gorbachev, i held other meetings with monks at a monastery in moscow, with monastery in moscow, with nearly 100 dissidents and refuseniks, men and women who worked for years and freedom to speak, to assemble and to travel. at moscow university with students, indeed with the very students likely to become the soviet union's next generation of leaders, to the dissidents, refuseniks, i was able to say the people of the united states and elsewhere support you. to the students, i suggested there is another way to live and govern your country. a way of democracy and economic growth. a way in which creative human energies are released. if anyone had suggested even as recently as ten years ago, an american president would one day be able to meet with soviet dissidents inside moscow itself or be able to speak to soviet students in their own university about human freedom, well, i think you'll agree the prediction like that would have been dismissed. but this past week it happened. seeds of freedom and greater trust were sewn. and i just have to believe that in ways we may not even be able to

. >> my fellow americans, it was just yesterday that i returned from my historic moscow summit meeting from general secretary glover talk, and it so happens later this month, i will be visiting canada for an economic summit with the leaders of the world industrialized nations. i thought i would take a few moments to tell you about both. first, my meeting in moscow, the event that held perhaps the first immediate historic importance to place on wednesday. it was then that general and i exchanged the instruments of ratification, bringing into effect the inf treaty. the effect of this treaty will be very simply to eliminate an entire class of u.s. and soviet intermediate range nuclear missiles. the significance of the treaty can hardly be overstated. for the first time ever, the levels of nuclear arms will actually be reduced rather than having caps placed on their growth. these missiles have not simply been shuffled around on a map or placed in storage, they will have been dissed -- to storage -- destroyed. the general secretary and i made important progress in other areas as well. we mo

let's bring in our guests now and joining us from moscow maria let min an independent russian analysts from london bill nor founder of gulf masses and contempt at the middle east and also joining us from moscow via skype raul paris a global football writer of the associated press news agency a very warm welcome to all of you rob let me start with you because you've been there in russia covering the world cup you are now at the airport coming to us via skype and just about to leave was it the best world cup ever. well certainly on the pitch you do some really thrilling performances shock some great games that made it open field and indeed helps the television ratings and helps to sort of live out revenue fifty five and over sixty stadiums as well they've already owned all i mean the russian state was able to mobilize all its resources to ensure that the right career mrs ray in place in the white infrastructure is there around them so in terms of that it's going to be hard to judge that whether it's the best ever if you have to take a long term view or that it's a safety the legacy was t

live in moscow. just as england's, they're in in moscow. just as england's, they‘ re in france, in moscow. just as england's, they're in france, so many of the have got involved, have got behind their team, have really engaged with their team, have really engaged with the unfolding contest, the whole series of thrilling matches, culminating in the event this afternoon. the french victory. england's of course back home, having won plaudits for their performance. knocked out in the semifinal by croatia who were then defeated in the world cup final by france. the ceremony continuing as the players are handed their medals. president macron, absolutely soaked to the skin as other players. antoine griezmann one of the scorers in that final match. the rain is really hammering down now is this ceremony unfolds. the fourth world cup winning captain, hugo lloris. following dino zoff of italy in 1992. football has come home really, the world cup was the idea of a frenchman, john reme. he will be looking down fondly on seeing his nation when the trop

you could build more hotels you know no more make moscow great again. why do you think that i just think is too much is too shady to nabi i think that the top thing to say isis guide to the idea of innocent till proven guilty just sounds crazy so we figure. you're. not much like her and only if there's something in it for him not friendship for the sake of slang i think everyone's capable of making friends i think would be pretty sad especially i mean he has a wife i think says she's his friends i hope so they created a child sometimes i think everyone can have friends. even the craziest people have friends that's true there's crazy for crazy. head all for the donald trump tweeted that relations between russia and the u.s. were at rock bottom blaming his previous a criticize us for that and also said that the media would crucify him at home no matter what the outcome of the summit. unfortunately no matter how well i do at the summit if i was given the great city of most go i was a retribution for all of the sins and evil. committed by russia over the ye

you could build more hotels you know no more make moscow great again. no idea why do you think that i just think is too much is too shady to not be i think the top thing to say isis guide to the idea of innocent till proven guilty just sounds crazy so ridiculous. but not much it's not my kind of friend but only if there is something in it for him not friendship for the sake of friendship think everyone's capable of making friends i think would be pretty sad especially i mean he has a wife they think that she's his friends i hope so they created a child sometimes i think everyone can have friends. even the craziest people are friends it's true there's crazy for crazy. nearly two weeks ahead of today's summit a delegation of u.s. republican senator has visited moscow meeting their russian colleagues in a bid to improve relations and judging by what they said in a moscow everything went pretty well though the senate has suddenly changed dramatically when they came back. this is the beginning of a dialogue. not a strain really a relationship. senator shelby

