you can see why kaliningrad is keen to bring money back in this city stadium cost two hundred thirty five million euros after the world cup it will become the training ground for both to kaliningrad a second division russian team. to kaliningrad has a population of around half a million the biggest employer here is the carmaker up to tour its vice president says the city is a good place for business. working there is no crime pretty tax. no tax on companies truths no tax on land and there are also the eighty exemptions those incentives may well be the reason b.m.w. is reportedly planning to set up operations in kaliningrad but while the city might be good for business for ordinary soccer fans it's simply too expensive and talking about expensive sports where giant added us is expected to sell some eight million football kits at this year's world cup now that's despite germany's early exit from the championship some outlets are being supported we've been selling germany shirts at half price the former champions humiliation is unlikely to have too big an impact on business and us the g

you can see why kaliningrad is keen to bring money back in this city stadium cost two hundred thirty five million euros after the world cup it will become the training ground for kaliningrad a second division russian team. kaliningrad has a population of around half a million the biggest employer here is the carmaker after a tour its vice president says the city is a good place for business. work there is no property tax. no tax on companies no tax on law. and there are also the eighty exemptions those incentives may well be the reason b.m.w. is reportedly planning to set up operations in kaliningrad but while the city might be good for business for ordinary soccer fans it's simply too expensive. and nice doing business with you. cut cut. cut cut. cut. cut. cut. cut. cut cut cut cut. cut cut. cut. cut cut. cut. cut cut. cut. cut cut. cut. cut. more intrigue on international talk show for journalists to discuss the topic of the week can you appraise off bitter divisions over migration jettison its longstanding humanitarian principles and turn its back on refugees time for fortress eur

ports roads and venues kaliningrad has also splashed out and it's at this stadium costing hundreds of millions of euros where the england versus belgium match kicks off in the past few hours but when when all the city fans are gone will the expense of been worth it. these soccer fans are spending their evenings partying in the polish city of downscale and not one hundred fifty kilometers away in kaliningrad where their team's games are taking place there among many world cup tourists who've been priced out of hotels in the host cities in kaliningrad and night the commendation will set you back at least two hundred euros you can see why kaliningrad is keen to bring money back in this city stadium cost two hundred thirty five million euros after the world cup it will become the training ground for baltic kaliningrad a second division russian team. kaliningrad has a population of around half a million the biggest employer here is the car maker after tour its vice president says the city is a good place for business. there's no crime pretty tax. no tax on companies no tax on land. and the

kaliningrad is surrounded by german history.'s history will prove a hit with visitors. but i'm curious. to those living here feel they are part of a wider translation: kaliningrad is definitely russia, but it is separate as well. we are proud of that. it's a european architecture meets russian culture. if kaliningrad's history doesn't inspire you, perhaps its natural history will. the region is known for this, amber. 90% of the world's reserves of the gemstone can be found here. we are in a town whose name means amber. the town's mayor tells me you can find the gemstone lying on the beach, but for would—be amber hunters, a warning. translation: if you spot some amber on the surface, you can pick it up, but if you start digging for it, thatis but if you start digging for it, that is illegal. we hope world cup visitors will come here, and not just visit the stadium. and, to fashion amber into jewellery, you will need a sanding machine and some serious skill, which i don't have. but look what the experts are capable of. and there i

that's where nikolai's guests will watch england play —— kaliningrad.looking forward to his trip, although others were too worried to come to russia. there's a lot of fans here that have got fears may be. obviously the main thing stems from the political events that have gone on certainly in the past few months. doesn't faze me one bit. i think the world cup is going to be great. you won't have far to go from his hosts' flat —— he won't. the world cup will be right on the doorstep. sara green spread, bbc news, kalinic grad. —— kaliningrad. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: organic molecules on mars, nasa with a tantalising new discovery on the red planet. the day the british liberated the falklands, and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end for the division of europe. michaeljackson was not guilty on all charges, the screams of the crowd testament

these are our headlines: we'll be live in kaliningrad. have made eight changes for theirfinal group game against belgium. it could be columbia next for england. they've topped group h after knocking out senegal. or it could bejapan, who are also through. i'm holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre. i'll have the rest of the day's sport, including: british number one kyle edmund goes in search of his first singles title as he battles for a place in the semi—finals at eastbourne. hello, there. we will be live in kaliningrad shortly, where england and belgium have made a combined 17 changes for that match, but first, we'll get to the two matches completed in group h. all will be revealed in the next couple of hours. ler‘s cross live to kaliningrad and speak to our sports editor, dan roan, ahead of england against belgium. dan, the big talking point, is that their are so many changes. ata at a combined 17 changes from the two managers? absolutely. both these teams have already qualified with two consecutive wins. qualification for the next sta

