it is the most precious thing in the world. uses of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understands it fully but you have to live as a. real life stories from would need. to treat nineteen forty five don't auntie told comb. eight thirty am in moscow these are your r t headlines friends is military spending spending on foreign operations have already accounted for the years defense budget that the government is accused of turning up alive hiding people's needs at home by releasing its expensive adventures abroad. while the u.s. operation to kill osama bin laden was widely hailed as a success and methods washington uses in the war on terror faced criticism charges supporter and overseas prisons are feared to be motivating terrorists rather than

making the world safer. and russian soyuz rocket undergoes a simulated blast off a european space course in french guiana everything now in place for the actual launch they're just part of a joint project between russia and europe. up next martin andrews takes you out for a walk along the main street in the russian capital coming your way next. hello our welcome on the fish i will be exploring all the latest stories in the last case but a good way also a story of the russian originally

a way out of the medieval city it's a bell not good also today in the sense elvis is not life and famous i will again this is part of the stuff so little i was afraid to add fake beautiful historic national. historical landmark in itself within easy walking distance of most of moscow's major downtown now marks and attractions such as the kremlin the bolshoi theatre to name a few to this hotel easily as were the best locations in russia situated at the very bottom of the sky it's authentic starting point for today's program when it's very bright was extended to st petersburg in sims he fancied to sky became a christian of late the city's most important here a fact. as the city expanded beyond the kremlin first sky became a residential area populated by wealthy much use. heights of the whole town today the national is an architectural and historical landmark is

a right. to historical grounds join understated elegance and the prophecy makes the national have talent leave it to summation ok it is old school but it's a taste of the past you won't this is it. unless the hotel was built in life and i think i was on the ballot in a fall back emf. besides art nouveau and their cars this is a historian's of a construction cost over one billion rubles a huge sum for that time it was the most prestigious accommodation for the revolution after which it was used briefly by lenin when he moved the most of the government here to moscow it was known bad as the house of the soviet residence party officials looking for might be appealed to begin our journey through one of the most vibrant streets in the world. although most of the original buildings in

the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have been replaced the streets showcases stalinists you can see some acts of its past. the first main site should she take notice of is coming guest you can look great in full of character you'll find several restaurants and cafes in the street extra nice name many without all terraces why it's not only a ship in this nation there are many cultural amounts on several feet is all located in the district at the end of the nineteenth century stanislavski together with the playwright and director mueller extensions you found in the check off most of our fears have come against the length of fears he quickly became famous for that state several of and some shops major works beginning with its production of the siegel in eighteen ninety eight. its time she continued task on. opposite moscow's met office you will

find this across three in statue devoted to the founder of moscow prince you're a dog rocky construction began in one thousand nine hundred seven so all i think a standard anniversary of moscow however construction took seven years is a conflict between the three sculptures as you say lack of funding also as they have no original images or pictures of the prince they all decided that the statue should represent something called russian light. i'm from century old statues from open day sushi cafes taken from me the diversity expressed so i will impress the most diehard of tourists so what are your must provide some visitors think of the area you but again it's a long meeting and spending time here especially in the congregation terrain area if you like them are these are for people in market all gathered here so we're not watching them and the surroundings turning especially when the other assumptions. are guided you absolutely stunning there is so much that you hear there did or did

you feel tons of great cars the restaurant my brother mel loves going out on. the party that it started to go late into the night which is great for you and there's more to shopping. i mean all the top riders and there are budget conscious plane until. you find a shop almost immediately to the skies buildings it's not all about fashion brands opened in one nine hundred fifty eight most far as one of the city's largest bookstore was a kind of symbol until one o'clock in the morning. trying to come before around here and there's a lot slashing of books in english german french and other languages. out of the forty one first guy not far from preschool some famous u.c.s.d. storm the building itself is an eighteenth century story school and not

