in the center of moscow and fans get into the world cup spirit ahead of their team's key clash with brazil on wednesday a day that will see a number of other crucial games also being played. while for many of the world cup as a nonstop carnival of footballing farm some seventeen thousand volunteers are working hard to keep it that way because shop with a fleet of helpless. and. trumps national security advisor is in moscow where he has already met the russian president vladimir putin. welcomes the live from moscow daniel who kings and our special coverage of course of world cup twenty eighteen russia where it's crunch time for groups and f on day fourteen of the world cup as the final fixtures decide who goes through and who goes home group feds as you can see with all four teams still battling for their lives let's take a look at the table now south korea no point so far they will be going home defending champions germany are also under pressure after a bit of a shaky start with one win and one loss just like sweden in second place as well mexico topped the table needed just a point to gu

overlooking central moscow. yes hello welcome is the kind down does continue at the start of this world cup we've got a few different things you hear. and we've already had a. very. for the a bit later on the first place let's listen to see who else is covering this will probably just as we've reported all over russia to help her so firstly his b.r.c. line that's it i cover it and actually our ship the sound of elise the custodian in moscow there which of course host the night tightening match between russia the host and saudi arabia in the north of the country you've got a fairly he's in the hardest intake pearcy got a lovely view of the never river there so and also how could we forget take partridge is covering the south wrist and then it is in the result of sochi enjoying the subtropical sunshine i'm sure and of course we'll be joined by many other guests today not least peter schmeichel the former manchester united goalkeeper who we hear next hour we're told to help us with the build up to the name of this

are you going moscow right by. the goods go. to the south side of red square with the saudis in the box because once people are going to come on you go a lot of funny guy. like feel free to speak on the like someone i don't know on him you know you come in and i don't say joe joe. so how do you find this street with the lights i'll show you. now trust me you will feel it when we get there. is very tempting to me on the red square but here we have to make a life. going about. the clothes or the street lights or even during the one coming. see here let me close can't there are no empty i'm full and benefit. cuts oh. ok. this sounds like nonsense but how do you. think that street that was full of cars full of them are. getting caught. oh hello so. nice now funds from argentina have turned out in force here that even created a special charm based on a famous russian song. i. i i. will learn a lot more later today when argentina faces croatia in nizhny novgorod world cup co-host as a marine you shared his thoughts on but upcoming mat

coming to see you at a public viewing in moscow. probably watching the games at the stadium instead but i'm not here for long so i look forward to enjoying the games from home this time around i'm watching on t.v. the last time i watched the world cup on t.v. was in two thousand and two so it's really nice to be able to experience it from home again. that's my take on what's it like as a retired footballer what do you feel when you see other people playing the game. stepping away from the game as a mentor i see things differently it's really nice that i can appreciate things differently than i could during my playing days when you're playing you have to be so focused on the games ahead now i can look at the stadiums and experience everything that happens around the matches and that's fantastic because you really get to see things from a different perspective. if you compare the preparations for the last world cup which of course ended very successfully with this tournament do you think there are similarities. we know that yogi live

this is you tell the news live from berlin the twenty eighteenth football world cup kicks off in moscow russia is expecting up to one million foreign visitors and so will the world be willing to look past the politics and focus on the pitch we'll get the latest from moscow also coming up. frenzel tower allouni to green mark a year inferno killed seventy one people downing street and other london landmarks are also king tribute to the shocking scale of the tragedy. and welcome to the program the world cup is kicking off in a few hours time in the russian capital moscow the first match sets hosts russia against saudi arabia and will be held in the capital's luzhniki stadium some thirty two teams will be competing in more than sixty games across the country over the next month thousands of fans from around the globe have been boring into the country finding champions germany are hoping to become the first team to win the tournament back to back since one thousand nine hundred sixty two football fever already running high in moscow let's go live to w. correspondent emily is sure when emily

a taxi has run into a cloud in central moscow, of course moscow, russia has the eyes of the world on it with the world cup being hosted by them at the moment. but that is there that a taxi has run into a cloud in central moscow, seven people have been injured. the home office has granted a licence to allow a severely epileptic boy to be treated with illegal cannabis oil, after the drug had been confiscated from his family. the home secretary, sajid javid, says he used ‘exceptional power‘ to grant a licence for 12—year—old billy caldwell. billy is currently in hospital, after suffering two life—threatening seizures overnight. his mother had obtained more of the drug from canada, but it was taken away after she landed at heathrow. keith doyle takes us through the story. when billy caldwell and his mother returned from canada on monday

