on the evening of may eighth marshals you called and representatives of great britain france and the united states signed the act of germany's unconditional surrender at the headquarters of the soviet fifth army in berlin. you happen with common ninth of may we were losing to our hearts content we had found a big bottle containing ten liters of apple while suddenly there was a deafening noise if you live there it seems they were firing from all sides really but what was a german breakthrough moment when we rushed out we saw fireworks going up in celebration of victory i don't need to tell you that we finished off that bottle in . the berlin operation lasted for sixteen days the soviet. troops lost up to two hundred thousand. according to various estimates of the soviet army lost from eight . between nine hundred forty nine hundred forty five. including civilians a total of twenty seven million soviet people died in the war with germany the losses of the usa and great britain hundred thousand people. was a result of all casualties and the heroism of off all those and grandfathers it w

they went so to say that russia should be forced to succumb to the will of the great britain and the united states here's just one quote from the plan of the operation. the elimination of russians could only be achieved as a result of. the occupation of such areas of metropolitan russia the war making capacity of a country would be reduced to a point and niche for the resistance became impossible. some credit is certainly due to the british military planners they were clearly aware that the soviet army was nearly twice the size of the western allies combined forces and quick success in any such conflict would be impossible. some historians suggest that stalin was wary of something like operation unthinkable prompting him to speed up. when. he knew that something was brewing it's hard to say whether he had a clear knowledge of the details for although we now know that off famous firing by kim philby it was operating in britain at the time we were told foreign office officials they were doing a very effective job which and you think. stephan dorn were son of a german anti-fascist had j

say and great britain. thousand people. was a result of casualties on the heroism of off all those and grandfathers it was the result of self-sacrifice and heroic deeds. in europe not just in africa. hundred thousand victims compared to twenty million lives. history of mankind was over sixty five years have passed since to. survive still remember the victory like it was yesterday they still live with victory in their hearts. if. believe me. you. see.

losses of the usa and great britain hundred thousand people. was a result of casualties on the heroism of off fathers and grandfathers it was the result of self-sacrifice and heroic deeds. of force in europe not just in africa. hundred thousand victims come to compared to twenty million lives. history of mankind was over sixty five years have passed since. survive still remember the victory like it was yesterday they still live with victory in their hearts. the price of freedom from the most polluted fascist regime in history. those who fought to win the war stand proud. against the tide of history being written. sixty six years of victory on our team. they faced it this is not a provocation but a warning that comes from the forces and you should see everybody you should disapprove retraced because they have no idea about the hardships to face. plate one is this is it ok to do this and for any army the life of the usaf is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to li

royal chamberlain's office, which was there to look over the script of any play to be done in great britain and censor it on the odd assumption that her majesty might want to go to the theater. [laughter] um...her sister went a lot. and so i went to the lord chamberlain's office, where they had read the play and informed me very quietly-- nice guy with a necktie and an english accent and everything... [laughter] said that they had 75 objections to my text. i said, "oh, dear, really?

olympiad to the english capital says attention position of any kind but also what his appetite great britain to be entering the olympic football tournament for the first time in forty years however only english players will be flying the flag for team g.b. so far i've heard that i'm going to be managing the coaching play and. so. i would like to be part of it in some way you know i would love to be i'd love to be a player in it of course but you know to be just part of that team would be pretty incredible because you know for a football team to go into their lympics in england you know it is there is a huge thing so yeah i would love to be part of it in some way and playing with three opponents. and they were russia coach dick advocaat has confirmed this charge will play cameroon in a friendly next month that match will take place in salzburg in austria on june the seventh just three days after russia host armenia in a crunch she wrote twenty twelve qualifiers currently russia shares the group the lead with the republic of ireland as a winston peters berth but give them a vital edge however

in his cap as the former manchester united and real madrid star is aiming to be a part of the great britain squad and next year's summer olympics they can see him here with olympic sponsors turned thirty six on monday and will be a year older when the games return to his native city first time but age isn't worrying the veteran l.a. galaxy midfielder who still wants to play for his country back and was instrumental in bringing the thirtieth olympiad to the english capital and says a coaching position of any kind would also wretches up a side great britain will be entering the olympic football tournament for the first time in forty years however only english players will be flying the flag for team g.b. . well so far the heard that i'm going to be managing the coach who can play and. so we'll see but i would like to be part of it in some way you know or love to be i'd love to be a player in it of course but you know to be just part of that team would be pretty incredible because you know for a football team to go into the olympics in england. it's a huge thing so yeah i would love to be part

