you're watching our team broadcasting live from moscow this thursday night very good to have you with us on our top story the winter is russia millions across the country are on cloud nine as fifo announces the host of the twenty eighteen world cup russia beat off competition from spain and portugal belgium of the netherlands along with the united kingdom aside from the prestige a win guarantees billions of dollars of investment full coverage on this story throughout the night. news russia will never provoke an arms race unless it's pushed to extremes body of a putin sets the record straight on missile defense during an interview with

veteran talk show host larry king the prime minister also touched on the topic of elections rejecting claims of animosity between him and president medvedev. and washington lands itself in hot water after a new leak exposes its true colors opinions of a so-called corrupt brush or raise questions over u.s. politicians and the stereotypical views secret diplomatic cables or just the latest in a string of documents released by whistle blowing web site wiki leaks. in an interview on u.s. prime time t.v. vladimir putin outlined the stark choice ahead on european defense either moscow becomes an equal partner or it will be forced to put more missiles on its borders and that's got a teacher can reports next the russian prime minister also told larry king will be no rivalry between him and dmitri medvedev in the upcoming presidential race. larry king started off with a question that is a big enigma not only in the west but also in russia will lead to their run for office in two thousand and twelve with him basically said they'll figure something

out with present a bit of sort of indicating that they are first of all foreigners with the current president and don't see each other as rivals to their actually larry king brought up the comical comparison with batman and robin that comparison that a us the queen might gave to a russian leadership to the lot russian leadership in a classified cable hosted by we there is what prime minister what is that so that. 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 sue to school with you know a 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 calm down. promise the ports and larry king certainly they have touched upon some major international headlines for example larry asked about prism innovative three since 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 puts and 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 to our suggestions and moreover if there's an addition with threats 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 threats in your own 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 and. i repeat we do not want this sort of all sort of know talking about president obama have a positive assessment of is there a national effort to say he was thankful. for you know softening kind of the negative rather a towards russia ending practice for for the fact that he scrapped bush for national missile defense planning in europe something that irritated washoe a lot go to you can forming russian official so they deeply doubt the credibility of fresh allegations against the country released by whistle blowing web site wiki leaks the secret u.s. diplomatic cables brand russia a hub for organized crime and corruption with some even called in the country of buffy's state the followers of the latest in a growing list of leaks originating from american officials and as art is more important explains next washington's been exposed of a truly global scale. 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 build 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 targeted ambassadors from russia china france and britain even secretary-general ban ki moon many people didn't understand what that meant to that mean the diplomats do spying on the side of the order of operation allegedly came from u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton words and as the u.s. assumes the presidency of the security council today that afternoon these revelations will probably be seen as an undesirable distraction but little more it

seems only belgium openly criticized 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 per hit 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 you know it's 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 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 keys of their human colleagues the exhausting level of the 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 ultimately laying the groundwork for surveillance or how king operations here at the world body have quarters for governments that are constantly talking about demographers see transparent see him poor noonan blah blah blah in the world and say that they're invading all sorts of countries in order to promote there's a 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 irrepairable 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 thoughts about the story from john locklear the is director of the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris he thinks the latest wiki leak demonstrates that u.s. foreign policy is based on an unhealthy approach. there is an incredibly immature and frankly dangerous attitude on the part of american diplomats to categorize the world only in terms of whether people are friendly towards america and whether people whether countries want to be like america this shows i think the real intellectual floor at the heart of american foreign policy because it shows that america at least the state department at any rate is the victim of a sort of political autism in other words

a political inability to deal with the other to deal with other people with all the difficulty and differences that that implies. we bring you up to date on some top international news stories in brief three roadside bomb exploded in the capital baghdad officials say security forces and government employees were targeted several people including five policemen were injured in the attacks which took place across the city during morning rush hour it comes amid an increased wave of violence in the country following the u.s. combat troop withdrawal. and ivory coast opposition leader's office has been attacked as the deadline passed to release the results of sunday's presidential elections several people were reportedly killed as the violence broke out despite a nighttime curfew in the city of abidjan the opposition party accuses the current president by both of trying to steal the ballots the election is the first in the country for a decade. at least fifteen people have died in europe now from a cold snap that sent the continent into a deep freeze transport's been affected across several countries with many major

