me and. 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 globe have been pouring into the country

defending champions germany are hoping to become but first team to win the tournament back to back since one thousand nine hundred sixty two. ball 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 abbie's 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 fly people singing my colleague. came out into the center of town yesterday to see what the atmosphere is like see for yourself.

after. all of this pledge it's absolutely amazing i love it so amazing here oh let me just bring the people a really nice great feeling russia it's a beautiful place a beautiful kountry it's our beautiful people the really nice people expected no. but i out there really nice people. and the pills are extremely pretty.

extreme really happy that my controversial is going after thirty six years through their workout and i we are here trying to make history. those who are going to be the champion you'll see you'll see the best team name are germany i said also i hope there when you so that have called us to our dream me to be a champion. thank you who. who you are going to know we are counting on you a chance to change the good of the good in this. very happy to be here because it's my first or. we are coming from canada but you are moroccan was the was look at that but what a great party fantastic if you want to when. russia who seek an

ancient i think this will be one of the best ones ever. i. certainly a lot of excitement from fans supporting their respective countries but security is always a major concern during these types of tournaments what kind of measures has russia put in place well security is certainly tight here in russia there are further checks stronger checks in metros at the airports and train stations around the country and you also might remember pictures from two years ago of russian football hooligans clashing with england fans in two thousand and sixteen at the european championships now the russian authorities have taken all measures possible to ensure that there won't be a repeat of that there really keeping tabs on the hooligans and an expert here told

me as well that some of the hooligan leaders have been told you better take a long holiday during the world cup otherwise we'll give you an even longer holiday inside the area so the russian authorities are certainly making sure that fans here will be safe in the capital and across the country now i see relations between the kremlin and the west have cast a shadow over this tournament have these we can ties impacted this world cup in any way as of right now. well absolutely there were huge tensions in the past few months particularly over the poisoning of former russian spy said gates could fall in in salzburg and the british royal family and top british officials actually won't be attending the world cup over that but fears of a wider boycott seem to not have played out there won't be a boycott boycott in fact twenty over twenty hads of government will be attending

the opening here in moscow today and this is really a huge opportunity for the russian government as well to show a different side of russia to show a different face of russia and and for people here as well people are very much looking forward to that one woman told me we really have a lot to show the world t w correspondent emily sure went in moscow thank you very much now back to what set to happen on the pitch as we mentioned it will be hosts russia taking on saudi arabia in the first match a world cup opener is cause for excitement for any football fan even when the two teams taking part are far from tournaments favorites it's finally time to let the ball do the talking russia as well as cup starts here. paula expectations can often hamper the home nation not to be tournament but these hosts are not on the much pressure in that regard. as the lowest ranked team in the world cup they're

hardly a hot favorite but with pride on the line and a home crowd to impress russia raring to go. neither would do. much to our team once the people to be proud of the city come to be proud of their team. and we really want to win their support and make them proud. of it. and they couldn't have a softer start saudi arabia are the second lowest ranking team at the tournament in former valencia chile coach when antonio pitts see they've a boss with impressive experience but with egypt and europe who are in their group they're up against it as indeed the hosts. national. i think once the whole thing begins everything's going to fall place she was nobody has ever achieved anything by saying words you have to put your money where your

mouth is. and church is so strong as to cause an upset upon him on friday night in moscow the wait will finally be as it. all starts today i'm joined now by delhi's emily rouse shots from the sports department to talk about the world cup headlines and why it's finally here the first game russia saudi arabia as we mentioned what do we expect to happen i always prefer to keep the expectations low and leave lots of room for surprise and that's that's the same for this match we've already heard about the low rankings but the real big story is that no host nation has ever lost the world cup opener so it's a very slippery slope for russia they're aging team isn't really equipped for the fireworks expected of such an occasion their biggest problem is probably scoring they've only scored two goals and therefore friendlies this year their top strikers feet are small of plays in russia but you know they can't really just rely on him

as well and anyway it's an uphill battle for both teams because the favorites in the group are definitely or of why and also egypt who can probably rely on their star striker mohammed sala again and then i don't think we'll be seeing much of russia or saudi arabia later in the tournament ok so even though it's just the first day a lot of people are already looking ahead to the final on july fifteenth i'm going to ask you for your prediction of course but you know that's what i was really difficult to say i mean so much changes once the world cup kicks off you can say on paper there are top teams and germany and brazil and say are definitely the front runners they're germany are looking to defend their title they've got their captain back in gold manuel neuer so that's definitely a boost but they haven't performed well recently which is not so unusual actually and then there's brazil they also have a player back from injury neymar and he's sure to want to grab the title with them this time after they had a horrible defeat against germany at the last world cup and then there's france who

just got so many young talented players that they can rely on as well as spain who are always a force to reckon with a lot of the difficult to say they were going to see too many good teams you know use emily rouse should getting us all the latest thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. secretary of state says economic sanctions on north korea will remain in place until the country has given up all its nuclear weapons on pale was speaking after a meeting with the south korean president to discuss the outcome of this week's summit between the u.s. and north korea. the u.n. is voicing concern for civilians in yemen after a saudi led pro-government troops launched an attack on the port city of ho data officials say the attack could cause a porter of a million deaths and shut down to keep or for food and aid two thirds of the population depend on the supplies to come through the city. and