a traditional monument because you see an eighty ninety eight by the billion imagine from simpkins black greatly you see if you open the store in lunch you know one it became the most of the furious pace of featuring at the time were among many other products constructions and are on sale. now and going around the clock more than a century on the beach still still attracts many customers and fascinated tourists . the street is packed full of interesting facts and figures for centuries it was the fishing roots of the songs procession official visits to muster nineteenth as he is it was renamed off the right of maxine gorky to go to st ansel and have the road significantly widens. the views of the street has fundamentally changed over the centuries from a narrow medieval wooden surface straight to today's slightly overwhelming eight lane highway. congestion is a major problem but mixed together with grand juries buildings the airy boulevards

to cross the streets green spaces meandering tourists and local people enjoying outdoor space it all seems to work together rather well hand in hand. waving all now we've arrived at questions guys who i want to my meeting places there are some council think of it as times square open to the circus it's also a place where love is like a mis read books hold hands have to flowers very last and then a sense of who it is the eleventh need to statue of the famous russian poet. that has so best the poetry lines of christian and the monuments position was not selected by mistake by the many pages of the poet's life to be linked with her sky blue vase it was here he pulled the key to his future wars. her words of the places of interest like first sky at. the shore hungry mcdonald's is always a model case of fast food restaurants of the chain of shoes car is the largest in

europe might open here in one thousand nine hundred it was the largest in the whole world many still remember the long queues in front of it to try the first big match people waited in line for hours fortunately accused today a somewhat shorter. estate central museum of contemporary history russia is located on to a scholarly beach put eighteenth century building. the one hundred seventeen museum collect research and displays eastern kentucky news and artifacts that represent the social political and economic history of russia and its society. there are around two million items in its collections kiefer's across leaflets sculptures business coins. in case she is interesting and for the lucky people who live in that first time they have shops cafes and entertainment at the disposal twenty four hours a day. is the slim bustle traffic and noise too much now to answer that question

let's meet this week's cast even let me say you miss me to now tell me this is the best location any of it i've ever seen in moscow i noticed i was solid how lucky i am to find this a location brilliant greenery great location for meeting you no problem with the traffic and no not at all because because the night turned and it's quite died down and so it's nothing provides today and the maybe some noise but i'm not in the palm anyway so it's no problem for me it's all right tell me what you love about the streets west by zero eight it is a great straits you must go on using the word and its people compare the surface i knew oxford street in london and you call it all with attractions within the whole staff because clearly in ritz carlton and of god's great theaters everything so it's amazing place to me it's great to live here but it does come at a price isn't it a taste i would say that compared to other cities now that expensive and if you've

got a budget you can stretch and i would recommend to leave it's a lifetime experience so you have these amazing views definitely on the scariest terrace in the world i know i know and i'm quite looking forward to today through the may day parade next week so i will have the absolute best seat in the world absolutely yes it is everything that you have to invite me through to the right. they are going to. i'm finally we arrive here at the barracks best guy in the better us metro and strain station though i pass the love the buildings as the balance here i think is the perfect example of old moscow the new. with an eclectic mix of architecture that combines medieval sidestreets courtyards and striking twenty first century building projects to sky's diversity is the epitome of morton's a moscow who have said the moscow is becoming the new new york might be on to

something. here the drilling and constant facelift continues to revive changing metropolis as one of the most expensive street space and commercial rents in the world and seems to press guy still has a long way to go. many stories just streets from sky existed as early as the twelfth century by the way of the next thousand years bring in whatever guys i'm sure one thing is certain discipline street and district full of characters history and life will probably still be here creating a stand and making its continuous contacts on the p.c. capital. but unfortunately that's what how we have on this week's program on the central streets first i'll see you again at the same time next week and hello from me and the rest of the crew of the moscow sunshine. and our.