i'm lucy hockings in moscow. after sunday's surprises, we're looking forward to another day's action — and england's debut. and addiction to electronic games formally recognised as a medical disorder by the world health organisation. up for sale. president macron of france looks to privatise parts of the public sector and raise billions for an innovation fund. also in business briefing, china threatens the us with fresh tariffs. we'll have the latest on the trade war that today is causing shares in asia to sink. a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. today we're talking about video game addiction. with its recent classification as a mental disorder, is gaming really messing with kids minds? or are we making too much of the issue? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. president trump is facing growing pressure to change his zero tolerance immigration policy that's leading to migr

moscow is doing quite well with the oil and gas effort and once the u.s. companies the being gauged also i think it's going to have. some kind of a back. and impact on the europeans you'll recall that at the g. seven trump suggested that russia be admitted to make a g. eight again and the europeans balt and i think that. because he's showing he's been nice. trump has been nice toward moscow i think this is going to be even much more upsetting to the europeans considering how he. trying to derive did them in leaving canada and and we have an upcoming nato meeting and trump has clearly demonstrated he has no affection for the e.u. or for nato so i think the europeans are probably wondering what what's going to come of it in terms of relationships and and also a geo strategic thinking as a result of that meeting and they certainly are michael and they will be subjects that will be discussed that will be uncomfortable for both sides to donald trump has just said he thinks the ukraine and syria are going to be discussed and you've mentioned obviously. it's poss

i'm at the second moscow venue. this is spotted moscow stadium and for each of the five games that are being played here more than forty five thousand people will be watching on from the stands going to see illegal messi when he takes argentina here to play the minus that that beats and the pick surprise from the euro. two years ago i said that i'm in the capital an obviously a lot of stuff is going on what exactly this mike and i'm going to take some of that stuff out. i'm in the middle of a skull and you can just sense oh well it's just around the corner holding games tomorrow and asked so many people in the streets and you can hear the accents not rushing only. from everywhere in the world and sense is a place and that the world is fine in the beginning. i'm on top of one of the big one cell phone use in taxi we've got the red square there it's completely empty it's closed that's a big crunch like going on tonight and one of the stop the fullness there's a guy that i met simply just the pianist they just met so i

i'm at the second moscow venue. this is spotted moscow stadium and for each of the five games that are being played here more than forty five thousand people will be watching on from the stands going to see illegal messi when he takes argentina here to play the minus that that beats and the pick surprised from the euros two years ago iceland i mean the capital an obviously a lot of stuff is going on here what exactly peter schmeichel and i'm going to take some of that stuff out. in the middle of a skull and you can just sense the world cup is just around the corner holding games tomorrow and asked so many people in the streets and you can hear the accents they're not russian only. from everywhere in the world and sends you into is a place that the world cup is finally begin.

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. the two lowest ranking teams in the whole time and playing today. russia ranked lowest, then saudi arabia. —— tournament. there isa saudi arabia. —— tournament. there is a lot of talk about how defensively both sides could play. nevertheless, everything is going according to plan. some of the issues have been raised and have been talked about in russia. it is alljust been talked about in russia. it is all just about how well everything is going, how the stadiums are ready and prepared. i just is going, how the stadiums are ready and prepared. ijust came back from saint petersburg. huge excitement in that city. coming back on the train, it was full of people, fans, and also lots of merchandising as well. you are getting that sense russia is about to be taken over by world cup fever. we will bring you all of the excitement, all of the atmosphere, and, of course, all of the action, when it all starts this afternoon here in moscow. thank you. we will talk to you again later in thi

overlooking central moscow. lead. on the little girl just picked up in the stadium or standing straight from anything to say in the center of moscow just as everybody's trying to find a t.v. set i think it was done at the stadium itself to people to hear myself think you can you cross things. just kicked off nearly all thirty seconds down but keep an eye on it for you but let's have a quick word about the opening ceremony to you because we were watching half an hour long wasn't it very interesting robbie williams it was you know he wasn't tough or wasn't great yeah you know it's the old things what they are you know and i think he kicked it off really well. it's all about what's happening on the pitch now. that russia she will hold the nation against saudi arabia the world cup as actually started to believe is an exciting moment it is yeah and i just saw the launch of the first attack that before we start talking about the football prophets . stadium will be back later with his full time analysis but you know it's rob

so if you are in moscow i assume the place to go right now would be somewhere around red square where the mexican fans will be celebrating all night's rest assured i think we should feel sorry for one. german fans he didn't check b.c. often simple boarding a plane and flying it's a rush that's a rush instead he travels two thousand kilometers all the way from stood on the track so he spent a month on the road arriving in perfect time for the match a comedy five star only to see a scene lose to mexico and what we have to say it was a very very important thing to him and performance is a love it is true and that i. live . i'm seventy years old and my tricks are easy to see the use of the transport would be too easy i'd like nothing so i want the country cock. but we saw overnight you know there is a tendency for the way to fill the joy visit feeling me taking this is some just. live. now i really feel sorry for this fellow so if you are in or around moscow you see a guy and attractive you know stop him and give him a hug i think he deserves a. live . in a world as big part of their live

