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h secured 26 seats in the 55 state parliament. both factions on negotiating with the social democratic party in the hopes of holy and coalition government. the party won 3 states and holds the balance of power. power has been restored in parts of ukraine after a barrage of russian missile attacks that plunged a millions of people into darkness. moscow says, friday's high precision strikes to military and energy facilities and were aimed at disrupting the delivery of foreign weapons. the tax have left ukrainians, struggling with rolling blackouts and water shortages as temperatures dropped below 0. and along with the main thing today is the energy sector. over the day we have managed ring electricity fact almost 6000000 ukrainians repair works are ongoing. now they continue without interruption, after yesterday's terrorist attack to south africa, his african national congress has selected 2 candidates to run for party leader,

delegates at an a, in a conference in johanna chose current president. or i'm opposed. and welly m keesing, the former health minister. the winner will also lead the putting into the national elections in 2024. rema pose. a is seen as the favorite, but he has come under fire recently after an independent panel found he may have violated. he's always of office opposition. parties in liberia have been protesting, accusing the government of corruption and wasteful spending. the cost of living is rising in the west african nation and comes as president george. where is wrapping up a $48.00 day trip abroad. a member of parliament has filed a motion calling for an investigation into his prolonged absence. alright, thanks for watching the program. i'm emily anguish will have all the lightest well cut news at the top of the hour. in the meantime, stay tuned to world cup today. what's going on in vladimir putin's mind right now?

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with welcome along to world cap today on world bio all day and far as smile and we're all very excited about singing nasty go up against them. bob bay. hello. they are. peter said that we have got lots of great stuff coming up as we go. that's the big game between argentina and france, a hindi nun including the song which are 2 of which has become to so dreadful. argentina seem amber, captain massey and france will take a tune. babe's whole town where people love their star player is on the verge of winning his 2nd world cub. just shy of his 24th birthday and we have action to croatia finished with the bronze medal as they see off morocco in the 3rd place player to in the tournament on a here it makes sense that all is former another lens player. now ghana as

the thing couch enjoys phone tag for week 32 nations and thief, or again the quest for, for both ultimate prize and here in katara. later on sunday, raining champions, france will take on argentina. i believe fail stadium at 1500 g m t. france is looking to become the 1st nations who successfully defend the title, some pillows result 60 years ago. but i could also see leon l massey when the program for the 1st time in the final dawn sort of woke up page. if football was a sentimental game than little messy may well have been handed, the welcome trophy already. now aged 35 mess, he says this will be his last world cup game, a chance to win the one title, but saluted him during a career of close to unrivalled success in 2016 championship fight against basil

ruin. i miss, she was starting to play in the team. that's 2000 and cheeks around 2022. but 16 years later and to still in context for bringing plato for tournament all roads have been leading taylor sale since this world cup began a month ago, is where argentina's campaign began so disastrously without the fate against saudi arabia. happy memories have followed for them. here, subsequently, most recently, their semi final went over croatia and we the 1st on france of played at this venue . it's where da shams could become just a 2nd coach in history after it's lisa visorio part. so back in 1938 to win 2 world cups, de shown also lifted the trophy as captain in 1998. as did he go a race in russia 4 years ago. the race and his tain out to stop massey's final shot at a well title. you need her a special focus her on them but her,

but it's not only about him. you know, it's a strong team with a lot of talent players. with a young generation of players in and you can feel that they are all dedicated to to lou missy preparations have also been intense for the man he'll be in the middle for the biggest game of his career. this is the middle of the season. not like it was before that it's the end and of the season, etc. now, players are fresh. to want to win. i mean, you see the fire the i say of players and so we expect very fast game. ha ha, that fire is burning just as brightly amongst the fans in cattle. all hoping to witness one last when from their team. huh. and the richardson al jazeera, li sale. right, so many stats and facts. let's bring in george bow a thing now. and if we focused on the host nation carter,

