the grand imperial truly knows what. you can a letter to which i don't need to go and. read this in the can it was a joke as a retreat. it's almost a full time for the bitterest battling to host the world's biggest sporting event with russia hoping that both kicks the world cup its way for twenty eight to meet. prime minister putin talks missile defense and democracy to prime time america in a candid interview with veteran talk show host larry king. and the russian prime you're also took the u.s. to task over the latest wiki leaks wave as america launches into damage limitation mode after posers leave the white house right away.

or welcome to you by from our headquarters here in central moscow this is our team with me and he said now way it's two pm here in the russian capital twelve noon in zurich where in four hours time football's governing body will make our group really the biggest decision in sport feasible to use the host for the twenty eight thousand and twenty twenty two world cups which for the winners will spark a decade of multi-billion dollar investment russia is among the favorites to stage the world's largest sporting event in eight years time artie's tests are sillier brings us the latest now from twitter land which of course is where the final lobbying is taking place has us so this is it russia is making its last big push isn't it. yes that's right we've seen the presentations of a few the bidding countries we started with belgium and holland this morning followed by spain portugal england has just finished and now russia is making its final presentation in front of the fifa excited if this is the last pitch before

the decision the voting process is about to start with regard to russia's bid they're going to be showcasing of course the technical capabilities of the country hosting the world cup twenty eighteen as well as talking on a few heartstrings now let's hear from larry because i have former a russian football coach on what a win it could mean a for russia. first of all russia has longstanding traditions secondly russia has never hosted a world cup before so i think russia has a major chance financial and political situation in the country is stable economies growing and there is a huge desire to host the cup that's what should help us. so russia of course russian kept has a ride that has their fingers crossed and now the media and the media center they're all watching the highly anticipated last few bits of this is really as of last few hours before the decision will be made on who will host the world cup twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two it is very exciting as a what the final big sell is over what can we expect to happen win or lose. ok so

russia is last in making the final presentation this will be the last one before the executive board takes a break and after which the voting will start at two pm time and we can expect the results a couple of hours later now what happens what will happen is there will be several rounds of voting until the winning country has a majority of the base which means twelve votes because there are twenty two executives so that we can expect that after which the afifa president sepp blatter will come over here to the media center and make that highly anticipated announcement on who will host the two world cups or i test are solely a live from zurich we have course we're bringing you live coverage of russia's presentation to the fifa executive committee later in the program so do stay with us for that. when something we. want you to get down to. is on the

people's final whistle on an international face on the future of the downs making. the whole thing the world's largest sports event on the larger. question. in other news today the russian prime year has outlined the start towards a head on european defense either moscow becomes an equal partner or all be forced to put more missiles on russia's borders but senior putin told america's prime time t.v. audience that soaring up weapons is not what russia wants are going to have has more on the interview with veteran talkshow host larry king. larry king started off with a question that is a big and make money not only in the west but also in russia will lead to their run for office in two thousand and twelve but then basically said they'll figure something out with president medvedev sort of indicating that they are first of all

partners with the current president and don't see each other as rivals to their absolutely larry king brought up the comical comparison with batman and robin that comparison that a u.s. the queen might gave to a russian leader share to the russian leadership in a classified cable hosted by we experience what prime minister what is set to the words good. you knew that mr medvedev and i were tackling the issue of future cooperation which is actually come on how we were going to build up our relations when deciding on how to design the election campaign the presidential election in two thousand and eight we fully realize that many would try to suit discord within our common approach is building the state of russia and economic development it's because of cooperation is a significant factor in the country's internal political scene but frankly speaking we could not imagine that it was going to be done in such a bold pushy and impudent way such a claim is of course aimed at insulting us pride in provoking steps which would destroy the beneficial cooperation in managing the country i must say that we've

