petersburg. >> yes, rob. so, today, st.sburg is one of the top tourist destinations in the world and a unesco world heritage site, but it wasn't always so. in fact, in 1703, it was just a small swedish village in the middle of marshlands freshly conquered by the then-29-year-old czar, peter i, who would later come to be known as peter the great, the czar who forever changed the course of russian history. ♪ one of the most active and celebrated russian czars, peter the great wanted to modernize russia and build a model european city, a center for education, culture and the arts. named st. petersburg after his patron saint, he dreamed this new city would become the center of western civilization. he started by making st. petersburg the capital of russia, transferring the title from moscow. palaces, universities, and theaters soon lined the avenues of the city that is now consistently rated as one of the world's top tourist attractions. the cultural capital of russia, st. petersburg is home to 300 museums and 70 theaters. it g

petersburg, thank you. you can see more of her exclusive interview with putin on the debut on "sunday night with megyn kelly" this sunday at 7:00 p.m., 6:00 central on nbc. meanwhile, questions continue to swirl around a secret meeting meeting between president trump's son-in-law jared kushner and a russian banker. the white house and the bank told two different stories about the nature of that meeting. so nbc's keir simmons also in st. petersburg went face-to-face with that banker today and pressed him for answers. >> you're the subject of intense scrutiny in america because of your meeting with donald trump's son-in-law jared kushner. >> no comments about it. >> reporter: escaping our questions, the russian banker caught between the kremlin and trump white house. sergei gorkov who is close to president putin not wanting to talk about his secret meeting with president trump's son-in-law and top aide, jared kushner, in december. it's just a question of what happened in the meeting. >> no comments. >> was it

think federation's go may just be to draw to a close here in st petersburg but the celebrations there are only just getting underway for the host nation russia after they secured a two you know victory over new zealand in we have a game alongside me stan collymore stand we're going to take our viewers through the goal some glue should cough and polos start with a second goal which i think is really just finish he said it was a very good performance overall from from russia lots of pressure on the first game they were very poor in the european championships of course so they needed a good result to get the tournament into why paulo is there is he said with the finish very easy ball comes in from the rights and side bryza central striker it was an attacking we just need to get in the box to make sure that you can finish that off so very good room that was the second goal in terms of the first goal thought should dominate the play in the first twenty minutes good little lift of the goalkeeper that glue should cough after say feel a little bit sorry for the new zealand goalkeeper because

sitting in the center of st petersburg we got the rock n roll down says not too many of them but they are they lack in numbers that making up for it enthusiasm and stars also some ballerinas a bit more classical celebration lots to be cheerful about here in the venice of the north there was a suitable victory for russia revenue zealand in the opening match of the she's confederations cup alongside me former superstar at liverpool must in villa strike a stanley column or stan we have goals that we from palos gulf talk a city action yes it is a fantastic performance from start to finish from the russian national team under a great deal of pressure it's fair to say as well this is the second goal in the second off paul was just hanging around at the far post when you get the ball down that right hand side all you do is gamble as a striker or as an attacking midfielder so he was very simply there just to see him and that sealed the deal the first one was for me very very good pressing pushed off just to lift over the goalkeeper you just see there a little bit of a melee on the line one or

the sun is setting here in st petersburg but on the bright side it means a very shortly we'll be ushering in the dawn of a major football championship joint myself in a few minutes time we'll be talking all things confederations cup. and i welcome good evening watching r.t. international it's just turned ten o'clock here in moscow. russia's defense ministry has released images showing the aftermath of air strikes believed to have killed the leader of islamic state baghdadi the pictures do show have an eyesore command center near the syrian city of rock a look before the russian airstrikes and also afterwards the assault is believed to have killed up to thirty eisel commanders and hundreds of fighters at the terror group's so-called military council officials are still verifying the reports about baghdad these deaths as yet there's been no official confirmation. of course i heard reports on the elimination of all baghdad but i still have no one hundred percent confirmation of this. what the u.s. says it's not been able to confirm either the death of the head of the terror group either. joi