well those were amazing weeks with people rejoicing on the streets of moscow and other cities and for other cities it is even more remarkable because in the rush hour we have more foreigners and we're more used to international events of course not of that scope what of course was totally amazing was these crowds of people speaking in different languages or repped up in their national colors the flags and painting their faces and the russians totally welcoming and as happy as the guests and happy to show rusher as indeed a hospital and welcoming country forgetting that the world was up against russia forgetting that in the myth that the foreigners were enemy is the national media have a profile in the for for at least a few years now so it was indeed. i think one muscovites. in your food a gulp of fresh air it was unlike anything else that we've seen in the past two years so maria wants more close to the truth closer to the truth this open friendly country or the hostile enemy of the west. well i think it's more complicated than no country is just one thing and it is indeed true that

thanks very much for the analysis we're going to take our seats for the second half with him back to moscow. thanks joe see giving up summation there of an action like a cracking first half to one and the second half just the bye to begin in a few moments by the way we've got our own lineup of course to bring the best to be outness figure on world cup final day first of all we're going to try and go to france whose country of course is leading to charlotte dubin ski is they're all trying to link up with her in a little while because i imagine the scenes were pretty epic and also a lot of people after the fun fast in moscow eager to get down off is there as well keeping an eye on all the action there as people who maybe couldn't have tickets for the final were able to go and celebrate their we'll be with our correspondents in just a moment but really right throughout the entire tournament our correspondents were covering marches meeting fans doing all about and they collected a lot of great memories from the championship we'd like to share some of them right . i should have been taken over b

yeah the weather is changing just about every minute here in moscow at the moment moscow orthorexic has sent out a storm warning but yesterday and today and the russians he will be hoping that they just mean the rain that's been coming down periodically and not at all the red theory spain they have obviously been one of the themes of the tournament so far three excellent goals against portugal in their first game and russia really on paper do not have a team to to put up a fight against them but with the support behind them with the atmosphere there's been generated in moscow there was a chance all right audie maybe for us in moscow stay dry and enjoy thank you. well the russians have exceeded expectations so far this tournament while spain have yet to find top four meaning fans could be in for a surprise. moscow has been the scene of many momentous moments in russian history now the nation's football team want to achieve something remarkable by beating fancied spain in reaching the world cup quarterfinals. the game is so big that deputy prime minister vitali mutko attended their final

s emily sherwin in moscow thank you both very much. now some of the other stories making news around the world demonstrators have marched through the finnish capital helsinki to protest has the policies of the u.s. president donald trump and russian president vladimir putin the two leaders are holding a summit in the city on monday ahead of his arrival trump told a u.s. broadcaster he is going into the meeting with low expectations. in iraq police have clashed with anti corruption protesters as they try to storm a government building in basra several people are reported to have been wounded for the past week demonstrators in cities across the south have been demanding better public services and protesting a lack of jobs. heavy rain and thunderstorms have taken lives and caused major damage in china flooding along the yellow river and hundreds of other waterways roads and railways have been blocked and bridges destroyed thousands have been evacuated and the flooding has been blamed for dozens of deaths. and adelaide to more migrant resc

three days in moscow. great theater, the very least. >> the trip to moscow wrote itself. the great cold warrior and the heart of the evil empire. literally, in red square. you knew this would be very special. >> i distinctly remember him getting on the plane,on somebody asked a question. what are you looking for? he said something like, sometimes do act is to act. that was his other line. the moscow summit come it was a summation. reagan was always true to his beliefs. >> he truly believed this much, that for all the talk about, gorbachev was kidding himself if he thought he could reform the soviets union into a productive society. soviet sense that the unions were not ready for real change, the people were. he intended to make his case to them. it's impaired that the president wanted to send a message. not just to america, but to the russian people as well. we really care about you. we wantbo to see you okay. says, "ronnie wants to go to a a park to walk among the people." the secret service says well, e don't think so. they pointed out that the leaders just don't go wal

he is in moscow. matthew, i'm curious how this is seen in moscow. it strikes me that vladimir putin is running the show on this summit here. it's going to happen. maybe i won't come. now i will come. what's the perception in moscow? >> well, i think it's a very difficult issue for the kremlin to handle. of course, we saw what the dynamic was like in helsinki. i was in that press conference with presidents trump and putin. putin came across as much more dominant. president trump came across as deferential, even submissive at times, which i think was shocking to many people in the audience. people in russia were also shocked as well. state television said that president trump smelt like a kremlin agent. that was the words that they used to describe the u.s. president. so i think the kremlin have kind of backed off a bit, despite this latest invitation. they're concerned that it's gone a little bit too far. they want president trump to deliver on his election promises, to make the relationship better with russia, but they also see that he's not going t

