the stories we cover here and here in iraq the big story that it's was some type of reason they don't want you to know what to do. now let's break the set. again more of big stories that shape the weaker relations between germany and the u.s. took another blow the last seven days when pearl and kicked out of cia chief assigned the itself to two high ranking german officials were on masters alleged american spies sparking some angry words the german interior minister indeed dismissed the information obtained as trivial trivial a laughable but said the political damage caused was disproportionately serious comment two from the left party member who is outrage saying there's no longer blind trust in the united states and the justice minister has been demanding that u.s. spying in germany be stopped once and for all talking of germany here's our europe

correspondent peter all over in berlin. sent packing a with a flea in his ear and. i just want to say that if you see it was human common sense in my opinion spying on allies and friends is a waste of energy. germany has now told the cia contact at the us embassy in berlin to get his things and leave. for the first time after a series of spy scandals this is a strong message from the germans that they've had enough of washington's behavior you know that experience of a cheaper foreign intelligence services isn't something we're taking lightly but it took a whole string of an embarrassing snooping slip ups to get to the stage it paints a picture of an abusive relationship in june of last year it emerged that the u.s. had spied on its european allies prompting this response from the chancellor spying on friends is not acceptable then it was revealed that mrs merkel's private cell

phone was bugged by the n.s.a. washington promised not to do it again but refused to sign a no spy deal bilin still wanted to talk trade and rebuilding of trust between the transatlantic partners flash forward to april of this year when germany's request to see the chancellor's n.s.a. file was turned down and even then it was content to stand side by side with the u.s. president as he again spoke of their close friendship but the discovery of two potential double agents in germany and as many weeks and a lack of cooperation from the u.s. with the investigations looks like the final straw and it will be interesting to see what effect the expulsion of the cia official will have on an already strained u.s. german relationship now that berlin has shown its willingness to act peter all of a r.t.

germany. that's where patience is rubbing from the rub is that it's happened before or. peter mention there isn't the first time u.s. intelligence has been caught spying on its allies last june it was revealed that half a billion private messages and calls cents by all received by german citizens were monitored every month and of course chancellor merkel also fell victim herself made so many headlines when her phone was tapped and in february it was reported that former chancellor gerhard schroeder's phone calls was snooped on in the run up to the u.s. led invasion of iraq one american investigative journalist told r.t. these latest revelations are leaving berlin embarrassed. the german and american security systems are so interwoven you can't even separate from the basically the same infrastructure the same architecture and so if germany was to say they don't want to it's very hard for them not to because there's so many institutions which are basically into a wall that was the same entity the german political leadership. wants to be

involved that it states they want to have an integrated security infrastructure it's part of who they are it is part of who they've been since the end of world war two but this recent espionage scandal of america being spied on and of the two rows recent cases is embarrassing for the german political system because it shows that germany's been very loyal to the united states with the united states still doesn't trust the. real raft of interesting stories lined up on line like this one from us an aircraft crash may have finally been solved i think after four years i think it could be down to a crocodile on the loose in the cabin which caused the deadly crash in the congo at the time to read more about that snotty dot com there to. the sun shone down the cars they roared get a feel for formula one with the precautions sochi fast approaching this with moscow fans getting a taste of what's to come. to your sporting action

right now in rio football's finest from germany in argentina of course rushing out in front of a huge audience of billions bringing to a climax the twenty fourteen fee for world cup these are the latest pictures live from brazil they're also saying fans watching in berlin german fans holding their breath hoping that their team can recreate the magic that saw the wipe out brazil from the tournament president putin is in rio to watch the final and also to see the button for the event passed on to russia for twenty eighty our correspondent paul scott scott. well. around rio over the last forty eight percent eighty thousand spectators are inside the american our stadium is germany taking on argentina also in attendance is the. nation. after victories of nine hundred seventy eight thousand nine hundred eighty six the

closing ceremony performances from the likes of. responsibility for the competition handed over to vladimir putin and russia of course russia hosting the tournament in two thousand and eighteen and the protests that threaten to overshadow brazil twenty fourteen never really took off it didn't fully go to play for the host nation on the pitch they finished fourth losing the play play off to the netherlands on saturday evening but despite that the atmosphere. over the course of the weekend around one hundred thousand fans have swarmed the city on the copacabana beach area in particular has been a sea of blue and white over the course of the week as the clock ticks down on the twenty four comes to when it comes to an end. to russia twenty eight. well scott rio their own brazil handing over the world cup them to russia. one of the eleven russian cities that will host matches in the twenty eight hundred to one of them.