airports suffering severe delays the conditions are the worst the u.k. has experienced for seventeen years experts predict heavy snow falls and plummeting temperatures in europe will continue for several days. of course off a lot more about russia's great news tonight that it's the house near twenty eighteen world cup more on that later and a chance to have your say on our web site r.t. dot com tell us what you think about this good news story from russia tonight also where online an influential photographer and world renowned artist brings his work to russia we explore these images and find out what makes seoul later so special. and following on from world news there were temperatures in the double digits we explored a state and enjoyed the russian capital as it chills as well the local knowledge for you again an article from.

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it's old story and the winner is from russia millions across the country are on cloud nine tonight as free for announces the host of the twenty eight world cup russia beat off competition from spain and portugal belgium of the netherlands along with the u.k. aside from the prestige and we're going to use billions of dollars of investment. in other news russia will never provoke an arms race unless it's pushed to extremes but ima put in sets the record straight on missile defense during an interview with veteran told show host larry king the prime minister also touched on the topic of elections rejecting claims of animosity between him and president misled. and washington lands itself in hot water after a new leak exposes its true colors opinions of a so-called corrupt russia raised questions over u.s.

politicians stereotypical view the secret diplomatic cables or just the latest in a string of documents released by whistleblower website wiki. boy good sport coming up for you now a. little story to start with kate i guess russia's victory of course to host the world cup your main story too yes kevin that's right historic night for russia but we also have all the sports to me about all that coming up. hello welcome to the sports news on this historic day for russia those are the headlines. massive joy for russia as the country lands its first ever fifo while top england you feel about it. while we want to lower take on moscow look to extend that one hundred percent record you know you don't believe it's a well familiar sound in the russian capital. expecting

a cold welcome le bron james returns to cleveland for the first time since leaving the east against his former side. there's only one place to start and it's a fever headquarters in zurich after russia landed the twenty eighteen world cup in what is yet another major coup for the country russia beats off stiff competition from england in setting the pace off the video presentations joint base from portugal and spain and belgium the netherlands had also been in the running it's the first time russia will host the show at this event the southern city of sochi in the most possible venue is the result of sporting stronghold in the making with the winter olympics and the formula one race to that in twenty fourteen so a lot of what we've done for russia in the years to come on the promise to live up to the challenges of growth and the prosecutor mr president. all the members of the . executive committee dearest friends and colleagues and everybody who is

here you have any trust that this weird. people wake up for training. and i just can't promise we all can drummond's you will never regret let us make your street together. and russia will pass on the baton to cats are the middle east country was named the host of the twenty twenty two tournament and is the first arab nation to be bestowed with the honor qatar is also the smallest country to host the event had been chosen ahead of the giants that are the usa australia japan and south korea and in other football news tesco moscow are gunning to in group f. in the europa league a game early the so far perfect argumenta taking on suicide in freezing temperatures here in moscow it's almost minus twenty celsius in the russian capital but the match is expected to go ahead as planned. we're experiencing difficulties

because of the cold weather and the beach is in a great condition but will have to play in what amounts to injury prone circumstances however the main thing is that the match will take place and we have to. get through to the next round as group winners so we are well motivated for this fixture. because she knows the seal having guaranteed top spot in the group and says carr always determined to be top so it's an important match and are only a month as they used to win. all of the other games taking place nightspots a product five points behind tesco face palermo cup so long i think i understand i saw that shiny new thing they take on a truth teller a hour respectively and the russian side spots a could secure the top place finish in group d. they beat second place down a kid at home is an outlaw see sherry from play each other was also a great day. having good j.-u. quite his side kept patting a stone without

