resort and spa. in israel available in some hotel time period hotels jerusalem. tonight's a world cup show stopper like you've never seen russia's promise now that it's officially hosting the planet's biggest tournament. i'll have all the latest from st petersburg where the defeat for president sepp blatter has put pen to paper on the document confirming russia is the host of the twenty eight team world cup finals. how did i look at the week's main news poland plans a reconstruction of the events that led to last april the presidential plane crash insisting the official report leaves unanswered questions. pledging support for war torn afghanistan and evolving to tackle the flow of drugs the russian president meets his afghan counterpart in moscow during the first visit in decades. also alleged russian arms dealer victim who will face

a jury in new york in september there's more to say his u.s. trial is illegal. hello this is r.t. you're watching our news review of the week with me kevin owen and first tonight russia is promising to stage a tournament like no other when it hosts the world cup in twenty eighteen surance came as the fee for president officially handed over the world's biggest sporting event to the country's successful bid team. all over is in st petersburg where the ceremony took place and. it's all official now they signed today a specially a three headed contract between the russian football union faith and the russian government while the senshi 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 and there should 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 that even a putin during that meeting talk to journalists and said they'll be able to put on a fantastic told him and. that we would like to use the experience we've already gained in preparing for the start you 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 to point specialists from fee for to come and work here together with us to be present from the very first day of our common interest rise and take part in the entire

process of preparing for the twenty cup blasts of the feet of 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 of 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 organ. 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 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 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 tone of it 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 russia 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 brand new stadiums built in cities around the country but it's not just the stadiums what we're looking at is the 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 of the refitted out motorways relate. to the 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 on hotels so that they have a good time when they come here and at the football is what everybody is talking about come two thousand. he's paid all of the reporting to other news now poland is planning to carry out a reconstruction of the plane crash that killed president kaczynski it is delegation in russia last april it's conducting its own investigation in response to the russian led probe which blames the tragedy on pilot error or so refuses though to fully accept those findings as catarina explains for r.t. . polish prime minister donald tusk attempting to calm and increasingly angry parliament this week. the polish government wants the truth to be complete and we realize this would be inconvenient for many there's

a complex number of causes for the crash it's convenient for some to blame the pilots that were under pressure for others it will 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 want it to be convenient for them. 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. that in light of what we know today about the coup there wasn't necessarily a new pressure they were radically misled. and this was a cause of the accident their good relations to. a fault is on the russian. 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 were presented polling has been very critical of the report on the interstate commission for instance for not publishing including its reports in the stands or transcript of conversations off air controllers with the plane the commission has now post that transcript on. website as if post fact recognizing the address 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 with 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 that it is hard for post to handle a difficult truth and this is a difficult truth of the coolest things in these rules and should help us to achieve some responsibility away from us in 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 share 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 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 our moscow. and still ahead the story of a fine citizen being forced out supporters rallied for a russian women's lived in the wake since childhood but now facing deportation

after asylum request was rejected because her story coming up plus. the wall snapped shut from throwing more money into the economic bailout fund we hear what that means for struggling eurozone countries. israel has ruled that the military raid on a guard's aid flotilla last may was legal nine turkish activists died when israeli commandos raided the ship sparking strong international condemnation the panel looking into it was made up of four israelis and two foreign observers turkey's prime minister's already criticised the inquiry saying it had no value or credibility let's get some rest of the story from started crashing in jerusalem she's the executive director of which is the legal center which protects the of freedom of movement of palestinians thanks for being with us tonight now at the time israel warned that it wouldn't let anyone break its blockade but nonetheless the marvin's merit when did anyway so shouldn't this ruling at the end of the day have been expected. well our concern is that the commission ruled that the

