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responsibility it's the biggest single american law since the military operation stops about one another update for in fifteen minutes from now the mean time lost in andrews explores a place that's fit for a queen and his final so much time 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 i will be taking it's a trip to the pizza hut palace with its impressive gardens and fountains founded in seven hundred sixty four by cotton the great to have its highs he opposed any great

million items in five historic buildings this is one day trip in st petersburg you cannot miss out on. mrs journey starts us here at the bridge taking joy in staircase full of lies and gleaming with gilding and mirrors the same case extends from the fleet street of the winter palace it's golden why some design these retreats cases because we follow. you can see his illustration of the hand it's mostly created on palace where the building school and in principle saw an embankment of the letter is a built in the eighteenth century by the italian architecture strelley it became the home of truth from when she ascended to the throne and seven hundred sixty two over the centuries the cars are larger than a theater and various new buildings. ices approaches and delays it until by the trench of century the home is home as one of the largest museums in the world. you know a lot of this museum from what i have read but this goes far beyond all

my expectations using the present is the same thing. and you can only dream of but it's absolutely fabulous since i choose for want art and the building all together it's just beautiful and this museum is in painting. we had a great tour guide and she's shown us just a small piece of a small piece we've seen is just incredible we have a private tour and i think it's better we can see the more things get better understand. things they always have to like. the palace bows almost two thousand windows and over a thousand elegantly and largest decorated rules many of which are open to the public. is system a says to see the exhibits in the home as far as we have to move twenty five miles perhaps even move fascinating at least for those interested in riches glory days it's not just washington says of 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 to have its harsh collection is for the who's who of art history. the billion hole on 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 aka 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 club as you will hematologist most famous exhibits the figures of the peacock koku and now the form part of this elaborate fine piece of to do with mechanisms that set them in motion today so it's one of the few with its size still in working condition.

see how fast everybody was but it's really interesting to see so many people from different places gather together to see something so unique very very beautiful especially when it keeps up turn around it has made me even see the famous collection of antiquities including a large number of gold artifacts. bracelets rings earrings and male and female closing decorations diversion saws lives surrounded by wealth and luxury the earliest notes in the gold ring here date back to the fool for many and they say gold in russia became people advice our dear in the black sea of wealth and glitter of course it's 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 self to her ration merely bigotries studded with gold and diamonds only in russia russian and western painting sculpture applied only

prehistoric periods of the early twentieth century is displayed in hundreds of holes or if you do visit i do recommend. or a group guided tour to have it's hard because information overload is for you guys come in several languages is true is given a number we should press when entering is simply be lost without a god of some sort in her massage one of the highlights of the museum is the creation of paintings by leonardo da vinci called madonna and child and is rumored to be painted him a lamb with your sleeves in full c h two the image shows a peaceful little child but to some frustration of maternal love there are only twelve works so they're not all left in the world two of them we have in this museum i it isn't titled some i don't know leapt out in a tree famous voice arrogancy beauty and i was a challenge i remember later after my books and textbooks at school as i was too impressed when i searched for the first time after

a ten years ago i am aware that this is a jam on our chaps this museum and one of the best in the world even if you are not an odd little story and will only be impressed with what the massage was on offer as a museum and a grand palace to warrant a visit to the state how much more she said he was but it's. don't think you will never forget. leaving the hermitage now let's continue our journey crossing the street to the riverside nixon hematology and you'll see various points stands and a large jetty this is where we'll can charge a full boat to peterhof 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 in a state taking a boat or fast wonderful to the area called the address because the journey time down considerably. and this

year we are. doesn't it wasn't worth it if it's a good estate museum reserved peterhof is a big complex which includes the palace of peter the great instrument the alexandria park upper and lower parks and your heart and also parks and polishes in iranian bomb each year more than four million tourists visit if you're off on the area is named one of the wonders of russia when you plan your visit here make sure you cover the whole day just thoroughly enjoy it this is silly. in my opinion this is one of the most kids taking sides in russia. because some part of pizza hut often referred to as the brushing aside. the french palace was the inspiration for the city greats designed to build a similar complex in the suburbs of his new city the window to your. piece off

