not see a world cup show stopper like you've never seen rush's promise now that it officially is hosting the. i'll 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 eighteen world cup finals. but in the top news stories that shaped the week poland plans a reconstruction of the events that led to the last presidential plane crash insisting the official report leaves unanswered questions. pledging support to war torn afghanistan and the flow of drugs the russian president meets his afghan counterpart in moscow during the first visit in decades. plus supporters rally for

the russian born woman whose they didn't always since childhood but is now facing deportation after her asylum request was rejected. this is a welcome you're watching a news review of the week with me kevin owen and first russia is promising to stage a tournament like no other when it hosts the world cup in twenty eighteen the assurance came as the fee for president officially handed over the world's biggest sporting event to the country's successful team. reports from some papers with a ceremony took place a bit. it's all official now they signed today a specially a three headed contract between the russian football union 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 and 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 eighty as you 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 blatter the fever president met with prime minister vladimir putin and that maybe a putin during that meeting talk to journalists and said they'll be able to put on a 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 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 to specialists from fee for 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 blasts of the feet of president talks in off 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 as 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 who 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 the russian delegation when they put across their bid to for the first two 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 what he 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 around new stadiums built in cities around the country but it's not just the stadiums who are looking at is a world cup being held in the biggest country in the world and fans have to be able to get around him to make sure that they can travel efficiently and safely and quickly to the different areas where the tournament is being held so the bait 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 we were expecting a massive 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's talking about come two thousand. artie's peter all of them two other top stories now that shape the week for marty and 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 investigation in response to the russian led probe which blames the tragedy on pilot error or sort of fuses to fully accept those findings as catarina ever 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 then we

realize this will 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 on 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 pressure they were radically misled and not warrant 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 or the 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 i'll be interested commission for instance for not publishing including reports in the stands or transcript of conversations off air controllers with the plane on the commission has an outpost that transcript on its website as if post-fact recognizing the address the sooner for 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. it is hard for post to handle a difficult truth and this is a difficult truth we of course are looking for some things in this report which help us to shift some responsibility away from us and 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 a slight chance 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 proposed for an independent investigation into the crush of a sham security expert chris yates told us for the digging won't change the facts.

the evidence is the evidence that it is hard evidence that it is factual and you know we simply can't change that with yet another investigation into the events you know we're talking about 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 airports was below operating the pilots on board the aircraft should have taken note of that but quite clearly some form of pressure was brought to bear so the psychological pressure or suchlike caused by that is to take what amounts to a rush decision to attempt to make a landing that airfield on that. chris shays giving us his insight and coming up playing the transatlantic blame game a u.s.

court date for the trial of the alleged russian arms dealer big to boot what is more is cry for also the government breaking the law but warm up one coming up for you and the wallets from throwing more money into the economic bailout fund again we hear what that means for the struggling eurozone countries. for israel's ruled that the military raid on a gaza aid flotilla last may was legal nine turkish activists died when israeli commandos read 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 criticised inquiry for his part saying it has no value or credibility spoke to sally brushy from the legal center which protects the freedom of movement of palestinians she told me the main concern is that the report fails to criticize the blockade which is stifling life in gaza. in korean 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 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 surely civilian goods from coming in and out in order to punish the population 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 civilian restrictions could be legal

under international law that's what we disagree with. 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 medvedev in cause i also vowed to tackle the problem of afghan drugs most of which flow into russia parties in this and now i followed their talks in the week 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. russia helping afghanistan rebuild itself and re re develop its institutional capacity but also by way of trade investment by interaction between or businesses which is very strong but you countries signed a trade in 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 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 in afghanistan and russian officials hope that maybe they could be able to stop influx of drugs common interest but now a sea of americans. let's. say it clearly has failed in fighting extremism in afghanistan so now of course russian officials have to deal the problem talking directly to the leaders of 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. we just let you know the president karzai gave us an exclusive interview during his visit to russia and we'll bring you his thoughts on cobbles mounting problems of moscow's role in helping to solve them in just fifteen minutes time tonight on this show. hundreds of norwegians have been showing their own grievance what they see as the unfair treatment of asylum seekers not legal immigrants there's been highlighted by the 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 as are his lorimer reports next from oslo maria case the country facing up to issues it's been reluctant to touch before. the clock is ticking for maddie and any 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 and the land she grew up in but this is no longer just about maria 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 money i mean leave very few talks about it but they are now every so there are going. to have the same rights now i think. this movement in support of a specific case. movement supports all the people in her situation it's a cause that unites different groups from organizations that campaign 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 scary 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 a one more immigrant they're demanding better rights and they see emily as their poster girl born medina salam of 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 learn 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 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 maria 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 that moore emmett's r.t. was laid on the u.s. judge this week told alleged arms delivered to boot that he'll go on trial in september the russian businessman 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. in a report. i want to borrow for every twelve people. i require. 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 and head 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 of presumption of innocence out the window all these nicknames exist for one man. picture but 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 for 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 he will place according to boots tie and russian lawyers his case to this moment remains in. court there was no official decision of an extradition meanwhile dubbed an international arms trafficker by america picture 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 the first glimpse of viktor at friday's technical hearing 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 kidnapping yeah. 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 onto 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 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 of the

extradition of a tribute 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 just as you sure can or are you. now we've got a. story on our website miss. america has left scratching their heads is expensive but. its contribution as we report on. to the u.s. . they can. chew. following the female parts of his mobile phone the creature that became depressed here locked it up of course refused to return. and find that it got all the heartache. 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 a teetering financially an e.u. finance ministers meeting saw six of the wealthiest nations including germany and france reluctant to boost the four hundred forty billion euros they've already committed to british m.e.p. nigel farage says pumping up the fund will only keep struggling even 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 effect. this really is a tragedy because these people. we have mass demonstrations

we have had people actually killed on the streets. if they hold the eurozone together. those countries are going to get worse and what it really needs is a frank assessment which is there is an argument. with germany and holland and a few countries possibly france as well but 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 here we're reinforcing failure what you've got here behind this whole european project where we talk about the union itself although we talk about the current say 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. that's now in the public opinion is going to win 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. comment there from british european nigel farage ok let's take a quick look at some of today's main world news stories now to arlen first there the green party leaders quit the coalition government and called for the march general election to be brought forward don't call me says his party's patience ran out after weeks of political turmoil in the country but promised to support next week's finance bill from the opposition benches the latest resignation comes a day after prime minister brian cowen stepped down as leader of his party of pressure over the country's economic crisis. at least ten people have been killed in a series of bombings across the iraqi capital baghdad more than thirty others were injured five car bombs appear to be part of a coordinated attack targeted police and shia pilgrims in the busy roads of the city officials say the attacks were designed to show that iraq is unable to provide security at an arab league summit in march last week more than one hundred fifty people were killed in a wave of explosions across the country to chin is the latest there these were

arrested two allies of ousted president ben ali amid renewed protests against the interim government demonstrators are demanding that the prime minister resigns immediately choose already vowed to quit after fresh elections are held the transitional government promised to hold a vote within six months but it still hasn't set a date the political chaos follows a month long uprising that deposed the country's leader seventy eight people were killed during the rest. surely as promised our exclusive interview with the afghan president hamid karzai sports also at this hour natasha is here in a quarter of an hour with more about our top story free for visiting some people to do the twenty eighteen world cup final paperwork kevin thanks for being with us tonight.

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