life and death with the term. july twenty first on. this is d w news live from berlin it's the battle for the bronze of the football world cup st petersburg is gearing up for belgium versus england both sides playing for pride and one last victory in russia. also coming up pakistan's disgraced former prime minister is arrested he says he'll challenge the ten year jail sentence for corruption but his detention comes mere hours after

a massive suicide attack and a political rally one of the deadliest in pakistan's history. and protests break the u.s. president in scotland as he wraps up the official part of his controversial u.k. visit donald trump is spending the weekend at his private golf resort before his highly anticipated meeting with russia's president vladimir putin's. i'm irish waiter welcome to the program the soccer world cup is coming to a head in russia excitement is building ahead of sunday's final between france and croatia but before that mammoth match the third place game kicks off in st petersburg in just under an hour with belgium an england want to end their tournaments on a high fans have been gathering and russia's second city for the bronze medal game belgium have never finished higher than fourth at the world cup and they go into this game as the favorites having beaten. one nail in the group stage.

and let's get more from all of her moody founded obvious forty joins me now from moscow so ali many people say this game is sort of a nothing game but taking away a bronze medal from the world cup that's worth something isn't it. of course everyone loves to win a medal right although it has to be said that the world cup is not quite the same as for example the olympics where a bronze medal is widely recognized as being a huge achievement at the world cup it almost has the feel of a consolation prize you know you got two teams who were bitterly disappointed at just having missed out on what would have been the biggest game of their careers and now they've got to try and find some motivation for this third place game so it can be one of the weirder events in sports you know motivational factors to still come into play still players playing for their country at a world cup so the question usually with this third place play off is who is more affected by those motivational factors he wants it more and who is more affected by

the disappointment of missing out on the big day itself so to gain some insight into that and perhaps help us answer that question let's take a look at how both teams have been preparing for the game. i demoralized after france stopped them from reaching their first ever world cup final but just four days later the red devils need to shake off their disappointment and get ready for saturday's third place play off. that's difficult to play for sure but you know that's football you know you have to you know to to restart every time. it's just part of the life. you know you lose to next week you win so often means being put on to play for the. belgians best performance of the world cup was in one thousand nine hundred eighty six when they finished four for this time they want to go one better and only england stand in their way. and the three lions manager is

raring to go. well not scared. away from the big bad really we have high motivation to perform we have the chance to win a medal. at the world cup which only one other english team has ever done the england manager is not planning on making many changes in saturday's clash so with both teams almost at full strength fans can expect a cracking match in st petersburg. style you mentioned that both teams are kind of coming into this a little bit disappointed whoever wins this match will belgium and england see this as a successful world cup. yeah i think regardless of what happens today and certainly will feel very positively about this world cup they have progressed further than they have at any other world cup since one nine hundred ninety and nobody was really expecting them to do it certainly the fans i spoke to before the tournament thought the round of sixteen or maybe the quarter final was kind of the limit i think wins ambitions there's a feeling as well that they're really on to

a good thing at the moment with the coach gareth southgate and this kind of young bunch of players who will relish playing for the national team which hasn't always been the case with england so i think for england it's very positive for belgium it's a bit more complicated they were a better team and were hoping to reach the world cup final for the first time in their history their players are really at the peak of their powers right now so it's a big disappointment for them but they have given their fans a lot of moments to cherish the last minute victory against japan in the round of sixteen springs to mind beating brazil in the quarter finals to a huge achievement so i think both teams can regardless of what happens today go home feeling very proud of what they've achieved and looking ahead to the final match which is going to be happening tomorrow right where you are behind you in moscow how are those teams gearing up for what might be the biggest match of their lives. as well in the french obviously there's a lot of expectation they are certainly the favorites for this game they've

probably been the best team at the tournament so far. arguably the most talented squad in the world as well but they're keeping their feet on the ground because they know what it's like to lose a major tournament final that everyone's expecting it to when it happens to them just two years ago in the european championship their home european championship when they lost to portugal in the final so the french fans will certainly be hoping that the players learned their lesson from that one for croatia of course a completely different story huge underdogs going into this final no tradition of getting to this stage is the first time they've ever made it to a world cup final but that won't bother them they've made it this far with great talent and with incredible tireless fighting spirit certainly their coach like idolatry he's not worried about history tradition or any of that let's hear what he had to say ahead of the game. and implosion i don't set much store in statistics tradition or head to head on it was for the tradition is there to be demolished the moros the world cup final and we don't care who is on the other side

of. we're here to enjoy the moment to enjoy the final and give everything we've got swim. so we've got an underdog versus a powerhouse ali look at your crystal ball for us and give us some predictions for these two games starting with the third place happening very soon. for the third place play off i think belgium have the upper hand they were so disappointed after their defeat to france some very strong words from the captain and his art and some of the other players too i think they're going to be desperate to set that right and get the win today and confirm their place in the world is the third best team in the tournament for england it's been a great ride but i think after that extra time defeat they might just be running out of legs a little bit at the tournament and the same in fact goes for croatia now they've been to extra time at every one of their knock out games at this world cup so in

