as their date downwards we want our. cities across curry show up in celebration as the national team reaches their first ever world cup final after defeating england. urges nato members to ramp up their military spending at a tense summit in brussels. and ahead of her meeting with trump on friday britain's prime minister theresa may pledges to boost support for nato and send hundreds more troops to afghanistan. broadcasting a live director of the international thomas really glad to have you with us. right now croatia has reached the fifth world cup final for the first time in the

country's history they sent england crashing out of the tournament with a two to one victory in moscow setting up a final showdown against france on july fifteenth. we were.

i think it's an incredible achievement for a country where the league is a minor league where the majority not just a majority almost one hundred percent of the players they don't play in croatia sold out people like. like myself working abroad and when you work abroad i seem to feel your country even in a in a different way so for them to go back to their countries and and to take a country like gracious to a world cup final is something amazing england of course they have a reason to cry but they have also a reason to be optimistic. and the team improved a lot in relation to previous appearances and the squad these young the majority of

the players they can play the next world cup i would say and probably ashley young d. they will be on certain for seventy five seventy six years old no but the others there will be in the next world cup with more experience at the club level get assad good steve holland if i was. the f.a. if i was in charge no dogs i would keep them in the job in the old give them the chance to take the team to the next euros eventually to the next world cup so even there's a reason to cry because it was sold so close to do it but i just saying they have also reason to be optimistic and the players and the world and everybody involved in in the world cup for england they have a reason to come back to come back home with the pride that they gave everything and in the made a country not fully happy but they made the country proud indeed let's look at some

of the just some of the key incidents particular the goal itself i mean i think that in his kind of struggle from along that left hand side we do what he said that that's where croatia would effectively take today the target man jake it it seems like the defense whichever mangi cage gets that crunch pill but is it is the kind of winger that is different than the others because normally you look at wingers and they are. just fast and creative and but is also physical very physical fantastic india so the way you win is the ball in the year and it puts the ball into that space is only possible if you are very very physical and you are dominant over the defender so he was amazing by going there and winning that ball india and then let's see for t and sometimes fatigue is not just about. what to used to call the

footy cause in in your muscle because of lect aids sometimes is more central fatigue. your way of sinking your way of looking at scenes of understanding things storms will slow was slow to read it was slow to react he didn't anticipate the space behind him and months of space and months of kid she's not the most skillful player in the world but this effective when it has a chance normal humans who keep score you have the chance with a fantastic save by five pick forts where you put all these volley covering all the area of the world in front of months of ph months of kids had no goal we didn't see that but then in that one the heat's a little short and basically kills again and it as you say took the recreation country of only four million people and yet this will be this there are three today the second semifinal already they seem to produce this kind of gritty but very

talented very technically a very talented very technical day they leave the country normally very very early . normally the destinations more close by is more rare player two to leave croatia and come to england for example is more they go to germany a lot they go to countries in that area where they get some sun this simply in where they get physically more more and more powerful it is each you went from a croatia goes to dortmund goes to valse world goes to win. i don't know why i didn't come to manchester and i wanted him. but this voice. telling to players i think they feel obviously their country in a special way all of them their generation they know what happened in their country

probably the last family in in wars dentity of the country the nation elisa. they gave absolutely everything but. it's not fair to to say that without seeing the english boys they give everything. you know again they were social soul so close that these were in the towards the towards more tonight belongs to croatia they will go on and they will face france in the final how do you see that play you know i think it is a moment france having a nice drink in in their rooms or in the bar not celebrating their victory but celebrating the extra time. and celebrating twenty four hours more than them to rest which i seeing is very very unfair.