guide here. minimums look forward to be held on say. the pain and suffering will never be forgotten. as well as the joy of moderation. here a spring of nineteen forty five on our team. or some this is just a parliament building emerged in the face. of them. sixty five

years ago. was the final target i'm going to minus two major offensive for the army . this country became the symbol on the fall of the financial tsunami. and the victory over nazi germany. the fall i'm in. wealthy british scientists on poles sometimes. markets financed scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines today and to cause a report on our.

morning news today violence is once again flared up the full these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada after the first chinese operations are today. france's military spending on foreign operations already accounts for the years before ends budget the government's accused of turning a blind eye to the people's needs at home by increasing its expensive adventures abroad. while the u.s. operation to kill bin ladin widely hailed as a success the message washington uses in the war on terror facing criticism charges of torture and overseas prisons feared to be motivating terrorists rather than make the world safer. russian soyuz rocket undergoes a simulated blast off in a european space supporting the french guyana everything now in place for the actual launch which is part of a joint project between russia and europe. and how is so beloved is up next with

sports stay with us here on r.t. . they came out welcome to the sports news an r t n hero had lines you love all russia big opening game of the second group ice hockey world championship season oh god yeah. there will be an old portuguese for knowledge of the europa league this year i'll support the i brought us a huge aggregate wins over a billion dollar company respectively. short defeats in my dream world the one telling does not speedballs through you live gorgeous while on the mountainside in the minority goes down to talk. and rushes make struggles to find a formula one sponsor despite having beaten world champions to boston but south.

let's get started on the ice and the world hockey championship since slovakia where russia have started the second group stage in style which is. not full three in. sort of gays in the all of you with a hat trick in this one helping lost as one of their difficult three guinea out to him grabbing the bible gold for the russians who will take on defending champions the czech republic next the game will take place on sunday and the good news is that alexander i bitch him is expected to join the national school and by that time also his washington capitals exited the n.h.l. playoffs. and some more hockey fixture as the only game in groups alfonse says. the odds between switzerland three two men while the relegation round also took place on thursday evening bellows comprehensibly old st cell phone to make sure they will automatically qualify for next year's championships slovenia will be there as well also sending lots of packing to. go to football now where f.c.

poor to will play broadening the old portuguese europa league finale later this month brother will. circulate riot helmet one will go away last week still one way to defeat so it was to all of that forget the brother on the way girls while portuguese champions court during the final despite a three to get away defeat in the second leg against standish side billy a real a five one advantage following their first game was more than enough to see only seven for aggregate when the europa league final will take place in dublin or the eighteenth of may. we have a team of incredible talents the oldest as you know i don't like to praise a player over the rest of the team. some concentration motivation both on the pitch and in the bench where it gets maximum level and it makes us a much stronger being and finally. we deserve this moment even more my mind is already focused on the final and winning it we can win it even if your opponent has

a strong team we believe we can win or stay with them the english premier league match to see if they are aiming to wrap up a place in next season's champions league or betterment chaney's fourth place side only need four points from their next two domestic games as they prepared to take on everton on saturday after that city's still how to play their game in hand at home to european rivals horton that's on tuesday a sixth place north london side a seven points behind city and realistically need to win a theist lands to keep their champions league hopes alive so this weekend see they are aiming to beat ever turn for the first time in four meetings while the top is now lost on me three times at home this season however roberto mancini is focusing on the points his team need to reach europe's top competition. or their four point four points we're sure. it would be. it's important that

we play. very well against everything for one week because i guess there will always difficult for us. but we want to change to change these. well football is that one european giants by munich barcelona and ac milan as well as brazil's coppola but the doors holders into nasional have confirmed they will play and this is audi cup there today tournaments will take place as they are they are arena in munich on july twenty sixth twenty seventh the competition's first edition was held two years ago with a host winning. one of those celebrating the victory in two thousand and nine was that a mark on bomber who has moved to the monsoon span of a bottle will face is normal by the exhibition tournament in a few months time. tennis now and curling was not skis out of the madrid open

