in the. finals we. can see i still believe the fact that i'm standing in the draw. in russia has now been. something treating fixed. next summer. alongside the perpetrators of terrorist atrocities. might become a new battleground for washington the country's government reportedly having approved the use of american drone.

completed we now know who will be playing in the group stage next summer and here's what the group's look like so far the opening game will be between russia and saudi arabia at moscow's iconic stadium. michael take a closer look now at the highlights of the draw at the kremlin palace. welcome to the last a day and said moscow it might look like a winter wonderland snooze the snow gently flextime 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 show is fantastic was the jordan who will do a bit more specifically in a few moments before all that want to see didn't go smoothly whether any massage here are the highlights of the draw.

the rash and they are still going to keep france in france. to get you know. go to a. life any saudi arabia. and the game against saudi arabia also in that group egypt and europe go through for me brazil switzerland costa rica think of the stalls done collymore we saw a threatening front he was covering things from much closer proximity we all on the

red carpet as you can see not much action at the moment but chunks to take a big breath we've been here working the room and saw him so the quote far as are over and argentina have the upper hand. no no this is. the main thing is we just have to keep training. which two or three teams the feel of the favorites to win the tournament of course . german team of the spanish team. the brazilian team but i think he's time for messi to do something new even more because he is the last is the last chance for. france england may be getting not the favorite because you have to choose on the

view i think spain using you going to have to because brazil is playing really well we know germany would be there again germany is general they are always there they've been if they are not winning the cup they are in the second place between the if semi finals they are always fighting or when i speak. i was still sore to speak to them bring this morning. 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. and now i have here the play 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. we play against brazil was nine hundred ninety. and then in two thousand and two we play against brazil and the score was you know five five two two two 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. i mean it will be tough for costa rica over the phone it in the. last war you know we were with you of why we leave with england and still we we want to you top the group right yes any chance of this happen to you you know and. the host nation russia is expecting in excess of half a million visiting fans to come and support that teams during the championship over

three and a half million people applied for tickets when the first batch went on sale the head of the draw russia and fans from all over the world had a chance to test around the world cup venues during the confederations cup this summer. we would so much mexico russia we thought maybe they were like going to be bad we would want to match it completely opposite they were still played really friendly russian people are so friendly friendly that's easy to meet was there before the

gathering we would come back from work. to be in it will make friends. we caught up with some of the managers taking teams into the tournament and got their take on the challenge ahead. i think we've got a group of players that. country of eleven million to produce these sort of footballers is 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 been seen as one of the best generations of belgian football has ever had we have to give. you know we are very proud to be qualified for the world we know it will be very difficult. but we are not going to do all good just to stay on the beach into so you can go straight to the next round we have this because belgium who we know everything about them so. i think that game will capture everybody's

imagination at home we feel an exciting thing a team that are only going to get better but we are a team that lack some experience of those big matches well the last couple of games of seeing that they don't want. terrific he has been putting some youngsters in there you know which didn't play too badly but then you got your experience should be given one spot if not to not to put it so i think is a. big a big. you know do the walk up is a very nice computers and the b. can be discerned and i see your the where there would be better. it is r.t. international a burley an art exhibition devoted to the concept of marty has sparked controversy by featuring terrorists alongside the likes of socrates and martin luther king jr

and those behind the show say they want people to think about what really means as artie's peter oliver now reports. an exhibition called maltese museum has just opened in the german capital alongside socrates and mostly say king jr it places those that flew planes into the world trade center at the attack is of the best cyclone theater the suicide bomber that killed forty people on the most school metro saying that they are all examples of people that gave their lives for what they believed in it's all part of a festival of knowle the new european oh it's just the brainchild of today both the organizes and the artists themselves refused to either give us an interview or to allow me to film the exhibition they did send this e-mail. what do the people of bilin think about must militarists being venerated in this way is it right to