good evening — welcome to moscow. what drama we have seen over the round of 16, france 4, argentina 3, those penalty shootouts on sunday, russia beating spain, belgium's comeback and now what will england/colombia deliver here in the capital? the last tie in the round. up to 6,000 england fans are in the city, around 3,000 officially with tickets — will tonight be the night that they put so many years of disappointment behind them? will this be a first knockout win at a major championship since 2006? the team is in position, arriving over an hour ago at the spartak stadium and the team will be the same one that started this tournament 15 days ago with that win against tunisia. let's cross live now. the spartak stadium is over ten miles away, heading that way across the kremlin, our sports correspodnent natalie is inside the satdium. first, the team years. this is gareth southgate‘s chosen 11. his strongest 11. back to where he started. exactly, back to the tunisia game. in feels like a long time ago. just as "it i

vladimir putin has invited president trump to moscow. this comes hours after sources told cnn that the president's former attorney michael cohen is ready to talk to special counsel robert mueller and deliver a potential bombshell in the russia investigation. cnn's jeff zeleny is at the white house. this has been a whirlwind 24 hours. start with the latest, this new invitation from president putin. >> reporter: no question. good morning. the fallout from the helsinki summit is continuing with the back and forth between washington and moscow over will there be a second meeting. we are learning a few moments ago, sarah sanders said that president trump is open to going to moscow if he has a formal invitation. they say they still look forward to having vladimir putin here in the u.s. after the first of the year. of course, this is a walk back when he invited him here in the fall which many republicans were saying should not happen during or right after the midterm elections. this is all coming on the heels

, refusing to hold moscow to account. the president has left helsinki and is on his way ba. to washingt if he had hoped this summit would allow him to move on from quesinons of russian rference, he is in for a nasty surprise when he lands back in d.c. christian:on sopel reporting there. maybe it was that moment in the press conference when he was ked about the indictments of 12 russian military officials, ducking the que that did bringsp howls of r not only from democrats but republicans back at home. incapable, th president, to separate collusion from the russia investigation and the findings of histe own igence agencies. when he was asked pointedly about the russian investigation, offnso a off --eered ramblingr about hillary clinton's e-mail servers. he sees the investigation as a deep state plot against him to undermine his election victory and re-freezes point blank to criticize vladimir putin. a lot of people compare that with how other american presidents have behaved alongse russian leaders in the past. think back

in very sort of remote places only very far from moscow. yamin they all scattered around the continent thinking to wanted some armor that was bill of rights the middle of the forest and some of them do not have top flight clubs they might have a team in the second division which means it's hard to sell them when they've got tens of thousands of seats and perhaps not the audience there and then we haven't seen in volgograd yesterday just as the final was taking place of the slide around the stadium say yes maybe they didn't quite say next to the water bear but that is generated from in russia and in many of these wealthiest honest asian country that require a lot of infrastructure to be built the fact it isn't necessary needs in the long term particularly all the stadia with bus hospitality facilities and obviously the question many russians will have put the put to better use spent on infrastructure away from football where although a lot of questions within russia as to why so much money was spent on stadiums and as rob said so much hospit

in very sort of remote places on the very far from moscow. yamin they all scattered around the continent thinking to wanted some armor that was bill of rights the middle of the forest and some of them do not have top flight clubs they might have a team in the second division which means it's hard to sell them when they got tens of thousands of seats and perhaps not the audience there and then we've been seen in volgograd yesterday just as the final was taking place of not slide around the stadium say yes maybe they didn't quite feel safe next to the water bear but that is generated from in russia and in many of these wealthiest honest asian country that require a lot of infrastructure to be built the fact it isn't necessary needs in the long term particularly all this stadia with ballast hospitality facilities and most of the question many russians will have could be put to better use spent on infrastructure away from football where although a lot of questions within russia as to why so much money was spent on stadiums and as rob said so much

in russia moscow accounts for a third or more of g.d.p. in canada toronto accounts for twenty percent of g.d.p. in the united states new york is only ten percent of g.d.p. so in many ways and i'm not trying to make this is a criticism. russia is a more spatially an equal opportunity top sided lopsided the economy so even study led redistribution can't solve this that's telling me something that maybe the way to deal with this is certainly you could use federal redistribution but instead of doing that from the top. let the localities keep more money because they are the ones that know how to spend it so if moscow needs more bike lanes i don't know the situation but if moscow needs more bike lanes and. subway and high speed rail spend it there is no one community needs better roads and bridges better high speed internet speed there i think this decentralized model could be a way one being more economically effective into overcoming the cultural and social divides that pit us against what about now in your latest book on the near urban crisis

