millions of russian hosting the world cup is a dream come true for that hasn't always been the case it took a bit of grit and determination to get the beautiful game established in the first place to manage to trace the roots of the game in russia and it leads through all places scotland has not here to. the end of the nineteenth century so the russian empire his first official football match it was played as a hippodrome in st petersburg in between horseracing the public reaction that it wasn't such a beautiful game. gentlemen sportsmen in white outfits were running round in the mud splashing down with food for some of the dirt and soon turned into chimney sweeps there was a riveting laughter among the public. over a decade later things began to change football started to gain a foothold in russia but not without some serious help from a russian born scottish merchant and sports enthusiast named arthur macpherson and

so in fact the history of russian football can be traced all the way back to glasgow shipbuilding was booming here back in the day in the mid nineteenth century and it was one of the shipyard owners murdock macpherson who was recruited by the russians sought to become an engineer with the roll fleet it's his grandson of who is to become the leading light in for motoring football in russia and to help me and ravel the story i've managed to find and knowledgeable enthusiastic from the clan macpherson itself sandy let's face it after him self he started up football in russia organized leagues he was chairman of the association for two years we are very proud of him we're very proud who he is important to the macpherson's and to scotland at large but the scotsman was there to start off russian football how does it make you feel thinking about those links or i think it's very. crowd i've personally i've never been into but i would love to go one

day you know one day i might make a pilgrimage i think we should be watching the world cup with great interest i think sport is a marvelous uniting influence throughout the world probably the two greatest things in sport are the olympic games and the football world cup they bring nations together the life of us to make this an end that miserably due to his prominence and position in the russian empire revolutions swept the country and he was imprisoned by the bolsheviks he died of typhoid in one thousand nine hundred it's a known where his body was buried but in the loo theer in smolensk cemetery in st petersburg there's a senator in his honor. we also found the great granddaughter of arthur macpherson lady betty class who only very recently discovered she was related to the footballing trailblazer it was a great discovery because i know about him but very little about what he did until

. he must have put a lot and. it's good it's good for points of view. because it's a really rough big country that it's amazing that the influence yeah pleased. so this is somebody who did so much as had his is it is recognized as such a place close to the world cup it might be worth remembering the remarkable story of all from macpherson without him the tournament might not be happening here. it's simple choice scotland we should say should make that side of things looking so far on the first day of the world cup the army ceremony is just getting underway we're told that president putin and the president of johnny and tina will be hearing a joint statement you can hear that say they were not. paid. i

think it's trying to imagine i say things just to be controversial you would not withstand the level of attacks of police harassment of detention of having my passport and of social services being called on my children my family being under threat of having to jihad these plot to behead me in nov twenty seventh i don't believe you would withstand those levels of people trying to trying to silence you if you didn't believe what you say.

when a loved one is murder it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murderer i would prefer it be with the death penalty just because i think that's the fair thing the right. thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict is found innocent the idea that we were executing innocent people is terrifying just moon doesn't mean that we're even many victims' families want the death penalty to be abolished. the death penalty here is because that's what murder victim's family is what that's going to give them peace it's going to give them justice and we come in and say. not quite enough we've been through this this isn't the way. to make this manufactured consensus stick to the public will. when the ruling

classes protect themselves. with the famous larry euro. the one percent. nor middle of the room sick. with the r.t. news center waiting to hear from the russian president and the president of fee for the opening ceremony to the world cup when that happens we'll bring it to life for now though some other headline news the un general assembly has voted to condemn israel's use of excessive indiscriminate and disproportionate force against palestinian protesters over the past two and a half months since the end of march i.d.f.

