was a double deck ship called the bold guerrier it was built in one nine hundred fifty five in czechoslovakia so just to recap the top story for you the main news we know is that the passenger boat that sank earlier on today with one hundred seventy on board the revolver in russia's republic of the stern has claimed the life of one person there are conflicting reports as to how many people are still missing the staff and how many people have been saying very much across this story for you we'll keep you posted throughout the evening. also looking ahead as well we've got the sports he was well with you know he's got all the latest including news of mistakes aplenty during formula one british crown pretty my name's kevin i would think for choosing our team from moscow this summer the tenth of july with the times now coming up to twenty eight house minutes past eight pm. the official ante up location. i pod touch from the. video. is my old posts and says feed now in the palm of your. question on the. this is r t from moscow good evening if you just joined just breaking news to update you on this

double decker a ship called the bulgaria was built in one thousand nine hundred fifty five in czechoslovakia the former general accused of ordering the brits and massacre is likely to have a new legal team to represent him at the hague. angrily disrupted his second hearing berating judges for not allowing him to have his lawyers present but many serbs feel the notorious general's trial will not bring forward justice. to explain . liquid little town of slippery meets in bosnia-herzegovina looks a delicate you houses are being built people go about their business and in the center of the town a mosque and a church sit side by side but disappearing unity is an illusion sixty years ago the entire region was torn apart by ethnic clashes during the yugoslav war and separate needs became infamous when the united nations stated eight thousand muslim men and boys were massacred by bosnian serb forces today a memorial for the deceased sits in the grounds of a former un military base the sort of thing it's a memorial ground as well maintained and frequently visited by locals journalists and tourists wh

into the incident double decker ship called the bulgaria was built in one hundred fifty five in czechoslovakia well these are the first images of the rescue which we're getting here at r.t. . you will see the boat itself for it sank in the water i just mentioned has to say since we get more details we will keep you posted. if not bosnian serb general accused of ordering this trouble it's a massacre it's likely they have a new legal team to represent them at the hague marriage and really disrupted his second hearing berating judges for not allowing him to have his lawyers present but many serbs feel the notorious general's trial will not bring full justice catarina as it ever explains. the crowd little town of debate meets in bosnia and herzegovina looks at village you houses are being built people go about their business and in the center of the town a mosque and church sit side by side but this apparent unity is an illusion sixteen years ago the entire region was torn apart by ethnic clashes during the yugoslav war and seventy became infamous when the united nations stated eight thousand musl

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this is me, a girl from a village in czechoslovakia. >> reporter: how has her life changed? thing, she can vote. she can also serve on a jury. but the big one, she can now brag to people that she is an american citizen. the mendoza family has waited a long time for today's ceremony. after safely making it out of el salvador, jose and jenny have carved out a life for themselves in virginia with two kids in school and a steady income, the last step will be completing their citizenship today. >> i have come to appreciate the life that my parents have given me and it means a lot to me that they spared me from having to live that life. >> reporter: it has been a long road for this family from the move up to america through the application process and right up to the challenging naturalization test. >> we are very thankful that we came this far and it is our big dream, you know. >> reporter: a dream punctuated at this historic site on this historic day. and as the mendoza family, like most everyone else celebrating here today, heads off to enjoy their fourth of july festivities, t

ship itself the bulgarian as it was called was a double decker pleasure boat built in the former czechoslovakia in one thousand fifty five but the ship was used for day trips along the border ever popular with tourists in the summer months attention has been drawn to the age of the vessel though with speculation it could have played a role in the tragedy a ship had not been updated for more than fifty years however russia's transport ministry confirmed it had undergone routine checks in the middle of june and was deemed to be safe the engines and rescue and vacation equipment had all been checked the vessel was capable of travelling at speeds of up to twenty kilometers. of course i will be keeping up to date on the rescue operation throughout the day here on r.t. . well to some other news now a major effort is being made to kick start the store the palestinian israeli peace talks the middle east diplomatic quartet comprised of the u.n. russia european union and the u.s. will meet in washington later today because shay sions ground to a halt last year when israel failed to renew a partial reason