so there we have it it's over to russia now to get itself ready for hosting the biggest competition in world football and i think it's going to be an extremely exciting four year period the buildup to the twenty eight world cup because not only will it be a big event for football fans here in russia but staging in a competition of such magnitude also offers a whole host of other opportunities and we can hear about some of those from russia's sports minister apart from the. world cup brings a heritage material but also human and cultural one is direct investment into everything transparently there are volunteers the inspiration the unification of spirit the country i'm sure russia was up to the highest stamps and they are very welcoming nation let me just help you get acquainted a bit with because it's my first time here and thoroughly enjoyed it all when you get a feel for the place a few facts and figures for you first is the capital of the russian republic of

part of town has a population of just over one point one million and that makes it russia's eighth biggest city that described as a very tourist friendly location you'll find practically every sign here translated into english but it better known for its beautiful architecture and prince multiculturalism and both of those you'll find perfectly embodied in the kremlin so there you go if you thought it was just moscow that has a kremlin you'd be wrong this warning because and as well i fact though that not too many people know about the city that is that a few years ago the people of russia voted it the sport capital of the country to hotspot for sport always something going on here it is of course only one as you said russia's eleven host cities i was able to visit to some of the other locations so take a look now at how the preparations for twenty eighty already shaping up twenty eight hundred fifty five of our ladies and gentlemen we'll be organize. back in two thousand and ten it was all smiles as russia defied. fields to be named

host of the twenty eight world cup. victory came last the thanks to a slick promotional video which pledged to develop football among the country's youth. with another big selling point was russia's ambitious plan to build several new stadia which will keep games could be plate for years on how exactly is not planned looking of the twelve stadiums to be used for under construction there in killeen the drought grass nizhny novgorod he said mara the move should be rolling soon enough with those projects to be underway by the end of the see it and meanwhile the progress that some of the other venues has given russia cause to celebrate. well here in such a there should be no problem whatsoever the fish stadium is tried and tested during the olympics it proved itself to be a great success that will be one at

a slight alterations needed in order to turn it into a football stadium but they're only minor can save this one up as a success for the host nation. this is the arena and boy is this a versatile stadium because last year they hosted the world student games that next year they'll put into swimming pools for the staging of the championships and after that it will be converted into a football stadium. in the russian capital there are two very different projects taking place with the new stadium going up just as an old one gets down first as they spot tanks stadium a high tech high cost ground that in order to protect its pitch from the harsh russian winter is using the very latest technologies and they include football's equivalent of a giant head drawing. board to the profile of the joy with all the soil hitting. and the softness keeping the chance to show as it should

be. so you would want to have main lodge lights and legs that will pop up half the pitch which will be in lights all day every day so here is the spot act stadium in all its glory the playing surface is looking absolutely spectacular while the infrastructure is just days away now from completion it took four years of work and four hundred thirty million dollars of investment togethers to this point and it sees the stadium spot tack on the brink of becoming the new kid on moscow's footballing blockbuster if you're one of those found three prefer if you'll stadium to be a little bit bigger about how ups have a little bit more history and there really is only one place to go. and that's here to the luzhniki which in twenty eight team will host both the opening game of the tournament and the big one the world cup final however in order to look the part for the big occasion the ground old lady of russian football is having to undergo

a monumental make over. what i really mean is it's been completely gutted which is a bit now some fans in this feel of the truth of losing the stadium that's filled with so many memories just like the 1980's in michigan that there has to be on that the moscow olympics. the sun shouldn't be too sound because while the inside smog be new the facades of the luzhniki set to remain which means that it's not really good by more case the c.d.c. . says neil harvey reporting for r.t. . that's to come back to the present keeping up to date up to the minute in fact on the fee for world cup final can report germany still deadlocked on mil mil with what and when it's not of money and second. coming up next after the break or not

international. truth seeker if you're watching us in the u.k. a u.s. air force veteran tells us what it's really like to be a writer is the program's coming up on national. if there's anything we're afraid of in the modern western world is al qaeda or aids or something like that it's words just words especially on the internet morning radio shock jock the cumia from the opie and anthony show has been fired for a massive twitter rant that he made against a woman who believe that the radio host was taking mocking photographs of her and got aggressive with them who may claim to just be taking pictures of time square now normally what you do outside of work shouldn't matter but with public personalities i can see how people want them to have good behavior all the time but the problem is that guys like him are put on the airwaves to have bad behavior what does the sirius x.m.

company expect from people they put on air to be wild and raunchy this is typical corporate boardroom mentality well we want morning gigi's to be really crazy in shocking but not too crazy and sure hey i don't have a horse in this race i actually think the opie and anthony show is pretty dismal but when i see someone getting fired for wacky shock jock stuff that is in a way kind of part of his job well just seems very hypocritical to me but that's just my opinion. to. be ignored. stories others refuse to nokes. since changing the world's lights now. so pictures of today's. on demand from around the globe.

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