and you learned from moscow top stories this stand of the poor as a script the u.s. and its highest credit rating if you're rating that countries and that's with china saying it's time to ditch the dollar as the reserve currency. israelis brace for another round of unprecedented and think of the mass protests of already compared to countries plights a past of revolutionary egypt. nato helicopters crashed in eastern afghanistan killing thirty one u.s. special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers the biggest single american law since the in the tree operation started the taliban claim they'd

a rocket attack. with something for you later in the meantime martin andrews explores a place that's fit for a queen and his final summertime trip to st petersburg. hello and welcome to the program on this week's show i'll be exploring one of the oldest and largest museums in the world and will be taking a day trip to the pizza hut palace with its impressive gardens and fountains founded in seven hundred sixty four by custom the great heavens how is he opposed that a great many of the items in life historic buildings this is one day trip in st petersburg

he cannot miss out on. most of his journey started here at the british legion jordan staircase full of lies and gleaming with gilding and nearest say case extends to the full height of the winter palace its golden white system designed these retreats face of course and follow. you can see here the location of the home it's mostly treated him palace where the buildings from and in principle saw along the embankment of the lever is a built in the eighteenth century by the italian architecture strelley it became the home of katherine when she silage the throne in seven hundred sixty two over the centuries the past larger than a theatre and various new buildings. ices approaches them to the natives and held by the trench of century the homes homes as one of the largest museums in the world. by your a lot of these museums from what i have read but this goes far beyond all my expectations using the present is the same thing.

that you can only dream about it's absolutely that since i choose for want it art and the building all together it's just beautiful and this museum is important. we had a great tour guide and she showed us just a small piece of it but a small piece of a scene is just incredible we have a private tour and i think it's fair we can see a few more things get better understand. things they would have to like. the palace pose almost two thousand windows and over a thousand elegantly and largest decorated pools many of which are open to the public. it is estimated that the see the exhibits in the home as far as we have to move to twenty five miles perhaps even move fascinating at least for those interested in bridges gouri days it's not just bush insistences all the exhibits illuminating brushes imperial past also the rundown of the hermitage treasures

would be complete without mentioning the museum stealing collection of western european art states from the thirteenth century onwards michelangelo money goes matisse and it's harsh collection it's like who's who of parts history. believe the whole of the first floor was designed in an eclectic style i and i stuck inside the eight hundred fifty eight in serious here are just breasts aching it occupies the northern territory of the small habits and that the main focal point is this amazing peacock clock. from seven hundred ninety seven to the present day the peacock cloak as you will hematologist most famous exhibits the figures of a peacock called cool and now the form part of this elaborate fine piece of tissue with mechanisms that set them in motion today so it's one of the few of its size still in working condition. see how fast everybody was but it's really interesting to see so many people from

different places gathered together to see something so unique very very beautiful especially when the captain around it has made me even see the famous to his room a collection of antiquities including a large number of goals are facts. bracelets rings earrings and male female clothing decorations the russian saws lived surrounded by wealth and luxury the earliest looks in the gold ring here date back to the fourth millennium b.c. gold in russia became popular vice our dear in the black sea the wealth and glitter of course it's high an abundance of gemstones least spot behind the splendor of other you work in courts while your precious stones were only on ladies' clothes in russia many rivaled women unself to her ration signatories just as it was gold and diamonds only in russia russian and western painting sculpture applied only historic periods the average of the century is displayed in hundreds of holes if

you do visit i deal with a bad guy or a group got it sure to have its cause he calls information overload. for you guys come in several languages is true is given a number we should press when entering can simply be lost without a guard of some sort in her massage one of the highlights of the museum is a collection of paintings by leonardo da vinci called madonna and child it is really to be painted in a land where the artist lives in to see a chair the image shows a peaceful little child but to some frustration of maternal love their only child work so they are not all left in the world today we have in this museum on it isn't titled madonna leaps out in history famous voice allegan sing beauty and i was challenged their mandate after my. textbooks in school and i was really impressed when i searched for the first time about ten years ago i. said this is

