talk about what you know if you live from moscow and today's let's take a look at today's news on the week stop stories recovery crews started to saumur task of lifting the ship that gravelly one down in the volga river last sunday taking nearly one hundred thirty lives relatives and investigators hope for easing the vessel will have established why the disaster occurred. and publicly needs to save. the world allies leave and the police close in on both

sides of the atlantic mobile faces a grilling by british m.p.'s and allegations of hacking the phones of nine eleven victims. losing battles but winning the war of the libyan rebels earn foreign recognition and access to get out of the essence. struggle to get to grips on the ground the opposition is failing to advance of a strategic oil town suffering have it has. cost the west wallet as america and the eurozone race to save their collapsing economies in the face of soaring debt and plummeting credit scores the u.s. congress needs to raise the debt ceiling to avoid default while italy's on the verge of needing a bailout from. next year's from the captain of a vessel whose cruel left to the rescue of survivors in the volga river tragedy last weekend.

captain is out and thank you very much for this interview was the first to come to the rescue of the sinking cruise ship garia how did you get to know about the tragedy. yes we were the first to help and we were sailing in the same direction as the bulgaria and we picked up on the radio just bits of conversations between some ships we couldn't make out what the ships were we heard them talk of seeing people overboard and speculating that it looked like a boat or a small ship it capsized once we heard that we put on more speed to get there faster but we did arrive at the tragedy site we saw terrible things and only when we realized that it was a pleasure gary that it sunk to the true scope of the disaster strikers. how long did it take it to get to the same. you know i would say about five to ten minutes fifteen at most from the moment we heard the radio talk it all happened very quickly as we were nearing the site we began to figure out how many people there were in the water although that was hard to do because there was

a lot of rubble floating around as well it was very hard to pick out individual people from among the floating debris it was truly a tragic picture that we saw what condition where this people are they panic stricken right a song. when we got them on board we had so much to deal with of course they were kind of stricken they were in deep shock what happened is quite horrible my crew members who were involved in rescue works deeply involved to some people were in a dreadful condition many were injured they had all over their skin because when the ship sank the fuel oil came up to the surface and spread everywhere and covered the people that made rescue even harder because the oil made the victims greasy and hard to get a holes to pull them on board seeing children and not condition that was particularly heartbreaking. and probably it was very hard on survivors. lost family members in the tragedy. as far as i know although it may be wrong but i understand that only

one family survived the wreck without losing any members most people did lose their close and loved ones and yes indeed it is very hard for both on the survivors and on us to we all feel very deeply for them. right l. just got to ask you how your crew were coping with it and how are they doing now it must have been hugely stressful was that. we couldn't afford to think about stress we had to do all we could to prevent panic spreading of course it was felt it deep inside but we had to remain calm and professional to control our feelings. and succeeded in saving so many people a total of seven to seven what helped to do that was there anything particular that helped. you know i find it hard to say what helped us because after that storm there was a brief period of cam and it happened just as we approached the wreck site that short moment of calm allowed us to pull people on board with what the rescue operation was over and we went to investigate the wreck site again the rough

weather came back and the water was very rough again we got there just in time that's what the crew when i already said that they performed in the past possible way everyone acted very competently the speed of the crew significantly helped save people's lives they just wanted to get the job done how many passengers were on board at that time and how did they react about what about the arabella was packed to full capacity at the time one hundred fifty passengers they acted like heroes or you these loud were deliberately they helped a lot i consoled the injured and there were doctors among the tourists on the hour a valid basis of the ship's medic is he rendered first aid and they gave a lot of psychological support to survivors that was very important. thing with the people who survived a ship racked up major interests that when they found themselves in the water and the boat sank they were instantly cope and if it wants that's the rock and then popped up to the surface again one observer sat as though the sinking boat from the

sort of funnel that put everything in what happens in reality. more than that of course is sinking those can pull objects floating on the surface under the water because of the huge water displacement that churns the water it's wolf whirlpool that can suck people live about it but people who were afloat when the ship sank must have found enormous strength to fight the world pool and return to the surface it is difficult to tell because i have never been in their shoes and i can't imagine what it would be like had they been the one before you pick them up or what's the problem i can't be precise about that but i think they were in the water for half an hour or so but also some of them a try to get into life rafts others were still in the water stress. a few theories of how this tragedy could have happened and one of them sas about heart attack on the facts i saw the gerund out some time before the sinking to have to see you as you see not all technical defects can be seen from outside experts say that

