that is the drama on the pitch, off the pitch sepp blatter was there, what is going on?ivity for giving that payments, all those corruption scandals that enveloped eva on his watch also in his watch, qatar won the world cup, russia won the world cup, so vladimir putin invited him, so sepp blatter was here. he was watching cristiano ronaldo, he is allowed to watch foot wall, just not allowed to watch foot wall, just not allowed to watch foot wall, just not allowed to do things around the business and any more. olly foster there speaking to be a little earlier i love harry says about ronaldojust earlier i love harry says about ronaldo just the earlier i love harry says about ronaldojust the one earlier i love harry says about ronaldo just the one goal, it is as if we are expecting it to come up with loads of magic moments every game. so far, he is a top scorer four goals in two games in this world cup it is getting very exciting i have lost a lot of sleep. i would like to beg your indulgence if my energy levels are low, ijust really excited watching these world cup games.

that is the drama on the pitch, off the pitch sepp blatter was there, what is going on?enveloped eva on his watch also in his watch, qatar won the world cup, russia won the world cup, so vladimir putin invited him, so sepp blatter was here. he was watching cristiano ronaldo, he is allowed to watch foot wall, just not allowed to do things around the business and any more. 0lly foster there speaking to be a little earlier. funny how he is the one got the one goal. he has four goals in two games and he‘s the top score of this world cup. when somebody scores a goal and says goooaaal! i love this world cup, staying up till three in the morning and their newsday with kasia madera, it is fantastic. from the world cup to animation. it‘s got flying warrior robots, guitar—toting opera singers, and a chinese emperor that won‘t die. an upcoming hong kong animation called dragon‘s delusion aims to break stereotypes of chinese culture, and its producers are now completing the film after a successful crowd —funding exercise. you have been watching newsday. and before we go, let‘s take

we talked to the former fisa president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in two thousand and ten when asked about his impressions of the current tournament this was the best start ever because it's my eleventh's world cup and when i arrived yesterday i saw a little bit is my vote. and in other news the e.u. states are condemning the u.s. decision to withdraw from the un human rights council saying the move may undermine washington's role as a champion of democracy. very warm welcome this is r.t. international we've got all the latest world headlines coming up for you but first . let's talk football. as because a whole week has now passed since the biggest party on the planet kicked off in russia but thankfully there are still an over three weeks of the world cup to go for all the details as well as the latest updates it's now go live to our special studio in the very center of moscow. it's funny i. mean. listen thank you. and good evening to you we have three matches to bring you up to date with on day seven of taking place in group a and b. today i'm sure you ar

we've been reporting about sepp blatter being in town, the former fifa president, currently banned for some corruption charges that were floating around on his watch. he is here on vladimir putin's invitation, watching the portuguese in morocco, and he's been speaking to our correspondent, richard conway, about watching the world cup in a different capacity. gianni infantino is the new president of fifa, and we had good contact at the beginning, but i have to say that it is his thing now that he should not be better because i am here for two matches. i'm not banned from going to matches of travelling. i think he will digest it. you make a response last night to a member of the fifa council. is that a breach of your suspension, by meeting with him and talking to him? no, ijust said hello to him. we were not speaking about the organisation. i met him for two minutes. it's all a bit awkward. sepp blatter will be in st petersburg tomorrow watching brazil drew their opening match against switzerland and they will need to improve. the manager has been confident he's gone early with his team.

we talked to the former fee for president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in twenty ten about his impressions of the current one. this was the best start ever because it's my eleventh's world cup and when they arrived yesterday i saw a little bit is my world cup. in the news ease states are condemning the u.s. decision to withdraw from the un human rights council saying the move may undermine washington's role as a champion of democracy. is eight pm and you're watching r.t. international live from our moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program the whole week has passed since the biggest party on the planet kicked off in russia but thankfully there are still another three weeks of the world cup to go for all the details as well as the latest updates less go live to our special studio in the very center of moscow. it's another beautiful evening here in the heart of the russian capital it's been a big day on day seven for c r seven i am absolutely to be alongside peter schmeichel fantastic shirt and it's great to have you inside it yeah i thi

