a world's accomplish so you stop the lying you've never seen rush's promise now that it's officially hosting the planet biggest tournament. i have all the latest from st petersburg where the fee for president sepp blatter has put pen to paper on the document confirming russia is the host of the twenty eight team wilco finals. and in our look at the we've made news poland plans a reconstruction of the events that led to a long staples presidential plane crash insisting the official report leaves are all said question. pledging support towards all afghanistan and balances some call the flow of drugs the russian president needs his hands down counterparts in moscow during the first visit in decades. and russian arms deal of it

will go on trial in new york in september but his lawyers say his u.s. trial is illegal. a very warm welcome to this is r.t. live from moscow i'm alice have it russia is promising to stage a tournament like no other what it hopes the wealth in twenty eighteen the assurance came as the theme for president officially hand the day with the world's biggest sporting event to the country's successful bid team all of it is in st petersburg where the ceremony took place. it's all official now they signed today a three headed contract between the russian football union faith and the russian government well essentially that means is the first say that they will guarantee

that the world cup will be held in russia in twenty eighteen the russian government say that they will provide the russian football union with all of the required help that they need to be able to put it on their football union say that they will put it on no this comes after we heard just a couple of months ago that they would be given the chance to host the tournament in twenty eight say the first time she's ever hosted it the first time it will ever be hosted in eastern europe now before the signing ceremony said blatter the fever president met with prime minister vladimir putin and during that meeting talk to journalists and said they'll be able to put on the fantastic told him. 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 this and we've build up a very constructive business relationship with them i would like to ask you two point specialists from fief to come and work here together with us to be present

from the very first day of our common interest rice and take part in the entire process of preparing for the twenty cup. of the fee for president talks and often an awful lot about the world game is football and he's really trying to make it part of his legacy to take the world cup finals as far flung corners of the world as he possibly can here the first time will be in eastern europe and after that the world cup goes to the middle east for the first time with guitar taking the on are there now mr blatter was talking about the russian said he was speaking with prime minister vladimir putin this well as the heads of the russian football union and he seems to be fully confident that russia can put on a show. i'm very pleased that the russian government is playing a direct rule in oregon. i can assure you that we will work together very closely on this joint venture 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 initially when he is seven years it sounds like quite a long time but then you look at the work that needs to be done the russian delegation when they put across their bid to fee first to host this tournament they really focus quite a lot on the potential that could come from having the tournament here in russia now a lot of the stadiums haven't actually been built there will be used in the in the tournament in seven years time a massive undertaking there of course but she does have some great footballing stadiums already luzhniki in moscow hosted the champions league final a couple years back did a great job there they'll be getting a major facelift but they'll be stadiums built new stadiums built in cities around the country but it's not just the stadiums what we're looking at is a world cup being held in the biggest country in the world and fans have to be able to get around to make sure that they can travel efficiently and safely and quickly to the different areas where the tournament is being held now the beads had in

place a massive proposal to build a high speed train link between the cities where the games will be held also airports will be refitted out motorways the late so motorway brand new motorways constructed in order to make sure that all of the thousands of fans and we are really talking thousands of fans many people travel to world cups without tickets just to take in the atmosphere of being in the country where it's been held. influx of people from all over the world coming here and they're going to have to make sure that they can have in place a transport system that they can get around and hotels so that they have a good time when they come here and at the football it's what everybody is talking about come two thousand. so all the news now poland is planning to carry out a reconstruction of the plane crash that killed president kaczynski and his delegation in russia last april it's conducting its own experiment a response to the russian that investigation which blames the tragedy on pilot

error also refuses to fully accept the findings is that he explains. polish prime minister donald tusk attempting to calm an increasingly angry parliament this week polish government wants the truth to be complete and we realize that it will be inconvenient for many there is a complex number of course for the crash it's convenient for some to blame the pilots that burned the pressure for others it'll be convenient to blame the russians but it won't be the whole truth the organization that seeks the truth mustn't be influenced by forces in poland that wanted to be there 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 about the crew of the plane there wasn't necessarily a new crash or they were radically misled. and this was

