russia will never give up crimea. is the only warm water port that russia has from russia into the baltic sea. why don't you put up a map of ukraine and crimea and show people? hillary clinton went in in 2014, overthrew the government in ukraine, and russia said ok, we have to save our warm water port. they were already in crimea. russia did not invade crimea. the media said that they did. y'all say that. bunch of liars. to the hill, dems rip russia'sall for readmission. he wrote in a tweet, ok, really, what does putin have on president?- the russia has attacked our election, invaded ukraine, slaughtered innocent syrians, yet trump does his bidding and allies our out -- and alienates our allies. a brief exchange with the french president and the u.s. president in quebec. [video clip] >> on trade there is a critical fact there is a way to progress altogether. a had a direct discussion, willingness on all sides to find an agreement, a win-win approach for our people, our workers, our middle classes. we have good communication on north korea. an important meeting in singapore. share commonak and s

for the fifa world cup in russia russia. russia. sees the host nation. bringing you unique insight with. correspondent. donald trump reportedly admitted to crimea to be russian during a private dinner at the g. seven summit in canada last week. representing the family of a terror attack. he claims to have an account of the assault on the paris theater from an anonymous police source that sheds new light on events that night back in twenty fifty. five a good afternoon just past one of the afternoon this fifteenth of june in moscow you're watching r.t. international with me kevin owen and its football top in the bill as you'd expect the twenty eighteen fee for world cup got off to a glorious start for host russia last night the five nil thrashing of saudi arabia in the opening match electrified supporters across the country and set the stage for the rest of the tournament hopefully now the focus shifts to the southern resort city of sochi and one of the most anticipated matches of that championship portugal spain. world cup started with a major concern me l

russia during his time at the g-7 summit. >> and the g-7, which used to be the g-8, they threw russia out. they should let russia come back in. because we should have russia at the negotiating table. >> and in just a few hours, he's planning to leave the meeting early to head to singapore. how prepared he is for the high-staked summit with north korea. >> plus, what to make of the first lady's rebuke of rudy giuliani on the subject of stormy daniels. >> new this morning, president trump is just about to start day two of the tense g-7 summit in canada. in an hour, he'll attend a breakfast meeting here on the heels of wrangling with america's biggest allies on trade and tariffs. kristen welker has more. >> president trump and america's strongest allies united before the cameras at the g-7 summit, but a bitter battle brewing. president trump dropping a bombshell, complaining there was someone missing. >> russia should be in the meeting. >> but russia was kicked out of the global group four years ago for illegally occupying crimea, now the u.s. and allies blaming vladimir putin for election meddling, not only in ame

current behavior into the g seven before any such conversations can take place russia needs to change its approach. russia. russia the fact is. as for the presence of russia in the g eight we will see for sure italy was traditionally a supporter of the russian presence in the g eight. to top it off the white house announced trump would cut his visit a day short to arrive early in singapore for his meeting with north korean leader kim jong il showing a certain lack of respect for the g. seven itself a far cry from obama's experience at meetings in the past few years a virtual love fest for all concerned francis mccrone said the show would go on despite trump's unorthodox behavior you don't maybe the american president doesn't mind being isolated today but we also don't mind being six if need be so with so much uncertainty emerging from the clash of opposing views in quebec the outcome of the meeting is very much up in the year. despite these differences trump and his french counterpart did find a moment to sort out the up and down relationship among your micro posted this video of the deep in conversation. however

russia -- russia to be admitted to the group. despite a show of unity as we can see behind me, some officials may not manage to' sin a final communique. mr. trump: russiahould be in this meeting. why are we having a meeting without russia? i would recommend, and it is up to them, but russia should be in the meeting. you know? whether you like it or not, and it may n not be politically correct, but we have a world to run. the g-7, which used to be the g8, they threw russia out. they should let russia come back in because we should have russia at the negotiating table. sarah: let's bring in our correspondent joining us from quebec. president trump wanting to have russia back, what is he trying to achieve? reporter: i think it was quite telling donald trump made these remarks before even arriving in canada, and at the summit, some european allies openly questioning whether this is a good -- the u.s. is a good fit for the club. he is trying to distract the attention from the disputed issues that are going to be discussed, trade, climate change. he is trying to send a signal to his allies here in canada that this g-7 summit is not as important as it might s

