miss a lot of said it is unacceptable that the opposition to resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters into engaging in armed clashes in a factory turning them into targets for the police and security forces the laws are different approaches as you can see and they are being discussed here. he's going to. a little later in the program here in r.t. we take you to romania where it's planned to host elements of the controversial u.s. missile shield take a look at how america claims the shield is not aimed at russia but uses local and

russian sentiment to promote it. rupert murdoch's media empire has announced it's to withdraw its by our fright control of the u.k.'s biggest satellite broadcaster b. sky b. it's the latest twist of a phone hacking crisis that's golf the company as the scandal goes global across the atlantic it's claimed that journalists try to bribe new york police officers for access to the voicemail of nine eleven victims u.s. senators are also now calling for their own investigation into news corp british prime minister david cameron has also demanded a probe into the nine eleven claims editor in chief of the day news service richard adice believes the stolen data could easily be misused and not just by the tabloids where this does become a question for national security is the idea that police are selling private phone numbers and probably 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 can do one you may be able to do the other 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 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. this skate without serious damage is also doubtful although i don't think he's going to retire or leave the helm of the company. with us here live from moscow it's an hour ten minutes past the hour crosstalk is coming your way in about twenty three minutes or so. for now the explosive mixture of media and politics and a hacking scandal that's gripping the world's attention is also being discussed in today's edition of cross talk and you can join peter lavelle and his guests in

fifteen minutes but here's a quick preview. particular case the news of the world looks more and more like you had reporters and editors who were engaging in criminal conduct there is no concept of free press anywhere in the world that enables journalists to break the law if someone hacked my voicemail i would love to see them in jail but if you look at the criticisms that are being leveled at murdoch it goes far beyond that people are using this as an opportunity to attack him for his politics and frustration see as first partisanship. and. you would argue live from moscow now three explosions have struck the indian city of mumbai police say at least ten people have been killed and dozens injured as the blasts in the business district in a crowded marketplace our correspondent our prius radio is in india and joins us

live and they say you prius i want details so that we have so far on this. that's very very it happened approximately one hour ago three bomb explosions occurred within minutes of each other and the latest numbers right now show that at least ten people were killed and possibly that of india were injured this happened in three very crowded neighborhoods one was a famous jewelry market there was a bomb that was said to be found in a jewelry shop also near the off her house in mumbai it is in the western state of maharashtra obviously a very important. in india consider the financial capital here of the ministry of home affairs has that it is a terror attack obviously more details are yet to be get to the national investigative service has flown from new delhi to mumbai right now to figure out what exactly has gone on down there. is no stranger to serious terror types of like

this isn't. that's right roy actually the most recent terrorist attack in kenya eight it was just curious that shootings that happened in the taj hotel hundred sixty four people were killed there it was that to have been a funny terrorist actually the pakistan for the great service otherwise known as the i.s.i. were held responsible for those attacks back in two thousand and eight two years prior to that in two thousand and six there are theories and other theories of corrugated attacks that happen on severance different seven different trains in india that were said to have been the students islamic movement of india yet although there still hasn't actually been a trial that has held anyone fully responsible for those blasts that happened back in two thousand and six but one guy is still trying to deal with those through recent attacks then now this has happened add up people are just left wondering how this could have occurred so soon after those two thousand and eight attacks all

right all season chris read about life and you thank you. we can respond to julian of saunters fighting against extradition and london court for a second day the world's most famous whistleblowers want to be in sweden for questioning about sexual assault allegations of investigative journalist tony gosling thinks the case against him is focused more on destroying his name then no one presenting any substantial evidence. still hasn't been properly charged with any crime in in sweden this is the crazy thing about this entire case they want to extradite him for questioning but he hasn't been properly charged and it seems that the european arrest warrant has been used for this there hasn't actually been any kind of proper probably face is the evidence presented in sweden to show that he has committed a crime this is just he's just a very basic suspect i would draw a comparison with what we've seen in the dominique strauss kahn fire mess case and that is that this looks to me to be some kind of sting operation so that the political people that don't like what assange is doing

a chance to get at him and he's becoming quite clear now that the public's trust can there may be actually no prosecution finally in new york against him and i think we may well see the same with the. guy here in moscow bureau zone has been dealt a fresh blow and that is downgraded to junk status by credit rating agency moody's it's concerns the country could need a second bailout this comes a week after portugal's rating was also agreed to follow speculation that italy who might soon be asking for help in. the north west england has told r.t. that the latest developments prove that the single currency union is simply not working. this was always about politics it was not economics the idea that you could have a colonies in the mediterranean in line with economies like germany fast growing economies like germany was never going to break the only way to get out of this mess is for those countries to go back on their national policies to devalue moving

