i think it's just amazing you can take a party boat down the river and they can all spend the night time it's free nice and if you want to pay a little bit more to do something more special you can actually order both for itself just for your friends and scud there and eat and drink and have a good time in. the cellar fishing for the watch. how long. he's. been. meant to pick out. the winter canal is one of the most poetic coolest old st petersburg it was described to alexander pushkin's famous queen of spades novel it was a popular meeting place for lovers the area is especially lovely when seen from the water when you sell in a boating costume look on the beach but the frames to been taken out magnificent like something movie sets. moving to the next location and hours of

sight seeing standing on your feet consume take its full circus plus preacher temperature spot implant complexes in russia. opens in two thousand and eight it brings a new concept in five star hotels to the very center of st petersburg just a few steps from the river palace square and the hermitage popular with locals and visitors this is a chew on therapy but it's best whether you're here to help or simply to relax the pool with its various hydrotherapy jets is simply to find. some to also post a number of soreness and turkish brush you know finish buying dry steamed away stare apiece there's even a single room to show consensus. in the summertime color experience you fancy then took no further respect. the

structure. is located near. the station for the pirate ship the wooden ship is the perfect place to relax. is just impressive. with the top floor restaurants and dance floor downstairs the venue is popular with a large party groups and after all your enjoyment. in the gym. can give you a make over. so what other water theme places can you visit

in st petersburg one of the historical symbols of russia's military fleet has been turned into a museum in stands proud to the city's central embodiment. is one to be associated with the revolution of nine hundred seventeen another warship is visited by thousands of tourists every year. it seems in with the first to raise the red flag on the ship standing for the bullshit power of the cruise itself has witnessed many battles before. ships of the baltic fleet. when the weather was hot and sunny there are many places in the city where you can enjoy beautiful sights of downtown st petersburg some day going to some of the territory of the famous pizza fortress is a popular destination for those who are craving some some bathing and beach time it's not recommended to swim in the waters off the grid. place to enjoy. life

in the beautiful historical surroundings. tractions in the city especially during the white night period. there are around twenty bridges across the river show raised during the night to get a lot of ships the cruise line is. spectacular a stretch for thrilling views especially my tool for tourists which is the most unique is a must see. must be one must remember the time to the bridge is all true otherwise he was stuck on a different side of the city. and why my spirit is the perfect time to visit logan capital you can stroll along the rivers late at night enjoying the twilight in the buildings the flexing in the

canals and the it's always wonderful there's something magical about the city. to discuss the magic of symptoms but let's meet the streets get. to meet you know your original. three is exactly that's a huge difference between the summer and the first except when injuries see these like everybody everybody is on their own. and. everybody's. yes that's it i think one of the main symbols. you know make the city come alive and what it's really what makes sense just very special place because it's like. this. like on the one hand it's kind of historical stuff. meanwhile there now peter

the great had tens of thousands of soldiers you know build all the canals and waterways in the city what you think his what's been his purpose was his purpose they were as a quest to make a piece of rationale like being a piece of hero and a scientist virgie's i guess they don't want to hear in the end place. i mean i think you can walk around some parts of the city and it looks like paris or you could be in most cities even if they're down with something like you but they also join the summer you know a boat trip is a fantastic way to see parts of st petersburg not just in the city but you've got you've got these walls as well and you've got you know actual tour of the fortress behind as they all fires and like i guess that this is their kind of story stick speciality or something just very plenty of time to see this t.v. from the weather and like almost the whole city from that water yet it's not like maybe in budapest or in paris where you can see there like the sand there and in other places you will see like every meal tents and so on but yet everywhere if you do it by by boat by ferry you will see amazing amazing pieces of architecture like

it was and it seems well that there are some sports that take place on the river as well there are the different boats they believe in swimmers was close enough for us and and they're like that and the perfect point is they didn't do it like in the city test and they say to you can reach it by metro and that's it you don't have to have a you know it replied to our way somewhere just half an hour ago even in the heart of the sea to me and that's what you can do it has great limits there's limits to you enjoy your time here and said this is about me. to my final stop when you arrive at the embankment of the piece from peatross i want to better way to the city and a private speedboat. we. navigated to the canals are you two ways on the boat you see the sea from the best angles originally there were no bridges crossing the mighty never refer to the house of mystery between fire expired those were the main reasons why some petersburg was given the name. the face off in the. wild is just

brilliant and the architecture here in st petersburg is just fine you can see the lovely behind us but he found say a private boat sold well there are various companies in the city to offer trips around the never on the size of what is it depends on the party size charge by the hour many will include a god in the fight. to st petersburg was an incredible city during the spectacular architecture museums stunning history i know reflecting in the trucking waters it is like something out of a fairy tale. having survived a tumultuous history and having changed name several times in media is a coastal city of growth and development. here partly getting better and with around us an outstanding individual monuments of architecture history and culture the rushes to the west of the world's most peaceful locations.

while that we've come and that's all the time we have on the face of the peaceful waterways i'll say he does but i'll see you again at the same time next week and tell them for me and the rest of the crew shall come out. with the end of the war and going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared. the risk is not zero that something might be going. on hair trigger alert. of a difference to use it. it all as an extra bit but you know if you keep spending

a trillion dollars a year on weapons of venture you're going to blow everybody up you can you know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't wake up to know through 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. russians would be soo much brighter if you knew about sloan from funds to freshen them some. nice clean stunts on t.v.