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at a standing start for the fifth world cup in russia russia's five mil for russia saudi arabia and moscow last month she's the host nation's fans with joy. so full we killed three games at this friday will bring you viewed me came inside with us. and correspondents. away from football in other news this morning donald trump has reportedly admitted crimea to be russian during a private dinner at the g. seven summit in canada last week. t.v. from the attorney representing a family of a. victim he claims to have an account of the assault on the paris theater from an anonymous police source that sheds new light on a fence that night in twenty fifty. by good morning from moscow the fifteenth of june i am here and you watching out international good to have you with us so then the twenty eighteen feet for world cup got off to a start for host russia. a five nil thrashing of saudi arabia in the opening much electrified supporters across the country and set the stage for the rest of the tournament now the focus shifts to the southern resort city as saatchi today one of the most anticipated matche

but russia, russia, russia. this is the story that continues to permeate so many story lines.his was the revival of jeff sessions and donald trump and donald trump trying to pressure him to stop recusing himself. i think it is impacting every other story line and so many moves out of this white house right now. >> did you see it metastasize when the "washington post" wrote about andrew mccabe's fabrication. that is investigation five. do you have a score card at politico where you are following all of this? >> every time you think you have a handle on where robert mueller is looking, he's actually looking somewhere else. he has his tentacles everywhere. it is across all departments, congress, the white house, the administration, and obviously into the campaign. >> and president trump tweeted on friday, now at 17 million. i never believed cost mattered to anyone on benghazi, whitewater. do you believe the cost factor matters at all, anna palm senator. >> these are things no american voter really understands. we talk about how big the budget is. is it increasing the price of mil

sure like for americans russia crimea russia syria is the same thing as americans going to libya or iraq or afghanistan for that matter but really it's so much different because russia crimea is like united states and florida and russia syria is actually really handling immediate threats of homegrown terrorism extremism right next to a border it's not a will or over the ocean for us you know everywhere for america and were over the ocean that has nothing to do with proximity of your borders so do you feel like americans they actually see these one assessing russia's actions no difference it's an american actions are from russian action whether it goes all the way back to the second world war and the feeling of vulnerability to repeated invasions from germany from the west and the need that stalin felt to create a kind of buffer zone of allied countries all the way to the present and what happens in chechnya what happens in syria in afghanistan how close those terrorist threats are to russia americans have never fully appreciated the jew graphic vulnerability that russia's geography condemns it to they have a general idea that we're a great power we mess around in th

yes i there was a prince in europe why and russia would get active it there it is russia and europe was there in that position was there almost almost that russia needs and russia needs a draw against egypt and job done and. to want to. ok great play then let's go into great big joe as i said spain and portugal and it's only one game so i ran portugal but nothing to just me you just need to be careful when you play against iran you cannot lose against iran because if you're on the six points is qualified and one of the big ones is all traipsing let's have a look at that one. jos i said france australia the title says france denmark yeah but you saw how they lost yes australia lost not deserving to lose in my opinion they lost but showing clearly that they were competing for points and if they compete that's where you're going strong and i still think we can do obviously a better result against the on against so my for the action you steal. great take argentina nigeria. yeah you know here i think i'm going to lose with nigeria not just because they lost the match but specially because the way they lost. i didn't like a troll when i looked to pap

russia. russia so a neighbor russia said to stay but that's not the way russia sees it these maneuvers and the announcement by warsaw at the end of last month that poland wants to see a permanent u.s. base on its soil being described by kremlin spokes person as a source of potential instability in europe when we see the gradually expansion of nato military structures tools our borders this of course in no way create security and stability on the continent just last week angola merkel endorsed plans for a european defense force sometimes called the a u army that's as well as germany remaining committed to nato she went on to say that the two percent of g.d.p. aim for nato members to finance the alliance wasn't just some fetish but left wing opposition here in germany say that the chancellor's current tack is taking the country down a militarized route that they're not happy with the reality of the situation is that now we have too many maneuvers in the last four years we've had four times more maneuvers than the russian side of course those maneuvers do not help in establishing trust this is a

when it comes to russia and people in russia it does seem like the politicians to public they have a longer view of relations with the united states what i mean is russia scenario switch try to be friends with the guys in the ninety's and they were trying to be friends with the after nine eleven but then the americans broke their promise pushed a nato towards russia's borders and then there was serbia iraq except or etc etc. to the americans says decade old can continue to be one assessing relations with russia because it does seem to me that the media in america have. a much shorter attention span and so does the public we see the whole picture and they think well why cycle when you are so right this is a bigger problem even than you know the average journalist working in foreign affairs working on russia i have to remind them as preparation for their interview of me what happened five years ago it's as if not just with every administration but every turnover of the bureau staff no americans. you know we tend to approach everything as if we can start from scratch it's a very enduring and positive characteristics of america a kind of can do overcome th

