like rochelle or brazil here now i'd still tell a brazilian maid it's warm everyone having a good time some it's brazil in russia right now. my job. the load like this stuff pretty box all over the place. well finally i can see that this way it stands are trying to catch up as well have a look. here in rostov on don how are you feeling here it's very nice and the people love to us here as like a family their football family you know we're focused family. this is a good run well over the. globe

. food the vibes are absolutely amazing. amazing day for football. i'm pretty sure that. johnny from team always happy i'm pretty sure that people that really loves football and is not just focused on. support some team i see people he said i'm happy i'm really happy with the results with the results today d.c. is the beauty of football. and the ground was shaking in mexico city when healthy scold should go there and in moscow it's been a night of mexican. yes the thousands of. some of the mexican

visitors of but. when it comes to sharing the atmosphere with a friend. or

two on monday a south korea face. already embroiled in scandal with the swedish apologizing for his rivals. clash with world cup. and today it's a big day for england. in volgograd where they face. between the teams at the world cup in one thousand nine hundred eighty. two gold. the place out of volgograd stadium in southern russia.

the england team have gone through turbulent times recently with poor performances at total months last time they lifted a trophy was in one thousand nine hundred sixty six now to news you who have qualified for the world cup for the first time since two thousand and six hope to make the best of their return peter all of a has been catching up with fans ahead of the big game in volgograd. it's all of the hotel and it's all about football i think up it not going to get to here we're going to have a little bit of a give the itineraries england this is too nice yes two three five six seven eight nine ten. twelve thirty forty fifty sixty eight to the idea i have called yesterday we're off to at what's you know it was him and that made our mistakes

very much you've got to be sixteen i believe well to do it for five six seven i was. what happens in england game to morrow england she does you want out of it but it got to be a very tough game but we will win you know the most they're not going. to let the nose of the funds being as well behaved in a decent is these behind me unfortunately i could whip the sewed up horrid behavior by you could even england's fun straight on salif being thrown up as well as songs that really cannot be repeated but i spoke to the chief executive of the england fans federation about them about what happened there i was in lynn funds should be doing well here in russia we've always acknowledging that funds to do what the vast majority majority of us do all the time which is just to treat the place with respect you're really impressed with the degree of hospitality we've got here every told him it's there's always a media story but most of the experience troubles are

a bit immune to that sort of thing that would be exciting newspaper called he sells newspapers because the mission reality i'm here in the middle of the great revolt government also i mean on during around the marina here i've come across something of a familiar sight on one of the yachts. not just an english flag but also an englishman graeme permission to come of oh it's a permission granted let's. don't end up in the water you've been doing a little bit something special for the world cup tell us about the well we've sowed all the way here from bulgaria and it took us thirty six days. all the way from the crimea on the i will say we traveled on the crimea bridge. one day before mr putin you've provided a bit of something for those like myself who are even if the first time yeah we've written a small guide called the englishman in volgograd because usually on the only englishman you. know there's a few more and. it's just the top five of everything around from my own perspective

if that's the stadium right there what do you think what is your take for england taking place right there what's going to. england three. zero. now in the lead up to the slope of the fake woods came to treat russia the united kingdom now sold for employees things about get away from the world cup experience . what we have got here in volgograd is a cocktail called the no that you know. how is that. how this doctor is called the antidote to it i'm not sure how much you announce it out it is i'm not sure how much this is going to affect how they see evening runs into the game against the newseum. are you ok i would anticipation building ahead of the

match i just i mean you know made his predictions on the upcoming. even by nature is a bit pessimistic they dealt about themselves not very call for them to have huge pressure on their back. is not the same level in the world of some of the best players in in utah playing in the best league in the world but that seems good when these is going to create them some little problems but in dns talent and experience they have to in england. but back in just the. politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get acceptable reject

. so when you want to be president i'm sure. you somehow want. to go on to be close with what will befall three of the more people. interested always in the waters of. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. dramatic. move. i don't see how. very critical. you sit. in.

