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news and comments from around the world this is r.t. live here in moscow twenty four hours a day when the nations 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 a hundred people are now officially confirmed from died after the bulgaria went down in just a matter of minutes in russia's republic of tatarstan twenty three of the bodies recovered so far but children at least one has the latest from the scene of russia's worst boating accident in decades and you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. at the moment the 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 the 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's of anger and questions increasingly growing as to the revelations that keep an emerging about the ship just earlier here at the river port a former captain off that ship the bulgaria came and reveals 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 to 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 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. 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. these schoolgirls had lost one of their classmates. and was really starting to get . for a year she never had on him until then one she was a very kind girl and was always ready to help. as divers reached 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 but by ideas were

everywhere in the corridors and cabins and also the more where in real life must 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 husband five year old son and all day 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 she lost her mother and father we're all but will have to look after and she's only one and a few years old what do 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 elektra city 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 watson. and on our web site article com you can read the account of one man who learned almost eighty people from the bulgaria many who praised the captain of the only ship that storms and helped the stricken pleasure cruiser he modestly points to his crew and passengers as the real heroes he said that everyone was touched by what they saw and rushed home without hesitation he went on to describe how they took their clothes and gave them to the room there's more on our web site at r.t.

if. russia has more understanding with the u.s. sort of libya there was some of the its european partners that's according to foreign minister lavrov has just been holding talks with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton in washington as i promised earlier when i get the latest on these talks martin is going to she is in the american capital going it was plenty to discuss of course on global issues among the two countries a lot of issues covered. oh yes and with regards to libya foreign minister lavrov said colonel gadhafi must go down and there's no place for him in the future and that's the view shared by the obama administration as well and it was we could see from the statements made by hillary clinton but russia criticizes the scope of the foreign intervention in libya also says the actions of the allied forces is a violation of the u.n. mandate minister lavrov said the resolution is wrongly interpreted as anyone can do

whatever they want foreign minister lavrov was asked about why russia is blocking a u.n. initiative to condemn the syrian president assad foreign minister lavrov said the attitude of the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely this free syrian president and the syrian government and president assad in 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 the situation it's getting critical of the west will sort of come to help our. the way it is happening in libya minister lavrov said it's unacceptable that the opposition should resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters in from engaging in armed clashes and effectively turning them into targets of the police and security forces . and here is what he said on this you know diplomacy does not exist to condemn and stars on the musical scores its goal

is to solve problems but just condemning people without any solution will not lead to anything and i'm sure that for the destiny of the region for she can only interests so it is absolutely important. that we are. responsible but you know what. bush washita this situation and i just want you to understand our position on this. and. also issues relating specifically between the two countries specifically relating to relations between the two you came up with. well yes america's missile defense plans is one of the issues that has been discussed although the two you know both

foreign minister lavrov said her state clinton did not really focus on it during their press conference but it is one of the most irritating issues in the relations between the two countries president obama has sparked the bush administration missile defense plans but they're going ahead with a new plan foreign minister lavrov said russia needs firm legally binding guarantees that the project will not threaten russia's security or washington has made. statements before but moscow needs to have it on paper some analysts explain 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 made it would not be expanding. the words it's borders but it is convenient recruiting new members so there is an understanding among the russian instead of words are good but words in a legally binding document are better with this by certain sticking points that still remain in the relations between the two countries both foreign minister lavrov and secretary of state hillary clinton pointed out the positive and very constructive mode in which the cooperation between the two countries is going on many issues in the last few years and the u.s.

approach that landmark deal on arms reduction the sequence. of ghana's then enough going forward in preparations for russia's succession into the world trade organization the obama administration is all for it and hillary clinton has once again expressed the american leadership's full support for russia joining the w t o an agreement also was signed by foreign minister lavrov said crusade hillary clinton this wednesday is the long awaited agreement on adoption after the course of horrible incidents involving russian children mistreated by their adoptive parents being in a number of cases murdered by russia had to stress the need for an agreement and a better oversight over how the adoptive children are treated in their families and the deal finally going through finally came through and it was signed this wednesday that points in vision include. you know ben an independent adoption that production will only be conducted via licensed agencies also the agreements they say that all foster children from russia will retain their russian citizenship

until they reach legal adult adulthood and that is important is the space that applicable law for both countries will be used and adoption related trials up until recently the americans think not want to hear anything about taking russian laws into account kind of thanks very much indeed. from washington studios. well the news now this hour three explosions have struck the indian city of mumbai reports at least twenty people have been killed and dozens injured your correspondent is in india for. three bomb explosions occurred within minutes of each other but it happened in a very crowded neighborhood one of the famous jewelry market and there was a bomb that was said to be found in a jewelry shop also near the opera house then mumbai. in the last third state of maharashtra obviously a very important maybe in india it's considered the financial capital here the

