psyops i think it's time. for. the. markets weiner scandal. why not what's really happening to the global economy is cause a report on r t. the aftermath of russia's worst river disaster in decades as the bodies of over one hundred people including many children have been recovered from the volga river rescues continue the search formal. the american missile shield over europe remains the main obstacle in russian u.s. relations since russia's foreign minister who's on a visit to washington will bring you live coverage as he and hillary clinton speak to the media a little later this hour. in the euro zone economic crisis deepens as debt is downgraded to junk status fueling fears the country needed a second bailout. but

news and comment from around the world this is r.t. live in moscow twenty four hours a day. 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 ever hundred people are now officially confirmed to have died after the bulgarian went down in just a matter of minutes in russia's republic of terror stan twenty three of the bodies recovered so far are children artie's tom barton has the latest from the scene and you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. 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 bug area pleasure

cruiser and behind me because riverport the number of flowers and cuddly toys and candles that are piling up against the walls of the river port here continues to grow over there's also another feeling growing here was well as of grief and that's of anger and questions increasingly growing out of the revelations that keep emerging about the ship just earlier here at the river port a former captain off that ship the bulgaria came and revealed some alarming details about the ship's life before its last voyage. i became captain of the vessel in two thousand and seven the ship hadn't even 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 have been 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 that seemed to cast the longest shadow. these schoolgirls had lost one of their classmates. really study. he had a free year ahead on him and selena won she was a very kind girl and was always ready to help. as divers reach the playroom of one

of the bulgaria's upper decks they found the bodies of the children that had gathered there just before the boat sunk. once inside the boat with my ideas were everywhere going to chorus and most of them were wearing the way forest 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 should mention a cruise together with her family president why dear old son and although she was pregnant and was to deliver her second baby in august she's 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 her mother and father we're all but will have to look after a man she's only one and

a few years old at all you tell her we can't she wouldn'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 tom barton. and on the web site hello tivo column you can read the account of a woman who lived and save people from the garden many of praise the captain of the of the ship that stole from help the stricken pleasure cruise that he was asleep point see his crew and passengers as the real heroes he said that everyone was

touched by what they saw were rushed to help without hesitation he went on to describe how quote they took that includes and gave them to the lead to a small hole in this story on a website of t.v. dot com. three explosions obstruct the indian city of mumbai reports at least twenty people have been killed and dozens injured in a correspondent. in india for. three bomb explosions occurred within minutes of each other and this happened in very crowded neighborhoods one of the famous jewelry market there was a bomb that was there to be found in a jewelry shop also near the offer a house in mumbai has been the last current state of maharashtra obviously a very important city in india it's considered the financial capital here the ministry of home affairs that this is a terror attack the most recent terrorist attack i mean you know that eight it was the theory of that shooting that happened in the taj hotel it was that to have been

on a carriage actually to talk it's done a great service otherwise known as the i have were held responsible for a goat attack back in two thousand and eight two years prior to that in two thousand and six another theory of the four david attack that happened on seven different trains in india that we've got to have been the students islamic movement of india going by is still trying to deal with those through root then it's then now if the cop and add up people are just left wondering how this could have occurred go through and out there goes through thousand and eight attacks. an islamic group called the indian mujahideen has reportedly claimed responsibility for the three explosions in mumbai that means they're most likely to have been organized from abroad says ashish ketone he's investigations editor with the telco weekly magazine there in mumbai a spokesman a learner. shared who we were i'm gone kill more do you a lot of good in good muslim you do you want because of this group. this group

basically have lots of people in. the border but if i decide now you know to his group. you like. a. lady should we treat people the six eleven less fear of god has been you know julie this gentleman you're going to get a deal the last seventy two years there have been parading loves to kill in financial support to get bin laden a key clue you exceedingly high dose in pakistan and allowed them to come back into india and then there are many. e-mails. back in pakistan and get them a good plan to go straight to god in mission. in pakistan. rupert murdoch's media empire is announces to withdraw its bid to buy out right control of the u.k.'s biggest satellite broadcaster b. sky b. it's the latest twist to the phone hacking crisis the same goal for the company is

the scandal goes global across the atlantic it's claimed a journalist tried to bribe new york police officers for access to the voicemail of nine eleven victims u.s. services are also now calling for their own investigation into news call british prime minister david cameron has also demanded a probe into the nine eleven claims paul lashmar are here is an investigative reporter and head of journalism of bruno university in the u.k. told me earlier that the story is gone beyond the united kingdom well beyond just hacking into voice mail. the events that we've seen over the last couple weeks but extraordinary what was the u.k. story is now the contagion is spread through news international the u.k. right out now into the united states and australia it poses quite a big threat to david cameron because it's the first time we've seen his judgment quite clearly brought seriously into question at this issue and to use and because of who had been the editor of the news of the world when some of these events which

so you can place as his press advisor was clearly a very very bad judgment and it struck him and he now is trying his best to make clear blue water between him and news international and now we've got the fact that they appears to be in some hacking into gordon brown's private life you have to say you have to start to wonder what else is in there and of course is the he is not just phone hacking it's now the use of what we call blankets these are people played to help train information from what should be private sources like medical records and tax records so it's developing as we speak. the explosive mixture of media and politics in the hacking scandal that's gripping the world's attention is also discussed in today's edition of course talk you can join peter live and his guest in the next hour but for now here's a quick preview. in this particular case with news of the world it looks more and

more like you had reporters and editors who are engaging in criminal conduct there is no concept of free press only we're in a 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 for a straight and see as first partisanship. and. if you want to. cross talk a little later this hour the eurozone is being dealt a fresh blow as our debt is downgraded to junk status by the credit rating agency moody's concerns the country could need a second bailout and this comes a week after portugal's rating was also reduced and follow speculation that italy too might soon ask for a helping hand pull enough will m.e.p.

