to most of those former starting line none of the participants in the race is allowed to cross it to the moment the most difficult task is to make a careful assessment of the ship speed and direction so that she enters the stock car window exactly on time it takes some complicated arithmetic to add up speeds and subtract minutes. yet what are they doing with you know still lingering on the top gallant sails your. little. game we need twelve knots ok that's what we've got right now sail setting aborted three minutes to go what's the distance. finally they need to shut off the engines to help the ship navigate out of port. always fail in these competitions otherwise they would be pointless that bit me that's why all of the engines to shut down five minutes before the start that's the rules. so with us from central

control sr mechanic it's the way the plane right now ok. with the lights is about to go on that the engine is shut down the good man is now under sail we'll talk about bottles and. say what great steering we sped away from the start. mig gets off to a good start a fair wind helps the ship pick up a speed of ten knots and take the lead the polish sailboat. pulls behind. the four sails of the largest of all the lower one is as large as two hundred eight square. meters the foremast and some others bear

a great number of sales themselves the same is true of the mainsail mast all the sails of them are interchangeable a total of two hundred fourteen square meters the only exception is the main sail mast. nicholai abram off is not just the ship's boat but also a former sub-mariner abramoff has spent the last thirty years making sales. but this utility room here is our workshop we have one hundred sales and store all of different shapes and sizes twenty six of them are meant for masts and races while the others are kept as replacements. nicholai is the only person on board the can repair the damaged sail. sails are torn fairly often specially by strong winds you might even say they are wounded

in the battle against the elements i have especially vivid memories of one rather dramatic sail replacement that was last year when we were competing against the polish boat dharma ga we were on our way across the baltic sea from finland to poland that's when the top most sail collapsed but it took the cadets some four hours to get a new one back up all that happened amid strong winds and torrential rain. don't touch that. again is the bosun's favorite student like all the other cadets he joined me as crew three months ago that remembers only too well the terror he felt when confronted with the prospect of climbing a fifty metre tall mainsail must. my heart sank and i shivered all over although we didn't go very far on the last occasion. and then we

have that time the boat was more to how sites in petersburg we looked up at the top of the mosque and wondered whether it was possible to reach his soul but now its course routine thing for me to do. there was usually i remember the ship being caught up in a vicious storm near here during a race. sail in the jim grip. the guys had to be sent to the far end of the bow each with safety equipment. was so big. and the guys dipped under the water several times. because some trainees are divided into shift teams each lasting four hours without doubt keeping watch on the deck is the most grueling task the crew can't predict what might happen on shift sometimes they sit around for four hours board but sometimes they have to constantly run from one end to the other. or watch. for our.

team to. its field six. field. field through to each truth you. feel a. thank. you very quickly it's more like just sprint for a while when you stop. this isn't me oh. my.

god he's. just. as you know set on. three hundred. the first exchange of communications with race officials. today. an hour later. participants are informed of how they're dealing. with a belligerent form of mist up or the report we've got a science places in accordance with an updated coefficient of those handicaps and the like as expected the polish boat. is in the lead we are in the second place both of us have an equal chance at the moment and only. the gap between the polish and russian sail boats is minuscule it all comes down to the second phase of the race then everything will depend on the wind the poles decide to seek strong winds by taking the risk of going further south into the open

sea they disappear from is view but the crew sees another vessel in its place approaching on the horizon. but but make way for our. software you don't. think are what it was all going to show must go on the. but. we did annoy people and. always will. break when i was sixteen ok back to work. the. political will do if you wish to stop the tourists want to take our picture just because. they don't see that many sail boats.

the cruise liner sails off followed by the sun sliding behind the horizon the first night of the race his second face sets in the nervous tension from the start fades away life onboard returns to normal cadet self shifts do what they can to vent all that pent. energy ms current speed is twelve knots people in the captain's cabin a comfort that the sailboat is heading towards another victory. wealthy british style. expert on.

markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on. the. eve. of. the. yamit him. on the second day of the race the crew in the morning shift hasn't got a single moment to spare the wind is stronger than expected the first attempt to

take down some of the sails is unsuccessful one of them is caught in the hurricane force winds the sail will be torn apart unless it's fixed without a leg. shuffle when it's in the back to roll up the top sail we tried to tie it to the bow so that the wind couldn't repeat upon it but we couldn't the wind is tuesday. it's simply too strong the crew gets control of the sails a minute picks up speed to fifty knots the ship is tilting heavily support a difficult turn for the ship still lies ahead. of us all of the past the turning point one and a half hours ago now we're heading for the finish line but there are about one hundred forty miles to go with the polish boat was slightly closer to that point and therefore made a turn a bit earlier than we did but now that we are on the right side of the wind we'll try to overtake it would think it was that literally.

