with. your. chris was. also the u.s. national security advisor. guilty to making false statements to the f.b.i. that. global headlines every hour you're watching live from moscow. thanks for joining us

tonight. we start with breaking news this hour israeli warplanes have conducted several last strikes at a syrian military target near damascus that's according to israeli media several missiles were reportedly fired towards a target in the countryside south of damascus with some intercepted by the syrian air defense others hitting their intended targets well we've got information coming in other sources claim a target was an iranian military base in the area some thirteen kilometers from the city of damascus. previously carried out several air strikes in syria they claim to be targeting positions of the militant group hezbollah. projectiles they cross the border into the israeli occupied side of the golan heights and we'll keep you updated as we get more information coming in on that story. always suspicious device has been found in next to the german cities christmas

market police immediately evacuated the area. across the story. well police in the city of port stomach urgently investigating whether a suspicious device that they were called to in the afternoon on friday was a viable explosive device that had been placed or certainly to live it to an address nearby to the christmas market in the center of the city now this all started around two thirty local time in which this package was delivered to the pharmacy which is very close to the central square where that christmas market is located the bomb disposal department determined that it was a cylindrical object containing cables batteries and nails but it said that no ignition device was delivered currently police are investigating whether this could have been used as an air is as a a viable explosive device whether it could have been used to target the people that

were gathering about christmas market just in october of this year so just a month ago we we saw a nineteen year old syrian national being arrested and charged with what's being described as planning to commit a serious explosive terrorist event but this also isn't the first time that germany has been the target of real terrorist attacks.

a former u.s. national security advisor michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. over his links to the then russian ambassador to the united states his luck with latest details here's artie's caleb moore pretty. we have michael flynn pleading guilty to charges of making false statements to federal agents now this is a guilty plea and it's been entered in court at this point he's facing a sentence of between zero and six months in jail as well as a possible fine of up to nine thousand five hundred dollars now of course the mainstream media is in an uproar there's talk about the rush investigation all kinds of things are being made in the press this is being treated as a very big story out a very earth shaking event but it's quite interesting let's recall how michael flynn stepped down as national security adviser let's remember donald trump's

explanation to thing is he didn't or vice president. properly and then he said he didn't remember so either way it was a very satisfactory to me when he was serving in the trumpet ministration mr flynn misled vice president pence and now it appears that he's pled guilty to misleading federal agents now at this point you know the white house has come forward and said look this charge doesn't implicate anyone other than michael flynn he himself it looks like he's pleading guilty to misleading federal agents now it's been well over a year since the u.s. presidential election investigations have been going on for months and yet there seems to be no sign of this vast plot involving donald trump and rush this vast conspiracy that mainstream media seems to be so determined to find hasn't really come into fruition we've had several indictments at this point individuals who

misled federal officials made false statements are now facing criminal charges but as of yet the collusion story isn't really materializing. is on the brink of a new deadly epidemic in the past three months hundreds of diptheria cases have been registered in the war torn nation many people have died the world health organization is calling for millions of vaccine doses to be sent to the country urgently their human of course is already suffering the world's worst cholera epidemic amid the saudi bombing campaign and aid groups are struggling to live a vital supplies the red cross has been buying emergency fuel to power water pumps providing drinking water a coordinator for the group spoke to our to. those really got a strong. as well to respond essentially as anybody. and. that is new view that the pumping is not working that it is no wonder did it

comes. to issues polarize one of them and it is actually impacts in that need. to be repeated it's not only one shark or five years old need to be vaccinated as well as possible and that's why it's important that all commercial shipments need to resume and to enter again to yemen saudi warplanes have been bombing yemen since twenty fifteen it's claimed thousands of civilian lives and left much of the country in ruins according to the united nations yemen is now suffering the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

the draw for the twenty eighteen world cup has been completed so we now know who is playing who in the group stages next summer. peter schmeichel have been following the draw for r.t. . welcome to the last few decades of moscow it might look like a winter wonderland snooze the snow gently floats down it was

a blizzard earlier but we didn't know it's a speech michael long sought me because of all the excitement of the draw was fantastic wasn't all that joyous kept as warm on. the view is fantastic but it really really is cold healy's party itself and joe was a great little you know it's not as exposed as bring up the dollar seventy five a look at it first and very briefly say russia. really really really good group of draw saudi arabia in the opening game and then egypt in europe who are so really good for russia and europe i would say without but the kickers in group b. that spain portugal you know thought was going to be some game by the way and then obviously the shoots from my heart then mark we've got joy against france australia and peru and also you know keeping you became your own on the sort of the ones close to the hall will do a bit more specifically in a few moments but before about want to see didn't go smoothly or whether any massage there are the highlights of the draw.