a cruiser listed to one side will quit i don't know how dangerous this was for the passengers because i'm not familiar with ships of this type i never worked on that design but it listed and everyone knows it as for the technical state of the cruiser i see again and i can't pass judgment because i never inspected its engine but if it is very difficult to tell if you don't know the particulars i know there are witnesses one says to go with it to the right even when it was dark so this thing was visible i'm not sure it was worth so because i wasn't there and i want to ask you this question is it true when we go to you i told you just now that the boat was listing but i can't tell you how critical it was to the ship if. you happen to talk with the crew of the bulgaria before the boat sailed what were they thinking if they considered the possibility that something might happen did they tell you about it that's almost like a bulldog when the arabella dr bull got on with it was one of the plan to stop spreading the second birth of the bulgarian was tied to the first one they were

leaving in eleven o'clock and we stayed till thirteen hundred hours. and they were sailing off we had to maneuver in order to let the boat out and continue with cruise when we berth in the morning i went ashore as part of the former captain of the boat in the current second mate of the bulgaria to me a lot of in the center of the main jacket he had worked with bulgaria from the very beginning well documented times when she was called ukraine. the captain of the ukraine with old age prevented him from remaining in charge because it is an exhausting post for chaps and works very hard and it's too charming for an old man if you realize this and decided to step down to the next position because it is easier and better for the older man he did not want to leave the bulgaria ukraine. his mother ship and i approached him and we chatted a bit we shook hands and i asked him mr nozzle if you're tired of sailing at your age and he told me with this sadness you know that he's got nothing to do at home he's might have passed away a few years ago and all that was left for him as

a consolation was his job with the most memorable thing he told me one that stuck in my mind was when he said he didn't want to sail this year i don't know i just didn't feel like sailing this season and then this thing happened and i see him from the way you're italian this story is no longer alive that was a hoax or that's right sadly he is gone or his body was recovered and identified it's such a pity he was a good man and a true captain such a pity is it true that the shape sank really fast yes you know i've spoken to some of the witnesses i mean survivors of course there are different versions but i attribute this to shock because they just couldn't get their thoughts together and were rather confused about you know who they still say you took the ship something like two or three maybe five minutes to sink and that really is a very short time and it is difficult to lower any boats a raft in the meantime with a strong lurch like that or brace up somehow that and that suggest that it is

possible that the accident could claim so many lives because it all happened so fast that's just part of the talk about this are vassals that as many claim passed the bulgaria that they were just passed by the start of the saying what was going on a credit a package when i saw well we were approaching the site of the tragedy practically simultaneously with one other vessel a heavy duty towboat with a large barge maybe it was a little bit ahead of us i don't know why they didn't stop in front of the size of they saw it happening and i can't say whether they saw it all leadership but by the time they decided to hold and come to the rescue we were already there i don't know if i don't know maybe it was because of the ship's mass characteristics and inertia maybe they had tried to stop earlier than daschle and. at that moment we were there and the ships present at that spot could be counterproductive and hazardous for the people who were in the water and below the surface from which rule in that situation it was paramount that we avoided konica disaster situation that it was necessary to observe the scene of the accident and it was necessary to start

rescuing people immediately or any way that i think we did a lot faster than this other ship could have because about moments there was just so little time with. the you had rather contact with them that's yes but we had contact but we just exchanged a few phrases i merely told her captor that it was pointless for him to try to rescue anyone at that moment and i asked him to move ahead a little so as not to impede our rescue operation at that moment there was no use for his help that's what i can tell you maybe if it had been rendered earlier it could have come in handy but at that time there was no point in it and a sign that you don't want to blame anyone but at that moment it was already too late should have bracket they're in there with he would have to hold the ship you know or a boat but we were already approaching the site in our ship that i already had both a float and advancing towards the site and his boat but could have to we were practically beginning to collect the people from the water once again i'm not trying to accuse him of i don't know his vessels mass and inertia characteristics

maybe he needed much more time to stop his ship and lower blows but i wouldn't rule out actually i was just assessing the situation realistically at that moment and i figured that there was no use for his boat there at the time you seen what was supposed to be a zero is in that situation or not of course not i'm the captain of one ship he's a captain of another ship i couldn't give him any orders or instructions because he didn't report to me and now some people in the press are already twisting the story saying i ordered him not to start if i'd been right person or and had been the captain of the other ship and you're a child i should move on and your help wasn't now here's what would you do. without it i can't imagine myself a captain of that ship i don't want to offend anyone it's just that i don't know. what i would do if i were in his shoes at the moment but if i had seen old happening right in front of me or simply sold people overboard i swear i would have done the same as i did being on my ship thank you very much.

