this is an international and our special coverage of the biggest football event of the year the fifa world cup final match on thursday sees croatia put in a stunning performance to beat argentina leaving the south americans on the brink. from the world cup. i. i. and football followers from all over the world make a central street in moscow be on official art of the world cup with festivities in full swing.

in other news a potential meeting between donald trump and. to be discussed during the u.s. national security advisers visit to moscow next week. you are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our international thomas. day eight of the world cup in russia has come to a close as we continue our special coverage of the tournament teams in groups c. and d. have finished their second games so now to neil harvey and peter schmeichel in our team's world cup pub in st petersburg for the now.

welcome to another beautiful white nights in st petersburg russia is. a white night ahead but a dark day for all its intended football fans trust me on this look away now step away from the t.v. come back in five minutes you do not want to know what happened to tonight's three argentina will. see. this. piece michel you watched it with me and it was a bit like watching a horror movie a disaster unfolding before us. i'm not sure i agree with our knowledge and tina's

perspex all yeah but why why do we care so much about argentina we should praise croatia for what they did tonight and what they did in the first game now we talked about the big play is you know the big sea the big stage when when you come to these events like the world cup the big players they perform and messing who is a big player didn't turn up again like he didn't do the game against iceland a very very very rough game very hotly played a lot of tempers tempers flaring surprisingly enough only six yellow cards no red cards we were actually betting on that. that would be at least one because that was the way it was being played. i think the referee and you know it after the match off from was biggest and he did ok i mean at times it was it was a little bit too much that he was allowing but at the end of the day everyone got

through the game and you know the only ones that are really hurt. can tina and that's completely down to their own performance. pretty much all the talk coming into this game was that knowledge and tina needs it not just wanted needed to win and it all unraveled in just a horrific fashion let's just look at the winning goal and the goalkeeper of argentina really like i mean this is what goes if you don't think they put pressure on the everybody i mean they must play from the back i don't understand a couple their bags you know. that big mistake now if there was some element of self harm about that first goal self-inflicted no questions about the second moment what a strike from lucca moderates i i was going courage in watching them to pass i didn't think he could score from here that what's dynamited not right for. the big players they turn up to these tournament's look at marge which is a big player and he's turned out that was his second gold and so on and the second

really good goal as well this was one who turned again there was a lot of a lot of tension between the teams and not many icons in the first hour but then they started develop as argentina became more frustrated and then we saw some pretty vindictive tackles going and i think ultimately should not have had a you know i think he should have been sent off he. made an incredible shot to see the a c. react if he's on the floor the referee is always blowing the whistle to do that you know that's that's really naughty and fortunately nothing happened and it might be one of these things that feature would look back on retrospect. one for i'm not completely sure about the rules in this tournament normally when the referee has already dealt with that meaning giving him a yellow card i don't think that's too much to do afterwards but hopefully they will because sad tackle there was definitely out of order and it's dangerous to

anything could have happened fortunately nothing in the sort of situation because it's not applied at the moment you don't see volumes for things like banned or is it just to much of a judgement call in the moment leading to the ref i don't want vod should be used with very much in football we've got to be fair to all the stations all the referees it's still even though it is a world cup it's still a kind of a trial period it's a system that needs to be worked on in the referees and the vases and they need more experience so we are bound to see mistakes unfortunately those mistakes you know have increased the number of penalties being given in the world cup i don't think anyone we've got this off loyalties or the temperaments all how they like to see football i don't see i think anyone wants to see to use free for penalties in every game if it's not what football is all about we want to see the players create the goals and then we've seen three absolutely beautiful goals today that is at least as

a football fan that is what i want to see i don't want to see football fans of football teams two or three or four nil on penalties and that's not right for me and well speaking of the sansui we've had our peter all of a fantastic scenes of celebration here initially you know and get out after what was already a fantastic weekend full croatia we spoke to some of those argentina in funds they were going to get them out of the way first they're disappointed but they always you this was going to be tell forward that so go for that it's always like this we always support the team. way we know that it's going to be very difficult and it was really difficult window before our eyes. gratian sure we know it was if you go by the will would like to support the team but this is of course the story of true a shit tonight they scold not only three kills they played funtastic li that go from new commode riches probably won't we're going to be seeing for a long time in this tournament as you can see from the foundry match well the