sarah rainsford, bbc news, kaliningrad.all association has agreed to move the fa cup fifth round to midweek and scrap replays, while one round of the premier league will now be straddled over two weekends. the changes bring the premier league into line with other leading divisions around europe. now, when you eat a bowl of mussels, you expect to be eating seafood, but researchers say they found tiny pieces of plastic in all the samples of mussels they collected from uk seawaters and bought from supermarkets. researchers from the universities of hull and london say more work is needed to understand the implications of digesting the microplastic. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. the mighty oceans. nature at its most pristine. but, looks can deceive. human pollution is everywhere. including in shellfish like mussels. these creatures feed by filtering seawater. in the process, they're ingesting tiny bits of human debris. every 100 grams of mussels tested in this study contained an estimated 70 bits of waste. scie

sarah raynsford, bbc news, kaliningrad. sarah rainsford is in kaliningrad this morning.he one thing that's really noticeable. when we firstjoined up with them in volgograd for the first match, most people weren't even wearing england shirts and they were hiding away in one pub in the middle they would essentially. they seemed to be hiding, they said they were honest they were wary about russia and scared about coming here after the violence at the euros two years ago in france in particular. now they've seen they've got a warm welcome in russia, they've found there's nothing to worry about and, as you say, as the team has been proving themselves on the pitch. the england fans have been growing in confidence about the two things and we've seen a lively crowd in kaliningrad, not huge still, but people joining kaliningrad, not huge still, but peoplejoining the kaliningrad, not huge still, but people joining the momentum kaliningrad, not huge still, but peoplejoining the momentum and joining the party, if you like, coming in by bus, charterflights are coming in. people hopin

sandwiched between poland and lithuania, kaliningrad has a complicated history.rly konigsberg, it was part of germany and heavily bombed during world war ii, until it was seized by stalin. but while once a symbol of russia's long simmering tension with the west, it's now putting its best face forward for putin's world cup. translation: it is the most western part of the russian federation, our little enclave of europe. it is a very beautiful city. i'm confident that any visitor will fall in love with kaliningrad and certainly visit us once more. england's visit is turning into a head—scratcher, though. it looks like coming second in the group could offer a more favourable draw in terms of travel and opposition. so what will gareth southgate do? we want to breed a mentality that everybody in our squad wants to constantly win. we have not won a knockout game since 2006. why we are starting to plot which would be a better venue for our semifinal is beyond me, really. commentator: jesse lingard! jesse lingard! england's performances so far have certainly got people t

you can see iran. —— kaliningrad. you can see iran taking on portugal.one point to get to the last 16. uruguay topping their group after beating hosts, russia. temperatures are building here. we are in the midst of a heatwave this week. it's already begun. blue skies uk wide today with the exception of the highlands and ireland who will get more sunshine tomorrow. you might be tempted to head to the beaches over the next few days as temperatures climb. we've already had ourfirst 30 degrees temperatures climb. we've already had our first 30 degrees day, recorded in central london. we could get close to 30 in other destinations as we go through the middle part of this week. why is it so warm? why such a prolonged dry spell? it's to do with the position of the jet stream. lots of rain going towards iceland. and stormy weather to the south—east of europe. i pressure is built over us and it is not set to move. —— high—pressure. just gently warming air circulating. tonight we'll have mistan air circulating. tonight we'll have mist an cloud developing widely th

let's turn our attention to tonight's match — serbia versus switzerland in kaliningrad and an examples is beat studer who trust rumbled into kaliningrad on thursday after a 12 dayjourney from lucerne — on his tractorjust to watch tonight's match. switzerland will have been pleasaed with their start after that draw against brazil in their opening match but they are already two points behind serbia, who beat costa rica 1—0 in theirfirst game, thanks to a quite brilliant free—kick from the former manchester city full—back alexander kolarov. this so these are live pictures from kaliningrad — the most westerly venue at this world cup... we have the anthems. can you believe it is actually the first time that switzerland and serbia have faced each other? serbia are pretty newly formed. the swiss are unchanged unsurprisingly from the team that got that brazil draw. there is aleksander kolarov, got that brazil draw. there is aleksander kola rov, will got that brazil draw. there is aleksander kolarov, will he be on target again? the group is still wide open. the top headline so far is brazil ge

