hands with gold a strong khazan leader of the team. size progress they are using actually greet me as barcelona and eventual champions into milan while english giants are awaiting in the next rank you to be held next month however their next game is a friendly as the gunners on their sharpening play did have travelled to china they will play a local team hundred greentown later today. now the last stage of the siwei rally from moscow to sochi has been cancelled because of heavy rain and it means russia's furthest could be out of winds the truck section on poland's krzysztof hall of cheats tops the car category. third during the four hundred twenty five kilometer route instead of the pole to michael and that was enough yesterday to keep him on top of the standings while many fourteen seconds from and still a bit of came twelve during this stage was won by that erosion in the day but that was still enough that could be it off to keep the overall lead and be crowned champion the competitors will still had the thought today along the main

that must hurt now with just to go before russia's first some university games the ancient city of khazan has landed another major coup and will also stage the world aquatics championships in twenty fifteen the capital of the tartars on republic day tough competition from hong kong. however the mexican city will take up the baton from cars down two years later while this year's edition is also set to kick off in shanghai on saturday is now a true sporting stronghold with the likes of football side rubin and double ice hockey champions providing domestic glory for the region because iran is also bidding to be one of the high spend each during russia's twenty eight hundred four world cup. they was. not only. excellent but isn't that we had a big. board. and if it is shown in. the olympic will meet this day we are sure for the world we will all live on the show and they please in we excel in excel and championships. like we. review this is. world championship in the world in it. and i finally how much further would you go to make your dreams come true well for one man there seem to be no lim

there are thousands of people that have turned out here to the riverboat station in khazan which was to be the stopping point of the bulgaria on its pleasure cruise up the volga they've come to lay flowers and to pay their respects to the people who drowned either trying to get out of the ship all those who were trapped in it in sunday's tragedy there's also a funeral starting to take place today of some of the victims twenty three families will start burying their relatives today from the sinking of the gold area ship of feelings here. one of the amends for greg that this happened and moving really also into anger a lot of people feeling that this was very much a tragedy which could have been avoided. and not long ago on the twenty three as we traveled on these motives he was in a poor condition then yes because most serial times during her trip they would have to stop for standing right here because the engine was working properly we had her prom are numbered area even. those who have died to you i feel especially sorry for the children the little once it's a terrible loss. but whe

child was gone there are thousands of people that have turned out here to the river boat station in khazan which was to be the stopping point of the bulgaria on its pleasure cruise up the volga they've come to lay flowers and to pay their respects to the people who drowned either trying to get out of the ship or those who were trapped in it in sunday's tragedy there's also a funeral starting to take place today of some of the victims twenty three families will start burying their relatives today from the sinking of the bulgaria ship but downstream from the rescue efforts are going on with divers going.

wreck and bring them to the surface is very much continuing as you can see behind me here and the khazan river boat port which was to be the final.

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thousand and nine ukrainian outfit one home tie three one holding court men to a golden straw in khazan neither of the two sides progress though easing action group is class alone us and eventual champions internet land. flooding the shires arsenal waiting in the next ranji to be held next month however their next game is the friendly as the guys on the dish out included have travelled to china they'll play a local t.v. juggling town on saturday and have held an open training session to provide a treat for their age or fans hundreds of supporters came to watch while also calling on the ground to way with sound i three to never leave the club. the last stage of the silk way rally from moscow to sort she has been cancelled because of heavy rain meaning russia's fit as a bit of winds the truck section in poland screeched off all of chits top of the car category a lot of his pain during the four hundred twenty five kilometer roof and started our poll tonight caught and that was enough to keep him on top of the standings by a minute and fourteen seconds and had a handful of period of came tw

are indeed kerry there are thousands of people that have turned up here to the riverboat station in khazan which was to be the stopping points of the bulgaria on its pleasure cruise up the volga they've come to lay flowers and supposed their respects to the people who were drowned either trying to get out of the ship all those who were trapped in it in sunday's tragedy there's also a funeral starting to take place today of some of the victims twenty three families will start burying their relatives today from the sinking of the bulgaria ship feelings here are ones of immense regret that this happened and moving really also into anger a lot of people feeling that this was very much a tragedy which could have been avoided and people we spoke to just earlier from the crowd said those kind of things. and one point to go on to twenty three traveled on these boat he was in poor condition then yes because most serial turns your honor a trip to go would have to stop here is the engine was working properly when. those who have died to you through this passion for the children. it's a terrible loss.