hit the jackpot today because it is absolutely sensational here in the palace square here in st petersburg and i think everybody's a winner today watching the football or not now are these correspond to he's going to be keeping a close eye on the game or is this russia new zealand go through those final nervous moments of preparation at st petersburg stadium ls cross live to tens of thousands of fans of a ride for the game hundred. thousands hundreds thousands of more still to come but the rest of the totem and huge pressure is on for russia as the host country. guys hi to you from outside the senate's iran which you can see behind me i'll tell you what i was here exactly one hundred days ago and it was cold it was empty it still looked pretty much as a construction site but here we are with all these massive crowds of fans it is happening at a st petersburg the weather is awesome and you know what this feeling is just really running through my bones and ok guys i really do have an excuse for being so psyched about it and our confort a ration scalloped r.t.t. before i'm the only russian an

petersburg economic forum. matt: erik schatzker there in st. petersburg with jean raby.up in the program, fair weather friends. china and the e.u. unite in criticism of trump's climate change decision at a summit in brussels. pun?ou get the i think it is pretty good. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: european open." i'm matt miller in london. we are seeing gains across the board on the equity indexes. capping the week with gains as well. let's dig deeper into the trade and get your may movers with nejra cehic. nejra: we're seeing moves off the back by analyst rewriting's. this develops cables for the energy and telecoms industries. raised to a buy at goldman from neutral. earlier this was gaining as much as 4%. now we are seeing it gaining by the most since mid-march. elektalso seeingelek gaining. &m,the downside, looking at b down almost 3.4%. this seems to be about the share placing. we are told the placing shares told at -- [indiscernible] courtshipe.u.-china ramps up today. they are joining forces in support of the paris climate accord, s

the ratio may just be to draw to a close here in st petersburg russia after they secured a two you know victory over new zealand and they have a game alongside me and call them all stand we're going to take our viewers through the goals of the first goal for the russia dominated play in the first twenty minutes really good little lift of the goalkeeper there. after say feel a little bit sorry for the new zealand goalkeeper because he was very good throughout the game ball comes in from the rights and side bryza central striker as an attacking midfielder you just need to get in the box to make sure that you can finish off so very good run that was the second goal ok we also we were not a great day really into speaking to to the top players and we grabbed a few moments with the guys themselves from the russian team after their victory here's what they had to say it was huge first of all we play for our fans and i think today we made them happy i think it was a good game but the most significant thing is that we won everything else is less important doubling you sure you steve that we lear

that michigan going to be in the tournament in st petersburg sixty. hostile russian crowds. new zealand creates you know the answer is yes koshi and there's literally no point us being there if we don't believe we can beat russia they're also negative stories about russia in the press or use a manager as a culture for. expecting to see in russia. well i went there for the joy in november and i enjoyed it we were in cars and and the event was good the people are very friendly professional the tone of this going to be really well run stadiums are unbelievable and and i hope hopefully you know this and we go you know good good atmosphere at the games but i'm looking forward to certainly not me focused on the any negativity around the tournament. ok we told you we would bring you the big guests here on our team international and here is their income much bigger than this one welcome to news that the head of russia's will cup balkanizing committee member it is a lot of attention on the teams of course for them to perform today i would imagine it's also quite a lot of pressure on

here in st petersburg russia. this is r.t. international. news center in moscow saturday afternoon at five pm it's three pm in london which is where we're going to start right now developments there outside downing street a crowd converged for may must go protesters calls grow for the u.k. prime minister to quit many see her position as untenable following not only her party's election upset but ten days ago but also her reaction to wednesday's graham tower block disaster in which at least thirty people have died the protesters say conservative government policies are ultimately to blame for that tragedy and i said it's an added impetus to the protest against a reason maze we can government which is taking place right now and why told it's as close as they can get to downing street. honest to say a chuckle is that what's happening where you are. the love colinet indignation is really freaking me out here here if you can just take a look at all of this area outside ten downing street talks with people who have come out here to see to protest