joining us here on r.t. international photos showing australian soldiers waving a flag while on operations in afghanistan. decade ago during a nato led deployment the revelation there was only the latest to raise concern of a nato peacekeeping missions. nato's foreign military quests and scandals revolving around them astray and armed forces have remained more or less invisible but not anymore when this photo emerges the kneejerk reaction of many was to palm it off clearly this was some photoshop is a bad joke a bad joke it was but only in the sense that some astray and soldier back in two thousand and seven thought it was funny to actually wave the nazi banner in the

middle of an afghan he does it a stray and authorities went out of their way to condemn the stunt saying the soldiers were identified and completely and utterly unacceptable the flag obviously was removed the personnel involved were. disciplined but the swastika is only one nail hammered into the coffin of the reputation of the australian defense forces earlier this month the fairfax media company published the results of its own investigation into a string of actions in afghanistan it revealed for instance that in two thousand and nine senior officers forced a rookie to kill an unarmed elderly detainee as part of a blooding ritual initiation another soldier nicknamed wanted us apparently machine gun demand with a prosthetic leg which was then removed from the body taken to a strip and used as an improvised beer mug at the s.e.'s headquarters in perth the

same leonidas also reportedly kicked a detainee off a cliff and then shot him dead a mercy killing apparently astray and defense forces have been investigating rumors of its soldiers actions in afghanistan for years now but as new evidence continues to surface that the investigation could turn out to be as lengthy as the afghan war itself. the year after iraq's most school was liberated by iraqi and u.s. led coalition forces from islamic state and. joe levy has travelled to the water on safety and how capacity is special envoy to the un's refugee agency. control of most all in twenty fourteen holding on to the city for three long years a liberation campaign launched by iraq with the support of u.s. led coalition forces last of nine months and claims of civilian lives as well as displacing hundreds of thousands.

this is the worst devastation i've seen in all my years. these people have lost everything. and the trauma. and the loss that they have suffered is unparalleled. their sheer on their own with very little support next to nothing and they're rebuilding themselves with their bare hands they're moving the rubble with their bare hands and their bodies in this rubble that stay here. and you can smell the bodies. and there's an explosion or.

the me to controversy has raised many questions for example how long can you stare at a coworker before being accused of sexual harassment online a t.v. show provided netflix apparently has the answer. to your reports. oh sorry i didn't mean to sexually harass you netflix have reportedly introduced a policy advise in their employees not to stare at each other for longer than five seconds this has neither been confirmed nor denied by the company but the general idea is allegedly inspired by the me too movement to avoid sexual harassment in the workplace according to netflix employees quoted by the press this five second staring back as part of a package of no lingering hugs no asking for phone numbers and no flirting what do

you think about when you think about the five second rule i have no idea what five second rule if you were to take a guess would you think it would be about i can eat something after i fall after after i drop it on the floor but only before it's placed there for five seconds so we have a three second rule in norway so we have what you have to have three seconds between your car and the next car. in time really you guys were talking today people about netflix you know netflix yes ok so they have reportedly introduced this new policy where they're asking people to work with them to not stare at each other for longer than five seconds. to avoid sexual harassment really taking a company that nonsense that you want to try it sounds like small amount of time but it's actually longer really it. seems ok let's start each other let's do that. and i know smiling we could do

whatever if it can. seem somewhat counterproductive in every single way seems a bit stupid really. just looking at people isn't sexual harassment if you and i work together we can't look at each other for longer than five seconds because then it creates like an uncomfortable environment apparently why you are looking at me i'm right now i don't find uncomfortable. one i think it sounds a bit odd that you can't have corporation with anybody and then be afraid of sexual harassment i mean that would just be weird i think it's stupid people work together and not look at each other. german chancellor angela merkel facing one of the toughest test yet in her leadership as a rift over refugee policies threatens to derail her coalition government the dispute has put merkel on a collision course with her interior minister who has been quoted as saying he could no don't go work with her merkel has been heavily criticized for implementing

