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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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are you going to moscow. to satisfy the press where was taught in the box because it's called got to go it was funny got. like. three streets on the like someone i don't know on him you know you know said joe joe. so how do you find this street with the line i'll show you. now trust me you will see us when we get there. this very tempting to stay on the right square but here we have to make a life. to . make clothes for the same. thing here. there are no empty space on the wall and. the. table sounds like nonsense but if you think. that street it was full of cars full of them are. come. close. fun times there but away from the jubilance and festivities though the tournament has seen a few dark moments british police have opened an investigation into a group of england fans who were allegedly seen giving nazi salutes in one of the host cities artie's honest as you're going to reports now from london. but an unfortunate incident seems to have unraveled in one of the host cities of the world cup in volgograd whe

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

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

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

. >> 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

some are of for russia and your grow you off to some are a moscow moscow kaliningrad i'll have to draw if you lift i'm glad just to get by. but yeah that's the most ambitious and then all the way back to just in time for the not going. off that are the last two weeks will be a bit easier on old moscow st petersburg some forward some people in england won't believe it but i didn't estimate i'd really think about six hundred pounds but i'll cover my entire travel expenses for. the whole month. it is a prob you know the price of the petrol back home is five can almost be known for the other sixteen thousand nine hundred ninety five i think i might need it i think you will have the best it's been great thank you very much no problem i'd. say that she takes off the least you really does typify disney the enthusiasm and the madness of fans and the swell andry pharma ferrazzi such as. how the world cup atmosphere is inspiring passionate all ages football mad elise is saying who's eight years old got the honor of carrying out the match ball at the nation stadium ahead of the england panama gam

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all of the russian but all these are live pictures right now from moscow celebrating the world's most watched sporting. live from moscow to the world this is our to international my names you know neil welcome to the program day three the biggest event in sport the cup is well underway three matches that are already in the books this sunday in cities across russia the last game has just gotten underway now that is taking place in kaliningrad where the super eagles of nigeria are taking on croatia nigeria they're pretty much heavy underdogs in this one against croatia who have star midfielder real madrid's look a moderate talisman and lining up in the western most hosts of the russia twenty eight dean as it stands as you might expect less than two minutes into the game it is nil nil. well prue's hopes of getting off to a good start in the tournament their first in thirty six years were thwarted by denmark it beat the south americans one nil prune missed a penalty as well in the first half and how to tough old time breaking down the danish defenses are world cup post under former how th

. >> 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

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

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

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

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

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

lee foster live in moscow. england's football tea m lee foster live in moscow. england's football team enjoying a better run of things than england's rugby union side. it is understood the rugby football union are still backing the england head coach eddiejones. defeat in bloemfontein at the weekend meant they slipped to a series defeat as well. eddiejones compared the loss to a horror movie but he will be given until the autumn internationals to turn the team's fortunes around. i always knew we were going to go through a tough period and i always knew close to the lions we were going to run into difficulties with players having been up for a long period of time, not having our best players available, testing the depth of our squad. the great thing at the moment, we are correcting a take —— great test for our depth, a great test for our resilience and we are developing the character of the team. england will be without two of the all—rounders for the rest of their one—day series against australia. chris woakes has injured a thigh muscle while ben stokes

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

so the international republican institute had this office in moscow. they had a guy working on their staff for ten years who was openly known to have been trained by military intelligence. he talked about it. they teased him about it. it was an open point of discussion in that office. they ended up firing him for cause. and then later that same month after they fired him all of a sudden the head of the fsb is in russian parliament denouncing the group and quoting from their internal meetings which this guy had attended just weeks before he got fired. as "the new york times" put it recently, they didn't have evidence but they suspected that kilimnik had been the source for the fsb. so it's interesting. 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 had fired that guy that spring from that american office in moscow, the reason they fired him for cause under bad circumstances and maybe caused this disgrunt'llment, the reason they fired him is

moscow in hopes that. i'm giving money to. 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 however you think it's golden doesn't work there is ice all fee for. the tickets a few of us finale aren't so good silence. in the midst of a mic lovin it. oh for do this for. me it's. it was me. they were in so beautifully clover is. at the reopening of you should miki stadium last year the hosts faced two time well champions 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. universe is nice for the police go missing the menu conditions because no resolution is because i need a team when i still moving. up us near. missing the minds of people plus the plane in the sums in a. losing we spor

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

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

moscow kaliningrad i'll have to drive through the few idea i'm laughing at just to get by. but yeah dusty makes some vicious and old away facts because just in time for the knock a day. off that are the last two weeks will be a bit easier on old moscow st petersburg by some forwards people of england would believe it but i did an estimate i really think about six hundred times but i'll cover mali into. which punches full for the whole month. it is a far off the course of the patrols barcoding is five films is because not only would you know this sixteen thousand nine hundred ninety i think it might me to think you will but because you are the best it's been great thank you very much. so that says. the stuff really does typify disney enthusiasm and the madness of fans will. see it. and there's plenty more action to come on tuesday when it's the turn up group c. and d. australia will face peru also group c. will see a clash between denmark and france group d. brings nigerian versus argentina and iceland against croatia our top one it shows a marine you know gives you the lowd

when you see the headline you imagine that mr banks has been in moscow again and again and again he went to moscow once there's been three meetings when you actually read the details a story he is a very successful businessman some people say he's a millionaire i'm sure he meets lots of people i mean is famously pictured outside the glitz the escalator to donald trump's apartment with knowledge of for arch he has many contacts this is another story where they're trying to bash russia bashing the democrats need to citizen of seventeen point four million people who voted for bricks it. prepares to host the world's biggest football tournament funds from across the globe have been descending on the country but even local spectators are having to cover great distances to see some of their favorite stars in action this group from siberia traveled some six zero zero zero kilometers to watch thing france warm up in an open training session just outside of moscow there are also plenty of french fines in attendance up to steve you have told us how far they think their country can go in the. lead u

