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welcome to the program international we will get your world cup run down in just a moment but for now the kremlin and the white house have agreed on the first official summit between. the date of the meeting at the location not being revealed but it is no. country will be the host of a summit was announced during u.s. national security adviser john bolton's visit right here to moscow details here with. this summit is indeed happening what have led to me at putin's

a aides also said that it was organized before john bolton's visit to moscow but we learned we had a few details as to why or how this summit was organized john bolton said that don't trump ease for mending relations with russia despite criticism both at home at the broad the fact is that it's important for the leaders of these two countries to meet there are a wide range of issues despite the differences between the square both president trump and president couldn't think they may be able to find constructive solutions i'd like to hear someone say that's a bad idea which you know it's important that it's john bolton saying those words because he's aggressive when it comes to foreign policy he cool russia's alleged meddling in the u.s. elections and act of war and dad now he's backing donald trump saying that we do indeed need this summit that you know it will benefit it will benefit everyone

especially at this stage with vladimir putin called the relations not in the best shape which is baps diplomatically very polite others would say that the relations between the united states and russia. are at an all time low i have to begin with regrets a belief stating that relations between russia and the us a not in the best shape and i said it many times and i want to repeat it at the meeting with you i think this is a result of acute internal political clashes within the u.s. but your visit to moscow gives hope that we'll be able to at least take the first steps toward restoring full relations between our countries. also a number of tough questions asked of john bolton with gods in his prior position is very anti russian classic republican as. someone. my colleague school did during the press conference but he said that what he said before what he wrote before was

you know it got decided he won't comment on it because it happened before his current posting his national security adviser to donald trump he was also asked the funny question that you know he was treated with more respect than the pope or angular medical jobs with germany because vladimir putin wasn't late to his meeting with. john bolton at which he. said i don't want to reply i don't want to comment on this question but let me also extend. friendship they both reads rates at the desired med relations to make he said he wouldn't even offer to share russia's experience of hosting. it was with i want to congratulate you on winning the right to host the fifo world cup in twenty twenty six we so far managed to organize the world cup appropriately we'll be happy to share our experience in the. most

appreciative of your courtesy and graciousness here and i look forward to learning how you handled the world cup so successfully among others. has also confounded the meeting is taking place adding that ukraine and syria are likely to be among the topics of discussion and we asked former pentagon official michael maloof about any common ground the two leaders might be able to find. i think first of all they'll agree to disagree on certain things for example on the alleged russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen elections i don't think that that's uppermost in trump's mind but it's primarily business and i think that that's where things are going to be heading i think he also wants to tone down the confrontation that has been going on as i said you i saw i saw today a much more tame bolton who really wanted to push nato right up to the russian border that seems to be something that seems to be wanting to diffuse

a little bit principally because the allies are not forthcoming with paying their share and secondly as he pointed out and hinted it's quite expensive for the u.s. to carry the carry that burden all the time so it's easier to make nice than it is to get nasty and and i think that that's where trump is is going to be heading. bolton's visit to russia was discussed during trump's meeting with the portuguese president but the conversation inevitably town to football's biggest tournament and portugal's star player i think they're doing a fantastic job with the world cup right now. it's in russia and i will tell you that it's exciting my son loves soccer and he loves watching the world cup and they have really done a fantastic job as you spoke of soccer let me know something well make you a suggestion if you're going to me to put them what i want with it looks pretty

good yes if you ask me to greet you so of course he was expecting your kiss but anyway. don't forget to put your head is the best place in the book that you scold because you know i'm sure you know son knows he knows all about it and so don't forget to eat if you go to russia during the championship don't forget but you could steal the i. don't think we actually doing very well. so it is day fifteen of the world cup in russia and the final day of the group stage of the competition here are some of the fans that will be cheering on their teams today. throughout. the.

i thank you. thank you. and if wednesday's action is anything to go by we could be of some big surprises so here are some of the highlights from last night's games.

south korean founds went wild celebrating their team's victory over the fourth time champions germany with the fact that their win does not advance them in the competition hardly facing them peter schmeichel break down the last games for.

germany the biggest shock of the day indeed of the will cup so far the first time they've been knocked out in the only status is nineteen thirty eight but their demise is a smile some funds from other nations and they the germans dimentia a respectful. oh god i did good i'll be raiding bowl champions. germany did we wondered if brazil might follow them in enough. the big shot but it hasn't happened it's going to forming creepy brazil brushing server side to nothing switzerland playing out a teacher with costa rica what do you make of the reaction we were keeping across both of those games but brazil fairly comfortable looked solid comfortable they