we talked to the former fee for president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in two thousand and ten well tim about his impressions of the current tour. this was the best start ever because it's my eleventh's world cup and when i arrived yesterday i saw a little bit this my broke up with. the other world news stakes are condemning the u.s. decision to withdraw from the un human rights council saying the move may undermine washington's role as a champion of democracy. very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me making arrow no first stop let's talk football. well the whole week has now passed since the biggest party on the planet kicked off in russia but thankfully there are still another three weeks of the world cup to go for all the details as well as the latest updates let's cross live now to our special studio in the very center of moscow. be. live with. it is another beautiful day welcome to our feast continued coverage of the twenty eight feet world cup. and let me just check yeah it's party time and the music's already begun its twenty four

work out and what does it mean for global football well who better to ask then long time president sepp. foodbank the greatest global spec to go is getting on with the times video assistant referee system is being rolled out this world cup and the next tournament will see ever more teams compete for the ultimate sports prize will these plans benefit food follow or overcomplicated will the world cup become bloated and diluted or more exciting and diverse what else is in store for the great game. it's really great to have you on our program one more time welcome it's a pleasure to be here with you so we're going to lots to talk about world cup coming up to russia and you your persona and your role in fief and just football in general i know that you have said you created the modern football and while you were doing this you made mistakes what were those mistakes. i would say it a little bit. different. i made errors i made errors and the errors were made the biggest one was. by conducting the fifa and being the boss of pizza there is no matter how to manage such an organization and. in th

vote i mean it's a very different process to what we had back in twenty you know going on the days of sepp blatter and this sort of clandestine executive committee that decided the outcome of this but now this time around we had over two hundred federations all voting for their chosen bid electronically as well so we can see we know who which federations voted for which bids and it's a much more transparent process and the last time whether it's completely ruled out corruption whether it's totally clean obviously we can't say that certainly seems to be a better process to what we had back in twenty one the upcoming row house was decided time in the united states clear i'd like to turn back to you because we know that the president there donald trump he threw his weight behind this bid but you know at the same time he has of course been highly critical of his new. when it comes to trade and immigration policy some would say that he's even provoking them and that diplomacy between these three is really at a historic low here could this tournament though have the unintended consequence of sav

different process to what we had the last time it woke up it was it was proved gone are the days of sepp blatter and his executive committee which many believe cloak and dagger stories inside many members of the executive committee who have since been convicted or at least accused of fraud now we have two hundred federations casting a vote in the world cup down the electronically as well so we can see who voted for which bid and what not of course doesn't rule out corruption it doesn't mean that the whole thing was completely clean no one can say that but it's certainly a very different story it's what happened for the bid for this world cup for example and it's encouraging of course a step in the right direction claire want to go to you in washington president donald trump threw his weight behind this bid what the unintended consequences be that soccer ends up saving now after. well that's right we saw him on twitter calling for other countries to vote in favor of the fed it's interesting that this comes at a time that the united states has had such fraught relations with its neighbors

. —— sepp blatter. another great day off for all our head.aking place today: in london we have... the european parliament brexit co—ordinator appearing before a british parliamentary committee. that is interesting given what we have are ready discussed about the vote in parliament later. it has been a hard week for angela merkel on the issue of immigration. another from the mary hearing for the californian couple accused of abuse and false imprisonment of their 13 children. is our civilisation rising orfalling? that's the question behind a new exhibition at the national gallery in london. the american artist, ed ruscha, one of the pioneers of popart, is now in his 9th decade and he's showing a series of works looking at the rise and fall of empire. david sillito went to meet him. this is a story about how how industrial world is changing through the eyes of a man whose work has been a strange landscape. almost any change can upset people. whether it isa change can upset people. whether it is a glorified something or other or the total removal

we talked to the former fee for president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in twenty ten about his impressions of the current tournament. this was the best start ever because it's my eleventh's world cup when they are i feel so bad i saw it a little bit this my vote. you know the news now the u.s. announces its withdrawal from the u.n. human rights council and what washington calls political bias and hypocrisy the move has been met with widespread international criticism. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me making arrant we've got the world news update coming up for you but first football. thanks. to ed thank you. our special coverage of the world cup continues as a russia has been partying all night after the host nation pulled off a stunning victory against egypt facing them the way one. of the well the it with you if the the in the if the it with the fifth was thankful that the russia egypt march was held in some pieces but the biggest celebrations within the capital most guys many foreign funds adopted the russian team is only fo

plus we talk through the former for president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in two thousand and ten about his impressions of the country. this was the best start because it's my eleven suppose. yes a day i saw it a little bit this my boat. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. now a whole week has now passed since the biggest party on the planet kicked off right here in russia and there are still another three weeks of the world cup to go for all the details as well as the latest updates let's go to our special studio in the very center of moscow. it's another beautiful. site for you on this moscow evening i wish i could say the football has been so beautiful it might not have been the high scoring games have any of it intriguing in a very different way on wednesday peter schmeichel on sunday was saying three one nil result the last of which he just finished and it was spain which he was stuck confidently predicted they were going to beat around but it was kind of