now it is two years to go before russia's first summer at university games the ancient city of khazan has landed another major coup also stage the world aquatics championships in twenty fifteen the couple of the toughest on republic beat off competition from hong kong and got laura however the mexican city will take up the baton from two years later this year's edition is all set to kick off in shanghai. i also asked today because al is now a true sporting stronghold with the likes of football side rubin and double ice hockey chaldeans i pass provided to us to glory for the region as a source a beating to be one of the host then used during russia's twenty one team football world cup. matches sports now and fast improving italian marco simoncelli has stated early claim for his maiden motor g.p. victory there to see the honda man dominating both three practices on friday ahead of the german grand prix the afternoon session was a little pasear than the one in the morning sim and charlie looks on course to clinch his third of the season. goes to a podium finish the first ever get to the

thousands of people that have turned out here to the river boat station in khazan which was to be the stopping point of the bulgaria on its pleasure cruise up the volga they've come to lay flowers and to pay their respects to the people who drowned either trying to get out of the ship or those who were trapped in it in sunday's tragedy there's also a funeral starting to take place today of some of the victims twenty three families will start burying their relatives today from the sinking of the bulgaria ship but downstream from the rescue efforts are going on with divers going to the wreckage to try and search the rooms inside the ship they're moving into one of the most difficult parts about operation into a large play room and it's thought that a large number of children there but that they simply weren't able to escape and they all drowned in that room first came terror and tragedy the good news the boat leans a bed there are three of them in the cabin my son my daughter in law and my grandson my son said he tried to open the cabin door holding his child when the wave crashed into

now it's just two years to go before russia's first summer university games the ancient city of khazan surrounded another major coup and will also stage the world quite exchange rates in twenty fifteen the capital of the pakistan republic the soft competition from hong kong is one of the horror however the mexican city will take up the baton from present two years later this year's edition is cool sets to kick off in shanghai on saturday design is now a true sporting stronghold with the likes of football side regime as we heard and double ice hockey champions act boss providing domestic glory for the region is also being to be one of the highest where news during russia's twenty eight football world cup matches what is now in russia's insurance race the silk way rally is reaching its climax as the drivers edge their way towards the finish in the seaside resort of sochi poland's just off a lot richer leads at the car section after winning stage five which goes from applicant to starter poll over a couple of minutes ahead of frenchman time at the hands of one russian for their use carry

sins of people who were immediately rescued would take about a nearby vessel to shore in khazan as you can see here anxious friends and relatives gathering at the dock side with the first survivors were brought to shore most of them clearly in distress actually sleep they were met by police the medical crews and taken for treatment the vessel itself was called the ball carrier reportedly sank alarmingly within just three minutes of getting into difficulty according to initial reports it was three kilometers from the shore when it went down in waters about twenty meters deep it's thought to be encouraging people on a weekend sightseeing break itself was on route two because an eye witnesses say a storm could be to blame for the sinking right now investigators are considering a number of possibilities including faulty equipment and whether the boat itself was overcrowded no conclusions yet be drawn we will of course think across all the very latest for the night my name is kevin and you're watching r.t. from moscow. the book. for. the. the ocean would be soo much brighter than a few new

of mourning huge crowds fountains of people gathered on the pier next to the river boat station in khazan to show their respects to those that died in the sinking of the ship as a mark of respect ships were sailing the volga participated in a blowing of their horns and a minute's silence followed to try and show respect for the dead. we went amongst the crowds and i asked some of the people there what they were feeling about the aftermath of this tragic test of. the us we studied together for a year she never had arguments with a new one she was a very kind girl and was always ready to help it's. clear ambulance workers a colleague was in the chip she wanted crews to get it was her turn.