still had the problem child who is the most expensive play in the world needed an unbelievable amount of money was paid for him to p.s.g. and he's still trying to impress everyone with his skills and nothing really is happening for a name i had a couple of chances that he missed but also it's in the actual game where i think it becomes a problem it's like the other players to think that the game so decided to decide to whenever they had to both find a man he would do something but they do find that pit that it's ok but he won't do something he it's not happening for him and i think he needs a little break he might not even be completely fit because he was injured getting into this tournament. but at his current stand and his current level it might not be a bad idea to give him a little bit of a break because it's not happening for him and once you get a player like that you know a little bit of thinking time sat on the bench watching the other guy he might come

on and he might be a player that is more valuable to him and he had a good four or five chances will's most expensive player but he certainly not living up to that reputation like we said this is a much more solid looking you know at heart it's a beat at the back and it won't have affected the brazilian celebrations i'm sure they took the three they did a pretty comfortably in the end seven points only one goal conceded this press of its alexia shots he actually standing right next to a big group of brazilian fans and they were just chanting and dancing and being very happy about the result obviously a very comfortable win for them atul credit to the serbian fans as well i was set just by the serbian and inside the stadium there were also chant. i think they're out throughout the whole game pushing to get a team forward it didn't really work out of them but it seems that they're not with you completely downbeat they were leaving the stadium and tell me yes they were sad but there's always a next time and they were just happy to be had this world cup having this

opportunity to watch their team like so obviously that's a lot of celebration especially that's actually a very funny thing that i noticed right before the game i was looking around the ground i spotted a stadium and many brazil fans were openly celebrating the results of the germany result of south korea game. which ended jimmy's chance to see all this world because you just have to be right on his own even if it's awesome because they're doing it himself right guys happy. happy right for sure. always going to be executed. the only medical i know it's going to be an interesting game indeed and obviously we'll be on top of that as well when it happens oh will be a lot of noise i think especially from the west coast and see what they were going to have been the story about that they can fans and the brazilian fans in the same stadium and in some are oh well that's going to be something we'll get tickets that we that we should go for that i'll come over you get them all come let's welcome to

the lexicon to the roof and do this for us. teams that are already out of the competition that's still giving their all in means a lot to them to be so they set world cup and twice costa rica went behind against switzerland twice they back to back to two it ended so you see brazil very very comfortable going through this group that was a difficult start for them they played one one which was in the first game and every body so well personal are going to struggle here for that to happen seven point. well group g. leaders belgium and england clashing tonight in the cupboard and grout thousands of found somebody decided on the city and for some it is that first visit to russia. mark brown's call them fall they were born in the fall of the control and so it was in my blood just to follow on from there from the farm for as long as i can

remember really i think it was the nine hundred ninety eight world cup the reverse for the means of football. playing. on left in the south on themes of russia over the last four years quite frequently. some of the scientists have never seen it. time for a hot head absolutely miles away i'm going to leave you had those facts. well for you try to act. really in this town for the safety concerns of come from this be a lot of bad press accounts and you're thinking seriously i'm going to go shopping it's been happening so i'd. like to say when i went to the confederations cup competition all kinds of we talked to

a source of the money of the police took the army's. cooperation with each other to install the security measures. from the genesis of throwing them because these go in and you know if you create enough traffic safety in the trucks. not a load not. good luck to up ron and we'll. though due to some unsportsmanlike scaremongering in the media a few of brit's about to come to this world cup than previous ones and the saudis are trying to found out some of them now wish they hadn't been quite so wearing parents to watch their loved one star at the world cup is one of the proudest moments in life so how terrifying must danny rose have been off russia as he said this ahead of the tournament i've told my family i don't want them going out there because of racism and anything else that may happen while the definition of racism

that i know is quite different from what the russia world cup guess appeared to see and feel when they got to this country. six weeks he's been a very good cause you may have people who came to him to run straight to the swedish prime spain to germany to talk to us. and. on the whole everybody's really upbeat and i guess one after spending a bit of time in this country the three lines the thunder changed his mind i definitely be open now to having my family out here so let's just hope we win it's not yet clear and danny rose now thought so because he saw players from his team meet with their families or he just never came across issues of racism in russia anyway let's ask the fans around here if they could tell us more about their

experience did you have any problems because of your skin oh no not at all and yet let the others see anything they have you asked someone from go up felt any elements of race here know nothing absolutely nothing honest about not take everybody's friendly racist mean russian racism and to have you come across any. sort of perfect to the. so you just like you know we have a triangle r t n k o m grad the venue for the group the decider on thursday and somewhere we haven't been able to find any traces of racism. while the sun newspaper is among those spinning a narrative of russia as a dangerous violent and homophobic place but their top sports reporter martin lipton who's in the country has a bit of a different tale to tell i think the the work of the russian people is being clear to everyone the organization has been super previously i've always found russian