i2 our charter flight direct to kaliningrad. it is the westernmost venue for this world cup. at the airport. i found growing confidence in the england team. do you follow england if they do well and carry on? lesson, i am not getting back on that plane. i will escape work and just deal with that, i'm afraid. it will be too big an opportunity. i will stay until we are out, i think. and how long might that be, do you reckon? to the final, of course. but this match is bya final, of course. but this match is by a beach on the baltic, and the fa ns by a beach on the baltic, and the fans are making the most of that. the belgians fully kicked out, despite the heat wave, and the california goal who is backing england. he makes me follow england, so... england. he makes me follow england, so... and this time it has meant such a bad team to follow, right? so far, so good. hopefully we will qualify, at least. we will see where we go from there. things like this are not what most people imagine when they think of russia, but then kaliningrad, this russian exclave in the hart of europe, i

the crunch match in kaliningrad had turned into something of a carnival.he next round, both sets of fans could enjoy the party safe in the knowledge their world cups would not end here. but while the tension has lifted, so has expectation. there is no team we should fear, we should go all the way. i think they could quite easily go to the wire. we've got the momentum, with the belief. it's something england hasn't had in the past. why not? we can win this world cup. just 30 miles from the polish border, this russian conclave was pinpointed as a potential flash point, with dfa selling out its ticket allocation for the first time in the tournament, but the atmosphere here has pleased the authorities. so far the planning and preparation has gone really well and i think it's important to stress this has been to years of cooperation and planning with the russian authorities, particularly on the police to police links that are working and proving themselves really well. with two wins out of two including this record victory of the panama on sunday, england manag

sandwiched between poland and lithuania, kaliningrad has a complicated history. by stalin. but while once a symbol of russia's long simmering tension with the west, it's now putting its best face forward for putin's world cup.

it isa flight south west to kaliningrad.ngland may enjoy increased travelling support. it is also likely to be slightly cooler and that could also help. they claimed this morning, all 23 days involved. including delle alli. but there is a feeling that harry kane will start after scoring five goals in their opening two games. eric dier also likely to start and we will hear from dier also likely to start and we will hearfrom him later in a news conference about yesterday we had that victory for argentina nigeria. last gasp with a goal from the unlikely hero marcus rojo. and lionel messi finally shone at the world cup watched on from the stands by diego maradona. we have brazil and germany trying to book a place in the last 16 today. england are already there and need to find out if they will play on monday or tuesday against japan, senegal or colombia. belgium is first, 7pm kick kick—off tomorrow night. prince william has met the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, in the israeli—occupied west bank. the duke of cambridge is

a night the commendation will set you back at least two hundred euros you can see why kaliningrad is keen to bring money back in this city stadium cost two hundred thirty five million euros after the world cup it will become the training ground for baltic kaliningrad a second division russian team. that will kaliningrad has a population of around half a million the biggest employer here is the carmaker after a tour its vice president says the city is a good place for business. work there is no crime pretty tax. no tax on companies streets no tax on land. and there are also the eighty exemptions those incentives may well be the reason b.m.w. is reportedly planning to set up operations in kaliningrad but while the city might be good for business for ordinary soccer fans it's simply too expensive talking about expensive sports where john i didn't expect him to sell some eight million football kits at this year's world cup that's despite germany's early exit from the championship outlets have been selling germany shirts at half price the former champions humiliation is unlikely to have t

but first, sarah rainsford is with england fans in the centre of kaliningrad.te an atmosphere today. there is. getting much livelier over the past 2a hours as england supporters pour in and belgium's too of course, taking advantage of the fact this part of russia is in the heart of europe, a0 minute drive to the polish border. people have been taking coaches here, chartering flights. the atmosphere is great, people here singing and chanting, on the squirt all day waving flags, england flags hanging from all sorts of railings. it is very different from the scenes we saw when england opened their world cup here in russia. they were wa ry world cup here in russia. they were wary of russia itself, politically and of russian fans after the violence at the euros two years ago. things have changed, everyone here has given a very warm welcome to the england fans. it is notjust that, england fans. it is notjust that, england fans. it is notjust that, england fans have been telling me they are more confident in the team. after the performance of the last two games, they