an open door refugee policy which has seen over a million people pouring into germany since the start of the migrant crisis she's faced tough opposition from inside her own cabinet and a recent poll doesn't bode well for the chancellor either as a growing number of germans say they oppose receiving more migrants sixty two percent of those surveyed agree with the interior minister's plan to turn away undocumented migrants at the border on the lead ninety percent say they want faster deportations of rejected asylum seekers fifty seven percent of the respondents reject merkel's migrant friendly policies and we case the reaction on the streets of berlin as i hope the find a way to resolve this because it doesn't make any sense if. the interior minister is trying to serve to put police waver if the mike can crisis but angela merkel stance on this issue has been very courageous and she shouldn't back down now. we

could see more elections so the coalition parties need to find a way of preventing that right now they are too far apart. as some minister for the into your first few years and just immediately we don't have months or years to come to look for solutions of this imminent causes. the situation. gone to war i'm glad america this is not so question of weeks or months is a question of days all was hollow machine my being translates a federal republic what you did in september two thousand and fifteen in opening up as a drum one ball of us and creating an inflow so from my guns this was a situation which was unbelievable and since then we have more than two million people in that country and we don't know who is in that company for hundreds of

cells and this is a bloated tool was it into the federal republic into your pretty insecure would be as. well thanks for joining us for the program here on our international it doesn't return with more in about half an hour. with gold make this manufacture come sentenced to the public well. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round the sun because one. time we can all middle of the room sit. in the real news room. join me every

thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. welcome to. both russia and the u.s. are calling for relations to be rescued but hostile rhetoric is still growing louder on both sides in moscow and washington let bygones be bygones robert english former policy analyst at the u.s. defense department international relations scholar is with me today to talk about this. ghost of the cold war is hovering in washington and moscow as relations

between russia and the u.s. into a series of personal jobs and escalating decisions what is inhibiting to understanding the two great powers how long will the current confrontation persist and who will be strong enough to stop. robert english former policy analyst at the u.s. defense department welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us here so interesting times really didn't. start off with henry kissinger quote he says that demonization of lattimer putin is not a policy it's an alibi for the absence of one degree with him. yet is there a coherent policy line on russia in washington. there are seven or eight coherent lines but all together they produce in coherence by that i mean the congress thinks it knows what it's doing. there are some individuals let's say the department of defense who have one orientation in the state department which is

a revolving door who have another and so on no a coherent administration line has not emerged because they're fighting internally because trump started off as a pragmatic complainer a he wanted to make good with russia but then they stopped which meant tat his hands does this mean that the american line towards russia is pretty termite no matter who the president will be no no this is and this is unique with trump no tied his hands in particular because the pass this legislation requiring sanctions right and that is certainly tied to trump personally because of the suspicion that he colluded with russia or that members of his campaign team. up to no good with russian representatives and to who knows there's this anger because hillary clinton lost and blaming it on somebody who has this sort of outsized anger at russia that's why trump is uniquely tied with another president might not be so you feel

like making russia u.s. adversary is partially part of the internal political fight in america they're using russia adversary against trying to weaken him is that part of the game for somebody who is it's not the only thing. one has to admit that russia hasn't helped in this there but russian actions that have made it easier for the people who dislike russia for the rooster folks in washington to do what they've done but yes they are. it's against trump there's suspicion of russia there's a whole combination old cold warriors trumpeters hillary supporters democrats who just can't this is surly accept a new presidency people who are genuinely concerned about russian actions what happened in england all these come together to paralyze our russia policy but also doesn't it come down to strong president weak president because i mean i understand your checks and balances and are saying you can't just do whatever the president wants to do but when i have

a strong cries present like for instance reagan like he wanted to make it with soviet union and everyone followed suit i feel like maybe if hillary clinton were president. one day decided that she wanted to make it with russia everyone else would agree with her more or less and because he's such an outsider it seems like he met with much more resistance is partly that but the first thing you said is the main thing a president who comes in whether it's china russia any foreign policy issue with a hard line reputation if they decide to find accommodation accord a treaty they have a much easier time getting it past the establishment getting it passed congress someone who comes in with a reputation as we or soft whether it's china or russia or whatever it might be they're constantly met with suspicion and resistance so reagan was a tough guy and that he could make peace nixon kissinger were hard on russia and they could have they taught you're probably right hillary clinton who would suspect