which means peace is close in germany is a truly popular kids graduate and facility but most of the expansion of the ground has. peterhof was ravaged template she destroyed by the german troops during the second world war it was whether one of the first to be resurrected and thanks to the work of military engineers are the ones. thousand volunteers to be statesmen destruction has been fully restored by nine hundred forty seven the most famous founded on someone peterhof if the ground can scare you with dozens of water jets creating this breathtaking view surrounded by impressive gold statues at the time for the famous some soon found it resting in the jaws of a lion erected in a seven hundred thirty feet was built to represent russia's victory over sweden. the grocery behind the great escape which is once used a small policies contains the endless pipes originally wouldn't feed the fountains

most visited a stack and when they were told the fountains were only for the use of gravity. it's really beautiful actually more so than with all looking at photographs that you saw people definitely worth a visit beautiful beautiful and it shows a lot of russian history i like it i think it's spectacular humble it was built in our money three hundred years ago and it's just awesome and i love the alleyways and the and all the parks and the amazing fountains even. in the time for example since the sea is not as big as this year's it's very it's very nice to spectacular parklands a piece of hof is remarkable for the sheer variety of styles encompassed its layout the features a walk around the gazans is a must for every visitor. representing the two centuries of european socratic fashion execute to the highest standards the top is like an encyclopedia of design

. remember to bring your camera and listen to the four submission is not included when you pay a few hundred for john to. come rain or shine a trip to the venice of the north to do something you'll never forget. from your goosebumps. first time you enter the hematologist dazzling stack case with a single rainbow is created by the greatest skase fountain in peace hall said his biggest fan since involves reconstruction associate adolph. as you can see the stare we tell us comes to mind and for those who come from the sea the magic of the of the council i suggest you come here quickly before even comes an. absolutely spectacular one of course the last hotel we have from sir 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 by now.

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of the intelligence community and provide. data cheney 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 are six hundred million dollars to fund the continuing search have not yet failed shiny pointy things that i would call a weapon before we can draw from conclusions we need to let the iraqi survey group complete its work. we were all wrong probably in my judgment and that is most disturbing. sometimes the true patriots takes the unpopular course but it helps the country and wooden stakes and even if they come this way at least from germany 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 others. top stories this hour on r.t. standard and poor's a strip the u.s. of its highest credit rating infuriating the country's lenders and china suggesting it's time to find a new reserve currency to replace the dawn. israelis brace for another round of unprecedented antigovernment mass protests some already compared the country's plights about a revolutionary egypt. and a nato helicopter it's been found in eastern afghanistan killing thirty one u.s. special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers with the taliban claiming responsibility it's the biggest single american loss since the military operation started. on usenet in the fall is coming your way in just under fifteen minutes

from now in the meantime kate is here with the latest sports. hello welcome to the sports news and here of headlines. some of the table clash champions in a narrow the gap to lead astray scott to two points with a two no victory in the moscow region in the russian premier league. while chinese conquest well madrid conclude their asian tour with a thumping six no victory over local psyched. out please forgive me discreet speed skating superstar whining lying apologizes to the people of china for a drunken punch up with the teenager. refers to football and defending champions native narrowed the gap to lead his team scott to just two points after beating the moscow side to know when the russian premier league two goals within one second half

minutes did the damage alexander opened after fifty four minutes and explained that and called swiftly made to know well as well a goal in charleston saturday that result has helped who ran a three one lead it and placed a number involved are drawing nil nil and hating second bottom and also off. well elsewhere and she unveiled a russian midfielder you call ahead of their own game against tone who may be two nil thanks to my first thought from. strike on the idea of and used a false to keep up the pressure on the league leaders with tommy lingering in transport the twenty seven year old jump off joined chelsea on a four year deal which to play in next week's game i could surprise i can ask. well in the meantime local teams have been wanting a big movement since the transfer window open boyle was the first for new players have joined the sticks placed moscow's side which is on his jersey coast thorough and is led lock it in three victories from three matches so far from one quarter

every ports. the railway men have become the forty eight year old portuguese specialist ninth club in his coaching career besides the club circuit josie cause they are also managed the nationals he only showing the jury gets one to ten feet a world cup qualifiers to where he defeated the likes of remaining out austria and our islands but these moments the team tamia has more confidence. because when the games are childish something's in the beach of course yes. but i've seen. the first scene is it is a mind now this gets the acquisitions forward to lead it i said oh the twenty two year old record dorian international joins look at what the from live on say in the spanish league up we played thirty two matches for his country's national team and scored five goals in the process over his relatively short professional career he slayed full fight scenes including manchester city basel sporting lisbon and

