signed a sealed and delivered fee for links of the deal and makes russia the official host of the twenty eight hundred twelve cop. in st petersburg where that deal was signed i'll bring you all the latest news and reaction to the loads. and in our recount of the week's top stories the plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others will be restaged to verify the official findings of the locals also does north fully accept the pilot error was to play. moscow welcomes comment cause ion vows to help afghanistan when western influences eventually pull out trade around the drug problem with key areas of discussion in

the first visit by an afghan media into. new york gives a victory to boot aides mongst to prove his innocence with the lawyer of the alleged russian on see this says he will show the illegality of his client's extradition to give us. a very warm welcome this is the line from moscow and analysts have it first this hour russia has already taught the right to host the twenty eight hundred world cup safely in the net and now it's time to do some strategic planning with fisa its president sepp blatter is in st petersburg and has just officially palls one of the world's greatest sporting events to the country peter all of a is in the northern capital for us with the latest. this is the first time

russians the world cup is free for confidence that moscow can really handle everything on a certain. been hearing from set blatter the president of fear for today you know he's been saying. just describing exactly what's been going on say a couple of months ago of course we heard the announcement that russia would be hosting the twenty eighteen games today was essentially a signing a contract a three headed contract between fee for the russian football union and the russian government now that's a contract that binds the tournament over to russia and its responsibility to following through putting on the tournament to the russian government and to the russian football union. all highly involved in this it's their flagship tournament now they will be given as much help to russia as they possibly can to make sure that these games go find a little earlier on mr blatter met with prime minister vladimir putin was saying

that the experience that russia has gained in preparing for the the sort she lympics in two years' time would be extremely helpful when it comes to putting on the world cup finals in seven years. but we would like to use the experience we've already gained in preparing for the store to winter olympics in twenty fourteen so we've been working closely together with the international olympic committee on issues and we build up a very constructive business relationship with them i would like to ask you to point specialists from fifa to come and work here together with us to be present from the very first day of our common interest prize you can take part in the entire process of preparing for the twenty cup. in just over seven years until the finals will be kicking off here in russia and those years to kind of go very very quickly a lot of work needs to be done but mr blatter was speaking to journalists saying that he is fully confident that russia will be able to put on the world cup finals

and make it a historic finals now he's also made a big point during his presidency. trying to bring the world cup to different countries different parts of the world to make football truly that world game under his tenure as president you see in the world cup finals in africa for the first time just last year the next world cup will be held in brazil the first great footballing nation yes the chance to host the flagship told him and after that of course russia the first time the tournament will be played in eastern europe and after that it goes to the middle east for the first time this is really part of what was the plotters been looking for is the creation of the world game has caused them a few group it's a criticism though the parts of the world russia don't care they've got the tournament i missed the plus is convinced that russia can do that europe. sees. i'm very pleased that the russian government is playing a direct rule in organizing the world cup i can assure you that we will work

together very closely on this joint venture fifa will provide support but the lion's share of responsibility rests on russia i'm certain that the world cup will be held at the highest possible level and will turn into a truly magnificent event. to some confidence coming from set to this is the ventus into and that. path for it that's quite a challenge in anyone's. well yes when russia bid for this tournament they really wowed the delegates the delegates who had to vote for for who would get the tournament with the with the potential of what this tournament could hold there's a lot of work needs to be done i think maybe a few last day of celebration today before that hard work has to get underway seven years as you say not a long time and it's a lot to do stadiums have to be built russia of course has a lot of high cost high quality stadiums solution to a stadium in moscow hosted

a very successful european champions league final a couple of years back that would be getting a refit of the game face lift before the you for the finals take place there the final of the world cup in twenty eight it will be held there new stadiums are already starting to crop up around the country here in st petersburg where i am there almost finished a new stadium will be the new home of zanny st petersburg a new stadium almost finished because than new stadiums built and sort she is well as other cities around the country now it's not just those cities that need work you need working on it's also the whole infrastructure we're looking at one of the biggest sporting events in the world that brought in a lot of supporters thousands of football fans from all over the world will be coming here to russia to watch their teams so they need to have hotels they need to have they need to have places to make sure that they can get to these games one of the plans that was put in to the bit was the creation of a high speed rail network around russia to make sure that the funds can get to the

