i'm sure i'll see you then. russia is celebrating victory day marking the defeat of nazi germany in one thousand nine hundred forty five the main event of the parade in red square dance and i couple of hours in our t.v. is already there we're showing you live pictures from the scene right now. don't you hear teams on just meters away from word square itself where the parade of the year will it kick off in just around two hours time i'm just going to go over looking beautiful moscow it's really one of the best seats in the house for today's festivities it's. a three day is a very personal day for many in russia and beyond artesian as the recollections of people who fought in the great patriotic war. when i make promises i keep to. the u.s. president announces america's withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal but the other

signatories vowed to fulfill their obligations under the agreement. and a very warm welcome to you on this very special day you are watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron now russia is celebrating victory day marking the defeat of nazi germany this day marks the seventy third anniversary of the end of the great patriotic war which claimed the lives of over twenty six million soviet people. now celebrations are being held across russia while the main event the parade in red square will start and a couple of alice but out same is already out watching the very final preparations we've got daniel hawkins a coast on off and jacqueline vega joining us now first let's go to daniel holkins

than tell us what's in store. for licky as you rightly said russia has a lot of celebrations a lot of festivals from international labor day to women's day learned acquired is cherished revered and respected and indeed so personal as the ninth of may victory day celebrations on the parade here on red square almost every family in russia many of the other former soviet republics were affected somehow as you quite rightly said estimated twenty six twenty seven million citizens died in that great victory which the russians called the great patriotic war it's very much a personal festival for many here my great grandma for one was also a military surgeon and touring the battle of moscow one of the key of battles of the second world war as well everybody in russia has a family story going back a generation or two everybody has family members and sisters that made some sort of contribution here and not all comes to

a head at this fantastic parade here on red square we do have many stories great coverage for you coming up all of those people who made contributions to that victory out one of them rosa rosa gabrielli and who was a nurse a sixteen year old nurse who left for the front at a very early age to help the fight is there a defending their country let's hear now about her story. certainly are doesn't apply to. my lincoln when the moon is one year versus an event that's iranian news or previously. used to mean me yeah can you but i do.

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that when the. back to the listeners. now the red square parade is a shot. at the russian military to showcase many of its latest technologies we'll see some of that later today ultimately though it's about the people here today to veterans who fought in the great patriotic war sadly every year year this. and a few of them nevertheless they are the revered stars of this parade here today and following the main parade of course there's a parade of people. from the immortal regiment holding up photographs pictures of their loved ones who fought many of whom died in that war as well that all kicks off in just under two hours' time we'll have full coverage on the ground and from

the rooftops as well to give you a full picture of what's going on here in central moscow thanks for that down looking forward to that also looking forward to hearing more of those incredible stories let's go over to our correspondent down off now eager what's happening where you are right now. well nicky perpetrations final preparations are in full swing here crews are giving one the final touch one final polish to their vehicles to give them the best look before the main parade of the year really and in this parade as well as veterans will be taking place veterans will be taking place as well as some new additions for example the parade recording you know following the tradition will be all opened by the legendary t. thirty four tank now this is arguably tank the page that won the great patriotic war for russia was its it at a certain point it became russia's main battle tank and today it will pass through

the street and on to the red square to be flaunted one more time but as well as as i said as well as the veteran vehicles there will be a lot of new additions some vehicles will be shown for the first time soon this includes drones this includes snowmobiles with machine guns mounted on them armored vehicles like personnel carriers and brats lots of lots of stuff in fact behind me is one of those vehicles that will be that will take part in the parade for the first time it's a tank support unit and its nickname terminator so now we can. really say the terminator in a few hours i should say we will be able to say the terminator was only red square and i can't really make the be back or anything like that because it will be the first time we will be shown on the parade on the on the red square so again in just under two hours these beasts will start the engines and we will be following as

they go through one of the rooftops on the street i thought he got us to go on his terminator is that as promised we have the parade coverage from every angle lens probably with the best spot is jackie jackie you have an amazing view from where you are tell us more. yeah i really do on one side i have the bolshoi theater and on the other side of course red square and st basil's cathedral a view unlike any other and from here will be able to see the whole person including the over twelve thousand men and women from the armed services who are going to participate in the parade because today really is all about the people and honoring and remembering those who served in the great preacher out of war and of course for the u.s.s.r. it was tens of millions who never returned from the front lines.