the polish boat is only a short distance ahead all ms crew needs to do is keep a speed for the first few hours after the turning point everything's going smoothly . with little and shows where we all are when the ship began three hours or so ago the bearing angle of the polish ship was something like one hundred thirty degrees now it's one hundred seventy in other words we have one back a distance from the poles. but nature deals me a cruel blow the wind has died down and the ship speed instantly drops to five knots with a sails beginning to droop the bulky frigate almost comes to a halt like to pursue us try to catch up with another exchange with race officials confirms that mir is now trailing behind the polish ship. as we've got to shells to remedy the situation but only if there's a fair wind to help us in that case we might overtake ships with

a small coefficient will follow ahead of them in the morning that the wind has driven them closer to us. the situation can't be remedy for the time being a strong wind is their only hope the crews who. taking care of the must see i will most no work to do they decide to hold more competition and try to reduce the stress brought on by the common condition. was that you. have that right and loosen up. ready. ready. was

was you the people with the help of this instrument where enabled to see the constellation of the stars in the sky dome of all normally you see this from below but right now i am looking at it from above because what was here she was born with this has happened to me because that's who are not lucky enough to be involved in the tug of war go to a room where they listen to lectures on astronomy they're not very popular but attendance has mandated. you inside the age of g.p.s. satellite and internet communications these seamen and taught how to do six times determine a ship's coordinates by observing stands. in the sub is measuring how high the sun is over the horizon is easy enough for good issues according to what you learn to

do it after two or three lessons but also about if you want to determine the ship's location with you need to take three different measurements at a time as it was called. the problem is that the ship will cover a large distance in the five to ten minutes it takes for the contents to do the measurements. the i was i. was the for sale moss team is victorious meanwhile reports of the overall race positions of the ship start coming in from mere there is no wind in sight yet. listen for the information about the voyage first july twenty second monday lord nelson is nine thing class and twelfth overall. and the mirror is second class and second overall the

pelican of london is a single class and eleventh overall. the ship's galley has its own race against time when it comes to feeding almost two hundred people four times a day speed is of the essence the cooks have to work almost around the clock during such races. destroyed to make the first tasty during a race where normally cook food separately when you have a tilt he can't make good when they've been to the other half wind up on the floor so taking in potions is much more convenient. on the second evening of the race that steam hardly has any work to do the wind is still quite weak changing the configuration of the sails is pointless cadet project

going takes time out to explain why people still like sailboats pushing you but this is the only place where you can feel the thrill of the wind swaying you from side to side while you're up there hanging on to the must also sail by promotes the spirit of comradeship it builds character and your ability to stand up to the elements. true it's a tough job setting sail was especially hard work with end up worn out and dead tired enough for one moment to die regret it. down in the bowels of the ship away from the deck in the elements signs of normal life can be found there are two campaigns showers and lounges here in addition to courses for the cadets and cabins for the regular crew about one hundred fifty people spend several months together in these premises during the night when the fate of the year is mainly race hangs in the balance the atmosphere here is just as

calm as it always is. the crew on the bridge follows the coordinates of mir in the polish ship its chief rival the russian sailboat is closer to shore its crew expects to cross the finish line ahead of the polish ship the result should be clear by next morning. the morning brings the long awaited wind that comes too late in the day the race is almost over. there's one mile to go to the finish line the polish ship dharma legendary came an hour ago mission hill and we should come second. there were closer to the line because they had been going a bit further south and benefited from southerly winds but they had a lead of several miles. cool on the deck is quest for the news of the defeat. or should we say three cheers for the winners. like.

you see yourselves. to meet you. but you should take both defeat and victory in your stride when you. i'm upset of course i really don't know about the others but we had a chance to win and we didn't the way that i see it. today we just didn't go the right way i don't think it was the right way. we simply should have taken another route. it was a fair race after all it is to watch as the captain says. well we'll bound to win the next time. and they're disappointed no less finally getting to this point i think we'll do better the next leg of the race so. good news for such as mayor and dharma josie are cold windjammers limbs and it's no wonder our lives are in the

wind if there is no wind we go nowhere the poles were fortunate i don't know if it was a small stroke of luck or an educated guess they showed a slightly better performance than we did the wind is what matters. we've mears crew takes in the sails before entering the spanish port town of kid is. in accordance with tradition that parades in front of thousands of spectators on the russian and polish ships more side by side they're like two peas in a pod. the sail boats turn into floating exhibitions open to the public for a few days anyone is free to inspect them inside out. i. mean

while off duty sailors get into town. and. the crews of all race competitors get together at parties on lounge with snacks drinks and don so their rivals at sea shake hands secretly hoping they will emerge victorious next time and receive such congratulations on the victory. last. today's is the last stop for me and she will later join thirty other sailboats returning to portugal from their russian ship will follow a route of her own once again the wind and waves will be both her friends and foes on the way.