put these people on display in this type of exhibition here and there i know from you know like it was just a reference i think that people would have differing perspectives obviously lumping different groups of people together is always a complicated subject because they come from different backgrounds i don't know i don't think so why. just be at two different types of people and it's not the same move we agree with even perspective or not is is not for us to decide because react is what are you most the exhibition is about is about moving the psychology behind most of them or towards people who do certain things it's not a problem as long as the exhibition focuses on the differentiation of martyrdom that could potentially lead to murder curses martyrdom that that you know the civil rights for example like that's just basic human rights the motto or. die only for themselves or believe yeah yeah in what they have believed and the on that

matter because they count i'm not that person are many other persons i don't think that. but you put these together the artists had previously explained to the media that the idea was to try and put yourself in the mindset of somebody who is willing to die for what they believed in even if that belief was horrific to you a sensory experience using lights and sounds to try and explain the old adage of one man's terrorist being another man's freedom fighter. the point is to present a complex view on the world of martyrs and we understand that everyone has a different perspective but it's the personal perspective that matters in this exhibition but for some it's impossible to see the artistic intention beyond the reality of an exhibition that places mass murderers alongside civil rights

champions peter all of. the government of new jersey has given washington permission to use drones and anti terror operations in the country so according to multiple sources. breaking down the impact that could occur drones one of america's best loved warfare tactics is reportedly coming to africa's west coast. a potential new pin on the u.s. bombing map as washington pushes ahead with its anti extremist campaign on the continent a leaked memo outlines the knots and bolts of the deal between the pentagon and news you're calling for arming of the surveillance drones operating from a local base also an additional troops deployment. this operation supports the long term strategic partnership between the ninety states in nigeria as well as the on going if it to counter violent extremism throughout the region all in the name of

the war on terror since nine eleven the pentagon has been hell bent on dropping bombs from you avi's on afghanistan yemen pakistan somalia the line up goes on really but for civilians in those countries a distant buzz up in the sky can be a death warrant in fact the u.s. drones have slaughtered some one and a half thousand civilians according to an estimate by the bureau of investigative journalism and the figure shouldn't really come as much of a surprise to anyone who's seen what has been among the drone star gets.

the same unit which would be in charge of drone operations is standing accused of killing ten civilians in somalia this summer something the u.s. africa command has denied now that the u.s. is apparently planning to open a new front in its drone war this could also mean more work for the pentagon subpoena machine. don of r t a month ago the death of four u.s. soldiers in an ambush in new jersey revealed america's military presence in the country it's something even senior u.s. politicians seemed unaware of american troops were deployed under the obama administration to help nice area forces fight local terrorist cells. african affairs analyst lawrence freeman says that west african countries can be put under

a lot of pressure by various western partners probably less than a thousand troops in this year and. that over a thousand this is the first time our armed drones will be flying so this is a big problem for the new government and for west africa and for all the africa. state to carry out these kinds of military pacts this strategy will not work it's not going to be successful without a larger strategic picture and the african countries now are being pressured by the west in the chopper ministration to allow these armed drones and other military build up and i'm sure it's going to cause a many many internal problems and it will not solve the problem of terrorism it's quarter past the hour here in moscow the former u.s.

national security advisor michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. of russia links to the veteran of russian ambassador to america and more on that and more after the break. it's. her. leg. in front of costs more than just money it's more than just revolutionary it's

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a funeral the same as one enters the mind it's consumed with death and this one height difference is speech enough because there are no other takers. the same that mainstream media has met its maker. palestine is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos remember wolf it was dismissive to do it to you like a million pieces and my complicity is going up to the study hall maybe. you know john. the only palestinians who gets the most help from its jerusalem counterparts i don't think some of those who are in the world under the oak vision not only could get it. and know it is a lafayette that it's got to this lady in the muscle that you had i not going to continue muslims you know do more commitments last time piss off.

