ah. i can't help but think neal that one of the most searched for items is going to be over the next days direct flights to moscow from zagreb split. gathering here as much as possible i think that's what their fans are thinking we just have to be here for our first ever world cup final incredible and you would because i'm with you because that's almost the hardest way you can do it two sets of penalties a lot of extra time and most people who say they deserved it you know one hundred twenty minutes great players and we've seen those scenes russia celebrated because they did better than they expected and i think it's fair to say croatia done better than expected as well in the world cups of the celebrations and it's even sweeter when you don't think you do so what exactly four million people going crazy tonight let's take a look at how the actually got there it didn't start off too well though kiran trip one of the fines of the tournament not just for them but i think people enjoying

watching him the sport the opener after three. five minutes on the clock tottenham's trip be a step stop a great free kick out of the hands of the goalkeeper into the next one. looking good value. time but things turned around after the break lloyd did it it was all creation wasn't just you know it said in his soft time analysis that england had chances to kill it off and they hadn't and that was a dangerous sign and it proved to be a very accurate warning pettis it was the man he then seemed to be at the heart of everything positive that you were doing after the break was a brilliant crossing from the full but the south and perseus caught up with actually the studs just getting in front of it he was stooping to head the ball don't see too many school with the studs but boy it was not a fun time. finish considering the way put it in the nets and went to exercise and

there was more drama everyone was thinking we're going to go to penalties three times in a row croatia oh no they didn't need those but what you what we were seeing was a team very much in control it looked as if england were playing for penalties as strange as that might sound to their supporters but it was all creation. they got their just reward one hundred nine minutes in the second period of extra time mario monti you could pop top of the house so many times before for a club and country what a beautiful mess for the finnish pastor wouldn't pick for jordan pickford not having the best of games after a terrific term and he won't want to remember that but to warm the final score to. new york since krishna into the final of the world cup no eastern european team has ever won the world cup. from what you've seen i know you've watched

a lot of creations games do they have enough to to to challenge at least france because i still say we're seeing it's one less day of rest of play one hundred twenty minutes three times in a row it's going to take a herculean effort. well first of all the same thing was said about croatia coming into this game although you know the extra time that they played was going to tie them out so it's the same argument now they bore pretty well didn't they against england they got stronger as the game went on you would've expected it might have been the other way round instead they were better in the second half of the stronger team in the extra thirty minutes so i think this is only peter schmeichel said. don't worry about the fatigue when you talking about that he said for the world cup semifinal and even more so for world cup final if you can get it for a game like this you know you won't find the energy for anything in this plenty of time after the tournament over to be tied you know injuries permitting if no no one's so. they can actually take to the pitch those guys will muster up the energy

and i think they will. produce what we've seen in each round really creative midfield so you know not just moderate reputation and recent showing you know you really were saying as far as when these go he's a very physical wing and the head that he'd let created that winning go for months you could see with that with a very physical and had a. it's a midfield that france will be very worried about you don't ever think your way into a world cup final and the creation midfield is as good as any just competition and not even looking tired as well after so many matches now what i'm expecting we are by the way here in the central of moscow red square behind us a lot of people just streaming out wherever they were watching the matches it's been a busy period for the next month when i first see are a lot of people going to their mobile phones going to their e-mails e-mailing their bosses and saying listen we've been here for a while would you mind just being

a little while longer because we're in the world cup final we want to soak up every last drop of the most fear here because you know what it's a very small country it's a small pool of players who knows whenever krisher could be back up this stage i guess it's just a fascinating prospect this sunday east versus west europe so many different dynamics to the whole thing now everybody wants the tickets and it was no different tonight for the semifinal woman who was fortunate enough to be inside the stadium for this world cup semifinal correspondent now monies to make his way out and we can see lots of fans doing so alexei it was a thrilling game for so many different reasons had to be only one winner croatian fans must be absolutely thrilled that the first ever final. there they are indeed absolutely thrilled but i have to say. you would expect the

english fans to be in despair about this result you know they went so far they were so close to reaching the final the first final in so many years yet they failed at the last hurdle but i was walking around the stadium chatting to english fans and one guy particular from birmingham he was an eloquent as you can possibly be on the matter he said we never expected to be this far in the world cup semifinal the first in twenty eight years we were that we were very close to winning we're very close to getting to the final but we couldn't make it the last hurdle but we still should be proud of the way the team has performed and that is indeed true and you know what it actually reminds me of another team which some may say over performed in this world cup which is of course team russia which went all the way to the quarterfinals losing against the very same side gracious. at the penalty shoot outs but the feeling was the same in the streets on that day and many in the fans that i've managed to speak in the short time off to the final whistle are sharing the same sentiment and you know i have to say at the columbia guy when england went