troops have killed more than one hundred twenty people in gaza the resolution one widespread support with one hundred twenty members backing it forty five abstained just eight states including the u.s. and israel voted against it the palestinian ambassador said he just wants to see civilians protected while washington's ambassador claimed the vote would play into the hands of hamas. the nature of this resolution clearly demonstrates that politics is driving today it is totally one sided it makes not one mention of hamas who routinely initiate violence in gaza the need to protect our people under this occupation remains urgent and unquestionable and why should that be offending anyone we're just asking for a simple thing we want our civilian population to be protected. while israel maintains that its actions are necessary for defending its borders its use of live

fire against and here get patient protesters has unleashed a torrent of criticism from right groups. the. this is a vital mistake and if people knew the true story about israel it regarding hamas this vote would not have gone this way a lot of times these deaths of these palestinians are actually because they're using civilians as human shields and a lot of times in fact almost all the time the violence is actually initiated by hamas certainly not by israel the claim to trying to blame hamas is just a distraction it's

a form of deception which they want to try to mislead the people from seeing what's pretty clear you've got unarmed protesters who are in gaza they're you know hundreds of yards from the so-called fence and they're being shot by snipers. with with live ammunition and this is what's going on there is a clear recognition that it's wrong and that there's no future in continuing this kind of old pressure given. there's been a fair bit of animosity between rome and paris am recent days italy's deputy prime minister says his country is still waiting for an apology from emmanuel mccall after the french president shop he criticized italy's decision to turn away a migrant rescue boat to do penske has the details. earlier this week a humanitarian vessel was denied the right to dock at a port on italy's island of sicily the rescue ship was carrying over six hundred miners and pregnant women has been scathing in his attack of italy in regards to

this situation describing the country's actions as being cynical and irresponsible to who on rusty and we work in the interests of everyone in cases of distress that its ability to respond and in off with the vessel to dock there before they would criticize tasso now asked france to take on nine thousand migrants from their own country. on the basis of the agreements a migrant reallocation from two thousand and fifteen france committed and not just words between the french and its has been escalating but when these e.u. neighbors and i'm seeing some of the evidence being used by i asked a federal judge to impose limits on institute told us he believes the mill is trying to save a fabricated case mauler is scrambling to try already been created as an example has been called in so he's taking out any effort he can to avoid facing the issue the fear in the extraordinary case that robert mueller of the special counsel

is now bulking in claiming well russia is still meddling so i cannot continue to meddling in i don't know what in america certainly to me it doesn't sound right it sounds like again they're trying on just to remind you robert mueller took over a federal government investigation into alleged collusion between donald trump's campaign and russia during the twenty sixteen u.s. election three companies and thirteen russian nationals have been charged. a town to nuclear activists have been arrested in belgium after breaking into a military base they claim the nuclear weapons stored there for the last sixty years are being kept there illegally in a symbolic gesture the activists acted out of theft of a warhead which they say they'll give to nato heads of state at a summit in brussels next month to some sort of as a clinical we here at the train a brutal airbase it's a belgian airbase with american forces who are here to oversee the nuclear weapons apparently twenty warheads held on belgian soil illegally given the belgian to sign

the nonproliferation treaty. a member of the include party in the belgian parliament and a group of activists who have come here to condemn the illegal placement of new could the activists say that they want to remove all u.s. warheads from the country they also believe the government should sign a un nuclear weapon ban treaty. according to estimates there are currently twenty u.s. weapons should be removed as. skeptical we're meant to remove those nuclear weapon from the village until the united states actions all together. the case will you know if we hear anything else that. occur other top story then that the un general assembly has voted to condemn israel's use of excessive indiscriminate and disproportionate force against palestinian protesters over the past two and a half months since the end of march i.d.f. troops have killed more than one hundred twenty people in. resolution one widespread support with one hundred twenty members backing it forty five abstained

just eight states including the u.s. and israel voted against it the palestinian ambassador said he just wants to see civilians protected while washington's ambassador claimed the vote would play into the hands of hamas. the nature of this resolution clearly demonstrates that politics is driving the day it is totally one sided it makes not one mention of hamas who routinely initiate violence in gaza the need to protect our people and that of this occupation remains urgent unquestionably and why should that be offending anyone. we're just asking for a simple thing we want our civilian population to be protected while israel maintains that its actions are necessary for defending its borders its use of live fire against anti occupation to a torrent of criticism from right. this