but it was the hour here of moscow the former u.s. national security advisor michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. over his links to the venue russian ambassador to america so to go back with the latest his. 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 russian 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 of why he left the administration let's take a listen the 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 russia 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 political commentary. says donald trump is likely to be badly damaged by this latest development. sure he lied to the f.b.i. why he chose to lie about these meetings that with. i don't know what he did and he pleaded guilty for it now they're saying always going to tell everything about trump and cushion or what to tell why none of this relates to kowloon kulula this is all president elect trump asking or or someone on his staff saying hey reach out

to foreign countries by the way the great and the mccarthy former federal prosecutor writes today it's commonplace for an incoming national security adviser to go to foreign countries and talk to his counterparts or reach them on the phone in anticipation of a new administration there's nothing here that's that's that going to get trouble for or cushion or in trouble. on tourists has imposed a nationwide few i mean civil unrest and made allegations of ballot stuffing all of this in the wake of the country's presidential election.

the country's government has temporarily suspended citizens' freedom of movement to help. deal with the situation and arrest was sponsored by the presidential vote count which the opposition alleges involved in electoral fraud at least one protester died in around twenty were injured in the violence of tension over the elections in honduras spilled over to both main candidates claimed victory in sunday's vote opposition candidate. has rejected the final ballot count which gave the lead to the current president orlando from london as questions were raised about the result when he suddenly shot into the lead very late into the count.

yemen 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 at least twenty deaths recorded and the world health organization is calling for millions of vaccine doses to be sent to the country yemen is already suffering the world's worst cholera epidemic and with the saudi led military incursion into the country and riyadh's recent blockade of yemeni ports this has made it very difficult for aid groups to deliver vital supplies for example the red cross has been buying its own emergency fuel to power water pumps a coordinator for the group spoke to us. this is an was made because it was really got the story. because water is really essential as anybody else can know and if there is new fuel then the pumping is not working that there is no water didier comes on top of all of our other current issues colorize one of them we are

currently noticing. equally is actually in the cases if water station they don't have fuel if solar system is not also working properly then this one saw still a risk for the call that are to come back if t.d.i. is actually impacts in that needs to be repeated it's not only one shot five years old need to be vaccinated as soon as possible that's why it's important but all commercial shipments need to resume and to enter again to get the saudi led coalition launched its bombing campaign in yemen in twenty fifteen in a bid to prevent who the opposition fighters from seizing power in the country this thursday the e.u. adopted a resolution that condemns war crimes committed in yemen and also proposes an embargo on sales to saudi arabia however the motion is known by ending according to

the united nations yemen is now suffering the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the. way. were. saying in the region is ready warplanes have conducted several airstrikes on

a syrian military target in damascus that's according to israeli and arab media several missiles were reportedly fired at a site in the countryside south of damascus and some intercepted by syrian air defenses and others hitting their intended target some sources claim the target was in fact an iranian military base israel has previously carried out several asterix in syria have either claimed to be targeting positions of hezbollah or retaliating over a stray projectiles that occasionally cross the border into the israeli occupied side of the golan heights peace activist richard becker he says israel is taking liberties with these unprovoked attacks. well yes i mean israel has repeatedly over the years and decades. taken liberties to attack syria and this goes back all the way to the one nine hundred sixty seven war when.

there was that israeli attacks unprovoked israeli attacks that really ignited there . one nine hundred sixty seven war and that was from icons by israeli generals and defense ministers who years later admitted it so this is going on many many times i do we could see from the one short video clip. at least some of the israeli missiles were shot down by the syrian air defenses but i don't think we have any reason to doubt that some of the targets were probably hit as well given the accounts. south korea's weather agency has detected a two point five earthquake close to the site where pyongyang recently conducted a nuclear test of the quake is reported to be of natural origin but it is believed to have a code in the off the mouth of the test meanwhile japan and the united states hold a u.n. security council meeting on the north korea conducted a new missile test on thursday the show of force coming amid the intensified

military drills conducted by south korea and america in response to a series of missile tests by pyongyang earlier in the year and with the specter of a possible nuclear attack looming again the u.s. state of hawaii has begun testing it so much for the first time since the cold war . thanks. to surname i feel a little bit like it is out of my you know idea of i suppose go like find a bombshell sure am i supposed.