come and see you at a public viewing in moscow. probably watching the games at the stadium instead but i'm not here for long so i look forward to enjoying the games from home this time around i'm watching on t.v. the last time i watched the world cup on t.v. was in two thousand and two so it's really nice to be able to experience it from home again. what's it like as a retired footballer what do you feel when you see other people playing the game. stepping away from the game has meant i see things differently it's really nice that i can appreciate things differently than i could during my playing days when you're playing you have to be so focused on the games ahead now i can look at the stadiums and experience everything that happens around the matches and that's fantastic because you really get to see things from a different perspective. if you compare the preparations for the last world cup which of course ended very successfully with this tournament do you think there are similarities. we know that yogi love will prepare this te

fans in moscow so far but we've seen the mexican's the pyrenean. and the colombian and the colombian this been fantastic and now we have we can add the english fans and i can't wait for that person it's going to be some something credible party here but but let me just go back to the game. because the goal that yanis high score i think i think we need to show that because it was a it was a moment of pure class. this is a player who has had a tough time when he was at manchester united he flew into the states everyone's saying this is the new ryan giggs new david beckham he had all these comparisons. straightaway and he didn't have what it was so young by the way didn't have at the time what it took to sort of deal with it. it is in spain now that you see it and so maybe this is kind of a second wave to his groceries being picked into the squad and when you look through the twenty three names you know every single one of them and you know where they play this is a really really strong squad the belgian star so for him to be in there it is really som

so if you are in moscow i assume the place to go right now would be somewhere around red square where the mexican fans will be celebrating all night's rest assured. well i can tell you it seems to be happening right now well because all the bars and cafes around red square quickly filling up say quite an atlas a building i mean while brazil is taking on space in the school that is still. seven minutes on the why even in the first half we getting a full analysis by the way. at home time one ahead of that going to try and get caught in among some of the colorful fans that i'm passionate ones to this well i. think if there was a world cup and cheering in supporting the teams i believe brazil would actually when it because they were rocking the city rather. not rocket around the clock i was actually going to ask them high if they ever sleep so definitely they were. out there partying showing that for them this is the most important thing surely you know they've won the world cup five times the swiss were a bit more quiet but the closer it got to the game yeah we started seeing more of the

i'm not in the best shape but yes most crucially if you notice that your visit to moscow gives us hope that we can at least take the first step to reviving fullblown ties between our countries what role jordan is following developments for us from washington and rosalynn we hope bolton say that he was there in moscow because president trumpet asked him to look at arranging a meeting between himself and president putin why does trump one meeting now. well mario it's partly because donald trump wants to make good on a campaign promise that he made during the two thousand and sixteen election he thought that the obama administration had made a mess of its diplomatic ties to moscow and he thought that the relationship could be repaired so that's one issue the other part of it which john bolton talked about during his press conference which ran for about forty five minutes is that the president seems to believe that regardless of the political blowback here in the united states that it's important to have a working relationship with moscow because of critical issues around the world the ong

football fever already running high in moscow let's go live to w. correspondent emily is sure when emily it's good to see you it's always a highly anticipated tournament what have you been hearing and seeing in the capital. well i'm right in the center of moscow here right by red square abbey and you might be able to see behind me the feet clock which has been counting down the days to the world cup opening and it's now set to zero now people here have said to me you know they don't have many hopes for the football but they are really looking forward to the guests arriving and that's just what's happening here here in the center of moscow there's really a nice atmosphere people with flags people singing my colleague you were chateaux came out into the center of town yesterday to see what the atmosphere is like see for yourself. all of this pledge it's absolutely amazing i love it so amazing here oh image during the people are really not much great feeling russia it's a beautiful place a beautiful town three it's our beautiful people the really nice

to moscow in their first ever world cup game the team secured draw with argentina. just a few moments a brand new day here in moscow suddenly june the seventeen welcome to r.t. international i'm you know neil. day three the fifa world cup has come to a close ana was wall to wall football on sunday with four matches in all being dying for discussion the last of which is just seen many people's dark horses to do well this tournament croatia disposing of the super eagles in nigeria a relatively straightforward win for creationists seeing them take the lead in the thirty second minute through an eighty bow. own goal the lead was doubled eighteen minutes from time the influential look i'm odd rich netting from the penalty spot the two nil when sending the croats top of group d. . meanwhile peru's hopes of getting off to a good start were thwarted by denmark too soft the south americans want to prove missed a penalty as well wish to what was their first world cup appearance in thirty six years and we had the perfect person to talk about the match in our world cup studio o