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day's news and always top stories recovery crews start a somber task of lifting the ship that rapidly went down in a ball the river last sunday taking nearly one hundred thirty lives relatives and investigators hope raising the vessel will help establish why the disaster and her . saga tycoon publicly eat humble pie to save his stricken empire as well allies leave and the police close in on both sides of the atlantic and you see more face a grilling by british m.p.'s and allegations of hacking the phones of nine eleven victims. losing battles but winning the war and libyan rebels are in foreign

recognition and access to that obviousness but their fighters struggle to get some riffs on the ground the opposition's failing to advance the strategic eastern oil town suffering having casualties. plus the west santee wallet as america and the eurozone race to save their collapsing economies in the face of soaring debt and plummeting credit scores u.s. congress needs to raise the debt ceiling to avoid default while italy's on the verge of needing a bailout. time now for sports update with natasha. welcome to the sports news live in our team thanks for joining us the headlines carlos service misses his penalty shot to let your reply not his son see that hours a week of america while their roots reach the semi's for the first time since nineteen ninety seven. darren clarke leads the way after three days of the british

open we've passed and johnson alone in second and bad weather continues to play being one of them for truth addition of that major. and also local man's almost butler retains the yellow jersey two weeks into the france while you're live on the desert belgian wins at these stage fourteen. let's begin with football where half of the copa america semifinal is seven decided you're a while through after knocking out this. is your y. needed six minutes to take the lead to go for hands free kick from the head of their hero narrowing the area across the board to diego pair is to open the scoring they are sometimes equalized in the eighteenth minute though massa sending a precise cross to a grain who headed the ball in something that the won one now ninety minutes of play didn't find the winner neither did the extra time forcing the highly in town so much into a penalty shootout mentions the city strike at carlos that this wouldn't be the

goalkeeper meeting here of wise because sarah's with them for the winning goal for their food same time copa america when i was. so your wives have the crowd to make it into the last four. going to truth is that yes they were watching a compilation of penalties from the club game so the time players and it turned out to be really helpful because when the. time came and i remembered it helped me keep calm and without doubt it gives you a certain attitude now looking at who's going to shoot it gives me confidence. and they will play a pair over defeated go on baby on the course and no goals scored in regulation so this one also went to overtime but they're all managed a double in extra time it killed it carlos watson finally breaking the law after a hundred and two minutes with his powerful shot and the goalkeeper his mistake and

the victory sam minutes later on i'll say paolo guerrero found one monorail vargas in the box but made no mistake for the final result of suniel. us. to stay with the ball while much city captains have as couldn't convert that penalty against uruguay with pride really excited defeated club america in the world club challenge as part of their north american soon after exchanging some missed opportunities early on they pulled ahead in the seventeen minutes ryan mcgivern night in his first goal for the citizens of a powerful cross from shown right phillips and a clumsy error from the knights and the founder simply fell down in the area right below the seam silva and i would manage the city's second goal of the night ten minutes later that envisions a national goal reportedly leave for another premier league side this summer made it to neil city travel to take on canadians have seen white caps on monday.

and down south in los angeles david beckham's former side real madrid made easy work of his star and to l.a. galaxy beating them for the long haul still articles to the game on the control from the start scoring twice in the first half posek tally your answer sell over those goals cristiano ronaldo and carry the modern added one each to go play the route while adam chris month playing a consolation goal for the house galaxy star back home spent nearly an hour on the pitch failed to school but received. hold hold hold. you. to go it's now way down clock will answer the last day of the british open as the month ago which and i think that firing off a round of sixty nine to ensure he would take a one stroke lead into the final day dustin johnson had taken from clarke at one stage during the back nine o'clock wrestled him back with a twelve fourteen break you follow scene here and thomas bjorn by two shots behind