so it's learned and serbia has just kicked off will keep you up to date with all the action from kaliningrad. and in the other games this friday night gerry had beat iceland's to register best those points of the tournament while brazil ended costa rica's world cup dream late on highlights for you and analysis coming up. the host cities in russia have welcomed thousands of fans from all around the world our correspondents have been finding out about some of the journeys and world cup experiences so far. fifty year old volkswagen beetle has been driven by those friends from brazil and they know the news they're wrong warned it's on the brink of exit saying the hard won nuclear deal that was struck back in twenty fifty describing the accord is being in intensive care after the u.s. pull downs. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me nicky erin we've got the world news update coming up for you both it's football. i'm not into done studio just about red square where you've just missed the cheese museum fans they might that way back into the sun so they're obviously going

but you don't have to be in kaliningrad to enjoy the atmosphere fans in moscow packed into the fans and to watch the game you can now see live pictures from lot area and it is absolutely packed for many of the supporters who come to russia it's their first ever trip to the country. mark ground ball the ball that will last longer and so it was in my blood to follow the football from for as long as i can remember really i think it was the nine hundred ninety eight world cup the reverse first i mean. i'm lucky. with russia over the last four years quite frequently. some of the. absolutely miles and well i'm going to. have those facts of things you're saying. wellfleet tried to ask. i don't really understand the safety concerns of come from this bill a lot of bad press accounts and you're thinking seriously i'm going to think it's been happening for i'd. like to stay when i went to the confederations cup competition no fear i will be top police officer the law any of the police but the army was in cooperation with each other too in holland the security much of. the. problem being jealou

while belgium beat england 1—0, in kaliningrad, meaning they finish top of group g. a frantic four days here in russia with 16 games to decide all of those groups but now we know the line—up for the last 16, the knockout stage of the world cup. colombia are in there after knocking out senegal.

in kaliningrad, they spied us as soon as we arrived. each face caught on camera is automatically checked in a police database. this is what's making russia nervous. in the run—up to the world cup, groups sympathetic to so—called islamic state have threatened to target the tournament. such threats could be scaremongering. but moscow isn't taking any chances. russia's security service, the fsb, says it's been hunting down terrorists. it claims it's uncovered terror cells in several world cup cities. this raid was in st petersburg. the russian fsb does not really give much about human rights. they are taking out of circulation anyone they believe is a potential threat. no matter what. moscow doesn't want to take any chances. this world cup is important to the kremlin. for the prestige of the country, and its president, nothing can be allowed to go wrong. so the authorities here are deploying everything they can. not only the police, but the army, the navy, even the russian air force. everything to make sure that security is as tight as pos

we can go to kaliningrad and join natalie.tomorrow, so possibly not great english conditions, but they would this japan. if they got past a pound that could potentially face brazil, the five times champions, in the quarterfinal. it becomes second in this group they will face colombia in moscow with the day of extra rest and they could face the likes of sweden or switzerland in the quarterfinals. that is the kind of mouths that we do, the pundits do and the fans do. it is not the kind of maps that gareth southgate does. he was not interested in plotting a route through to a potential final. reminded us yesterday that england have not won a knockout game since 2006, so it is complete folly to try and plot our route. that is for us to get excited about, but it won‘t affect anything the team is doing today. they are only here to win the game and that is all they want to do. we just heard from gareth southgate and regardless of those results earlier on today, we are expecting a number of changes from him this evening. yes, there wi

i'm confident that any visitor will fall in love with kaliningrad and certainly visit us once more.at scratcher, though. it looked like coming second in the group could offer a more favourable draw in terms of travel and opposition. so what will gareth southgate do? we want to breed a mentality that everybody in our squad wants to constantly win. we have not won a knockout game since 2006. why are we starting to plot which would be a better venue for oui’ which would be a better venue for our semifinal? it is beyond me, really. jesse lingard! england's performances so far have certainly got people talking, and notjust france. the world is taking notice too. england have so far surpassed all fans' expectations too. england have so far surpassed all fa ns' expectations of too. england have so far surpassed all fans' expectations of them, and in turn, those fans here are starting to allow themselves to dream about just how starting to allow themselves to dream aboutjust how far england might go. i wouldn't be surprised if we got to maybe even the semifinal, the way the draw is. so i am