a jam of jams this museum and one of the best in the world even if you are not an author level story and will only be impressed with what the home is marsh has on offer as a museum and a grand palace in war and a visit to the state how much margin st petersburg is. i think he will never forget . leaving the hematologist now let's continue our journey crossing the street to the river side next to the hermitage and you'll see very spent stands and a large jetty this is where we'll catch a hundredfold boat to pieces off the journey takes twenty minutes and is much faster than travelling by car or train you can see on final destination in only have to travel around the entire coastline to get to the world part of the state taking a boat or foss harder for the area called printed for us because the journey time down considerably. here we are.

nothing was it other than it's a good estate museum reserved peterhof is a fait complex which includes the palace of peter the great instrument the alexandria park upper and lower parks a beer hall and also parks and polishes in iranian bomb each year more than four million tourists visit peterhof on the earth is named one of the wonders of russia when you plan your visit here make sure you've got the whole day to thoroughly enjoy it this is silly. in my opinion this is one of the most kids taking sides in russia. because some part of peace often often referred to as the brushing aside. the french palace was the inspiration for a piece of the greats designed to build a similar complex in the suburbs of his new city the window to your. piece of health which means peace is close in germany is essentially the philippines granger's here in person is a bit of the expansion of the grand rapids. peterhof

was ravaged and such be destroyed by the german troops during the second world war it was whether one of the first to be resurrected thanks to the work of military engineers and everyone. thousand volunteers to be statesmen destruction has been fully restored by nine hundred forty seven the most famous punt on someone peterhof if the ground could stay with dozens of water jets greatly with breathtaking view the run of by impressive growth that used at the time for the famous samson found it resting in the jaws of a lion erected in the seven hundred thirty s. it was built to represent bush's victory over sweden with. the grocer behind the great escape which is once used a small policies contains the in the most pipes originally wooden the feet the fountains most is just a stack and when they were told the fountains were only for the use of gravity.

it's really beautiful actually more so than we thought looking at photographs that you saw before we came definitely worth a visit beautiful beautiful and it shows a lot of russian history i like it i think it's spectacular how good it was built there more than three hundred years ago and it's just awesome and i love the alleyways and the and to all the parks and the amazing council even. in the hot sun for example songs the sea is not as big as is here so it's very experienced the spectacular parkland piece hafiz remarkable for the sheer variety of styles encompassed its layout and features a walk around the gardens is a must for every visitor. representing nearly two centuries of european socratic fashion execute to the high standards the top is like an encyclopedia of design.

remember to bring your camera and also look at the font submission is not included when you pay if you harder for john to. come rain or shine a trip to the venice of the north will be something you'll never forget. from your goosebumps. first time you enter the hematologist does leads to a case with missing the rainbows created by the grandkids skase fountain and he's a whole school st petersburg's thompson involves reconstruction assistance like a dog. as you can see the steer we tell comes to mind and for those who happen to see the magic of the council i suggest you come here quickly before even cars are. absolutely spectacular while of course the last hotel we have from some of the most beautiful attractions here in st petersburg i'll see you again at the same time next week so until then for me i'll address the crew from peterhof for now.

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must see see. to. the people of the states and their friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder his regime as an after program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons and let there be no doubt that we know for a fact there are that. this work is being carried out under the direction of dr david kay respected scientist and former u.n. inspector was leading the weapons search in iraq we are determined to take this apart you have a tremendous

a group of dedicated american men and women involved in this with the best assets of the intelligence community and for by. david kay he is not going to be done with this for quite some time david kay wants more time and he says it could take another six to nine months to make a definitive finding ministration is asking congress for hundreds of millions more six hundred million dollars to fund the continuing search have not yet found shiny pointy things that i would call a weapon before we can draw from conclusions we need to let the iraq survey group complete its work. we were all wrong probably in my judgment. and that is most disturbing. some times the true patriots takes the unpopular course but helps their country of origin stakes and even if they can't persuade at least for treatment patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels and i think these are scoundrels they have no argument now they have no