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a loom and you continue. i now go which is which i mean each of our squad of us have. got a number said them why. not today is of course a great source of pride and patriotism for everyone here and russia and apart from the parade which is of course the main event there's going to be three hundred celebrations taking place across the city parks will be packed with fam. enjoying concerts dances and of course later in the evening fireworks displays as a well and veterans throughout the city will also be honored today flowers will be given to them and of course we'll also be seeing the immortal regiment later on today and it's a beautiful touching march that includes people carrying portraits of those who served in the great patriotic war carrying on literally carrying on the stories of

civilians soldiers medics who served in the war and i actually have a chance later on today to join that march and experience experience that firsthand show that would be a very poignant moment for you and for many people today that's jacqueline very good daniel hokkien found a ghost on a thank you guys. and one of the most horrific events during the war was the siege of leningrad now some petersburg the city was completely surrounded by germans in nine hundred forty one the blockade lost it eight hundred and seventy two days and claimed the lives of up to one point five million people whole major supply routes were cut off with only one exception the famous road of life running across the ice of lake logica.

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when i grew up i farmed out of mine under and was brought to me by mark said. holmes that was it wasn't just a whole it was a whole again from a not so good in school. will stay with us for our special coverage of victory day they say among the seventy third anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany and the end of the great patriotic war.

will be back with our world news headlines after this short break. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guys. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the shaper money kill you narrowness and spending to get to the twenty million and one player. it's an experience like

nothing else not to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game but great so one more chance with. the case it's going to. be. welcome back to a welcome news now the u.s. president's donald trump is making good on his threats by pulling out of the a wrong nuclear deal he's vows to reimpose tough sanctions on two wrong. i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal the agreement to restrict iran's nuclear energy program the crowning

achievement of the obama white house has finally been terminated by the donald today's action sends a critical message the united states no longer makes empty threats when i make promises i keep them but how much impact is this really having only one country the united states is withdrawing and the rand doesn't seem particularly worried about it i have ordered the ministry of foreign affairs to negotiate with and lobby the european countries as well as russia and china and to carry out the necessary nation with them russia and china are ready to keep things going as it is so are key allies of the united states and the european union and european union is the tournament to preserve it we expect the rest of the international community to continue to do its part to that on t.v. but it continues to be fully implemented but to say about own collective security together with the rest of the international community we would preserve this

nuclear deal now this isn't the only global decision the trumpet ministration has made to be met with chirping crickets remember when the usa moved its embassy to jerusalem other than paraguay and guatemala the rest of the world was not exactly clamoring to follow suit and remember one trump pulled out of the paris climate change accords well the other one hundred ninety five countries that have signed on they frowned at washington for a minute and then they moved on as if nothing had happened the accords remain exactly the same so once again we've got a big drum roll and fanfare from the white house but with the rest of the world refusing to go along is washington's global leadership really all it's cracked up to be everyone now recognizes that it's the united states that is that is unreliable and on trust. worthy and they cannot be trusted even to abide by its own commitments the rives. they're not going to be hurt as much as they would have been if the united states had implemented their green so the iranians have been dealing

with sanctions on a daily basis for years now and they've learned how to circumvent those sanctions what the united states is doing is basically pushing these countries pose with each other even u.s. allies like european union countries because when micron and the german chancellor merkel go to the united states and are completely ignored russia which is also a participant of the deal signed back in twenty fifteen has expressed concern over the u.s. abandoning its obligations under the joint agreement and its plan to impose further sanctions one of the main champions of scrapping the nuclear agreement besides has been israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu now he recently gave a theatrical powerpoint presentation decrying the deal netanyahu has praised trump's decision israel has opposed the nuclear do from the start because we said that rather than blocking the iran spur to

a bomb the deal actually proves you wrong to an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs israeli influence is absolutely key here trump cited netanyahu is kind of used cars a salesman style presentation in order to justify withdrawing from the iran deal and his new policy of rollback and you know first of all we have to recognize netanyahu introduced nothing new in his presentation the intelligence was arguably fabricated that netanyahu it introduced that trump cited it's another intelligence scam driving us to war with the deals other signatories vowing to fulfill their obligations despite the us is withdrawal let's now take a quick look back at how the agreement was hama's ounds. it took nine years of talks numerous attempts i was even days of meetings. we're sick and tired of. the