petersburg showdown. as the russia investigation heats up at home, russia's president, vladimir putin, doubling down with nbc's megyn kelly just an hour ago on defense over meddling in the 2016 election. >> even president trump has said now that he believes russia did it. it's not just people who don't want president trump in the office. and the difference between the hacking and the -- >> translator: oh, come on. once again. >>> follow the money. new reports the trump administration sought to drop sanctions against russia. its ties to jared kushner and his undisclosed meetings with the head of russia's state bank. nbc's keir simmons just talked to the russian banker a short time ago. >>> up in smoke. president trump versus the world after he announces the united states is out of the paris climate accord. today, a dramatic response from around the globe. >> we all share the same responsibility. make our planet great again. >>> good friday, everyone. craig melvin here in new york. we start with that breaki

petersburg is our colleague, megyn kelly.ad the opportunity to talk with russian president vladimir putin. she pressed him on several issues including whether had there was an agreement with the u.s. to ease economic sanctions. >> yeah, that's right. president putin denied, denied .denied again. he denied that the russian government was involved in hacking. he denied that the russians intervened in the u.s. elections and he denies there was any type of trump transition team in the idea of lifting sanctions. take a listen. >> that is just absurd what they're saying. i don't know where these people have come from that distribute this kind of information. my answer is no, no agreements whatever. we never even got down to that. >> and in the next hour, dara, we'll have more from st. petersburg looking in depth in that putin interview. meanwhile, president putin himself has left the conference here. you can see think of it, dara, as a kind of opening act if you like. we expect president putin to meet with president trump at the g-

petersburg with one of modi's top advisers. take it away. >> absolutely. thank you very much indeed for that. let me introduce the joint secretary for economic diplomacy at the indian ministry of external affairs. thank you for being with us here. let me start by asking you what you think the benefit of putting prime minister modi on the same platform as president putin is at this stage. >> i think one -- this year happens to be the 70th year of diplomatic relations between india and russia. russia has been an old friend for india. our relationships have always been close. this is a jgesture, it's a summt level meeting. it's happening at an opportune time. does it mean a deepening of business ties between the two countries? what beyond defense technology do you and the russians trade in? >> the whole purpose of this visit over the last few years in india has been participating. it has been to diversify engagement. we would like it to happen at a different level. that's the reason why every year for the last three years we have seen increased indian partici

we are in st petersburg as we bring you our continued coverage of the biggest international football event of the year there are eight teams fighting it out to try win the confederations cup for russian cities as we heard there playing host to the games tens of thousands of fans of come to watch we being give me the alongside me thank ali moore never notice we are here our job basically make sure you don't miss any of the action so let's do just that that's what people want isn't it stan is goal so let's bring in the highlights russia to new zealand no match they want yes a very solid performance overall lot of expectation on the russian nation and perhaps a little bit down on the team after the disastrous european championship campaign but it was bright it was lloyd. from pretty much the first whistle to the last night against new zealand you see there goes your cough is actually given as an own goal a really good all this was robbed of the goalkeeper and then small of just does what all good strikers do they hang around the six yard box hoping for the ball to come in you see the pr

developing story next for you investigators looking into the st petersburg metro bombing back in april say the attack and his accomplices used their controversial encrypted messaging service to plan and carry out the atrocities scott says repercussions for want to use this kind of thing that if a train has a cross it's morning and they would have the f.s.b. the security service here in russia said kevin i again well first of all we know that telegram is a messaging app that both outstanding levels of privacy whether it's encryption facilities where the secret chats now almost three months ago a suicide bomber. killed fifteen people in the st petersburg metro system and the investigation into that now got to the point when the russian federal security service are saying that on all stages for the preparation of this attack the man who carried it out and also anyone who supported him or aided him both in and abroad or using another thing government is saying is that all the encrypting features of telegram with all that. become the most widely used messaging app by the terrorist organizat

