of what they were hoping to do was to come out of it with a lot of pride and if you walk around red square now you see the guys playing football lots of russian flags painted on cheeks lots of rossi. they've lived this woke up to woke up as love them and people have come to the will cope having had the house nation enjoyed themselves as well as found some of the countries. to do a shot super twenty a from the forthcoming guy you know irish fun for fun is about twenty pounds which is about two hundred rubles. needs a ticket can we help him it's going to be terrible when tickets ago we focus on this in four hundred pounds. twenty back good english can twenty pounds no. longer. since you know i'm sorry but i. thank you i'm here at the us tell us what it says something about that right. to live life or put it live joy we played with each other aston villa for two or three years he had the double bonus of not just being australian book from croatian heritage so he could go over whites the final knock at my beloved england in the why. fantastic guy we haven't worked together for twenty five year

top and to see quite incredible some places with its policies and its squares pretty much like red square full with fans of different countries and cultures that happened. but after cyprus the most powerful. russian city in terms of what it meant to me was to follow my country to volgograd in one thousand nine hundred eighty one of the bloodiest battles mankind raised for seven months in what was then known as stalling grads in front of the mother russia statutes it commemorates not loss i'm here to support my country here in russia. to pay our respects. has been incredibly sobering experience here in volgograd seeing the it's a no fly zone seeing the respect the people from around the world of shown this quite incredible city. russia has kofi for they have qualified for the second stage of the free for all cup and they slant would have been mightily prayer the great they have yes they only cocaine for ever to win the battle door means large. pieces. the situation to say russia big spy in a more russian producer is why it's my left masha jumping for joy in my spanish project that he's had

i have long wanted to see red square. the general secretary very kindly took me out. i not only got to see it, but walk in it and meet some -- >> how are the talks going so far? >> just fine. >> do you still think they are an evil empire, mr. president? >> no. >> why not? >> are you happy? [ foreign language ] >> eliminating chemical weapons, reducing our dependency -- we discussed that with the president. [ foreign language ] >> just like space men seem to be routine, your visits seem to become regular. [ foreign language ] >> we are the two nations with the greatest achievements in space exploration. -- launch a mission project together. [ foreign language ] >> we have our space people looking at that right now. our schedule has been upset and set back because of the challenger tragedy. i can't talk to you and... and the ability to come together like that. there will be several pages --[ foreign language ] [ laughter ] >> i have asked our scientific people to look into this, to see if this is a possibility for us. [ foreign language ] [ applause ] >> esteemed mr. pr

super into their football and from day one when we met at a club just of the back saw it there if red square we met colombians came here thirty thousand of them argentinians twenty five thousand previous up to fifty thousand and to get on the metro with local russians to talk to them about moscow about some of the great cities we've been through and to see these fans enjoying russia and russia are enjoying them will live with me for a long long time. and over the years on this time khaled mashal done without being too russian area a dozen times going backwards and forwards doing to abuse. my hope was to say the mosque in the cathedral with lots of football fans around me because i'm not happened to see quite incredible some petersburg with its policies in its square is pretty much like red square full with fans of different countries and cultures that happened. but after cyprus the most powerful. russian city in terms of what it meant to me was to follow my country england to volgograd. in one thousand nine hundred eighty one of the bloodiest battles mankind raised for seven months in what w

i have long wanted to see red square and the general secretary very kindly took me out.ot only saw it, i got to walk in it and to meet some of your people. >> how far are the talks? how are the talks going so far? >> just fine. >> you still think you're in an evil empire, mr. president? >> no. >> why not? >> well -- >> are you happy? >> another time, another era. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the problems of producing strategic confidence -- [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> space missions seem to have become routine. your visits also to become regular. i said to the president that our two great families, nations that have the greatest achievements in space exploration, let us launch an undertaking, a project of a mission to mars together. [ speaking foreign language ] >> and we have some experience of joint cooperation and the president -- [ speaking foreign language ] >> we have our scientists. i'm not a scientist. we have our space people looking at that right now. our schedule has been, as you know, upset and set back because of the ch

this is red square filled with the flags of croatia and the french as well.h there have been fans from both teams and all over the world. are you confident? yes. 1-0, 0k. even though france are the favourites? france today, cry and go home. you have just heard favourites? france today, cry and go home. you havejust heard it, the french will be crying today apparently. i have heard the french are extremely confident, one man telling me he had taken his french flag to the world cup in france in 1998 and he was confident 20 years later it will be france taking the cup home this time again. kind of build up for the match itself, russia got knocked up, is it still a major event from russia? it is. you have just seen some of the images on red square, it is normally full of tourists, but not from 32 countries, so tourists, but not from 32 countries, so many visitors, from all over the world. given that the state of political relations between russia and the west has been so dire, i have seen a real falloff in the number of tourists coming, particularly from western