however the mexican city will take up the baton from khazan two years later it will be his addition is all set to kick off in shanghai and saturday it certainly is no real sporting stronghold with the likes of football side rubin and double ice hockey champions act bars providing domestic glory for the region because that is also getting to be one of the who spend years during russia's twenty eight team football world cup. any road be found knows new zealand are the team who play in black and their prime minister has branded england one of these after they've revealed they too will wear black for at least one of their games at the upcoming world cup england a block away strip for their clash with argentina on september tenth and it has raised some eyebrows after all the kiwi seen here have made black their color since eight hundred seventy four the english rugby union say they can still go with their new zealand counterparts before making the decision the all blacks and still say they're not so you bothered but new zealand prime minister isn't too happy. i think it's a bunch of one of

difficult to know how many people they're actually looking for however at the site just south of khazan there is an ongoing effort divers have managed to find the ship on the bottom of the river bed and those efforts to find the causes of this sinking and also any possible survivors will be ongoing throughout the night. all right thank you tom barton reporting there and for more details on the search operation and of the latest from the russian emergencies ministry we can go live to our correspondent jacob reeves who's here in moscow now jacob we hear that the cruise ship safely worked this route for years is there any information on why the tragedy should strike now. we've already heard a number of theories as to what's occurred here must stress they are just theories at present one of them being though that this ship was over crowded is about one hundred forty people as you mentioned was mentioned by tom oh not sure how many people around one hundred a fear this being most widely reported here also the age of the vessel in question around fifty five years old in this questions being r

four sport following a shock three male trancing of the twice former champions on their home turf in khazan are the first half was a tentative affair then six minutes after the interval brazil legend roberta carlos saying the long range free kick a goal really netminder circular logic of with their guilty about al of that i'm a hunch can finish it off midway through the second half alexander pruett headed in his first top flight goal in almost three years and things went from bad to worse for rubin after angie were awarded a stoppage time penalty to suffer they'd have to retake the sport but scored nonetheless cranial angy. they would be fly down to pick in the standings a spot at most gates two points further back or following a disappointing one one draw against japan usually karina within a throw rate scored a penalty get to the visitors to put my head just before half time for the fellas and i got the full life just after the break. where terry won one nil and so on thanks to a goal he. blunder there live on a given as of. he took a free kick butt or another is a big fumble then giving

football now and two time former russian champions that have been khazan have been drawn against ukrainian runners up in army kiev for the third qualifying round of the champions league which is a double header and the first match is june later this month the draw was announced at u.a. for headquarters in geneva pitting against each other the two top clubs from the former soviet union for the second time in three years through benin dinar also met twice in the group stages in two thousand and nine the ukrainian outfit won the home toy three one while holding kabamba daves men to a gold a strong cause than either of the two sides progress they losing out to greet with his barcelona and eventual champions into milan. but our stage of the still. a rally from moscow to sort she has been canceled because of heavy rain meaning rushes but ask a bit of winter the truck section and poland's clifftop haul of chits tops the car category cain third during the four hundred twenty five kilometer read yesterday from stanford a pole to michael and that was enough to keep him on top of the standings by a m

survivors that have survived the sinking of this river cruise ship artie's martin reporting there from khazan and for more details on the search operation and of the latest from the russian emergencies ministry we go to our correspondent jacob greaves who is in moscow. officials are actually still looking for asses here a number of theories have already been put forward stress none of them of really be confirmed just yet prominent one is the fact that this. overloaded official capacity was one hundred forty people were. confirmed one hundred eighty five people were on board of the time of its sinking also the age of this vessel was fifty five years old and there are questions being raised whether or not it should have been used as a tourist boat on the revolver in the in the first place some is actually being stunned by reports of claims made by a crew member same it had engine difficulties just before making this today boyish too because although we have to bear in mind it's important to stress that mr trius was there to do have a record of this ship being given the all clear and that recent

particularly the amount of cuddly toys that have been put against the wall of the riverboat station here in khazan just upstream from where the ball carrier sank this was to be its stopping point after its pleasure cruise up the volga hundreds of people keep streaming here to lay flowers and to try and remember the people who died in that tragedy for more on the background of the tragedy how it happened and its effects will go to my report. this is the happy scene that should have been this ship is designed almost identical to the bulgaria this room almost identical to the one that children on that ship played in but for whatever reason their fate was very different. as crowds gathered in remembrance of those killed by the sinking of the volga pleasure boat it was the younger victims that seem to cast the longest shadow. these schoolgirls that lost one of their classmates. the most we started together for a year she never had arguments with anyone she was a very kind girl and was always ready to help. as divers reached the playroom of one of the ball carriers upper decks they found the bodies of t

scholem to place on the river where the prize has sunk it's a downstream from the region's capital khazan it's a very remote place the river it's a very wide stretch of the river with strong currents and that's what a bright wood says was heading along yesterday afternoon when it ran into difficulties and those difficulties the kind of catastrophe very very fast just three minutes in fact it's not yet known why the bank started last but i with this does survive a search that they report that the boat being lurch violently to the right people somebody were literally being thrown off the side of the boats i'm very strong currents and now what book rescuers and. the main of course many people to drown i one hundred ninety five people on the by three of those are now confirmed dead one hundred of them over one hundred from are still missing how did arrive soon enough to help some people at least.