effect they've played. a whole extra game of football compared to france who have won all that matches in ninety minutes and although you have to admire their fighting spirit and the words from as like a doll it's that we just heard i think at some point the tide is just has to catch up with you so i would go with a france victory in the final tomorrow and a belgian victory today in st petersburg will be finding out very shortly did obvious sports reporter oliver moody in moscow for us thank you so much. to pakistan now where the disgraced former prime minister and i was sheriff has been arrested in lahore shortly after returning from london he says he will challenge his ten year jail term for corruption all of this comes just weeks ahead of national elections in pakistan elections that sharif party insists are being rigged meanwhile the pre election violence that many have feared has become a reality friday suicide bombing has killed at least one hundred thirty people. here a political rally in southwest pakistan ripped apart by

a suicide bomber scores of people killed many more wounded the blast in a town near the baluchistan provincial capital quetta was the latest in a growing wave of violence and head of nationwide polls in two weeks time on the streets of lahore security has been boosted thousands of security personnel were deployed across pakistan ahead of the return of former prime minister nawaz sharif sharif's backers say the country's military is colluding with the judiciary to damage his political party ahead of elections they're prepared to confront to authorities if challenged. i am ready to give the last drop of my blood. i'm ready to face jail i'm ready to die let them do whatever police and their police want to do we are here to face that we will not turn back. while in office the sheriff had been

critical of the military's involvement in civilian affairs he'd served three terms as pakistan's prime minister and was widely viewed as a political survivor but last year the country's supreme court barred him from office over graft charges this year the same court banned him from politics for life before landing in pakistan shareef expressed hope that turning himself in would galvanize support for his beleaguered party. but i am making the sacrifice for the future of pakistan. so join me walk with me join hands with me and change the direction of this country. pakistan's army has denied middling to tip the scales in favor of national security conservative imran khan and his p.t.i. party. its pledge to ensure a fair and free election on july twenty fifth. after

a meeting with british prime minister theresa may in england us president donald trump has retreated to his private golf resort in scotland to wrap up his four day visit to the u.k. scots are taking to the streets for a second day to protest trump's visit with crowds gathering in edinburgh are also about antitrust demonstrations in glasgow and in the small town of turnberry trump is spending the weekend at a hotel he owns trump has tweeted he plans to hold more meetings there but right now he's playing some golf. did have you a correspondent barbara van zyl has been covering trump's visit for us from london she told us earlier that it's likely donald trump will rough or ruffle yet more feathers this weekend. there are rumors that he's going to probably meet some off to reason may's worst enemies nigel farage and boris johnson and talk a bit more about bret's that for instance and that would really cut the mustard for the british public because then it shows that come the trump has really come to

divide and rule over britain and that's not something that goes well down well with people here meanwhile from overseas twelve russian intelligence officers have been charged in the united states they're accused of hacking into a van that democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton's e-mail accounts during the two thousand and sixteen campaign the twenty nine page indictment accuses the russian intelligence agency of a large scale cyber operation in a bid to harm clinton's chances these charges come just days before trump is scheduled to meet russian president vladimir putin in helsinki here's what u.s. deputy general u.s. deputy attorney general rob rosenstein had to say an effort to conceal their connections to russia the defendants used a network of computers around the world and they paid for using crypto currency. the conspirators corresponded with several americans during the course of the

conspiracy through the internet. there's no allegation in this indictment that the americans knew they were corresponding with russian intelligence officers. that was u.s. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein moscow has rejected the charges against all twelve of its intelligence officers calling them an attempt to spoil the atmosphere ahead of the upcoming u.s. russia summit. eritrean president where he has arrived in ethiopia to meet prime minister said less than a week ago the two men also met in eritrea and agreed to enter their quote state of war and normalize relations after two decades eritrea had been a province of ethiopia before broke away in one thousand nine hundred three a subsequent conflict killed more than eighty thousand people. it's the first visit by a walky in twenty two years the speed of the rap professional has been stunning it began when abbey ahmed became prime minister of ethiopia just three months ago.

he's moved fast to initiate reforms at home and to reach out to eritrea. desirous of walky has been its president since one thousand nine hundred three when eritreans voted in a referendum for independence after three decades as a province of ethiopia and protracted guerrilla campaigns to liberate the country relations well initially good but soon solid war broke out in one thousand nine hundred eight over a border dispute and the issue of ethiopia's access to eritrea as ports eighty thousand people were killed before it ended in two thousand since then that been an uneasy standoff then everything changed suddenly last week in the eritrean capital as mara a fork ian rb announced the restoration of diplomatic and trade ties flights between the countries are about to resume embassies will reopen any day if e.o.p. will implement a u.n. ruling and see territory at the border i want to the people of the two countries

stand to gain peace perhaps a boost to the economy and perhaps a greater readiness on the part of eritrea to embrace human rights and new freedoms . you're watching news more coming up at the top of the hour don't forget you can always check out our website u.w. dot com for all the latest around the clock i'm irish waiter and thanks for joining us. live. long lives. must be the. open air festival in northern germany. backing metal battle will showcase dozens of newcomers to the. c.w. and club export market like the.