defense for what they did the country is in a terrible international security situation but i think it's perilous so they're attacking the patriotism of other. stores the sound of the stand in them pulls a strip the u.s. of its highest credit rating infuriating the country's lenders with china saying it's time to ditch the dollar as the reserve currency. israel is braced for another round of unprecedented antigovernment mass protests some of already compared the country's plights and massive revolutionary gypped. a nato helicopter has crashed in eastern afghanistan killing thirty one u.s. special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers the biggest single american lol since the military operation started kind of one plane they downed the chopper in a rocket attack. on you and it's in full is coming when just in fifteen minutes

from now before that case here with the next sports. hello welcome to the sports update this saturday and here's a glimpse of what's coming up. heavyweight battle champions in a narrow the gap to lead astray scores of two points with a two no retreat in the moscow region in the thick of saturday's russian premier league action. while chinese conquests relative conclude their asian to all with a thumping six nil victory over local side tangent. and please forgive me disgrace speed skating superstar running rowing apologizes to the people of china for a drunken punch up with the team manager. first a football and defending champions native narrowed the gap to leaders taste counts of just two points after beating the moscow side to no and the russian premier league two goals within one second half minute did the damage and extend the

closure call opens up to fifty four minutes for all kind of down about the new call for sweet feed made to mail elsewhere unveiled in russia midfielder you wouldn't have called the head of their home game against when they beat two no thanks to goals the americans approve because. while twenty seven year old joins from chelsea on four years old and can't sit by next week's day you can spot a very well a sort of although our last off will also go head to head with face and informed in our run the last five league games. and in the meantime the committee for being one of the big movers since the transfer window donald was the first for new players have joined the sixth place moscow's side which is now managed by jersey concern though he has led lockyer to three victories from three matches so i thought well from my course we have reports. the railway men have become the forty eight year old portuguese specialist nine club in his coaching career besides the club circuit josie cause they are also managed in national geo lithuania jury gets one to ten

people world cup qualifiers to where he defeated the likes of her media austria and the faroe islands but these moments the team came to his more confidence. because when the games challenge some scenes in the beach of course yes the studs are too. but i seen. the first scene is easy mind now this gets the acquisitions forward to leave it i said all the twenty two year old before gori an international joins look at what see from live on say in the scottish league he played thirty two naches for his country's national team scored five goals in the process over his relatively short professional career he's played full five teams including magister city boss sporting lisbon and spain's molokai to live on to another new arrival is the nigerian international twenty four year old bangor fixer of the not was also somewhat of a club helper and injure my player he spent the last two seasons on loan first for

molokai in spain and the following year at west ham in the english premier league you can see a lot of players from a year old are coming over to rationally and that's right some are in different clubs here and also you know when a close plays in any or all of the plots plays in the champions league or in the role kohli play it months of a split a lot of business west and see made money while the crushed oxygen and looking would see during the summer traffic period the portuguese defender's trophies include the french top in two thousand and six and the netherlands cycle in two thousand and seven with an as person yes or no i know in the four stories or. so it was a test that i took me into training using. he was there for part of a piece from where he was when order to get along with the latest signing in spanish builder albert was there who joins the club from sporting lisbon it's what

he six year old started early guests are where he played for five years were five goals in winning the spanish superstar in the process in an interview with look i'm a teacher official website zapatero admitted that he had offers from four spanish clubs as well as if it is more mock england's new castle and only back from greece however looking much these offer outweighed the rest mainly because of the new head coaches josie cole say rose personal involvement. so look overseas are yet to lose a match or even concede a goal under josie cozier olds the management team is now ready to reach new heights in the remainder of the season and that should help the team that goal remark koester of artsy. now is just a way to go for the start of the new english premier league season match to city manager about someone cheney admits his side still on tightly focused like a local rivals manchester united and the dish will cut in raising the community