a cause of the accident in relations to cause the fault is on the russian side. 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 surefire way to win voters but even those who accept the findings have issues with the way that they were presented polling has been very critical of the report commissioned for instance for not publishing including reports 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 were threatened with the sack after refusing to land citing bad weather conditions there's also a question of insufficient training raised after 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 this millions tragedy would be almost like admitting it could have been prevented and you up for good or for it is hard for post to handle a difficult three and this is a difficult truth of course. is in these rules which help has to shift some responsibility away from the situation the pressures 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 and slowly and to be

respected for the polish opposition however the promise of potential political leverage could turn out to be a lot more tempting kashrut as are the r.t.e. moscow and as poland prepares for an independent investigation into the crash aviation security expert says further digging won't change the facts. the evidence is the evidence it is hard evidence it is factual. you know we simply can't change that with yet another investigation into the event you know we're talking about a very clear instructions here from air traffic controllers to the pilots that there were no conditions for the landing the weather conditions were such that the airport was below operating the pilots on board the aircraft should have taken note of it but quite clearly some form of pressure was brought to bear so the

psychological pressure or suchlike caused the pilots to take what amounts to a rush decision to attempt to make a landing at that airfield on the. british aviation analyst chris is giving us his insight there well let his some of what's still to come this hour the story of a fine citizen being. hailed as a rally around. lived in norway's childhood but now faces deportation of requests for kids it costs. you one it's not shot from throwing more money into the economic bailout fund we hear what that means for a struggling here is a country. russia is pledging to help afghanistan recover from years of war once nato forces withdraw from the region in twenty fourteen the promise came during the afghan leaders visit to moscow which was the first in

a generation president's been very been karzai also vowed to tackle the problem of drugs most of which flow into russia and he said now we follow their talks. 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 us 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 your businesses which is very strong the two countries signed a trade and business cooperation deal over the past few years russian afghan trade turnover has increased more than four fold and is now half a billion u.s. dollars president carter's i mentioned 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 four to 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 in afghanistan and russian officials hope that maybe they could be able to stop the influx of drugs common in russia but now is see if that americans and their european allies let's. say it clearly has failed in fighting extremism in afghanistan 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 terrorism 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. well president comes i gave an exclusive interview during his visit to russia we'll bring you his thoughts on call bill's mounting problems and moscow's role in helping to solve them in just over an hour's time here on r.t.

now u.s. a judge this week told alleged deal if it got approved that he will go on trial in september the russian businessman enabled in the west as the merchant of death is charged with conspiring to kill americans and supporting terrorism his lawyers say the u.s. has no legal right to put him in court. that it 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 right 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 who 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 you leaving 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 by kidnapping the full 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 such a 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 judge him awfulness 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. r.t. you. know hundreds of no wages have been showing against what they say is the

unfair treatment of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants it's been highlighted by the threats to support a russian born all for his lift this since she was a child and was even awarded norwegian of the year as war and that reports. of these cases the country facing up to it's been reluctant to touch before. 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 mean

leave very few talks about it but they are now irish of their own have. to have the same rights now i think. this movement in support of or her specific case. can develop into a movement supporting 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 legal stay in their way but their father he was no that set the. one he. came to see. so we're here to protest that their split in family has to get through the a one more immigrant they're demanding better rights and they see emily as

their poster girl born muddiness in north a settler her family fled when she was twelve they were denied asylum in norway but stayed anyway over the years emily learned to speak fluent norwegian demosthenes 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 lucia very optimistic. at the moment. there is still. the immigration authorities much resisting the case but whatever happens to her mark has been made these people are mobilized 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 media i believe 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. we've a wealth of background and analysis on the. story which we're also covering this hour on our website and of course plenty more lined up this weekend to. take a quick look now. is left scratching its head as they're expensive but in around dallas animation they can't sing while india may not be contributing as much to the halls its contribution to the war struck nation is leaving takes to us now than. a crawled out of ukrainians e.u. has bitten off more than it could choose to following a mobile phone the creature became depressed and refused to even its favorite finds out more on this story and much more on our website.