maritime closure of gaza and the entire closure of gaza was lawful because according to the commission it was imposed for reasons of military necessity now no commission of inquiry in the world can justify deliberately restricting the passage of people and goods in order to paralyze the economy and prevent normal life from taking place in gaza and i'm sorry to say that's exactly what the israeli policy did when we submitted documents to the commission internal military documents showing that goods were to be restricted if they could contribute to economic development or reconstruction so as far as i know preventing industrial margarine from entering gaza so that the biscuit factory will close and workers won't have jobs that's not military necessity that's collective punishment and the commission that we think made a mistake in finding that to be lawful ok let's focus in on this took a report israel claims its soldiers came under attack from activists on the ship that day the report says they were not entirely prepared for the situation but i

must ask you didn't they have a right to defend themselves or also hearing that report that the people on the ship at the time you use knives to protect themselves didn't the soldiers themselves have a right to protect themselves from what they were coming up against when they bought about ship. it's hard for me to comment on what happened on the ship because as the committee itself noted they didn't have access to a non israeli testimonies so they were basing them said they were basing their evidence on what they were told by israeli witnesses and they didn't have access to some of the folks who were on the ship so i don't know what happened and i don't know whether the actions were justified but i think the more important question because it's still relevant today is why was there closure in the first place and what purposes was it serving and the reason that question is important is because although israel did change some aspects of the closure some aspects of its prevention of goods and people from a traveling into and out of gaza many aspects of the closure that are not related to security continue and we think that the lesson from the flotilla incident should

be that israel has a right to prevent weapons from entering gaza but it doesn't have a right to do what it's still doing which is to prevent purely civilian goods from coming in and out in order to punish the population here when you talk about the closure you're talking about the land and naval blockade so will this report does criticize doesn't it the blockade of gaza part of which was eased last summer but it maintains the naval blockade was legal now again just clarify for us why you think it isn't legal and also today is another step by the way towards getting the rest of the blockades of closure as you're saying lifted. well international law allows israel as the occupying power to restrict the passage of goods and people into and out of gaza if it's done only for security reasons so israel has a right to stop ships if they're going to be bringing in weapons into gaza and it could even say that we prefer that goods come into gaza via the land and not the sea so long as it allows all civilian goods and persons to travel in and out our

concern is that israel is blocking in raw materials from entering gaza blocking export blocking the passage of persons not for security reasons but rather to exert pressure on the civilian population in violation of the prohibition on collective punishment and as you mentioned some very welcome changes were made in june allowing more civilian goods to enter gaza but israel is still imposing restrictions that have nothing to do with security and for that reason are illegal so for example construction materials are not allowed to enter gaza gaza's gaza residents are not allowed to sell their goods outside of gaza including in the west bank which is palestinian territory and the movement of persons is restricted to all that extreme humanitarian cases there's no security justification for that and it's killing the possibility for a normal life in gaza that's not ok under international law ok well the commission is urging the israeli government is now to to focus. on hamas and not civilians but how is it possible to do that can you actually do that so you can have on the

organizational one hand the not affect people who are elected on the other. well i mean i think it's quite clear israel can prevent weapons from coming in and it can prevent persons from entering israel from gaza if it has reasonable grounds to believe they present a security risk but it has to separate between its attempts to prevent hamas from acquiring weapons and the rights of people inside gaza to lead normal lives you have to remember israel controls gaza's borders and that control creates obligations when you control a civilian population you're responsible for their rights and the law of occupation says that even under circumstances of security risks you have to allow people to lead normal lives so students need to be able to travel from gaza to the west bank in order to study families need to be able to travel back and forth in order to be to be reunited with each other and merchants in gaza have a right to sell their goods outside of gaza israel can certainly inspect the goods and make sure there's no security threat but that's all it can do and i'm sorry to say that that's not the case right now and the commission made