can see the amount of flowers that are starting to be laid against the riverboat station here in khazan which was to be the final point of the of this cruise of the ship the bull guard here is growing the number of flowers there is growing as is the number of people coming here to pay their respects to share their grief over what happened on sunday there's also a number of funerals that are starting today twenty three of the families who lost people in the sinking of the ship are going to start burying their relatives today has now been sixty five people confirmed dead from the sinking that number is expected to change as it's known that there are more bodies still trapped in the ship under the waters of the volga later on more people and more flowers are expected here and as they continue so will the recovery efforts at the scene of the sinking of the ship. as well as shock and there is immense anger among grieving relatives who believe the desk could have been avoided had a chance to speak to some of them what have they been saying to you. absolutely i mean all of yesterday we were at

survivors have come to khazan the upstream from here to try and find out what on earth has happened to their relatives any any tidbit of news that they. find largely they have been disappointed the emergence as ministry has not been able to supply them with that with any details as yet that we have received video from the emergencies ministry a lot of divers have been arriving and they've been working in shifts our in our and out to try to explore this sunken ship and there are quite dramatic pictures of them bringing up bodies from the ship which really confirms a lot of fears also one one fe which is touching quite a lot of people more than just any old sinking is the fact that there were a lot of children on board possibly a third possibly up to fifty children in the upper decks had gone to join a playgroup of some sort minutes before the ship sunk and it's feared that because there were so many of those children in one place that very few of them were able to get out emergencies ministry says probably one of them. there's also been allegations that have swirled around this it's dif

so fast and many of them didn't the people waiting on the banks and in nearby khazan upstream which was to be the final destination of the pope's day are still desperately waiting for any news of their relatives but from the rescuers themselves hope of finding any more survivors has all but gone out. one you know you know you both leaned a bit there are three of them in the cabin my son my daughter in law and my grandson my son said he tried to open the cabin door holding his child when the wave crashed into them and he lost grip of my grandson he says you swim towards the light and made it out alive but i can't find my grandson or daughter in law they're not on any lists now i'm waiting to see photos. this is a typical story heard by many people either relatives or survivors of the sinking of the ship and all they can do now is wait. thank you john now turning to tell you last you know the person quickly mobilized an inquiry into how this happened what president medvedev and say. was different president between the how the special meeting regarding this incident and he's not with the c

wreck and bring them to the surface is very much continuing as you can see behind me here and the khazan river boat port which was to be the final stop of the bulgaria on its sunday afternoon pleasure cruise many people now have gathered here hundreds have been coming through out the morning to look at the lists on the wall of the missing and dead to lay flowers and candles and hundreds of cuddly toys for all the children that have been missing however there are also a growing number of questions at this very site as well a former captain of the ship of the bulgarian who was captain in two thousand and seven came and spoke to reporters about what he thought about the condition of the ship and he said that the ship should never have been sailing that it was essential technically dead long ago let's have a listen to what he said. and i became captain of the vessel in two thousand and seven and the ship hadn't been available for a while before that is what were the big problems with engines allow our generators but i repeatedly mentioned to the management there was even an argument. so the

operations continue here from the volga bank south of khazan with divers and other teams going out to try. recover more bodies from the sunken river pleasure cruiser the volga area meanwhile on itself today is a day of mourning huge crowds fountains of people gathered on the pier next to the river boat station in to show their respects to those that died in the sinking of the ship as a mark of respect ships were sailing the volga participated in a blowing of their horns and a minute's silence followed to try and show respect for the dead. we went amongst the crowds and asked some of the people there what they were feeling about the aftermath of this tragic attack strophe. their ambulance workers a colleague was in that ship she wants a cruise together was her family husband five year old son and also she was pregnant or was to deliver her second baby noticed she's not found yet only husband to survive she into sunday night. meanwhile back here at the site of a sinking divers have reached the room inside the ship where around forty children were trapped as the boat began to sink they w

