and see and confirm that most of the plane did end up in the volga river like i said thirty one bodies already found and i just want to go through the numbers that we have so far forty five people were on board thirty seven of them were part of the look might see if you're a slav all and forty three of them have been confirmed dead two it's thought to be survivors are in hospital in critical condition but there are very conflicting reports as to whether or not alexander good team of who is a member of the russian national ice hockey team who was taken to the hospital with eighty percent of his body burned whether or not he is in fact died or not as we're trying to figure out what the situation is but we do know that two people so far it's being said have survived this horrible tragedy and this is so the details are . coming through but the some of the the fun of points of it still sketchy wearing various so things about the players tonight but tell us a little more about this team lokomotiv yaroslavl how important were they how big

were they in the only sport so you. well i psyche is a big sport in russia and already we've seen pictures of fans that have made their way through security really because it was very difficult to get to that crash sites trying to film some of those pictures we saw fans there were already laying flowers top the site and in your a small ball you have fans coming out so obviously the whole sports community in the whole country this is not only going to be and it is a national tragedy but we know that foreign nationals were on that plane as well in fact the head coach was canadian was killed he was fifty two years old already the embassies of sweden slovakia and other countries have confirmed that their nationals were on board that plane and we're seeing some incredible pictures from fall where another one another opening match of the k h l season was to take place of course it was canceled but some really really touching pictures of fans there just devastated into. here's over this tragedy so it's going to touch not only

sports fans were of course it's hockey is a big one here in russia but the whole country really i mean the world right now i think it's fair to say is watching this tragedy unfold and we're getting the details of how how big it is ok in this thanks for bringing us what you know because you know with you later for more let's bring in our sports correspondent kate partridge kate very good evening to terrible day for the warden of hockey here in russia while we heard from a new so that this team is very well thought of the morale and russia government to pay their respects just how big a name were they the well they were the three time russian champions before the advent of the k h l was the continental hockey league which which is now which is due to start its fourth actually today and then even even in the k h l locker to fantastic team they've been they've been run as up they've been semifinalist they're always a team that is there in there about this is not just as an aside such

a big loss for hockey it's a big loss for russia for sports not a lot of international players and indeed foreign coaches well absolutely brad mccrimmon was a fifty two year old for fifty two your canadian former stanley cup when i'm sort of calgary flames and also some of the big key players were players that had been brought in from other countries from the czech republic out of your neck players like that it's it's it is a big show where the hockey fans are going to go to red square in central moscow as well to pay their respects you know more about i don't know any more about the one thing that we did hear and see also with the pictures and this is a showing there was that the match that she was referring to is solid actually life who are the defending champions from maine last year's runners up atlanta you know far in basically the opening game of the season and they'd actually faced off they were actually playing that game when news came through of exactly what happened and mr mr bennett he's the president was there and effectively the game was stopped as news came through and they stopped there and then and had a minute's silence and as you can see by the the the pictures everybody was just completely devastated and show. behold nigh on why. this news who read this for the

families of the course a huge blow to your own selves absolutely it's i mean to turn it turns are often associated with that with their sporting triumphs and when you lose not only not not only one player which would be tragic but to lose to wipe out a sort of generation of players is has a devastating effect me would you even begin. to early days we talk about this but where to begin to sort of start again and rebuild the team after the tragedy well there have been suggestions as one point eminent commentator who suggested that perhaps every other team in the case could contribute a player as a as a gesture of goodwill of solidarity that team could rebuild itself as a as a mark of respect and also to to as it were just carry on ok well ok thanks for for bringing us your sporting side of your thoughts as well as much pressure to tonight . just to remind you the that made news that we know tonight