the beautiful game is really popular in st petersburg right across the city but there's a historical significance as well here because football matches were held during the time of the nazi siege in the second world war months before that sees the authorities actually suspended the matches obviously because of the fighting but later despite the hunger despite the bombings and devastation they decided they had to play football no matter what. it was a long past i tried to hit the ball but i was knocked off my feet one of the players even couldn't take the field. so the second game of that sort of gets under way at about an hour and a half hours time and it's going to be big name school next. all of the attention i would say is going to be christiane or another is it going to stay if you can think of a lot of factors in play for example if you get injured it's a disaster for any club looking to suddenly be surprised to see the place well what another ten million on a promise of a very pricey. close eight hundred ninety million pounds nobody's going to really stick least thirty two year

federation's got they just we have to draw to a close here in st petersburg russia after they secured to you know victory over new zealand and they have again alongside me stan collymore stan we're going to take our viewers through the goals of who is a very good performance overall from from russia lots of pressure on them the first game they were very poor in the european championships of course so they needed a good result to get the tournament underway paulo's there is he said with the finish very easy ball comes in from the rights and so it was a central striker always in attack and we just need to get in the box to make sure that you can finish off so very good room after say feel a little bit sorry for the new zealand goalkeeper because he was very good throughout the game but just that little thing called the goalkeeper sees the ball in the back of the net and the hosts were open running. ok we also got a great day really into speaking to to the top players and we grabbed a few moments with the guys themselves from the russian team after their victory here's what they had to s

new investigators looking into this in petersburg metro bought me in april say as a compass is used to controversial encrypted messaging service to plan and carry out the atrocity it can tell us about this across. these kind of concerns we raised before but let's talk about what the federal security service is as come up a lot of they said this morning well kevin first of all telegraph it is a messaging app that boasts outstanding levels of privacy and is of course what they're encryption secret chats if we go back to the terrorist attack in st petersburg that happened almost three months. to go back then the suicide bomber killed fifteen people in the st petersburg metro system and the investigation now got to a point when the russian federation security services are saying that all stages of the operation about attack the suicide bomber and also any other perpetrators any other people who assisted him both in russia and abroad or using a telegram to do that what the f.s.b. are also saying is that with all its encryption features is the most widely used messaging by terrorist organiza

so we've seen a bright sunny day here in st petersburg and a very positive sunny outlook for the host nation well don't know if you're reading some of the international media coverage of the build up to the competition for example today there was an article published in the new zealand herald that was talking about things that we've heard many many times already about things that have happened in russia the have been incidents of racism and games that have been incidents of hooliganism saying at the last major championship they're saying though that russia should not have the chance to host any major told and because it is a fair comment because these things have also happened in italy it happened in england they've happened in france nil you don't have to justify anything quite simply football hooliganism happens where. ultras into clothes into national teams and maim the whole paul hopwood with england over many many years and it took a long time for england to shake off that you know the european championships last year there were french or. english really good and there were some

has been a very long day here in st petersburg are not complaining that it's now turning tonight and if you stay with us with our coverage here on our to international you understand something well worth it for you lots of analysis lots of gets more then coming up this hour let's start though with the action from match day one russia to he zealand millis get the goal stand tall course there. is a very solid performance tried by the russian national team there's a lot of pressure on them coming into the game this is the second goal and quite simple topping as it turned you have to get yourself in the box to get that little bit of look so when the ball is which you know from watching saw you. close just finishing off a little tough for the rest of. our lights for them from a little bit further. and then pushed off often assume a fantastic goal because it was the press in that started that move from the russian national team allowed them to get into the position to just think of the new zealand goalkeeper the i thought a very very good guy and that set that we shouldn't national team of

