football fans rubbed their hands in anticipation after the draw for the twenty eight to feed for world cup in russia deliver some tantalizing fixtures. early an art exhibition on martyrdom gets mixed reaction as it displays the likes of martin luther king jr alongside perpetrators of deadly terrorist attacks. america might soon xpand its bombing mount with reportedly approving the use of u.s. drones on its territory. good evening to you my name is the i'll have you watching r.t. international. the thirty two teams of twenty eight hundred world cup

have found out their rivals in the group stage for next summer and this is after the draw ceremony was held at the kremlin and these are the groups look at the opening game that will be between russia and saudi arabia will take place at moscow's magnificently refurbished luzhniki stadium will champions germany they're in group earth alongside mexico sweden and south korea and i was lucky enough to be joined by goalkeeping legend peter schmeichel as we took a closer look out in the snow at the highlights of the draw at the kremlin palace. welcome to the last few decades of moscow it might look like a winter wonderland snooze the snow gently phillipstown 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 was an excellent job was to grab a book you know it's not as opposes bring up the door seven time and look at it first or just very briefly say russia. really really really good group 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 two to my heart and mark we thought join against france australia and peru and also you know keeping you became your own on the sort of the ones close to your heart will do a bit more specifically in a few moments but before that last a c. didn't go smoothly and whether any massage here are the highlights of the draw. russia and they are so proud to welcome you here france to france.

to give you not. only way. lies only of saudi arabia. an opening game against saudi arabia also in that group egypt and europe why that group of eight brazil switzerland costa rica and serbia speaking to stalls i'm calling more here we saw a threatening man fronts he was covering things from much closer proximity and we call them the great culprits as you can see which actually at the moment you have a chance to take a big breath with the real work in the room as they say in phoenix so the quote far as are over and argentina have the upper hand. no no. not at all the main thing is we just have to keep training.

england during your group your first thoughts plays well of being that. however you want to you want to explain it will be difficult to find some words i spent twenty one years in england and the british game. is a really good opportunity to see two generations with a lot of a lot of quality to go ability to see how we have up in the world cup on one level we can give. france england may be getting not the favorite because you have teachers on the view i think spain using a great moment have to because brazil is playing really well we know germany would be very game germany is general they are always there they believe you are not winning the cup they are in the second place between the if semifinals they are always fighting we have a look at the end for the full draw in it's entirety let's cherry pick some of the games now less about the host nation because you know it's not i don't mean to put

any of the teams in russia down but saudi arabia agents and you're a go i surely the russian team will settle for that at the start of the day oh my god i mean i thought in the end in time we sort of been off looking at the the media around the world and everyone agrees that russia they've had a fantastic draw and i agree with that but it is a world cup there's a lot of pressure on russia there on the home home soil it's you know the expectations not having played competitive football for so long it's going to be difficult regardless but the first game is against all your review i did that is a good good game to start with and a slight double edged sword in the sense that now if if russia fails it's an absolute disaster because the expectation now is that there's a very good chance to keep it positive. i sense that's what's a great day and i will take place here in moscow spartak stadium so iceland have already proved their ability to upset the apple cart and i want you to know not at

their greatest not when our lights her audience who does get better i mean they had a terrible start to their qualification campaign and as we talked about in our first program they sneaked through the greatest to the last game city i think of in genesis in excel were able to last case great the last day that they had a convincing win in the last yeah and when you look at how they qualified that actually looks quite convincing coming 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 though because you've got really a global names like messy and then 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 it's 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 going to be really warm sunny beautiful down by the black sea is the perfect setting for spain against which i think this is probably the pig of of the whole jaw this is the result of i mean spain portugal you just think about ronaldo against playing the plays the string he makes his living he plays for the dribble i mean and then such as well ok let's head over now and speak to see yarosh if he'll believe as stocks or to speak to their british morlocks obviously you've talked plenty about the big names the favorites the belgians the young and 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 a. likes of switzerland cost brazil. and now i have here the player former costa rica national team player former west ham united and manchester city

player we thank you so much for joining us so brazil again for costa rica you're team actually did very well in brazil yeah excited are you. the last world cup to be honest i mean when i when i saw you know in the same group. you know very bad memories because. the first time that we would play against brazil was nine hundred ninety. and then 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. will be tough for costa rica over the phone it in the. last work you know we were with. we leave with england and still we we went through

you top the group right here so you think any chance of this happening you know and . russia was expecting more than half a million visiting fans to come and support the teams at the championship over three and a half million applied for tickets when the first batch went on sale ahead of the draw and supporters from all over the world got the chance to test run. this confederations cup. we went to the much of mexico russia we thought maybe the like going to have you

gone completely opposite they were still like really friendly russian people are friendly friendly they're still nice to me. it's all gathered and we would come back from work not. to be. mixed with. the government of me has given washington permission to use drones in anti terror operations in the country that's according to multiple sources. of has been taking a look at the issue 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 units and bolts of the deal between the pentagon and news year 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 united states in nigeria as well as the ongoing 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 huey'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 drones targets.