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 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

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

richard conway, bbc news, moscow. let's talk now to the former premier league referee mark halsey, i'm sure you're watching with great interest every time var is used. i be getting it right?|j interest every time var is used. i be getting it right? i think football as we know and love it is coming to an end coming into a new year and coming to an end coming into a new yearand —— ila coming to an end coming into a new year and —— ila and var is coming to stay. i think eventually it will benefit the game but it is taking a long time together. this protocol is the same all around the world with other federations but the the same all around the world with otherfederations but the problem the same all around the world with other federations but the problem we haveis other federations but the problem we have is people sitting up in the video room that are not used to using var in their own federations. the only use it for they come in these tournaments. there was lots of talking points yesterday and show your love r

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

he's been playing all season for sarsgaard moscow he's in his form and he was booked good moscow last about is and he scored six goals in ten games he seems to like playing in russia and he's turned it on for that has turned out because he scored the second goal as well very calmly again. you know a long ball up he took a very quick first arch and then obviously one of those one with the goalkeeper nicely sums on seventy five minutes he actually hit the crossbar as well so it's pretty close to getting a hat trick there was a late son of a rallying cry from ice and as he said the penalty so this was a case of. it actually plays kind of appeal to it to the referee to going to look at it again and it was a penalty there's no doubt about that calling from behind then then then he when he saw it from the from the proper angle saw that it was a penalty and gave iceland the the of the town to take earlier. our colleagues in moscow alexei you know shift you guys and kate chris they talked to one of the guy have a hot item trying to witness who he was to nigeria for germany and despite that re

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

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

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

you know i love the first amendment even here in moscow. the ocean should get a profit constituents and i doubt it would not be consolation. i'm going to let her translate so it's a little bit more convenient if that's ok with you ok thank you. the fact is that it's important for the leaders of these two countries to meet there are a wide range of issues despite the differences between elsewhere both president trump and president putin think they may be able to find constructive solutions i'd like to hear someone say that's a bad idea. a fox. station near still if you did i mean well that's the u.s. national security advisor john bolton giving up. conference in moscow or not now officially confirmed meeting with russian president vladimir putin would seem not always leave the situation geopolitically globally isn't ideal far from it but blasting off some quite challenging provocative questions the stating that the meeting between the two leaders is necessary is productive and that dialogue needs to be heard. i want to the next headline the

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

. >> while visiting moscow, john bolton announced an upcoming meeting between president trump and russian president vladimir putin. his announcement comes after a series of meetings with russian counterparts to work on details of the summit. this part of the press conference is 10 minutes. >> president trump asked me to come and speak to russian authorities about the possibility of a meeting between him and president putin. there will be an announcement on that tomorrow simultaneously in moscow and washington on the date and time of that meeting. [speaking foreign language] >> with any luck, i won't give away either of those pieces of information today, so that the kremlin and white house can announce them tomorrow. [speaking foreign language] >> i should also say i was pleased to be able to meet with the fifa president to discuss the u.s.-canada-mexico hosting the 2026 world cup just to get an early jump on our preparation. [speaking foreign language] >> with that, i would be happy to answer your questions. [foreign language] >> are you sure they haven't given you a multitude of question

the two thousand and four one top kicks off in moscow today russia has spent billions to make this an event to remember we'll be bringing to look past the politics and focus on the pitch. i'm a touchy about good to have your company we start. facing a showdown with the interior minister over migration and it's been seen as the most serious crisis to hit machall since the new government took office interior minister horse off the rightwing bavarian c.s.u. wants some refugees to be turned to be at the country's border but mikel has rejected the cord saying it would undermine european solidarity. disruption of the german bundestag a session postponed the conservatives of chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. and the bavarian see as you retreating for separate emergency meetings an extraordinary move the battle between merkel and interior minister wholesale who for over asylum issues this brought political balance to a halt. this. it taught us we've informed the c.d.u. that we see the need for action right now. a living will continue to support efforts on the european level to reach similarly e

moscow a bit later for now though in summer thanks ever so much. the places where fans can watch the match running from the fans to the bars and restaurants virtually all of them got a big t.v. on somewhere and a new hobby has been taking a look at some of the hot spots from russia's noble than capital something to book . show you know professional. love is the key so how they get international kickabout here i got very lucky that. football fans from all over the world we got russian as a by john de morocco. gentleman here from poland this is rough out now he explains why i'm doing this report today because the fans see how they got tickets to watch the games he was st petersburg be watching poland it will most go because you cannot but he still wants to see st petersburg see the helmeted see the sights so what does he do when he was told to leave the games they head to the polls pubs restaurants around the city games are being shown live everywhere where's the best place to go is the question take a look. at first choice yes it's no secret i'm so

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