a gritty game where where you know no one was going to give an inch in that game the took it all the way to the parents to shoot out. the missed the penalty four minutes before the end of extra. added on not enough but extra time so in the one hundred sixteenth minute and they still were mentally strong enough. to win the penalty shoot out take it to the cayman russia and one nil up a pick back they got to warn up and then the russian picked them back one more time and still they had the mental strength to go and win the pounds a shoot out and they have been tested right to the limit so when they go into this games and they might be tired they might be less freshening than but they go in fully in full knowledge of what they can do and what their limitations are and they know that no matter what happens in this game mentally was strong enough to either recover from that or withstand that and this is what that for me the balance

shifted a little bit because england have not been tested yet really and it's a young squad they've done fantastically well i'd enjoyed watching them i've enjoyed watching them grow but it would have been nice had they've had one tough game in the run up to the semifinal where they've really tested to the bone that they can draw back on joining this game tonight when things are going to get tough because it's a semifinal and they will look at stuff as a loss the only given physical strength mental strength fans the same for the melanin men on the other side and as a result they believe it's. in europe and. the i. hope. that team from croatia. can win this game. we have more experience.

take our southgate has been commenting probably not given too much away in terms of preparations for the match i think we already know he's lined up pretty much but he's been speaking quite complimentary i think about the experience that the team with out in russia that you never know you're going to a strange country you know strange food strange culture bodies being quite positive and have a listen to in french every city we've played in of course in our base in particular but everywhere we've played we had a really warm welcome and the organization of the tournament has been absolutely first class. is the nicest guy eleven mean he was saying nothing bad about anyone about anything but he would not lie so so you know he's just like that i'm thinking i just won a lot of people over that he comes across as a very genuine character quite like i had the pleasure of. always on

a course early on this year and he was giving a lecture on his his ideas his management style. and it was interesting because at the time at the time he was not very hopeful about this will copy said my i only have seventy one players this is i r no to that number i only have seventy one players playing in the premier league that i can pick my twenty three players from and it for me it sounded a little bit like a moan you know sort of a negative thing i'm thinking i wish them a seventy one player to pick from but this is what he said seventy one players and they are all very young so it might not be about this world cup but i'm looking to the future so i think the way the results they've they've they've sort of come to him and and we heard joe simmering estate that had an easy group to easy games and they sort of had an easy run into the semifinal i think that might have been a little bit of a surprise to. him as well because at the time i'm absolutely sure this is going

back to march month of march month at the time i'm convinced he didn't know he's twenty three players never mind the starting eleven and he has changed that starting eleven since the autumn of last year and he's come up with these eleven players that we know say well it's predictable these are going to start why change something had that has worked so so well so couple of things that wall southgate talked about this being a squad for the future so perhaps surprised to be in the situation where he is but you've got to grasp it haven't you when the opportunity comes along and they're very young seventeen of the squad of twenty three england players went even born the last funding bill and appeared in a world cup semifinal that was july fourth one thousand nine hundred ninety so it's come maybe one will come sooner than expected but at this point it doesn't matter does it. i'm sorry you can't we're not we're not looking at this world cup we have to look to the next and then come on you only know that you're playing this world

cup because you're qualified you don't know's as a next world cup or european championship so it's a little bit of an excuse back in march that is all changed he's very confident now and he's got every right to do so because he took chances now one of the tasks that we have had to do in this cause was to actually pick the england squad so pick the twenty three players that was going to go to to this well cop and then also line up our starting eleven and then argue all starting eleven now i had joe hart and go joe hart's not even been paid he's not in the case and it's one of the things made brave decisions that caused a bit of a stir he hasn't got jack wilshere who was also in my starting eleven jack wilshere has had possibly the best season he's ever had for us not now we see things differently and i saw someone with a bit of power a bit of grit better leadership midfield i saw a goalkeeper who would be. you know. controlling and helping all these young

players harry mcguire very very young you know all these guys but he took chances he gambled and he's won it so one of the things he did take a chance is what the goalkeeper and jordan pick for his has been he's been excellent and i am convinced that had jordan pickford not play the way he did against sweden i'm not sure whether england would have been in the semifinal but he was actually in that game he had two very very big saves he had a header from marcus burke that he got down on his left hand side and then a little bit later and this is at neil no one no sorry and then only like five minutes later he had a really big save down to his right from toilet. and it did not save them i think england would be at that point that i you know was asking for before that but the point where you are being tested where you could have to come up with that answer what we made off and i'm sure at that time that would have been a big problem for him because they looked like they were running out of ideas of

how to but then obviously the second goal was scored and then sweetened up the bit sort of the this illusion but you know it's ok. to south. east taken the big risk sometimes you have to respect to win big it's all been coming off aim so far not the only one taking chances though english fans pretty much will do anything to get to moscow for this sunday find another place sometimes have to go backwards to go forwards and that's what they've done literally so many fans as part of that their journey of flying back to lisbon slightly that's what a two hour journey a five hour plus flight out to moscow but that's the way to do it if you can't get direct tickets less money ten thousand in the funds making this journey for england croatia alone last minutes travel plans being put together having been in that situation when you've had a couple together a journey the. you know do anything to get there anything absolutely yes i was i