yes a very warm welcome from our skyline overlooking the red square our special studio here in moscow we have had indeed the privilege of following all the world cup action the last thirty two days from here we've had joe same bring you here peter schmeichel so many famous guests. yes but not least i hope you know that the world cup is over because the taking away all t.v. the sheeple think that she's on the dismantling the studio so why we're here you ask me well you know the party plenty then it doesn't and you know abruptly it kind of slowly so we're going to fizzle and they're all still some things i think to show you will show you some of the highlights of the tournament even the phones i've seen going on to red square the people savoring the final moments before they have to go home it all ended of course with an emotional ride with a forward to victory the front seven moscow's luzhniki stadion this is what it meant to the phones. yeah i'm not sure how much work there is going to be. today but what a final it was on sunday evening here in moscow for the final score you have to g

red square with theirflags and centre of moscow and red square with their flags and their songs ander both sides, not quite a football match but an encounter between fans. let's get a sense of the mood. just tell us, this is a huge match for both of you, your expectations this time?|j huge match for both of you, your expectations this time? i am really scared, it is a great game and i hope we win, whatever it takes as long as we win, i am happy. we are going to win. we are going to win. very confident for colombia, what about england, it is a young side, the country watching a waiting, what will happen? it is coming home. we have a young team, they look excited. confidence, confident. have a young team, they look excited. confidence, confidentlj have a young team, they look excited. confidence, confident. i am a lot more nervous. i don't know. it is tight. just got to hope we get the results. the next opponent for whoever wins this will be sweden, how do you fancy your chances against sweden? i don't know, i don't necessarily like the way they play. they don't have the beautiful gam

all right well let's head back to kate partridge in our skylines studio overlooking red square on another desk to talk about world cup twenty eight days on the final right ahead. how they you know yes thank you very much indeed i'm delighted to be joined by electricity king who's the twenty eighteen russia c.e.o. he's basically the judge what he's put all of the sound side of alexei people are saying it's the best well cup ever i didn't finish batting well that's the first that i. have been part of as organizers so it's hard to compare but if we're happy to have a lot of positive feedback a lot of positive reaction in the social media. facebook instagram all kinds of accounts that worried that we're happy that russia became home for many fans and players. so how it's all panned out right now just one much away in that it is all over how does it live up to your expectations but everything that we planned has been implemented successfully implemented all the little and big things that we had in mind worked very well and id free transport. free shuttles you name it so we did not we're quite

can say we have the beautiful kremlin and red square be hauling balls and she's made my way super excited but it strikes first one france against belgium the lowlands again. before nine hundred ninety eight both knocked out south american opposition what she confronts for us well france not of the tournament like real champions i was lucky to get that result to win against australia they've built themselves explode to get saddam hussein and did what they had to do against europe why they're looking very very good build must be feeling bulletproof you talked about south american countries they knocked out the favorites in brazil so they must think that they can beat anyone big decision for a bit about the belgium manager who is he going to play got a tactical right against brazil does he stick with the same table does he get a little bit different but from a i still think france about the edge be decision for de shams as well midfield as you bring about maturity well if you stick with. talented teams i think france will take it out how important is this for the premier league's of the last

and while a chariot see through a team match involving stars of the game has been held in red square for dissipating was the captain of west germany s and nine hundred ninety world cup winning side and that's russian midfielder alexander must avoid thinking was organized by the naked hard foundation which helps children with disabilities and we spoke to those taking part. you have seen children participates their emotions how it helps them become a part of this policy this is the best stone or a reward. needed to prove that you can start because of that but i like that i can be here and help and also play here on red square that's the thing to remember i'm really glad supporters to put in such an event be part of the free food world cup which as it seems to me. it is absolutely fantastic. i'm so proud of the scene russia i'm so sorry that i seem to have played the son fast food bowl i think they conquered the hearts of the biggest skeptics about russian football and know what this actually how something for days really important because now thousands of boys and girls will want to wi

