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a bitter one in the middle east and we could have life. for the next day we follow martin andrews on his tour of the millennium old city of the us level. hello good to see you again and welcome to you said to be the power of the golden ring cities located two hundred and fifty kilometers to the north east of moscow it was founded in the. islands is one of the oldest cities in russia. the volga river it's featured in countless poems stories and songs.

but here is the main transport link that stretches all the way down to the caspian sea. the longest river in your pos is through many major russian cities such as q sounds the modest amount. preceded by viking settlements in the april ninth centuries the city is said to have been founded in the year and as an outpost the principle is the overall story. centuries later. second largest city for a time during the polish invasion of russia in six hundred twelve it was the unofficial capital of russia. today the city has a population of over six hundred thousand it's an important heritage site and off to moscow and st petersburg it's one of the main tourist destinations we come from the u.s. where something that one hundred years old is considered all and here we've been able to see magnificent press those that are up to a thousand years old so it's been just an incredible experience. you can see why

this city is so popular. apart from the sky during history in b.c. it also has a fast and direct train route from the same. transept beren express also stops in the city. city center monument prince the wise at the first fortress on the volga river built one thousand years ago legend has it he falls off a ferocious sacred bat the story is displayed here ever since the bear has been associated with the area and is now the city's emblem. the site is extremely important to russian cultural life it's where the first was built in the country in seventy fifty after a fire destroyed the original wooden building it was replaced by the shallow certain structure you see today. it's said to be the starting point of russian stage craft before anyone such checkoff came along. and many

areas in time for the one thousand and. something with this amazing. good eight all in good time i suppose. now if you think that this next monument is familiar you'd be correct take a look here. it's outfitted on the one thousand rouble note it has a value of around thirty dollars and it's one of the most popular unused banknotes long gone is the face of lenin from any russian built so instead various historical sites. like this one here. this monument was unveiled in one thousand nine hundred seven was built on the local civilians led by million. went all the way from moscow to free the capital from polish with the waning invaders in sixteen twelve and of the monuments celebrate the success sits on red square at the same brussels cathedral you can't come without taking

a look inside the spiritual and cultural heart of the city. which translates as savior transfiguration founded in the. so to tourists. in the united states. but it's more visible in moscow and. here we feel like we're returning. and it is absolutely spectacular to see that we're in a place that boring back to. the onion so we're very fortunate that we've spent three days here it's something that i think a lot of americans don't know about. an opportunity part of the world. every

. time today we can hear the sounds of. dozens of men. to renovate the street in time for the anniversary celebrations it's wonderful to hear the most. will be returned to the. the ministry bear proved very popular with vista found in a forest as a cub a mother being killed barely alive and suffering from exhaustion and starvation she was rescued by the us of a museum and preserve the she lives to this day this is master here she's been living inside the kremlin for twenty years and hibernates for a staggering three to five months each year she's completely friendly a lot by everyone here in the city she's cared for by egotism who say that she's smarter than a dog my face is absolutely adorable and. i'll go

oh. very. so what else is there to see and to do here the arsenal state museum architecture and art reserve is a large museum complex in the city including several buildings and hundreds of thousands of items in its collections became a say museum in one hundred twenty four when collections of several private museums in the region we lighted into one precious important items from various churches and most trees were brought here this main collections are now on display at the ministry in the city. one of its highlights is a manuscript titles love of equal level of meaning the song of ideas war fact which is the major epic piece of ancient russian literature. you also must have missed the church of st john the baptist along with the monument it's depicted in one of the thousand with bank notes built between six hundred seventy one and six hundred eighty seven on the bank of the cultural river it's now one of

the world heritage sites the area was one of the wealthiest parts of the town at that time this residence was the build the most amazing church in the us level it's pretty cool so decorated with glazed tiles on the structures distinctive feature are it's amazing fifteen onion domes assembled in three groups. and finally party. up lavaca is a large entertainment complex on the peaceful environment of the volga river including many areas there are restaurants outdoor terraces my clubs and so. if loved by the city's well to do the best. vision impressive rice dishes and drinks in the menu and some of the best r.c.c. teaches here every night.