i know. the broadcasters are the ones that that put the millions on the on the table but i think for a world cup final icing both teams should play the semifinal in the same day bring these these england game one hour or two hours early bring the france against belgium two hours later it happened during the competition even three matches in one day so why not two matches in one day and give both teams and all the players the same possibilities france is not celebrating at all. the world cup victory but they can celebrate twenty four hours more to rest in these moment after six matches is very very important and they can also serve brits three minutes or so to minutes extra which for them. extra times three extra times

ninety minutes ninety minutes is one more match. we see in the world cup at the russian world cup it's being quite an amazing world cup on so many levels has it given you a taste for something towards international management at some point they have to do i want i always wanted i always wanted i always told that i have to do it once but especially being in russia and feeling the emotions around it i want to do it also by my experience point of view this kind of short competition i never did it i was always about competitions of of eleven months i was always about marathons i was never a sprinter and so i was i i want to have that feeling i lived a knockout. i love the knockout i love i love the fact of you when you go through you lose you go home i always loved. competitions but.

these kind of short competition like like the utils like the world cup. i think is an experience that i want to have to play one match a month joining two years. is not for me at least now but one day we will be because i really want to to prove i want to do it will come . 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 woke up some if on alexy or cisco correspondent now monies to make his way out and we can see lots of phones doing so like saying it was a thrilling game for so many different reasons had to be only one winner croatian founds must be absolutely thrilled to have a final. that 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 it was so close to reaching the final the first final in so many years yet they failed at the last hurdle but i was walking from the stadium chatting to english fans and one guy particular from birmingham he was eloquent as you can possibly be on the matter you 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 were 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 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 to stay right here at the zoo you don't see despair you see right so i mean fast times clad in central london and the atmosphere is exactly that at the moment that. and i'm with two defeats is england fans but they're still

wearing the shades unless coffs with crites guys how you feeling off of the match want to see them go at it but the same so i'm very very proud of them to you know we gave it is for we have a young say you know i place a good football with able to say we've had an easy route where actually you go be with you for you will see what we did but you know i'm sure production will be no loss and we got this fall as before i was bowled so i'll never seen a coach come to get a lot isn't this the moment comes give like it and say boy jesus also has a future so a feeling of unity but he said you're feeling hope for oh it's the second hole for a cup out of this year and lot of the first was go but this is way more important to sleep i feel crushed a worm a show of pride and the shit was out before i was born book called morning lives so a feeling of defeat had also a little bit of feeling of optimism for next time s. try and bring that trait you have you to one and you still turn to your foot who

come over again croatia they have done they start hard way in each of the knockout stages they have gone through extra time those pres must be tired the fans they're not going to stop celebrating their into the first and the welcome final face was the same inside i. i can't help but think it neal that one of the most searched for i think is going to be over the next days direct flights to moscow from zagreb split dubrovnik getting here as much as possible i think that's what the fans are thinking we just have to be here for our first ever world cup final incredible and you would because then we do because the usa 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 over you know the hundred twenty minutes. great players and we've seen those scenes here russia

celebrated because they did better than they expected and i think it's fair to say croatia done better than expected as well so that's what the world cups about the celebrations and it's even sweeter when you didn't think you do so what exactly four million people are going crazy tonight to warm their final score to create new york since creature into the final of the world cup no eastern european team has ever won the world cup but from what you've seen you know you've watched a lot of creationist games do they have enough to to to challenge at least france because as you say we're saying 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 tire them out says the same argument now that they've pretty world in their games think

they got stronger as the game went on you 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're talking about what he said for the world cup semifinal is even more so for world cup final if you can get it for a game like this you know you work on the energy for anything and there's plenty of time after the tournament over to be tied you know injuries permitting if no no one's so badly to take that they can actually take the page those guys will strip the energy and i think they will. produce what we've seen in each round really creative midfield so you know not just moderates racketed and receipt showing you know as jimmy was saying as far as wing is go he's a very physical winger and the head that he'd lead created that winning goal from and soup kitchens with that were physically and had a. it's a midfield that france would be very worried about you don't have. he went to

a world cup final three and the croatian midfield is as good as any in this competition and not even looking tired as well after so many matches the russian phones you know maybe feeling even better but say getting to the quarter finals they can now say they were beaten by the world cup finalists if not winners this sunday is something they can always look back 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 left to want to pick a winner. adult that's what i'm thinking make it last as long as possible let's let's just enjoy.