into the further from the last sixteen into the quarter finals the atmosphere was on the colombian side let's put it this way there were only three to four thousand english fans at the spot stadium in moscow today that was much much more i would not say ten thousand or twelve thousand but you could see a considerable part of the stadium filled with with the white shirts and people actually saying you. know apparently this guy supports france so we know he's allegiances right now it's obviously france miscreation but the atmosphere here was definitely better than before and definitely better than last night in st petersburg which i witnessed france against belgium many pundits actually said it was pretty flat but we'll see what's going to be in the final. you know you don't see despair right here right these you don't see despair you see well you might try a. new angle. but. the story of the noise

ah wise it's all coming home now but it's coming home definitely some point at the time in the future right i may be many thanks alessio says hey we must apologize there for the language of that fan and i was really you know the england fans i was feeling really proud of the way the they were behaving and there's always one it goes disposable that's the story for any country and it was the one for one of the points elex was making their russian fans you know maybe feeling even better but getting to the quarter finals they can now say they were beaten by the world cup finalists creation if not winners this sunday with survive is something they can always look back on as well the locals here who really have enjoyed this tournament a few days left to go of the great party it's going to continue into the night here i think we're going to see a lot of white and red checked shirts in the coming days four days left if you want

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trump is meeting nato allies a summit in brussels and the u.s. president has urged other member states to boost their defense spending shall i do bensky has the details donald trump tweeted that he wants countries in the nato alliance to pay two percent of g.d.p. towards the defense budget now immediately he says in his tweet and not by the date that he says is twenty twenty five and he's also in that tweet accused germany again following his tirade on wednesday morning of spending billions paying billions to russia for a guess pipeline project well that to raid it came from him after we also heard that there were claims by the old kerry and president that trump has also asked allies to increase the contributions not to two percent but up to four percent and washington has previously talked about the fact that if other. countries don't pull

their weight in washington the usa will actually leave the alliance with the nato secretary general was asked about that increase in the contributions of g.d.p. from two to four percent but he kicked the idea into the long grass i think you should first get to two percent. focused on that now. that is what we have agreed that the pledge. and the good thing is that we are more toward start well that tweet by trump came after criticisms he made of germany on wednesday morning talking about germany not paying its dues and saying that it was captive to russia because of a gas pipeline project this is the nordstrom to project which is due to be completed in twenty nineteen that will see a reliable source of gas transmitted directly from the russian gas fields to germany to provide get a space center and western europe it's long been

a bone of contention with the u.s. in particular trump who see this as empowering russia now he talked about the billions being spent and later the two leaders met germany is a captive of very rich they should flow to get rid of the car to get rid of the. exam much of the world with us from russia i think is something they are asked to look at i think it's very inappropriate they pay billions of dollars to russia and we have to defend them against russia explained and if. you. were able to set independent policy in make our own decisions and that's very good following that meeting though donald trump changed his tune and said that relations between germany and the usa were great and they look forward to working together in the future there was also a joint declaration issued the need to summit by. the joint heads of state and

government lots contained in there in regards to russia where the need to leaders have accused russia of aggressive actions which they say undermine international order and they also said the need to would continue to respond to the change security environment as a result of that aggression by enhanced seemed to terence and defense posture towards a forward presence in its eastern allies countries so essentially on the border areas with russia and it said that nato doesn't seek confrontation with russia while on the other hand talked about the enhanced meant of its capabilities and its rapid response force which it says will be able to be deployed within thirty days or less much more to discuss this nato meeting as leaders head into talks this evening and it continues on thursday moscow has reacted to the nato summit by

calling the bloc useless and referring to its accusations against russia as observer but political analyst chris bambery told us that nato even despite its internal disputes will continue to find a reason to exist. i think nato should itself brilliant reinventing itself you know its name is the north atlantic treaty organization it is no operating very far away from what it says on the tin very far away from the north atlantic you know building up its presence overrode the russia in terms of its borders i think you'll find another way of reinventing itself if it's not russia as the main enemy which it is at the moment i mean the end of the say that you know they have to pursue the war on terror against the higher the opposition or of the skiver that really have a military build up in terms of china there will be some justification for maintaining nato because really there's quite a lot of stake here in terms of the military the military apparatus in united states in britain and france so i don't mean it was going to disappear but i think

you're going to see possibly another change of its focus. well nato leaders lock horns over funding the military alliance and britain says it demonstrating its commitment by boosting its presence in afghanistan the prime minister to reason may is sending hundreds of non-combat troops in the biggest military commitment in over a decade we lead by example and not only by me some nato targets of spending two percent of our g.d.p. on defense but also twenty percent of our defense budget on equipment and in the way in which we deploy thousands of forces personnel on operations around the world every day they're announcing today that we will be deploying an additional four hundred forty personnel today to those resolutes the mission in afghanistan i think that shows when nation calls you case one of the first two or just a part certainly the timing of this announcement is quite curious there we have donald trump saying he's making it clear he wants nato allies to really step it up