now moving to our next location this is a private museum funded by one of the residents this hall is called a museum time featuring various musical instruments and clocks now the owner is obsessed with bells it's their right and his private collection all over one thousand is displayed here inside the museum. where your islam is a beautiful city and in this museums are wonderful this is a very special museum of course because it reflects the interests of its founder so much these bells and and these photographs. through is a joy to visit this museum and to hear the bells and the photographs as well as become acquainted with a person. like many museums around the world where you have glass cabinets we do not touch signs at this museum you can see and touch many of the items on display such as this wonderful nineteenth century gramophone.

the clocks are all set at different times two chimes to go off at once good idea if you want to be crazy by the taking you can always listen to the strange sound of the music box. it's being played to me. finally after all the side saying i'm kind of hungry i recommended restaurants track the. two exterior is a traditional russian dishes of national service we have

a lot of guests from around the world who visit to try such highlights on the menu as bush with mushrooms and prunes. and also you. like to try it was one of the favorite dishes of. ukraine this is local food through. the soup they said here it is called the princes dish it has kinds of fish in it the fish the eagle. you know i've never tried before i'm not the biggest. surprise. but.

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dot com. as the record breaking heat hold sway over russia at least in the south of the country are trying to trace the parents of a baby girl abandoned by the roadside she survived often left in the sun for close despite the temperature pushing fifty degrees. a transgender employee in the us has gone through a bitter battle to win back her job then was fired off to the side and women despite civil rights laws to protect against race religion and sex discrimination. and the jordan river has become a bone of contention at least when they could have knife is scarce the dispute between israel jordan and syria is almost each of them as each country tries to reserve dodge parts for its own use. next all the sports highlights with dmitri.

hello there will come to this day to not to think for joining us this and in the. marches on sharapova eases past but taller to set up a semifinal clash with compatriot in cincinatti. tyson gay runs this season's best one hundred meters in the absence of rivals vault and powell. and a well deserved legendary basketball player and to the n.b.a. hall of fame. but let's start with football when the russian premier league seventh place tom will play second from bottom creates a bit of sets a day that game will start. tomsk also in action today our parent league leaders in need who didn't. play rough stuff in the moscow region and finally.

take on struggling sabir. have finally signed a republic of ireland midfielder a. twenty four year old moves from celtic on a four and a half year contract costing the nine time russian champions almost fifteen million years dollars the biggest ever deal for scottish brogue there are no good his move to prove to be a turn the boost for him languishes in the table with only five wins out of fifteen games so far this season sparked up next against city rivals the penalty something i saying with football and new english premier league season starts on saturday as double winners chelsea begin the defense of their title in europe promoted west bromwich. the late kick off on saturday while host manchester city. with both sides resuming their wild for

a place in europe later us they're welcome to west ham eleven play local rivals everton while bolton meet steve bruce greets his four much side sunderland face telling him we're going to take on europe and noted that paul and wolves and midland darby with stoke on monday night managed to not it entertain newcastle. the big attraction of the opening weekend sees our star who are finished third last season travel to liverpool on sunday the rest will be guarded by a new coach for hudson but i seldom get has been how much arsenal since nineteen ninety six and revealed he's on the brink of extending his deal that is set to expire next year the frenchman also said that anything but winning the title will be a disappointment. but you only benchmark you you cannot finish food and say to a media she's not to read you want to finish. behind be really.