is a vital mistaken about israel it regarding hamas this vote would not have and a lot of times in fact distraction it's a pretty clear you've got an arm pressure. in a tarion vessel was denied the right to dock at a port gazing in his attack of italy in regards to this situation describing the country's actions as being cynical and irresponsible italy is fear is that criticism by france and is demanding an apology half of the italian people will ask when president is so took told a cabinet meeting that under those with the closest coastline have a responsibility to respond government in paris in some double standards when it comes to migrants and france they've also now asked france to take on nine thousand migrants from their own country. on the basis of the agreements of micro

reallocation from two thousand and fifteen france committed itself to work in one thousand eight hundred sixty migrants and instead in three years they took six hundred forty so i ask president because again there is going to live now to the most nicky stadium in the opening ceremony of the world cup twenty eighteen gathered there many of them for world cup zones as all those. on t.v. or life the internet i congratulate big multinational strong football family. the opening of the most important worlds for daughter. i. know that's going to work but if you want this is great and it is held in russia for the first time and we are sincerely happy to hastert in our country football is not just the

most popular sport. russians love football and that is what we call love at first sight. from the very first official match which was held in russia back in a ninety seven. we have been responsibly preparing to welcome going to international football. and we have done our best for leeds and experts to enjoy in full this splendid football festival. and of course enjoy their stay in russia and nope a new hospitable. friendly country. meet new friends and people who share the same values as they do it's fair to say that we are.

devoted fans of footballers are in billions there are billions of us on this planet and wherever we leave what ever traditions we follow football and love towards football is what brings us together in a single team one team united by their love for this spectacular vibrant on the compromising game all members of their team. understand it well and have profound understanding of each other they say unity defies differences in language ideology or faith and this represents the great power of football and sports as a whole the power of its lasting. humanistic value it is our duty to preserve this power this unity for future generations to promote sports to strengthen peace and mutual understanding between nations i wish all

i wish all the team's success and forgettable experience to the fans so welcome to russia i. i. think it. was the russian president welcoming the world to russia for the twenty eighteen thing for world cup underlining that football is a uniting force no matter where you are in the four corners of the globe let's now go back to that opening ceremony and hear from the faith of president i. would argue you are generally are your friends i. will not turn to you not to the world cup i. hear friends. to defeat. here in russia.

i have by. i learned you are cylon i mean actually. for you to see. as well today i for one. football when you can russia. and from russia football when you co-occurring tired or not. enjoying the biggest celebration. thank you of president putin. thank you moscow spicey not actually i was. pretty much launches what has been a feels like a long wait eighty years in the making and now five weeks of global football lie

ahead of us and in just a four minute's time not opening match between russia and saudi arabia big cheers at the luzhniki stadium as the president of world football's governing body and the president of russia officially launch russia twenty eighteen will be back as our team's world cup had quarters in just a couple of minutes wherever you're watching this is r.t. international. it's. you know world's big partners through a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now

for watching closely watching the hawks. tell us stein is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of suze i'm in bill fiddlesticks mission to do it to you like it is this is my complicity is going up up the study hall maybe you know john no doubt just hoping they should be the only palestinians who gets the most help from its jerusalem counterparts i don't think this is an of those ruined who were under the oak vision to know who could do this. and that is a laugh at that it's got to display any of the most of the jihad i'm going to compete in the doesn't seem to do more commitments also there's some piss off. rhetoric. when you also see that action the us agrees on paris the us weekly's on iran and paws all of that if i'm kinda aloof from north korea i will think five

times before i sign up something with trump because i don't know if the guy's going to keep his promise that in the first place. yes phone no i don't have one was the last time. since you went on the internet no i am not accusing me of these village is it safe they just. are you sure there is no actual music ters there and that all good maybe should do the baby doesn't cost him his service but. i want to know why one who wants to see more don't want to know we saw him he is dead as part of the episode did we get. that worked out of us. previously yes no they are being false fall in

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it's six pm in moscow right now russia and saudi arabia are kicking off the twenty eight hundred fifty four world cup in the russian capital t. is in the thick of the action of the world turns its attention to the international football biggest event. back stadiums and fans all all eyes are on the pitch the players from across the biggest country on the planet and our special studios from the face teachings a warm welcome to all of you for world cup twenty eight team in iraq. fans from across the globe have been out in force in moscow reveling in the festive atmosphere. at.

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