central moscow. well how they were different how this time around we're actually in our studio sessions studio overlooking red spend. time cate blanchett i'm going to hold the things you did and of course the reaction to the denmark australia match which has just ended in a draw one but yes that result coming in from some are out we're also going to share with you some tips on how to get the very best out of the well cup festivities in russia and a lot festivities certainly have been taking place in moscow's earlier the other eleven cities twelve stadiums you can probably hear in some just behind us but it was thought you can hear us pretty well denmark australia finished before this one one danish playmaker christian eriksen that man volleying home a world taking goal you can see it there to give them an early lead no shots of the goalkeeper tool that some control the c. followed though this is to do with the let me be the referee pulled back play quite substantially to give bush a penalty australia

. >> the trip to moscow wrote itself. the great cold warrior, ronald reagan, in the heart of the evil empire. literally in red square. so you knew this was going to be very special. >> i distinctly remember president reagan getting on marine one and somebody yells a question, you know, what are you hoping for? and he says something like, sometimes the final act is the best act. >> you also have to know when to lead center stage. th the other line he used. >> the moscow summit came to a end and kind of a summation-type summit, but yet reagan was always true to his beliefs. bret: reagan truly believed this much, that for all the talk about glasnost and perestroika, gorbachev was kidding himself if he thought he could reform the soviet union into a free, equal and productive society. he sensed that the soviet leaders were not ready for real change, the soviet people were, and he intended to make his case to them. >> seemed fair, the president wanted to send a message not just to america but to the russian people as well that

football fever already running high in moscow let's go live to d.w. correspondent emily is sure when emily's good to see you it's always a highly anticipated tournament what have you been hearing and seeing in the capital. well the mood here is definitely one of anticipation you might be able to see obviously heinie the fifa football clock which has been counting down the days to the opening ceremony it's now set to zero the opening ceremony today will feature music by robbie williams and russian opera star to get a full in the russia is certainly prepared for this world cup moscow absolutely looks and licked clean in the last few weeks the final touches have been kind of being made here in the capital to painting repainting construction that's really been going on for the last few months and years and russia has put nine billion euros into preparations for this world cup now people here certainly say you know on the one hand they don't have they are very optimistic when it comes to the russian team but they certainly are looking forward to the guests

the atmosphere is really great here in moscow it's magic mcniff isn't everyone's happy. just ahead and let me show belgium game mascot it was time for our arab summer chapter to you and i can tell you that that taking asian games are turning this playing out. the overload. of the los. lobos just as he puts it easy to see that he was mad. at a gaming issue of. the town was not something. the. city like. the suit all over all over the los. lobos the what do you think about tomorrow's game you know the the visit was on i just hope i just love the players would be up to it as a some of the players who come up to the standards of the of the fans this year we have a big night here we came from lone ways or you know we support our teams we go alone to z. and similar to cause an upset and the. rest of the players will the next generation of footballers think about the match. but you know with the way this was going to sri it's the most i mean i think in a city of getting too much the pavilion for the much that you get on my first flight skippering and emotionally. was expelled f

have you how long have you stayed in moscow so far on the. one or two days how do you find moscow it's really funny there's a lot of plates here with the world cup it makes an amazing have you heard any rumors about like russian hooligans or russian hackers a while in america or. russian spies how many people are spying on you right now on oh probably a living thousand people are watching me ok so i knew any one of them could be spies yeah all right so you're you're suspect if you're not letting your guard down i'm not. but i've still plenty of more to look forward to on this sunday that costa rica play serbia in samarra and five time champions brazil with star struck a name out of take on switzerland all defending champions germany meet mexico right here in the capital of mexico held their final pre-game training session a bit earlier they have a tough challenge ahead as they face germany which tops the latest rankings the two teams will meet at moscow's luzhniki stadium the showpiece venue of the tournament . and germany have won the world

hello from moscow this thursday june the twenty first. headline news a little later in the program first though it's day eight of the world cup in russia and our special coverage of the tournament teams in group c. a day of getting their second games underway so live now to our team in central moscow. to the special. i'm tryna. be with you for the. opening just about two minutes or so ago yes and we're also going to share with you some tips on how to get the most out of the festivities came in russia. rather die . and we can actually see they can we're having a look at the match over there so you got denmark against australia over there in some are so so far we look like we just have an an early chance they're coming across but they also use that are going for denmark but we've got no score so far yeah a must win game of course for sure there's nobody. coming out of that group of course and would do would do well to get a point as well of course off with their wind gauge rule playing a little bit later as well so they're empty handed afte