happiness is just hilarious. good on what. do you make of that we were expecting three zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero was the long room to what this really was i was watching a bunch watching this game in the fun fest just next to the kremlin initially you know it's good old it was patched in that thousands of people the vast majority of them with cheering for argentina at the beginning plenty of russian people would go involved with filling the the blue and white tell me that it's made its way over to russia from south america however when we saw during that game was really a lesson in how to win over friends and entertain people but it's i'm not third goal went in almost all of those who'd previously bob's been cheering for argentina well they changed over to the red and white checks of true asia the shadow of the birth of a lot of the croatians did just great well frankly speaking initially i was for

argentina until the very last moment i was sure that lionel messi was going to prove himself at this championship since one although had already scored four goals but it was a failing game for messi he didn't manage to score the croatians did great we wished him luck in the next round but we will support croatia out of all of the no good orders for them today. they were really friendly with us i don't know why but the russian people treat us really really good so i'm really happy and i'm going to yemen as a kind of i said i was initially supporting creation i really like crazy because i think they the croatians. or the brother is a russian people you know i didn't support argentina frankly though i am the feelings are impossible to describe such a big group of friends lots of gracious came here to watch football it's an indescribable feeling of camaraderie argentina has lost i see they have a very strong team but they haven't been able to pull it together we want to thank

everyone who has come here to new you thank you very much as an issue you know through a phase in love with croatia well the city's in look because they'll be back here it seems for their second round match and i think they'll find a little move all the rage a new heights of boat is in not fun faced when they do. i want to pick up other paid the most talented plates and i'm still trying. on a wonderful story that of people fans wanting to swap should just wonderful atmosphere and someone swapping it for tickets i have to ask you what's the best show that he was all i have one little story. so when kasper was a kid obviously he got all this should so and it's funny kept them all and funny enough those kicks on the back of most of them and then obviously the manchester united goalkeeper should as well but i got a picture sent to me this is a couple of months ago my grandson in one of those shirts and it's

a manchester united shirt for my first year only here when manchester united was still playing with the idea that's then they changed too. and they play with that he does now have the he's got this vintage should if you would like i did fits him and i actually saw it when i got the picture that was cast but that's magnificent memory thank you for sharing let's get right up to date with group c. class to see friends and parade second game of the day and the school was one nil to france at half time. down but i'm very grateful to everyone who has come here to support us it's incredible they've. made it all the way from peru to russia unfortunately we didn't achieve the results we wanted despite the fact that the team played well and had good chances during the game because you know i guess you know we had to play with the intensity and aggression in order to get the result we wanted we need to continue step by step from here we're really happy with our game when it was as

though we were playing in peru there were so many of their fans. every for the france game axis of denmark they had a joy against australia needs denmark on four points and they're a straight ahead we have to go so it's all they've got to do actually a really good action from him chips it over the goalkeeper and papa becomes a youngest frenchmen score in the world cup the most important thing is the qualification and that's done these memories are unforgettable you know we have one that's the most important thing the party is on and the world cup continues. france and denmark they play in the aleutian ag on the twenty six and on the twenty six as well australian peer group play so what the situation is now is that denmark as you can see got full points that kind of will be completely irrelevant if

denmark don't win against france or at least get a job because australia with a win over poor gets a four points as well and since a stray and lost and i hear this is why gets triggered they lost to on two fronts. i'll simplify it if if denmark loses one they'll just to give you an example then one uses one no stranger wins one nil then they will be unfold points both of them and that their score scores with australia will be three three so this three goes for three against denmark will be to score and two against and that means australia will go through on this one most gold gold yet it's not only needs a one no result in both those gains and i massive turnaround it ended one one it was democratic a very early late walk to finish from christian you know it's not i'm not sure if you heard his need. in the senate gratian but they. again as he did against france he stepped up to the right to take the penalty and he put it past