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fighting for every vote until the last possible minute that image putin has called an ex fifa president sepp blatter who is expected to lobby for morocco and against the u.s. . current president gianni infantino meanwhile believes the north american bid is the one to take fifo into the future. and are minor of the top story we're following for you u.s. president doll trump says his meeting with north korean leader kim jong un was a resoundingly fix that of questions are being asked about the lack of detail and the joint agreement signed by the two leaders and president promised to mr kim to end u.s. war games in south korea. watching the news more coming up at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news any time on our web site e.w. dot com i have a call out in berlin thanks for joining us. alone . for. reliable data. a. distant fourth place extent. of the. automotive history. of technology. the result of market. the momentum of the more to. your business magazine in sixty minutes on t w. a school exercise book filled with stories of war atrocities written by brave p

gori and he's a football consultant on the form a fee for communications director worked alongside sepp blatter he told us why he thinks the north american bid swayed more voters. more awkward to fifth time their bidding for the for the world cup so i mean they played the motional for the presentation of the bit to the they were saying. people go to africa because africa gave a look back even if it's true but maybe there was. very smart because some of the people thought that these two were restive if he forced criticize in the past also in brazil that they're doing stadiums and then they have the so-called wide elephants you know i mean the u.s. they already already to do to host the world cup so there are a lot of reasons. the u.s. one what about the distances that. wasn't needed the teams for certain the fans they have to travel faster and often have been a distance from canada to mexico what you know the. income. of the world cup twenty twenty two so just ahead of the twenty six world cup there were i think a distance of maximum promised so they will host the world cup basically and

and what does it mean for a global food bowl well who better to ask then long time fifa president sepp blatter. foodbank the greatest global spectacle is getting on with the times video is the representative is being rolled out as world cup and the next tournament will see every more teams compete for the ultimate sports prize will these plans benefit overcomplicated will the world cup become bloated and diluted or more exciting and diverse what else is in store for the great game. it's really great to have you on our program one more time welcome it's a pleasure to be here with you so we're going to lots to talk about world cup coming up to russia and you your persona and your role in fief and just football in general i know that you have said you created the modern football and while you were doing this you made mistakes what were those mistakes. and. i don't say it a little bit. different. i made errors i made errors. errors made the biggest was in. by conducting the fifo and being the boss of fisa there is a matter how to manage such an organization and. in this organization in sev

fighting for every vote until the last possible minute flemmi putin has called him ex fifa president sepp blatter who is expected to lobby for morocco and against the u.s. . current president johnny infantino meanwhile believes the north american bid is the one to take fifo into the future. so in our mind of the top story we're following for you aid groups are warning an attack on yemen's name port city up a data i thousand back troops risk massive civilian casualties and will cut off aid to millions the attack could be a turning point in yemen's three year civil war and watch the news from berlin war coming up at the top of the hour i have it quite often thanks for joining us. fix the two books of technology. the result of the market. to. me your business magazine next on d w. you can tell a lot about a society by its garbage. it's worthless for the rich but for many people it offers the only chance of survival. our reporters travel to nairobi as new york and meet people who know the true value of garbage. the rich the poor and the trash. fifty five minutes on. earth. home to millions of

we talked to the form of fee for president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in twenty ten about his impressions of the current tournament. this was the best start ever because it's my eleventh's world cup and when they arrived yesterday i saw a little bit is my vote cut. in other news the u.s. announced its withdrawal from the u.n. human rights council over what washington calls political bias and hypocrisy the move has been met with widespread international criticism. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me make aaron a first stop let's talk football. it's now been a week of partying as found celebrate the biggest event in football for a seventh day r.t. international has all the latest updates for you covered in just one hour time our colleagues at our special studio in the heart of moscow will join us with analysis of all this happening on wednesday that's a huge amount going on with crunch times in both groups a and group b. one of today's most anticipated games was the clash between portugal and the lions of the atlas morocco last