games safely quickly and without as much fuss of course it's in the biggest country in the world a huge amount of distance to cover so they're trying to revamp the transport infrastructure here airports train stations also road work roadways will be relayed in creative new highways so it's a massive amount of construction work as well as planning for the tournament that still left to be done. why. and is in the works there and of course they're not just hosting the event doesn't taking part way then what is going to hand on the event now will get its hands on the trophy they do say that home advantage certainly helps in these things and could russia really pull off the double dipping alice if i could predict who is going to win the world cup at seven years time i'm not sure if you're doing this for a living russia have developed massively mr blatter is so recently that there's no reason why a twenty eight in russia can't be challenging for the title post what we have to realize is not many of the players that are playing today that any will be playing

in the tournament what we could end up seeing that could be so child started on watching us and our three right now could be the future story that told of it so it's really want we just have to wait say ok some exciting plans of the twenty eighteen world cup to be hosted by russia many thanks reporting to us from st petersburg. to other news now poland is planning to reconstruct the chain of events that led to a plane crash in russia's southwest killing president lech kaczynski last april the experiment is to follow up on the findings of the russian that have best occasion the points to pilot error among the main causes of the tragedy walsall has so far refused to fully accept such conclusions as that in as out of explains. polish prime minister donald tusk attempting to calm and increasingly angry parliament this week polish government wants a truth to be complete and we realize that being convenient for many there is

a complex number of course for the crash it's convenient to blame the pilots under pressure for others it'll be convenient in the russians but it won't be the whole truth the organization that seeks the truth must be influenced by forces in poland that wanted to be. but opposition leaders don't seem to be heeding the call intent and avoiding full responsibility for april's plane crash there flooding the polish media with conspiracy theories and enraged accusations. in light of what we know today. there wasn't necessarily a new pressure they were radically misled. and this was a cause of the accident. the fault is on the russians. but is this grief talking or shrewd political ambition with a parliamentary election not far off it suggested that claiming the interstate aviation committee's report was biased and incomplete is

a sure fire way to run voters but even those who accept the findings have issues with the way that they're represented poland has been very critical of the report commissioned for instance for not publishing including this report in the stands or transcript of conversations off air controllers with the plane the commission has now post that transcript on its website as if post-fact recognizing the address the sooner the polish people it's a painful subject especially as it brings back some uncomfortable memories about the flights of high level officials. in august two thousand and eight a presidential air crew threatened with the sack after refusing to land citing bad weather conditions there's also a question of insufficient training raised after a crash also in two thousand and eight which killed a number of polish military personnel that's why some feel that accepting full responsibility for the smolensk tragedy would be almost like admitting it could

have been prevented and you were up for good or. to handle a difficult truth and this is a difficult truth of course. is in these rules which help us to shoot some responsibility away from us and ration the purser's clear the drive to keep politics from interfering with improving relations between moscow and warsaw while amounting domestic agenda makes that a tough task regardless of who is to blame the sheer magnitude of this crash and the human tragedy of it are undeniable that's why officials both in russia and poland have called for the memories of those who lost lives in smolensk to be respected for the polish opposition however the promise of potential political leverage could turn out to be a lot more tempting cashman as our r.t. moscow still to come later on the program by some was the cue to buy all those find out why this woman is dividing opinion of norway and why protest to be.

the first official visit in decades of an afghan leader to russia has ended with a promise of support and cooperation for them and better told hundreds caused by that moscow will stand by couple when a western forces of bentley withdraw the battle against the illegal drug trade was also called a top priority of bilateral relations aussies and he's another way has more on the missing of the two media's. on the first official visit of an afghan leader to moscow in two decades russia promises to lend a hand after western forces leave the war torn country. russia would like to see afghanistan as an independent and prosperous state with an effective government that's able to provide the development of afghanistan for decades to come. u.s. led coalition forces have been in the country since two thousand and one and are