. >> the trip to moscow wrote itself. the great cold warrior, ronald reagan, in the heart of the evil empire. literally in red square. so you knew this was going to be very special. >> i distinctly remember president reagan getting on marine one and somebody yells a question, you know, what are you hoping for? and he says something like, sometimes the final act is the best act. >> you also have to know when to lead center stage. that's the other line he used. >> the moscow summit came to a end and kind of a summation-type summit, but yet reagan was always true to his beliefs. bret: reagan truly believed this much, that for all the talk about glasnost and perestroika, gorbachev was kidding himself if he thought he could reform the soviet union into a free, equal and productive society. he sensed that the soviet leaders were not ready for real change, the soviet people were, and he intended to make his case to them. >> seemed fair, the president wanted to send a message not just to america but to the russian people as well

i really feel sorry for this fellow so if you are in moscow you see a guy in a tractor you know stop him and give him a hug i think it is a. run for the gold sensuality case good thing i got brazil off to a great start and missed a terrific strike from him safe and it's a strike that we saying from the little man quite often isn't it i'm just talk us through this one just. cause we were speaking for you. favorite position. and these will. show that she was on the bridge the moment the ball. is useful because of us that shot and impossible for for for me to. go to go for it saluting i don't think is the drama for these big teams not to win the first match when i was in jena doesn't win spain doesn't mean portugal doesn't win . well for germany to do brazil doesn't mean i don't think is a drama for them i think they all know. i think they all know they're going to improve it's probably good for them to put their feet on the ground and these from the awful wood for the. for their country man also to keep to keep calm but obviously big football nations lots of expectations critics will c

there will be in france and moscow one of the largest like. to put one out. there. well red square in moscow meantime the center opera stars out here a little refinement to the celebrations to. come said kerry listens to music at school universal languages that can unite people there's also a study like show on the front of the iconic bolshoi theater of course there are eleven host cities across russia all holding their own offense he spoke to some fans in the southern result city of sochi. to get anyone. at the beginning we were a little bit scared but everything turned out a real i'm going to do everything i need to match a lot of people not just from russia but from other countries too there's a very good atmosphere here. very very beautiful sometimes. when i first came to. the city the infrastructure is great and everything's very clean i expect a great atmosphere. here very. very beautiful i was surprised by the place the culture and everything. also goes on top flight squad following all the twenty eighty world cup of events for you as you probably know by now

that's what happened to the international republican institute back in the day, back in moscow. at least it seems like that's what happened. but the reason they fired that guy that spring from the american office in moscow, the reason they fired him for cause under bad circumstances and maybe caused this disgruntlement. the reason they fired him is because that guy had been caught moonlighting another american outfit. specifically with a american political consultant named paul manafort who at that time in 2005 was representing pro russian interests in the former soviet state of ukraine. well now, today, as you may have heard there is a superceding felony indictment that has been filed by special counsel robert mueller against paul manafort. we had thought this was a possibility a few days ago. the special counsel's office filed a motion in court in which they asked the judge in manafort's case to reconsider the terms of his bail because they said he had been tampering with witnesses, reaching reaching out to witnesses and coaching them on potential testimony. that's a crime. wh

to moscow. on the outskirts of paris moving to clear an area which is home to aspiring drug epidemic record more on that for you right after this short break. greece is still basket case as the last last country italy's about to crash because the money is being printed in the trillions of euro's it doesn't go to help these economies it goes to market it goes to people in monaco and it goes to twenty one twenty two trillion dollars estimated offshore money matters for these people they get all the free money from the central banks are the manifestation of it in mali. international french authorities have begun clearing out parts of a suburb of paris where locals say a drug epidemic has spiraled out of control the cleanup comes after the issue was exposed by local media and crew was also among the journalists who've been reporting on the years long drug problem that's been gripping the notorious region of the french capital. has more. police have been hit in the area dubbed by locals as croc hill

for the finals iceland think game was played in the spartak arena here in moscow. shared his thoughts on the match when he joined under former as well. i think i simply mean that limits. i repeated when when the team played on these the meads you cannot demand for more . if i could choose a word to describe them there were compact i get one image on minute sixty nine where they had. closed the keeper in the box and then i have another image on minute eighty seven where they had ten players to keep their work compact nobody can blame them by the concept of defending. no man to man against massa no man to man against anyone of of detecting players from argentina just being compact they reduced everything in terms of speed they were compact in terms of when they had to go closing the side of the ball they were compact in terms of no space behind the last defender they were compact and they have one chance this for one goal of course argentina had the ball of course to try the try that tries but. you saw messi actions always outside the box he was trying one dribble to