i mean, youjust seen some of the images here in red square. ly full of frozen but not usually from 32 countries. an extraordinary moment in russia. the many visitors and tourists from all over the world. given that the state of political relations between russia and the west has been so dire in recent years. seen a realfall of an number of tourists coming here, particularly from western europe, for example. this last month, this whole square in many of the host cities have been filled with foreigners. it is extraordinary reaction between russians and foreigners. people talking about football, talking about their lives and talking a bit about politics. and i think it has been a real eye—openerfor many and i think it has been a real eye—opener for many people both for those visiting russia but also of course the russians visiting people from all over the world. let's talk about relations between russia and the west. the summit in helsinki tomorrow with president putin. how important is that? i think for russia it is hugely important. this is a mo

i'm in red square now, the sun is out, and hopefully i'll be still here sunday. you're a confident man! spur of the moment after the saturday result, we got really caught up with it and thought sod it. booked flights and then frantically trying to get tickets. managed to get them about an hour and a half ago. you've just got tickets? yeah. what a moment this is going to be for you, how are you feeling about it? i'm feeling a bit nervous. but quite excited. did you ever think england would get this far? never. i never thought at my tender age of 58 i'd ever see england at this stage again. and i cannot thank mr southgate and that young england team enough. operatic singing. england! come on england! well that was red square at lunchtime. you can imagine the atmosphere inside the stadium right now. i'll be back at ten — will gareth southgate's team be through to the world cup final? we'll know soon. that's all from us here in moscow for now. here on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. this is bbc news. the headlines... with less than one hour to

presented but i like that i can be here and help and also play red square that's the thing to remember i'm really glad to participate in such an event be pulled out of the free food world cup which as it seems to me is absolutely fantastic. i'm so proud of seeing russia i'm so proud that i seem to have played the son task for the goal i think they conquered the hearts of the biggest skeptics about russian football and know what this actually how something today is really important because now thousands of boys and girls will want will be motivated to take on this force and of course this way when it comes to young kids with special needs they're not an exception they also want to play football the world cup is going to have an impact on them from dish and could use this moment was called for said corliss behind. the last fifty years start from the beginning because in just four days and this is a very nice and a very good relationship and single same. abad who died each side from each other missing the world cup was very nice to know there's a lot of surprise to the syrians they doing

a nice little woman to that nice a team supporters played a friendly game with some russians on red square how many people get to do that we asked them what they thought about the championships of. oh yes. i came to russia wearing a spot. yes because i was told by would persist media in the first media fund on it's so i didn't know what to expect everything's been fantastic the border guards spoke in english they've been smiling people in the street will be think we suddenly under-representation i think a lot of our friends and family was laughing had said i was going and they think we have a good talk about the site for the message we had bought media in the u.k. said yeah you're going to get killed if you came to russia basically so you. know he's going to. do you think that maybe harry and i got model on our kind of our we should have had i think if anyone comes it probably will be prince how we may have maybe harry i know how it is a big england. maybe i'm not sure of my going molecules and so vocal yet maybe american so. i just i think if you. carry on making the grade demond all over

we see the arrival of president reagan and nancy reagan, a walking tour of red square, and the leader's remarks after a formal ceremony for the inf treaty. this is just under 30 minutes.

presidential library will see the arrival of president reagan and nancy reagan a walking tour of the red square and their remarks. this is just under 30 minutes. [ applause ]

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president but i like that i can be here and help and also play here on red square that's the thing toremember i'm really glad to post this to put in such an event be poets of the free food world cup which as it seems to me is absolute. the fantastic. i'm so proud of seeing russia i'm so proud that i seem to have played funtastic ford's role i think they conquered the hearts of the biggest skeptics about russian football and know what this actually how something the day's really important because now thousands of boys and girls will want will be motivated to take on this force and of course when it comes to young kids with special needs they're not an exception they also want to play for the gold and world cup is going to have an impact on them. this moment was for. the last fifteen years from the beginning. this is a very nice and a very good producer ship and. consists. of. each side from each other from the world cup was very nice to know there's a look of surprise. still in the street the same washington was in that thought i meant the quarterfinals maybe for many russians except.