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the headlines on r t your phone hacking scandal gathers pace and forcing the chief executive of the group by the murdoch empire to quit meanwhile questions arise as to why it's taken so long to confront the crisis despite police knowing about many of the allegations to get. people take to the streets to protest against the looming cuts in the latest you country to be hit by the financial crisis the parliament is set to approve a key austerity budget in an attempt to avert a play out of. the search for bodies inside of the wreck of the pleasure cruiser pool garia is completed divers are now focusing on the area around the side of the sinking with the boat due to be lifted to the surface soon one hundred under fourteen people have been officially confirmed dead while fifteen remain missing. those are the headlines here but you won't want to go anywhere because kate is now

here with the sports. well i would thank you for joining me for the latest scores updates this friday on . what's coming up. the opening day to twenty year old amateur tom lewis is still in contention second world georgia after a stunning bust they gave him a shot at the. wild really arrivals twice in russia champions will be. qualifying round the champions league. victory in russia the davis cup be able to extend his lead in the summer way rallied to its race. let's start with goal for tom watson has carded a hole in one at the pass three six in the second round of the british open but it's northern irishman darren clarke who is in a two way tie for the lead on four and apart the halfway stage while twice u.s.

open champion retief goosen has withdrawn from the tournament due to a bad back and we want our to tom lewis who was the joint overnight leader has slipped down the leaderboard and is now tied for fifth place on three under par after fourteen holes so the twenty year old is still in contention following a magnificent opening day lewis was playing in the same group as sixty one year old veteran tom watson the man he was mind off to and lewis made for birdies in a row to set the lowest ever round by an amateur in the tournament's one hundred fourteen year history and incredible first run for him and he could do no wrong his five under par sixty five matching that today in thomas bjorn who is now into his second round as is spain's make out angle him in as you finished his first round shot behind on four on the par along with americans lucas glover and webb simpson. but of the shot of the day came from american dustin johnson. holding

one at the pass three sixteenth's for the american eventually end of the day and even par despite being for over one point. the us open champion and the favorite rory mcilroy finished one over par the northern irishman is bidding to become the youngest open champion since eight hundred ninety three but he had a poor start the focus of the first and third holes before recovering to carter seven she won his second round will begin shortly and he'll be followed by new world number one luke donald who also hit a seventy one. but it was beyond he was well placed and he wasn't getting carried away and michael was stressed is still a long way to go. but all of a sudden you know do we change is very dramatically in a day is that in days gone but. that's part of it and i will try and see if we can do the same tomorrow in a long way too early in the distro man but you're always going to be pleased with what shooting a good number the first day because you can play your way out of it but you can

never win it on the first day but i would have to get it done i'm going to try and carry on from there you know there's fifty four more holes to go you know the. yeah i can relax from the tournaments over i suppose but. you know it's nice to get the first round out of the way and it's also nice. to shoot a decent score. this afternoon i mean i'm going to grab some lunch and you know maybe had a few balls. that are putting in there and then go you know just rastan you know save my energy and make sure that i'm ready to go tomorrow to football match time former russian champions rubin kazan have been drawn against ukrainian runners up don of ikea for the third qualifying round of the champions league the draw has been in that situation headquarters in geneva switzerland against each other the two top clubs from the former soviet union for the second time in three is van ams don and i also went also met twice as you say in the group stages in two thousand and nine ukrainian outfit one three one of the governed but there is mental

goldstraw in cars on not of the two sides progress though losing its two group when his boss alone and eventually champions. now is just two years to go before russia's first summer university games the ancient city off because then has landed another major coup and also saved the world aquatics championships in twenty fifteen the capital of the toughest on republic beat off competition from hong kong guadalajara however the mexican city will take up the baton from cars on two years later this year edition. school sets to kick off in shanghai on saturday because iran is now a true sporting stronghold with the likes of a side rubin double my soccer champions bus riding domestic glory for the region scientists also beating to be one of the host venues during russia's twenty eighteen football world cup. now thursday that wasn't a good day for the favorite in the tour de france defending champion alberto contador lost another thirteen seconds to his rivals as the race and to the