planning to withdraw combat forces in three years leaving afghanistan on its own russia has been watching u.s. operations very closely from a far more providing necessary transit routes for supplies and plan to continue support once the pullout is complete there is both the ability to russia and the the need for russian afghanistan to engage with. not only in the manner of russia helping afghanistan rebuild itself and re re develop its institutional capacity but also by way of trade by way of investment by interaction between our businesses which is very strong but you countries signed a trade and business cooperation deal over the past few years russian afghan trade turnover has increased more than four fold and it's now half a billion u.s. dollars the president got as i mentioned that his country's developing economic

relationship with the united states but that the relationship with russia is developing at a larger scale again we should come back to a history more than one hundred forty enterprises were built by the soviet union driven karzai agreed to prioritize the fight against narcotics since russia bears the brunt of afghanistan's vast drugs production industry russia hoped that international forces could crush extremism again and russian officials hope that maybe they could be able to stop an influx of drugs common in russia but now this sea of hurt americans are going to be an airless let's. say it clearly has failed in fighting the families would have guessed so now of course russian officials have to deal with the problem of talking directly to the leaders organise them with the two main threats coming out of afghanistan drugs and. arizonan no one feels that hit closer to home more than russia was pledging to help develop support for the

war torn country without ever having a russian soldier stepped foot on afghan soil and he's now a r t moscow president called they gave an exclusive interview to almost teacher and his visit to russia where we bring you his form called mounting problems and moscow's role in solving them in just under twenty minutes time. i know it is of alleged russian arms trafficking of the kind of say challenge the u.s. government needs to prosecute the man nicknamed the merchant of death has been charged with conspiring to kill americans and supporting terrorism his trial is scheduled for september and they found guilty he could face life behind bars on a seizure cannot report. one firearm for every twelve people. are required. and only on the other eleven. that's hollywood's take on forty four year old

russian cargo dealing business men victor boot but in real life is he really the merchant of death or the lord of war or simply a victim of propaganda u.s. prosecutors are not thinking twice about which label to pick the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate the american media months ahead of trial also have their mind made up this is the lord of war. the merchant of death all right and you've got him in your hands when he's in custody it's a great feeling with presumption of innocence out the window all these nicknames exist for one man who. has not committed any criminal activity and has not been found guilty neither in the us nor in any other country in america however he faces four charges. one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use an acquire

anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the far the united states has been eager to lay hands on boot for almost a decade there is no osama bin ladin no al qaida no problems in afghanistan no problems in iraq there is only victor boot the evil man upon the request of u.s. officials victor boot was arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after two years of fighting for freedom in a thai court and found not guilty twice was snatched up by american officials and taken to the u.s. with sirens and an airplane in the middle of the night building all the hype of a hollywood blockbuster but curiously boots case technically remains in thailand according to boots thai and russian lawyers his case to this moment remains in a thai court would deal with meaning there was no official decision of an extradition meanwhile dubbed an international arms trafficker by america if your boot is in solitary confinement in a manhattan prison his wife who was held at the airport for almost three hours upon

her arrival to the big apple got the first glimpse of viktor at friday's technical hearings i don't think he's in the best state i'm worried about his health both physical and mental the family believes the case against it was fabricated because what happened to him the kidnapping the sky i can accept the possibility that victor boot might have some information that might be of the. to someone but why is it that other countries don't just think to themselves that there is someone who has some interesting information and why don't those governments just drag those people onto their territory defense team set to file motions questioning how and why the man was brought to the us as well as whether or not recordings used against picture were obtained in accordance with the thai law picture but stands confident that he is the victim of a propaganda war launched in america and maintains his innocence the defense team now has forty five days to present for motions to the judge the i'm awful most i'll

be extradition of victor boot to the united states is one of the key elements among them a trial date for now has been set for september twelfth if found guilty by the u.s. federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and parties. on the way nuclear talks and stalemate. the latest round of the. rounds atomic program have you had no breakthrough and why russia still thinks progress can be made. protesters took to the streets of the day is norwegians lend support to a russian born in legal immigrant to the ballots to be deported when i am let me who was once a name norwegian of the year has lived in the country for decades but failed in her bid for asylum and as more and it reports a case has drawn cool from human rights groups to norway to change its immigration