football fans have been swarming to gum department store on moscow's red square. they want to buy official world cup merchandise from the fee for shop. like to buy the ball i like how it looks it's a cool design these are will be cool some cops are going to. have to vote children for the kids and my family and my friend to worship the one that mexicans pictured but it filled out. the crowds come face a bit of a white ill effect the six people are allowed into this small space at once. demand is high and so with the prices some shots cost over one hundred euros. if that's a bit steep there's a souvenir shop next door that sells russian dolls for just a few year writers some more affordable football much in dice. the world cup is a shopping spree for some people and the range of seaven is really is astonishing. wherever the ball goes the money comes to. fuck buddies the. we've had three times more tourists than usual. as of the vavasor knew something about his high turnover his only doubled since that she would occur because not all customers buy the most expensive

as over these past few weeks for both locals and tourists the world cup has turned red square green.and this is just the it's amazing that red square has been turned into a football pitch it's a special place for an event like this. to dozens of young footballers from across russia have been competing here traveling parents and relatives show this court. those without the shin pads can still get sporty with a spot of table football. was the. long queues built up outside the venues a small disadvantage of being part of the action but they know how to pass the time . steadily we russians have become closer than we used to be friendlier not just towards each other but to other people too everyone has a positive attitude towards football now was fearful there's a hold of the atmosphere here the success of our national team played a huge part in that border me. go. undefeated for hours this freestyle except you challenger the perfect setting for a kickabout i don't forget simple experience for those lucky enough to experience it. all right some tennis news now defending men's champion rog

>> i have long wanted to see the red square. and the secretary kindly took me out. i got to walk in it and meet some of your people. >> reporter: how far are the -- how are the talks going so far? >> fine. >> reporter: do you think we are still an evil empire, mr. president? >> no. >> reporter: why not? >> well -- [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: -- we discussed that with the president and we are discussing that with the experts. we would like to have you visit sometime, just like the space missions are routine, your visits also can become regular. mr. president, our two great nations have the greatest achievements in space exploration. let us launch another big project of a mission to mars together. so that reinforces us working together and we do have experience of joint -- [ inaudible ] >> i am not a scientist. we have our space people looking at that right now. our schedule has been, as you know, upset and set back because of the challenges. so i can't offhand say to you exactly where we are with the ability now to come together. >> translator: but t

presidential library will see the arrival of president reagan and nancy reagan a walking tour of the red square and their remarks. this is just under 30 minutes. [ applause ] [ speaking in foreign language ] ♪ ♪ [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: esteemed mr. ronald reagan, president of the united states of america, esteemed mrs. nancy reagan, on behalf of the people and government of the soviet union, i extend to you my sincere greetings on the occasion of your visit. welcome. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: it is now almost six months since our meeting in washington which went down in history as a major milestone in soviet/american and in international relations. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: now, on this return trip, you, mr. president, have traversed the great distance that lies between our two capitals to continue our political dialogue, this is a fact we duly appreciate. [ applause ] >> maybe you want to say something, mr. president, to them. >> well, yes, i would. i was just saying -- i was just saying to the general secretary that i have gr

many thanks kate and many thanks joe's a very warm welcome we are here on the rooftop of red square we've just been digesting that semi final. lots of french funds going crazy both here in russia and also of course in france itself let's take a look at what those fans have been getting up to after that final whistle went on france were into the world cup final. was . france with a touching distance of the coveted trophy will they get it or not i'm sure the fans thrilled just to have the chance let's go over now live to st petersburg and amani is outside the stadium and hopefully we'll see want to see jubilant french fans at the already in the. was these thousands of fans stream away from these st petersburg stadium we've seen a number of actually belgian fives pretty happy i was surprised to see a number of them cheering and shouting belgium belgium of course very proud of that team getting to that semi final this was a generation of players who always seen as being the so-called golden generation young. hungry players who finally came into their prime but just couldn't do enough to win t

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she can say we have the beautiful kremlin and red square behind us and she's made me way super excited but it strikes first one france against belgium the lowlands again. before nine hundred ninety eight both knocked out south american opposition what she confronts for us well france out of the tournament like real champions i was lucky to get that result to win against australia they've built themselves explode to get saddam hussein and did what they had to do against europe why they're looking very very good belgium must be feeling bulletproof you talked about knocking at south american countries they knocked out the favorites in brazil so they must think that they can beat anyone big decision for a bit about the belgian manager who is he going to play got a tactical run against brazil does he stick with the same table does he go a little bit different but the may still think france got the edge big decision today shows as well midfield as you bring about maturity or is he stick with. talented teams i think france will take it out how important is this for the premier league's of the

two days after the rocket parade on red square eisenhower made a long awaited appearance at the white house the president was on the defensive. as you put it to reinforce this point you know we were behind there were we were watching we weren't what was wrong with us eisenhower went on t.v. and there was a news conference in november when she showed off the first warhead vehicle that had risks us we returned and. he went on t.v. and said you see we're coming along we have the technology don't worry so much things will be ok and. they didn't go over very well because people said look they've already launched two satellites are familiar to us there's a lot of people saying you know why should we believe what president eisenhower saying because obviously we aren't doing that. meanwhile the world was now asking a different question when with the americans launch their first spacecraft. in november one nine hundred fifty seven a few days after the like a mission the u.s. presented its settled light the launch was scheduled for early one nine hundred fifty eight after a testing phase. yet t