france here in moscow and if you are in moscow. a really good step if you really want to see football history we've got the football museum here that fisa has made especially for the world. i'm testing myself on the i don't know if i'm for this right. yes. so miles of sight. that see it you know world cup trophy. it was stolen base it's you know with you know one and it's never been recalled with. that yes since he's the only goalkeeper ever to win the bondo and then won the the world cup in one thousand nine hundred eighty six that's a long long time ago and when you have an association with them and feel how desperate they win the trophy. you got frightened spec'ing by your own call if you don't cry fail as well so they played in the one nine hundred seventy four final and germany wanted to one. so when we were at the draw. in moscow in that in december i met george coupled with a legendary mexican goalkeeper but while they can special forces should so kambal was not the size of you'd expect the gold people to be actually quite s

those who do you news live from berlin the twenty eight thousand football world cup kicks off and moscow is expecting up to one million foreign visitors so will the world willing to look past the politics and focus on the pitch we'll go live to moscow and get the latest from our sports correspondent also coming up. from the ground all tower alumina aided green to mark a year since an inferno killed seventy one people downing street and other london plant marks also paying tribute to the shocking scale of the tragedy will be in london for the latest on the commemorations. and saving one of iraq's oldest libraries burned and occupation by the so-called islamic state now a group of iraqi students are fighting to arrest you pinch and tax from the rubble . welcome to the program the world cup is kicking off in a few hours time in the russian capital moscow the first match sets hosts russia against saudi arabia and will be held in the capitals luzhniki stadium some thirty two teams will be competing in more than sixty games across russia over the next month thousands of fans from around the gl

france here in moscow and if you are in moscow. a really good stead if you really want to see football history we've got the football museum here that fisa has made especially for the world. i'm testing myself on the i don't know if i'm for this right. yes. so miles outside made. that c. original. trophy. it was stolen base it's you know with you know one and it's never been recalled with. since he's the only goalkeeper ever to win the bondo and then won the the world cup in one thousand nine hundred eighty six that's a long long time ago and when you have an association with a new feel how desperate they win the trophy. you've got friends spec and i'll bet against you and call if you don't cry fail as well so they played in the one nine hundred seventy four final and germany wanted to one. so when we were at the joy in moscow and in december i met george coupled with a legendary mexico goalkeeper while they can special glasses should so the last time there was not the size of you'd expect the gold people to be actually quite small

interviews live for burly of the twenty eighteen football world cup is getting underway right now in moscow all the glittering opening ceremony has just come to an end and the first match of the tournament is kicking off between hosts russia and saudi arabia russia has spent billions to make it a championship to remember but will the world be willing to look past the politics and focus on the pitch also coming up germany's coalition in crisis mode german chancellor angela merkel faces a rebellion over her refugee policy within her conservative bloc and it could threaten her very political future. with. a very warm welcome on leyla iraq it's great to have you along everyone d.-w. is world cup coverage starts right here with that herman or tournaments officially opening in moscow as we speak i'm now joined in the studio with my highly esteemed colleague matt hermann who will be covering the cup for us and that there's been plenty of action in the russian a capital even before kickoff with the stadium hosting a spectacular opening ceremony for. fans have lined up the streets and filled the pub

eleven twenty three here in moscow that so i was looking. for this thursday morning foley needs to know about the world cup taken off today just a few i keep checking on main site. huge section there with all the latest twenty four seven for you and of course full coverage of the t.v. side of things to from today just a couple of. original here. right up to the very last go we'll be covering it. thank you for watching. when a loved one is murdered it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murder i would prefer and it be the death penalty just because i think that's the thing the right thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict is found innocent the idea that we were executing innocent people was terrifying just no really doesn't mean that we're even many victims' families want the death penalty to be abolished. the death penalty here is because that's not murder victims' families what that's going to give them peace that's going to give them just. yes and we come in sang. not quite prepared for this this isn't the w

moscow kaliningrad i'll have to drive through with your idea i'm laughing just to get back. but yeah dusty makes some vicious and old away practical just in time for the north track days. off that are the last to reach will be a bit easier on old moscow st petersburg by some forwards people of england won't believe it but i did an estimate i really think about six hundred times that will cover my entire travel expenses for. the whole month. it is a pyro you know the price of the petrol back home is five can almost be let alone fifty of this sixteen thousand nine hundred ninety five i think you might need it i think you will have to have the best it's been great thank you very much there for a. sign that says so cheap to itself and the stuff he really does typify does media enthusiasm and the madness of fans at least will andry from a proxy some. plenty more action to come on tuesday when it is the turn of the sea and the australia will face peru also group c. will see a clash between denmark and france day brings nigeria vs argentina and iceland against croatia our top one i