just in terms of the way that that competition has been organized. what is your opinion? well, i've been fortunate enough to be in the center of it. we're gonna national team ran . you hear a lot about the wall cock. everybody wants to be at the walcott coaches, players, staff management, and so on. but then once you're in it and you experience the organization, the training ground, the facilities, how to get to the stadium, you get to the stadium. and the dress rooms are big enough to accommodate all 26 players because we've been places where for 11 have to change and then the other 10 have to wait until the 1st live is finished. doing the warm up and is woke up. it's been fantastic organization, the planning, the whole structure. we really enjoyed it. it's very interesting about the dressing rooms just in terms of the final to might france have got the opportunity to win back to back try to it hasn't been done since 1962. what are the chances they could

do to like the? well i, i've always said that individually. if you look at the french as team individually, they are probably the best over any team in this tournament because of 11 on one. if you look at the mid food is that even had players were injured like papa. right? you got bens him on the whole story that's coming out with the play with you not play to have been them out and then you steps in and look what kind of a tournament is had they've they have in every department defend is mid shooters attacking the and even the goal kibbler is, is the captain. it just says a lot about how strong the french see miss argentina also got an opportunity to make some kind of history to them because they haven't won the title for 36 years. what about them? well, they come back over over a winning show, you oversee, cut by the american one. it's a team that's been together with a couple of to 3 years now. cologne has been with them also for so

a little bit of time now. so they've built towards this and i'm sure about 23 years ago when school only came on, i'm sure the plan was look less, have a short term plan, which is weird in corporate america. and long term plan is to win their woke up and here they are. they've gone unbelievable opportunity for them as a country. i think they've won a lot of trophies, but this will be up there with messy as a, as a final dance as use you said earlier or final file well to international football . all right, well hear from george and a bit, but let's hear from the coaches now. francis da da sean says he will leave it as late as possible to decide his team for the final with argentina, sickness affecting his squad. he's helping the strong argentina support won't affect his players, but dine. it will be a festive atmosphere. the argentine people are obviously passionate people. they are fully behind team, but that's it. it gives a positive party atmosphere where the single lot they are very,

very expressive. so it is rather a good thing when there's such an atmosphere for such a match because it is a world cup final but arrivals are not in the stance. the only opponent we have is those who will be on the pitch and there is enough quality on that for us to concentrate only on that. both teams have the same objective. one of us will have a 3rd go star on their shirts after the manager. that you money. nice. tomorrow's game is elgin tina against france much more than messy against him back. but i think the both teams have the weapons they need and that the match can be decided by other players and not necessarily buy those to lee. i was doing well and let's hope the match goes away, but it's again between argentina and frogs. and there are many players that can decide the game. a rallying cry has been following the argentinean players and fans wherever they have gone. if you've watched any of their matches, you have undoubtedly caught wind of new chart shows the song that has become the team's sound track. teresa bow reports from where cyrus.

oh, the cindy, none of the song has become argentina's anthem for the world cup. it celebrates the land of the eagle, madonna and unit macy, and the young men who died during the 1980 to conflict with britain or the islands known here as they might even us. i mean it sung by an art is known as lamb, aka, or the fly. it was written by fed. amanda romito, who is a teacher im when aside a seal gill. okay. me the door frames lengthens yet. what inspired me was the pain that we all felt by the death of diego marijuana in 2020, and how important he was for us as we all celebrated when he won the copa america. and now we need to celebrate leonor messy and how grateful we are of having him. oh, the song is being chanted in stadiums on the streets in the subway. ah, and even by the national team players,

it's called mucho's and describes the argentine dream of winning the world cup. once again, there's euphoria and argentina with the world cup final and with the national teen look at what some people have done to their vehicles and the song is playing almost everywhere. people say that it makes them happy that he gives them hope argentine is in the middle of a huge economic crisis. and the world cup has provided destruction to many people hear people like a donkey austin theni who runs a campaign to help children in any way. there was another would outdoorsman recognize that we're all going crazy. with this, we piloted the car and then we lost a saudi arabia and i was like, what do we do with the car? now we're happy and children in the country are happy and this is it. even if we don't, when we're happy that we got here, ah, he'd been songs i celebrated in argentina. they not only praised this beautiful