russia. russia continues to say they had nothing to do with meddling in our election. then he goes on to attack hillary clinton and the russia investigation. that's really -- that first line is critical for a number of reasons. going into a lot of these meetings or coming out of them, the president has not seemed to want to reiterate the conclusion of the u.s. intelligence committee. he talked to reporters afterwards on air force one and said that putin said he didn't do it and i believe that he believes that that's true, and that came as a surprise to a lot of people here in the united states, but it's a pattern with this president of not reiterating the conclusions of his own national security advisers on this issue and it's got to be one that is raising some concern among european allies too as the president goes into this meeting with putin in helsinki. the president is also talking about the mueller investigation and accusing robert mueller of having a conflicts in that investigation in a series of tweets this morning, he continue today lay into that, all of this is related to each other here. the president wants to put

russia. russia invaded crimea completely illegally, and the entire world pretty much and certainly all of our allies joined in not recognizing the annexation of -- and kicking russia out of the g8 with other sanctions. i guess the president sounds like he's saying he would have gone to war to push russia out of crimea. i think that's highly unlikely, but what he's saying now is, whatever happened, we should recognize it and let them back in. what nations do in this sort of situation, we're not going to confront russia directly, is exactly social sanctions, essentially, kicking them out of something like the g8, but also economic sanctions, and legally, we have not recognized that crimea is now part of russia. >> michelle, is allowing russia back into the g8 something our allies would be open to? >> absolutely not. i mean, even yesterday, when this came out, there was a question, first of all, where is this coming from and why, and then the president had to know that he was going to be questioned about this today, and so he didn't want to back away from it. in fact, he just added to it. he doubled down on it. and he refused to say why russia got kicked out of the g

russia. russia will find culture started with nine hundred ninety. going there was a huge vacuum of the government when they could do whatever they wanted at the stadium and government just turned a blind dog are. nowadays it's about competition and ana it's almost it's own sport russian hooligans don't drink alcohol they train but russia is not the only country with a hooligan problem just weeks ago at the champions league semifinal clashes erupted between diehard live a pool and roma fans. russia says it is taking strong measures to avoid violent scenes at the world cup both inside and outside the stadiums these days we see on the president a crackdown on or trust on facts like at six o'clock they knock your door and say you have no we came just for you know four of you for a talk to tell you what should be done and what should not be done. they don't leave your choice you either you disappear from the host city for the tournament or you will have some very huge troubles. even the russian president has assured football fans at the end be in good hands eager to do a biased. but a comfort and safety of our guests. so will the russian world cup be a festival of football and a fight fest only time will tell. him before i let you go when i remind you of our main headlines this hour in another twist on the way to his histo

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russia our nurses were to start to turn on and it was amazing the way the crowd was responding to the game amazing well done i think that russia deserved to win and i'm happy for the russians i think it's beautiful for the world cup everybody had a great great start our last football so this is good football out of goals and a joy specially also with all the people here in russia definitely i would like russia to go as far as possible because all the time difficult the first game you see so they went through they have won and now having the chance to deal with in the second game against egypt could potentially be qualify straight away they'll be much was also a very special moment two for one russian girl cool and gillian i'm a kind of she's an athlete with down syndrome though she was the one who got to flip the coin for the start of the match is a story.

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my biggest takeaway was the president and russia, russia, russia. how about you? >> i think you're right. i mean this was remarkable, frankly. i guess at this point we should no longer say anything is remarkable with this president. you know as well as i do that for this president, words often don't mean much. he just throws out these sort of verbal grenades and causes controversy. but i think it was significant what he said about russia today. as he heads up to that g-7 summit where there are significant tensions between the u.s. and its allies and in europe and in asia over trade and aye ran, that he now didn't suggest but called for russia to be reinstated to the former g-8, now g-7, basically you heard him say, he said, we have a world to run, why are we having this meeting if they are not going to be there. there was a lot of other news in his remarks today. just to wind our way through it. about his comments earlier in terms of his preparation for the summit, yesterday, remember, he said he doesn't need to be prepared. he said it's all about attitude. today,

russia out. they should let russia come back in because we should have russia at the negotiating table. >> we got a world to run. nbc news reports that the president's comments on russia were not planned and caught some white house officials off guard. at the same time that trump seems to be advancing russia's interests, his tough talk on trade is alienating america's usual allies at the g7. yesterday trump publicly lashed out at canadian prime minister justin trudeau and french president emmanuel macron, saying, please tell prime minister trudeau and president macron that they are charging the u.s. massive tariffs and create non-monetary barriers. and when it comes to the uk's prime minister, theresa may, quote, the telegraph is reporting that trump will not hold formal talks with her according to the telegraph. allies to the president say, quo, trump has grown frustrated with theresa may's school mistress tone and has expressed annoyance at mrs. may's frequent demands. now an adviser to tro due told the new yorker magazine the goal of the g7 summit as become to get allies together to try to con

