russia would be so much brighter if you move the sun from feinstein impressions. from star time t.v. dot com. live from moscow this is r t with twenty four hours a day top stories this hour over thirty countries including the u.s. officially recognized the libyan rebel council as the legitimate government authority reiterating earlier calls for gadhafi to give up power the recognition would allow washington to sponsor libyan rebels with money from about these frozen assets. u.k. phone hacking scandal gathers pace forcing the chief executive of the group owned 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 for years. and people take to the streets to protest against looming cuts in italy the latest e.u. country to be hit by the financial crisis that's of the parliament approves a curious thirty project in an attempt to avert a bailout. well in fifteen minutes from now we'll have the sports update with kate and in the meantime ortiz martin andrews takes us on a romantic top of russia's northern capital. hello and welcome to the program i was at the show from st petersburg we'll be

exploring that celeste allows and never give up and very slow to transport also known as the venice of the north a little ways of the focal points of the city join the summer months are great way to see the whole the capsule. many a ship in space churches cathedrals museums of visible from the water a canal trip of the stone to staying in the city may be an ideal way of deciding if you can join the visit. he's a great scram vision of the city was to create a window to your. from a swampy scarcely populated region the airy become a fine european capital. the song says i love expensive the construction of the largest houses on the bison the countless channels cutting through the city such great architects as first truly grossly answers the house for the dream to l'arche centuries later as you can see in the smoke of modern day st petersburg the old ways and bridges still dominates the northern capital perched on the price of the never river you can see how the city is set up in various pilings crisscrossed by

canals. can really create a whole atmosphere of a like the menace of the north as they call us and they're strict i think it's just amazing you can take a party boat down the river and they can all spend the night silence for a nice and if you want to be a little bit more to do something more special you can actually order clothes for yourself sister friends and skull out there and eat and drink and have a good time and still adhere to the cellar for a living because. watch. the. plates. and. looked out. the way to canal is one of the most policy corners own subpoenas but it was described to alexander christian's famous queen of space noble as a popular meeting place for lovers the area is especially lovely when seen from the

pool so when you sell an opposing casa look on the peaceful march the frames they're going to come out a magnificent like something movie sets. moving to a next location and hours of sightseeing standing on your feet consuming take it's full circus plus creature temperature spot on point complex is 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 haematologist popular with locals and visitors this is a she won't therapy it's it's best whether you're here for help or simply to relax the pool with its various hydrotherapy jets is simply to find. the center also close a number of soreness ambani is the turkish russian oafish combining dry steam away staircase there's even a single room to show consensus. in

the summertime color experience she fancied then look no further the spectacular structure floating on the north shore of the never river is located near the peter and paul fortress often mistaken for an old deserted pirate ship instead the wooden ship offers the perfect place to relax thanks to the common rule says. let's stop with iraq. three cheers for the flying. restaurant. adding. harris here is just the impressive use of the never. and the one thing i would recommend is outside here for you out of it space. with the top floor restaurants and zones for downstairs the venue is popular with a large coffee groups and after all your enjoyment when i burn off you will do that

in the gym while the v.t. college can give you a make over. so what other water clean places can you visit in st petersburg one of the historical symbols of russia's military fleet has been turned into a museum and stands proud and pleased to see central embodiments the overall recruits that is want to be associated with the revolution of nine hundred seventeen another warship assisted by thousands of tourists every year. if seamen with the first to raise the recommended supply on their ship standing for the bullshit power the cruise itself has witnessed many battles before i think one of the main military 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 while some bathing under the sun the territory of the famous pizza

employer fortress is a popular destination for those who are craving some some dating and speech time it's not recommended to swim in the waters of the river play still a perfect place to enjoy shooting teams like full in the beautiful historical surroundings. the true bridges of st petersburg one of the main attractions in the city especially during the white night period. there are around twenty bridges across the never live a show raised during the night you could watch a lot of ships. cruise line is. a spectacular race stretches from reading views especially my choice to tourists which is the most unique is a must see. must be one must remember the charge of the bridges on otherwise you stuck on a different side of the city.

and why my spirit is the perfect time to visit mildred's capital you can stroll along the ridges makes it much enjoying each one is in the buildings reflecting in the criminals on the way it's always wonderful to something much about the city. to discuss the magic of simply describes the streets the streets trust. us eleven to me you name a few to your original computer where you've been living here for three is exactly that you must see a huge difference in the city between the summer and the woods of the prison staff is in there is cities like you know everybody's going to everybody is on the look at their own shores and now in south america it's reckless as an israeli strike mean everybody's tonight in trying to smile. yes that's it i think one of the main symbols of the summer all the canals and waterways in the river behind us they really you know make the city come along its elf price and what it's really what what makes sense to just very special place because it's like the business and our