game, but also its history and culture. and this year, one song has managed to unite argentines from all sectors of society. to show support puleo new, messy and the national team. oh, that he said, well, i'll just see that when a site is well, whatever happens that will be the end of lena massey's adventures at the world cup with argentina. it's been a long and emotional journey for the outstanding footballer of his generation, but he has won a mountain left to climb and if he does, he'll sit alongside perhaps the greatest player ever. he thought

with a, with an hour george massey has made a career and in influencing big games. tenny do that in this final i think he's got the experience in football. you can't buy experience other than playing games after games or learn and develop yourself. he's got good leadership and he knows when to

perform when he's needed and when also to bring his teammates into play. i think a game like this. he thrills on it. right. messy, somebody that everybody knows is a genius for. can you do it at the expected time? i've always said anybody can play football. we all played football in the backyards with our friends. but can you play football on the pressure? and the only the greatest players can do it is a message. definitely one of them, you know, we're, we're just talking about this because there's been so much emotion surrounding nasty, how spark can a fact, his teammates and also the atmosphere in the stadium. i think it's important that it starts with the managers, kaloni. the manager can transmit this feeling of calmness and be ready to pair, right? everybody knows the whole world will be watching. how do you enter a game like this? you have to be careful. no silly yellow cards, no silly red cards,

don't give free kicks away. necessarily. just play your normal game, but obviously you have to be highly concentrated because it is a normal game. that's what you say to the players, but they are where the importance of the match. mucho's will continue the conversation in a moment, but you can't talk messy without talking about pet france. a star player has come a long way since he settled was so spotted as a child growing up in the town of bondi. let's cross to paul brennan, who is in bondy for us. paul is just 23 years old and on the verge of when a 2nd world cup must be a proud day for people living. they well, when you think about killing him, buffy wasn't even born when france won the 1998 world cup. so 2 of the people here in bondi, this satellite south of paris is about 10 miles outside the center of the city. it's an extremely proud day. they've watched him grow up here, his father coaches the local football team, his mom's the professional handball player. so he had the advantages of kind of

genetics, if you like at, but to have actually taken those sir natural talents and actually worked so hard to reach the national team. of course, a source of immense pride in this town. i'll tell you the front page of yesterday's like, keep newspaper their story is the headline and comparisons of m buffy. and another youthful woke up per superstar pele there. now the people here in bondi, it's a very mixed neighbourhood, and i've been spending in sign nicely listening to what people think of bonnie's favorite son. killian and boppy is literally a larger than life figure here. this 10 story mural depicts and bobby is a boy dreaming of woke up glory and the people of his home town of bondi. love it and love him. i gentler celeste hamilton sellers. killian is the rising star. he is the star of stars and truth be told he's the envy of the world. he's done it every one scared of him. despite his age he carries the team. you have to admit it. he

carries the team. fricky, monsoons used to cut and back his hair. not exactly the most challenging of jobs, a simple buzz cut, but inspired by one of them by piece and frances greatest for pauling heroes, mother corp. clumsy then, if, if, if beau he told me to cut his hair like said on, not too much of res work, he always told me he wants a simple cut. bondy is known for its large population of migrants from central and north africa is just 10 miles from the center of paris, but feels a world away from the glamour of the city of light. and the less and bobby's bond to his home town is strong. his parents handle player pfizer, la murray, and soccer coach, wilfrid and bobby, or also household names here. the family is known for its charitable contributions to the town. after winning the 2018 world cup, a slightly bashful looking teenager returned to a rock star. welcome. either balise. we'll abaski the flood. he hasn't

regarding his roots, but sometimes when things he'd up, we forget admit where we're from. well let him know now he's not like that. going into the world cup final and boppy is today short of his 24th birthday. no longer the bashful teenager. he's now the star and as a powerful sense of pride and expectation surrounding bon these favorite son. live here. long live killian lily. good luck and bring back the cup. god willing, bring back the cup. put simply, bonds believes well, you can see that the sense of expectation and joining me is felix is the banga. sorry. who is the founder of the the bond, the blog, and your you follow them batteries progress up through the ranks of the junior players. tell me what his success and the possibility of him winning a 2nd world cup would mean for this town. i mean we, he just,