but you don't have to be in kaliningrad to enjoy the atmosphere fans in moscow packed into fans and to watch the game you can see now the live pictures of how many of those fans are in the area for many of us supported him. come to russia it's the first of a trip to the country. to. mark brown's call them for all the world born in the old song to song and so it was in my blood just to follow on from there for the fall farm for as long as i can remember really i think it was the nine hundred ninety eight world cup the reverse first i mean to go full. length. on left in the box on dreams with russia over the last four years quite frequently. so some of the signs of never seen it will load. for a hot head absolutely miles and while i'm going to live to host back to things yes. well we tried. i don't really understand the safety concerns of come from this bill a lot of bad press stuff on so you're thinking seriously i'm going to go i think it's been happening so i. like to say when i went to the confederations cup competition all clear as a retired police officer the nominee of the poli

who just like to have a triangle kaliningrad the venue for the group g. decided on thursday and somewhere we haven't been able to find any traces of races the sun newspaper is among those spinning a narrative of russia was a dangerous violent and homophobic place but the top sports reporter martin lipton who is in the country has a bit of a different tale to tell. i think the the work of the russian people is being clear to everyone the organization has been super previously i've always found russian people somewhat more reserved than they appear to be at least at this moment open and friendly. people everywhere which is great to see and also i'm just blown away by how brilliantly in the transport system is because the london underground really is a disaster and this place you can get anywhere in no time at all in a much bigger city don't talk to my kids and my wife i'm saying to them she's fantastic it's great i think people were fearful they were they were put in a position where they soon the worst was always think should assume the best they will see

and kaliningrad thanks very much for that. the football itself which is to be used in the opening game is on its way back to from the international space station before leaving of course the crew enjoy the zero gravity about if you want to yesterday we showed you some of those images now the spacecraft is carrying three members of the crew and that ball is expected to touch down in kazakhstan in the next twenty minutes or so we're going to be following that for you and bring you the details as they come in so. he will bring you a screen showing you that landing amount of what we're focusing at the time. so use him of those that's it from us for now though all these award winning programs continue after the break and i'll be back with an expedition all the way clear and every detail that soyuz landing and then i see a bit. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you were a south and taken your last wrong turn. to caught up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry for me i could so i write these last words in

to try go are seen from outside the stadium and kaliningrad arrive after the group gene decider if you can find some sponsors to bring us back to moscow when we play the final police records. rule one two three four five six i'm thinking ahead of the game against belgium english fans visited nizhny novgorod and there they met another rival russian football fans as our correspondent peter on a. so we're here in beijing you know good old lovely stadium just outside of the center of the city if you can see behind me the england team the in conversation right now sorting out their tactics over to mind right the team move russian english football sporting fund every sleeve there was some tensions between russian and english fans following the scenes we saw a ma say this is a bury the hatchet type of game i will be looking to see for pole be the winner here. well i'm glad i'm not buying because the hate is just ridiculous. the long. term but not when the lads just come off the ball their whole sound like their store was an experience for a so-called but it's good that when the ball's going o

like the vocals i'm not going away should you ever try to go artsy from outside the stadium and kaliningradright after the group g. decider guys if you can find some sponsors to bring us back to moscow when we played a final police reports. one two three four five six to. think you had of the game against belgium english fans visited a nation enough got out and there they met another rival russian football fans as peter all over. so when he was in his no good old lovely stadium just outside of the center of the city you can see behind me the england team the income the station right now sorting out their tactics over to. right the team of russian english football sporting fund every sleeve there was some tensions between russian and english fans following the scenes we saw. this is a. type of game i will be looking to see for. well. because the hate is just ridiculous. the call that. wasn't expected. respect for you just wait for us to get. some silky skills from the england fans there just after the break. jim sullivan fairly. well to really will return i was a three when we. were just rel

our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, joins us from kaliningrad. be thinking about that? for any nation it will be an easier path towards the final with no germany. absolutely and that is the big talking point here amongst all of us. talking point here amongst all of us. iam talking point here amongst all of us. i am going to step out of the way for a while so you can see belgium and training right now. they are all huge household names from the premier league. they are all training in this 35,000 seater stadium here in kaliningrad. it is a curious place here. it was part of germany before it was taken by stalin after world war ii. it has no land border with russia, sandwiched between poland and lithuania. england are training here because they actually trained this morning as they have been doing for the whole tournament. there has been lots of talk about the permutations going in to this game against belgium. both sides are through to the last 16. top of the table is england by virtue of having less yellow cards. belgium have three. do you want t