got used to it already and i asked those who make such attempts to come to. the ports and larry king certainly they have touched upon some major international headlines for example larry asked about prism innovative three says they plan that that if washington then and nato don't figure out a joint sort of even approach to the planned missile defense shield in europe it could trigger an arms race and quickly made it very clear that it is the last thing russia would want russia's actions will only be in reaction he said and russia will never be the one to provoke an arms race. but if we receive very negative answers to our suggestions and moreover if there's an additional threat in the form of a new missile shield new. russia will have to maintain its security by taking certain measures launch new missile strike systems against the new borders and create new missiles it's not a choice we do not want it and it's not a threat in any way we're just talking about what it waiting for us in case we

can't reach an agreement on collaboration. i repeat we do not. talking about president obama he have a positive assessment of is there a national effort to say he was thankful. for you know softening. the negative rather a cold wash ending practice for for the fact that he scrapped bush the mission this all the fans planning europe something that irritated washoe a lot while washington scrambling a diplomatic rescue mission following the wiki leaks revelations it's tightening security measures and government agencies and setting up a special committee to assess the damage the leaked documents revealed secret u.s. diplomatic cables expressing unflattering opinions of other countries as well as claims that washington was spying on some u.n. members are seen as more important reports. a global partner in peace or paranoid superpower hungry for secrets our diplomats are doing what diplomats do

around the world every day which is filled relationships negotiate advance our interests and work to find common solutions to complex problems that's what they do but according to documents released by wiki leaks in two thousand and nine u.s. diplomats around the world were in fact directed to gather saif i take details including facial images fingerprints iris scans and even d.n.a. from u.n. officials among the target and basters from russia china france and britain even secretary-general ban ki moon many people didn't understand what that meant or that mean the diplomats do spying on the cia the order of operation allegedly came from u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and as the u.s. assumes the presidency of the security council today these revelations will probably be seen as an undesirable distraction but little more it seems only belgium openly criticised washington for mixing diplomatic work and outright

espionage the united nations is not in a position to comment on the authenticity of the document purporting to request information gathering activities official reaction from the u.n. itself only went as far as reminding member states that international treaties prohibit spying at the u.n. their response has been so weak to being spied on by the u.s. in large part because the u.s. is just the behemoth of the u.n. they pay a lot of the bills but they also have the ability to veto a second term for banking on the u.s. is the un's fattest financier said to contribute more than two and a half billion dollars in two thousand and eleven and this is not the first time the u.s. has been caught spying. back in two thousand and three in the lead up to the invasion of iraq the national security agency was reportedly conducting a secret surveillance operation providing. intelligence on the voting intentions of u.n. members this time around diplomats were asked to provide information on computer

upgrade security measures passwords and personal encrypted and keys of their human colleagues the exhausting level of details allegedly demanded about top u.s. officials has not only left the u.s. red faced but it's also caused some to question whether washington was alternately laying the groundwork for surveillance or hocking operations here at the world body headquarters for governments that are constantly talking about democracy the transparency in poor law in the world and say that they're invading all sorts of countries in order to promote the new democratic spirit and then they behave this way i'm sorry but i think it's time for some outrage while washington repeatedly claims to be rebuilding and repairing relations around the world the image of the u.s. as big brother watching at the u.n. may be repairable what is the u.s. policy is this u.s.

policy going forward and you know it was in the past will it be going forward and if so you know people better hold on to their wallets around here while the u.s. appears to be left holding the smoking gun. r.t. new york. here with our t.v. live from moscow do have to our web site for round the clock updates an analysis of the world's biggest stories here's a taste of what's online for you right now a wing and a prayer for a moment of slow presidents they want compensation from officials who are trying to evict expand the airport also. and you have guy who is hunting a young russian spammer installed to be behind a third of the world's junk e-mails his network is apparently the biggest pumping out billions of messages a day and the details head to our team dot com. let's take a look now at some international news in brief for you this hour and emotional service has held in new zealand for the twenty nine miners last following

a series of underground explosions at a coal mine more than ten thousand mourners including the country's prime minister attended the open air memorial in the south island rescue teams have been unable to recover the victims' bodies as conditions are still deemed too houser this disaster is the country's worst mining accident in over a century. fifteen people have died in europe as a result of a cold snap that's causing havoc across the continent a fourth day of heavy snowfall also forced major airports to close and brought many train services to a standstill britain have so far been one of the worst affected shivering through its coldest start to december on record insurance companies in the u.k. estimate the big freeze this costing the local economy up to one point nine billion dollars a day with shops and restaurants and bars hit the hardest. several people have been injured after three separate bomb blasts hit the iraqi capital