shield on sunday. as the first official nature of this season is important because . for this game. and i think he said. we want to win i think like i can imagine. dr i don't think that the even this moment . percent they're ready to play. like maybe. because we are already here. if it's their way they may go straight to the feeling that they're very very. well me i'm on a plane as you know i tell them a controlling session is all traffic this saturday three new signings we've got ashley young goalkeeper down the fire ants defender phil jones also pause but these three minute because song title of the summer's transfer targets the managers radix ferguson says might further strengthen his side for the new season threat levels and to stamp their name on top flight title number twenty. but in the midst of

a story saying a couple more players but that's. we get this i was a real cognizant of the guy and. that was. important when you misread it is. well in the meantime it was a one way street for real madrid in the final going that pre-season fourth china the spanish giants pulled michael side tianjin six nil at the wilson tuckey stadium that got open through early penalty and go do not react capitalize on some poor defending double the thirteen minutes now following again netted third soon after the break in the subsequent fusion in a go math. striker is replaced by christiane our now they didn't wait long lost a stone at mossbank us for not. having means i'm not going to grace with just

three minutes to finish off why i was trying to stop the start the spanish police will take on champions bosler in the first leg of the super pacs i managed to burn a banner sunday and touch there's a green explained why he does not want any place in this team. it seems. competitive everybody feels part of it everybody must be ready to play in the present time the young boys from the second team then older have a chance so i hope the moral i don't read again morning wants more players because i don't want more players i'm happy with the short squat i have with the good singers and with the bad sings that authentic sounds a little bit high jump champion and i so know it has its top form at the right time with the russian winning the last major event for the world championships in south korea later this month the twenty six year old clear to me to start the six

centimeters at his first attempt at the diamond league meeting in london a similar jump was good enough is enough to take gold at the beijing olympics three years ago when elsewhere two americans triumphed in the sprints with world record holder the same fault sitting out also dixon blew away the field in the men's two hundred meters long carmelita jeter was peerless in the women's one hundred meters not a second straight victory and that underneath. and it's now in russian top seed verizon the rover has reached the semifinals of the mercury insurance open in california although she was made to work on a budget mr williams that's the twenty six year old won the first set six three but then lost the second by the same scoreline before taking the decided six call on the right to win next by anna evanovich says we need to pinch why and there but give each with like the national that one's got a role is out of it was out of the ball games to one in the close that again

schweik lot after a pep talk from her coach serbian former world number one reeled off the next five games to take the set six full of the second proved to be much simpler advantage when not six one off. project respect the rich have a much easier time the number two sleep eat american slim stevens in two easy sets six two six one was the school that race in the last four is poor advancer and log on to the back again for france record for now is just over a month to go until the rugby world cup in new zealand time cause i kicked fifteen points as the all blacks comfortably beat australia thirty points to fourteen in the tri nations encounter nor plans to retain the bledisloe cup as additional hype goes before the game he respects the home nations more our group backs dominated from the office eden park where they've not lost a test or it's friday since ninety six and some reason why seventy mill operator have time to try someone on a lawman and so to get

a three vote to put the match beyond doubt forty minutes into the second half when connecting with conrad smith for a spectacular run and get into fights i think the ionic rocky elsom did get on the scoreboard for the wallabies in the second period but the visitors never looks like the same back into it new zealand and i tunes from turner trying nations are in that opening success against a depleted south africa last week. and finally sorry seems to be the hardest word for a short tempered. chinese speed skater the country's greatest winter olympics has apologized to his nation's people not to the officials for a drunken brawl with the team manager menke was a source saw it all to being once again expelled from the team behavior the twenty six year old punched a balsawood reprimanded for a late night out during a training camp in shorts truckstop is a four time olympic champion but has a poor record of dawn it's at work she was also kicked out of the national team

four years ago for beating up a coach. that's all sports news i've got them. today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada after. operation.

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