the same unit which would be in charge of new 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's p.r. machine. done of r t. in october the death of four u.s. soldiers in an ambush in every field america's military presence in the country something even senior u.s. politicians seemed unaware of american troops were deployed into the obama administration to help nigerian forces fight local terrorist cells african affairs analyst lawrence freeman says that west african countries come under

a lot of pressure from the western allies probably less than a thousand troops in this year and this will now give the increase that over a thousand this is the first time now armed drones will be flying so this is a big problem for the new government for west africa and for all the africa. is now allowing united states to carry out these kinds of military attacks this to argue 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 in other military build up and i'm sure it's going to cause the many many internal problems and it will not solve the problem of terrorism. bill in our six edition devoted to the concept of martyrdom spot controversy by featuring terrorists alongside the likes

of socrates a martin luther king jr those behind the show say that they want people to think about what martyrdom really means peter all of explains. 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 but cyclone theater the suicide bomber that killed forty people on the moscow metro saying that they are all examples of people that gave their lives for what they believed it it's all part of a festival of knowle the new european oh it is 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 move being venerated in this way is it right to

put these people on the spot in this type of exhibition here and they're not 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 on all of this is not for us to decide because react is i pretty much most of the exhibition is about is about movement 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 should be sick human rights the motto or. die only for themselves or believe yeah yeah in march they have to leave and the on that

murder because they count i'm not that person are many other person so i don't think that's an. previously explained to the media that the idea was to try and put yourself in the mindset of somebody who's 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. terrorist being another man's freedom fighter. the point is to present a complex view on the world of marx's 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 olva r.t. berlin. meanwhile in the german city of hanover there have been fierce clashes between riot police and anti a if tea party protesters the activists were trying to disrupt the congress of the party known for its anti immigration rhetoric. i was i live that was i. have heard of water cannon were used against the protesters as they state they sit in outside of the congress venue that despite freezing temperatures in the city several people were injured the a.f.p. or turn to for germany party is right leaning and it's mostly known for its harsh

stance on immigration the party won seats in the german parliament for the first time calling september's election. the former u.s. national security advisor michael furnace pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. over his links to the then russian ambassador to the u.s. a lot more on that after this break. i played too many flips over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the shaper money killian a loan has been spending to twenty million. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think of what i know about the beautiful guy. breaks a woman runs for. the base. claim

protocol it's more than just money it's more than just revolutionary it's affecting black all that's sucking in every asset class now into the history of humanity into one glorious op to who knows where. trump is given his first comments following the news that he's form a national security advisor michael flynn not guilty to lying to the f.b.i. the president once again said that had been no collusion between his camp and

moscow. no i'm not as much as since jones no solution no solution said absolutely with absolutely no solution so we're very happy. flynn pleaded guilty friday to lying to the f.b.i. about conversations he had a year ago with russia's then ambassador to the united states the ex advisor is also agreed to fully cooperate with the so-called russian investigation with more not his credible but we have michael flynn pleading guilty to charges of making false statements to federal agents 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 russia investigation all kinds of things are being made in the press this is being treated as

a very big story let's recall how michael flynn stepped down as national security advisor 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 the full statements involved mirror the full statements to white house officials which resulted in his resignation in february of this year nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates any one of the mr frewen we've had several indictments at this point individuals who misled federal officials made false statements that are now facing criminal charges but as of yet the collusion story isn't really materializing. court filings reveal flynn contacted the russian ambassador asking to delay or

defeat a vote on a un resolution involving israel and also allegedly discussed the response through the sanctions imposed by the obama administration michael flynn also said that he consulted senior trunk transition officials over those contacts or russian envoy said again though denied that he ever discussed sanctions with let me. see if i was instructed not to discuss the sanctions and i assure you there are full of those instructions we also don't bargain over this issue because from the beginning we have considered it illegal and regrets. flynn's conversations with kiss the aca potentially violate the centuries old logan act it prohibits americans from negotiating with foreign governments over existing disputes with the us were since the act was passed a single person has ever been successfully prosecuted under the rules political commentator steve malzberg believes trump is unlikely to be badly damaged by the latest development. he lied to the f.b.i.

why he chose to lie about these meetings that. i don't know what he did and he pleaded guilty for it now they're saying always get up tell everything about trial and question or what the hell why not have this relates to kowloon asian coon this is all president elect trump asking for or someone on his staff saying hey reach out to foreign countries by the way the great and the mccarthy a 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 they going to get trumped war or question are in trouble. yemen is facing a new epidemic hundreds of diptheria cases have been registered in the last three months and twenty deaths recorded will toefl denies ations calling for millions of vaccine doses to be sent to the country if the saudi led military intervention in

this country and its recent blockade the yemen has already suffered the world's worst color epidemic in modern history the blockades been partially lifted but many humanitarian organizations still say it's not enough red cross has been buying its own emergency fuel to power pumps for drinking water coordinator for the group spoke to me. this is an was made because it was really got a strong click because water is really essential as anybody else can know and if there is no fuel then the pump is not working there is no water divya comes on top of of other current issues colorize one of them we are currently. is actually in there in the cases if water station they don't have fuel if solar system is not also working properly then this will solve still the risk for the colorado comeback if here 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 that all america for shipments need to resume and to enter again to get. the saudi led coalition launched its bombing campaign in two thousand and fifteen in the bid to prevent huth your position fighters from seizing power this day the e.u. adopted a resolution condemning war crimes committed in yemen and proposing an embargo on arms sales to saudi arabia the resolution criticizes members selling arms to the saudis as well but the motion is non-binding according to the un yemen is now suffering the world's worst humanitarian crisis.