to russia and they are still playing well thinking france in france. not a good you know. order way. oh i don't even have a saudi arabia. and i think. again saudi arabia also in that group egypt and europe was that group again brazil switzerland costa rica and serbia group after germany mexico aside like your principle first stay with us and you got some things not just president but practically is a who's who of will win isn't the greatest football this of all time tell us about

that experience world war president putin was holding a reception for for basically every legendary football who's who's in moscow for the job and and you know the world that was incredible to work to see this many guys who stand so much for football and you know basically are the big superstar here are legends in the game and even when you are a huge name yourself do you still feel slightly intimidated to be in the ring with you know an album well i think the big thing for me was. telly pallies not having a good the best of time at the moment he was in a wheelchair a golden banks and him they were having a conversation about which which joints they've replaced but it was credit card you could write a sweet sort of moment vehicle marathon it was a post for now the indian your food you kind of our guys who's listed the world cup trophy and i was pretty proud to be part of that of course you were

a nun but there were a few of them going in the piece michel is in here don't don't don't you know so yourself sure you know everybody that was it was a big name star and for a very good reason they can install this stun cullimore here we saw a threatening manner up front he's all on the red carpet as you can see not much action at the moment but chose to take a big take breath we've been here working the room as i said. so the quote far as are over an argentinian have the upper hand. no no it is it is that in just a tool the main thing is we just have to keep training is this the tournament well you know messi replicates the incredible. and lifts the world called missy doesn't need to prove anything he's been the best in the world for the last ten years were whites in for a bird's eye mountain as the belgian manages to come out because belgian. england and panama are in the same growth and obviously been our golden generation just as a funny thing we've got

a group of players that in our country of eleven million to produce the sort of footballers are something to be proud of the biggest job we have to be able to see the players working hard for each other but enjoying the responsibility of being seen as one of the best generations of belgian football has ever had we have because belgium who we know everything about them so. yeah i think that game will capture everybody's imagination we feel an exciting thing a team that are only going to get better but we are a team that lacks some experience of those big matches so we decided to rock up here but yesterday we met some true legends of. which two or three teams the feel of the favorites to win the tournament golf course. german team of the spanish team and. the brazilian team but i think he's a good time for messi to do something new even more because he is that the last is

the last chance for him now it's only for the first time since nineteen fifty i disappointed or you as a as a former captain i'm so sad because you know for us he was a. big disaster but now to be honest with you is a good moment to to come back stronger than before. i do feel england are shaping up or head of the world cup next year and russia well the last couple of games i've seen they don't look. terrific he has been putting some youngsters in. you know which didn't put it too bad but then you go experience you know nothing i think you need experience badly when when you you know in a tournament is. not you're a boy here's what in the world. i would put it for for my i think point

of view and england may be. so much to so many people down but saudi arabia oh my god on the night george and i agree with the expectations not having taken to fickle regardless but that first came a slight double edged sword in the sense that argentina i since last was a good time stadion so i so upset the apple cart and i wanted senior not at their greatest or lights her audience he is getting better i mean they had a terrible start to their qualification campaign and as we talked about enough those programs they sneak through they aren't that great it's to the last game city i think of in genesis thinks all right so last guests great they think the last great that they had a convincing win in the last year and when you look at how they qualified that actually looks quite convincing but that's because the other result argentina will always be you could offer little more opponents in the world cup on the don't forget they go i'll give you the best player in the world messi he was the best

player in the last world cup and i don't think he's gotten any worse it's a fascinating call contrast because you've got really a global names like messy and then how you could actually name the iceland players but they're very effective. actually i mean that's a proper football team this is all about the collective and and the whole squad has been used let's move on to now this is an exciting time so many ways spain against portugal and i just want to say because i've been to the fishtailing pick stadium in sochi and it's a risk going to be really warm sunny. beautiful down by the black sea is the perfect setting for spain against one out i think this is probably the pig of of the whole george this is the result of i mean spain portugal you just think about ronaldo against spain he plays in spain he makes his living he plays for matric i mean and then such as well from spain spain i think it's out of the dip in form but

they are on their way up again and maybe one of the dark horses to win the whole tour in my opinion sold this is a tasty one and this is i mean this is the pick of the bunch absolutely yeah on the day anything could happen ok let's not talk about the world cup as world called everyone has worked really hard to with us sort of eighteen months to get to the work of and to get to the jaw today you know all these teams are good incapable it seems don't forget so anyone can really beat anyone on the day ok let's move on to . england these are this is a much the involves so many players don't know each other because of all the bells and seen play in england in the primary were not many surprises there now and not many surprises but i can attest to one i think i think they will be very very happy with the joy they've got. but again you know so many belgian players play in the premier league so you know it's going to be very familiar and you're not too happy and i don't mean building a really good team but remember two teams go through them but you told me that you

weren't too happy but with the job well i won the hardest possible group because that way you know if your team is really capable of winning a know you get a really tough group and you get three you know there's a reason to get excited in england then the media and the fans get very excited about beating anybody and if they qualify they think they can to win the world cup they tend to get ahead of themselves ok let's head over to our space. has stuff sort of speak to that a british morlocks. i still cannot believe the fact that i'm standing in the draw hole here in moscow and it's actually happening and now we have all the teams lined up there obviously you've talked plenty about the big. names the favorites the belgians the english and all that but let's talk about the teams which can be considered as dark horses and one of those teams maybe costa rica which as we now know has been drawn together with the likes of switzerland cost brazil and serbia and now i have here the player former costa rican national team player former west