to the english capital and says a coaching position of any kind but also right is that resides great britain will be entering the olympic football tournament for the first time in forty years however only english players will be flying the flag. so far i've heard that i will be managing coaching. clay and. so. i would like to be part of it in some way you know i'd love to be glad to be a player in it afterwards but you know to be just part of that team would be pretty incredible because here for a football team to go into billion freaks in england you know it is there it's a huge thing so yeah i would love to be part of it in some way and play in would be . staying with the ball and diego maradona will soon be rolling back the years as the argentina legend has signed up to once again take to the pitch for an exhibition match in russia stretching republic next week but if your old has been without a job after being sacked as art in phoenix last year and is poised to arrive in grozny on may eleventh will be bailing out a new stadium nine hundred eighty six world cup winner who is only one day

>>saddled with debt and stagnant, is britain still great? >>at the end of the day britain is not going to be able to compete on basic manufacturing with the emerging economies of the east or the south. that's never going to happen again. >>gearing up for the 21st century - india is spending a trillion dollars on transport infrastructureover the next 6 years. >>the delhi metro itself will be bigger than the london underground. >>and mountaintop mining - the controversial coal extraction technique that is literally changing the landscape in the west virginia. >>as far as i know there's no way you can blow up a mountain and put it back. there's no way they'll actually ever gonna get this back to its original contour. it's impossible. >>hello and welcome. i'm raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. last weekend billions of people around the world watched the british royal wedding on television andnext year millions more will tune in when the country hosts the olympic games.

in 1996, for example, handguns were used to murder 30 people in great britain. 106 in canada, 15 in japan, and 9390 in the united states. the cdc, centers for disease control, reports the rate of firearms death, the number of americans shot to death per 100,000, as having between 8.8 and 9.2 for white americans during 2000-2005, between 7.5 and 7.8 for hispanic or latino americans, and between 18-point for and 1923 for african-americans. such statistics suggest that there is something unique and frightening happening in the united states. of course the homicide rate is only one measure of violence. i talk about all kinds of things in the book, and in part that's the point, sort of a look at undercurrents of violence in american life, look at what i called the ethos of violence in american culture and american society. and accordingly, i spend time in the book, in the first chapter, looking at violence as a male phenomena. violence is predominant done something by men to other men, two women, to children as well. and so i wanted to look at the violence of american masculinity, how masculin

. >>> bride and groom at the royal wedding in great britain certainly got a lot of attention. now you can own one for the right price. the dress is going to be auctioned off of ebay. sara ferguson's money will go to towards unicef. it comes from london hat maker that creations can cost around $3300. >> that is a hat? how about that. >> it looks like a mechanical device that opens cans or something -- sore. >> still always breezy. >> i thought it looked like something different. >> good morning, looking at the clouds over emeryville to the northeast. you are seek the east bay hills still covered in clouds. how about another picture, looking at at&t park, cloudy and breezy and quite chilly for the game. game two diamondbacks, 1-0 as lincecum pitched quite a game. you see the clouds starting to dissipate in the north bay and east bay valleys but pretty stubborn out to the bay shore. then we have high clouds that will give us sunshine. fairfield, los gatos already in the 60s, most of us in the mid to upper 50s. monterey bay, low to mid 50s and upper 50s toward gilroy and salinas.

but they really looked to make this trip an affirmation of the fact that america's values, great britain, the value the alliance with britain to do important things in the world. >> [inaudible] perhaps royalty and the president and his wife -- >> of the queen has gone to bed. >> amongst the many issues, we have had to handle that very tricky relationship with pakistan. david cameron says it was time to work more closely and then turned away. there are so many questions about whether u.s. aid is really having the impact intended. >> since pakistan joined the war on terror, america -- when he was found here, and there were those in washington that stayed -- that said that aid had this thought. it goes to civil projects as well. >> ideal growing conditions ferment goes, these have a few weeks to go before they are harvested. it is a very traditional pakistan trade. >> funding has gone into creating ties. they spent money on other projects in the area to. it will help provide electricity for thousands more people. most say they don't want it to. a country with so many problems as this man, t