more revelations from wiki leaks this week criticized the opposition groups in russia for its incompetence the online whistleblower published diplomatic cables in which the us ambassador to moscow brands the anti kremlin movements as unsustainable and in that sure all the files. sure that all physician groups look beyond regularly seeking washington's help the secret suggest american embassy staff in moscow have grown tired of the cash simplistic assistance investigative jenna's websites up and he says the need to have one anti-government movement has already made. what we see in these papers is the russia director of the national security council michael mcfaul who is interested in grooming boris nemtsov as a candidate to stop putin from becoming president again in two thousand and twelve

which but obviously thinks this is what's going to happen and it seems to me the gaggle of people that they have working for them are not going to be adequate to the task just a word about. this of course was one of the young wolves of the chernomyrdin yeltsin era and if you look at what he did every conceivable disaster in the book. visited hyperinflation a bubble a crash moment of privatization the coming of the oligarchs all of this is the handiwork of soffit who thinks that he should make a comeback and really soft maybe the only people who believe this is possible. a quick check now on some of today's main world news and the goals of blockade q re like you said the word illegal also called into an israeli inquiry the findings were issued by a television wanted panel made up of four israelis and two foreign observers in may

last year the vessels were intercepted by israel's navy commandos and nine it's turkish activists died during the raid which sparked strong international condemnation. at least six people have been killed in a series of bombings across the iraqi capital. more than thirty others were injured five car bombs appear to be part of a nato attack of targeted police and ship pilgrims near busy roads in the city officials say the attacks were designed to show that iraq is an able to provide security ahead of the arab league summit in march. to mishear arrested to allies of ours that president ben ali had made we need protests against the interim government demonstrators altamont thing that the prime minister resigned to me mohamed ghannouchi has a way to evolve to quit after fresh elections are held the transitional government

promised to hold a vote within six months but still hasn't set a date the political chaos follows a month when all private to pose for countries and seventy eight people were killed during the unrest. now the chinese president wrapped up a four day visit to the united states on friday hu jintao is talks with president obama following the opening up of trade between the bank of china and american investors there's a lot at stake for both of powerhouses even though they don't see eye to eye on many months says it also calls us china as well as the influence shows growth online talk show host laurie healthiness has been gauging fought. over whether americans should be wary of the rising drunken. as the u.s. debt and time his assets both continue to grow china could potentially surpass the

u.s. g.d.p. within a decade is it time to start taking mandarin lessons this week let's talk about that their technology is called brown's beyond us and that's a big part of. me does that worry you. yes yes it does you know you doing anything about it no i'm not learning mandarin no. i guess i should know i believe that discipline and direction are the things that we need now but the bipartisanship as much as on the structure more republican than democrat know they need to work together i'm going to call the goal and move forward much like you do it all with budgeting your bills and doing everything else is what we need to do in the government as well do you think that socialism. or capitalism promotes that kind of discipline more. i believe capitalism if not looking for a handout promotes that war when donald trump runs for president i heard him last night he's going to charge china further than it comes in here twenty five percent

surcharge and we're going to pay our debt off with that surcharge so we need a whole new kind of knowledge of business man we don't need a politician what made america great at the time it happened was what the times call for maybe china's doing more of what the times call for right now. but also maybe it's maybe it's their time maybe it's their turn and is that ok with you yeah do you think china kind of deserves to surpass us because they have a harder work ethic if you just if it's a sense of deserve i think we just america needs to get into but. you know we should be ok maybe china's going to give us a good kick in the butt be that's what they need over in the white house is to understand that that's really what it's all about you know kind of rally the troops and say let's get with the program right now and everybody can take a step forward we're not stupid people here. are just lazy at times are you are now and that word even if they even if they did take over and they were a huge power i still don't see what the reason to be worried about exactly i mean

do you have nuclear powers all over the place and i mean it's not like nobody's going to anybody's going to talk to anybody oh and worry about whether or not you're ready to sign up for mandarin lessons the bottom line is china is indisputably a force to keep an eye on in the future. well surely we hear from the israelis to trade as villains in their own lands just trying to encourage a peaceful solution that's all to remind all top stories in just a few moments. download

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