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aggression by colonel gadhafi the french president said his air force is ready to intervene against any threats to civilians. and russia says it regrets the decision to militarily intervene in libya it's calling for the end of bloodshed in the country and urged gadhafi forces. to hold talks. now to line things up a bit we're going to head to moscow out with more numbers coming up next right here on r.t. . hello and welcome to one of the most loved and is the cities in the world powers

basically great battle of the culture and architecture here and try to centuries as many russians emigrate it's across the cultural links between the sea countries became stronger and stronger today paris is packed full of russian history and culture and that's what i'll be exploring in the space program paris has always held a special attraction for russians many have believed for centuries it is the cultural center. and with breathtaking architecture opera food wine in style it gets you thinking maybe some truth in that. but let's not include tacky see vinnie's. is the emperor piece the great streets of france the seven hundred seventy two in the front gates was the since been a constant stream of russian immigrants. moving inside this is the same class style and gradually. you can be raised

magnificent chandeliers and marble placed the reasons here is often use vilification. museum i'm an educational institute. one of the most prestigious universities. next up we will ride to the famous old university found it here twelve hundred fifty seven this. yes be popular with the students for centuries very famous russian artists writers and politicians graduates of all sports here and stay there around one thousand freshman students in higher education in paris. and lucas we can stand case for me as we need the vice chancellor of the past and. it's we thank you very much for your time that's how many so far has

a long history with russia students yes. well you you can consider that peter to greet was the first russian student in paris because he came just to see the grave of the show you you know vishal you had the well known no prime minister in the seventeenth century was buried here and after his his death and peter the great was written myra and i perhaps you know the well known sentence when he said i would have given to you the half my empire just to have such a minister as you're aware so he was a great admirer and then you have. the story of many well known russian writers or. scientists coming to paris in the nineteenth century. and then you have in the twentieth century very fascinating history because on the one side you have many russian immigrates of the twenty's just coming to paris and

studying in in all teaching and the sorbonne and on the other side you always had prominent representatives of the soviet union coming to paris i was in china in one thousand nine hundred eighty just to speak about. russian cinema and you had to present kosygin coming in and nine hundred seventy. which of god my job came. and held a big speech with a wide audience listening to him in nineteen eighty nine so this is a symbol also for hope for for every russian i would say wonderful is that it's me thank you very much yes i actually miss. the river seine and get your rest isn't the worst and without doubt the city's most opulent the decorated bridge heavily connected with russia.

greatest named after the rest of alexander. bell to the end of the nineteenth century it was erected to symbolize the positive relationship between france and russia and at the same time as an exchange a stone bridge was a wreck this incentive is back distracted by french work is. building the street sions resulted in a very low forty meter bridge and with its golden sculptures of cherries and nymphs it really is something russia and france should be proud of. taking a look at what other places are connected to russia catherine look how she'll meaning nimble robots in english the oldest cooperate in paris is my motto dating back to eighteen sixty back then it was outside the city area why must chibi are so many artistic music on literary folk gathered at a venue songs reciting the new words loudly discussing arts and having fun the

atmosphere has been preserved at the venue with people coming here to listen to and sing traditional french songs thinking back centuries ago sitting at wooden tables into the surfaces of which initials in cars for decades the venue is very popular with russian tourists become here too can you taste of french culture she says nothingness artistic compatriots used to experience. before her. in a little bit of this place or is the good player he's reached their rift there the talk hear or hear. in every very very very i was going here that i. didn't know where you were so there is baby's place you know and i read the when he was young and more school he used the baby over there. they were in.

the cupboard now foundation just outside cats is a nature created by jumpin out and if undercover cop it welcomes a limited number of young men as every year to practice my craft starting with an eye on a metal workshop the artist from university aims to pass on the tradition of moral and spiritual values such crossman can shatter tradition network and there's one man with christian roots within the foundation community. chillis. isn't all it's repulsive it's artistic curiosity a study in france it's always five years old to have a french education but i preserved my russian as well in my family's home we speak both french and russian. the area of money and i think in paris as for decades being popular among russians gatherings of artists musicians and write is taking place in various cafes in this city one such

venue is cafe de lara on which was established the beginning of the twentieth century popular as an easy place to intellectuals its atmosphere has attracted many famous guests including russian artist alexander yeah all of those inspired to create the. next stop the delights of classical music as we arrive at assegais rachmaninoff russian conservatory stopped by two of the most illustrious persist of them to real russia. on track man of. the county teaches many nice comments from. students of various levels and ages also regularly holds concerts by prestigious musicians from across the globe.