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carried away visitors struggled to get a proper night's sleep among them former free for president sepp blatter who shared his impressions of the tournament with us. as you arrived last night did you manage to get much sleep with all the revelers action the streets of moscow you see of today victory and demanded the big story of russia. until four o'clock in the morning in the hotel was impossible to sleep but after vs could but it was a wonderful pool with nurses at the arrival this second victory all russian team qualified to for the next round and everything is open now it is actually it's made it a very very open to a very open group a and it's always a good thing isn't it when the host nation as a world cup has such a good start and told me this was the element of it this was the best start ever because it's my eleventh's world cup. i was in a very actively. against the first match of the organizing committee of the of the host and that's important than just taken even more and now it's all gold it's all gold needs success ensured for the whole competition and also it benefits the

fighting for every vote until the last possible minute that it may putin has called an ex fifa president sepp blatter who is expected to lobby for morocco and against the u.s. . current president gianni infantino meanwhile believes the north american bid is the one to take feed into the future. so now from sports joins me now to talk about these beds two massive bit how they measure up against each other max you know it's interesting to the countries involved the real world cup bidding veterans morocco for america it's the fifth time they're going for it so they've been trying very hard you can be oddly doubt the sincerity of that in one thousand nine hundred four for instance they lost to the usa who hosts the world cup tournament then and it's very much a tale of two very contrasting business we saw in the report the north american joint bid this raises is extremely low risk and the morocco bid extremely high risk they scored the lowest score in three of the categories which the stadia accommodation and transports are very key categories there and you can see why seven out of fourteen stay

work out and what does it mean for global food well who better to ask then long time for president sepp blatter. to book the greatest global spectacle is getting on with the times video assistant referee system is being rolled out this world cup and the next tournament will see ever more teams compete for the ultimate sports prize will these plans benefit from volleyer overcomplicated will the world cup become bloated and diluted or more exciting and diverse what else is in store for the great game. it's really great to have you on our program one more time welcome it's a pleasure to be here with you so we're going to lots to talk. world cup coming up to russia and you your persona and your role in fever and just football in general i know that you have said you created the modern football and while you were doing this you made mistakes what were those mistakes. i would say it a little bit. different. i made errors i made errors. errors made the biggest one was in. by conducting the fifa and being the boss of pizza there is matter how to manage such an organisation and times in this org

last we talked to the former free for president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in two thousand and ten about his impressions of the current tournaments. this was the best start to ever because it's my eleven spoke up and when i arrived yesterday i saw it a little bit this my both. my broadcasting live for right from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us now a whole week has passed since the biggest party on the planet kicked off right here in russia and there are still another three weeks in the world cup to go all the details as well as the latest updates let's go to our special studio on the very center of moscow. it's another beautiful site for you on this moscow evening i wish i could say the football has been so beautiful it might not have been the high scoring games if it intriguing in a very different way on wednesday peter schmeichel on saddam hussein three results the last of which is just finished and it was spain which he stopped confidently predicted they were going to be the roun

work out and what does it mean for global food well who better to ask then long time the president sepp. foodbank the greatest global spectacle is getting on with the times video assistant referee system is being rolled out this world cup and the next tournament will see ever more teams compete for the ultimate sports bra will these plans evolve over complicated the world cup become bloated and diluted or more exciting and diverse what else is in store for the great game. it's really great to have you on our program one more time welcome it's a pleasure to be here with you so we're going to lots to talk about world cup coming up to russia and you your persona and your role in fief and just football in general i know that you have said you created the modern football and while you were doing this you made mistakes what were those mistakes. i don't say it a little bit. different. i made errors i made errors. errors made the biggest one was. by conducting the fifth and being the boss of if there is a.

