you're watching the news live from berlin anticipation is building for the world cup final the biggest match in football fans of france and croatia have poured into moscow for the final which starts and our friends are the big favorites but a tournament full of surprises can create shop pull off a major upset also coming up more than four hundred fifty migrants are in limbo off italian shores italy says it won't allow their rescue boats to dock unless other e.u. countries agree to take them and several nations have offered to take one hundred

fifty people between them. i have a cost and welcome to the program the french and croatian teams are set for their date with destiny and moscow here we see france leaving their hotel for the team bus there is striker anton griezmann and defender lucas hernandez followed by coach to. captain friends to world cup glory areas and then nine hundred ninety eight and there is also teenage sensation killian the croatia side is also on the way to the luzhniki stadium for the world cup final kick off in under one hour's time. mark meadows from the values for is here in studio with me and we're also joined by correspondent barbara moore in the russian capital barbara it's good to see you

what's the mood like in moscow with the game fast approaching. while excitement is very high of course there right before kickoff it looks very promising from what i've seen already in the meter on the way here and also around the stadium so many fans who came i would say red and white is definitely the dominant picture in the dominant colors here but you might also spot some let in american fans still in from mexico from brazil and of course friends fans all along i think a craze or made a very interesting move that trying to get all these new true fans behind their side and this is interesting because we have we still have so many new fans here all the eleven americans who were hoping to have their own team here and the final is now created saying come on join the underdog and you can be part of us part of our huge celebration i think that's a very clever move they made here some lobbying going on in moscow mark will come to you the players are surely ready for this match up to what can we expect on the pitch i think everyone's hoping for

a great game that will match what has been one of the great will copes we've seen lots of goals lots of drama lots of excitement and i think the two teams will have there today can produce that sort of final because they both attack minded. their own change change from the semifinal so every player is available no let injuries which means we're going to see a pace to burn for france also and from griezmann with all his clever skills around the box we've got great experience. even rockets which you know creations midfield is fast learner and real madrid's midfield that's pretty impressive i've got to say so actually on what over the years where we've had a bit stodgy cagey local finals i think this could be quite different there's a preview to whet your appetite. when the possible future world champions are training on your doorstep any little peek will day villages in australia where france is well cup team is based have adopted as their second team.

we will always remember this unique moment one day we won't believe that super footballers train just two hundred metres from our home with what is that. these super footballers will start his favorites to win france's second world cup performances have improved as the tournament progressed now that just one game away from glory. i think the three most important words are calm and confidence and concentrations into the course of touch him. you have to have a good dosage of the three to be best prepared for the match play probably amused to see a national. day shown with captain when france last got their hands on the trophy in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight a home tournament this ended with wild celebrations across central paris then france knocked out croatia in the semifinals. fast forward twenty years in these

croatia fans have now seen their team go one better a country of just four million confounding expectations and drinking up their underdog status for a lot of small covers for all the world like us there are very long our story and their supporters and that will be i think big just as once in a lot of the small guy beat the bigger guy in. this final could come down to one of the smallest guys of all the c'mon tritch croatia's diminutive captain has been arguably the standout player in russia i don't pull to go you know there are ups and downs but whatever happens you need to continue to believe in yourself and that is fight for your dreams and success that's what always guided me as a small. croatia have already shown in the south belief to win three three lots of extra time at this world cup if their fitness holds up a place in history could await. arkan upset is not out of the question what are be

the decisive factors in this match up i think there are three key factors for this final the first is goal threat and i have to say crater a little bit ahead in terms of growth but we can look on the graphic here and in terms of goals so far in the competition crucial scored twelve friends only ten the total shots krisher well ahead you know on the charts they're not afraid to have a go from distance sometimes that works especially when goalkeeper nurse world cup finals are also shot on target pretty impressive from grocers. so that's well no to croatia go for it now we can look at discipline and this is where croatia sort of let themselves down look at that one hundred one files committed so far in only six games and also more yellow cards for two no one's been red carded yet though of course french fans will be hoping they'll be no red card like in the last time france are in the final ones and indians on the side of the head book was a good idea but the final facts of could be the crucial factor that's enjoy of

course because croatia played extra time in their three knockout round games that means they've almost played well they have played an entire much more than france in terms of minutes and as you can see there with the distance from that has an effect so that might mean france are a little bit fresher at the very least barbara we're going to come to you now this tournament has been deemed by russians certainly as a huge success they're now certainly hoping for the icing on the cake with a great final to top it all off. i mean it's pretty loud yes i'm not sure if i really understood your question i think you wanted to talk about the russian fans here i really see them supporting the crazy which is maybe kind of a surprise because you would expect russia not to support the team that actually knocked out their own squads but instead all the russians i've talked to here so far they were always focusing on this. feeling closer to this levee culture. and