spain's molokai live on say another new arrival is the nigerian international twenty four year old banger fixer of been up 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 me recently come to participate some more and different clubs here and also you know when a close plays and in europe a club stays in the champions league or europa league play at morgues and bass players a lot of the knesset west hands he made manual that cost also joined looking at the during the summer transfer period the portuguese defender's trophies include the french cup in two thousand and six and the netherlands sides will ensue thousand and seven with a nice person yes i know i know in the. stories i go and. it's

just that they could be in training as it is this. we want to pray for the from where it was a week or to get along with the latest sighting in spanish we feel there are bears as there who joins the clock from sporting lisbon it's twenty six year old started in league it is our goal stop where he played for five years scoring five goals and winning the spanish super cup in the process in an interview with looking at cvs official website zapatero admitted that he had offers from four spanish clubs as well as it is parma england you castle and only back from greece however looking at these offer outweighed the rest mainly because of the new head coaches josie cause arrows personal involvement. or 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 should help the team that goal gramont koester of artsy moscow. now it's just weeks before the start of the new english

premier league season managed to city manager out about a month cheney admits his side still on tightly fish as they prepare to face local rivals manchester united in the traditional curtain raiser community shield on sunday. as their first official nature of the season is important because. for this game of play c.b. and i think he said there would be we want to win i think like united. but i don't think that they team in this moment. where on the present they are ready to play. right maybe to mouth because we are already here. the first year with me was there in that period if you know everything. meanwhile united held an open training session as old trafford on saturday the three new signings winger ashley young dogs and defender phil jones

also cost these three might not be the song title of this summer's transfer targets for manager sir alex ferguson who says he might further strengthen his side for the new season as the right devils aim to stamp their name on top flight title number twenty. but the mysterious still same a couple more prayers. that. we get this i was a real cauldron of the buy and. that is. important there were numerous ring there it is. well in the meantime it was a one way street for a all madrid in the final game of a pre-season tour of china a spanish giants pummels local side tianjin tied six mil at the it's a tricky stadium that opens for you and i think before and felt the media capitalized on some poor defending double in the thirteen minutes gonzalo higuain that netted ray aus a third soon after the great author of confusion going on strike thank you

placed on christiane i will say i didn't write long last and stana this one goes for me a lot. has a lot i need to brace with in just three minutes into my eyes chinese style spanish cup holders will take on champions boss and i'm in the first leg of the super cup showdown birnbaum next sunday and coach there's a marina explain why he doesn't want a new players in his team. a good seeing as our. competitive everybody feels a part of it everybody must be ready to play and at the same time they are young boys from the second team then older have a chance so all i hope to morrow i don't really again morning once more players because i don't want more players i'm happy with the short squat i have we do good things and we've got bad since. in athletics limit

high jump jump and there is a lot of could be going to next month's world championships in sas career after all the russian has so far failed to qualify for the showpiece tournament but is now in the last major event ahead of its twenty six year old cleared to meet as a thirty six centimeters at his first attempt at the diamond league meeting in london last three years ago a similar journey has been the same north to take golf occasionally picks elsewhere to americans triumph in this once good world record holder you say vote sitting out also takes you away the field in the men's team loses a lot on the later gita was peerless in the women's one hundred meters and not for a second straight victory in a timely. reading on and with just over a month to go until the rugby world cup in new zealand down caught a kick fifteen points as the all blacks comfortably beat a stray

a thirty points to fourteen in the trying to asians encounter northlands to retain the plan to slow cock the traditional have got before the game june boosted the home nations around the world got dominated from an awful deed in part to have not lost a test to australia since night in eighty six and new zealand where seventeen zero up at half time to transfer my nonna in the mail although since inventing the right to put the match beyond that forty minutes into the second half being connected with conrad smith for a spectacular run to make it twenty five seven he me i honestly and rocky elsom did get on the school with the wallabies in the second period but this is never looks like getting back in serious incident and matching winners and sue in the trying nations following the 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 olympian rang

maine has apologised to one. people but not to the officials after a drunken brawl with the team manager a man who is a story sliced off being once again expelled from the team and movie hevia the twenty six year old punched her boss who reprimanded for a late night out during training camp the short track star is a four time olympic champion but has a poor record of violence at work she was also take that of the national team four years ago coach. and that's all from the sports desk i think.

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