>>> invitation to moscow. vladimir putin said that he is ready to visit washington but also inviting president trump to come to moscow. why's the russian leader praising the president for keeping his campaign promises? >>> economic spike, the u.s. economy is sizzling, growing at the fastest pace in almost four years. president trump is taking the credit now but what will he say if things cool off? >>> and stalling tactics, north korea returns the apparent remains of some american troops killed in combat many decades ago but what about kim jong-un's other commitments? is he stalling when it comes to giving up his nukes? wonderful blitszer is off today. you're in "the situation room. s . >>> president trump denies a stunning claim by the former fixer and lawyer michael cohen that he knew ahead of time about the 2016 trump tower meeting where russians were supposed to provide dirt on hillary clinton. but sources say that cohen is willing to tell special counsel robert mueller that he was present when donald trump

whsident trump was in moscow back then, i did not know um was in moscow. i treat president with the utmost respect. jon: forget collusion -- what about simple russian interference, something the 12 ekssian intelligence agents were indicted for last >> would you with the whole world watching teln president pu would you denounce what happened in 2016 and warned him never to do it again? pres. trump: all i can dtiis ask the qu. my people came to me, dan coats came to me and others, and sai they think it is russia. i have president putin. he said it is not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. jon: he deflected all questions on russian meddling, blaming t fbi, the democrats refusing to hold moscow to account -- the democra, refusing to hold moscow to account. the president has left helsinki and is on his way back to washington. if he had hoped this summit would allow him to move on from questions of russian interference, he is in for a nasty surprise when he lands back in d.c. christian: jon sopel reporting there. maybe it was that m

out of moscow. on r.t. . new stories for the moscow this international a very warm welcome to you. agreement development in the poisoning case in the u.k. town of one of the victims has died she had allegedly been exposed to the no chalk let's get details on this now and cross live to. who's joining us on the program now what can you bring us up to speed on the developments what's the latest that you know. well it were indeed one of the two people that were taken to hospital last weekend from very which is just miles away from where. script. all were said to have been poisoned by the chalk back in march cause indeed been pronounced dead we do know that forty four year old donna sturgis died on sunday nights and we know that the british prime minister has expressed that she's the poles have talked by this development indeed the partner of this woman who was also taken to hospital remains in critical condition and scotland yard have now announced they will be treating this as a murder investigation and despite the fact that this latest separate incident from the one following the one

one man who's been in moscow for the whole tournament is oui’ moscow for the whole tournament is our correspondent olly foster. many things indeed. a couple of rest days across russia, 1a —— four teens left, haven't spotted any england fa ns yet left, haven't spotted any england fans yet but this city will come on wednesday night. 80,000 for the biggest game in generations of england players, that first semifinal in 28 years after they beat the swedes in the quarterfinal in samarra. they‘ re beat the swedes in the quarterfinal in samarra. they're back at their training camp safe and sound. our sports correspondent david ornstein counting them back in. they are the world cup euros carrying the hopes ofa world cup euros carrying the hopes of a nation and still making time for grocery shopping. rapinoe has becoming one's happy habitat and when they leave the aim is to do so with a trophy in the back. #itis with a trophy in the back. # it is coming home, it is coming. # it is coming home, it is coming. # the ball is coming home. orchestrating the russian odyssey —— in granada c

the words of donald trump hours before today's summit taking place trump took to twitter to say that moscow washington relations have never been worse thanks to years all foolishness and stupidity by the u.s. of course during his election campaign and after his own operation trump repeatedly said that he would like to have better relations with russia which had already sourwood on the last leg of barack obama's second presidential term over issues such as syria and ukraine however under trump's administration sign sions have been slapped on moscow diplomats have been expelled and russian diplomatic compounds have been so much the u.s. establishment as well as at least some of washington's western allies have meanwhile spared no effort to prevent or at least to spoil today's forthcoming summit the u.s. media almost competing to provide their audiences with conspiracy theories about possible collusion between trump and putin as a renewed push to promote the narrative that has become increasingly thread to bed over the last couple of years now moscow sees today's summit in helsinki primarily a

and probably moscow does not like to tehran does not like moscow and moscow probably does there is muchn either. if we will have a peace conference in the region, iran must be invited, recognizing iran's interest in that part of the world. iran also as a potential market for major energy deals. there are other major deals already in progress on the table. third, moscow has always tried to create a block in the middle east of states that support it against the united states's efforts to be the unilateral security force in the middle east. now that we are foregoing that quest, the creation of this block becomes all the more attractive and vital for russia. it so happens that they created this block in 1978-1979 -- i might be the only person in the room who remembers that -- it was called the rejectionist front. oddly enough, those are the same three states they want to create a block with now. not necessarily a block, but a working partnership. interestingly enough, they are all shiite. iran is important from that point of view, but at the same time, the russians know that what is most imp

