in with what they're calling the most starch of hope on their more than a few hundred on display in samoa right now i can tell you it also seems like its powers are rubbing off on the russian national team as they progressed out of the group stage for the first time of the world cup head of the match on t.v. you know neal spoke to russia's sports minister about the organizational challenges posed by the world cup. you. have been many reviews from the fans in the organizers and fee for and the media from many countries of the world cup has been a very well organized and the teams have put up a great performance and in terms of organization we are ready you can see the fans . we never imagined that about ten thousand colombians would come to the country fifty five thousand. and you have five thousand fans from iceland so it's a great opportunity to get. your own impression of the country first hand experience that is most valuable. well let's take a look at group a as it stands after two games before today's results rusher and your acquired made perfect starts in the tournament both are alr

there's plenty to look forward to on sunday as well coast to reka kick off against serbia in samoa germany meet mexico in the capital and brazil versus switzerland rounds out the day's fixtures in rostov on don mexico held their final pre-game training session earlier at moscow's luzhniki stadium they have a tough challenge ahead meeting the reigning champions germany and here is one stat that they'll want to improve on and the past six world cups mexico have made it out of the group stages but lost every round of sixteen game world cup co-host as they marino also gave us his predictions for the upcoming germany mexico clash. germany in the next german or the know how to leave. it in the why do we have less and they're going to stick exactly the same principles mexico is a very interesting team very creative very funny way to stay and win just the best ink once more the power of germany. russia may be hosting the world's biggest football band but in the run up to the tournament much of the global media's focus was on politics rather than sport taking a sideways look at that now here's bull

thrills and spills heading our way on sunday as well costa rica kicks off proceedings against serbia in samoa germany and mexico meet in moscow while brazil versus switzerland runs on the day's fixtures in the rust off. mexico held their final pre-tournament training session earlier the luzhniki stadium the central americans could hardly have a tougher opener to their pain reigning champions germany stand in their way for the past six world cups this is not a statistic they're going to want to hear mexico have made it out of the group stages but lost every round of sixteen game afterwards when our world cup co-host you see a marine who is being busy he also gave us his predictions for the germany versus mexico clash in moscow on the evening. germany and mexico germany the know how to win. they know why they win and last thing they're going to stick exactly the same principles mexico is a very interesting team very creative very funny way to play and to enjoy football but i think once more the power of germany. so the biggest country in the world may be hosting the world's biggest football eve

samoa is a teenager and is an inspiration to others wanting to be rude it makes me take a big step towards more. motivated to seem to be more in the know i can be one and be just like them in such a competitive environment in australia versus the of appeal is its greatest asset andrew thomas al-jazeera sitting. in mind of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. house speaker says officials are working to reunite families that were separated at the border with mexico president donald trump bowed to public outrage on wednesday and signed an executive order ending his controversial policy of splitting up migrant children from their relatives the families were detained for entering the u.s. . congress is also preparing to vote on two immigration bills on halting separations but many families say they still don't know when they will be reunited here's kimberly how with more there doesn't seem to be a plan that they seem to be in legal limbo some of been sent to health and human services detention centers very far away from their entry point into the united states and that's the big question so t

for russia and europe while you're off to samoa. kaliningrad i'll have to draw a few list. just to get by. but yeah the most ambitious and then all the way back to just in time for. the last two weeks will be a bit easier i know moscow st petersburg some forwards think of england what believe it but i did an estimate i really think about six hundred pounds. travel expenses for. the whole month. it is a pyro off the price of the petrol back home is five comes to speak. with the sixteen thousand nine hundred ninety i think you might need to think you will have the best right thank you very much. so that. he really does typify disney. and the madness of fans. yet in the just one hour sunday was a real roller coaster ride for supporters from crying ponies funds to devastated after this six one thrashing by england then the joy the winners will hear the goals the group the day. the though it was. not. at the the. way. the. the the smiles on the t. as well british record producer and d.j. paul oakenfold was also initially as well to get the fans own in the mood. he believes his t