maybe also liking this road of the dark no mark has mentioned that the enduring smites the one the one point where crazy or maybe is weaker than friends but people here rather see it as the team that's unbeatable because even having been through three extra times that they still seem so strong so people here really are on the crazy side and i'm afraid it's going to be very difficult for the friends. who are i do have to ask you before i let you go who are you picking tonight. i stopped thinking anybody in this tournament when ever you pick somebody it's always. side to win this is impossible in this tournament. barbara thank you mark i'm going to ask you the same question france or croatia has a few friends i'm afraid to know but what do i know i'm just in this we should actually ask a psychic bear there's been a bear in russia we can have a little look. there in russia the first in the zoo went to a melon with a french flag with an is there no no i think we're going to win and he's much

better put it with me and just diving into that nobody really thinks the race we're going to win we have loads of psyching on the most in this world we normally have psychic animals every will go but this year we've had dolphins hippos and author in so she go my favorite is probably cleopatra at the top pia and cleopatra also went for croatia so maybe an upset is on the cards and hey let's say this world cup has been full of shocks so maybe we've got one last big surprise the animal kingdom certainly know who they're picking get all these mark meadows in studio and barbara more from moscow thank you both very much. and if that's not enough world cup for you d.w. has even more coverage before during and after today's final on our kickoff you tube channel or sports team has been following all the action throughout the tournament here's a taste of what's on there. football is a simple game that the end france or croatia will win the world cup two thousand

and eighteen. when we go live with all woke up show forty five minutes before kick off on sunday send your questions to hashtag d w kick off a comment below right here on our you tube channel youtube dot com slash deed of you can see you once said the law is on you tube. now some of the other stories making news around the world demonstrators have marched through the finnish capital helsinki to protest the policies of u.s. president doll and russian president vladimir putin the two leaders are holding a summit in the city on monday the visit comes as twelve russian intelligence officers have been charged in the united states of hacking into the democratic computer networks during the two thousand and sixteen election campaign. in iraq

police have clashed with anti corruption protesters as they tried to storm a government building in basra several people are reported to have been wounded for the past week demonstrators in cities across the south have been demanding better public services and protesting a lack of jobs. heavy rain and thunderstorms have killed at least fifteen people and caused major damage across china state media says more than two hundred rivers have flooded roads and railways are underwater and bridges have been destroyed thousands of people have been in fact. waited. and. rescue ships have been refused permission to dock around four hundred fifty migrants are stranded on board in the sicilian port of foot salo italy has called for other nations to take them in france malta and germany have all agreed to take in fifteen if no other countries offer help it's unclear what italy's next move will be. and i

delivered beach in southern sicily in the distance just on the horizon one of two ships carrying a total of more than four hundred fifty migrants. they were rescued from a barge floating in the mediterranean. italy's interior minister met tale salvini doesn't want them disembarking on italian soil saying baltar should take them instead on facebook he wrote small to the people smugglers the italian do gooders and the whole world should know that this ship cannot and should not enter an italian port initially malta refused entry but later a deal was struck in which malta france and then germany agreed to take in refugees but still leaving hundreds in limbo selvi is one of the leaders of the italian far right party the northern league he said that he wants to put an end to the arrival of refugees in italy once and for all but there is growing resistance amongst the talents to his hard line immigration policies here at the baobab camp in rome

volunteers provide refugees with basic services via telling authorities have continually tried to clear the camp but the volunteers continue to return and rebuild and we cannot they won't get all that the mike winds continue to come in and as long as the migrants come i hope that this part of the city and the country will do that best to welcome them but they're all good legal marriage will still fight it camp about how bad isn't alone in its resistance to hardline immigration policies. this is bent to millions on the italian french border more than three thousand people from italy france and spain marched against italy's and the e.u. is migration policies. better what should one think about all this there's only one word for this sort of politics fascist there's nothing else to say. sunday night up isn't he navin definitely doesn't really and italy that's another italy which currently has a link to wise but must still be hesitant. this weekend their message was

clear pusa lottie may know salvini more rescues less salvini. there's been reports of fresh strikes being exchanged between israel and militants in gaza that's just fight the islamic militant group hamas saying it had reached a cease fire with israel late on saturday the announcement from hamas came after one of the most serious upticks and violence between the two sides in years at least two palestinians were killed and several israelis injured in the exchanges of fire the attacks have raised fears of a wider conflict breaking out between the two sides once again as really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel remains ready to respond to any strikes from hamas. their coalition i hope hamas has got the message if not they'll get it later i heard it said that israel has accepted the cease fire that would allow the continuation of terrorism by incendiary kinds on the luas this is incorrect we are

not prepared to accept any attacks against us that we will respond appropriately. when to do which is more at the top of. i. hate to think is going to win the two thousand and ten world cup. everything on the world cup final. to the d.w.p. .