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right out of moscow. versus. what are. your world news on the hour every hour welcome to the program this is our team. and a grim development in the amesbury poisoning case one of the victims has died she had allegedly been exposed to the nerve agent of chalk a correspondent who has details don't sturgis who was exposed to the nerve agent not be chuckin and spray house died in hospital her partner charlie rally still remains in a critical condition the head of the u.k. counterterrorism placing said that this is shocking and tragic news that their thoughts and prayers are with the ones family at this extremely difficult time and the u.k. prime minister to resign may she expressed condolences as well initially it was thought that the couple had come into contact with contaminated drugs but only off to counter terrorism. place confounds that the couple had actually been exposed to the nerve agent know each other and taser mines at how lame spring case has unfolded safe to people being exposed to the right to know the truth no

moscow senses it is out playing its opponent. —— moscow senses it is out—playing its opponent. a successful world cup has helped. out—playing its opponent. sport and politics playing side—by—side in vladimir putin's russia. playing side—by—side steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. playing side—by—side it playing side—by—side is all over now. dan has been there it is all over now. dan has been there throughout the tournament. as you look back, what are your thoughts? finals in world cups are often cagey affairs. so much at stake, teams often defensive, but not in moscow today. that was the highest scoring final since 1966. very much in keeping with the rest of this tournament. great goals, fantastic matches, new stars, big surprises, and now i final to match all of that. for england fans if always be remembered fondly. if all have a special place in their hearts. southgate's squad arriving back home today at birmingham airport after their best world cup for some 28 yea rs. their best world cup for some 28 years. they confounded all expectations during theirjourne

first, my meeting with general secretary gorbachev in moscow. the event that held perhaps the most immediate historic iman

olly foster in moscow. we start with that news that two—time wimbledon champion andy murray has withdrawn from this year's tournament as he continues to build to full fitness following nearly a year out with a hip injury. in a post on social media, murray said "...after lengthy discussions with my team and with a heavy heart, we've decided that playing best—of—s—set matches might be a bit too soon in the recovery process." he went on to say he will begin his hard court preparations from tomorrow with the us open still to come in late august. lewis hamilton has lost his lead at the top of the formula one world championship standings after being forced to retire from the austrian grand prix. hamilton suffered a loss of fuel pressure in his mercedes with eight laps to go. it's the first time in a record 33 races he hasn't finished. max verstappen went on to take an unexpected victory for red bull. joe lynskey reports. to be formula 1 champion you have to master every landscape. the hills and turns of a

and what they told moscow, what they carried out here under moscow's orders. we also learned all this spy information about their spy information. to further the aims of the conspiracy, moscow center has arranged for the defendants clandestinely to communicate with the russian federation. they have use the secret methods used below, radio grams and steganography. steganography. that must be a dinosaur related code. you go to the museum of natural history. under the hoof. as it turns out, steggen nothingraphy it is an actual spy thing according to the fbi this steegen nothingraphy is the process of secreting data in an i think. moscow center uses steganographic software that is not commercially available. it permits the svr to insert data in the images posted on publicly available web sites without the data being visible. the data can be removed from the picture and decrypted also using software provided by the svr. similarly, svr software can be used to encrypt data and then to clandestinely bend it on publicly available websites. the fbi later released this p

richard conway, bbc news, moscow. we canjoin sarah rainsford in red square in moscow. sarah, there's around 10,000 england fans in russia today getting ready for the game. what's the atmosphere like there this morning? looking quiet behind you but lots more england fans are arriving by the hour in moscow? that's right, there haven't been that many england fans here for the tournament but since the win against sweden wibble have been making a mad —— to get here for the semi—final for this moment of football history —— mad rush. lots of people coming who hadn't been planning it. i'm joined by three england fans on the cobblestones of red square, they all have different stories, lots of people paying crazy money for the game. tom, you were watching sweden at home and you decided to come?” was that a wedding and halfway through the ceremony... they were showing the game? people we re they were showing the game? people were watching it between your legs, like you did at school, and everyone was getting rowdy. at half—time i managed to sneak away as they threw

for the world cup final in moscow just hours away. for. good voice. away from the pitch the biggest of the week's news stories freshers nature. then heads to britain on his first official visit there as u.s. president controversy and being met with protests. also ahead. the israeli military launches its largest air campaign against twenty four hitting a hamas facility. weekly review show on r t international including our special coverage of one very big event unfolding today . yes in a mater of hours we will know who is going to be crawling twenty eighteen world cup champions either favorites france or first time finalists croatia well thousands of fans are gathering in central moscow ahead of the decider supporters of croatia here with another huge banner it's become a theme really of their journey right throughout the tournament week of a glimpse of how they warm up for the upcoming tour. bus was. off. line if we take turns now yet with a gray shirt then front let's make the teams face chants gray shot this side on says three rounds actual ok that'