friends i have also read this quieter than your columns here as are the buffalo like on the one hand it's a pride of kind of historic post up on that hand disliking to this and i mean. well peter the great had tens of thousands of soldiers you know build all the canals and waterways in the city while keeping his what in his purpose was his purpose it was a quest to make every sense rationale like being if he's a hero and a scientist berky's i guess that they must hear him again place. i mean i think you can walk around some parts of the city and it looks like our. saw you you could be in most cities you were there was something like you say also during the summer you know a boat trip is a fantastic way to see pauses in petersburg not just in the city but you've got your company's office as well and you've got you know actual tour of the fortress behind those gale force and like i guess that this is the kind of artistic speciality just can't be disturbed when you're going to see this t.v. from the weather and like almost the house you get from that water yeah it's not like maybe in budapest or in paris i'm rarely you can see they're like the sounds

are in and in other places you will see like carriage wheels in some spots but yet everywhere if you do it by by boat on by ferry you will see amazing amazing pieces of architecture like our air 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 were closing up also all right and in that like that in the first place because they didn't do it like i'm busy th rest of this you do you can reach him by metro and that's it you don't have to have that you know it's reply to always somewhere to toughen our ally even in the heart of the seating and what race you can do it was great with me i was going to meet you and i enjoy your time here and said this is about me. to my final stop the rockets cantin by means of the piece from poofy interest i want to bet you wait to see the city in a private speedboat. you. know you think you to come out so you took place on the first you see the seat on the bench tangles originally there were no bridges

crossing the much endeavors if you have to be very between five spikes those are the main reasons why some kid is going to see even the names of the finish off and . this is just brilliant i mean architecture here in st petersburg is justified and you can see the lovely home behind us but you don't see a private boat so well there are various companies in the city go off the trips around the never river on the canals the size of boat what does it depend on the part the size they charge by the hour and many will include a guide to tell you. st petersburg was an incredible city during the spectacular architecture museums stunning history and the reflecting the shocking what is it really is like something out of a fairy tale. piece of art to to moshe's history and having changed names several times in really as a cold city of growth and development things here partly getting better

coming around to see how strong the individual monuments of architecture history and culture know when the rush is window to what remains of the world's most beautiful locations. the. wall that we have and that's all the time we have and all this expression of other peaceful waterways are simply does but i'll see you again at the same time let's reconcile that for me and the rest of the crew shall from now. with the end of the boer war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared. the risk is not zero that something might

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the go. see video on demand all season long fuel costs and the resonance for you now in the palm of your. questions on the. stores this hour all to over thirty countries including the u.s. officially recognize the libyan rebel council as the legitimate governing authority . reiterating earlier calls for gadhafi to give up power recognition will allow washington to sponsor libyan rebels with money from gadhafi has frozen assets. u.k. phone hacking scandal gathers pace forcing the chief executive of the group own body 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 for years. people took to the streets to protest against looming cuts in italy the

latest country to be hit by the financial crisis that's as big parliament approves a key austerity budget in an attempt to avert a bailout. i'll be back with more news stories in fifteen minutes from now the meantime sports next with kate. hello welcome to the sports news and these other headlines times at the top darren clarke leaves a two way tie at the top of the leaderboard and tough day to continue the british open. while vikings victory early tour de france lead at the top of norway when stage thirteen in the mountains as local hero thomas butler retains the overall lead. and the media rivals twice russian champions ribena draw against dunaway kirov in the third qualifying round of the champions league. let's start with goal for northern ireland's darren clarke is part of a two way type of

a lead on four under par on the second day of the british open with joint overnight leader thomas you want to shop behind with one hole left to play tom lewis finished a one under well clarke carded a solids two hundred sixty eight for a second day running and is now tied for the overall lead the former u.s. open champion lucas glover joins our overnight leader thomas bjorn his ball and one shots behind. while the shot of the day belongs to veteran tom watson the americans in a stunning holy one are three six but this car was the man of the moment. i just really made it. pretty good but. i'm going to go with the photographs that we got here we can you know get very sick so easily controlled conditions it. could be anything anything can happen i'm going to get to. where they're going to. have to cycling and stage

thirteen of the tour de france proved to be a stroke of good fortune for former tour leader for herself norwegian who'd been sporting the yellow jersey for the best part of the previous week was finally the first inch line on the stool coming off a late surge tonight during the rory is stage victory freshman actually had to settle a third in the end after all safely behind her back at the big money pretty yet another local parish thomas burke stayed in the overall lead competition in mice and nine minutes behind in the palace and. football now and two time former russian champions ruben cazan have been drawn against ukrainian runners up dynamo kiev for the third quarter final round of the champions league which is a double header in the first match in later this month the draw has been announced at she way to headquarters in geneva getting against each other to top clubs from the former soviet union for the second time in three years arena and dynamo also met twice in the group stages in two thousand and nine ukrainian outfit won the

home tie three one well governed by the it was meant to a call the straw in queensland neither of the two sides progressed though losing actually group winners barcelona eventual champions into milan. while english can't pass a law or waiting in the next round due to be held next month however their next game is a friendly as the gunners have travelled to china by local team greentown on saturday . that's before taking to the bench the arsenal stars including robin van persie delighted the hunt for this to watch the nice ones more than one hundred supporters were lucky enough to have their photo taken with their rivals and also to get photographed. now it just two years ago before russia's first summer university games the ancient city of concern has landed another major coup were also staged the world aquatics championships in twenty fifteen the capital of the tar sand republic be taught competition from hong kong to outlaw horror however the mexican city will take up the baton from prison two years later this year's edition is all