her of colluding with russia or making a bad deal she's as tough as they come on putin trump him in reputation not just soft but super soft so he's always going to have a uphill battle to do you think is done fixing ties with russia is it like a done fadel for him you know sitting in washington sitting anywhere in the united states we don't say anything anymore we never know never we never know what's coming next is this feeling that this administration has not settled. on what's happening with negotiations with north korea on off on threats of war my best friend trade war with china trade with europe we're going to have a record no we're going to pose massive terror so iran we haven't even got to maybe the most dangerous of all the issues so i can't answer that we don't know we all hope that we find some stability in this administration can focus on one issue or another well at least on predictability it keeps you guys tone to make you straight

all right so in the years after the cold war the funding cuts mean that fewer and fewer russian experts were being trained in american schools what does that mean for russian knowledge in washington how does this influence policy. it's not a good time. for russia expertise we have and it's not just now but it's the last twenty years there's a strange combination of. lost interest in russia so fewer people after the ninety's were going into study oh boris yeltsin they have a democracy now it's kind of dall it's a crazy place but pretty strong arms control going to show that was exciting so a lot of people how do i now let me put it solely i don't people awake so now we do have a renewed interest but we have problems in our academy but say we train political scientists we train area experts very poorly thirty years ago twenty years ago when

i was in graduate school we studied history first we learned the language and the culture very deeply and only then do we move to politics and we didn't always stop with politics we learned some economics we learned some strategic and military affairs and our experts were sort of comprehensive these days it's much more narrowly focused and there's much less interest in culture and history in the past and that produces very narrow or one sided experts so even though you're right we have interests now people want to work on russia they're interested whether it's to go into intelligence or business or anything in between but i feel like even though there are fewer x. x. there still are experts i mean look here self and there are like bunch of people of your generation who really do have a knowledge of russia what russia stands for and what it represents what it wants but if you like the state department. or the white house don't really pay attention to the expert opinion do they even take that opinion into consideration when making

up policies towards russia so i have great respect for the state department there is a large qadri. of mid-level officials who spent their career in russia in prague maybe in beijing back to russia developing expertise they tend to have very balanced and sensible views but you know what happens every four years or maybe every eight years we have an election and it's the secretary the deputy secretary the assistant secretary the deputy assistants the political appointees in the basters who come in and got to say every administration it's not just trump but it was obama before and it was clear before that they put in more and more political and i'm qualified people because their campaign contributors because it's politically advantageous and therefore the competence at the top declines well their latest trumpet wiser in russia and europe on the hill and she's not like a putting lever and it's not like her views towards russia are super favor rule but

she sensible and she's pretty magical which is already a very good and rare think for american if as the academic colleague i have great respect for if you go to the hill for her work i had her as an invite to a conference at our university in los angeles she knows the caucuses as well as russia central asia she knows trade and oil with economic issues i have and she's balance straight she's not an idealogue she isn't hate anyone can she have a real impact on a policy i don't know i hope that she's working quietly within the system and in tandem let's say with people like our new ambassador here in moscow jon huntsman was also known as a moderate a sensible person and don't forget he has experience in business international trade he's been in china and other foreign postings my hope is that over time people like hudson and hill will move this administration in a pragmatic direction but then we watched the revolving door in the white house at

the n.s.c. and i don't know. when it comes to russia and people in iran it does seem like the politicians pull to. blake they have a longer view of relations with the united states what i mean is russia scenario switch try to be friends with the guys in the ninety's and they were trying to be friends with the after nine eleven but then them americans broke their promise pushed a nato towards russia's borders and then there was serbia iraq etc etc etc. do the americans this is decade old can continue to be one assessing relations with russia because it does seem to me that the media in america has. a much shorter attention span and so does the public we see the whole picture. by cycling will are so right this is a bigger problem even than you know the average journalist working in foreign affairs working on russia i have to remind them as preparation for their interview with me what happened five.