very unlucky last year they should you going to moscow. bracing very english weather studio with who've been specially lined up but if you know the weather personally. i. wasn't as a political fan knows. is been passed in england if you are an english person when talking about the world cup you have to say it's coming yeah let's get stuff by the riches story but that. was actually amazing. that he was even better than you. the general of the supreme committee for delivery legacy for the twenty twenty world cup and. maybe for you. to store. up a spot for. my kid is my kid in spite of he looks older than me. i think. these boys from iceland since they were babies they were eating. a lot of meat on breakfast immediately just to give you an idea have picked these guys. on the box. to go keep this ringside plans to have a quick question for pizza goalkeeper sorry i know it's a midfield dynamo if you fancy yourself a question for peace mike you know you're. right is unfortunately a situation that will come you can have many teams that you suppor

tens of thousands rallied in the streets of moscow. the biggest protest there since the fall of the soviet union. >> people were hanging off lamp posts, people were in the streets. really shocking. >> putin was now living the same nightmare he had endured as a kgb officer in east germany in 1989. this time, in his own backyard. and he wasn't even president at the time, he was prime minister. having handed the presidency over to his associate, dplitry. >> as the winter went longer and longer, it got colder and colder, the protests got bigger and bigger. >> as putin saw people turning against him, hillary clinton weighed in. >> the russian people, like people everywhere, deserve the right to have their voys heard and their votes counted. >> when putin hears something like that, i imagine he hears bush talking about a guam hussain. he shares that as death coming for me. the tiny dead lead from power, what the hell do you know opinion my people and how they should have their voices heard. i'll tell you if they should have their voices hear

well there's much for moscow to like in donald trump's comments at the nato summit moscow has always thought of nato us imperial projects with its guns basically targeted at russia so anything that destabilizes the north atlantic treaty organization is a pretty good thing from the moscow perspective however there is plenty to unsettle them as well particularly going into the helsinki summit upcoming with trump and putin due to sit down together on monday now one of these things is the fact that donald trump has painted russia here as the bogeyman as the enemy so that's not going to go down in russia particularly well also donald trump has taken a. russia's energy exports of course russia is massively dependent on being able to sell its oil and gas around the world particularly in western europe and it uses its energy exports as a foreign policy tool so anything that we can that's that ability for russia is going to be seen negatively here there is a view also this bubbling away in the background here not just in moscow to say but also in western europe that perhaps donald trump has u

and welcome to russia from all over the world bringing vibrancy and color to moscow on the host cities for many though we wouldn't be a party without a special outfit d.w. has been following three fans who wanted to stand out from the crowd. these three fans want to dress to impress. the fan. come to us before the game they want to share that love for their teams with these costumes. the employees of this shop have been busy with fans for three weeks they didn't just rent out the costumes they make them in the house and for football fans there's a discount twenty percent off that they have costumes really put us in the party mood when i go out dressed like this so i feel like i'm in brazil because you do want to keep. this isn't rio it's moscow a city that's not known for its openness and party spirit that makes it all the more surprising how quickly the joyful world cup atmosphere has taken off and spread through the city. here the results of the match is secondary to the party which rolls on twenty four hours a day. nikolai dimitri and dempsey have arrived at the fam fest in front of

out of moscow. the. clock on monday morning here in moscow all of us here at the international welcome to gold top story. and a grim development in the amesbury poisoning case one of the victims has died she had allegedly been exposed to the know. our correspondent reports. don't sturgis he was exposed to the never agent not be chuckin amesbury house died in hospital and charlie rowdy still remains in a critical condition the head of the u.k. counterterrorism placing said that this is shocking and tragic news that the thoughts and prayers are with the ones family at this extremely difficult time and the u.k. prime minister to resign may she expressed condolences as well initially it was thought that the couple had come into contact with contaminated drugs but only off to counter terrorism place confessions that the couple had actually been exposed to the nerve agent novi chalk and taser mines that of how the ames case has unfolded safe to people would be the surprise to the right to know the truth nobody

they will face croatia in moscow. let's go live to moscow where i'm joined by our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, but first let's speak to our sports news correspondent richard conway who is at the luzhniki stadium where england will meet croatia tonight. there will be 80,000 people packed into these stands in a little under eight hours from now. very quiet here at the moment, getting the pitch ready, they will start installing the goalposts and they are painting the lines. even watching paint dry today's exciting. and england have not been in this position for a very long time. it's 1990 was the last time they got to this point, losing to west germany on penalties. 52 years since 1966, when they famously won. can they do it again tonight? they are training not far from where we are. final preparations under way. gareth southgate and its team know the opportunity that lie before them. england savoured victory in moscow last week, now they are back in town and determined to stick around for final. it's 28 years