don't know if you noticed but the with chants coming from the stadium from the fans of russia russia. now if russia were getting support vocal support in a game where they weren't even playing just imagine what it's going to be like when it's a predominant russia supporter that much the spain team are going to know exactly where they're playing actually and i think russia is a team it's a kind of team that needs the love need to feel the love from from the crowd. like it happened in that game that we saw yesterday that then started to started and stopped stop to play really friends weren't interested at all but then mick stopped all of a sudden because they knew that they were going through with with the status quo the draw was enough for them and then then the crowd started to get on their backs and i think if that happens to the russian team they would be they were having trouble dealing with that so you know both ways that yeah but i think you know i think it's going to be it's one of those games i really am looking forward to it's going to be a cracking game and what we didn't see in that set.

russia should be readmitted to the group, making it again and the g8. the four european members of the group, germany, france, britain and italy say they were completely united in opposing the readmission of russia. russiahe annexation of crimea. these problems to do with it trade exchanges, president trump has said they can be easily resolved once the us has offered a fair deal by other countries, so he says. but the president of the european council, donald tusk, whom you see there to stay ahead of the prime minister theresa may, said the disagreements also included climate change and the iran nuclear deal, not just change and the iran nuclear deal, notjust trade. so whether there will be a communique at the end of this summer earnings to be seen. one of the officials involved... one of the officials said there is not likely to be a final communique. the city their meeting and is very beautiful. more than a million nhs workers in england are to receive a pay rise of at least 6.5%, after staff voted in favour of the offer. some of the lowest paid will see their wages increase by far more as part of the deal. of 14 unions balloted only the gmb, which represents many ambulance drivers, rejected the deal.

russia. there's also the point, do we want russia to have a positive impact on the european continent? since the end of the cold war russiaeen as a nation that counts, total was more constructive behaviour to ukraine, this is extremely complicated because all the countries of the former soviet bloc to not want any proximity. but maybe there is some benefit in recognising at the very least that russia is a nation that counts and it should be part of some kind of conversation. but i think with putin it is difficult. i mean i am looking forward to the football... starts later this week! i have never forgotten the wonderful song by sting, ‘the russians love their children too.‘ when we talk about russia we have this hard man in our heads. there's a whole world out there now but why we have these hard men in charge, i don't think they are disrupters for the long—term good, they are disrupters because they want to end the post—war extraordinary understanding and values that came out of it and if they destroy that we will have fascism. but we have angela merkel. i do admire germany a lot. yes but if europe is going to survive ge

russia russia's president vladimir putin gets his nationwide q. and a on their way. well retired jamaican sprinter usain bolt is trying to kick start his career in professional football having already practiced with bruce dortmund earlier this year bolt has now played in a friendly game in norway for a club side strong set wearing the shirt number nine point five eight his world record time for the one hundred meters the thirty one year old had the best chance of the game against norway's under twenty team despite polls best efforts and some decent touches of the ball his team ended up losing the friendly one nil. well with the world cup just over a week away in russia fans around the world are gearing up to support their teams in nigeria so many fans have snapped up the team's striking new official jersey that there's now a shortage in the shops the players have been sporting the florescent kit in world cup well up matches leaving plans scrambling to get their hands on what is set to be one of the standout jerseys of the tournament in russian. correspondents and a lego has made it their mission to try to track down the must have kit. the beginning of the world cup is coming closer but people here are saying it is not possible anymore to get a jersey of the nigerian national team flourish to think that history well one time i head of the official store to see if i can get one myself all right then i'll go to lagos islands and to the market and see who of us will be the lucky one. i must one of the big malls in the. i'm going to see. a chef today. oh it looks like to have a shit and it feels really nice. to see you soon. i do see any on the shelves i

russia should be brought back in. he came back in wanting to troll the world by declaring, what about russia? russia has very little economy to speak of and they are still in the crimea, still messing around in the ukraine, apparently murdered someone in england. avtheydone nothing for a u.s. president to say tbry should bght back in and rewarded to this most elite club in the world, as some put it. i'm not sure how that is a sign of strength, that they would welcome russia back without any concession or sign tt they had done something wrong and were being punished. that is now what we are all talking about and trump loves that we are talking about the curveballs. robert: we are talking about it, but is the president listening? on trade, you have gop senators this week taking a different position. on russia, senator mccain and senator schumer came out with bipartisan outcry. let's hear from a few of those senators. >> we seem to want to punish our allies and befriend our enemies. >> this is an unguided missile because retaliation can occur in other sectors that hurt the economy. >> our allieare scra