john bennett, many thanks indeed for the update from callinan grad —— kaliningrad.match, while confirmation that in group d it‘s those matches between argentina and iceland and nigeria and croatia. lionel messi, and many others. iceland, that be a fabulous game. nigeria against racial, asjohn bennett was saying. that is just about it for us. this matter on bbc one comedy team is about to come out between portugal and spain, down there in saatchi. that is going to bea there in saatchi. that is going to be a cracking match. they have already come out, they are singing the athens. we will leave you with our moment of the day, really, a mo salah miserable moment, he had to sit and watch, his shoulder not good enough to start or play any part against uruguay, and it was uruguay who beat egypt in the end. from all of us on sports day, it is goodbye for now. years underneath the ball, it‘s in! they‘ve won it, uruguay! and egypt are heartbroken. good evening. it has been a day of the country, but not quite as extreme as extreme as we had yesterday. you can see it from these

. decide is who wins the group later decide is who wins the group later in kaliningrad. later in kaliningrad. many think it would be better to go through as runners up be better to go through as runners up because they would face the winner of group h,japan, up because they would face the winner of group h, japan, senegal or colombia, and possibly a quarterfinal with sweden or switzerland. if england win, it could set up a possible quarterfinal with brazil but they would first need to get there and we have seen what has happened to other big teams in this tournament so surely it has to be about a good performance. andy murray says there is no risk to his fitness if he decides to play at wimbledon next week. the two—time champion was beaten by fellow brit kyle edmund in the second round of eastbourne. he said he will probably make a decision on wimbledon before the draw is made on friday. johanna konta's final tournament before wimbledon has come to an end as she was beaten at eastbourne i was number two caroline wozniacki in their third—round match and finally england ha

the nearest proximity to the cities where the traffic visited any special moments in russia in kaliningrad for instance a young guy made a marriage marriage proposal to his girl and it was really really touching and almost you know i almost had tears in my eyes and a lot of new words coming to see this trophy after their wedding there was. a longtime fan of football he was around sixty years of age and the guy was crying and i haven't seen you know a sixty year old guy crying this side of the trophy. well as the excitement builds over which country will lift the world cup in the final in moscow next month our teams been picking the brains of one of the best football coaches around the same arena on how the tournament will play out and we're inviting you to challenge the special one and make your own predictions or those of you. to be able to contradictions because you know where you live please do with that also all right it is the world it is so this is a little bit of. so if you feel you're up to testing your knowledge against the might of merino head to our facebook or twitter pages and

magnificent full don't price how far has the trophy traveled on its tour trophy travelled from kaliningrad to vladivostok literally a massive geography we estimated that around forty million people lives in the nearest proximity to the cities where the traffic visited any special moments in russia in kaliningrad for instance a young guy made a marriage marriage proposal to his to his girl and that was really really touching and almost you know i almost had tears in my eyes and a lot of new words coming to see this trophy after their wedding there was. a longtime fan of food bowl it was around sixty years of age and the guy was crying and i haven't seen you know a sixty year old guy crying at this side of the trophy. yeah as the excitement builds over which country will lift the world cup in the final in moscow next month r.t. has been picking the brains of perhaps the most famous manager at their juice a motoring you know on how the tournament will play out and we invite you to challenge the special one himself and make your own predictions a little bit of emotional to be able to contradic

this magnificent for the price how far has the trophy traveled on its tour trophy traveled from kaliningrad to lot of us talk literally a massive geography we estimated that around forty million people live in the nearest proximity to the cities where the traffic visited any special moments in russia in kaliningrad for instance a young guy made a marriage marriage proposal to his to his girl and that was really really touching and almost you know i almost had tears in my eyes and a lot of new words coming to see this trophy after their wedding there was a. longtime fan of football he was around sixty years of age and the guy was crying and i haven't seen you know a sixty year old guy crying at the side of the trophy. it looks good doesn't it well as the excitement builds over which country will lift the world cup in the final in moscow next month artie's been picking the brains of man new football coach joe same arena on how the tournament will play out and we're inviting you to challenge the special one to make your own predictions a little interview. is to be available to the traditions b