in russia moscow. accounts for a third or more of g.d.p. in canada toronto accounts for twenty percent of g.d.p. in the united states new york is only ten percent of g.d.p. so in many ways and i'm not trying to make this is a criticism. russia is a more spatially an equal opportunity the top sided lopsided economy so even state led redistribution can't solve this that's telling me something that maybe the way to deal with this is certainly you could use federal redistribution but instead of doing that from the top let the localities keep more money because they are the ones that know how to spend it so is moscow needs more bike lanes i'm making is you know i don't know the situation but if moscow needs more bike lanes and. subway and high speed rail spend it there is an hour wind community needs better roads and bridges better high speed internet speed that there i think this decentralized model could be a way of one being more economically effective into overcoming the cultural and social divides that pit us against one another in your say

he has been detained by the small matter of a football match in moscow. so, was he ignorant about what his agents were up to? almost certainly not, says the us president's national security advisor. i find it hard to believe, but that's what one of the purposes of this meeting is, so the president can see eye to eye with president putin and ask him about it. the summit will take place in the presidential palace behind me. until now, donald trump has seemed remarkably resistant to hold russia to account for its interference in the election and, given the choice between believing the united view of the us intelligence services that there was sytematic interference, and vladimir putin's word that there was not, donald trump somehow extraordinarily seems to have sided with the russian leader. on three previous occasions, going right back to the soviet era, helsinki has played host to russian—us summits but in the past there has been a very fixed agenda. this looks like it will be much more freewheeling and that is leaving many in the west feeling distinctly

in moscow. well at least quite the opposite there is of course a big cities faction in moscow after the summit analysing to because of the new putin really wanted to once again to try to reset to the u.s. russian relations on the personal level but he apparently didn't know why as the u.s. president was interested in that idea in any case since his inauguration relations between the two countries haven't improved in fact things have become significantly worse so far today moscow tried once again to find a way out of its international isolation and to normalize the u.s. russian relations also moscow has realized that it is probably going to remain in power for the second term and ultimately for the next six years whether they want it on not that's why the today's summit was a great symbolic boost for russia's geopolitical and economic interests feels so alexander phenomena we can talk about anything involving a president trump without talking tweets so let's let's talk about this morning before t

sophie is in moscow. england and croatia havejust england and croatia have just come out to start warming up, can england do it? i have been talking to some of the many fans who have made the journey to make sure they are here for england's big night. two, three, four... # it's coming home. # it's coming. # footballs coming home. # footballs coming home #. here we go darling, let's go. hello, hello, hello. come on, you get a bit closer. ok come on, when did you guys come here? we've come from qatar monday night. we live in qatar at the moment, so it was about a six hour journey. but we are here, we're back. i spent all my money to come here for one reason, i might be dead the next time it happens. so this is why, we're going to win! operatic singing. i'm in red square now, the sun is out, and hopefully i'll be still here sunday. i'm not going back till monday. so yeah, rocking and rolling. can't wait. love it. you're not going back till monday? you're a confident man! spur of the moment after the saturday

talks with his an american counterpart while trump stressed the need to now improve relations with moscow. both of those good presidents from i have continued to have contacts over the last few months we've spoken on the phone and met a couple of times during international events but the time has come to talk about the true relationship and full splits in the world. we have getting along very well for the last year in here not too long and it's getting close to two but i think. i've been saying and i'm sure you've heard. and there's a campaign that is getting along with russia is a good thing that. trump also laid out the major issues on the table in health thinking among them are trade missile programs and nuclear disarmament are trying to has more presidents are in one room and they should be there with only the translators nobody else bugs some journalists and cameramen were allowed to hear some of the first words that the two leaders were telling each other i can tell you that vladimir putin was actually happy that he could finally meet donald trump face to face he said it's finally g

heart of moscow. stories this hour on live from moscow international from all of us here welcome to your news. a grim development in the poisoning case one of the victims has died should allegedly been exposed to the nerve agent. he has details. don't sturgis he was exposed to the nerve agent not the chalk in amesbury house died in hospital her partner charlie rally still remains in a critical condition scotland yard police have now launched a med inquiry this is now become a murder investigation and police and security officials are working around the clock to establish the full facts of the incident but he had of the u.k. counter-terrorism placing said that this is shocking and tragic news that bethought and prayers are with the ones family at this extremely difficult time and the u.k. prime minister to resign may she's expressed her condolences as well initially it was thought that the couple had come into contact with contaminated drugs but only off to counterterrorism place confirmed that the cou