and here we have the u.k. pretty much almost immediately appeasing him by not just saying here we are one of the few countries contributing two percent of our g.d.p. to nato but also we're going to provide some troops. well the question there is whether it's nato calling or donald trump calling because we have to understand that this is the first time in the years that the u.k. is making such a contribution indeed the number is being talked about is four hundred forty non-combat troops which will bring the total number of u.k. troops in afghanistan to eleven hundred and it's also has to be clear that this is the biggest commitment to the u.k. stepping into in years since previous british prime minister david cameron withdrew u.k. troops from the ground after thirteen years of presence leaving just four hundred fifty troops in a training role and then adding some since that happened all of those taken into account this announcement could be seen as part of the welcome mat being rolled out for the u.s. president as he visits the u.k. later on this week quite amid some controversy of course with protests having taken

place ahead of his visit and of course the british public indeed expected to continue demonstrating when he is here in the u.k. . with midterm elections in the u.s. the shadows for november some are suggesting that the fate of humanity itself hinges on the outcome artie's kellock more pain looks at the latest efforts to galvanize voters the upcoming midterm congressional elections are certainly a crucial political of that but there's way more to it than you think according to nancy pelosi the minority leader on capitol hill civilization as we know today is a truce can this election we have to win we have to win civilization at risk goodness that sounds quite serious now she's not the only one to think of the upcoming elections or existential importance and no less if you one of these folks is watching cable news your cocktail parties with your friends and you saying

civilization is collapsing and you're nervous and worried but that is not where you personally are time energy and money than eve you don't actually think civilization is collapsing we're not pushing so hard enough and i would push harder the. time for dad news is over it is cancer midterms are america's last chance at remission register to vote we can beat these disease now filmmaker michael moore is urging the liberal rank and file to seize the moment what are we willing to commit to what would you give your life for what would you be willing to do to actually put yourself on the line for that moment is now we are going to lose our democracy if we haven't already we have no choice my friends we all have to rise up so is the future of human civilization really at risk at the november polling place we decided to ask people here in new york city i would face possibly the fate of american civilization at stake i think so.

civilization is but i don't know i think it's a little over the top now not at all they were said kim jong un was going to blow up the world a couple i don't know how many months ago there hyperventilating they do this all the time i would nancy pelosi say that. now it's hard to tell if ordinary americans are is fired up as their t.v. screens and political leaders would like them to be let's not forget the vote is still months away and the hysteria will probably escalate and pick up steam cable mop and r.t. new york thanks for taking on t. international we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest see that.

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with terrain. across talking a trumpy and kind of view i'm joined by my guest peter ford in london he's a former british ambassador to syria and part rein in washington we have james jaharis he's a former u.s. diplomat and former advisor to u.s. senate republican leadership and in new york we have richard murphy he is a former u.s. career in basad or to syria and currently an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute right gentlemen crossed rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate james let me go to you first in washington because you've rapidly become the donald trump sure for me. i know you're a supporter of the president and you have a great foreign policy expertise so i want to see if we can kind of. unpack a few things here for example i give president with north korea if

something could happen there it's very very complicated the parlay is going to be long and hard but i think it takes a lot of courage to engage that unlike past administrations. in europe with his european allies through and nato tough love there i think he's doing our. salie the right things you want to be protected ok if russia is such a terrible threat but wanted to pay for it ok it's pretty simple but then the wrinkle comes in james i mean the middle east i mean the trump administration isn't braced israel and saudi arabia much more than past administrations iran is are are again on target with the rhetoric and the planning and all of that i don't see any rhyme or reason to would all can you is there a silver bullet for you to give me to make me understand it go ahead james. well let me draw an analogy to start with peter people of notice that trump since the day he took office even before has been under siege from people in the intelligence

community i think that's one reason why he handed the sun the moon and the stars to the pentagon he had to have somebody who was on his side when we put it to the international context that you just raised look we've got clients and i do call them clients of not satellites in europe in the far east like south korea and japan i think he can afford to kick them around but we come to the middle east and talk about israel and saudi arabia i don't think there's so much our clients as where their client given the kind of influence the israelis and the saudis have in this town it's not so easy to cross them so i think he is proceeding much more carefully there just as he indulges the pentagon i think he's indulging those countries but we're going to have to see now he can turn the corner especially if he can work out something with mr putin on syria with regard to essentially keeping the israelis and the iranians away from each other near the golan heights we might have the beginning of something constructive in that region but that's going to be

a very tough road to hoe i think ok it's interesting peter what weigh in on that too because i guess if you do i restate my first question in a much shorter version is that trump is showing flexibility in some areas here in other areas these seem these seem far more rigid how do you see it i mean particularly in the region of the middle east in iran go ahead peter. well i think the key to ending the. humility but i think it does help him in america. meaning. you and i don't like much my fellow i thought nation is the opposite vention is let's recall you know the america. the america committee tried to keep america out of the war world war two yeah and the the things.