. into exports going in at the moment because if you say that because they couldn't see these are controlled by frankfurt they control by the european central bank they're not controlled by athens all it's been told even though we see the people out on the streets in athens i just wonder how long it will be before the people are out in the streets in rome and in lisbon and talk this thing is contagious this thing will move right across the continent specifically in the mediterranean and the big issue now facing the european union is italy italy is the third largest economy in the eurozone place largest economy in the world i think the eurozone can actually cope with greece and portugal very small economy if italy goes the whole think ok even because if italy goes into these economies intertwined with spain's and spain and italy go then we are in serious trouble the euro is inextricably to the whole project and it's linked to the european union if the eurozone goes i quite frankly can see this whole thing breaking up but that is why this sort of

desperately that's why this was desperate to say that we in the u.k. a federal bailout are the only way for these countries and it's a break out of this prison which is the euro zone. and you can also find more from marty on our website including the latest news and blogs and expert analysis so here's what i love you there right now at our team got a snap shot from the stars how you could soon be able to see a picture of yourself taken from orbit with two special spy cameras installed on the international space station plus. from catwalk to cap right there was anything but model behavior at a russian fashion show it was a world of beauty time quite ugly find out the full story behind the high heeled hostilities that are to dot com. they already see months of civil war but now mass hunger could be the latest threat facing people in libya tripoli says the violence has meant that not even a fifth of the country's harvests have been gathered and they one of the

consequences of fighting continues over the next few months steven grown up from a front page online magazine it says nato has rushed to intervene in libya looks like a major mistake the whole thing has backfired on board because we are now nato they thought was going to be an easy victory they simply got caught up in. in their own human rights in broadly as going through the u.n. waging war of the u.n. and this is a result you know there's no decision is crossing tens of millions of dollars civilians are being killed libyan civilians this shows that the war was never a dog attacking libyan civilians it was about you sure the oil stayed safe with her britain and france. plenty more of our top stories at our website including our interactive content when you can get involved you can log on to our jihad com and tell us what you think may bring the operation in libya c.n.n. let's look at the stuff right now and see the opinions of quite divided at the moment because the majority of you believe massive protests in the countries which are part of the alliance will put a stop the campaign others are split between three options one thinks that the end

may come with the escalating costs of the operation all the killing of colonel gadhafi all by a rise in terror attacks i'm sure you have your say on this so controversial story here along the water you've got. all right let's get some other headlines now for you this hour thousands are protesting in the egyptian capital cairo for the sixth day running i demanded the removal of the military council to expand their sit in seawater cities demonstrators are also calling for ousted president barack and his aides to face prosecution for the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising in february the military has protested against using violence but said it would try to stop it but i thought. the half brother of the afghan president hamid karzai has been buried in kandahar after a while because i was murdered in his home there on choose day the taliban has described the assassination as their biggest achievement in ten years shortly after the ceremony two explosions were reported in kandahar and the regional governor

narrowly escaped a roadside bombing on his way to the funeral. well after a while because i was often accused of having links with the illegal but highly lucrative afghan and drugs trade the man responsible for the fight against drugs in russia says a decade of military failures by coalition forces in afghanistan is only contributing to the problem and see the full interview our next hour here on r.t. but for now i prefer. you seem to be working with me this september will see the tenth anniversary of that experience is that it's longer the world war two the further situation in afghanistan which isn't improved and even senior officials like general petraeus for example the obvious command of the military operation in afghanistan the percentage of the number of armed clashes that increases year after year look at it said that drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of closed circle in this respect to be worthwhile to note the nato operation and colored rebels which produces the most opium poppies abused in the operation