a jets carrying a triple champion russian ice hockey team has crashed in flames near the room where the city of garrulous level two hundred seventy kilometers northeast of bosco at this stage it's thought but still to be confirmed there are only two survivors of the forty five who were on board members of the locomotive euro slava hockey team were on board the plane on the way to minsk in belarus. the hockey team had been do as we've been hearing to play minsk in the opening game of the season the kontinental hockey league on thursday the team including players as we've been hearing there from our sports correspondent from this know as well a lot of international players german sweden's of arkansas as well as of course russians it's not clear how many of the fatalities were members of the team at the moment we are thinking that is the majority of them and the rest work crew all right well let's bring in more perspective now to try to shed some light on how this crash may have happened to try and find out more about this got forty two airplanes pulled radiational mark vice he's

a former pilot with american airlines in washington d.c. my very good evening thanks for being on the program tonight let's talk about this plane this. forty two jet split in service is that since nine hundred eighty dozens of the fleet are still in service with russian and other airlines how safe is this jet. yeah forty two is quite a capable airplane it has a long history and a positive history you know you can equate that type of an airplane very similar to work in the united states and around the world was like the boeing seven twenty seven well built as long as it was well maintained had a long life to it and has a good history behind it we're hearing some news reports saying that there's jets in the city if it was due to expire in three weeks could that have been a factor is that just you know a standard thing these safety is difficult to come up the plane gets given them of

the onceover they get renewed i would that have been a factor at all that it was just three weeks from expiring. well i think you really have to look at what what was going to be expiring was it due for a heavy maintenance check which is typical of a lot of aircraft or annoy or craft go through that at one time or another or were they taking it out of the fleet for another particular reason at this point i really couldn't i wouldn't want to speculate at that point if it was still flying and well maintained been that really may not have as much relevance is it would appear on the surface again reports are still coming through and one of the early reports say it may have had an antenna on the field that we're also hearing from an eyewitness as well one of the policeman saying that he saw flames coming up as a nine story building other reports still sketchy i mean i guess if it hit an aerial could that have brought it down i guess it depends a big area was. well i guess it also depends on where it hit also. you know

accidents don't happen generally for a single cause if if it hit an area in the takeoff corridor there wouldn't have been an obstacle in its path so if it hit something it had to be outside of a regular takeoff path or there was a reason why it was not at the proper altitude or over that piece of land so again nothing is a singular event everything is a compilation of events coming together to cause this accident or thoughts to cause very much for the family the friends the loved ones of these poor souls that have died tonight of course also every time this kind of action happens when a plane goes down our thoughts also with the investigators the people have to be on the scene through the wreckage find the bodies the investigators have to try to establish what what happened where do they start. well the first thing they're going to start with you going to get investigators and. typically speaking you'll

bring investigators who have expertise in all the various systems and aircraft components and engines. air worthiness. you bring them all together and you start with the records of the aircraft the maintenance records of the aircraft the history of the aircraft the history of the crew the weather at the time any problems that were encountered by aircraft taking off before them. it's a long tedious process but these people who do this job and here we have the national transportation safety board who oftentimes are called in world wide as experts in forensics of accidents. they're very well trained and they're very detailed and nothing really goes overlooked they will find every bit and piece to put this together because remember the end result of the investigation is not just. you

know to give closure to everybody but to prevent something like this from happening again what was it this is a problem with an aircraft was it an engine problem was it a problem from a aircraft taking off before it the cause turbulence was it something that came apart. there could be a lot of reasons was there an explosion on the airplane you know today's world we all look at the terrorist activity what was the cause of this and in that will be a painstaking process but it will be very thorough ok voice. of the homeland security expert with the spectrum group thanks so much for giving us your thoughts on international tonight's much appreciated thank you and my my thoughts to everyone. thank you mark ok well let's go back now to a correspondent on the scene and listen and this. just bring us up today if views of just joyously just shooting into the i bring us up to date all the war you know

above water this plane crash earlier on today the white suv the majority if not all of this hockey team tonight and again to get a lot of the crew on the plane as well. you know horrible tragedy hearing here a slob will just want to parallel to force this global policy forum which is being held just pure accident that we're so close so many officials in town and we're now hearing that president to meet to meet speeds of not only is he going to cut short much of his meetings that were planned for tomorrow but he himself is going to come to this crash site to pay his respects people flooding in. to this area to lay flowers to pay their respects. to the euro's level looking white so you should see mother just a horrible tragedy what's happening now is it's getting dark and cold and so that what investigators and emergency workers are hoping is that that won't hamper them finding many more bodies they found thirty one bodies so far of course we know of forty three are dead so they still have several more to find and with no light it's