itself the yobbo garia as it was called as a double decker pleasure boat built in the former czechoslovakia in one nine hundred fifty five when the ship was used for day trips alone the volga river popular with tourists in the summer months attention has been drawn to the age of the vessel with speculation it could have played a role in the tragedy the ship had not been updated for more than fifty years russia's transport ministry confirmed it had undergone routine checks the middle of june and was deemed to be safe the engines and rescue navigation equipment had all been checked a song was capable of travelling at speeds of up to twenty two kilometers per hour . of course we'll be keeping up to date with that rescue operation throughout the day here on r.t. . to other news now five people have been killed after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing on water in eastern siberia there were thirty six people on board and an off switch got into trouble after reporting a fire in one of its engines for the survivors a set of suffered severe injuries the plane made its landing on the riv

details about the ship itself the area was a double decker pleasure boat built in the former czechoslovakia in one hundred fifty five the ship was used for day trips along the volga river popular with tourists in the summer months attention to the age of the vessel with speculation it played a role in the tragedy of the ship gone in the dating for more than fifty years russia's transport ministry confirmed it had undergone routine checks in the june was deemed to be safe the engines were checked when the ship was on the water as well as rescuing equipment vessel was capable of travelling at speeds of up to twenty two kilometers per hour. of course we'll be keeping you up to date on the rescue operation throughout the day here on r.t. . of the big news a major effort is being made to kick start the store that palestinian israeli peace talks. at least diplomatic quartet compromised u.n. russia european union and the u.s. will meet in washington later today because the ground to a halt last year when israel well to renew a partial freeze settlement construction west bank just indians so that t

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nine hundred fifty five in czechoslovakia a picture of their seats in for one hundred forty passengers aboard it could reach a speed of nearly twelve knots. around twenty two kilometers an hour the boats also had restaurants and bars aboard and it provided intertainment as well since so most trips lasted a few days at a time is being suggested that the bulgaria's engines as we just heard in sara's report there may not have been working properly at the time of the accident that hasn't been confirmed yet but to say as soon as we know more on this breaking news if you just joined us just to recap what the headline is pleasure cruises gone down current nearly two hundred people on the river volga casualties at least one so far we know that one woman has died we're hearing that many of been rescued but also confusion over how many people are still missing this happened in the republic of toughest in russia as you can see there from those pictures it's where the of all the river broadens out why beltre it went down in twenty meters of water about three kilometers off shore as a say soon as w

double decker ship called the ball garia was built in one thousand nine hundred fifty five in czechoslovakia. and these are the first images of the rescue which we're getting here as r.c. right now so little to see on the boat itself after it sank in deep water and he has been speaking to a reporter in the region who explained more for us. there was some one hundred ninety people and among which the one hundred fifty seven passengers about eighty people were rescued by a passing boat with the fate of sixty to seventy people. right now this boat is heading to victims on board some of the injured are in hospital it's too early to list the reasons behind the accident but first reports suggest it was caught in a storm and. rescuers are arriving at the scene the operation will continue until all passengers. and of course we will keep your cause developments on that story stay with us for that. spending the year in iraq is military journalist are. we still in the us. there is from the east the. trauma you killed. i thought oh was willing to give the life of. the twenty seven days to publicize it i

ship called the ball carrier there it is it was built back in one nine hundred fifty five in czechoslovakia as it was then you have seating for a hundred forty passengers and sarah mentioned it could reach speeds of nearly twelve knots that spoke twenty two kilometers in terms that may be more nautical people understand better cruising speeds in other words a boat also had restaurants and bars and provided entertainment on board since most trips last a few. days of the time it was being suggested again as we heard from sarah that the dog areas engines maybe weren't working properly at the time of the accident that's not been confirmed also it may be that that ship was overcrowded again very early days that's not been confirmed either the official investigation will of course be asking all those questions and probing what went so badly wrong we'll bring you more as we know it. in georgia three high profile photographers have been charged with spying for moscow to place a claim to those video confessions proving their guilt but skeptics say mikheil saakashvili is on a witch hunt to score poli