johnson and we go up to him honest alongside lukas lower tied for fifth rory mcilroy meanwhile dropped from other parts and for overall training makes trounced of seventy four. going to people from home here this week and i think they were expecting you to be speaking to rory at this stage and i certainly think that it's very rare that you know support a name which is fantastic but not just to people from where we put it all the way through the crowd you know this sort of for them they're going to benefit for a little bit more with me just a guy that likes a painter to just enjoy himself and you know the kind of confessor. cycling and we're now two thirds of the way through this year's to france with belgium year live on the celebrating his maiden stage we're on south as a that's victory after stage fourteen also saw the omega pharma lot to ride a go top of the king of the mountains classification just two points ahead of spain someone else searches who trailed by twenty one seconds to come in second and third

fastest twenty five seconds for the back meanwhile local hopeful thomas voeckler retained the jersey after finishing with a peloton sunday's fifteenth stage will be one hundred ninety five kilometer run from lee morton on the year and in a sprint finish. misty may train and kerri walsh have won the moscow leg of their world beach volleyball tour the reigning olympic champions upsetting the current world number one pairing brazil's larry said juliana riches gospel of luke reports. what's her round of the world beach volleyball chawl has become a regular fixture of the russian capital some a sporting calendar however once the competition reaches its business end a lack of russians back in the night for medals has unfortunately become an all too familiar occurrence this year was to prove no exception and time is running out for

the london olympics to get under way in just a year's time however the reigning olympic champions misty mane kerry walsh are optimistic that russia could start to improve soon i was here last summer they actually have a good kids program you know development program and they're just they're catching up to the rest the world but injuries there are big things so there is a developmental program in the works and they are bringing players that it's just taking yardstick little time but. this and they get to was in their development you can see it you know we played to rest until this weekend and they're so young and they. know the last russia could do well to take a leaf out of china is both a sport doesn't have a long tradition in even country however china just like in practically every sport that made fantastic strides in the two thousand and eight beijing bronze medalist explained why. that turned out. that well with

a partner. who on junk she couldn't make it always in a final but they were played italian pair and many got t. and chalabi the bronze medal home the chinese would easily take the first chance it started in the second to regain their composure when it mattered most to the decider and seal third place. all of the main events of the day so the reigning world champions but the sundry ana from brazil take on the current big gold medal is misty may carry walsh of the u.s. saying. the american jew has been in the best a full mishear of a hit back brilliant. to seal a one sided match in straight sets and gain a much needed confidence boost for the london olympics just round the corner i think that's what's driving us right now you know and i know i think about it every term every day in training and but i'm not overlooking anything you know but to be a three time god medalist in our sweater be amazing if i never know what he's done to get to the three network it was so you want to do i believe you are saying this

behind a very brazilian rivals a brand of the season. the crowd was fairly entertained however those fans will be hoping one day they'll be able to achieve a picture of a russian jew and hopefully for them this will happen sooner rather than later richard i'm hopefully don't see. now multiple standings later cases so when i have a secure it is six the season not the prevailing in qualifying for sunday's german grand prix it was a tight session at the cells and ring and former world champion stone aging out that someone wanted to make danny jones as well title holder jorge lorenzo will go and play the front row on the greens only pacesetter marcus and shelley set to start for from the three despite dominating both of friday's practice sessions. we struggled a little bit this morning until the end of the practice we did a lot of action on both tires and i need a fastest ride on the end which was

a race distance so we're really happy with that but it still wasn't quite fast enough for this afternoon we work a lot more and on both bikes going to different directions and i managed to make big step forward each time we try and try something different so at the end there we were able to run some really good live times with and then i thought you know we decided we'd be able to to be that you know quite a bit but unfortunately couldn't really go any faster. saying a lot of sports stuff some of the top corners in the cars sanction all of this so we're really while all this prize dominates of the trucks consecrate i had a hell of a race coming i ride as i. the seven days of racing covering nearly four thousand kilometers across russia held off its claimed victory on the final stage from michael to sochi nine times a car with frenchman stefan petra on cell came second wave russian alexander to shoulder rounding out the podium in the third in the trucks category it was look prize to one final stage on the overall title claiming his maiden victory in an international race the most drivers for those the beautiful and i'm very proud of

you know where over all second and third respectively. and finally some sad news russian tennis player at least likely bottom of a has revealed she has cancer the world number one see a choosing to make the announcement to have twenty second birthday on saturday he bought a hasn't played a match since may missing both the french open and wimbledon in the message on the w.c. website but moscow and said she's being treated as an employer by and that she was hopeful of a chance to return to the schools and her treatment is successful in the coming months. that's all for the moment joy may get into all this time and come up short least weapon.