going to be difficult for them to do i heard you mention that arafat's are with those emergency workers and that certainly is the case it's cold out here most of that plane wreckage is in the water and it's dark so it's going to be hard for them they're going to continue working throughout the night. to try to recover as many bodies as possible and i also want to mention that the transport minister and other officials are also making their way to this site a lot of matches have been cancelled the k h l season is just opening up so it really is just a horrible moment for sports fans russians and everyone that is watching this unfold as the information comes in as to how many people died and the gravity of this tragedy and so we just heard the true overheard it from. voice a very seasoned ex pilot himself american airlines now works as a security home and avoids use very cagey because it's such early days to say wall maypoles this crash you know as

a dog as the bodies are still being picked out of the water but the less when you hear sometimes that it's a russian plane an aging mobile like the like a couple of thoughts immediately go to the plane could it have been something wrong without plane all wasn't positive or has any more news comes through in the last hour or two about what may have gone so terribly wrong here. it has indeed there are a couple ways that it could have gone to human factor as i'm sure we've been hearing for hours now it's always taken into great consideration in plane crashes like this but we were hearing early into the developing story was that. during takeoff perhaps there was some kind of technical failure on the plane could not gain altitude and it perhaps one of the the verses that we're hearing is that it hit some kind of antenna and then fell into the fold the river so that's probably the most likely investigators of course are going to be looking at all kind of factors we are and we can confirm that the prosecutor general has ordered

a full check of the airline that was in charge of this flight carrying of course the entire team and also are going to be checking all forty two planes. in their entirety in their use in russia so no yop for you to find until investigators can confirm that this plane should be able to fly. and continue carrying people we tried just like this are happening i have to say that the people we have been speaking to do say that is a fairly reliable claim that there have been several incidents is in the last ten years with forty two so of course investigators taking that into consideration as well rather this and i think through much of just incidentally what you're talking about i'm a control i can hear the bell tolling behind you there. it is i'm not sure. if you think we're going to have to perceive that it is because the people in mourning here it sounds like there's some kind of church nearby and already the process of mourning and people kind of paying their respects and taking in everything that's

happening in this relatively small town obviously something that is going to go way beyond your you're in touch the whole country if not the world yeah ok listen our thanks for bringing us what you know be catching up with you. this is our two international from moscow and we will of course keep you updated with the latest developments in as we get them throughout the evening let's turn to some of the day's other top stories now a top court and berlin's thrown out and series of lawsuits which said that germany's bankrolling a bailout of european economies were illegal but judges ruled out giving chancellor merkel a blank check saying any future aid was now would be pre-approved by parliament course that could hamper germany's ability to react swiftly to any new crisis but it sets a precedent for other nations to tighten their belts as well opposition parties welcomed the ruling today but said merkel made the crisis worse through delays and the lack of vision reaction of course decision one of those is one of those who raise the lawsuit against the german government let's talk now the lawyer professor

marcus because he's live in berlin to talk to us marcus very good evening chief thanks for being on r.t. international so now this verdict is in today this must be a major blow for you what are your initial thoughts. it's not a major blow it's of course formally speaking a legal setback because the court not unexpectedly. rejected the complaints we made about as a matter of fact. the court has only decided about something which is already part of the past about the european financial stability facility as it was practice in the past with a volume more limited with tools being very limited and with little flexibility so we are now going to examine whether the new european civilisation mechanism the one which has been reshaped and which have a bigger volume which should we act more quickly and which should enlarge the tools to be employed and which should as well pm preventively could go along with the.