policy. the clock is ticking for many as her supporters gather in central oslo for what may be the last time to protest her deportation from the country she's learnt to call home as things stand i merely could be sent to russia within days leaving behind her friends the land she grew up in but this is no longer just about money with her book illegal norwegian and her activism she's managed to draw attention to the plight of all people struggling to stay in norway those without papers have no access to work education or health care and can't even get married before i may leave very few talks about it but they are now irish of their own i would have to have the same rights now i think. this movement in support of her specific case. can develop into movement supports all the people in her situation it's

a cause that unites different groups from organizations that campaigned specifically for illegal immigrants and asylum seekers to renowned human rights groups like amnesty everyone here has a story to tell and this family and their friends are no exception we are here today with a mother and two children who has a little say in their way they have all the papers passports permissions they need but their father he was not that said the. one he. came to see. so we're here to protest that they're split in families to get rid of one more immigrant they're demanding better rights and they see emily as their poster girl born medina salam of a in north a settler her family fled when she was twelve they were denied asylum in norway but stayed anyway over the years emily learnt to speak fluent norwegian and to most his degree and a job offer but the government insists she's illegal and must go. her lawyer says

that could happen within days it doesn't leave very optimistic at the moment but. there's still. the immigration authorities might rethink the case because. the courts are sending new information to them all the time. that's happened. several times each day. it's not usually due to anything there might be a court hearing on monday or tuesday but. under the precondition that she saw in the country but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized invalid to protect all those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million maybe i merely has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has

a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys although the influence they enjoy looks limited with her deportation almost a certainty nor emmett's r.t. . a bomb has exploded in russia's republic of english though there are no reports of any casualties or the blast occurred at the village market in the districts of the device was said to have been hidden among the stalls to move bombs were later discovered and a few is near the scene there has been a cordoned off as police search for any new devices. ok some of the day's other international news in brief now the fish will say you know if you've been killed after a possum come logic with an oil tight. dog nine others were injured in the accident reports say the bus carrying a fifty passengers lost control and crashed into

a stationary fuel time with authorities are working to recover the victims from the how to it's. a series of car bombings across baghdad as kooks at least six people and wounded more than. the five explosions appears to be part of the group they did attack with small kids including other rocky police patrols as well as busy roads across the city last week more than a hundred and fifty people were killed in a wave of explosions and several iraqi citizens. pressure is mounting on its eunice is injured and five minutes to just step down immediately as government protests rage on in the capital tunis mohamed ghannouchi has already vowed to quit all to freshen actions held the transitional government promised such a little boat within six months but still hasn't had the critical details fall there's a month long uprising that i'm still working at ali seventy eight people were killed in the last. irish prime minister brown ta is about going

to pressure from within his own policy in stepping down as it but how when will remain in office until column entry elections in march which he announced just days ago many in the island blame the pm for mishandling the economic crisis to full stop living to see the millions of monks a billion here a bailout late last year as leadership contest will be held and wednesday. well dow is involved in the latest talks with a round they for its nuclear program say they're disappointed with the outcome the e.u. as a foreign policy chief baroness ashton says iran isn't cooperating and not and will remain under u.n. sanctions iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad hit back saying hey expect anything today casey a chanst to have positive results but there were made international consensus around trying to develop a nuclear weapon

a charge the country denies russia's deputy foreign minister sergei i have call says want to deal wasn't reached the talks was a total failure. i wouldn't agree that this talks failed i think it was an important opportunity that was used by both parties to move dialogue forward i would say i am encouraged by the outcome but to put it better i'm squarely disappointed would be no worse statement my hope is that after the stumble around. here in your party we'll consider in a very serious manner these eight years and specific proposals that have been put forward as russia says as i believe many in the world are equally. share this view there is no other way there is no alternative

to the negotiations and in gauge meant effort everything else is you know. a deadlock we need to continuously further negotiations effort and this is what russia intends to do in the period after eastern. well that was russia's deputy foreign minister. well don't forget to log onto a website called the weather always more stories and analysis for you here's some of them that is it could be the truly safe is based on your letter this is a shared case of ice sculptures embracing the best pieces of the russian culture from there we tell parents is to boil treasure it's all on and off. and you couldn't check the hoss is found by scientists in our galaxy and the temperature is that i don't want paying you three thousand two hundred degrees celcius going to

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