a pointer that happened right that that process quickly disappear that kind of solution match part of the top spot not anything he tracked our chances progress into the knockout stages back quarter or do that and go to ghana also include second place travel to take specify a couple of the westover dressed in the winter the reds will see them still grip ok and. i really have to go when i have. i've been here before we're going to also know that this is a legal game drew a difficult place to come to believe. but we are liverpool and we need of the right not with our full squad but we. are players that broaching the game very seriously because the greater burden of four four is important and so we spent our game but they were only we can do our best doing community but occasionally use our. meanwhile on wednesday russian champions in it continued to dominate in group

g. in the europa league after their latest time victory against belgian outfit and elect three was the result of the notch however china's politicized and exciting streets were next day before kick off also in group g. athens and now in second place after the way the two against trying to buy the same scoreline elsewhere in group i used to speak i'm tired and mrs captive qualified for the next stage of their respective brings another three qualifiers in group h. stuttgart country on. time is taken there's some more tunes that are through to the next stage sporting lisbon on return to see the second star contested between lille get into the specifics in good two teams are left fighting for the other three patients don't think that's going to do it as far as the greeks roosting their chances off from the way when in spain by labor cruising the top group and tied it would qualify for the next round and a manchester city have cemented their place in the next stage of events in three no

time went against red bull and a door against the ventus was enough to let caused them to go through it while the italians were hoping for better luck next year. i mean last second division brazilians like have won the first leg of the cup a sort of americana final against argentina independently of the beating them to know both goals were scored in the first half in the space of five minutes first rafael moura made all the right moves in the area. past the goalkeeper open in the sixteenth minute soon after that net zero received one point loss from douglas double christie twenty minutes into the game. and in the second off andres so vera almost killed his side's chances of getting back into the match as he was sent off in the fifty seventh minute this incident. the hosts held on to their advantage to claim the two no one time legs of argentina on the eighth of december.

was made to the ice now in the k h l that's a like my mr gorst have gone top of the eastern conference they sell about your life with investors not because men want to highlight the defending champ barstools to the top shootout in chile minsk western conference second place enough in my teeth and i try to tackle it's hard to play that it's three want to be honest i was side that midway through the final period elsewhere to scout thanks for being here in the russian capital and the on the mental training to four in the second meantime not going to minsk but taking a more toll there and help me carry it on the riga i just opened i can struggle and that's not because that's. possible now and be a king live bron james says he'll concentrate on what happens on court not on side when his new side the miami heat to travel to cleveland the league's double most valuable player is facing a hostile reception from his former long time fans after leaving the cavaliers during the off season but is bracing himself for the challenge that they are going

to tell. their to want to battle game and understand now understand how passionate fans are about sports so. i'm ready for whatever sponsor them will get they're going to be very emotional near me as he talked about returning to some very emotional for both of us because we had so many great things great times in a series so many you know ups and downs like i said but i understand the person i got a game tomorrow i will handle my bad game from. there you know and it's right around the corner go about the clue. i guess is going to be mostly dry and for myself. and finally it's not only about football on thursday night in the russian capital a new social project called sport without obstacles has been launched this involves developing paralympic sports ahead of the next winter games in sochi olympics and paralympics. such a success for such a it's not only a great opportunity it's also a great responsibility as it will become

a role model for other cities in the country our organizing committee will only exist until twenty fourteen however we have to do a lot to lay down the foundations for the future we have to change people's attitudes toward sparling exports and old is able to people i'm very proud that we're starting such a project and that it's not the only one we should keep in mind that all efforts in the lessons will be spend not only on the most and dissipated sports around but on our historical heritage as well. he said his palace and that will be back with another update. download the official antti out location on the phone all i pod touch from the i choose ops to switch on life on the go. see video on demand ati's minefield costs and already says

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