young side and the improvement is natural envy and bishan is very hungry for success and. we know is wherever people want more from us and we are ready to give more but of course. success if you could success just to win the league. but it's more a shoe up through to the semifinals of the double to tournament incense and not see the tenth seed russian aids in the not tar tomorrow but in straight sets six one six for the match and the grand slam winner. trouble will play compared to the state of the choko early nineteen year old seeded question they did all three sets to be belgian twelve seed. seven five three six six one of the spurs. thank you i never know which is also through to the

semifinals after but it defeated qualifier. no more out of a six one six three two win the second time for the. last four opponent is came close to preparing to defend her crown later this month the belgian saw eleventh seeded fly that when it's over italy in straight sets seven six six. and as you know she doesn't know how to play tennis i mean she's she's a talented girl and she's had you know she's want to grandstand force and she knows what it's like to be in big matches but i think in the last year or year and a half or so she's and she's lost a few matches you know where she's had to match point and i think it's maybe her confidence a little bit and that's why you know i've always i mean i've always gotten along really well with her and i'm very happy that she does well and that you know are playing better again and that she's enjoying ourselves or you know obviously the more i want to go and win. world number one rafael nadal has booked

a place in the semifinals of the masters and canada that suffers a beating philipp kohlschreiber of germany in three sets this planet suffered open a great six to the second said by the same scoreline and also beat his opponent six four in the decider. in the last fall i sure want to be. very difficult more than. we would be the semifinals of him alone so always a pleasure and he's a big challenge. never afraid but i think especially here because he's. just. ready to blame a game with the most possible to have the chance to win. in the meantime the brits easily be david nalbandian in straight sets six two six two the defending champ and fourth seed defeating the argentinian for the first time in his career.

while number three roger federer met tough resistance from thomas this opening set but the second it went into a tie break in the decider where federer rode his lot and claimed a six three five seven seven six victory. for a place in the final a federal plain old joke which had no difficulties against french german chardy this one of the first set six two and also took the second six three and the match . third it's now and former world champion tyson gay has once again proved he's the man to catch this year that's after following up his reign over world records hell do you say in bulk last week with this season's best result in the one hundred meters at the latest damage league meeting in london bolt and fellow jamaican a sufferer powell were both out with injuries and gave soak for advantage i said american defier the temp and vicious and sluggish starts to leave the field

trailing strake who seem to be limping off towards was set to run against the jamaican tears for the first time this year in brussels on the twenty seventh of august. when the results russia's juno long jump record held a direct late just six point six metres but it proved enough to give the nineteen year old her second straight victory and make one to watch in the future. while her block of losses remained the only woman so lose this season the world champion two point one metres to triumph in the high jump for six times from six. i my second and third catch all season begins in just under a month. and for nearly club united eighty deny moscow after last year's surprise runs up and did joint force with in may but what other now assesses the new club's

chances. one of the most famous oldest in reach is clubs of soviet and russian hockey became jenkins into the boys and since then the group his look like sleeping giants meanwhile. and that their only me there did be in the russian superleague in two thousand and four but the work week. it was only to term germans wars to stop the policeman from lifting the green cup last year i am. as soon as the season was over and then merged with number two form the united hockey club dinner almost killed and while many expected the newly built team to be difficult they were it's all there coming season their head pugilism they're ok we're the squire is your relationship with our bosses haven't set any definite tasks for us yet it wouldn't be right to make any predictions or long term plans we're going to move step by step first we have to get through the playoffs and then

we'll see what happens. meanwhile the club seems to have everything in hand to do well. in the world who let their dogs and the did to the key chill finals plus many players from that club who fulled him to u.h.c. dinamo and what is going there feels almost like the same team we're just in different location so we have most of the same guys from. m.b.d. last year and team coaches it just feels a little bit strange that we're in a different building but. it's very nice facilities and everybody's been very welcoming and. you know everything's good so for the people of course it's too early to see what we can achieve the season anyway the fact is that our roster is much stronger now and all that's left is to prove it on the ice before. the third gay chill season gets underway in september the eighth and it's a safe bet these guys will be one of the highlights robert berlin known r t o's two

region. and finally possible where one of the best players of all time scott's a pipe and has been in the n.b.a. hall of fame legend for what it is forty five next month for the sixth time man of a champion with the chicago bulls and is the only person to have won both america's top top and a length and the same there twice that incident but tonight camilo was also. have so much to be thankful for. i have been able to live my dream of playing basketball surrounded by people. and being cheered on by the best fame in the world it was a great run. for

all of this i say. thank you thank you. i. did it now more sports news from around the globe. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.