the northwest england told me earlier the latest developments prove that the single currency union is simply not working. this was always about politics it was not our economics the idea that you could have economies in the mediterranean in line with economies like germany fast growing economies like germany was never going to where the only way to get out of this mess is for those countries to go back on the national policies to devalue to get growth moving. into exports going in at the moment because if you say that because they couldn't see these are controlled by frankfurt they're controlled by the european central bank they're not controlled by athens or lisbon or even talk to the people out on the streets in athens and i just wonder how long it will be before the people are also in streets in rome and in lisbon i mean 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 really italy is the third largest economy in the eurozone is the

place largest economy in the world i think your own zone can actually cope with greece and portugal the smaller economy goes the whole thing could cave in because if italy kills italy's economy is intertwined with spain and of spain and italy go then we are in serious trouble your zero 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 go buckeyes right there so. that's why this was desperate to say that we in the u.k. are fed up with bailouts are the only way for these countries to survive a break out of this prison which is the euro zone. and there you can find more from on our web site in addition to what you see here on screen because other news for you blogs and expert analysis here's was lined up for you right now. snapshots from the stars how you could soon be able to see a picture of yourself taken from a bit too special spine cameras installed at the international space station also

on the web site of the moments from catwalk to cat fight. beauty turns idly withdraw from model behavior at a russian fashion show you can find out the full story behind the high heeled hostilities lotty dog called. now let's update you on some other international news in brief the world update thousands are protesting in the egyptian capital cairo for the sixth day running the mob in the removal of the military council and threatening to expand their city into other cities demonstrators are also calling for us to president hosni mubarak and his aides to face prosecution for the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising in february the military's war protesters against using violence but said it wouldn't try to stop the rot. also in our world update that the whole of the brother of the afghan president hamid karzai has been buried in

kandahar ahmed wali karzai was murdered in his home there on tuesday the taliban has described the assassination is 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. well ahmed ali because i was often accused of having links with the illegal but highly lucrative afghan drugs trade and then responsible for the fight against drugs in russia says that a decade of military failures by coalition forces in afghanistan is only contributing to the problem and you can see the full interview in ten minutes from now here on r.t. but here's a brief look. this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference the longer it ought to but the situation in afghanistan ultrasound improved and even senior officials like general petraeus for exactly what these commanders military operation are going to start with says that the number of armed

clashes increases year after year drug production cannot be fought because the damage is the security situation so it's a kind of closed. washington's proposed missile shield over europe remains the stumbling block in russian american relations that's according to foreign minister lavrov who's currently on a visit to the united states and he's meeting secular state hillary clinton shortly after brief talks with president obama hopefully we'll bring you live coverage of that meeting a little later they trust me but in the meantime marty has more from our washington bureau. the meeting took place the meeting took place behind closed doors and there have been no statements afterwards so there's no way of 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 what she needs for 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 explained this urge there were 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 its borders but it did continued recruiting 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 this agreements and the are being discussed with regards to leave you for example for the ladder of said colonel qadhafi must step down and there is no place for him in the future of libya and that's exactly view shared by the obama administration as well but russia criticizes the scope of the foreign intervention in libya moscow's sees the actions of the allied forces there as violation of the

un mandate to live or offset the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as anyone can do whatever they launch with moscow seasons the west now clearly taking sides in a civil war and extending the conflict talking about syria of the lack of said the attitude of the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely the syrian government and president assad and moscow sees it as the wrong attitude he said it sends the wrong 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 happening in libya. miss a lot of said it is unacceptable that the opposition from resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters in to engaging in armed clashes in effectively 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. russia's foreign minister and the

u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton about to speak to the media following talks in washington and we're going to go live to listen in them and what they have to say provoked fear and division. those who perpetrated them must know they cannot succeed the indian people have suffered from acts of terrorism before and we have seen them respond with courage and resilience we are continuing to monitor the situation including the safety and security of american citizens our hearts are with the victims and their families and we have reached out to the indian government to express our condolences and offer support i will be traveling to india next week as planned i believe it is more important than ever that we stand with india deep deep in our partnership and reaffirm our commitment to the shared struggle against terrorism neither of our countries the russian federation or the