decker boat that went down was called the bulgaria it was built back in one hundred fifty five in czechoslovakia and there the latest pictures we've got in other news georgia's spy hunter as it charges high profile photographers with snooping for moscow but skeptics say it's an anti russian image produced by president saakashvili. and also in top stories in our review of the week it's demo day job over angry gyptian as they returned to tahrir square this week to vent against the interim leaders who they say stole the revolution while authorities ordered a suspension of policemen accused of killing protesters during fred fred yuri's uprising. one other one fears well behold the front page britain's best selling newspaper rolls out from. last time was rupert murdoch sacrifices the title while phone hacking planes and reporter aggress intensify in the u.k. . this is r.t. international from moscow. the syrian government is holding talks on reforms but the opposition activists are boycotting the national dialogue right now they say they are not participate as long as the regime continues to crackdown

of one hundred forty passengers at the time it was built back in one thousand people five in czechoslovakia president medvedev the sultan is ordered to special interest investigation to try to find out what went wrong where so if you just joined this the news is still that we know it's been confirmed that one person has died one is in hospital a lot of people still missing in this tragedy this afternoon the volga we'll bring you more as we get it you're watching r.t. from moscow monitor kevin thanks for being with us. wealthy british style. that's what i'm writing my. heart. right now. markets finance come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my scotcher for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines.

capacity of one hundred forty passengers at the time it was built back in one thousand fifty five in czechoslovakia president medvedev the south tuners ordered a special into the investigation to try to find out what went wrong there so if you just joined this the news is still that we know it's been confirmed that one person has died one's in hospital a lot of people still missing in this tragedy this afternoon the volga we'll bring you more as we get it you're watching r.t. from moscow money kevin thanks for being with us. wealthy british style. sometimes. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max culture for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on r g. this is r t moscow breaking news this hour a pleasure cruiser sunken in the revolver russian republic of tatarstan some survivors of arrived. divers are frantically searching for over one hundred people who are still missing. the top stories now are a view of the week georgia's. charges high profile photographers were snooping for moscow but skeptics say it'

a picture of it was called the ball gary it was built back in one nine hundred fifty five in czechoslovakia then it had seating we're told aboard for one hundred fifty one hundred forty passengers it could reach speeds of nearly twelve knots it was just a pleasure cruise that really which is around twenty two kilometers an hour that sort of speed that sort of thing the boat also restaurants and bars aboard it provided entertainment as well since most trips lasted a few days at a time it's a big all stretch of river down there it's being suggested that the boll gary is engine weren't working properly at the time of the activists we heard there that not yet confirmed that. in georgia three high profile photographers have been charged for spying for moscow to police and claims it has video confessions proving their guilt but skeptics say mikko suckers feelings on a witch hunt to score political points out is tom barton reports on what's being seen as anti russian i ga is on a spy role and not for the first time this time the spotlights been shined on those usually behind the camera for photogr

she was born and raised in the former czechoslovakia. she grew up poor with few opportunities.né this iscin it took ten years for li >> so has her ch but the >> reporter: so ame has her life changed? well, forhing, she can fonw. she can now brag to people that she is an american citizen. the mendoza family has waited a long time for today's ceremony. after safely making it out of el salvador, jose and jenny have carved out a life for themselves kids in school and a steady income, the last step will be completing their citizenship today. >> i come to appreciate the life that family,m from given me, that family,m from given me, and it means t the rightu live the life they lived. >> reporter: it's been a long road this family, from the move up application process, right up to the challenging nationalization test. >> we are very thankful like ev dreamtrue. >> reporter: of july#efestivit here today, heads off to enjoy their 4th of july festivities, they'll do so for the first time as american citizens. >>> since 1963, more than 3,000 people have become citizens on illegal fireworks

now, in czechoslovakia the statue of the brother subject to the tune is the followers refer to as thefruit fly lovers, people heaters and they were depicted wearing pointed ku klux klan hoofs. i bought a handbook of the communist breeding published in prague in 53, and in this it doesn't matter anymore. an organism can be changed by changing its surroundings so it would be countered and hardened by exposing their herd to extreme cold and would pass along the new-found distance. that is the way it works. outside the soviet union, the idea of the biology wasn't so widely welcomed. liberal humanist thinkers, bernard meshaal for example, in the west systematically playing down the importance of nature of the inborn differences between the groups of people that lend themselves so readily to the racial doctrine that unesco statement on a race released in the 60's but based on the same declaring there is no justification for the racial. to propose the generation of the left-wing opinion leaders and the odors of behavior which are found in their water and soil of consumer capitalism, criminal