their awful awful service was founded in the ninety's trances after the successful attack of seasons rachmaninoff itself as the first president and for decades this house has provided a cultural link what impression and your peers are so casing it's how it's highlighting it because it's this is the old the cultural organization which was created in one thousand nine hundred twenty five to twenty three by all the immigrants coming of the russian and as you know a new russian who can live without. music or culture. and it was. hit the place which was going to. the government all russians in immigration. from the

dozens of photographs of the wars of various french and british musicians you can see how important this building has been and continues to be thousands of foreigners. one final location the artist paints outside as you hear the some soothing sounds of the french accordion. and it's not a muscle his but a famous russian song them to be empty meaning victory day is nothing that must be played celebrated each of the nazis in one hundred fifty five but. legend has it that you russians some just visited a cafe where there was cervix treme fans and aptly shouted out the words mister meaning fast in russian locals believe that's how peace through cafe received this night wow i love it a lot one of my favorite places in the world it's a bit of

a sicko to get to but once you're here it's well worth the effort from the kids and cozy cafe boss of the beguiling cabaret saying the whole area was extremely popular with russian immigrants and still is the russian tourists today. in crystal clear weather like this economy help push pull nothing powers enough to minded exploration the connection and strong bond between france and russia is only two of these. when the russians have such an association with the city from being involved with university education and creating between bridges to opening famous music service was russia has certainly made its mark here these stunning city.

sports is political in ways we don't often even notice especially on the level of culture where our ideas and as. it's huge as a society are shaped. the ties between for. the u.s. military have existed since the start of the n.f.l. back in one thousand money that relationship really meant slaves during world war two and today that is stronger than ever and. history has taught us that sports is never just something that we just sit back. and sports always have an important social function and the history of american sports is no different.

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find out what's really happening to the global economy. financial headline news you need to watch. breaking news this hour a multinational force launches a series of strikes against gadhafi forces as they begin patrolling the skies of libya through force and the un sanctioned a no fly zone the libyan government reports there have been civilian casualties one hundred twelve cruise missiles have been launched from american and british ships and submarines in the mediterranean hitting twenty sites. world powers meeting in paris and agreed to use all necessary military means to stop any aggression by colonel gadhafi the french president said his air force is ready to intervene against any threats to on armed civilians. and russia says the decision to militarily and to intervene in libya is regrettable is calling for an end to the

bloodshed in the country and urged gadhafi forces and the rebels to hold talks. i'll be back with more and all of the latest news and live in about fifteen minutes time after tonight's sports with you. good to have you with us this is sports today i'm you know these are some of the stories we're covering over the next ten minutes or so history made to. record their first ever premier league win. to nil in the opening round two fixture at. the crease a string you see there twelve in world cups ended by the most unpredictable force in world cricket. ball the next generation of russian

basketball is made one of the soviet union's greatest ever exports r.v. . let's get the ball rolling with russian football where boys. claim their first win in the big leagues. doing the business again on saturday. they came to seeking to make it two men from two this season but for all the world the visitors would take the lead twenty minutes in but. kept the ball out of the net. to lead it to shock heading home brilliantly ten minutes from break. the windows then sealed and seventy minutes. one on one with the shot stopper to no precedent or the final score they knew chop for a day at least. their first win of the season three second half schools consigning previous table toppers rust off to a one sided three one defeat last week. all the other.

and manchester united have stretched their lead up the top of the english premier league she five points alex ferguson side leaving it at home to fulton united with . the bulgarian with us from the second place arsenal feel to keep the pressure up on the leaders. before those games though tottenham also missed a chance to off their points tally registering a disappointing draw with. aston villa were left plethora. to lowly walls still for the biggest winners on the day. of the north west jewel between black. bottom of the. season at the expense of birmingham city and everton finished off the day tipping points at home to. goodison. to the continental hockey league.

quarter final. to the wire. following victory in six on the side of a wrestler edging i think almost man and regular time their first period on the score list but the home side is denise hill stuff the things going seven minutes into the second period before you are in there jaeger it will proceedings just moments after that style is not just off it was the proof the hero getting moments from the final buzzer for the two on score i three three knowing games in the best of seven for her final fixture. before that at lance level their western conference semifinal series with scouts were three games apiece after posting a narrow win on home ice the winner will now be decided in game seven on sunday constantia top off reports. scott had been tossed away matches in these playoffs and won who scored only once in the previous two home matches against the same petersburg side would have to bill owens if they want to break their opponent's