election which no doubt came up in bolton's meetings there in moscow. i think we can listen and know that john consummate our press conference. finals. thank you all very much for being here i want to thank you interfax again for hosting it's been done for two years by my calculation since i've been in this room but i'm going to be back especially about showing what you got out of this is that the still up against it in that folks so probably just that the middle. aged it is usually a personal struggle. but the question that's across let us so is you know i've been here in moscow today with besser huntsmen our colleagues we've had a series of meetings with senior russian officials from their national security council with the surrogate lavrov the foreign minister with your cause of the presidential aide for international affairs and obviously most importantly was. president putin. we had a wide ranging discussions during the course of the day about really all the issues that are. common to the united states and russia. of teaching you civil. thomas mone

it's eight pm here in moscow and you're watching all t. international live with mean a day or two to welcome to the program and we begin with some breaking news the kremlin and the white house of finally agreed on the first official summit between donald trump and la tamir putin this was revealed and during the visit of u.s. national security advisor john bolton to moscow where he met with the russian president. reports. like the mayor putin's advisors has revealed that this summit was indeed agreed upon before john bolton trumps national security advisor even came to moscow so this must must have been in the works for quite a while as i say details this guy all we know is that there it will happen outside of russia outside of the united states somewhere in a neutral country third party will play host the meeting is expected to last a few hours and end in a joint declaration by both donald trump and blasphemy of putin which which will be a breakthrough given covered relations earlier today we saw blood timea putin meet john bolton and you

the atmosphere in the streets of moscow i think most fans they use moscow as a base in the travel out to the to the cities where the games have been played so this place has been absolutely heaving and people had left it but it's been the group face now it's the big boys everyone who is strong enough to get through that so it's twenty minutes carton half of sixteen teams going home by the time you start these games and sixteen teams are still in it and every time we have one round it's going to go half and you know you really have to be at your game you have to be performing at the highest of your ability to get through to the instance so. you know it's no surprise you have all these games became tomorrow you know a really really quick game but when the draw was made everyone pointed just portugal spain and then. on the third day which included playing fields you know and it's it's not irrelevant but it is in many ways is a pole through they'll vote for it and i'm just wondering how tactical will it be you'll have noticed on our draw any shiny tea with a four spaces still available th

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with all my clubs i always get a team from from moscow and this is a different moscow this is where i like to say when football goes from a sporting event to a social event this is not a sports event this is a social event and really is only comparable with. olympic games there is no other tournament like it is there i mean for for players and for fans also literally the whole the whole world gets involved the players and the managers we are we are professionals they come. of course with their. country. but they come also with the professional side of it they want to do well they want to win if they want to be successful they want to make history but i think the fans they they don't come just for football become for football as a social event this is absolutely amazing and beautiful show it is and when you get a chance have a look at the moscow metro because that is packed full of fans every minute of the day and i want to. show ok what gets the football in a moment in tonight's very important game russia against saudi arabia but before we do let's just introduce you to the rest of th

twenty eighty feet for world cup in russia is here the biggest event in full paul kicks off here in moscow just a matter of hours. i. found across the globe without force of the russian capital reveling in the festive atmosphere. but away from football this morning in some other world news the un contends israel's actions during clashes on the gaza border that left over one hundred twenty palestinians dead. good morning for me kevin though in this thursday the fourteenth of june here in moscow is just nine am here now huge day for r.t. and russia coming up we're just hours now from the opening ceremony of the twenty eighteen feet for world cup and football fever is really in overdrive over the coming weeks we're going to have the latest from the games the fans the players from across all the host cities in the biggest country in the world russia the told me it kicks off at the luzhniki stadium here in moscow later today with a match between host russia and saudi arabia that's at six pm local time. although the total it hasn't officially kicked off quite yet fans are already been out in for

it's made by here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international live with me in a day or two to welcome to the program. we start the program with breaking news from annapolis maryland in the u.s. five people have been killed in a shooting at the capital because that newspaper office and several more injured one suspect has been arrested and we will be crossing over to our correspondent later on in the program but until then we'll go on to some of the news. the u.s. president says the world has to start getting along that says he was talking about the upcoming summit with president putin the first between the two leaders the meeting will be held in helsinki next month the chief of nato has welcomed news of the first official summit between donald trump and loudmouth putin he says dialogue is a sign of strength his words were echoed by the european union's foreign policy chief however not everyone in the breeze with the highly. anticipated meeting already creating a ripple of anxiety according to media reports. as well. but we've had o