e.u. u.s. russia china and iran had to overcome their trust issues. are racist but they believe it was even possible. to get. the bill to mr and yet it happened a diplomatic breakthrough a true success after a decade long standoff that. one country to one happy i think. that. for a while he was all on his own until the new guy came to the white house are the worst deals i've ever seen and the disaster is still one of the dumbest details one of the worst deals ever heard was the iran deal i'm all for agreements but that was a bad one first came decertifying the day we cannot and will not make

this certification the e.u. took it personally president of the united states as many posts not this one to trump went even further threatening to pull out of the deal altogether i fear toto terminations that's a very real possibility some would say that's a greater possibility israel was jubilant but they're trying to bamboozle the entire world and i'm very glad that president well enough without the e.u. tried to knock some sense into trump with france germany and the u.k. sending their top guys to try and change his mind the president has been right to call attention to it but you could do that without just throwing the baby out with the bathwater nine years of talks a diplomatic breakthrough. a true six cents was it all for nothing. it's just over a month to go until football's biggest event kicks off in russia and legendary goalkeeper peter schmeichel has been touring the country checking out the world cup

post fifty's and with victory day in full swing but latest episode of his show comes from volgograd formally known as starling gratz where one of the key battles of world war two took place. this is volgograd arena and it's one of two stadiums in the world cup that i've acted competed in when i played here had looked a lot different completely demolished and they've built this. to turn the page a little bit so with a calling to fee for the rules a facing north south west and east other than that the pitch is exactly where you used to be. in the world cup it's going to be focused

played in here and the first of them is tunisia versus england and they're preparing for that game today with their having moat trousers that means the first time to have people in the stadium they've got all the stewards out in that aren't best thousands of people getting into the volgograd arena for the first time today so all the systems tested you could just sense that the we'll call eight hundred closer and closer. i mean volgograd what else is going on around here but i'm peter schmeichel and i'm here to find out. the city used to be cold standing ground. but it was renamed in one thousand nine hundred eighty one to volgograd why because of the river volker and so far i've been to three other cities on the balkans and all of those

places the river was frozen solid this is first time i see water so i've decided to take a boat trip and at the same time i can see. the neck and if it's a state i'm from the water so yeah we're passing the stadium now. the stadium from the water looks fantastic and i was here many many years ago of the student ok i've got it all but the way they've done nothing old. i can just imagine. how great it will be for amongst others the n.b.a. fans to come and watch that game against. the spin the in the forty years since i last i skied i'm almost wanted to see how it was from an ice hockey team that's what i'm going to have to do it next. three

of the larger. groups of these guys are and they skate like the ministry but.

i have to admit that ice hockey is up there even a supply is a you can skate. as you just see i'm not able to skate i leave that to all of these guys these days but it's creating. the ice hockey wasn't a great success for me so i found a driving range of come out here it's a good bit of silva specked back and i'd recommend you know in between games come out here. you've got to brace yourself though it's a bit of a bumpy ride but once your head's nice. i really enjoy playing golf it's

a hectic life. keep your mind of a lot of things and. it's such a challenge as well. ok i'm about fifteen yards short. at the top of the hour with more wealth headlines and of course the continuation of a very special victory day coverage. war in remembrance today marks the seventy third anniversary of victory in europe over fascism this is one of the most important dates on the russian calendar that can't be said of the europeans and americans we discuss how that conflict continues to impact much of you of the world to this day.

europe refers to ignore the fact that along with nancy germany were against the suv the union was officially declared by the governments of italy finland slovakia bug area hung garia rumania and the puppet vishy french government and unofficially these units fought against the u.s.s.r. the spanish flu division the belgian flanders legion the albanians kenda big division the dutch natal in the region and danes and norwegians who united in the nordland s.s. division the estonian and ukrainian s.s. troops were also rampant incited by nazi germany executions were carried out by almost all european countries and strict i'll get clear. also if i have a home. story. on which i would start.

on this a bit also lots of. data. if you want to look if. our shits thousands of red army soldiers hundreds of thousands of slavic civilians and millions of jews perished here. you will be. amazed by. the bad.