was just starting out as a professional football player. it was one thousand nine hundred four or in the first of a big tournament the european championships in france. and they did really well they got to the semi final it was being played in the young and it was against spain and we always said do they get to the semi final we have to go so we ended up going on i must trip which was a long one i remember that very well about twenty hours there and we were in leon about three hours before kickoff watched the game and was straight back on the bus at twenty hours back arrive back in the morning and listen to this this is so crazy it's just tells you how football is tamed right back in the morning and i played in the comp that very same evening i played against a club i ended up playing for later on brumby and we lost seven one. you know is linked to the twenty i was on the coast perhaps for sure absolutely for sure i've

let me put it mildly i was not very good that day i played very poorly well luckily these england fans were talking about won't have to take to the pitch but you know they have to come to be in the stands we managed to catch up with a great travelling via lisbon to get to moscow and i think several hours that this is what it's like for them. it's a good thing for the skins you would just like seems to be getting kids out of. the. securities if things become a system. called let's go get it because we did it when there were ways of australia and it's here you see kids to feed your family you can certainly play in the street if it gets to fun to be bumping into something. that's off the street if you can make it. look good in the field. it's going to.

lose to those boys for making the trip via lisbon to moscow that's that's some journey now england play croatia two tonight nine o'clock here in moscow and the prize is a final in the world cup against france they took that take it yesterday by beating belgium just have a look at how their fans reacted to that. was . i. so where's the party going to be tonight is it going to be in london a sacrifice. i have to say because i think it has been passed in england if you are

an english person when talking about the world cup you have to say it's coming home we'll see six. made the best team we're not but the news said today donald trump on the heads of other nato member states are in brussels at a summit of the military alliance it's ongoing the u.s. president's demanding that the allies spend more on defense he's already lambasted germany for being virtually set a financial loss stage of russia over energy supplies. your money is a captive for her because they supply to get rid of the car or to get rid of it when they're getting so much of the world and their strong russian i think is

something they are still ok i think it's very inappropriate they paid billions of dollars to russia and now we have to defend them against russia explain to. us. you know that's for the cameras which. go live to charlotte do better. it's going to be a heated working lunch that's not a statement. absolutely tense meeting people are expecting already got off to an explosive start with those comments from donald trump he was initially talking about a project the nordstrom to project which will allow gas to move directly from russian gas fields to germany via the baltic sea that's been a bone of contention for a long time for donald trump who's unhappy with the idea that he believes that that gas line will empower russia because it will be able to control the gas supplies to central and western europe when that project is up and running which is due to be

in a year's time now trump has also criticized germany for spending billions on the project and to time when he says the country falls short of its contributions to the nato alliance and he also make that criticism of other countries in the nato alliance saying that many members a just not making the right contributions that contribution is supposed to be a target of two percent of g.d.p. and as we heard from the secretary general of nato on tuesday only eight of the twenty eight members are making meeting that two percent contribution and donald trump says it's not enough. for. me so we're going to have the secretary general work for part of that you're. probably going to stop. well we also heard the need to secretary general on tuesday

talking about the fact that countries shouldn't increase their military spending just to appease the united states they should do it because it's in their mutual interest or had some fresh comments from the nato secretary general today on wednesday is that a meeting is under way in belgium he has talked about the situation in crimea and he has said that since crimea is reunification with russia which has drawn much criticism from western countries and led to sanctions against russia he said that while he doesn't agree with that situation and that reunification it shouldn't be a reason to isolate russia. certainly isn't like solution for me but to me that's a large amount. of every. international actions like your pursuit i think. is even more important to talk to russia to try to reduce tensions. there's also

been a warning made to u.s. president donald trump ahead of this nato summit this came from the president all of the european council donald tusk who warned trump about alienating his allies this is what he said. dear president trump america does not target. than europe america appreciate your allies after all you don't have that money. well this is because donald trump and washington have threatened to withdraw from the nato alliance unless all members make those two percent contributions of g.d.p. now this meeting kicked off with that tirade from donald trump it was expected all along to be a tense meeting but this is shaping up many think to be the most divisive meeting in native's entire history what will be across it with your help shall do phones

for a much thank you to at home for watching us twenty five cable to twenty six minutes past one of those one of the main stories we're across today at r.t. age q.b. up to date with everything twenty four seven at r.t. dot com. water company is a profitable public firm that supplies cheap water some more than half a million households a small percentage five point four six is already on by the french multinational suez. what it was like oh my god this is where i was asked and i was a big so nice of course i'm going to die so your duty is the simple the message that he bought down of the dozen to get them out of this only get them to moscow doesn't.