and portugal respectively we talked to the fall of feet for president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in two thousand and ten about his impressions of the current ornament. this was the biggest star ever because it's my eleventh's world cup winner arrived yesterday i saw a little bit is my vote. and in other news eve states are condemning the u.s. decision to withdraw from the un human rights council saying the move may undermine washington's role as a champion of democracy. you're watching r.t. international live from our moscow studio with mina to welcome to the program the whole week has now passed since the biggest party on the planet kicked off in russia and there are still another three weeks of the world cup to go for all the details as well as the latest updates let's go to our special studio in the very center of moscow. it's another beautiful site for you on this moscow evening i wish i could say the football has been so beautiful if i could not have been the high scoring games have any of it intriguing in a very different way on wednesday peter schme

plus we've talked to the former fee for president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in two thousand and ten about his impressions of the current turn of. the base. because it's my eleven suppose cup win a i feel sad day i saw it a little bit is my vote. broadcasting my director our studios in moscow this is our team international mission time certainly glad to have you with us now a whole week has passed since the biggest party on the planet khadafi right here in russia and there are still another three weeks of the world cup to go for all the details as well as the latest updates let's get our special studio on the very center of moscow. it's another beautiful site for you on this moscow evening i wish if it's a the football has been so beautiful it made not of been the high scoring games of the but intriguing in a very different way on wednesday peter schmeichel on saddam hussein three one nil result the last that which is just finished and it was spain which he was stopped confidently predicted they were going to be the round but it was kind of scrappy it oft

plus we talked to the former fifa president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in two thousand and ten about his impressions that the current . this was the best start ever because it's my eleven suppose. i feel so today i saw it a little bit this my abode cut. our broadcasting live direct for our citizen oscar this is on t.v. international i'm sean thomas from my god. to have you with us now a whole week has passed since the biggest party on the planet kicked off right here in russia and there are still another three weeks of the world cup to go for all the details as well as the latest updates let us go to our special studio in the very center of moscow. it's another beautiful site for you on this moscow evening i wish i could say the football has been so beautiful it might not have been the high scoring games have been a bit intriguing in a very different way on wednesday peter spike alongside loosing three one nil results the last of which is just finished and it was spain which he was stuck confidently predicted they were going to be the round but it was ki

and we talked to the former fee for president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in twenty ten about his impressions of the current tournament . this was the best start ever because it's my eleventh's world cup and when they are rife yesterday i saw it a little bit this my bow cut. a very warm welcome you're watching r t international with me and he arun the first up let's talk football. special coverage of the world cup continues as teams including the stop playing their second games on wednesday beginning with portugal the moroccan which is just kicked off in the last few minutes trying to hold kids is near moscow's luzhniki stadium where the game is taking place daniel what are the expectations for this clash. certainly high expectations on both sides from what we fired from the fans today the mood from day one from the opening game really hasn't died down here in moscow has been one comes to policy one constant festival of football suddenly finds you both confidently they kind when we got to speak to some just before the match kicked off. he actually to make s

we're told through the form of fee for president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in two thousand and ten about his impressions of the current tournament. this was the bits to go because it's my eleventh's world cup and when they arrived yesterday i saw it a little bit is my abode. in other news states are condemning the u.s. decision to withdraw from the un human rights council saying the move may undermine washington's role as a champion of democracy. is nine pm and you're watching r.t. international live from our moscow studio with me welcome to the program the whole week has now passed since the biggest party on the planet kicked off in russia but finally there is still another three weeks of the world cup to go for all the details as well as the latest updates last cross live now to our special studio in the very center of moscow. very good evening to you and it's another beautiful evening here in central moscow nine ten just take by which means that the pubs are filling up behind as everyone sat down to watch spain against the round which is a very impor

they banned former fifa bosses at the world cup at the invitation of russia's president sepp blatter was pushed out in two thousand and fifteen for at the expire lation says part of a corruption scandal he was banned from all football related activities for six years the eighty two year old is expected to watch two games but it's not known if he'll meet president vladimir putin. you know this week. do. you still see the organizing committee to do. to she resumed to. take you. to the program that you know of free to you and then you to be. norway has tested a two seater electric plane with the hope of starting passenger flights by two thousand and twenty five the transport minister and the head of the airport operator took the j.v. flight around also the government wants to make alter mastic flights electric twenty forty regions of the world's top buyers of electric cars and ninety eight percent of their electricity comes from hydro power. this is kind of the first example that we are moving fast forward we do have to make sure that it's safe people will not fly if they don't trust it