with the reserves the court has made how can the german parliament use its veto powers in line with the scriveners of the reaction. required to request it for the new european financial stability facility this is the question. we are in for now the legal fight and little political fight is only starting because the illegal practices of the european central bank continues and the president of the public of germany has publicly declared that these practices deserve legal attention so i'm quite optimistic that the verdict which is a setback formally is the beginning not only of the agony of the eurozone but it's the beginning of a very heavy political inside fact but i guess you must take some comfort as well from the fun fact of a limited chancellor merkel's power forcing him to go through rather hoops without

a new bailout so i guess that's the accountability that you want. some way towards learning and yes this is a this is a partial satisfaction at least. but in a way the judges might not. have understood how the new masters of the european financial stability facility want this facility to react very swiftly how could this be in line with the veto power of the german parliament if the german parliament of the budget committee has the say only a few days to take it drys to read the papers and to prepare a decision so quite frankly i don't see how the requirement of the quote could be compatible with parliamentary practice and with the swiftness of rapid reaction which. the masses of the european financial stability facility hope to have. i repeat a new legal fight is going to start very very soon well we take in what you say

that of course germany is without question the driving force isn't it behind the euro and the reason the currency that is high value does not oblige germany to help out its fellow eurozone members that are struggling right now with the burden of such a strong currency. yes as a matter of fact the u. is a relatively strong currency the value of the euro is not the problem the intrinsic value is not the problem but the problem is the indebtedness of several countries of the mediterranean namely politic you and greece a very very different reason i don't mention ireland because iran has mainly a problem with its banking sector but the question is is the euro zone as it is shaped today is it an optimal currency area is it an optimal currency space and i have great doubts that it can to assist in the current shape we have to make it trying very very quickly and had we only have the courage to kick out rather the

beginning of the year two thousand and ten i think the tragic cause of ignorance would have been a different one and we would have very sound european currency one to a union as we have today so the fundamental problems of the. eurozone have not been solved by the verdict which we have and have had an encounter through. i would like to remind you of the fact that the court said they're not going to decide on economic questions through the economic questions which is fundamental remains very very wide open wide open and every day reminded by reality can we maintain the eurozone in the current shape and i feel we cannot all right well first the markets go but thanks for your thoughts on r.t. tonight much appreciated thank you very much. libyan rebels say they've trucked colonel gadhafi and they're ready to take him dead or alive the former leader was

tracked down after loyalist convoys left for the neighboring country of new jag the rebels are believed to be locating colonel gadhafi with high tech equipment and intelligence they say they now control most of the country after a helping hand from western nations but of course in stark contrast merican in britain operated in libya. he is before the un take a definite campaign the cia and m i six were allegedly sending terror suspects to libya for interrogation and torture according to documents and earth in libya that have now sparked outrage as artist during a bushel reports next the sign of suggest the violence isn't over yet as the real chaos maybe yet to come. mohammed has song is one of africa's most experienced diplomats just back from the libyan capital he says nato bombing has turned it into a ghost town there is no police there is no administration there is no there is no schools law and order has been replaced by a crew of rebels some fear that the various groups who have emerged might soon stop

fighting each other what's your weapon stores have been raided every man with kalashnikovs if the tripes fight for their independence the country will enter and never ends in civil war with brutal urban guerrilla war three. lists argue that even rebel leaders don't know where their choices of from. rebel hands mom with joel was a launch to find islamist sleeper cells have joined history clear sense if vast parallel structure of competence has appeared we have no idea who is in charge of them. hopes of a reliable replacement for more and more good their fear appear to be fading libya's rebels remain deeply devoid it while the chaos from nato bombing appears to be spreading beyond the country's borders in the turmoil there are fears that religious extremists could be using libya as a base to further their aims in north africa if i'm to new zealand or a good while of a delusion women got abortion rights twenty years before women in belgium under the