one of the reasons why great britain is so hesitant to jump in and recognize the confederacy is they have an economic state in the union, in the north. this was a very powerful argument for just staying out of the conflict. so english investment in particular was very important. you know, i would not call it a funny incident, but an interesting incident. the russian fleet, the closest ally of the union, of the european powers, the most despotic regime on earth. the czarist russia. why? well, because this are needed a few well watered ports. it gets very cold in the winter. where did they go? they went to san francisco. they went to new york. the russian fleet used the u.s. as a way to enhance its navy because it was very difficult to train and keep your round naval activities in russian ports because of the icing. but, that is what we know after the fact. people interpreted them that if they confederacy got a little too ambitious and rambunctious in terms of its blockade running the russian fleet would take care of it. >> so, was sister mary john ever found? >> well, you will have to

. ♪ >>> bride and groom at the royal wedding in great britain certainly got a lot of attention.ou can own one for the right price. the dress is going to be auctioned off of ebay. sara ferguson's money will go to towards unicef. it comes from london hat maker that creations can cost around $3300. >> that is a hat? how about that. >> it looks like a mechanical device that opens cans or something -- sore. >> still always breezy. >> i thought it looked like something different. >> good morning, looking at the clouds over emeryville to the northeast. you are seek the east bay hills still covered in clouds. how about another picture, looking at at&t park, cloudy and breezy and quite chilly for the game. game two diamondbacks, 1-0 as lincecum pitched quite a game. you see the clouds starting to dissipate in the north bay and east bay valleys but pretty stubborn out to the bay shore. then we have high clouds that will give us sunshine. fairfield, los gatos already in the 60s, most of us in the mid to upper 50s. monterey bay, low to mid 50s and upper 50s toward gilroy and salinas. so muc

according to a survey by expedient, workers in great britain got an average of 28 days of vacation last year, friends got 37. in the u.s., that eight teen-- france got 37 and in the u.s., the only got 18. what is holding americans back? some workers such as happy to have a job to go to everyday, during the recession, some people would rather be at their desk than on a steel trap. >> we feel like we are letting our colleagues down, we are afraid of the work that will be seen waiting for us when we get back from vacation and that guilt will make us not take the vacation that we need. >> there are also financial concerns. a recent survey found that one in four cannot afford a vacation, 12 percent say they can afford but will not go. one in three said they felt more comfortable taking a vacation this summer than last year. its finances are holding you back, try astay- cation you can unplug close to hutton. >> tried to take off on a friday utilize the weekend and turn off your cell phone. >> in the news around the bay, two suspected home burgers have been arrested at a pawnshop in pleasant h

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in great britain, they are going to have all community schools. it's what my colleague, jim dierck, is doing. we need to turn every school into a community school. i had a fabulous opportunity to visit this school. it's for kids who have failed in every way. it's colead by the cb on. they do the counseling. vocational work. the district is the class teaching. they have somebody at their side all the time to help with the needs of the student and the principle and cbo get up and meet every morning. they were total partners in making this a community school. then i will be through. i had the opportunity to go to another school at 9 o'clock at night where i thought it was going to be closed. i walk into the school in upper manhattan and it is lit up like a christmas tree. we have to light up every school. it changed the whole neighborhood. it was a beacon of wonderfulness. it was full of activity. of young people. parents. esl. everything. i got so excited about the potential could be. and it changed the neighborhood and young people. if you want to

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according to a survey, workers in great britain got an average of 28 day vacation last year.france, 37. here in the u.s., 18 and only used 14. what is holding americans got? with the economy recovering, some workers are happy to have a job to go to every day. with staffing down to bare bones during the recession, they would rather. >> at their desks. >> we are afraid of the work waiting for us when we got back from vacation. the guilt will make us not take the days off that we really need were back up one in four workers cannot afford a getaways. 12% say they can afford it but won't go. one in the reason they felt more covetable taking a vacation this summer than they did last year. if finances are holding you back, try a long weekend just to unwind and, most importantly, unplug close to home. >> try to take a friday off work early on a friday and utilize the whole weekend and turn on your guard cell phones. >>> a weekend celebration in san francisco, carnival of out music and dancing all around fun. the difference is the version is a lot more family-friendly than it south am