and washington and moscow have announced that the first summit between presidents trump and putin will be taking place next month in helsinki the head of nato yon's stolzenberg has welcomed the news saying dialogue is a sign of strength in his views were echoed by the e.u. foreign policy chief federico greeny but not everyone in europe agrees as our team is jacqueline bogo reports but we've had official statements from both the kremlin and the white house saying that the two will be meeting in helsinki finland on july the sixteenth and the statement said that the two will be discussing relations between the u.s. and russia which of course both presidents have been lamenting for quite some time the state of them so low that they're out at this point in time and it also said that they'll be talking about a range of national security issues among that they're likely to touch on topics such as syria and ukraine now as you mentioned earlier this is the first official summit between the two presidents although they have spoken on the phone several times and they have actually met in person a

in moscow in hopes that. i'm going to find. you here will volunteer throughout the world cup up until the final day she'll have that off because she's one of the lucky ones to win tickets to the final fee for reserved eight of eighty thousand match tickets for russian fans at the price of about one hundred heroes. if you think it's golden doesn't worth area i saw was a fee for. the tickets a few of us finale aren't so good size into the mix that i miss cloven if you. do this for ninety. minutes. it wasn't. even so if you click over is. at the reopening of usually key stadium last year the hosts faced two time vote against argentina although they lost the friendly match one nail the world cup feeling was already building up providing a sneak peek of how russia wants to present itself this summer. you know bruce is next for the but he's got this in the minya conditions because no resolution is because i need a good team when i sounded still moving. near. his music was the plane even though some silly martian you know losing we sp

in moscow i'm colleen bray good to have you with us this friday we are full ninety minutes ahead of headline news and world cup action. and the second match of the day started and it's a pivotal one for the hopes of nigeria and iceland both still have a chance to make it through to the knockout stages of the tournament ice and picks up a point in game one against argentina nigeria fell to a two no defeat against call leaders croatia that opening loss hasn't dampened the african fans spirit for those they could be seen performing for the actual dances and i was thirteen gets the rubber green against iceland but they seem confident they won't need any miracles to get three points today. i don't need any magic so it seems like i run through our beats i slog through the no matter you got to support the best thousands of us are ready for you so you've got all the support they need the players just need to come strong come correct. of this and the icelandic vikings who have their own way of inspiring their team to victory more on that now from a go down of. the brand themselves vikings and they've

this is a town of about an hour's drive from moscow. this is where the german team will be based deep in the bush in countryside and away from the scrutiny of the media. just two hundred meters that's how close reporters will be allowed to get to the players. came to nearly ten thousand people is a sleepy town not used to being in for support lights but people here were looking forward to welcoming their german guests. of course behind our team but i've got a soft spot for germany they play beautiful football. back in moscow the final preparations are underway the massive funds own is nearly ready to work but over things promised by the russian have not materialized high speed rail links from western europe to russia or back to connections to nearby airports there's still no sign of them despite the money that's been spent. critics say hosting the world cup only benefits the big construction companies but even this massive cash injection will be short lived with the fans and teams have left russia is set to announce painful reforms incl

so if you are in moscow i assume the place to go right now would be somewhere around red square where the mexican fans will be celebrating all night's rest assured. i think we should feel sorry for one guy who i determined fans who didn't take the easy option civil boarding a plane and flying into russia to russia instead he traveled to so. thousand kilometers all the way from stood on a track so me spent a month on the road arriving in perfect time for the match a comedy five star only to see the scene lose to mexico and what we have to say it was a very very cold morning german performance is a lovely mr and. i'm seventy years old my tricks are easy to see the use of the transport would be too easy i'd like nothing so i want the country car. but with all you need three are very expensive on the roof feel the joy visit filming me taking votes against this is such a success. i really feel sorry for this fellow so if you are in moscow you see a guy and attractive you know stop him and give him a hug i think he's. strong for the gun sensuality case good thing i got brazil off to a great

wafting up from central moscow why it's all linked to the game that's taking place at the moment you require in saudi arabia just kicked off in the second half of the match in the southern city of rostov let's bring you right up to date with the action euro while looking to move up to six points and book their place in the knockout stages with the wind so how do things stand well i can tell you it's looking good for them it's been one goal that went on luis suarez how differently people. think in the simplest of goals on his one hundred appearance or last less so what does that mean for russia well a lot of the russian fans are watching this game keenly because if you get at least a draw more than on course for now it means russia go through to the last sixteen it'll be the first time they've monies that the team's history of russia all their progress last night thanks to that fantastic defeat of egypt and their superstar striker most along. i . i thank you i. that was the biggest party i've ever seen in the streets of moscow everybody was out football fans or not and most of the cel