russia that's why trump is uniquely tied with another president might not be so you feel like making russia u.s. adversary is partially part of the internal political fight in america they're using russia adversary against trying to weaken him is that part of the game for somebody who is it's not the only thing. one has to admit that russia hasn't helped in this there but russian actions that have made it easier for the people who dislike russia for the rooster folks in washington to do what they've done but yes they are. it's against trump there's suspicion of russia there's a whole combination old cold warriors trumpeters hillary supporters democrats who just can't this is surly accept a new presidency people who are genuinely concerned about russian actions what happened in england all these come together to paralyze our russia policy but also doesn't it come down to strong president weak president because i mean i understand your checks and balances and are saying you can't just do whatever the president wants to do but whatever strike price present like for instance reagan like he wanted to make it with soviet union and everyone followed suit i feel like maybe if hillary clinton w

to the cup in the different continent so that mapping what you think the legacy will be for russia meet russia had a strong tradition of football anyway if the european champions they've done very well this levy actually all these great heroes so they had all.

russia that's why trump is uniquely tied with another president might not be so you feel like making russia u.s. adversary is partially part of the internal political fight in america they're using russia adversary against trying to weaken him is that part of the game for somebody who is it's not the only thing. one has to admit that russia hasn't helped in this there but russian actions that have made it easier for the people who dislike russia for the rooster folks in washington to do what they've done but yes they are. it's against trump there's suspicion of russia there's a whole combination old cold warriors trump pater's hillary supporters democrats who just can't this is early except a new presidency people who are genuinely concerned about russian actions what happened in england all these come together to paralyze our russia policy but also doesn't it come down to strong president weak president because i mean i understand your checks and balances anderson and you can't just do whatever the president wants to do but want to strike price present like frist as reagan like he wanted to make it with soviet union and everyone followed suit i feel like maybe if hillary clinton were

russia, russia's alleged influence the united states... even across europe. one has to ask, why is he courting russia now? why now overtly so? ies, isn't it? we saw in the last few days president putin in vienna because he was marking 50 years of energy co—operation between those two countries, saying, "i don't want a divided europe," and there is a common interest, we see countries, traditionally greece has had a positive relationship, there are suggestions that some on the far right... exactly, it's about the orthodox faith... it's historic but there's a connection. perhaps the italian prime minister saying, perhaps russia should be back in the g7. he was slapped down firmly by some of the other g7 leaders. there is a sense that russia matters to a lot of european countries so maybe the european union will have to shift on it. germany was one country being very ambivalent about russia and it has very clear economic interests in russia. there's also the other point, do we want russia to have a positive impact on the european continent? the point is since the end of the cold war russia feels completely humiliated because it i

russia our nurse if we were to start to turn on and it was amazing the way the crowd was responding to the game amazing well done i think that russia deserved to win and i'm happy for the russians i think it's beautiful for the world cup everybody happy a great great start my heart belongs to football so this is good football out of goals and enjoy specially also with all the people here in russia definitely i would like russia to go as far as possible because all the time difficult the first game he saw they went through and they have won and now having the chance to be a window second game against egypt could potentially be qualify straight away thought our emotions also hugely special for one rushing him account of a she's nothing with down syndrome but she was the one that got to fit the cornerstone of the match is a story. really you. just don't know. when he. was right. on the right thing only. to call you human rights. just sort of stick out your charade. that. eat it up that. they're coming here to tell you look. you know you care because you're. ok. cool. cool. kid stuff today we probably won't offend anyone by saying that today's headliners spain v portugal takes place at nine pm moscow time the earliest. featuring star football as mohamed.

sure like for americans russia crimea russia syria is the same thing as americans going to libya or iraq or afghanistan for that matter but really it's so much different because russia crimea is like united states and florida and russia syria is actually really handling immediate threats of homegrown terrorism extremism right next to the border it's not a will or over the ocean for us you know everywhere for america and war over the ocean that has nothing to do with proximity of your borders so do you feel like americans they actually see these one assessing russia's actions no differences as an american actions are from russian actions whether it goes all the way back to the second world war and the feeling of vulnerability to repeated invasions from germany from the west and the need that stalin felt to create a kind of buffer zone of allied countries all the way to the present and what happens in chechnya what happens in syria in afghanistan how close those terrorist threats are russia americans have never fully appreciated the jew graphic vulnerability that russia's geography condemns it to they have a general idea that we're a great power we mess around the wor