ministry of home affairs that if this is a terror attack most rethink terrorist attacks. eight it was the period of shootings that happened in the taj hotel it was that to have been a terrorist actually the pockets than the great therapist 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 another theory is that chlorinated attacks that happened on that in different trains in india that were found to have been the students islamic movement of india one guy is still trying to deal with those. then now if it happened of people are just left wondering how this could have occurred so soon after those two thousand and eight attacks. that sort of proofreader that police suspect in islam his group called the indian mujahideen is behind the three explosions in mumbai that means they could have been organized from abroad says aashish keeton he's investigations and it's there with you to help

a weekly magazine in mumbai. chad we were in gone kilmore do you a lot of good indeed with new york what are your thoughts because of this group. this group basically have logical international support because the border. aside as we know to this group i do. thank you like. the. nation which we hear you can you six eleven less politically but has been no during this term or you didn't get a deal the last seventy two years there have been waiting another stimulus in financial support you have been creating kingsley's you exceedingly high dose in pakistan and a lot of them do come back into india and then do you think it. was because. the bosses back in pakistan then gave you a good plan to go straight you got emission. is down.

rupert murdoch's media empire is announces to withdraw its bid to buy outright control of the u.k.'s biggest satellite broadcaster b. sky b. it's the latest twist to the phone hacking crisis a single for a company as the scandal goes global across the atlantic it's claimed that journalist tried 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 call british prime minister david cameron has also demanded a probe into the nine eleven claims but i can now cross to his head of the u.k. part of party and he joins us there live in london now rupert murdoch's empire has now withdrawn its bid for b. sky b. i seem out today that five billion dollars worth has been ripped off the company's value do you think collapse is now looming for one of the world's most powerful media organizations. well what we've seen is a scandal that's actually rocked the british public life to its core certainly it's

implicated the press but also the police and our politicians so to that extent i think i think the fact that we've seen that the b. sky b. bid is now off the table is only to be well it's essentially we've seen criminality and invasion of privacy on a staggering industrial scale so it's not surprising that people are thinking again finally. the fit and proper nature of news corp news international. and so it's not that unfortunately it's seems that politicians are coming too late on this on this situation and i think we've now seen that it's it's a situation that's been going on for them for the best part of a decade we're going to ask you i mean did you get a sense of deja vu here i mean i was public outcry back in the eighty's when murdoch took over a massive media outlets all of the world now understand that you follow this very closely what the accusations against against him then. well absolutely we cannot

say that we we haven't been warned essentially news international has been playing a toxic part of our public life for so long i think what the chief the chief worries that have been dogging with all the long is the sense that it's not it's not a useful to our public life to have so much media power concentrated in the hands of one organization why it's been toxic is because essentially particularly after to launch parties here in the united kingdom also actually been running scared they felt the need to curry favor with news international for fear that they won't be able to win elections now this can't that this can't actually been this it's been hugely unhealthy. for after hardly life so this has been a situation that's been going on for some time. as we have got

a huge amount of time to mention this new political aspect here well clearly this is spreading into politics now isn't it with all these links between they've cameron and do you think this could really pose a threat to the current british government of the moment saluki i think one of the people that comes out of this most damage is british prime minister david cameron we see for example he ought to have known that it was a bad decision to appoint and he calls me who is implicated in this there was a bad decision to appoint him to his ten downing street. there are now real questions to be. here and to be answered on his part about his judgment but also as terms as the inquiry. is whole relation to the news international social sector people like rebecca brooks for example so we've seen him for example calling for inquiries but we've had inquiries before what we need now is real

action and real justice and i'm afraid he hasn't to say he's been playing catch up all along let me quickly are serious actually let me quickly ask you not just about politics but also the police involved here the police clearly have failed to take action in the past it's now being referred to the police again what hopes do you have inquiry to be able to go the way it should. well it's very concerning the police involved when we had the extraordinary spectacle yesterday senior police officers admitting to college are politicians police officers it's been highly likely that police officers have been receiving payments so i think actually we need to look at the whole police involvement once again i'm glad to see our politicians that beginning to lose their fear of news international it's about time and it's about time to really go to the heart of this this matter and get justice rather than just inquiries thanks so much i love to talk to you more about this but

we got a very busy here in our to you thanks for your time head of the u.k. power party talking just live from london thank you. 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 cross talk you can join peter lavelle a little later this hour but in the meantime here's a quick preview for you. in this particular case where the news of the world can watch more and more like you had reporters and editors who are engaging in criminal conduct there is no concept of free press anywhere in the world that enables journalists to break the law if someone happy 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 far as partisanship. to