during morning rush hour the explosions were caused by roadside devices and appear to target police patrols by policemen and several civilians are thought to be among the injured the latest violence comes as a reminder of the ongoing unrest in iraq as u.s. troops continue the work they're withdrawing from the country. and more than two hundred firefighters are battling bushfires in western australia with help of water bombing claims the authorities are blaming arson for the outbreak of blazes south of perth some three hundred fifty hectares are burnt out cars and power blackouts to homes and affecting transport links that i'm tired been contained but flared up again when there was a change in wind conditions. but when you think of the middle east issues such as conflict and oil often spring to mind but now a growing number of young arab musicians are trying to present an alternative picture of their homeland argues policy or has more.

their young their vibe and they taking the world by storm. we wanted to do alternative rock what in arabic. there's a new arab league of rap stars i would musicians making waves on the hip hop scene they share the same beat and can mobilize millions of foot soldiers young fans around the world who follow the music and the message. with peace because we experienced three wars in our lifetime and that experience really made this. really miss something called peace. and if we do politicians well to take a note from the lyrics these are natural politicians whose music embodies this bush of diplomacy. culture shock is the first all

palestinian rock band it's a far cry from traditional palestinian music and to top it they live ix are in english. on so many levels it was this insane band that came to shock the palestinian culture which is why we're a culture shock. their songs resonate touching on real issues faced by real people. the occupation of course. kids the kids working on calendar for example on the checkpoint we have a song about that maybe somebody will hear it and do something about those kids it seems that a rag heads a paki so worrying your dad or your dad's free to discover you know can use a hip hop artist with a bush father iraqi mother and strong views alternately i believe there's one line between human beings it's a line between those that believe in the equality of all and those who believe in

superman sure some homemade bomb committing suicide i know you were terrified and his message is political i think music can reach people that don't really have the patience or the necessary context. to sit down and watch a political program. and it's the same reason these four iraqis got together back in one thousand nine hundred ninety it was a time when no one in baghdad would have thought of forming a rock band but they've been climbing the charts ever since. and they are well they're not used to listen to their guitars with that tone and that aggressivity so it was you know it was like something that we really wanted to do for a long time you know to do you know the style that we do in english but with arabic lyrics the reach of this arab league is potentially greater than the formal one that sits in cairo and its impact just as important it's just done by arabs.

but it's not the arabs that need to hear what these are is to say it's the world that needs to be remotely so drones killing off human lives with homemade policia r.t. . we're going to take a short break here on our table to stay with us we have more on the bed for the first world cup in twenty eighteen coming your way. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption. san antonio in trouble.

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coming up to twenty minutes past the hour here with our team of live from moscow to our top story football's governing body is gearing up to decide who will host the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two world cups russia is among the favorites to save the world's largest sporting event in eight years time let's take you now to one of the country's regions which would be aligned to host some of the games artistic works going off is in tartarus that in central processor you go or are people where you are selling their own support for the country's bed. absolutely because it's really excited about this baby in fact what we're seeing here now behind me this is the football match which actually just started on wins the a.t.m. it's been going on for more than twenty four hours now nonstop day and night and it's going to end around half an hour before the final decision is announced on which countries are going to host the two thousand and eighteen football world cup it's known bad over a thousand people are going to take part in this match by the time it's over and several hundred more people are going to come here to this being door pitch in the

very center of all for the city of gaza in the capital of. it's absolutely unbelievable since it's minus twenty five degrees celsius alex side of things here it's quite comfortable and normal you can see. the look of the players are running around in the short suits so really good conditions here for that so everybody's really excited to cheer the final decision to find out whether or not russia and trust. since it's one of the cities bidding to host the two thousand and eighteen cup or the russian is going to get everyone off. soros and flair of course have their fingers crossed how much do russians in general though you go i love the game . football has always been a really important game in russia both during soviet times and now there was a small decline of the sports popularity during the ninety's and the west people want to or watch the game. to that stadium san fewer people waited there just

