and portugal are knocked out of the world cup winning the tournament over for superstars cristiana rinaldo france and europe take their place in the quarterfinals. sketches to professional galleries celebrity faces of the world cup or adorning walls and host cities. and the national colors of spain and hosts russia surround the stadium in moscow just two hours now until those countries play. winner takes all plan. also this week a highly anticipated summit between president putin and donald trump is confirmed the july the sixty turning the political. leaders agree on tougher regulations to curb the migrant influx however as a breakthrough by the block is causing concern among human rights groups. that wherever you are this sunday july the first welcome this is the. seven day recap of some of the big stories coming up right here first though let's get going to the football. so the first day of the fifa world cup knockout stage for two of the superstar names sent packing and although messi and ronaldo didn't quite live up to their billing on the day astounding performances from france and europe wh

winning the first elimination games france knocked out to lionel messi and argentina with a four three victory in. football's other global mega-star cristiana rinaldo and his portugal side are also heading home after losing to europe quite those were the headlines more news in half an hour with sammy said and next on al-jazeera we continue with the war in october do stay with us. on the northern front on the golan heights the third week of the october war opened with syrian and israeli forces locked in a stalemate. syria's initial thrust to recapture this territory occupied by israel in the six day war had been repulsed and a counterattack by hastily called up israeli reservists. by the end of the first week of war syrian troops had been forced to withdraw while the israelis pushed on across the one nine hundred sixty seven cease fire line towards the syrian capital. of. view of chicken little i think that stopping thirty five kilometers short of damascus was smart you must end a war in a position from which the statesman can start negotiating saw final position was good for him and me. to hone. as the balance shifted in favor of israel other arab