petersburg is just one instance. a surveillance camera recorded a family dispute that turned savage. ekaterina: he suddenly came around the corner, and raised his arm to hit my friend. she managed to dodge him and ran off to get help. i held on to the railing. he grabbed my hair, pushed me down the stairs, and slammed my head against the asphalt. then he started kicking me. >> in this case, as in many, it was ekaterina's own husband. he had waited 40 minutes for her in the stairwell. after the attack, she took pictures of her injuries on her mobile phone, images of a hellish marriage. ekaterina: i was totally covered with bruises. there was a bruise here, a hematoma there, and on my back, too. i still have marks on my arms to this day. >> ekaterina met eduard in 2003. at first, the relationship was harmonious. but then he lost his job and started drinking. after that came the first episodes of violence. ekaterina: once, he hit me in the elevator, right on my nose with his knuckles. i had to have surgery. i reported t

that has forty five thousand seats versus sixty eight thousand seats and st petersburg. it's not only going to be a stadium of cool in the confederations cup but there are going to be for you guys for the world started here next year maybe when i got there you know the cheer was a very good metro station across the road so the facilities look at. these. and looking great you can look out the architecture you can see the diamond shape status because of the spar tag emblem it's actually a little diamond red and white with a little s. there now speaking of the arena itself it's the only confederations cup arena that was specifically built for football in the first place because the one in cars on that was initially for the university a twenty third teeing then the fish stadium and saw that was built initially for the winter olympic games in two thousand and fourteen while the one in st petersburg it saw the first official matches just a couple of months ago but this is a read on behind my shoulder it's been hosting the home games of f.c. spartak moscow for at least two and

petersburg tonight, megyn? >> reporter: it was an eye-opening exchange with a defiant president putin today. he denied russian involvement with the hacking and interference with the u.s. presidential election and that changed this week and the story appears to be evolving yet again. >> translator: hackers can be anywhere. they can be in russia, in asia, even in america, latin america. they can even be hackers, by the way, in the united states. very skillfully and professionally shifted the blame, as we say, on to russia. can you imagine something like that in the midst of a political battle. by some calculations it was convenient for them to release this information, so they released it siting russia. could you imagine something like that? i can. >> reporter: not just americans but he suggested perhaps the cia was behind the hacking situation, likening this one to that involving the jfk assassination and conspiracy theories surrounding that. we went on to discuss his contacts and those of the kremlin with micha

petersburg.hanks, mark. payment processor is making its first major purchase in over a decade. for $750 million the company is buying car connect, one of the distribution partners that runs small to medium transactions. let's get more from frank, a veteran of the thinking industry. 2004.major deal since talk to us about the timeline of the deal and why now? >> card connect, i have known them since i came to the company , talked to them, talked to them the whole time and been friends and partners. watched them transform their company as we were transforming hours. watched leadership innovate and bring technology and we thought it was a perfect time to bring the two companies together, the opportunity of expansion of the platform is a fabulous opportunity. vonnie: what does the acquisition bring to first data? innk: we had an investor day late fourth quarter, actually the first investor day in 10 years for this company. this company made a lot of progress over the past that throw years and we said

petersburg economic form.heresa may gets lambasted by other party leaders for her decision to skip a televised debate a week away from the election. will it matter to voters or have traders priced in a may majority here question mark we are less than half an hour away from the start of european trading. let's take a look at futures. little change on the dax index urostoxx upu do see er cnd the ftse and cap up -- ca up. take a look at what we see happening in forex. the aussie dollar is dead, the british pound is bid create after caution data out of china that goes the way of the positive pmi data that we saw yesterday, telling two different tales and the pound we're watching very closely ahead of this u.k. election. also if you take a look at the commodities, you can see that lean hogs are ripping faith might you love your pork here in britain and in germany. 2.5% and we do a c -- we do see a big move in bonds. this blackbox mean it -- means it is more than three standard deviations away from the average. if y