poured in the city but it's coming back in fact it came back more people are going to stadiums now and to watch games of their local teams are ten nationwide competitions in fact a team that will be the team here in gaza is last year champion russia it's also competing now in the beginning champions league and for the russian teams are now competing very as well sort of the sport is on the rise and that's why it's expected that if russia gets to host the two thousand and eighteen foot walls go up it's going to give them a huge portion to football in russia and to the entire sport for sure because it means investment then it also means new infrastructure is well because the government has worked out to invest huge amounts of money to build new roads new airports new hotels modernize. most of the cities of the twelve cities which are

bidding to host this this event so it will be has a nationwide nationwide impact if russia is going to he's going to win this bid and that's why i think it's safe to see that when the final decision is going to be announced at six pm moscow millions of people across russia are going to be sitting there crossing their fingers and of course we know that win or lose russia is going to build some of the stadium. that's going to help football and in general when russia won the olympic bid in guatemala for twenty four it seemed it was such a moment of national unity don't you think this will also really bring russians together. i think it absolutely does definitely it's something we're seeing here right now because it seems like the whole city is supporting this project for russia to force you to go isn't a team for gold cup and it's not only in guys on but in other cities as well

because like i said it's not only going to affect just good sport culture but it's going to modernize the cities as well and it's projects like this like the olympics and actually goes on is also going to host the two thousand and thirteen international university games where of the i think over twenty or twenty leagues teams from all universities are going to take water to actually to go into sports and over thirteen thousand people from various universities across the board are going to take part in all of this unites this nation unites russia and brings up and returns sports into everyday life across the country. people have you had a chance to speak to any young football players there or to fans do they really think russia has a chance are they confident that russia has this in the back so to say. well they're not really confident because russia is going against england and spain in

order to. build you know and the netherlands so these are some quite tough comp competitors and i'm talking about the. competition itself of course so nobody's really sure which country is going to win right now but here everybody is crossing their fingers since the state of the government and local authorities here are really supporting all the support of duties connected to this event and not connected to the sort of event as well they're trying to invest more money and. sports i think people hearing presences can see with their all nice that this whole story was made up for this so they're all crossing their fingers everybody's hoping for the best obviously they are indeed for now you've got this going now live in cars and let's get a little bit more of a hand as to russell status and they are solvent is taking part in the presentation and we can now take over that line. is a great honor given what football means to me i wasn't the easiest kid to manage

when i was little i could have chosen but wrong for the rest of my life. but my dad took me to football in my home she sent pictures book my field scorch so something can me something more than just a terrible. football made me more time today it took me my values of discipline fair play and respect. my coach believed in me but no one else did and now we ask you to believe in us and with future of freshman but it destroyed a couple of the ship for russia would be millions of human lives issues just like my. gentleman i am just

a simple football player my life is on the beach you leaders of for want of for football you and trusted to make decisions. for generation. believe in us believe in russia and we will play as a one team if you for. thank you. dear president bludger. distinguished members of the future executive committee my responsibility is not easy for two days you have had nine or eight presentations. and my responsibility is to finalize all of this work and my presentation and my speech is the last for my national team which is not

easy at all we have come to tell you about my country and explain why we're bidding for the people world cup for twenty eight thousand it's not easy you visited my country you know my country but as many russians people think they know my country but in reality they don't what is russia russia is the millenium all civilization which bridges to the west with the east and endless country which is burning across the entire continent from the atlantic to the pacific russia is a million millions and millions bright and talented people who have created russian civilization and their musing culture all of that is russia but believe me

there is much much more to it russia is something you can we as with us later let me tell you about my russia. i represent now modern russia a new generation of politicians who work for the government and who work for the future of my country i was born into court which is the remotest far north district of my country it's approximately ten hours flight from moscow which is where i ask is the immediate neighbor on the shores of arctic ocean and you know the normal temperatures for winter there minus.