trump remember the rumors spread about trump the one about prostitutes and a certain hotel room in moscow. trump is a man who for many years has organized beauty pageants he socialized with the most beautiful women in the world i can hardly imagine he rushed to the hotel to meet some young russian women low social responsibility. sweet talk aside russia and the u.s. in syria have almost come open war relations a dismal getting worse but not all is lost crimea is back in the headlines trump has called for russia to come back to the g. seven regardless trump's a businessman he likes the deal he likes the trade we can do to me if. we can probably have a good relationship with them. it isn't going to be easy but at least the talking do nuclear super bows which could destroy the world thrice over lot behaving like children everyone's better off when they talk unless you're a pundit or a hater this is in meltdown mode calling this a loss for the u.s. calling trump a russian agent but they've been outed for years all that's left really is the wait and see what happens only time will tell. joinin

as the rain and the curtain came down on moscow, and the curtain came down on moscow, a second—half storm was enough to ta ke a second—half storm was enough to take this world cup back to france. the bbc‘s 0lly foster has been in moscow for the whole world cup, here he is describing the moment france lifted the trophy. the heavens opened here. the dignitaries including president putin and president macron were soaked for the presentation. akhror of thunder went off overhead at the exact moment that lloris lifted the world cup for france. it seemed as though the footballing gods were having their say. i am sure that they approve. this tournament has been amazing. it has seen the rise of the underdog. teams defying the odds. it has been a world cup like no other. fifa rankings turned on their head. the reigning champions germany, former champion spain and brazil come clean out of the tournament. it was here in moscow that order was restored. 20 years after dechamps captained france with the win, here he wins it and he said it was beautiful and marvellous, the word he used of their achie

—— we re or mosque dunn russia in moscow —— were russia in moscow.” or mosque dunn russia in moscow —— were russia in moscow. i think it was crucial. i am live in moscow where thousands of england fans will now be trying to travel to get tickets for the semifinal and then may be a dream final here at the tournament. in other news following the cabinet agreement and checkers, the cabinet agreement and checkers, the minister refuses to rule out preferential treatment for citizens for the eu coming to the uk after brexit. what i am clear about is that it will bring an end to free movement as we look ahead for the immigration rules for people coming from the european union and we need to look at it in the context of the wider rules we have for immigration outside of the european union. wider rules we have for immigration outside of the european union! boys trapped in a leading cave and send parents letters telling them they are strong and not to worry. police investigating the poisoning ofa police investigating the poisoning of a couple with a nerve agent warns the operation could t

international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate tridge thank you for joining us well after a crunch night of football that saw france and belgium go through to the last four of the world cup and for more on this the petersburg have a special coverage. which . welcome back if you're watching us today what a day has been the first day of the quarter finals has now come to a close we know exactly who the first pair are still in the race for the trophy belgium and france all through to the last for brazil in the world why it's time to pack their bags in the game of the day belgium saw off five time world cup winners brazil two goals to one. i . the hour on i. and what a game it was belgium opening the scoring in the thirteenth minute chadli curling the ball in straight from a foreigner taking off in a demeo straight past anderson into the net embarrassment for the experience the fun is there really that set the mood for the whole game belgium doubling their lead a little while later star striker. powerhouse picking the ball up in the belgium is off powering forward. through the midfield

now we go back to our coverage of the world cup in our special studio in the heart of moscow. thank. you very warm welcome back to the moscow skyline here it is the day after the evening before after the world cup final and it was the finale we were hoping for it's been a quite epic month football so many terrific games just one nil nil on the last game game sixty four the world cup final between france on creation lived up to expectations i think it's safe to say need hardly a little bit of everything in their head a dramatic vala decision we had an own goal we had a penalty six strikes in total bolting the net quite a face the full enjoy. i . were. over the. theme of the the oh it was. over the. when you three coalition players players the coaching staff will be very very disappointed because. the best team was losing and was losing because of. in my opinion and mistake of the concept of the i'm not saying he's not the penalty because there can be different opinions or wrong i'm saying that the concept of the. ease of bald important mistakes of the referee and this was not o

moscow does one year since the death of a. contributor who was killed by islamic state shelling in syria he was twenty five years old in his own. special award for the best reporting from war zones the first prizes will be awarded later today right here in moscow. has made a documentary about syria is a brief preview. but you know i know where his body is buried deep in my heart i'm still hoping he's alive on that day he called me and asked me to pray for him i asked him to be careful and not risk his life being a hero i didn't want to lose him i was so afraid to lose him. but he loved life the morning of the day he died i was worried my mind started to come up with the scariest of images i was afraid he'd be captured by i so i had a very bad feeling. we were near the front line the syrian army was battling i still i worked was over and we were about to pack or equipment khaled stood near it i put the helmets on him i just wanted to take a photo as a memory of my work with the film crew in the explosion came. along i realized