now it is two years to go before russia's first summit university games the ancient city of khazan has landed another major coup were also staged the world aquatics championships in twenty fifteen a couple of the toughest one republic the talk of edition from hong kong what love horror however the mexican city will take up the baton from his own two years later this year's edition is all set to kick off in shanghai on saturday because now is now a true sporting stronghold with the likes of football side rubin and the ice hockey champions act bus riding to nest in glory the region design is also beating to be one of the host then used three matches twenty eight team football world cup. motorsports now and fast improving italian my person in chile has straight and early claim for his maiden voyage in g.p. victory but to see any honda man dominated both free practices on friday the head of the german grand prix the afternoon session was a little pasear than the one in the morning when charlie looks on course to clinch his first pole of the season. goes to a podium finish even as ever the

carrying people on a weekend a sightseeing break some survivors were picked up and have been taken to khazan for treatment i witness is say a storm is likely to be to blame for the sinking while others suggest a failure of the both engines although that has not been confirmed. on to other news now britain's scandal plagued news of the world a newspaper has rolled off the presses for the last time its final edition was apologetic but defiant after being hastily closed by rupert murdoch this week the embattled media mogul flew to london to take charge of the crisis which engulfed the paper and its a parent company news international it is claimed journalists hacked the phones of murder victims and dead soldiers families police made a number of arrests on friday including a former editor of the paper it was also served as the prime minister's press chief media analyst phil reeves says rupert murdoch has now lost his long standing in need of his own britain's political elite. i think something changed this week you know for decades british prime ministers have been on their needs to the to the m

break it was on route to the republic's capital khazan a nearby ship managed to save some of those who were on board the fifty six year old vessel which was called the bulgaria the rescue operation continues with helicopters and divers searching for the missing i would this is say a storm is likely to be to blame for the sinking presently bet it was all to be a motorcyclist it was a special investigation looking at the latest pictures we've got through from the scene unfortunately not much to see obviously that storm or whatever caused the problem has died down now but as to say the latest news we're just getting through now adding to this is the details coming through hearing maybe quite important is that the vessel sank within three minutes of getting into difficulty that's not allowing many people to get to life jackets and suchlike so as soon as we know more we will of course choose. the former bosnian serb general accused of ordering the struggle it's a massacre is likely to have a new legal team to represent him at the hague luggage angrily disrupted his second hearing berating t

dozens of people remediate rescued were taken to a nearby vessel they've now arrived to shore in khazan as you can see here in these pictures anxious friends and relatives gathered at the dockside for the first survivors were brought to shore most clearly in distress of course they were met by police and medical crews and taken for treatment the vessel itself called the ball garia reportedly sank within three minutes of getting into difficulty it was three kilometers from the shore when it went down and it's thought to be in carrying people on a weekend sightseeing break itself it was on route to eye witnesses say a storm could have caused the same key right now investigators are also considering a number of other possibilities too including faulty equipment or whether the boat maybe have been overcrowded and no conclusions being drawn yet because as we get more on that story we'll bring you up to date here on r.t. from moscow stay with us. stay with us. twenty years ago in the largest country in. the certificates of. must have been chosen. to teach began in germany. where did it take.

sail in a number to be just twenty instead of two hundred which is prime minister putin has visited khazan and paid tribute to the rescue operation and said that those whose negligence and greed led to the disaster must be punished but he talked about reports on how the investigation is proceeding. the first arrests have been made and this is starting to move beyond just a disaster recovery operation the two people that have been arrested so far are straight line in iraq she is the owner of the company that rentable galleria for what would be its final voyage also give us sure he is a state expert on shipping and sometime before that voyage he said that the bulgaria was fit to sail and so perhaps was negligent in that decision divers are still working in teams in our in our out in a on a platform out in the river over the sunken bowl garcia it's now estimated there are around a dozen bought. these are left to be recovered divers have explored most of the ship now there might be some places left where bodies could be but it is possible that some of those bodies may know may not be in the sh

particularly the amount of cuddly toys that have been put against the wall of the river boat station here in khazan just upstream from where the ball darrius sank this was to be its stopping point after it's pleasure cruise up the volga hundreds of people keep streaming here to lay flowers and to try and remember the people who died in that tragedy for more on the background of the tragedy how it happened and its effects will go to my report.