last regime divorced women good benefits revived arab who just movements are trying to reverse that. before the war leaders from barack obama to nicolas sarkozy and silvio berlusconi. shook and even kissed. it was got red carpet treatment in paris but the west will also change tack one experts if maybe it doesn't go for them as planned according to this man who's just returned from war torn tripoli the message from some locals there is that the conflict may have created a frankenstein's monster for europe they warned us that we don't know what we are creating it will be a free haven of extremist groups which are just on the southern border of europe poirot's from field somalia made their coast a no go frighteningly some diplomats now think libya is heading in the same direction but what they will do sure that it is mediterranean will not be safe they

will be part of us and they will do all bloat to control the mediterranean to make it safe i don't think french economy can support that western intervention in libya has brought large numbers of new forces to the fore experts fear the west itself may come to regret their emergence daniel bushell r.t. brussels. in staying with the region's troubles the situation in syria was discussed here in moscow at a meeting between the russian and french foreign ministers both sergei lavrov and his counterpart stressed the need for dialogue between the syrian government and the opposition but the meeting also outlined a few differences in approach to france to seeking tougher sanctions on the syrian government while russia wants a more peaceful solution but both look forward to discussing possible measures at the u.n. general assembly later this month russia's foreign minister stressed that syria must not be a repeat of the libyan scenario. we're convinced that it's vital

today to start talks and this is actually what the syrian leadership calls for it's extremely dangerous to prompt certain forces in syria to boycott those talks and neither russia nor france wants to see that happen every party in syria should stop using violence and we've proposed a resolution to this effect we encourage the government to carry out the reforms it has launched and the opposition should not use provocations and reject invitations into dialogue. and it's been a day of disquiet in israel where police have started dismantling the tent cities built by protesters during the past two months demonstrations meantime in the west bank jewish settlers broke into an israeli defense forces base than lising several vehicles there paula slee is got the latest. it's a lot of anger in tel aviv i mean it's nice that it's days since the tel aviv city hall officials said that they would help these protesters in out on the streets for nearly two months demanding issues of social justice but early this morning at five o'clock local time collective municipality work has dismantled the tents and took

away property right now the protesters and police are clashing in front of the kilobits municipality they are calling for the telegraph mayor to resign but it is our warning that they will be more aggressive measures on the behalf in the coming hours they have turned to the reaction of the government as disgusting a lot of tension here in terms of how this protest at our social justice has been handled by the natanya who government that's been most of today at the waist thanks to tom and block and although the situation is quiet there now it was a software number which is vandalized and is waiting to control they say this was in retaliation for the army dismantling illegal outposts now what an illegal outpost is essentially is a number of which is getting together putting up caravans in the clearing that this property is is the be the person even disputed across the border the even if you meant that these raided government recognizes and if i wanted to this is happening because today the peace now movement. saying that construction in the west bank

among informants and among settlers you need to double that it isn't the way in the rest of the country. at the community can stay here in israel not only here in the statement but also in tel aviv these are the the the protests and the social justice come on. let me bring you up to date on a breaking news that this hour the plane tragedy that spilled nearly all of the champion russian ice hockey team lokomotiv jaroslav all there yet forty two jet crashed during takeoff from various level airport two hundred some to go almost as northeast of moscow it's killed forty three of the forty five who are on board at the time authorities say the plane failed to get enough altitude and crashed into a runway beacon so far. thirty five bodies have been recovered early indications suggest that a technical failure is the main cause of the crash pilot error also suspected that jet was heading to the belorussian capital minsk where locomotive garrus level would you to play the first match of the season the entire squad were on board

including players from sweden poland ukraine the czech republic germany latvia and better a devastating day than for the world of sport here in russia later this hour kate partridge will have more on the legacy of the team that had come to a pit of my eyes russian ice hockey success you're watching r.t. from moscow.

this is our. coverage tonight a jet carrying. two hundred seventy kilometers northeast of moscow the only. reporter tonight from the forty five people who are. germany's highest court rules that the country's. struggling nations are legal. she wants to run to the rescue. by the rebels r.t. looks at how. deadly blast rocks india's capital eleven people are dead and dozens have been injured in the city's worst attack three years. it's. of course across all the latest developments as they come through. for you throughout the.