record clearly nobody in period both teams were thinking only defense with no scoring opportunities how often to break it to just twenty seven seconds for the visitors to take the lead after frontiers to pass from the news division much insouciance him poochie any one on breakaway and educated brilliant one nothing with no chances essentially willing to say a plan will confuse but keep you from depression and to break the deadlock it seemed that the book wouldn't go bust you could see the funny it was until the in between the fights the line that. finally it lands efforts where you were to lose the match you once handed the right circle to the spot it on video and in first period we were a bit nervous as we're not very confident on how the post matches but in the second we got position and started to play ok. we want to explore the scenes and the decisive period in the winning goal was scored by young where it would give the

cork up to the first attempt was more. and with the boys doing should send it into the top corner of the net to do my job. i was promised canfield wasn't securing the reference and when i think it was it was quite clear part of it nobody could play the spark but the referee right away show that it's it's not icing then the goalie style the park and there will start. he says this moment when we go to so i kind of rolled in st louis missouri you mean there was and there was still going to be in the distance you see we need to see these three do three theaters in sunday because people are going to see. now it hasn't happened since the last century but history how did last lost a cricket world cup game the reading champions going down in their final group

fixture against the on predictable pakistan trilling captain ricky ponting had said in the build up inside want to challenge is certainly going to do more good getting the runaround with the ball knocking off three wickets for just thirty runs until results also adding a few moments to his career highlight reel that from each after its control at all from the men in yellow eventually finishing a lot for hundred seventy six steps pakistan with bob and a last team that we just really in the world cup and making ninety nine s. starts here but crucially the one thousand nine hundred champions riddle to a car far beyond reason off against the wall the result hitting the winning runs to take the much by four wickets. through to the quarterfinals after this one. call from the rough feel as jacqueline of france's edge they had a vain and unfunny wall to claim a one shot lead with iran to go at the sicilian open wall producing the shots all of the day at the par for

a fourth hole is way worth the shot had landed in the light rough but struck a superb second shot to pick up another birdie prince carded impressive sixty seven to search out the leader forward into a share of third place at six under with jamie elson of england alongside exactly meanwhile three birdies in his two on the round of sixty nine taking the lead plunger the final run shouldering a one stroke i thought. austria again showing their ski jumping pedigree in slovenia the score taking the world cup win with norway a distant second on the host nation in third place austria with all of their jumpers in the world top ten arrived and with the nations cup already in the by the sports leading country lead heading into the final series of leaks with norway and pool and playing catch up the only change to that list coming in the final podium place that robert credits you see a jump of troop in twelve point five meters and it's the third but it is dominant

austria who further tighten their grasp but the top of the world cup ranking. young basketball fans got a treat in moscow on friday as a limp a champion former soviet star bonus made a trip to one of the city's academies most of this year's european championships are richard from port fleet was there for us. thirty first of august will be a proud moment for this man out of it as suborn is at his natively a few ania will host the european basketball championships for the first time since nine hundred thirty nine hundred thirty much younger star says it will be a great honor for a lot worse good boy lithuania is a country where basketball is the number one sport about it we managed to sell fifty thousand tickets in just two hours and there are none left it's a great honor for us to hold this is a move try to put on a great show but a lot depends on how the lithuanian team plays. promoting the event which gets

underway in six months time isn't the only reason someone is in moscow he also paid a visit to a local basketball academy a former center was complimentary about the facilities and explained why a country like a few a year which only has a population of three million is able to compete at the highest level. ever russia has exactly the same facilities that you would find in the way here the difference is in popularity i believe encounters which has a population of three hundred thousand and there are six possible schools there where around one thousand five hundred boys able to train this gives us a huge number of plays to choose from and no one slips through the net competition is high in russian sport of basketball having to compete with the likes of football ice hockey and tennis which are far more popular the best youngsters however it's unlikely that basketball in this country will ever be able to compete with the popularity it holds in lithuania. the basketball started to become popular lithuania before the second world war and it is increasing popularity ever since we

are a small country and we always want to win to put our country on the map and the fact we are quite good at basketball also helps majority of children of this academy will have posters of hungary kirilenko le bron james on their bedroom walls it's nice for them to have a look at someone is the younger generation may not know who to meet a twenty one centimeter center and shimmy is our bell be in for a nice surprise when they find out he was one of the sort. union's grades and a possible play is. always possible plays one even bornemann all the someone says miss prall i'm helping the summit union to win gold of a stolen base and once ninety eight but if they can go on to have even harper korea but this moment right had and they are in for a fantastic possible career in the future richard oppel three don't see. and that is your sports wrap for an hour whether it's next to you soon.

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