israel now in a story session of the country's parliament it's all about a public outcry over a new law which makes it illegal to boycott jewish settlements prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to defend the law which is being criticized for violating free speech when israeli peace movement gosh. mom has petitioned the high court against the boycott bill and cannot talk to adam keller he's a spokesman for that movement joining us live in tel aviv now your organization says the boycott nor is anti democratic but anyone you know who has said today at the knesset that it doesn't taint israeli democracy otherwise it would have approved it so how would you respond to that. now that is one of the many scenes we salute leave disagree with mr netanyahu because it does damage a very severely the freedom of speech we have to go the settlements in the occupied

territories is completely dangerous to the future. any chance of peace between us and the palestinians and we have been calling upon the israeli public since nineteen ninety seven not to buy anything in the supermarkets which comes from the settlements because buying these products is helping to settle those making them stronger. to give him a democratic election to express citizens expressing. feel what they believe in and we have been stopped from doing people by a slip and with very high fines. switchman which might have to pay if we continue. to make them a cult because he would be in jail for we have the supreme court to overturn this law especially because it's completely discriminatory bill all kinds of boy courts consumable of course going on in israel there has been just now we're very

successful consumer boycott of cheese because the cheese was. forced to own those which would lower the price. very many years on growing. consumer boycott of religious people against the non-kosher food which really just . but of course he's really important for them to be against non-kosher food and that is the boy and all this kind of boy called would continue to go on well you only one specific kind of boy quote which comes from one side of a little story i just i just do want to ask you why trying the story story let's just ask you you you cited many reasons supporting your argument you clearly have a very passionate strong case you say you preferred it now to the supreme court what do you think the outcome could be from now are you optimistic.

we are cautiously optimistic because all still believe in. the disloyal of the democrats including the general of the state of. who has to defend this law in the supreme court to save. your story. if it would be difficult for him to defend the slope of the supreme court and they went ahead and there could be a new way so i see that. side of the state which is and defend this law is very doubtful or both we have a good chance of course we cannot be sure what the judges will see some critics have called the boycott or many many. we do have a slight problem with. our delay here just just very briefly and finally many are saying that they call the boycott more big step a warning step towards fascism would you agree with that.

i don't know if bush is them is the word for word but certainly it is a very big blow it is really democracy and it's making. i hold between not get to where we have to go to this first of another kind of people but it is a very bill you will we get for anybody who feels about the future of these i don't caliphate you very much sorry about the lady there but thanks for your time joining us live in tel aviv thank you. but they cannot be about the summary of our main and you stories about six minutes from now on the business news is next with green. hello and welcome to business here in r.t. gold is trading near record highs as investors drawn for safe haven from the debt crisis spreading across europe seen jacobson from satsang believes the strength of

the precious metal will continue until he politicians find a workable solution coal is now the only currency even know ironically it's not really a currency there is value dating your year 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 out 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 her spirit there will probably take some pressure off the rescreening all but gold is going up today tomorrow and for the next week as long as the politician play this game of hide and seek and no decision making. the spot in the rest of us in europe in fact in the russian market here western from ats in capital still believes there are good stories to trade here. speaking of all sectors i do think that in this environment you like to see more support for the defense of names like telecom like it was although you could argue to what

extent utilises rational defensive but nevertheless the more liquid name was hydro you're holding my. breath you know in this kind of a rut of it but nevertheless you also have the elections to look out for a lot of utilities tend to be a soldier with high political risk. though you know i mean really interesting it's going to get beyond this year listing it's going to have a long listing and really did we're seeing an increasing interest in that name so i you know this is something which it will be fancy but it was a good story. and let's take a look at the markets now wall street is trading in the black as the federal reserve says it could further stimulate the u.s. economy if conditions deteriorate the indices are slightly lower than previous hours but sentiment is being supported by stronger than expected economic growth data from china. european markets for national a positive note helped by the gains on wall street and that's this fight another downgrade of ireland by these rating agency over its sovereign debt that's burbery

group was five percent in london and that's after the luxury goods maker reported revenues rose thirty percent in the first border and here in moscow the markets also closed in the black let's take a look at some individual movers on the my saxes burbank and in the red the losses were limited by an earlier report of one hundred eighty percent jump in first half net profits overall colley was up more than one and i have for science after the e.u. lifted corazon potage imports from russia and coal miner at a spot sky rallied on expectations of a takeover bid from p.v. . to the capital wraps up with a straight for us. yesterday was that was a tough day for for for russian market the global markets are selling off but as. the c.b. started intervene and there was a rumor that they were going to start buying and selling bonds mostly very yields. on intel and was sort of following that helped market proposed markets higher into

the close yesterday and some of the movement expanded into today's earlier session jelly volumes have been subdued investors are a bit lost as to how to position themselves because in the one hand there's a lot of very tricky in difficult circumstances in the in the west of there headlee well price is is performing quite well which is obviously posed for russian stocks . russia still fertilizer maker force are grow has raised a little over half a billion dollars from its london i.p.o. this stock was priced at the bottom of the range value when the company at five billion dollars analysts believe false agro 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 the headlines are next to tell.

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