we talked to the former before president sepp blatter who announced russia as the host nation back in twenty ten about his impressions of the current tournament is the best start ever because it's my eleventh's world cup and when they are both yesterday i saw it a little bit is my vote. and in other news ease states are condemning the u.s. decision to withdraw from the un human rights council saying the move may undermine washington's role as a champion of democracy. its eleven pm and you're watching international live from our moscow studio with mean a day or two to welcome to the program a whole week has now passed since the biggest party on the planet kicked off in russia but thankfully there is still another three weeks of the world cup to go for all the details as well as the latest updates let's go live to our special studio in the very center of moscow. it's another beautiful site for you on this moscow evening i wish i could say the football has been so beautiful it might not have been the high scoring games have any of it intriguing in a very different way on wednesday peter

for the band for my fee for bosses at the world cup at the invitation of russia's president sepp blatter was ousted in twenty fifteen for ethics violations as part of a corruption scandal he was banned from all football related activities for six years but it doesn't stop him attending matches its two year old expects to watch two games but it's not known if he'll meet president vladimir putin. you know that he invited me two years ago do. you think you still the organizing committee to did meet in the range to see the ridiculous. i guess taking. the program they are all free to leave and then happy to be. tough a quick check of the headlines here in al-jazeera the u.s. is withdrawing from the united nations human rights council accusing it of hypocrisy and a chronic bias towards israel donald trump's administration has long threatened to quit if the right's body was not reform. the united states is officially withdrawing from the un human rights council in doing so i want to make it crystal clear that this step is not a retreat from human rights commitments on the contrary we take this

for poland for the band for mfi for bosses at the world cup at the invitation of russia's president sepp blatter was ousted in twenty fifteen for ethics violations as part of a corruption scandal he was banned from all football related activities for six years but doesn't stop him from attending matches a two year old expects to watch two games but it's not known if he'll meet president clinton. nigeria's government is in talks with the u.k. to accept the return on loan of rare bronze statue stolen by british imperialists more than a century ago the works of art belong to an african royal mourner from barbara. these are some of the bronzes stolen more than one hundred years ago in what is now southern nigeria mr the artifacts removed from the can have been inspired and the doc in the british museum campaign as have made repeated calls for their return i think it's very important that we are straightforward and honest and transparent about the ways in which some of these objects events that the collection is absolutely not the case that everything in the museums african collections was pl

. >> sepp blatter is flying in for the match tomorrow gasps from the studio at the mention of his name. banned from football but not banned from attending football games. if you're requested by vladimir putin to come and watch a game of football, portugal against morocco -- >> hard to say no. >> hard to say no. noticeably he avoided the opening game where he would have had an awkward confrontation with the current fifa president, but it looks like he will attend the morocco match tomorrow in moscow >> adam, thank you very much >>> we heard from mario draghi this morning in sintra, portugal can you give us a taste of how the reaction has been on the european markets >> absolutely. the story overnight is about the extra tariffs imposed by the u.s. to chinese goods to the tune of 2$200 million spanish index is down n only slightly, perhaps that is on the back of the weaker currency this morning. the dollar is now trading at an 11-month high, that's pushing currency pairs versus euro and versus sterling lower. of course that is helping the ftse 100 index let's look at some of the safe have

sepp blatter who is here as a personal guest of vladimir putin, very awkward for fifa because he's int—year ban from football. spain will not be hoping for a repeat because they face iran later tonight. many thanks, natalie pirks in moscow. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. a mixed day today. most of us seeing sunshine but we have some huge differences in the temperature. here towards the south—east and east anglia, we have got much warmer and more humid air whereas further north, more cloud moving down and much cooler and fresher conditions. you can see the contrast on the temperature map. in the north—west, cool and fresh, and the south—east, the last of the heat and humidity. in between, rather diffuse and weak weather fronts not producing in between, rather diffuse and weak weatherfronts not producing much rain. most of it was but it's gone now, a few lines of rain here but the cloud is taking it southwards and it is thinning and the rain will tend to peter out. still drive towards the south—east. drying off further north, one or two showers particularly arriving

fighting for every vote until the last possible minute let me putin has called an ex fifa president sepp blatter who is expected to lobby for morocco and against the u.s. . current president johnny infantino meanwhile believes the north american did is the one to take fifa into the future. some progress as i write this reminder of our top story this hour u.s. president donald trump has held the outcome of his summit with north korea's leader kim jong il a pledge to rid the korean peninsula of nuclear weapons the u.s. agreed to host military exercises with south korea. plus a sign of a agreement kim jong un said they decided to leave the past behind and hussein a major change mr trump said chairman kim developed a very special bond. with. the sexual of states most of the top of the hour with the name of iraq going to check out the website to think the cost of the day. you can tell a lot about a society by its garbage. it's worthless for the bridge but for many people it offers their only chance of survival. our reporters travel to nairobi and new york and meet people of the true value of