people somewhat more reserved than they appear to be at least at this moment open and friendly. people everywhere which is great to see and also i'm just blown away by how brilliantly in the transport system is because the london underground really is a disaster and this place you can get anywhere in no time at all in a much bigger city don't talk to my kids and my wife i'm saying to them she's fantastic it's great i think people were fearful they were they were put in a position where they soon the worst was always think should assume the best they will see a part of the world they never dreamed of going to and travel does board in the mind by its very nature that's going to be positive and they will go home with a very different image of of russia because they've experienced that they had heretofore based on hearsay it's been a real pleasure to be here and salute joy you know while having fun on the streets of russia's host cities you can bump into all sorts of surprising people one

lookalike of the north korean leader kim jong un is game for a selfie with just about any. oh come on. that fool want to excuse the guy. i'm. going to blow. right. by me like this one will see this oh. programmer tons in a moment. is very valuable and very competent so so far we go to do something to be competitive as a footballer and therefore we know from when we come back to the. rich old this no

legends and we can perform bits and. pieces still in freefall greece is still a basket case racism as a lost cause a loss country italy is about to crash because the money is being printed and the e.c.b. printed trillions of euro's it doesn't go to help these economies it goes to monaco it goes the people in monaco and it goes to twenty one twenty two trillion dollars estimated offshore money that's matters for these people they get all the free money from the central bank south you see the manifestation of it in monaco.

i'm going to join us today at the members of the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w have voted to allow it to assign blame for chemical attacks towards the u.k. their proposed extending the o.p.c. w.'s powers previously the organization had a mostly fact finding mission here's our correspondent paula boy this is a huge development the u.n. chemicals watchdog is now taking on the role of judge essentially it will now be able to assign guilt for chemical attacks and up until now the o.p.c. w. its job was to establish where and when an attack took place but it wasn't in charge of deciding who is responsible that is all about to change the british foreign secretary boris johnson he went to the hague to the o.p.c. w headquarters to a gathering of all the members and he called for the o.p.c. w.

to be allowed to essentially name and shame perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks i present. the p.c. government to experts who say. well we're at the top happened but know who was responsible. about opening political weapons that must be food was pretty strong backing the for that proposal or strengthens visit to the hague clearly worthwhile it's certainly being hailed as a major victory here by the u.k. by france two who helped to spearhead the initiative but the o.p.c. w is obviously the name of an organization that's been on many lips recently it's had rather a lot of work on its hands in recent months there was that chemical attack in june and also the poisoning of the former russian spy sergei script file and his daughter yulia back in march that took place here on british soil and westminster

blamed moscow for it so the u.k. was particularly keen to spearhead this initiative in order to sort of further efforts to apportion blame for incidents like the one in seoul's very earlier this year and going into that vote the russian side had said that it considers the proposal self-defeating it was against it because they said it gives western countries the ability to influence decision making within the organization and essentially to manipulate its opinion so for russia china syria and the countries that voted along with those countries this widening of powers they said they didn't want the technical experts becoming the prosecutors at the same time but the vote has taken place it's been decided that the chemical weapons watchdog will have these new naming and shaming powers although it's not yet clear how exactly those new powers are going to be deployed. the u.s.

is withdrawing two million dollars of funding for the united nations counter terrorism office in new york with details. now the usa has withdrawn two million dollars from the un office of counterterrorism the reason given by nikki haley the un representative of the united states is the exclusion of interest groups and n.g.o.s from an upcoming conference of the united nations about combat and terrorism now it's important to point out the interest groups the ngos have not been excluded from the entire conference however at the conference that opens up on thursday there will be a session to sessions it regarding the issue of sharing information and expertise in combating foreign fighters and n.g.o.s are not participating in that part of the press is also excluded nikki haley referred to this as abuse and said that this was not acceptable this isn't this is an abuse of the un's new cabinet terrorism office and a stain on the un's record on transparency and civil society inclusion this is not

the first time the united states has diminished its role in the united nations recently we saw the usa withdraw from the human rights council of the un prior to that we saw the united states withdrawing from the un body for organization education culture and science so the usa is reducing its role in the united nations and this withdrawal of two million dollars from the counterterrorism office seems to fit a pattern of the united states in regards to the un to have closed sessions on an amount of this is not unprecedented the u.n. and if you go by you know post nine eleven did been number of cool sessions we do us is sponsoring those so there is an element of. hypocrisy did unfortunately would dealing with an administration that only gives lips to multilateralism and international cooperation and we saw the u.s.

as withdrawal from doing it on nuclear which has been endorsed by the u.n. security council not to mention needs to speak for the general assembly live. international the status of. jerusalem and number of related issues so i really think that the u.s. is on the wrong track when it comes to important international issues such as counterterrorism and really shows this horrible record that the trump administration has accumulated over the past year and a half against the united nations. thank you for joining us here on r.t. international and sharing your time more stories on the latest world cup footy action various. manufacture consent to public wealth. when the plus is

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