michael which on. for many it was unfortunate he didn't favor and the end result was that one. st petersburg will play host to to one of the world cup favorites brazil which plays costa rica on friday at three pm local time the brazilian team recently arrived in st petersburg they were met at the entrance to their hotel by crowds of cheering fans many of whom were russians celebrating the friendship of the two countries and their teams game between brazil and costa rica will be a chance for the five time world champions to put one foot in the knockout rounds and artie's world cup co-host. has been predicting who will take the spoils. brazil in costa rica costa rica's not just the team that did well in the past world cup is also a team that is very stable and just watch them to play

a friendly against scotland and i know a well organized but the force of brazil is full of dozens of creativity of that and i mean. brazil is going to have many problems to get this report. if we can is now passed since the biggest party on the planet kicked off here in russia and there are still three more weeks to go to the world cup with eleven cities hosting the world cup games across russia moscow is a hub for many of the traveling fans and one particular street has become a beacon for the supporters from around the globe genco hits the unofficial fans. i'm from moscow a city of more than ten million people and i cannot believe how the world cup was able to reach draw a map of landmarks in the city if you thought it was the kremlin possibly right square or the arbat street i'll have to tell you that this time you're wrong there

. what is going. to be that is going. to satisfy the press where was the thought in the box because those people who called got on it was funny got. like. three streets and the like someone in the know you know said joe joe. so how do you find this street with the lines i'll show you. now trust me you'll feel it when we get. very tempting to stay on the red square but here we have to make a life. going to. make little scam for the same.

air. there are no empty space on the wall and. this sounds like nonsense but actually. it's street that was full of cars full of them park.

cars. well away from the jubilance in festivities though the tournaments has seen a few dark moments british police have opened an investigation into a group of england fans who were allegedly seen giving nazi salutes in one of the host cities or to some associate you're going to reports now from love but an unfortunate incident seems to have unraveled in one of the host cities of the world cup in volgograd where english fans were captured giving nazi salutes singing hitler songs as well as shouting nazi slogans and this is now being looked into now it's understood that this unraveled following the england tunisia game where

england beat an easy out to two one and these chants were totally addressed rivaling top football club fans and the staff at this bar where this took place apparently have confirmed that english fans were in there they said they missed this moment because they were closing the bar at that point and we do know that british officials are indeed investigating what unraveled there we have heard from the national police chiefs council in a statement to us they said that this support behavior seen in video is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated they have said they're working to identify those involved and we've also heard from the english football association of also said they strongly condemn this kind of behavior and are working to take appropriate action. the nato secretary general is warning that political disputes and infighting that risk tearing the military alliance apart but speaking in london stolen bergen says to preserving nato is in the interests of its twenty nine member

states. these disagreements are real it is not written in storm that the transatlantic bomb will survive for ever but i believe we will preserve it. those comments and statements of berg call for unity come ahead of next month's nato summit which will be attended by donald trump he has been a frequent critic of the alliance and it is feared the meetings could inflame tensions between washington and its partners some of the key points of contention are over trade attitudes towards a climate change and of the future of the iran nuclear deal the nato chief has also said he believes that within europe the e.u.'s political orientation and shifting values could have a negative impact on the strength of the alliance now despite the divisions though political analyst chris bambery told us that he thinks nato as role in containing russia is not enough to ensure that it will survive this is not a defensive alliance anymore it's very much an offensive lines particularly in

regards to the russian federation because of that expansion i roamed russia's russian federation's borders the possibility of ukraine joining nato as effectively part of that align alliance know the presence of nato forces in eastern europe the buildup of nato bases rights on the southern as well as the western border of the russian federation this is a very dangerous game i think we need to will survive on the balance because for the united states nato expansion to virtuous the rhone the russian federation has been very important and the been nato presence has been built on russia's borders so for that at least they're going to they want to keep nato. well ahead of the nato summit another crucial meeting may take place and the white house has announced that u.s. national security advisor john bolton will travel to moscow next week to discuss a potential meeting between donald trump and bottom report an artist breaks it down

for us. well it was all rumors up to this point but now john bolton has confirmed that he will be coming over to europe first perhaps symbolically to meet with u.s. pm allies nato allies organizing the summit next month but then he'll be traveling to moscow now this is john bolton we're talking about one of the most hawkish and militants of u.s. officials and national security adviser for donald trump he'll be organizing the details of and again this is a potential this isn't set in said in stone yet potential meeting between ladysmith putin and donald trump the leaders of the united states and russia two nuclear superpowers and you know the time when the time is now there's a lot to talk about this terrorism as syria ukraine the united states has concerns about the poisoning of