set to kick off in shanghai on sense of a result is now a true sporting stronghold with the likes of football side rubin and double ice hockey champions i asked reviving domestic glory for the region as is also beating to be one of the host then used three matches twenty eighteen football world cup. but sports now and russia's insurance race the souk way rally is reaching its climax as the drivers edge their way towards the finish in the seaside resort of sochi highlands krzysztof a lot teacher leads the car section after winning stage live which goes through as the plan to start the ball is just over a couple of minutes ahead of frenchman stefan at the hands of a large russian and those coming off continues to lead to the truck section he was quickest during friday's seven hundred kilometer route to claim his second stage win. italy's marcos and chile has topped the time sheets in both practice sessions for the german motor g.p.

places that are second with reigning champion haldane around zoeth but ahead of friday's practice some of the riders checked out the sex and ring course i'm not on the bikes and instead they were invited to get behind the wheel of a hovercraft with varying degrees of success european champion above bad at risk giving them tips some more than others but it's a tricky course to master according to botha g.p. championship leader casey's phone or history in leave the overall standings by nineteen points and hopes to extend that sunday's race as the season reaches the hof a stage. section is very technical and very tight in the first half of the circuit and something you know you've got to get lines right to go to make sure the bikes set up worlds are turning into long corners with this sort of open and only the last part of the track that is really getting fast and flowing so it's a difficult circuit it's it's not easy. now after dealing with bitter cold starting

fellow whales to quote surface event the guinness book of records as the first people ever to surf from russia to alaska across the bering strait. as well. safely back on dry land and after almost three years of planning constantine in new guinea finally achieved their dream of kite surfing across one of the most inhospitable stretches of water on the planet but bering straits. if you are back in moscow to tell the press about their adventures all day soon hope to enter the guinness book of records as the first kite surfers to complete this amazing feat of a bishop who really wanted to get our names in the record books and thankfully we managed to cross the bering strait it was also a personal goal for me as to choose such a feature really is something special enormous konstantin in new guinea started back west from the eastern most tip of russia and 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 even various wind patterns and currents 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 as the waters were too choppy for the boat to be able to set sail. for you've given it a separate fold with you with a number of the local coast guard this is the only thing we had to go to be honest i get goose bumps thinking about words with deeds and i wouldn't recommend anyone to cross the street without a support boat we had a girl and thankfully we managed to achieve it. but you know what 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 and worst of the earth it is we knew there were killer whales in the sea and we were constantly on the lookout for them and there were other whales as

well and i actually had an interesting one i was surfing along and about seven meters in front of me a sort of a whale with about trying to jump over it but there was not enough towing in the endorse story to him i hope he didn't get hurt in the process because i didn't work but even seven hours on the water and alive still intact it gave me an constantine would finally reach alaska completing one of the greatest challenges in their lives in crossing the bering strait richard r.t. moscow found if that wasn't enough of a threat on the water how much further would you go to make your dreams come true well for one man doesn't mean no limits as world champion kayaker samsung has taken this to the extreme and explored the remotest parts of the globe all to risk his life and that is reversed on earth. as a story. all is calm and quiet it looks like paradise on earth but seems like

these are rather an exception for a whitewater kayaker grueling rapids and plunge waterfalls these adrenaline junkies are after and the best of them all the young and very new zealander sam sutton has been looking for the ultimate challenge at twenty two he's the reigning extreme kayak and will champion and he set out on a global johnny to find the toughest waterway the reason the so-called real gods the world renowned niagara falls could spell certain death for a rower so send squares began in siberia russia were just faced with huge amounts of water and you're looking down israel is in it you face a wall of water you can't even see where you're going you can't see any of your teammates because you're down in the hollow and it's just like paddling it gets god's hair and you know it's just out there trying to take it down and you just gotta be strong and get through it and not want to settle for anything in between salmon kowtows arguably the most modern river in russia called the bosh house filled with obstacles it has a dark history of claim in people's lives

a plucky little sam going down the pascals meant only a life changing experience that requirement for from the whole expression you're looking down at the river all of these emotions come out from within and you're just thinking about friends that you had lost in the river and what's really important to you in life you know and at that stage you just see life that pure clarity with all the treacherous terms negotiated in the ultimo and since sam moved on to iceland geysers are the first thing that may pop into mind but after these three waterfalls should be the other one some of them are higher than an eight story building so free fall off them and heat in the water again is not dissimilar to a car crash and survived and is what gives these man this sort of to thrills what survives count on your brains reset and all those emotions that you just can't get that goal come through it's. despite you know the risk it differently was smaller than the

rewards of the room was just so great to base it with if that wasn't enough some ventured further into the mexican jungle and it is there that the new zealand the pharmacies regards the shocking blue waters of the ark was to provide in the cascades of his dreams some even discovered a waterfall that had never been caught on before and should be happy at least for now but more defined adventures are sure to come build a trophy our team. amazing and that's all the sport i think. hungry for the full scoop we've got it first the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on our team.

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