the nearest proximity to the cities where the traffic visited any special moments in russia in kaliningrad for instance a young guy made a marriage marriage proposal to his girl and that was really really touching and almost you know i almost had tears in my eyes and a lot of new words coming to see this trophy after their wedding there was a. longtime fan of football it was around sixteen years of age and the guy was crying and i haven't seen you know a sixty year old guy crying at the side of the trophy. well as the excitement builds over which country will be lifting the world cup in the final in moscow next month r.t. has been picking the brains of perhaps the most famous manager i there just say marino on how the tournaments will play out and we invite you to challenge the special one and make your own predictions i don't want to be emotional to be able to contradictions because you know what my play is the weekend with the also one of my players to go on a holiday so this is going to be. you think a deep about isn't a if you feel up to testing your knowledge against the might of mari

the final piece of the jigsaw was the matching kaliningrad.ure of going through, and that meant it wasn't the greatest spectacle, though adnanjanuzaj‘s goal was absolutely stunning. belgium topping the group with a 1—0 win, but england might not mind that one bit, because finishing second has put them into what was clearly the easier half of the draw. a match against colombia at first, with sweden or switzerland to follow, and then spain will be the toughest team they would face in the semifinals if they would face in the semifinals if they get that far. as the belgium, if they beat japan next, there will bea if they beat japan next, there will be a possible quarterfinal against brazil, then it will be, take your pick, france, argentina, or even uruguay. that is a really tough path towards the final. let's bring in our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes, who joins us live from tokyo. what has been the reaction now that japan has made it to the last 16? they are going up against belgium and they are the only asian nation left in the world cup

griffey having played one game less and they take on switzerland in russia's most western city in kaliningrad new build stadium for this tournament. so what is this game all about put it in simple terms it's a last chance saloon to switzerland to make it out of the group on this one point with them three points with serbia they won the first game and they plea to equal in terms of what they can provide i give it a try something to hear like you didn't you say that you thought this was going to be the first nil nil is that right long before the tournament i thought so and switzerland has a nil no written all over them i mean we haven't had joined twenty five games i had a suspicion that iceland nigeria game may be maybe the for us malcolm in the sounded that was a different great goals you did but honestly and it comes to serbia and switzerland they're so equal in so many ways both very defensive both have the brawn and the back line event of a tour looking in terms of serbia then also be looking at switzerland as well the entire kind of solidity that happened on which they've built their team

an opportunity missed for serbia as a stunning swiss double act sealed a famous night in kaliningrad.adage in that match, there was an adage in that match, the two swiss goal scores could be in trouble with fifa because of their celebrations. they both have cost of an — albanian heritage, they both mimicked the double headed eagle symbol that can be seen on the albanian flag, which can be interpreted as a highly provocative political gesture against serbia, dating back to the balkan conflict 30 years ago. fifa take a very dim view of any political displays or gestures, so watch any development on that. that group d after they's matches. —— group e. they face brazil in theirfinal matches. —— group e. they face brazil in their final match, costa rica are out, so that will go down to the final round of matches. group dis to the final round of matches. group d is going down to the wire. remember argentina losing against croatia, today we saw the other two teams in that group, nigeria and iceland. argentina will have been cheering on nigeria, and nigeria one this game in volgograd. the eye

belgium. in kaliningrad, around 25 miles away. -- against belgium.sian will get better over the next few weeks! thanks for joining us live from england's training base. former world heavyweight champion david haye has announced his retirement from boxing. it follows his defeat to tony bellew last month for the second time in succession. in a post on social media, the former unified cruiserweight world champion said it's the right time to end his career. as of 12thjune 2018, i am no longer a professional boxer. something i've been since the age of ten. it's a strange thought, but it's a thought i'm very comfortable with. as i've reviewed my life and my physicality, and it's not what it needs to be to compete at world level as a heavyweight. staying with boxing, and deontay wilder says he has agreed terms with anthonyjoshua's team over a unification bout in the uk. wilder holds the wbc heavyweight belt — the only title that joshua doesn't have. british number 0ne johanna konta says she's feeling positive about the grass court season after going out in