wrong was it just like it was a huge match and russian fans are already preparing for that big game in samoa where my co-host alexy our ships he is already on his way and the fans of turned the city streets into one giant dance floor and they'll be hoping the players have exceeded all expectations already can find the same reasons we are right. well a lot of visiting founders have expressed their affection for russia in many different ways during the world cup and here's some morocco funs doing the huddle. but. the. well may well want a brazilian supporter found himself famous after somebody. recorded his passionate display offer love and affection and his fluent use of some choice words in russian feel how he caught up with him earlier today. i. was. not around. and if that face looks familiar it's because it's right along side me told myself where first of all go you came here to follow the world cup so yeah i came to follow the world cup to follow brazil wanted to find no yes. and by the perspective of the fans i'm doing ok i'm journalist actually. i just using the weekend and the head be

what they were saying was that you know this game is the biggest sporting event ever to happen in samoa you know they see it really is the heartland the first two games that russia played in the world cup moscow and st petersburg moving on to some more and you could sense that really from volunteers security people as well there was a real excitement in the year here the result may not have gone the way of russia but for europe blinds it very much as i think we're going to see much more partying in the wee hours as there has been all week long i've been here for a few days. and just you know the thing to note is that going into the match i have to say walking into the stadium it's the largest game i've ever heard he not going to both the russian and europe lyon fans both of them more games to look forward to maybe a song saying that dancing and everything else continue for as long as possible. and i think you know neal there i don't understand he's never been to all traffic so it's. pretty loud that's quite loud here as well we mentioned you know the fans the russian fans still still ch

and x i think you very much in that came in that game will be played in samoa on july second and it kicks off at five pm so brazil mexico in the next what came they'll be doing yeah they'll be a lot of noise i think specially for mexico fans if they were going to have been story about that mexican fans and the brazilian fans in the same stadium and in some are oh well that's going to be something we should get tickets that we should go for that i'll tell you get them let's go to lexicon to the roof and do this for us and that's what we talked about the brazil performance neymar try to fix in his flicks didn't produce much there was one quality sometimes and the first all that came because he was thirty six minutes now that was to tino putting the bullet in the gun that right between your side and great. you know what he was she was really fantastic when he played for liverpool and he's just improved on that since his joining off alone and you can see when you when you get used to having players that makes those kind of runs its problems this out of the the bus i don't know the playbook th

but it is to go not much you will be back next hour with the result of that game coming right now in samoa we're democrats trying to as we said said one one of the twenty minutes to go in now with your global headlines and use for all my politics few essential skill. just one of a headline story for you claims that vladimir putin and donald trump are planning to meet in europe next month i've got the media room and all the details. well rumors abound the imminent meeting between the presidents of the united states and the russian federation dog donald trump and vladimir putin at a time when relations are historically low perhaps even worse than they were during the cold war and one of trump's senior national security advisers john bolton who is very very much of wolken one of the most militant officials in washington he's coming over to russia the white house issued a press statement you know saying that better relations between two of the world's nuclear superpowers are in the interests of everyone but that there are pressing concerns that have to be addressed first for example the poison

samoa is a teenager and he's an inspiration to others wanting to be rude it makes me take a big step towards going to see him never made a very good to never did seem to me more and i can be one and be just like him in such a competitive environment in australia you. see of appeal is its greatest assets and al-jazeera city isn't hard and has become a new single it's. the first prime minister to give birth while in office she announced the news by posting a photo on instagram she will be on maternity leave for the next six weeks with the deputy pm stepping up and running the country she is only the second elected leader to give birth while in the top job the first was pakistan's benazir bhutto nearly thirty years ago it's a girl. these are the headlines on al-jazeera after mounting pressure from both republicans and democrats the u.s. president on a trump has signed an executive order to end his controversial policy of splitting up migrant families at the southern border children will now be able to stay with their parents for up to twenty days and donald trump says he wants to keep t

continue across northern parts of turkey up towards the caucasus further south this hearts and draw the samoa and hopefully easing down for the eastern side of the gulf just around the gulf states here in temperatures getting up to forty three celsius on saturday similar value as we go on into sunday and as you can see pretty a. it pretty much is wall to wall sunshine with that persistent wind still coming through it is going to be dry long as you try to across southern africa but we've had some useful rifle just around the western cape the southern town has st cloud and right temperatures hey what about eighteen celsius showers pulling away on saturday she lost the dry but cloudy the sun. really isn't forced by their football fans who don't think about overheating really had that lead explaining when real madrid a club worth five hundred million euros expresses a position on something like the world anti-doping agency has to take notice you'll be going to. al-jazeera continues its investigation into the widespread use of performance enhancing drugs in the final episode of sports doping the e