that's how dominant the weekend was for the girl from great britain who started riding at the age of 6 on her pony around the courtyard and now this 49-year-old mother of two, atop the esquestrian world. >> you know, she bred the mother of this mare. she raised this mare from the beginning. she trained her herself. that's a great story in itself. see the combination. you can see her git get a little twisty and upside down in her form but she is over the air in the jumps and mary does a masterful job of keeping this mare clear. >> and mary king yesterday she said, not feeling any nerves yet. would wait to see how the day went. here's how it goes for her. she's first and second and looks great. the rolex esquestrian championships have been brought to you by land rover, official partner of the u.s. esquestrian federation. bridgestone. for drivers who want to get the most out of their cars, it's bridgestone or nothing. usef network. visit usef network.com and by rolex, live for greatness. here at the kentucky horse park, history made today. mary king finishes first and second with king's

searing encounter with international terrorism, the so-called 7/7 attacks hold a similar place in great britain. a bus was bombed in 2005 and 52 people were killed. today, an official inquest into the attacks was completed. we have the details. >> this summer sees the sixth anniversary of the london attacks. the inquest heard evidence from 300 witnesses. they told the story of 7/7. 52 were murdered. today, the coroner said they had been unlawfully killed in the dreadful act of terrorism. these inquests focused on how london, for some victims and adopted city, responded to the attack. the bereaved families had to take in the coroner's 60 page report. >> whatever he has written down, recommended, whatever has been said, can help people in the future. to me, they help me not at all. they do not bring my son back. >> the response of the emergency services form the major part of the inquest. they dispatched fire and emergency crews. >> should we have had more resources? probably, yes we should. >> in her report, the coroner, lady justice hallett says that in all probability, those who died would hav

. >> question, what are the intentions between the i don't think so and great britain today, pat?well, the tensions between -- britain is on sort of an austerity program now, also the british and french want the united states to be a little more aggressive in libya, which they've been very out front on. and for the g-8 he has problems with polls. the polls are concerned about given up the anti-missile defense and were the russians. so the real problems they've got is, john, they've got greece, ireland, spain and other countries that are real danger every going down, quite frankly. we've got the imf involved and the americans got their own debt problems. i'll tell you if you look at this, you look at the g-8, you're looking at a western world which is somewhat contracting and whose real power relative to the rest of the world i think is clearly diminishing. >> the question was about u.s., u.k. relationship. and i this this was about putting the special back into the special relationship. and i think the footage of the president and david cameron, the british prime minister and thei

announced that they would take only a weekend off, and so they left by helicopter for some place in great britain with the honeymoon overseas now set for some future date. the most modern of the new royals apparently has another modern side-- a 21st century workaholic. he'll be back on base next week flying as a royal air force search-and-rescue pilot. but their new life will incorporate some long-standing royal responsibilities to charity. william supports the tusk trust, which works to preserve animal habitat and sustainable community development in africa. a charity that got another royal boost when its founder got an invite to yesterday's big event. >> william and kate are only too delighted that their charity should benefit in this way from the profile of the wedding. >> reporter: other wedding guests were also from charities, supported by william. including claire and alex van straubenzee. they raised money for schools in uganda in memory of their son who was killed in a car crash. a young man william and prince harry knew from childhood. >> they've got a genuine feel for the charities. >>

point in our nation's history that we're comfortable in our own skin, we can bring the monarch of great britainver here and still realize that we're an irish nation and we can be proud of that. >> reporter: polls show most irish welcomed the visit. still, some want a united ireland with the british out of the north. >> we don't want the queen of england in any part of our country. we say to her, you can keep your apologies. take home your soldiers. >> reporter: security is tight. 8,000 police. that's 2/3 of all the police in ireland. the cost, a reported $40 million. a bigger operation than what's planned for next week, when president obama visits. for all the queen's reign, really for all of her 85 years, ireland and britain's relationship has been marked by tragedy. today there was hope that those troubles have finally been put to rest. john yang, nbc news, dublin. >>> and that is our broadcast on a tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -

. >> he doesn't get along with the prim minister of -- prime minister of great britain january. >> what do you think? >> it's absolutely going to be a european. it's not just greece and portugal. it's italy and it's -- you know, any number of -- why am i drawing a blank? and they are in terrible shape and the german banks in particular are critical to germany and germany and england are critical for this and they're going to spend all that you are money, a huge amount of money because in fact as pat says, it is really bailing out the european banks. >> all of these post-world war institutions, international institutions, imf -- >> not the world bank? >> world bank. >> really? >> the security council should be reviewed because of the change in reality, political and economic reality. now we have brazil and you have india and you have china and south africa. you have all of the nations, you have to accommodate -- i'm not saying that at this time the imf director is going to be from europe. probably the europeans who created all the mess -- >> you think also the tendency of the internation

didn't really need to win a war but to think that it's a launch with particular united states and great britain. helped you to win the war the put it on the ball boys because your book stall is was from world war two the cold war for focuses on stalin obviously in one of your interviews you said he was a key historical figure of the twentieth century but he also said that you had a lot of respect for him why the word respect. i'm not sure you used the word or maybe i did we used the word suspect but some some people accuse me of being a starving which are not so but having studied him very closely for many years i'm very impressed if you want to call being impressed and respect i'm not sure it's extreme would do what are you sorry i said what are you michael stylings was is that it would start with his name. shit without his contribution it's very possible a minute may be quite probable that the soviet union would have lost the world not to jim not consider him to be that important historical figure if that's true emma coles he's the most important figure of the mid twentieth century and one of

we speak of harmonization judicial system of different countries you mentioned the example of great britain but as we discussed earlier even england and scotland have different judicial system england has its own unique system scotland is based on. roman law so. well it's a nice in some aspects is a tradition you know but when. the real is serious things being global are about that means the lore also becoming more and more global and that's not a chance to try to struggle what is fact let's talk about russia in order to facilitate economic front in order to better defend their protects its citizens should russia. for example try to achieve certain uniformity of war with state the european union well actually russian law is becoming more and more common ised with european law and the decisions of your european human rights courts is also very important stand in for us and we are doing quite a lot to try to put the level i would usually rate was plans of european international traditionally votes also reality. different media in this country for example very misty daily claims that this foru

it's a launch with particular you know so some great britain. helped to win the war quickly done with all the boys. in your books collins was from world war two the cold war for focuses on stalin obviously in one of your interviews you said he was a key historical figure. twentieth century but he also said that you had a lot of respect for him why the word respect. i'm not sure used the word oh maybe i did we're used to work for suspects but some people accused me of being a star in which i'm not so but having studied him very closely for many years i'm very impressed but i started know if you want to call being impressed and respect i'm not sure it's extra work but what are you selling price was not books dollars was is that you know what stolidly. shit with his contribution it's very possible. quite probable that the soviet union would have lost the world must not consider him to be that important historical figure if that's true and of course he's the most important figure of the mid twentieth century that none of the most important think is

table next here he named the familiar rivals the china and the usa as their main contenders host great britain also a force to be reckoned with you call pins the biggest medal hopes for russia on gymnastics weightlifting boxing and wrestling. and finally this fight might not be about a world title belt but it is the one showdown you don't want to miss is former boxing champion roy jones jr takes on fast rising benes lead the day of the two square off on saturday sports center. takes a closer look at the men in question i would soon have books in the ring around you seeing their. i i i knew been training session in the russian capital letting people first the news from roy jones jr. i was living in a nice little ladies. begin because our girls will sit in the chilled down. there is always serious. i mean come on you will meet us well before i will see. you guys don't see every show. that's what i actually bought i can't blame nobody but me if you can beat me. this is the message to the news limited and there was no pleasing the pretty rare experience of being a strong leverage against roy jones

. >> he doesn't get along with the prim minister of -- prime minister of great britain january. >> what do you think? >> it's absolutely going to be a european. it's not just greece and portugal. it's italy and it's -- you know, any number of -- why am i drawing a blank? and they are in terrible shape and the german banks in particular are critical to germany and germany and england are critical for this and they're going to spend all that you are money, a huge amount of money because in fact as pat says, it is really bailing out the european banks. >> all of these post-world war institutions, international institutions, imf -- >> not the world bank? >> world bank. >> really? >> the security council should be reviewed because of the change in reality, political and economic reality. now we have brazil and you have india and you have china and south africa. you have all of the nations, you have to accommodate -- i'm not saying that at this time the imf director is going to be from europe. probably the europeans who created all the mess -- >> you think also the tendency of the internation