george went over there and spent hundreds of millions of dollars, gave it away to help build up czechoslovakia and yugoslavia and hungary and the other eastern european countries that were struggling to try and find their way towards democracy and capitalism. and i give him tremendous credit for that. that took a lot of courage. in fact, he was the inspiration are my starting to get, giving dollars to the u.n. because i say he was giving billions of dollars away and i said if george can do it, why can't i do it? though i did have the kind of billions he had but i had a billion and i gave it away. [laughter] [applause] >> this gets down to peterson challenge, what do you do with the 200. >> pursuant to a point, breed his most recent book, he said of his contribution in eastern europe, they didn't do much good. he was totally well-intentioned. he didn't do much good. that's my point. given that problem, my solution, because we shouldn't have been in the war, and i spent a lot -- george and i together spent a lot of money to try to keep -- to be george w. bush in 2004, to no avail but we tried. t

we went to -- i can remember going from austria into czechoslovakia, and the communists had stopped the train we were on, had dogs and they had these soldiers looking under the train and they went and looked at who we were. but when things calmed down, one of the soldiers asked john glenn for his autograph. he's a world-famous man. and as a man of such humility, i want him to know and everyone in the sowfnedz my voice -- he is one of the finest human beings i have ever met, and he is a historical figure now and for all time in the united states. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i know senator grassley is waiting. i thank him for his indulgence. when senator brown came to speak of john glenn, i couldn't help but stay. for those who are listening, the good news is we are celebrating his birthday. he is alive and well with annie. we are sure happy that is the case. when i was just getting started in politics -- 1982 -- i was running for congress in springfield, illinois, and john glenn, senator john glenn called and said, i'm going to

in czechoslovakia mandel was troubled and his followers were referred to as fruit fly lovers, people haters and were depicted wearing pointed ku klux klan hoods. i bought a handbook that was published in 53 and -- it doesn't matter anymore. an organism can be changed by changing its surroundings so that it can be hardened by exposing it to extreme cold. those that survive will automatically pass along the new film resistance. that is the way heredity works. outside the soviet union the area of a geneless biology was not welcome the. humanist thinkers like george bernard shaw were systematically playing down the importance of nature, inborn differences between groups of people that lend themselves so readily to racial doctrine. ionesco's statement on race in the 50s was based on no more auschwitz sentiment declaring there is no biological justification for race hatred or prejudice. according to the postwar generation of left-wing opinion leaders, aggressive behavior was found in the rotten soil of consumer capitalism. criminals were not bad by nature. they were the product of unemploy

we face challenges, and we had challenges in poland, in which challenges, you know, what was czechoslovakiabefore it became the czech republic. and in other places in eastern europe. and we did not let those challenges deter us from our vigorous engagement and democracy programs. so i think i've made my point. with that, senator rubio. >> thank you for your statement. i wanted to talk about something that we don't talk about often enough. i think it's relevant to all of this conversation. it's trafficking in persons. the report in 2010 came out monday. it designates cuba as a tier three country for going to adhere to minimum and to human trafficking standards. as you know u.s. law prohibits funding for officials or employees to tier three governments to participate in educational and cultural exchange programs until such government complies with minimum and document trafficking standards or make significant efforts to comply with the standards. it's not address your head with regards to these sorts of programs with cuba. i guess my question is how is the administration's exchange program wi

appreciate that we face challenges, and we had challenges in poland and challenges in what was czechoslovakia before it became the czech republic, and in other places in eastern europe, and we did not let those challenges deter us from our vigorous engagement in the - 3 programs. senator rubio? >> thank you for being with us this morning and for your statement. i want to talk about something that we do not talk about very often that is relevant, trafficking in purses. report came out on monday that as it may cuba as a tier 3 countries. u.s. law had its funding for officials or governments can tier 3 countries until they make efforts to comply with standards. that is not the direction that we're heading with regard to cuba. how is the administration costs exchange program with cuba complying with the restrictions could what is the calculation of aside from political realities, this trafficking in persons issues is a major one around the world. cuba is one of the countries that refuses to comply with it and is a significant player in trafficking of persons and on willingness of our debate -- an