a former russian agent in in britain and of course alleged russian meddling in the u.s. election so they'll be a lot of you know frank discussion i'm sure behind closed doors but. the media has been well it hasn't received the news as well you would have thought that you know these two countries meeting at last now that relations are at rock bottom arguably worse than they were during the cold war you could argue that you know that makes the world a better safer place but pundits have gone into meltdown now arguing that you know any meeting with the russians will cause a lot and dismay in europe and among allies and in the west that there shouldn't be any contact at all they also said that if donald trump first goose to russia to meet with putin instead of first going to the summit in in europe the nato summit that will send the wrong messages to already jittery european. allies so

if this meeting is indeed confirmed we can expect a firestorm among pundits. with the issue of migration now a major fault line in european politics e.u. leaders are set to hold a summit in brussels on sunday in the hopes of finding new ways of dealing with the crisis artie's down a quarter has details. well the solution to the migration crisis is certainly at stake here and there's been a lot of debate between e.u. member states now recently in germany there was a standoff between angle of merkel and her interior minister horst see hoffer see hoffer wants to turn migrants away at the german border while angola merkel stressed a more european wide approach and this disagreement put the decades long government coalition here at risk and they only agreed to cease the hostilities until this summit coming up on sunday now ahead of this summit the e.u.

commission released a draft document and it went over two points the first being stopping movement of migrants between e.u. member state borders and strengthening the borders of the european union itself as well as the coast guard but italy actually already said that it feels like it's getting the short end of the stick on this deal if we go to brussels to play the scripts who already written by friends in germany then we shouldn't even go we save the money for the trip now the german public is also concerned apparently three quarters of germans don't think merkel can find a european wide solution to the crisis according to polls and meanwhile hungary just passed a law that would criminalize helping migrants in need so it seems like no matter how many more meetings we have of e.u. officials those alone aren't going to solve the crisis meanwhile french president among your mum has called for a fight against populism describing it as

a disease spreading across europe that came after he was criticized for not accepting the migrant ship aquarius which was also turned away by italy you can see them rise a bit like a leprosy only across europe in countries where with thoughts that would be impossible to see them again in neighboring countries. the real leprosy is the hypocrisy of someone who pushes back emigrants and then wants to preach to us about our sacrosanct right to ask for an equal distribution of migrants this is not the way to solve the problem the probably should be solved from where they are coming from so we have to stop the departure a whole of who is not a refugee because you know that the statistic tell us that the most almost the more than ninety percent of the people that is coming is not a refugee but is it is a migrant a just for economy because and this is not allowed in europe so we have to decide what we want to do we want to going on we do is

a movement of millions of people that are rooting for something better or we want to have really the refugee and fighting and another way to have them konami called migrants so we are going to put to you european union that problem what should we do we cannot going on in that way because it's not fair also for those poor people that are. suffering because the three put in the hand of this model is very dangerous. does it for me i will be back in about thirty three minutes with a full picture news you're watching international. survival guide ecstacy just to start simply. he says.

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a public relations nightmare according to probe the environmental health study details and warns of the health dangers from a family of chemicals known as per floor kill substances or p f a s p fasts recommending an exposure limit for one of the compounds that is ten times lower than what the u.s. environmental protection agency has maintained is the safe threshold and seven times lower for another compound in the same family and just to make you sleep even better at night the chemicals in the study have been linked to little things you know little things like thyroid disease liver damage decreased fertility hormone suppression and our old friend cancer a lovely and apparently scott prudes new and improved environmental protection agency in the white house were none too pleased with the report and according to politico sought to head off the study from being released because according to an e-mail from an unidentified white house aide the public media and congressional

reaction to these numbers is going to be huge the impacts the e.p.a. and the defense department is going to be extremely painful. i wonder if fear of all those deadly chemicals in our household items is the real reason behind e.p.a. chief scott prudes reported to. thirty bills clocking in over clocking him at over four million dollars boy all right let's find out by watching the hawks. if you. want to go to st it looks like this is what. i did for the bottom. of the day like you know what i got. to.