fighting for every vote until the last possible minute let me putin has called an ex fifa president sepp blatter who is expected to lobby for morocco and against the u.s. . current president johnny in front tino meanwhile believes the north american bid is the one to take feed into the future. oh right across the area to forgive me for it joins me now to talk more about these bits who've been having a little bit of a yak and forth going to focus on the north america bit talk to us about the influence that trump has had on there been a bit of a deterrent yeah but i think trump is a distraction you know i think absolutely the north american world cup should take place you know because you know in terms of truck you know back in two thousand and twenty two when the world cup went to qatar set blatter allegedly made a phone call to obama a very beloved president said you're not getting it so if love can't get you a world cup hate should not be able to deny you overall cup that's what. so the two beds out there morocco in the u.s. the u.s. has benefits because they are considered a low risk b

the former fifa president sepp blatter.activity because of widespread bribery allegations. he is not technically breaking any rules. beazerjapanese technically breaking any rules. beazer japanese fans after japan beat columbia. apparently, this is uncommon in in football matches, they bring it with them when they are on tour in this inspired other fa ns are on tour in this inspired other fans do follow suit. let's talk about the russians because the host tea m about the russians because the host team are the lowest rank in the world cup. but as you probably know that has not stopped them. they won the first two games and are through to the knockout stage. here is the reaction of some fans after last night bob mike windt. two games in a row. 8—0 overall. night bob mike windt. two games in a row. 8-0 overall. it was incredible! semifinal was a great result but we believe world cup champion may be. not many predicted that russia would do well but sports journalist polina kuimova did. here she is speaking to the bbc.” think all

sepp blatter is currently serving a six—year ban enforced by fifa for alleged unethical conduct in relationthe body in 2015. his appearance however is not a direct violation of the ban, according to fifa. let's get more now on the house of lords approving the government's proposals on how much say mps will get over the final brexit. they have withdrawn their remaining objections. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth is at westminster. let me ask you first of all, was this expected given the government had won that meaningful vote?|j think had won that meaningful vote?” think so. the last real sticking point around the ee withdrawal bill and there have been many was the issue of the meaningful vote in the ad is how much power parliament should have it to direct the government's actions in the event of the no brexit deal. that was the remaining fight if you like left in this bill. the potential rebels on the conservative side, there are conservative mps considering voting against the government on this issue and most of them said they would back the government ultimately and therefore, th

it all to think you dorio the former communications director for faith and i also worked alongside seppblatter but you got a chance speak to the new yeah i want to didn't work the next three words or infantile you know but then i had the opportunity to go to sort and speak to inferencing about your thoughts about russia and especially the question is it safe i think fan to travel to russia. it is no secret a lot of tension between the world and the well cup host nation. how are fifa how are you dealing with that i mean how are you sort of. coming in making this the best event in the world with all that's going on at the moment by focusing on football i think that's that's the key and that's the secret we have to focus on full but i think there are enough. sadly people around the world to try to just. you know divide or argue or dispute or whatever we have to try to unite football is uniting football is has this this magic and this power of bringing people together we don't want to make politics we don't want to take positions on whether and who is right or wrong we have to organize foot

still fun testing and that's just one of the questions about the atmosphere here that was put to the sepp blatter and put it very formally chosen said blatter who said that we kate partridge in our studio earlier did you manage to get much sleep with all the revelers action the streets of moscow in the city of today big tree and domestic big three of russia. until four o'clock in the morning into a hotel that supposedly does the tough to vs could put clothes on the floor to witness at the arrival of this second victory of the russian team qualified for the next round and everything is open it is that he's made it very very open to a very open group a and it's always a good thing isn't it when the host nation as a world cup has such a good start for me this of those elements or is this was the big. start ever because it's my eleven sold. ten of those in my very active here and my guests have to do first so much of the overnight coming. up to host that's important than just taken even more and now it's all well and it's all well needs some says central for the whole competition this tournam