seven stages covering more than three thousand five hundred kilometers with a clue sion in moscow's red square. and thousands turned out to pay their final respects to limpid medal winning figure skater dennis ten the twenty five year old died from injuries he sustained in a knife attack in his native kazakstan on thursday ten was trying to stop two men from stealing his car mirrors when the stabbing happened ten became the first skater from kazakstan to win an olympic medal when he got bronze at the two thousand and fourteen sochi games two suspects have been detained over the killing . and that's all your sport for now more later. and one more bit of sports news before we wrap it up for you the names of the took you twenty twenty and limpy complera limping mascots have just been announced so meet me right and so may the blue fellow's name means future while his counterparts name comes from a popular cherry blossom for right that was. robbed matheson's in the chair in a couple of minutes i'm twenty three g. a little later. on counting the costs of stronger growth forecasts the subsaharan afri

by russians and foreigners coming together on red square a carnival of nations so to say well the police look on. the police to spot checks but we don't feel disturbed. because the world cup change russia or will this fairy tale of openness hospitality and enthusiasm for the beautiful game come to an abrupt end i mean yeah oh it will need has improved but we came here which tourists and we've really enjoyed a simple. but of course the kremlin is using the world cup for its own agenda it's pushed through unpopular reforms such as increasing the pension age at the same time the government is trying to polish russia's image. we didn't. use in power sharing that can. because they want to improve russia's reputation abroad. three aren't seeing any real changes to the system which you wish to live out on a probably new earth you know in this previous world cups of showing that the host nation's fairytale ends when the final whistle is blown but memories always remain . at the tour de france arlen's dan martin has claimed victory on stage six a one hundred eighty one kilometer jot from brad. th

of the competition early so who is the favorite now if for that question to the fans at moscow's red square. i hope i will come to russia we will be in and a really whole but i think over countries because it paid they are very strong and so i think that it is going to be very complicated well now that colombia got eliminated i think brazil can win the world cup for us to go to redo because they have good quality materials and. the obvious team which i think may be belgium or president and find it would be you and russia right now as we saw in the tournament open not more favorites because now we have teams the star really showing a lot of really good soccer and i thought that someone we don't think about who will win. now here's a birthday party with a bit of a difference taipei zoo is marking its giant pandas fifth birthday and celebrated with not one but two cakes students can take us as the sweet treats contain a favorite ingredient somebody else in our lives and grapes but during the festivities she seemed far more interested in something else but i think i was talking about the clash.

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seven stages covering more than three thousand five hundred kilometers with a clue sion in moscow's red square. and thousands turned out to pay their final respects to limbic medal winning figure skater dennis tan the twenty five year old died from injuries he sustained in a knife attack in his native kazakstan on thursday ten was trying to stop two men from stealing his car mirrors when the stabbing happened ten became the first skater from kazakstan to win an olympic medal when he got bronze at the two thousand and fourteen sochi games two suspects have been detained over the killing and that's all your support for now more later. if you don't like heights stunt certainly not for the faint hearted in from such a tight group was scaled. to reach the circuit basilica to tell you. made the attempt with no assistance from a rope hanging thirty five meters above the ground on the us started walking tightropes when she was eighty years old and says she's been preparing for this walk for a year. more news whenever you want to on the web site al jazeera dot called tweet bill tweeted back i'm at peac

. >> there's a picture of ronald reagan red square. it may or may not have been vladimir putin.photographer insists it is vladimir putin. whether it is or not, he was kgb growing up and he was 35 then, he's 65 now. some things don't change. how do you handle that? >> it doesn't only embody the spirit of the kgb, he is the kgb. he thinks of the world the same way. the tactics might have changed, the strategy is basically the same. >> when you were as we look at this picture of red square point when you reflect on your time and moscow and her time in helsinki, what sort of memories you come back to when you think of the cold war and that period of time where we were in the interests of mutual destruction of one another? >> i think it's poignant to reflect on history. this was a history that fought for their independence during the second world war. viewers may remember since on cross country skis fighting for the army. everything the soviet union would have wanted to deny finland. it's important to remember finland prevented the aggressor, the soviet union from conquering their st