all the security back and as something agencies in the saying we don't want to be part of britain anymore he got caught helping stopping out aviation companies we mentioned banks stopping out everyone wants to get out because if you don't have the supernatural institutions to cover that he is going to be a farmer and you saw to be a separate go it alone island under a large grain cloud swimming in marmite worshipping some old tank in a crown. in france germany and italy and the rest are saying no we don't want to be a part of the. you know world of big. and conspiracies it's time. to dig deeper to get the stories that midstream refuses to tell more than we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting. teacher it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the

middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching fox. welcome back you are watching r.t. international now donald trump is meeting nato allies at a two day summit in brussels the us president has urged other member states to boost their military spending or to child been ski as details donald trump posed 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 garion 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. focus on that now. that is what we have agreed that the pledge. and the good thing is that we are moving toward start well that tweet by trump came after criticisms he. made 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 get spiels to germany to provide get a specific trial 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 carry over because they should get rid of. much of the world if there was a russian i think it's something. i think is very appropriate. with dollars to russia and we have to defend them against russia. and if you.

were able to. make our own decisions and that's a very good following that meeting the 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 use is have accused russia of aggressive actions which they say undermine international order and they also said 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 we have russia and it's said that need to doesn't seek. taishan with russia

while on the other hand talked about the enhancement 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 at 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 absurd 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 in overruns 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 is at the moment i think the lens the say that you know they have to pursue the war on terror against the higher the opposition of the skiver that really have to be a military build up in terms of china there will be some justification for maintaining nato because really there's quite a lot at stake here in terms of the military the military apparatus in united states in britain and france so i don't think nato is going to disappear but i think you're going to see possibly another change its focus. while most middle members are reluctant to raise their defense spending britain is demonstrating its commitment to the alliance prime minister trees a may is sending hundreds of extra troops to afghanistan we lead by example not only by me from the 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 nation operations around the world they're announcing today that we will be deploying additional four hundred

forty personnel to they chose resolute mission in afghanistan i think that shows when a ship cools you case one of the first two were to step up 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. is 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. scheduled for november some are suggesting that the fate of humanity itself inches on the outcome the latest efforts to galvanize voters. the upcoming midterm congressional elections are certainly a crucial political event 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 the selection we have to win we have to wing 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 who is watching cable news you kowtow parties with your friends and you saying civilization is collapsing and you nervous and worried but that is not where you personally do time energy and money than eve you don't actually think civilization is collapsing you know pushing yourself hard enough and i would push harder the time for diagnosis 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 say so yes possibly the fate of american civilization at stake i think set out. civilization this well 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 why would nancy pelosi say that throwing gas on the fire 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 that the vote is still months away and the hysteria will probably escalate and pick up steam cable mop and r.t. new york by the dozen mail back in thirty two minutes stay with us this is our two international.

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greetings and salutations. there once was a magical time here in the united states when engaging in civil discourse you know partaking in enlightening discussions with those whose political politics and beliefs were opposite of your own was not only applauded but rewarded value. then donald trump was elected president and apparently everyone has lost their collective minds or at least at least that's what their excuse will be because now hark watchers we live in the instant times of neo liberal con fear mongers click bait candidates and wall streets filled with vampire squids and of course a mess and b. c. where you or i can find ourselves being called a traitor to our own country for saying something like the following but there is this sense that russia is now on and then me on par with al-qaeda or the japanese during world war two russia is often talked about this way in the sense that any

kind of connection with or interaction with russia is viewed as inherently suspicious or even worse. and for preaching the sac religious notions of international common ground no sanity between two nuclear superpowers mr greenwald was met with venom by the likes of amazon b c contributor and security state cheerleader malcolm mans through tweeted this stunning display of his excelsior college education writing glenn greenwald shows his true colors as an agent of trump in moscow now we know why he helps no didn't affect covers for wiki leaks attack on democracy and shills for fox news he's deep in the kremlin's pocket. the only truth in that entire tweet was that the names were spelled correctly and you forgot to capitalize the n. but hey who needs truth and accuracy when you've got the fires of a new cold war to stoke a neo liberal.