a slightly wet but always warm welcome to st petersburg where we bring you our continuing coverage of the biggest international football event of the year eighteenth fighting it out for the confederations cup for russian cities playing host to the vanities tens of thousands of fans have come we'll come away just the two of us here to make sure you do not miss out on any of the action stan collymore the expert alongside me stan what the football fans love more than thing else goals bring them to us russia to new zealand from their yes very solid start boy their house it was knee deep the russian sporting probably could get a little bit down on their rightly so after a disappointing european championships last summer in france but i started like you trying there were peppering the new zealand go with shots and one glass you coughed it lifted it over the news even goalkeeper and turf the ball into the back of the net the russian saw you were. small off of a really good season last season we present to the president was happy it could have been three perhaps four which might have flocked

but speaking to the bbc‘s mani djazmi in st petersburg alexey sorokin completely rejected the story.o be some kind of bias which we occasionally see in some media but we have a very clear factual a nswers media but we have a very clear factual answers for this. doping, we do not think it is an issue, particularly with russian players. because they are tested by uefa, fifa, in every tournament. in terms of racism, how would you regard whole stadiums in saint petersburg and cameroon during a game against australia, if i remember correctly. how is that racist? this tournament proved to be a success in many regards but in this regard in particular. all the fans‘ testimony that we read and hear are positive about the atmosphere and the welcome they received in russia and we were happy about it. serena williams has responded to john mcenroe's claims that she wouldn't be good enough to beat the men's player ranked as low as 700 in the world. the 23 time singles grand slam champion who is currently away from the court expecting her first child later this year has recently taken to twitter wi

a slightly wet but always warm welcome to st petersburg where we bring you our continuing coverage of the biggest international football event of the year eighteenth fighting it out for the confederations cup for russian cities playing host of the vanities tens of thousands of fans have come we'll come away just the two of us here to make sure you do not miss out on any of the action stan collymore the expert alongside me stan what the football fans love more than thing else goals bring them to us russia to new zealand from there yes a very solid start by the house it was knee deep the russian sporting public has been a little bit down on their rightly so after a disappointing european championships last summer in france but i started like a train there were peppering the new zealand grow week shots and one glitch she coughed it lifted it over the news even goalkeeper and turf the ball into the back of the net the russian soyuz. small off at a really good season last season we crossed with a top team looks very simple doesn't it when the ball is ripped from the right i'm sorry you hav

the guys later but we'll go back to some petersburg now we can talk to alexander sackhoff who is. also russia's all time. top scorer for the national team he joins us in russia's northern capital now welcome to r.t. sale stadium looks pretty magnificent i want to ask you first if i may about the opening game russia versus new zealand achilles the cat was a little hesitant how do you rate russia's chances. well first of all. i'm happy to welcome all of you to our wonderful city you can see the weather is nice and everything is ready for the kickoff of my cast for the opening match. on like. you don't have any hesitation so i feel confident that russia will win today we'll beat new zealand and we'll start our path to qualifying from our group. which of the games are you looking forward to the most in the group stages. it was nice to see a much well to me all the games will be interesting of course i'll be rooting for russia first and foremost our next match vs portugal will be the decisive game for us. what's your impression of the atmosphere so far june summer in some petersburg co

over their use by terrorists those investigators make a key find in the same petersburg metro bombing probe that's among the stories still ahead on r.t. . lead. our. lives. the feeling of freedom. every the world should experience. and you'll get the old world. the old according to a just. world come along for the ride. thirty minutes into the program welcome back italy's center right parties have delivered a blow to the country's ruling center left party winning more than half of the my world lections in twenty five provincial capitals let's go live now to our to charlotte dubin ski to get more reaction to this high charlotte yeah it was one of the last real vocal tests wasn't it before next year's general election which is due to happen before may at some stage what might be results signify do you think. well it's really interesting when you look at the results because as you say this looks like a resoundingly victory for center right parties and a big blow to the ruling democratic party which is the center left coalition now what we've seen in this is that many of the winners who w