pyrenees stage twelve eventually being won by spain's samuel sanchez off frenchman thomas voeckler did enough to keep the yellow jersey but they featured three steep climbs and it was on the final on the loose and they don't know that sanchez pulled away but while he was taking the plaudits things weren't so comfortable for defending champion contador he was in a group with his main rivals for the yellow jersey frank schleck attacked and pulled away from them to finish a third but contador little response when the others around him up the pace could out evans even basso and the other czech brother andy rushing ahead of the second to the bank right of doing enough to maintain his overall lead. to tennis now where for the first time in thirty three years not a single seeded player has reached the quarter finals of the mercedes tournament in stuttgart spaniard one carlos third arrow fought back to knock out former champion and third seed mccall usually in the second round the russian was looking for

a quarter final spot when he took the o.p.c. to tie break eight six for a had other ideas clinching the next two sets by six to score lines to go straight . and another unlikely run out was wild card he was up against number eight seed to be alone that he won the first set six but scott back to back and took the second set by the same scoreline to take the much. can decide the. whole one about six three three percent of all states. and said to myself he comes from there stuttgart was another wild card but then we turned professional last year but that hardly mattered against italian funny german anything but the major upset it was like everything packed into this second round two sets seven six six two. largest ports now in russia's insurance

race the silk way rally is reaching its climax as the riders edge their way towards the finish in the seaside resort of sochi patterns a lot church lead to the car section after winning stage five of which goes to the start of fall he just over a couple of minutes ahead of frenchmen at a handsome russian base cubbyhole continues to lead the truck section he was quickest during friday's seven hundred kilometer route his second stage with. meanwhile some of the riders for this weekend's motor g.p. in germany have been checking out the sachsenring course but not on their bikes instead they were invited to get behind the wheel of a hovercraft with varying degrees of success european hovercraft champion picked the bat was giving them tips some nimble than others but it's tricky course to master according to motor g.p. championship extend their history and leave the overall standings by nineteen

points and hopes to extend that sunday's race as the season reaches the halfway stage. sectioning very technical very tight in the first half of the circuit and something you know you've got to get your lines right we've got to make sure the bikes set up world to turn in the long corners with the sort of open and and only the last part of the track that is really getting faster flowing so it's a difficult circuit it's not easy. and finally after dealing with cold and dodging killer whales to kite surface of and to the guinness book of records as the first people ever to surf from russia to alaska across the bering strait which has more. safely back on dry land on offer limits free years of planning comes time to interview guinea finally achieve their dream of a kite surfing across one of the most inhospitable structures of the plant appearing strange. would you are back in moscow to tell the press about their

adventures in the bay soon hope to enter the guinness book of records as the first kite surfing to complete this amazing feat of our leisure by stating it really wanted to get our names in the record books and thankfully we managed to cross the bering serious sort of because it was also a personal goal for me as to choose what i had to really be sure of the new one last constantine a new guinea stance of bankwest from the eastern most tip of russia responsibly populated region of georgia and they would cover a distance of ninety six kilometers to alaska and the united states of america. the pair had been planning their route for months trying to study the various wind patterns and currents that they would encounter along their routes however when they finally got on the way they were hit by a major problem as they would have to cross the streets without to support their soul the waters were too choppy the boat to be able to set sail involved in a form of guinea had a satellite phone with he with the number of the local coast guard this is the only

thing we had to go or to be honest i get goose bumps thinking about what with deeds and i wouldn't recommend anyone to cross the streets without a support boat we had to go and thankfully we managed to achieve it. bigelow would encounter many unexpected encounters along their proposed ninety six kilometer journey of water temperature but just one degree above freezing but that was to prove the least of their worries which was that if they just got out we knew there were killer whales in the sea we were constantly on the lookout for them there were other whales as well and i actually had an interesting counter with one i was surfing alone and about seven metres in front of me a sore a whale i thought about trying to jump over it but there was not enough time in the endorse straight over him i hope he didn't get hurt in the process because i mean after almost seven hours on the water and the line still intact you can even constantine would finally reach alaska completing one of the greatest challenges in van lives in crossing the bering strait which above all fleet r.t.

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just after five pm on friday here in moscow you're with me the chief executive of the british newspaper group owned by the murdoch empire has resigned over the phone hacking scandal rebecca brooks bowed to mounting pressure to quit saying that it was deflecting attention from the company's attempts to clean itself she is due to appear before a panel of m.p.'s next tuesday along with her former boss and his son to face questioning on the other. ethical methods are to use that laura now reports on how the vultures are circling and on some perils from a surprising source. good every media outlet in town t.v. we read you even the scary to when not imitates life the long running simpsons takes a shot at its owner rupert murdoch aka montgomery burns in an episode broadcast

apparently coincidentally this week. but it's not the only piece of timing in the extraordinary phone hacking case that seems to get more scandalous every day the list of something like four thousand names which the police have had since about two thousand and four two thousand and five and yet they promise facie evidence of criminal activity by these individuals and boy by the murdoch empire and yet they have not acted on it so why now just as the murdoch deal to take control of satellite t.v. giant b. sky b. look sure to go ahead his rival the guardian newspaper releases catastrophic allegations of a moral journalists and their shady practices that when the deal collapses the times for example which currently loses money.