england narrowly lost their last world cup group match to belgium in kaliningrad this evening.t have qualified for the knock out stages of the tournament. our sports editor dan roan watched the action. the crunch match had turned into something of a carnival. with the two best team in the group already through to the next round, both sets of fans could enjoy the party, safe in the knowledge their world cups would not end tonight. and with more decisive days ahead, both teams rested their front—line players. england unrecognisable from the side that thrashed panama on sunday with eight changes. even the tournament ‘s leading goal—scorer was on the bench. belgium also played a b team but their squad rotation made it feel like a friendly, the start suggested otherwise. tielemans forcing a good save from jordan pickford. the goalkeeper then having to be rescued by gary cahill‘s desperate credence of the line. with the sides level on points and goal difference fairplay would determine who topped the group in the result of a draw. england on pole position as their opponents racked up

after two opening wins a much weakened side faltered against belgium in kaliningrad last night and theyout match against colombia. gareth southgate has done a good job and i think he will take us further in the next few years. i think for us to get to the semis would be a massive achievement. it is possible. as we have seen in this tournament people can beat anybody. so it is a possibility but realistically i think they would do very well to get that far. england may be in the kinder half of the draw, but tuesday's opponents colombia represent a stern challenge, quarterfinalists at the last world cup. the south americans are also one of the best supported teams here in russia. i have heard that we are like 30,000 fans in russia, so that's incredible. it's better that we have england in the next round than belgium. i guess both are going to make a great game and i hope colombia wins. the tournament has now reached its halfway point and there has been no shortage of drama, from the host nation surpassing expectations to one of the world cup‘s greatest shock exits. ronaldo! but the game's

the nearest proximity to the cities where the traffic visited any special moments in russia in kaliningrad for instance a young guy made american marriage proposal to his girl and that was really really touching and almost you know i almost had tears in my eyes and a lot of new words coming to see this trophy after their wedding there was. a longtime fan of football he was around sixty years of age and the guy was crying and i haven't seen you know a sixty year old guy crying this side of the trophy. as the excitement builds over which country will lift the world cup in the final in moscow next month r.c. has been picking the brains of perhaps the most famous mileage out that a marine air on how the tournament will play out and we invite you to challenge the special one and make your own predictions. i don't talk to the emotional but they have to be i will go to contradictions because i want my players to win but i also want my players to go on the whole it is so this is going to be tough so if you feel up to testing your knowledge against the might of marine e.o. head on to five facebook

the spetsnaz parachute in to kaliningrad stadium.ario at one of the world cup stadiums where england will be playing. russia says it‘s doing all it can to make sure footballers and fans will be safe. translation: the security measures we‘ve taken they are based on russian and international experience. everyone who comes to russia will be comfortable and secure. and monitored. in the host cities, more security cameras have been installed. in kaliningrad, they spied us as soon as we arrived. each face caught on camera is automatically checked in a police database. this is what‘s making russia nervous. in the run—up to the world cup, groups sympathetic to so—called islamic state have threatened to target the tournament. such threats could be scaremongering.

sara green spread, bbc news, kaliningrad. —— sarah rainsford.act after six months scrutinising the legislation. the prime ministerjustin trudeau has committed to making marijuana legal by this summer. facebook has warned a software bug may be responsible for millions of users unknowingly posting private information to the public. the company apologised and said the glitch had set users' posts to be shared to "everyone", even if they had previously chosen a more restricted option. the firm added that those affected would be notified on their newsfeeds. approximately 600 homes have been destroyed following the volcanic eruption on hawaii's big island. the latest estimate of property losses from kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, comes more than a month after it began to erupt. millions of dollars in disaster relief have been pledged to the island by hawaii's governor. one in 12 children is thought to persistently hear voices that in reality aren't there, and now new research suggest the reaction of adults can affect the voices they

and today's last game between switzerland and serbia keep you up to date with the reaction from kaliningrad. and the other games this friday nigeria beat iceland to register their first points of the tournament while brazil and ended costa rica's world cup dreams later on we've got the highlights on the analysis for you coming up. host cities in russia have welcomed thousands of fans from all around the world our correspondents have been finding out about the world cup experiences. i. and in other news iran warns is on the brink of exiting the hard won nuclear deal that was struck back in twenty fifty describing the accord is being in intensive care in the u.s. down. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me we've got all the world news updates for you coming up but first it's football. hello and welcome to ask i live in studio above red square where the sun is starting to set a partridge and i am alexa garces two we've got all the latest from the twenty eighteen world cup right here in russia well the second half it is just about to get underway in friday's final game