a disturbing finding when it said that those those civilian restrictions could be legal under international law that's what we disagree with so about executive director of the legal side which protects the freedom of movements of palestinians on live from jerusalem tonight from syria and put to our tastes pretty shit. russia's project 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 of a generation president's medvedev because i also vowed to tackle the problem of afghan drugs most of which flow into russia is innocent now i followed the 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 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 way of interaction between or 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 the relationship with russia is developing a little 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 come in and russia but now we see that americans are going to be an airless let's. say it clearly has failed in fighting same isn't 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. arisen 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. and president karzai gave an exclusive interview during his visit to russia we'll bring you his thoughts on cobbles mounting problems and role in helping to solve them in just an hour's time here on r.t. . and us judge this week told alleged victim boots that he'll go on trial in september the russian business move labeled 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 he's an honest to see a church that has got the story. wanted for every twelve people. request. and only on the other eleven. that's hollywood's take on forty four year old russian cargo dealing businessman 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 right and you've got him in your hands right he's in custody it's a great feeling presumption of innocence out the window all these nicknames exist for one man. has not committed any criminal activity and has not been found guilty neither in the u.s. 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 and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the far the united states has

been eager to lay hands on boots 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 tie 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 you mean there was no official decision of an extradition meanwhile dubbed an international arms trafficker by america picture booth 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 interest 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 on to their territory defense team is set to file motions questioning how and why the man was brought to the u.s. as well as whether or not recordings used against picture were obtained in accordance. with ty law picture book stands confident that he is the victim of a propaganda war launched in america you mean thousand says innocence the defense team now has forty five days to present for motions to the judge the i'm awful most

of the 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 as. you. and i want to catch up with a background of the story we have a wealth of it and analysis to all about the whole rather long running big. website . also plenty more lined up as well as we came for you americans left scratching its head as their explosive put unpopular afghanistan mission continues we report while india may not be contributing as much cash to the cause its contribution to the war struck nation is leaving a bitter taste right now in u.s. my. life plus being a provocative crazy and zero has bitten off more than he could chew after swallowing a female visitor creech became depressed last refused to call r

t dot com. hundreds of norwegians will be showing their anger against what they see as the unfair treatment of asylum seekers an illegal immigrants it's been highlighted by a threat to deport a russian born author who's lived there since she was a child and was even awarded for being a model citizen. reports from oslo case has the country facing up to issues 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 may 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 a specific case. can develop into movements 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 little say in their way but their father he was not that said the. one he. came to see. so we're here to protest that their split in family has to get through the 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 and really learned 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 lucia very optimistic. the moment. there is still sure. the immigration authorities might rethink the case 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 emily 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 your emmett's party. any hopes of getting more immediate cash in the kitty for the euro zone's bailout fund fell flat this week even though portugal and spain are teetering financially and who finance ministers meeting source six of the wealthiest nations including germany and france reluctant to boost the four hundred forty billion euros that already committed to british m.e.p. nigel farage says pumping up the firm will only keep struggling you members in an economic stranglehold. i think what they're doing here is they're reinforcing failure at the end of the day countries like greece and portugal and possibly. should never have joined the euro in the first place trapped inside an economic prison with a whole set of policies that. i think the more we build up. the more in fact.

this really is a tragedy because these people. we have mass demonstrations we have had people actually killed it's. going to get worse and what it really needs is a frank assessment which is the reason. germany holland and a few countries possibly france as well that there is an optimal. but for the north and south of europe to be stuck inside a monetary union is never ever going to work all we are doing. what you've got behind this whole european project when we talk about the union. we talk about . we have a political class who want this that's the great battle that is going on in europe it's the battle between the political leaders and public opinion which increasingly

is. now in the public opinion. because you can't build a state and that's. without having the consent of the people and that has never been asked for and it's never been. force in the week from british. in a few moments we follow the dollar trail to afghanistan and how america's millions are hitting the wrong target that's all for a reminder of our top stories in a few moments in our newsroom view of the week with me kevin zero in here on our team.

repairing a broken. highway construction and humanitarian aid. buses shady officials get the spoils of war it's the people who pay the price. profiteering here is no longer just down to drug trafficking. afghanistan the dollar. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of can.