it was a hit and it clearly was you know and he made a prediction saying about portugal against spain this is what he said. portugal in spain no freshman at all because they know that both are going to qualify so i can imagine a fantastic match between the dupion champion. researchers say probably the best team at the time i wouldn't be surprised with any result at all i think portugal can win against spain asking spain of course they can win again portugal and the draw would be a more than a normal result i think they are. two very good teams spain probably a better team than us. solutions but us was. a push really quite a solid team i think better than the team that one day you will see more talented young players in the team. so i think probably the group phase one of the best

matches that we can pick and i would be mark bosnich and sports pundit and former goalkeeper for stride to tell us how he sees his team's chances for the tony we had a difficult qualifying campaign we had to get through the playoffs we played syria in a playoff and basically syria hit the post in the last minute if they'd scored that goal they would have went through then we played on their wrist and beat them quite convincingly then the manager resigned and called us australian before he resigned just out of the blue. stepped in he's only had the team maybe for three months in total he said it came with them in turkey look it's going to be very very difficult i think against france that we saw in two thousand and six the same got to last sixteen australia's best record ever in two thousand and ten they got knocked out of the first round but it had the same points as two thousand and six any difference being the goal difference i've been in game two thousand and six we won three one i've been in game two thousand and ten against germany lost four nil so this game against france is going to be absolutely everything for us. and i have to

leave it that they are a much idea thank you to somebody else but it just to give you an idea how big these guys are how i'm gonna. keep this ring so you will be. the opening match was also a very special moment for one russian girl we want to introduce you to my kind of an athlete with down syndrome who was the one who got to flip the coin for the start of the match it's a story. you. just don't know the i would. think she. was right. on the right thing only. to hear human rights. suspects sort of stick out your charade. about the

troops to leave it up that others. are similarly here to tell you look. you need to use your. characters. to. go in. her. whole international teams are now in russia preparing for their first games here's what some of them have been saying about the tournament. and. the to. cut some

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the perp meanwhile thousands of worshipers gathered at russia's main mosque in the capital to celebrate the end of the holy month of ramadan among those celebrating this friday morning when muslim fans have traveled head to see that teams playing in the world cup. all right well that externalism him i'm in russia to support morocco's national team today we are playing our first game in some pieces but this is also a great chance to visit moscow's main mosque to celebrate the end of france doing the atmosphere is great here muslims came here to mark the end of ramadan is different from morocco and i'm taking part in first of prayers for the first time. so including that march that's already kicked off in a catherine box the goal is right now there will be two more fixtures later this friday the big one in group c. spain play neighbors and rivals portugal that starts at nine pm moscow time before that at six pm it's the other game it's the underdogs in iran looking to end

morocco eighteen game unbeaten run he's a rally in st petersburg. going to. take. a look at. not only. the let loose it is also the holy day ok those bits are with the month of ramadan most of the the writing and all the work that it does look the way it should be in wishing each other well like you don't have to bear so much communion with. today kids it is. a old friends view all the friends outside of the soccer match.

i like to wish all the fellow muslims a happy pressure to the moroccans our opponents and a. lot of surprise i beseech you know people we don't i mean. we're going to be great. that's what it's like in the northern capital heading down south now we'll be meeting some of the fans who are in such a to watch tonight spain portugal match they've been sharing their impressions of russia and its people. a lot of people are much actually nicer in welcoming than we do. we exhibit a cold place in both temperature and personality but clearly we found the exact opposite of this place is super clean super nice the people are nice. i haven't seen anything like. both teams have been through their final training sessions before that match which will take place at the fisht stadium which was built for the twenty fourteen winter olympics in just michael's been taking a look around. broken

sophisticated and welcome to such and. such he was like the soviets caught this it was where the elite came for the holidays the politicians militaries and axes they all that their own designated sanatorium and this one for instance was for the teachers and the scientists. i wonder if they could see in you and that scene mates will appreciate the salvia because this will be priscilla's home for the world cup. so one of the really really cool things about sochi is you can literally be on the beach working on your sun time in forty minutes later you can feel his snowboarding skiing whatever you fancy and the world cup is in june and even then you could do it so we were pretty well i think about two thousand five hundred metres even if

you go and ski the still out of things to do up the for instance i'm going to go for. the. coke zero zero. zero. one of the big attraction. inside truth is of course the all to drop list been fulfilled no one raises the issue of harassed both of us and hamilton twice have won it. in a minute i'm going to see if i can do exactly what these guys have been doing in the last four you have. illegal.