ice sheet is melting three times as fast as it was just a decade ago that's the conclusion of a study published by dozens of scientists in the journal nature researchers warn the melting ice could raise global sea levels and then the low lying areas you're watching the news still to come salvaging what can be saved from one of iraq's oldest libraries and mosul destroyed by islamic state extremists we meet the volunteers looking for books under the rubble. of a u.s. central bank raises interest rates again hard. that's right it's the highest it's been in a decade now the u.s. federal reserve has raised its key interest rate by a quarter point to between one point seven five and two percent it's seen as another sign of a more aggressive stance ahead head for the u.s. central bank it's already the second hike this year and it's unlikely to be the last the fed signaled they'll be two more raises before the end of the fed chairman

jerome powell said the rise reflects the economy's resilience the strength of the job market and inflation finally nearing the fed's target level it also means consumers and businesses will pay more to borrow money over time the european central banks monetary policy committee is meeting today as well and unless i'm sure the e.c.b. will take a cue from the fed. i'm not joined by five yelena from the macro economic policy institute at the hands of brooklyn foundation and welcome to the studio dr was european politics emerging market turmoil is on shaky ground right now is it the right time for the fed to raise rates i think it is i mean the fed is really all about the american economy that has to take its use from the american economy inflation is quite high at the moment and two point seven percent unemployment is quite low at three point eight percent so this is

a time to increase interest rates and everybody expected also the fed to increase interest rates is the fed's mandate of course to look at the american economy but is the fate influenced maybe by the fact that the current administration is looking increasingly and only their domestic situation no not at all i think every fed and every fed chairman arafat committee also and the possible have done exactly the same thing in this economic situation they have demanded from congress they also are responsible to congress not to the american president of course and this is why the increasing interest rates and i think this goes against donald trump because say put in a lot of the break on the american economy so it would perhaps prefer the interest rates even if you you've mentioned. the inflation you've mentioned unemployed the unemployment rate but there are more factors of course at the american in the american economy that would either mandate a raise or not what are the other factors and do them and that. no i mean this is

really bound by the by the method by congress in the nine hundred seventy six federal reserve has to has to look both for inflation and for unemployment whereas in europe you only have to look at unemployment and this is what it's really doing and given the state of the economy which is really booming they have to put a little bit of a break on that because also a lot lower taxes especially specifically for businesses that gives a huge boost to the american economy and now there's a little bit of a counterweight by the federal reserve and given its mandate and it has to act within its mandate because it's independent but still you know it has to legitimize it sells before congress it has to do exactly that. will or should indeed the e.c.b. take a cue from the fed owes the situation completely different in your situation is really completely different we have a much higher rate of unemployment at eight point five percent at the moment also a much lower inflation rate so we won't see an interest rate increase. in two

thousand and eighteen i think you will only see interest rates increases by the. two thousand one thousand very very briefly on buying going to end today today not at all no but you know it's been no i think you know intimately come in september. that thank you very much. a bidding war is going on between two u.s. media heavyweights for most of the assets of twenty first century fox was widely tipped to take over its smaller rival with a bit of over fifty two billion dollars but now comcast has offered twenty percent more it is willing to pay some sixty five billion dollars fox's board must now decide which company to choose the board decides to accept comcast vons as disney will have five business days to respond. analysts believe fox is. murdoch family will reject the composite bid for tax reasons.

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the civil suits against the carmaker including those brought by people who purchased the companies as the criminal investigations into forty nine people connected with the scandal continue in the city of pounds five. of them commemorates the and in verse three of tragedy abbey gary hart it's been a year since the ground fell tower fire in west london seventy one people died in the u.k.'s deadliest blaze since world war two a tribute to victims began a just before one am u.k. time the time the fire is thought to have started the tower and twelve surrounding blocks were lit up in green as was the prime minister's office downing street that illumination lasted until five am and we repeated over the next four days or eight pm until midnight. one year on from the tragedy british prime minister treason may has published an apology over shortcomings in her response to the blaze she says they include failing to meet survivors in the fires immediate aftermath get mosque

has been talking to some of those survivors this used to be his home now it's a monument to a tragedy the bento chalo friends fellows have made will be wherever he goes it's always on his mind in this empty space he used to have his fish still in the areas to this home where i can go and how mead used to live on the sixteenth floor now he lives in a hotel like many other survivors. or this is my story. of got some stuff here for my. new house when i get my. wee boy some things because everything is is going on the fast. so this is it this is just. the meetings he was able to escape the flames because he was strong to keep fit he had always taken the steps

instead of the lift luckily his family was not at home that night imagine being in new york city living with your family and not just instantly if he once. in a different way. you were planning a you know we were thinking about you see your kids you'll probably meet everything winds and design soul we see struggling from day up to now. after almost a year a public inquiry has finally started to investigate what went wrong it's here at the public inquiry that many survivors are looking for answers who is to blame was it the construction companies that provided highly flammable cladding material was it maintenance companies that did not adhere to fire regulation or was the regulation itself too weak clary mehndi lost