united states unfortunately are strangers to terrorism and it has then a mutual goal of both of our presidents to increase our cooperation in order to prevent terrorists from wreaking their violence on innocent russians americans and others and to bring those who do so to justice i also would like to convey condolences on behalf of the american people to those who suffered from the tragic sinking of the boat on the volt the river. i am particularly as a mother extending my thoughts and prayers to all those mothers and fathers who are suffering the terrible loss of children. let me begin by saying that the past two and a half years has. it's been

a time of great strides in the relationship between our countries we have signed a historic arms control treaty and opened a vital new land an air supply route to afghanistan we are cooperating on addressing iran's nuclear threat working to coordinate our diplomatic approach to libya consulting closely on the changes unfolding in the middle east across the world we are not only working bilaterally but multilaterally on so many important issues from counterterrorism to nonproliferation. our challenge now is to continue and maintain the momentum in order to deliver more results for both of our people. to that and minister and i discussed missile defense cooperation i believe we do have an opportunity to address common challenges in a way that makes russians europeans and americans safer and we are committed to working with both russia and our nato allies to do so we also of

course discuss the grotta range of issues on which we are cooperating beyond security and arms control for example we strongly support russia's access to the world trade organization russia's membership would allow us to increase trade and deepen our economic ties this is a high priority and a priority for president obama and the administration it's part of our broader global effort to promote a rules based system of economic competition. we also discuss the increasing emphasis within russia on. democracy and we obviously as i have said many times as our two presidents have discussed support the rights of russian civil society to assemble and speak freely of russian journalists and bloggers to monitor and. unofficial actions that have lawyers and judges to work

independently to uphold the rule of law. i'm especially pleased that we were able to reach several new agreements first where signing an agreement into your country adoptions we take very seriously the safety and security of children that are adopted by american parents and this agreement provides new important safeguards to protect them it also increases transparency for all parties involved in the adoption process and i want to thank senator mary landrieu the leader of the adoption caucus in the senate as well as congresswoman karen bass who are present with us second our negotiators have now concluded a visa agreement. we think this is especially important for our businesses so that businessmen and women can travel multiple times between our two countries over

thirty six months on a single visa this is a big deal for those who are doing business and we are laying the groundwork for even more trade and travel. third we exchanged diplomatic notes in the u.s. plutonium management and disposition agreement this brings into force a protocol that surrogate and i signed last year that commits both of our countries to dispose of no less than thirty four metric tons of weapons grade uranium on each side the equivalent of some seventeen thousand nuclear weapons and fourth we are renewing the protocol on the effects of radiation which allows our scientists to collect and analyze epidemiological data together with the cancer risks that come with exposure to radiation fifth our national aviation agencies today signed an air navigation services agreement that will increase air traffic control cooperation.

enhance information sharing and ultimately make even more air traffic between our countries even safer this relationship then now involves cooperation in many different areas and the bilateral presidential commission that presidents obama and medvedev began that mr la prof and i have the honor of co-chairing has emerged as an important vehicle for pursuing our common interests and we are very committed to continuing to move our relationship forward and again i thank the minister for the excellent work that we have done together. let's remember this for good business with her shoe polish to proceed so listen to first of all i would like to say that i fully support the words of hillary clinton about the shelling in mumbai we condemn the people who organized this act and we get extend our condolences to

india and the governments of india. counterterrorism has a special place in cooperation with the united states and we will be building this cooperation everywhere including including afghanistan. and far east and other regions in the world also i would like to express my gratitude for the condolences . met and clinton has just pronounced about the tragic shipwreck on the volga river we appreciate his feelings of the american people towards us and we are grateful for the warm reception to me and might have occasion in the framework of this official visit this was a very useful visit a very busy visit i met mr obama in the white house and i had. negotiations with the state of the secretary yesterday i had a meeting with the senate of the united states. yesterday i also met russian

americans who have a lot of interesting projects that aim to promote closer. cooperation of our. countries and also went to the broadcaster who is a russian broadcaster voice of america and they are starting broadcasting in english in washington so we thank you very much for all the cooperation and speaking about our talks i fully. agree with the. assessment of presidential commission this was a very effective tool created by the two presidents it's been coordinated by the state department and the foreign ministry there are eighteen working groups. who are working to the fullest extent in cooperation and cooperating and they have created two additional groups one for innovation which is very important for the positive agenda and cooperation in the second one is the legal issues. which is

also very important in our bilateral dialogue. we have considered. the current priority issues in our relationship including the situation with. i hope that we will be concluding the process of russia's accession to the w t o s and just recently here in washington. minister of economy of russia. and very noble union was here and during her meeting with president obama today in the white house we have fully agreed on the necessity to conclude all the necessary formalities so we have all the opportunities to do so and as far as i understood today there is the political will from the united states and now experts and must be working and they must use them. politically impulse and translated into

practical agreements on paper we have paid a lot of attention to strategic stability and we see that the agreement is being. followed closely has been executed and the mechanism is functioning quite effectively this is a bilateral consultative committee which has made a number of practical steps that have been stipulated by the agreement and we also discussed the importance. of. mutually acceptable solutions on the missile defense. we have noted that president obama. has. confirmed his i read in us to reach an understanding together with mr lebedev to reach an understanding of common policy and creating.