so the teams and the fans that would eventually russia is only just starting of course as well as our coverage of this autumn and so on we promise goals to bring you more expert analysis and insight on all the games right yeah. i think. russia took a real blow to its sense of self during thirty some years i remember even six years ago when i first came here people kept apologizing to me for how terrible everything was that this wasn't like america and for people to be ashamed

of their country was so different and now i don't really see that i see people are more proud of their country and i think. stalin in particular the great patriotic war and the victory there as a way to inspire nationalist pride. to . put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be first. want to be rich. to be going to be first this is what before three of the more people. interested in the war. get into all the headline news on all the international and donald trump has

apparently admitted that crimea is rightfully part of russia according to online news outlet both feed the comments reportedly came during last week's g. seven summit in canada so american breaks down the story. according to buzz feed at trump told leaders at the g. seven summit that crimea is russian because everyone speaks russian there on the second day of the cement truck made a few comments in regards to russia saying it used to be the g eight before russia was taked out and he also called for russia to be reinstated saying that they should be at the table so that they can solve the world's problems together naturally some leaders were opposed to this including mccrone and merkel but first some background of crimea joined russia after a referendum was held where almost ninety seven percent of the population voted to join russia and international observers were present at this referendum but it's pretty big that this is all coming from a u.s. president so we'll just have to see what happens meantime white house press secretary sara saunders declined to expound on donald trump's alleged remarks are

aware of any comment like that i know it's been reported but i'm not going to comment on a private conversation i wasn't part of that i don't have information on. the series of terror attacks in paris on the thirteenth of november twenty fifth in a still fresh in the minds of people that the assault on the theater in particular has been a source of confusion and public debate since then eighteen families are now filed lawsuits against the government over how it responded on that tragic night show to do but you spoke to attorneys of the families with one of them making a surprise revelation twenty. one of the this movements in french history series of coordinated terror attacks across paris one hundred eighty people killed . at this point they need. while the terror was unfolding inside the box con outside what so does and

tear up the trolls the parliamentary inquiry later revealed that they were told not to enter. being moreover they were also the people from giving their weapons to the police sticking rigidly to army protocol. now eighteen families of victims have filed a lawsuit against the french state demanding answers. only led they. they were described in the media as the force specially created against the threat of terrorism so why was this force which had the chance to intervene told not to. if the soldiers had entered the battle a lot night or if they had given their weapons over to the police how might that have changed what happened on the heretical act in paris they say luther what question or one answer is why it took two and a half hours for the order to engage to be given when the officers were there from

the beginning. the army however insists the soldiers had taken all measures possible securing the area around the batter and protecting the flu victims the military intervene spontaneously they arrived where police were already present the military secured areas around the battle plan in coordination with and at the request of the internal security forces but now one of the lawyers representing the victims' families has made a startling claim to r.t. saying that the allegations come from a member of the gendarmerie who wants to remain anonymous. on the minds of the bats a clan a tank there was a squadron of gendarme assigned to protect the house of then prime minister munroe valve's this squadron was alerted immediately and deployed to the site equipped with assault rifles they entered the battle and extracted a hostage or a woman and they were able thanks to the hostage to get information about the

situation the other hostages inside but then this twenty six man squadron received a very curious order they were told to stand down. and he claims there was also another unit ready and equipped with emergency medical supplies but they also not deployed know if this equipment had been available to help view. hertz well the decision to intervene was being taken it's possible more people would have survived surely the question about this anti terror operations center now and its role is why have we spent so much money only wasn't it just a political masquerade to make people believe that they are protected when we clearly see people were massacred with kalashnikovs just a few meters from this unit and that they had terrorists in this site but were told not to pull the trigger r.t.