concessional loans to this region dramatically in the billion., around $2 these smaller nations, tonga and samoaing sort of stress. there are concerns china may use its leverage, economic leverage if you like, to win other concessions from these and the endgame would be to build a military base or basis in these islands nations very china itself has denied that is its purpose, and it says it is simply trying to help out these governments, ramping up their infrastructure which is much needed. ramy: our australian government reporter, jason scott. thank you. jason schenker, i want to bring you into this. what are your thoughts off of china's growing part -- hard and soft power in the world? jason: i think thejason: djibouti base, it will not be the only military base they open as they extend their influence. what we see in this region is further esion first financially. we could see more as jason alluded to. ramy: getting back to your final thoughts as we wrap up this hour, midterm economics, the name of your book, we were talking about how it comes down to one number looking at 2020. jason: that

update on world cup news joe thank you yes you're a choir on the verge of beating hosts russia in samoa right now it's two no and that win would confirm your quite as win as a group they both teams are going through to the next round anyway and later on they'll know who face then from group b. where three teams can so progress iran face portugal later and can become the first asian team to advance the iranians need to win to guarantee a place in the next round as for announcer and co they just need a draw in that match to add funds and it's the same story for spain who need just a point against morocco to secure their place even if they lose they could go three provided portugal beat iran. well sports correspondent andy richardson joins us live now from moscow and hosts russia comfortably through despite looking like a loss for them in that game how important is their success to the growth of the game in the country. yeah it's crucial i mean some of the feel good factor might just be seeping out of the russian national team in a moment about you just gone three nailed down against europ

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samoa is a teenager and is an inspiration to others wanting to be rude it makes me take a big step towards noise. made and made it seem to me more and i can be one and be just like them in such a competitive environment in australia diversity of appeal is its greatest asset andrew thomas al-jazeera sydney. website as al-jazeera dot com i'll just talk calm keep it here much more on the other side of the breaking getting a recap of your headlines on al-jazeera. and we shall carry on these are the top stories right now on al-jazeera after mounting pressure from both republicans and democrats u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order to end his controversial policy of splitting up migrant families at the southern border children will now be able to stay with their parents for up to twenty days and trump says he wants to keep them together even longer so we're keeping families together and this will solve that problem at the same time we are keeping a very powerful border i think continues to be zero tolerance we have zero tolerance for people that enter our country illegally th

american samoa is home to a great many veterans as our people enlist in high rates in the u.s. armed forces. on their behalf, i'm pleased to support the blue water vietnam veterans act recognizing the relate of those who served on the nation's water. my older brother served in the u.s. navy in the gulf of tonchingin and other area waters during vietnam. this rk nices the nature of their service. this bill honors their mission and helps the commitments we owe our vet advance. thank you, i yield. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. . roe: i yield 1 1/2 minutes to a vietnam veteran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. >> i rise in support of h.r. 299, the blue water navy vietnam veterans act. i witnessed firsthand the scope of agent orange exposure while in vietnam. mr. bergman: i am one of that group of veterans. congress recognized the dangerous health consequences of exposures by passing the agent orange

set that yeah ok this mike i want to be tough but she had about their kicks off in a few hours in samoa. democritus three points from their first game but they're straining to do their best from prove this standing in group c. . so for the other cities hosting world cup games across russia moscow is a hub for many of the traveling fans and one particular street has become a beacon for the supporters from around the globe. and it hits the official. line for moscow a city house more than ten million people and i cannot believe how the world cup was able to reach across the map of landmarks in the city if you thought it was the kremlin possibly right square or the are bad street i'll have to tell you that this time the wrong. place to go in moscow might. just be that good is going. to satisfy the french where will the top of the box because those people because come on it was funny guy. like we treat the streets of the like someone i don't know on him you know you come and say joe joe. so how do you find this street with the line i'll show you. now trust me you'll feel it when we get. this