ham united and manchester city player the one shot we thank you so much for joining us hello so brazil again for costa rica your your team actually did very well in brazil years excited are you. the last world cup to be honest i mean when i when i saw brasil you know in the same group. you know very bad memories because. the first time that we would play against brazil was ninety ninety you need telly and then in two thousand and two we play against brazil and the score was you know five forty two to wrestle but now. they're very strong as always. we're looking forward to you know to the great challenge and switzerland we have a common friend who says switzerland. i mean it will be tough for costa rica but the put it in the. last work you know we were with the euro why we eat with

england and still we we went through you top the group right here so you know any chance of this has to you know you know no world cup is this the beauty of football this is what live t.v. is all about the whole slurry snow just for my head and the reason i mention that is because even seemingly simple things like this come with houses so i wanted to ask you know we think the draw it's very easy to just pull balls out of poles you've been involved in and do you get nervous that you can mess this terrifying it is we i was hosting the champions league joe and we had everything and one of the bulls popped off and went inside the table right now. imagine if that happens life that's no way you can really do the job but imagine what the repercussions people will be calling fix exactly exactly i tell you or you are hands shaking in and some of the pull in sometimes it's difficult to sort of open them up and you know you're like oh my goodness so it's a simple thing and it's powerful it's

a little thing with huge consequences if it doesn't go well and of course had a very major tournament so much attention on the infrastructure in the preparations unfortunately russia had a chance to test out some of the stadiums that were used in the world cup but this is confederations cup and the fans themselves from all over the world came to experience what it was slightly check out what they thought. we would do much mexico russia we thought maybe the like going to have we want that completely opposite they were still playing really friendly russian people are so

friendly friendly still believe me it was a beautiful gathering we would come back from work. maybe. make friends with. us it done and dusted the draw is settled we know who's going to play here and where they're going to be now we move on to the action itself and peace you're going to be back in much warmer weather next year i'm going chung's will be in sochi on the beach and it is lovely that ana and i'm really looking forward to this because we're going to travel around russia together. and experience some of the host cities check out some of the stadium to get a feel for the a life there you're looking forward to this i am really looking for i'm looking forward to experiencing. to deliver stories that are of course with football surrounding football but also with the culture and you know really on the

good fortune and hopefully we can give people a feel for what the country is like and you know maybe encourage them to go watch the games themselves and will be going to the games as well i am sure it's been great to have you on board peter and many thanks see you in a few months see if you run by. now the french president tomorrow marks tabled a new plan to combat human trafficking in libya that involves military action his plans though have been widely criticized as the previous french that intervention in libya left the country in ruins run dizzier for explains. slavery and human trafficking. fences sadly common now in libya but no need to fear president macron is here he has the solution for libya's problem

send in the troops it's a necessity zone we are proposing police military action we're not waging war but this is a country in a political transition political transition he calls it does sound better than as savage civil war more politically correct nevertheless a number of african and e.u. states are ready to help fight this war or rather not really a war says micron but a military operation still round two for france in libya. today were intervening in libya we are intervening in order to enable the libyan people to choose their own destiny it must not be deprived of its rights by violence and terror the fact that slavery is so rampant in libya is because the country's army and political order were obliterated under nato bombardment six years ago since then libya has been stuck in

a brutal and bloody political transition as president calls it or absolute chaos and anarchy as anyone out sward call it as long as it is a failed state the problem will come back as a failed state because the regime of at our feet up was not a mass regime nobody says that was destroyed by the french and the british together in two thousand and eleven so of course michael can do something now but it will reoccur. other problem of modern slavery is worst in africa this is followed by asia and the pacific region and europe goes third now while france itself has become a key human trafficking hub that's according to a report from the u.s. state department it lists the country as a destination for transit point for men women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking there we spoke to the vice president of the libyan

president council we asked him about micron's planned for military action. we. currently have a no. we cannot accept anything. to be done with our present the libyan libyans would be the one who do the action with the help of the board of the company. well way to help them. do the right investment on their country foraging libya is not the country for you to make a libya is a country of we as a libyan have already impressed on africa we want to see anybody talk of they were going to do this with their country of origin and to help these immigrants to stay with their loved ones with their families. and i'll just come back to our breaking news from from syria media in the country are reporting that israeli warplanes have

bombed a military facility just outside damascus we should stress this has not yet been officially confirmed according to several sources though we have the israeli missiles were fired from lebanese airspace and several were intercepted summersaults hit their targets which was a weapons storage facility in the countryside the story was briefly reported on israeli news websites which describe the target as an iranian base and those reports of since been taken down there in the past israel has conducted several strikes against syrian convoys supposedly to prevent a surprise to the group hezbollah and we'll keep you updated as that information comes in. well so will headlines for this i will be back at the top of next hour with more news from around the world so you've got.

a welcome to sophie and co and sophie shevardnadze today moscow welcomes to draw for the thirty five twenty eighteen world cup with the lucky teams already looking forward to the group stage one of the debutantes of the competition iceland has already won the hearts of fans to waldo over at the twenty sixth and heroes and his

manager a mere hall grimson is my guest today. first time in history.