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and i don't want to privatisation officially it's not the commission's policia mississippi state however it's true if you look at the troika it's and if you look at the memorandum of understanding between for example the troika and portugal the commission as part of the troika is asking to further privatized across the book to go so in the troika the commission is still pushing for privatization so if it is really a human right and if you really are serious to the citizens at today's initiative we should start acting on policies instead of celebration. thank you. thank. senior producer and i wish was sitting. at an interview or. simply. putting see if appropriate even. as you

watch it because fundamental means. that i compose. each could have. this but if it is a so you could if you had. concerns about the pressure being put on southern countries european water movement activists ropes to read. the highlights of the european commission as part of the troika to force southern european countries mainly greece and portugal to privatized that was. they say that is unacceptable and must stop. a few months later the commission's reply leaves everyone speechless. the commission believes that the privatization of public utilities including water

supply firms. can deliver benefits to society when carefully made. to death. up you it's a source of his future it's in bunches was as they counted a duffer to cosign. such a nice best son i can stone of i accepted going to see best fit it was something i want. to do i can do so much and also did some enormous your comic every nothing yeah if it's out of the depths of a thought if i thought that was a little botany see need to shift a bureau. and not by deed to disk you sure could get your gun to disguise your bridge you know that. is a week's pay minimum opinion to center six pm device you can be good as a coffee table secretly you gotta keep. the assume i did. not look at dog ac yourself these dual result was that he's very serious.

when detroit you came to ireland they wanted to privatized the water utility. but there was no water utility. the water was sprayed in twenty seven local authorities so they were told or government by the troika to build. the i was government at. a company called irish water. which began installing meters. side to people's homes. on divorce protests took place. is in scads of the city of cork loreal with windows in the morning and said you are

not putting up be the outside my house. i told him they were coming to this station who didn't want the water meters and that was asked. what he and i were to there was a mass of supportive people here to stop them. and this was the first time that the irish people had taken a stand on any issue since austerity had begun says the troika ride to toes in the not. because. i thought it was. i think for some people it probably was the straw that broke the camel's back. and no one of a sudden move in the street together. and people who are joining the docks and with you know what have the water meters got to do with the fact that you can't see a doctor should go to a hospital what have the water meters got to do with the banks coming in taking

people so this. you know this is a sewer only little bit of power you can cool and fun to try but you can stand outside your house. and there's your polar and and it's like it might be true years and we're still not finished but people are still resisting this because it is the one thing that they have power and they're never going to get into. this. and we knew that this is big something different is not. it's about water forced to foremost but it's also about much more than war it's about to hurt to be trailed. the surrender of sovereignty and the redistribution of our west up words on their debt downwards.

there is a problem with the leaks and we couldn't find them until we have brought in some natures so if i see my solution suddenly it says it's a million liters a month for a couple of days in my house i go back home to trade so that's the reason for using . an island there were no meters because they had a completely different system of water charges. the irish paid through general taxation. over one billion euro was intended for the maintenance and operation of the water system. some people think those paper water through taxation is a little bit crazy we really only country in the o.e.c.d. . it has zero war poverty and we're the only one with the a lot of poverty because we're the only one that pays for a trip to the us a general taxation that's the one thing we got right and we'll keep it and the rest

you should look at for follow us listen to us because the dumb irish got this one right. we really need to modernize our washer structure so now we really have to invest. so we need a structure to invest we need to wage borrowed money and then we need a way to pay for it paying out a general type stations people who work would probably end up paying more taxes. we are losing forty seven percent of our trees and walk into the ground in leaks before it gets to the top. no billion new up to spent do i choose to spend it on meters or do i choose to stand up billion euro in fixing the leaks and building a new one for structure. despite the water having been paid through general taxation. no tax exemptions were plans to offset the new charges.

and forcing more than me against able to resist. the threat of paying for water twice led most citizens to regard the introduction of meat as and challenges as another austerity measure and the establishment of irish water as the first step towards privatisation. mr ferguson down with the minister tusk by the government with setting up the new company. clearly didn't work out quite as we expected. it was never on the agenda from my perspective that it could would or should ever be sold or privatized while i was discussing this matter with my officials at the time my insistence that the legislation would have to include three point one delay

decision was handed to me before i went into the parliament it wasn't in it. starts real. centers it's office and i have it says of course we all know privatisation is ultimately envisaged. and then there was a letter from disinterested just example saying you're stuck you can say that would you please take these words out of the report. so then the report came back four years out towards. chose seemed wrong. but old rules just told. me to

get to shape out just because the ticket and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. a trump ian kind of view it is an understatement to say donald trump is an unconventional and an orthodox political figure his critics do have a point when they say trump appears to be harsher with allies than with real or imagined enemies then there's the middle east and iran why is trump so obsessed with terrain. all the security mechanisms and agencies in the e.u. saying we don't want to be part of britain anymore you got caught up in stopping out aviation companies we match and banks dropping out everyone wants to get out

because if they don't have the super in that or all the institutions that cover the year that you have a farm that that is going to be a separate go it alone island under a large rain clouds forming a mob might worshipping some old hag a crown. in france germany and italy and the rest are saying no we don't want to be a part of them. are you. sure we must dispose. she doesn't. make it.