has asked the police to respond to these allegations so far no response has been forthcoming but these are questions that the families of some of the victims at the vatican want on sustain they want to know what happened that night and what more could have been done to help help their loved ones. again artie harris. he went from iraq's parliamentary election who had washington support in the past has announced that he's creating a coalition with pro iranian forces a kind of hope and now explained it's not quite the development the united states was hoping for. top al saud are the iraqi cleric whose bloc won most of the seats in the recent parliamentary election has now announced he's willing to form a coalition government with an iranian backed militia so much for washington's hopes that he could be used to counter terror rons influence he can be irrational bets in the iranians taking over what

a let down for all those american media outlets and think tanks that hailed al assad or as a new hope for iraq and more importantly a potential ally against iran that's interesting because if you wind back the clock george w. bush said that he was an enemy of democracy for a long time his brigades were actually killing u.s. troops let's not get stuck in the past we are very well aware. of our all solder and his background and his positions now yes now it might have been a sign that the long time pro or reigning in cleric was changing his tune when he did some international traveling and met with the saudis but that was just smoke and mirrors at this point outsiders aligning himself with a cleric who is so pro or reining in that he actually fought for iran during the iraq iran war this is another fail in washington's effort to roll back to iran's influence. very very concerned about increased iranian influence in iraq president obama with through our forces there and it makes it much more difficult to

calculate the growing iranian influence in iraq but we must also do what we can to limit the extent of or reigning in the influence in iraq now the first prime minister after the u.s. invasion is bringing in al jaafari he ended up being very friendly to iran now as foreign minister he speaks very highly of relations good relations between the wrong in the rock policy results for both countries and in practice they have proved to be in the interest of both countries the second prime minister now the vice president al malaki was supported by washington but he ended up being very friendly to iran too and after. he went down the new guy also couldn't resist iran's friendly gestures al a body is also friendly to the islamic republic next door or what do you have the us has. invested in terms of. money. any kind of political and military for was eventually the best interest of iran it

was stupid and they realize that the war against iraq has been primarily. iran now the usa is adamant that it wants iranian influence out of iraq however its efforts are proving to be rather futile now there is one iraqi leader with a very good record of fighting the iranians his name was saddam hussein and he is long gone now it turns out that when you destroy a country you also create a vacuum and somebody is going to fill that vacuum even if it's somebody that you don't like. r t new york. how most people have posted a selfie that they may have later regretted but spare a thought for a russian schoolteacher whose swimsuit snap landed her in a hole until the internet weighed in.

well maybe a bit more careful with your instagram the some of that's if you're aussie global news this hour now thirty one minutes in so much two of the world cup egypt against uruguay still goal is to keep checking in with us on our on line overall round coverage bringing you the best of the atmosphere on analysis from astafy tito st peter schmeichel exclusively on our face i'm calling brian moscow back in thirty with the next news feed on. look on. both holes in my talking to the kid same

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people from around the world all together enjoying our beautiful game the call is on zero that means we all munched i rusher against saudi arabia we have a fantastic stan collymore show episode we got shopping we got flash a most importantly we've got the passion of the funds coming. from the face of congress congratulations to mexico canada and the united states they're going to host twenty twenty six edition but we're here for a fantastic initiative in moscow generation m i six parts of the cuts all twenty

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i mean. i says that the most. moving. abroad in my generation amazing. stuff in the space let's move to the world obviously incredible breaking news there are cameras everywhere here for you today because everybody wants your thoughts on the spanish manager i want to move now on to the next level has gone heroes come in as a world. a player of experience in a spanish dressing room how important now is it for sergio ramos for. big name

players general p.k. that you know very well and you know very very well to lead in the dressing room it's what is a difficult time. i mean that in. but the. little bit. that is the. bush.

supporter out of. his book is a bunker president want to put. you down right away. how important this time we're just about to start the world start against saudi arabia and then the gang start very quickly portugal and spain christiane. give us an idea all of us. people watching at home the mentality of a footballer in spain i know they call it constant throughout the on everybody's concentrated but give us an idea of what players will be doing today and over the

next few days. we want. norful. good enough to be in a silly field this. stuff and the rest of us he'll. start the night here from. your musket but i said no. we. can use the diagonal in the us although so little. to say on a spectacular. spying. still win it even with these problems do you think mr squad the mentality the quality is still enough for spying to win the world cup something that you have done to.