a cousin mary in the fire mary stuart acadia also perished like many of us she blames the corporate culture that put profit before people construction company is the suppliers of contract this is a holy book people. who are embedded in this social mud because is what is this social madame by negligence enough for us what we ideally want is gross negligence on stilts on because then you know it's about into. and it's really important that we see individuals in the town to fight for justice has left many survive a strain how meat wants to go back to work but says he confines the strength he's asking for more psychological help. well what i need is just to call you and working and helping people that says. this is what i'm going to do for the rest of

my life help as much as i can. helping others because on the night of the fire meade was unable to rescue his friends from the burning building festo he now needs to help himself and try to come to terms with the haunting image that is ground for tower. of go live to our london correspondent standing by near grand fault our very get the survivors are still facing great difficulties as we just saw in your report some of them are waiting for new housing why is it taking so long to find homes for them. well many survivors especially immediately after the tragedy were blaming the council for being complacent for not helping them enough however one yourself for example i need still in the hotel he does have his new house but it has to be built it's a very complex obviously vironment london has a housing crisis hundreds of people need to be re has and many of them also have

specific wishes many of them want to stay in the area they want to stay local and then for example how many to doesn't want to go again in the high rise building he wants to go somewhere which is the ground for maybe a first floor and this is something that there's not only him that other people as well so it is difficult and while he is impatient he also says well you know i'm a tricky customer and he realizes that it is. a big big problem for the council to reiterate house all these families here again in terms of remembrance we saw some of the buildings around london being green how else is the city remembering those who lost their lives in this horrific fire. well where i am really near grenfell tower there a lot so if you can see behind me makeshift memorials people are coming especially today i see fresh flowers also in the end the tube station in the underground huge

display of flowers so many people be coming and personally paying their respects then there is going to be admit day a minute's silence which is nationwide is going to be observed as well by the queen and by palm and so the whole country really is looking at grenfell in this paying a lot of attention to the tragedy especially today now the inquiry into the disaster opened just last month do we have any details so far what's come out of that. well yes the inquiry only just started and we've had many testimonies of survivors where they were talking about the family extremely moving so it's not very many days of pause that we have seen next but from what we have seen so far it really looks like it's been a catalog of ferrous behind this tragedy why was this material the cladding material so flammable that it's this fire spread so quickly on the building then it

looks like the window use made for this for this kind of building they would not fire resistant or was there was ventilation issues. fires fire alarms that were forty so it seems like there were many different areas where there has to be a closer look because people do want to see people blame they want to see justice they want to want to see individual people in the dog but likely this is going to take years really do w. correspondent reporting for us from london thank you. most all in iraq now are a group of university students have found a cause in the ruins of their city the library and rolls was one of the oldest in all of iraq but it was left burned and bombed after the occupation by the so-called islamic state now young men and women volunteers are fighting to save whatever they

can from the rubble this is all that's left of the central library in mosul after occupation by the so-called islamic state and did it once housed half a million books before it faced bombings and fires armed with lanterns and willpower twenty locals united in their love for their city have joined forces to salvage everything they can. i could do with his shoes john these books are not jewels they deserve to be saved despite the immense destruction that these books are still here in the future. in april twenty seven thousand tiny celebs join the most oh i campaigned to save her city's books. so far more than thirty thousand have been salvaged thanks to the commitment and the true ziyad some of the volunteers. books are our life our history our souls. the volunteers come to the library every day and the most i project is also

gathering donations people from around the world can send books in any language to help restock the devastated library the volunteers are determined to rescue as many books as they possibly can. the library has been burned and destroyed but we must go on we have to return to our lives as they were before i as the war is over you know we can't stand still or our lives will be over to which. she did not leave her house under i-s. rule instead she used that time to read more books and learn new languages now after three years of war and i ask rule these young iraqis are determined to rebuild their city together. the books are being kept in temporary storage spaces in the hope that the library consumed opened its doors again. until then these young people will continue their

rescue mission until the last book has been raised from the rubble. come. on. in afghanistan. a panel of experts discussing is seen with former afghan president hamid karzai the real small of will not to come out of there in the absence of these all into prisons full support installations i have to say it's in afghan conflict there was

a division within the country. an important topic of the global media forum the next coming. into the conflict zone with tim sebastian. afghanistan is fighting on many different fronts least days not just with the militants but also against human rights abuses and massive corruption my guest this week here in london is abdullah abdullah his country's chief executive why is there so much disunity in what is supposed to be a unity government conflict so far in sixty minutes made a whole lot of. assignment a clash of cultures in india. a clash between those who believe in arranged

marriage and those who. married for love. because that's shaking families and society to the core of. my father will be angry that sometimes i think i'm already dead to. live. starts joy. w. . i was born wrote from the global media forum in bonn today we are discussing the current peace process in afghanistan just a few days ago the president of the afghan president and he has announced and the taliban have accepted.