losing to you live gorgas for the second time in as many weeks the twenty two year old german also shot the world number one in the final instead good last month the win profiling her up to twenty seventh in the rankings same story this time around was enough was able to recover from an opening set loss on to second with these but it was gorgeous who ultimately well through six four one six six three for the german is an associate probably a chunk of the quarter finals after the russian not five six amount of starts orchestra and they're. more at sensing the man's nostrils meanwhile as the full see then the mari fell victim to world number thirty six. a left hander cruising to a six four six still victory over the scot has just returned from an elbow injury layoff baluchis the first brazilian to be top five whistles the stock were down in two thousand and four. and while robin solving was one of those seeds who made it

safely through to the quarters on thursday the swede progress and at the expense of joe will for its own goals of the six seven five everything or is also there with win over ukraine service the courts. and elsewhere not of georgia which has equalled gone lendl's twenty five year old record for the first stop for. susan the servant world number two claimed his twenty ninth victory in twenty people when as we cruised across garcia love as of spain six one six two this trial stretches the streak to thirteen pounds wins in the wall as the twenty three year old sixth straight title this year most of his main rivals except murray are also through their own roger federer of the belgians salvia malise while top ranked rafael adult received the. monarch's in the pool to retire with a hip injury. and finally while russia's first ever formula one driver of a pallet betroth will be competing at the choke is drug free this weekend as compared trip. in is ready to storm the g.p.

two series and looks to make a step up to formula one the twenty three year old muscovite has beaten sébastien to tell him the reno world series but is still without a contract as constantin but out of her course now. behala notion is a well known driver in his homeland but when a three year old's progress i would have passed the arrows has been impressive he became the first of all russians when an international championship at the arena world serious and last year looked like he was ready to take on the biggest challenge and see behind n f one we'll look back on the support of his sponsor stopped and the russian lost his seat i want to get the from a one way ticket to a new. hearing and also some financial support. it's not a secret that anybody from. his way they're going about it the pilots. will bring. this case. it was

very difficult for us to get home on this here eyelash and launch his racing career in classical style by starting out in courting which acts like a training cumin garden for drivers and lays a foundation that many future world champions used to transform themselves into successful f one drivers among them the likes of reigning champions who has embattled who used to be a lotions teammate in rounds world serious. i work. with often. in the one team and one championship at the same time i know that our meeting came quite often and though it is a formal one. it also makes me feel better. eyelash invested an f one car at the young drivers test in abu dhabi last year and made a good impression but it will now driving practice and the support of sponsorship promising russians career isn't just pretty however it seems he's getting back on

track as he starts the season in the carling g.p. to team from england they must go i didn't take part in the test drives and hasn't signed in concert with the team so he's still anxious about competing in the upcoming serious ticket from the us here is. interesting car because it's a brand new and nothing the same so. if it is. the us you can bet their brand new design. and it's quite a bit faster than it was before i left the track at the opening one prematurity only six of me thirty three formal one drivers have come through the g.t. to see recently past four years and i love him is sure to make the most of his chance and prove he's one of the often f one drivers because they are cheap. and it always falls for the sour cannot shawnees the weather update statement.

touches that so much taxpayers' money is a shake in my life areas in which language continues to flourish is it threatening other languages with one in three people speaking english is this promoting western .

a cluster mission. and inside the container you have small bombs and you can have anywhere from dozens up to hundreds of them there's a huge market right now for battle area clearance because there are a lot of countries in the world that are contaminated by unexploded ordinance. because you got these companies and n.g.o.s that have basically sprung up that have an expertise to get rid of these weapons what they do is they go to these places they will hire local train the locals how to do the clearance they'll let the locals basically take ownership because you know they have

a vested interest in clearing their homes and they're putting themselves at risk every single day when they go out there to clear areas of. a. big. block. twenty years ago in the largest country in the. disappearance of this. city. must have been trying. to teach began the journey. where did it take the. wealthy british soil. sometimes i just don't. know.