now if who are a member almost three months ago a suicide bomber killed fifteen people in the st petersburg metro system and the investigation has got to a point when the russian federal security service are saying all the preparations stages of the attack. and assisted him both in and abroad use telegram i don't think the security service is saying that with all its encryption features telegram has become the. most widely used messaging app among terrorist organizations in this country because it's not just up the road. as well it's a big headache for a lot of governments around the world and then there's of course the general public that's got nothing to do with terrorists and they have generally praised the new level of privacy that absolute telegram now have to offer the governments are on high alert and they're absolutely not happy with the loopholes that are left by the encryption and perhaps they got the right for that because at least two research organizations have published reports that in the past year at least one hundred times jihadi organizations used telegram but of course th

petersburg. >> reporter: tonight in st. petersburg, russia, a rare public sighting of the russian banker whose secret meeting with president trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, is now a focus of an fbi investigation. but the banker, sergey gorkov, trained as a spy, refused to answer questions from abc news about what he and kushner talked about. the meeting under investigation took place as gorkov ran the russian bank's branch office in new york, after the election, and came at a time that the kushner family was racing to raise money for its real estate business. >> i think the question has to be asked, was this about you trying to get financing for your troubled real estate that you have in new york city? >> reporter: the troubled real estate is this skyscraper on fifth avenue, the 666 building, >> they borrowed $1.3 billion. that loan has to be paid back in two years. >> reporter: the white house says the meeting between kushner and gorkov was about u.s.-russia relations and arranged by the russian ambassador. the bank say

sarah rainsford reports from st petersburg.up kicks off a fortnight of football here this is where people can watch the games on the giant screen over there. it is also where they can come for all sorts of activities, people shooting goals, five aside football. this event is not only about the fun or event is not only about the fun or even just another football. for russia, this is a warmup for the world cup next year and the fancier, for one, say they are ready. football is like... a big culture in our country. we are so proud of our footballers. so this cup is very important for us because it is one more chance to win for our team. important for us because it is one more chance to win for our teamm isa more chance to win for our teamm is a good atmosphere here in his opening match in the confederations cup. in the run—up to this event, however, there had been concerns over security in russia and questions about racism in the game and hooliganism. last summer in france, russian hooligans were among those facing running battles

now our team of experts new harvey and stan collymore in st petersburg at the moment and look back at the best moment so far the confederation . a slightly wet but always warm welcome to say in petersburg where we bring you walking triggering coverage of the biggest international football. events of the eighteenth fighting it out for the confederations cup for russian cities playing host to the vanities tens of thousands of fans have come we'll come away just the two of his hands make sure you do not miss out on any of the action stan collymore the expert alongside me stan what the football fans love woman thing else goals bring them to us russia to new zealand from the yes very solid start boy the house it was me the russian sporting public a bit a little bit down on their rightly so after a disappointing european championships last summer in france but i started like you trying there were peppering the new zealand go with shorts and one push you coughed it lifted it over the news even goalkeeper and turf the ball into the back of the net the russian saw you were running small off at

we are in sunny st petersburg what a beautiful day when the venice of the north praties coverage of the confederations cup russia. we call white. in the morning in the u.k. this saturday the seventeenth of june review watching us for a warm welcome to our international with me. first today our top story again from london thousands of protesters of march they're demanding justice and help be given to the victims of the grenfell fire angry crowds blame the conservative government and its austerity policies for the tragedy that happened in that apartment block fishel death toll now has reached thirty but it six specter to rise much further with up to seventy people still unaccounted for. i i i i. i i i. a ha. ha ha over the course of this demonstration this mosque this march we managed to speak to some very very angry people i believe that people get to go home in the gym tonight but there are people who have to sleep on the floor i mean the event is. now do you know everything and everything we need people. in life he told for centuries decades it's not about now it's about every minute t