was presented as a brilliant military success that you know considerable kilometers and pictures of the province were reportedly cleared of insurgents but the production of opium but it was a little story of those words. moscow wants to make sure that the u.s. missile shield in europe doesn't target russia and washington claims there's no need to worry but won't sign any legal guarantees nazis alexy reports from romania where parts of the proposed shield will be placed the russian accent meantime is what encourages the locals to welcome the rockets with open arms. the voice my of the romanian village of there are several still cannot believe his luck after washington picked this place in romania region to locate a new raider base the locals have been all smiles about hypothetical investment. when we first went to the us we built a retard we were

a little bit scared elites and we were informed that having this space would mean structure and possibly jobs. proposed to consist of greater 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 devore so in romania was used by the soviet forces now with washington's plans to place a radar station here locals have a job that's true bucharest 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 south of france while in romania there have been no

demonstrations like that at all there is a historical factor that makes me now one of the most broader american countries companies came from the east and everybody was expecting the american to rebalance the whole thing so there is this sentiment and this feeling that. present of the u.s. is contraband influenced of russia in the region if that is the real case then what security would this new shield provide and most importantly difference from who not even two years since barack obama restructured the bush era european shield scheme moskos delight over the u.s. president's move. was replaced by feelings of discontent and concern that's what. it is and we're worried that washington does something before 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 a legally binding guarantee stood up this tension will be result of at this point

being described as fruitful the recent summit between president with nato ambassadors in sochi broke no consensus on 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 may to russia council meeting will be held in chicago by the time construction of the raider facility endeavor solo would most likely be in full swing alexi russia ascii art c. reporting from various solo and book arrests in romania are now a twenty four minutes past the hour in moscow and the business. hello and welcome to business here on our team let's start with gold which is trading near record highs as investors run for safe haven from the debt crisis spreading across europe jacobson from saxo bank believes the strength and precious

metal will continue and so they ease 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 gold is going up right now is that everyone seems to sense that the political solution once again becomes throwing more debt at a day the issue we need to change here sterry that will probably take some pressure off the risk premium goal but gold is going up today tomorrow and for the nation as long as the politician play this game of hide and seek and no decision making. well the spike in nervousness in europe in fact in the russian market peter weston from ats and capital still believes there are good stories to trade here speaking about sectors. that listen vironment you're likely to see more support for defensive names like telecoms like utilities although you can go to what extent utilities are

rationally fancy but nevertheless the more liquid names like most hydro you're holding my. breath you know in this kind of a rut of it but nevertheless you also have elections to look out for and we know that if you reduce them to be associate with high political risk. telecom so you know i mean really it's going to get the industry or listing it's going to have a long listing and really that we're seeing an increasing interest to that name so i you know this is something which is both defensive but it's also a good story. and let's take a look at the markets now u.s. markets got off to a strong start as better than expected chinese growth gave and left the sense that . european markets are positively sour helped by the american this is and that's the spotlight's a downgrade of ireland by moody's rating agency pushing sovereign debt worries for every group myself by for science in london and that's as the luxury goods maker reports of revenues up thirty percent in the first quarter. and here in moscow the

markets have closed in the black let's have a look at some individual movers on the my saxes burbank ended in the red at the losses were limited by earlier reports of a one hundred eighty percent jump in first half net profits were all calling was out more than one i have for signs after the e.u. lifted corazon posts ash imports from russia and coal miner are spot scared rallied on expectations of a takeover bid from ve been. so badly to be kept it's all wraps up today straight for us a yesterday was that was a tough day for for for russian market the global markets were selling off but as the e.c.b. started. and there was a rumor that they were going to start buying italian ones mostly yields. on intel and once started falling that helped market propel markets higher into close yesterday and some of the movement expanded into today's earlier session generally volumes have been subdued investors are bit lost as to how to position themselves

because in the one hand there's a lot of very tricky in difficult circumstances in in the west and in the other hand the world price is is performing quite well which is obviously positive for us in stocks. russia still further lies or maker force agro has raised a little over half a billion dollars from its london initial public offering this stock was priced at the bottom of the range value in the company at this five billion dollars and the misbelief for cyber has strong upside potential as a fertilizer sector benefits from rising demand for food and biofuels. well that's all the business news for now and join us for another update in about fifteen minutes time in the meantime stay tuned for the headlines with.

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