the stores the tribes this week in western nations are run part calls for military intervention in syria in order to protect refugees that face criticism but aiming to help armed rebels who is fighting tactics are accused of being the crying's. during a song she might have to spend from six months to a whole get there but there were an embassy in london that whistleblower makes a small cars during a rain to be say he hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the standoff. also no longer an outcast iran refutes myths of its international isolation by a hosting a high profile summit attended by leaders and senior politicians from over one hundred countries despite opposition from washington. clash with only gobs of russian business tycoon abramovich wins and a multi-billion dollar parcel would follow country money for rees brzezinski in

a london court in a case supportive of the stations of dirty dealings ounce red. welcome to twenty four hour news live from moscow. with the latest news of the week's top stories of fast western powers have pushed this week for setting out for and protected safe zones in syria a move that would effectively mean armed intervention given the opposition to the idea from russia and china britain has hinted foreign nations could act without the union's approval it's been argued the buffer zones are needed to help syrian refugees but some experts believe those behind the initiative are pursuing other interests in the first place. it's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country using the united nations as your vehicle is unfortunately

a repetition of what happened in libya over the united nations being used to promote war and provoke a step playbook worked in libya they want to try the same playbook and know if those work anymore but there is no desire. the west nato to have a negotiated settlement the old with the purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east for pipelines such as by way of syria iran and other places all these other things are excuses to claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross. rebel fighters say the foreign powers coming in and to stop missing a no fly zone over syria would significantly help them and the fight against the assad regime meanwhile they talk takes employed by the opposition on the ground are raising more questions as all season issacharoff and found out it was another disturbing example of the many atrocities committed throughout the syrian war

a truck bomb with homemade explosives headed for a checkpoint to the entrance of syria's largest city. no love i told you but the men that are loading it aren't assad forces they're one of the many groups fighting under the banner of the free syrian army and their captive is said to be a member of the should be a militia with very close ties to the outside government the video filmed by the new york times and turn into an on air segment by the b.b.c. captured about human rights groups called evidence of an attempted murder a potential war crime under international law review of rebels from the free syrian army trying to use a prisoner as an unwitting suicide bomber in their attacks on government forces now the cameras didn't follow the prisoner who had no idea that while being blindfolded he was actually embarking on a suicide mission he simply thought that he was being given his freedom the very next morning he was said to have a scaped after the bombs failed to detonate and the b.b.c. had aired a story on august twenty second but this glimpse into the darker side of some of the tactics now being used in the uprising never aired again the story was also

pulled from the b.b.c. website the network told me that this was due to copyright issues and this very video raises the question about whether such tactics may be more widespread among the opposition than what has been previously documented they have yet to draw the same level of scrutiny as the crimes committed by the government were challenged in syria is met with more whether by the government or the rebels the violence seems to be the name of the game and the further shatters the prospects for peace agreement reality for the civilians caught in this bitter war to seek out for no for r.t. and moscow. although it's still unclear who exactly who forms the fragmented syrian opposition or what's in government so keen to help them seize power in the conflict own country has asked us and opponents to form a provisional government promising to recognize it as the legitimate representative of the new syria the list so analysis of what could be behind this attraction for paris and its potential implications are online for you at all.

today and our sons once again broke his. silence giving his first interview since being granted political asylum by ecological talking to a latin american t.v. network the whistleblower defenders that we can leaks cause pointing out that no one was hurt as a result of publications on the website something that kind of be said about america's actions in iraq and afghanistan which exposed our sons also lashed out and beat you as far as overwhelming surveillance practices and what he called a global spy network implemented by google and they still we collected believes is leading to a transitional rather transnational totalitarianism with the public in the west increasingly influenced by press many. speaking about his own future asuncion has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for over two months now so it's my take from six months up to a year for him to become a free man and one from the u.k. his independence party told r.t. that as longe might be right to count on sweden eventually dropping the case

against him i don't see. a very quick resolution to this unfortunately for our coffers the. police weren't under enough pressure with all the other policing they're having to do it would be olympics and everything else at the moment. but i don't see a resolution william hague will stop threatening to storm the dorrian embassy which i think he was very foolish to even hint to regionally but we might come to some arrangement with the ecuadorians i don't know but i think the most likely thing is that sweden will realize that they've created by not sending a prosecutor to talk to him in england as the offered to do to speak to them to answer their questions by going this heavy handed route i think they've both made a rod for their own by going they're going to end up having to drop it but i don't think they'll do it any time soon. and of course all the twists and turns of julian assange has long running saga are nowhere.