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welcome back to the program investigators are looking into the sim petersburg metro bombing in april say the attacker and his accomplices used the controversial encrypted messaging service to plan and carry out the atrocity kevin only got more details earlier from correspondent in the a patrik. the telegram messaging app is famous for its outstanding levels of privacy with all the encryption but the secret chats just to remind you almost three months ago a suicide bomber killed fifteen people in the st petersburg metro and the investigation into that got to the point when the russian federal security service are saying that at all stages of the preparation both the attacker and whoever assisted him in russia and abroad were using telegram another thing that they are saying is that telegram with all its encryption features has become the most widely used app by terrorist organizations in russia when it comes to messaging now just a little earlier russia's communications regulator ross called zoar said that it could be days away from blocking telegram russian authorities have demanded

and russian investigators say the perpetrators of the same petersburg metro bombing in april used the encrypted messaging service telegram to plan and carry out the atrocity. very good afternoon for me kevin i we just turned one in the afternoon here in moscow this is an international if you just choose our top story the conflict in syria has taken a dangerous new turn over the past weekend with the israeli military bombing syrian government troops for the second time in as many days a middle east correspondent paula sleeze got the latest from tel aviv. israelis claim that these strikes are in retaliation for cross border shelling from the syrian military earlier this morning monday they were again reports that idea of tanks had fired across the border after another round of mortar fire from syria landed in the israeli side of the golan heights but the israeli army has since said that these reports of foles however regarding the earlier two incidents of syrian shells landing in israel there's been no proof that in fact it was the syrian military that fired those shells damascus has sa

suicide bomber in st petersburg killed fifteen people in the investigation into that has got to the point where the russian federal security service are saying that all in all the stages of the preparation for that attack the bomber himself and anyone who assisted him both in russia and abroad they were using tar graham and also they're saying that telegram with all its encryption features right now has become the most widely used by terrorist organizations in russia now just a little earlier russia's communications regulator said that it could be days away from blocking telegram the russian authorities demanded that the telegram team share the chats and the crypto keys with them if and when requested to which he. said no and he said that he thinks that privacy and the right to what is more important than the fear of terrorism. will look different people are going to look different views will come down either way but it does bring up this whole thing about privacy versus security. the coast is not just telegram there are others as well that a guess could conceivably be used by terrorists

petersburg as the economic form continues.will be joined by the finance minister and in a rare appearance, ivan -- glasenberg. you can run tv on your terminal and have that in the top right-hand side. interesting to see what ivan will say about the world. a little bit of breaking news on barclays. yesterday you may recall that barclays is [inaudible] the goes up to 33.7%. sell, they are holding down to new 50%. they took a right down in the first quarter of 840 -- 884 million pounds. we understand or sky sources say that the south african government may well buy a large proportion of the shares. 33.7%, they have upped the at 33.7%.om 22% , what have we got for you? we will bring you an exclusive interview of the owner of britain's independent evening standard. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it has gone 8:16 a.m. in berlin. it is a beautiful day at the brandenburg eight. -- gate. let's get straight back to ergsia and st. petersb international economic form. erik schatzker is there. the publisher of the evening standard. the e

petersburg. not florida, st. petersburg russia.conomic forum that was put together in 1997. and005 mr. putin showed up it was a must attend. all that changed with ukraine and crimea. it has become a very different summit. erik schatzker is there with an important guest. erik: i'm here with mr. putin's economy minister. this. begin with russia's agreement with opec to extend oil production cuts as far has failed to lift prices. if prices don't rise from current levels, of how much goodwill that agreement be to the economy? >> it is not failed at all. if you look at the price levels we saw a year ago, they were much lower. the agreement is already +++ reach. we are targeting tighter short-term end of the curve. i do not understand why in the midterm long-term -- what is the strategy of those hedge funds from the show producers for one year. erik: which risk specifically? >> those funds that are on the other side of the yield from the hedging are taking huge risks. erik: is that your expectation? that once this extension is over oil p