us proud here. we can, we can stop the, you know, really proud to be, you know, from the same city or him, an annoyed shoe cedar the giants are passed out of him. yes, we just saw the mural in the report that we just seen. yes. yeah. and so it's a to see him perform night at the top, foster as to, you know, follow up for our house and our dreams to, to, to do the same in our field here. yet that the slogan underneath that mural says the, the perceived that, that the city of possibilities as a result of adapter is example. tell me also about his charitable work here and the connection, the close connection. he has to his roots here in bonding. yeah, we heard that he helped a lot, the football club here was some donation. he also started with his mom, a foundation named after him to help some people from the this area

to add them until they're 18 and to give them access in cultural places. and for example, this summer he bring them in. he booked in new york for one week and 2, several stuff on there. so this is really impressive to, to, to be involved in a such a young age. felix with banga. sorry, thank you very much. indeed for joining us. sorry, the coal is getting to my tea for lips there. right? that's bone b, the huge experts, and we'll see what happens. oh, great, and thank you very much for your time. george. what quality day quality is desmond bob, a brain to his team that even massey cans? well, real know that he's obviously really quick, but besides that, people have to note is also the other qualities he has. he can dribble very well, and i think the most important thing in football is having the ability to finish,

you have to score the goals as a strike. you have lots of strikers who can combine, they can, they can link up, they can, they can make great runs and find spaces to get the ball. but in the end, the question always remains. can he finish? and i think and, but he's got that nobody, any team that plays against france in particular all parties. and you may, if you brain against improper, you know, when you give him that opportunity, he will finish it for you. and this is a, this is the best quality he can have and he, he imposes that as much as he can. he uses it as much as he can. but i think the ability to skip past players is just unbelievable in the game against england. everybody was talking about car walker, how he's going to stop and buffy. and i think it was one moment where we saw blitz of how quick and barbara can be when he just left car walker to stand there like he was just like a tree. and he just skipped past them. it was unbelievable. that's when i blew up.

i was like, oh my god, this here is if it could have france been better at seizing chemo men sing gained. what i would say, sarah, is the frank justine, there's a coaching phrase we use as a team. you have to find a way to win the game. it's about winning. it's not about how good of football you can play. it's about winning. and the french team, whether you attack them, or whether you draw yourself back and you counter, they always find a way to play against any system information you are playing today. find a way to break that down to win games. that's why then the final. but the final coming up, it said smart, but there was also a 3rd place playoff. let's bring you some of the action from lisa stadium where we have our 1st middle winners of this woke up creation, taking on the bronze with a victory over the tournament. surprised to morocco. now in the group stage, the 2 sides played out a little draw a creation took an early lead in this one. just 7 minutes go on when a great move. so your sco gaudio grab is 1st woke up,

go broken off behind for long just 2 minutes later through a free pick up their own. the fin, the header, past keeper, dominic lavaca h, a correction, regain the advantage because on the great finish from mid slab, which curly, whatever morocco people, yes. include that put relation to what i'm coming into the break and that is also the way it finished at full time for a show when they 2nd work up. a finished 3rd of the 1998 to a limited front celebrations to for cancelling a moderate show of to the game in what could very well have been. he's lost world cup match or it's a creation taking bronze. george, an incredible achievement for such a small nation, isn't it? yeah, i've said all along, i would like to know how career should develop this resilience in this country in the way the players play. because for small countries, you said obviously before they were on the yugoslavian national nationalities. but

now if you look at such a small country, how they can manage to develop good, strong players who have resilience, they have good organization, they can plan well and still managed to get to 3rd in the walk up. by the way, please do not underestimate. this is a huge achievement for croatia. a lot of people are like, why are they celebrate in it's so much, it's only got 3rd come on if you get 3rd in a walk up at $44.00 countries like gone on the smaller nationalities. if you get to surprise money for the federation is huge and for country us crocheted me, said the federation cannot develop. all right, we have to leave at the george, but i think thank you very much for your time. very much appreciated and we look forward to the final later tonight. remember there's more on our website al jazeera dot com, forward slash will. i'll make sure you stay with al jazeera throughout the day. as we build to the world cup final, between france and argentina, blacks,

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