gorbachev, i held other meetings with monks at a monastery in moscow, with monastery in moscow, with nearly 100 dissidents and refuseniks, men and women who worked for years and freedom to speak, to assemble and to travel. at moscow university with students, indeed with the very students likely to become the soviet union's next generation of leaders, to the dissidents, refuseniks, i was able to say the people of the united states and elsewhere support you. to the students, i suggested there is another way to live and govern your country. a way of democracy and economic growth. a way in which creative human energies are released. if anyone had suggested even as recently as ten years ago, an american president would one day be able to meet with soviet dissidents inside moscow itself or be able to speak to soviet students in their own university about human freedom, well, i think you'll agree the prediction like that would have been dismissed. but this past week it happened. seeds of freedom and greater trust were sewn. and i just have to believe that in ways we may not even be able to

well those were amazing weeks with people rejoicing on the streets of moscow and other cities and for other cities it is even more remarkable because in the rush hour we have more foreigners and we're more used to international events of course not of that scope what of course was totally amazing was these crowds of people speaking in different languages or repped up in their national colors the flags and painting their faces and the russians totally welcoming and as happy as the guests and happy to show rusher as indeed a hospital and welcoming country forgetting that the world was up against russia forgetting that in the myth that the foreigners were enemy is the national media have a profile in the for for at least a few years now so it was indeed. i think one muscovites. in your food a gulp of fresh air it was unlike anything else that we've seen in the past two years so maria wants more close to the truth closer to the truth this open friendly country or the hostile enemy of the west. well i think it's more complicated than no country is just one thing and it is indeed true that

you could build more hotels you know no more make moscow great again. no idea why do you think that i just think is too much is too shady to not be i think the top thing to say isis guide to the idea of innocent till proven guilty just sounds crazy so ridiculous. but not much it's not my kind of friend but only if there is something in it for him not friendship for the sake of friendship think everyone's capable of making friends i think would be pretty sad especially i mean he has a wife they think that she's his friends i hope so they created a child sometimes i think everyone can have friends. even the craziest people are friends it's true there's crazy for crazy. nearly two weeks ahead of today's summit a delegation of u.s. republican senator has visited moscow meeting their russian colleagues in a bid to improve relations and judging by what they said in a moscow everything went pretty well though the senate has suddenly changed dramatically when they came back. this is the beginning of a dialogue. not a strain really a relationship. senator shelby

. >> my fellow americans, it was just yesterday that i returned from my historic moscow summit meeting from general secretary glover talk, and it so happens later this month, i will be visiting canada for an economic summit with the leaders of the world industrialized nations. i thought i would take a few moments to tell you about both. first, my meeting in moscow, the event that held perhaps the first immediate historic importance to place on wednesday. it was then that general and i exchanged the instruments of ratification, bringing into effect the inf treaty. the effect of this treaty will be very simply to eliminate an entire class of u.s. and soviet intermediate range nuclear missiles. the significance of the treaty can hardly be overstated. for the first time ever, the levels of nuclear arms will actually be reduced rather than having caps placed on their growth. these missiles have not simply been shuffled around on a map or placed in storage, they will have been dissed -- to storage -- destroyed. the general secretary and i made important progress in other areas as well. we mo

vladimir putin has invited president trump to moscow. this comes hours after sources told cnn that the president's former attorney michael cohen is ready to talk to special counsel robert mueller and deliver a potential bombshell in the russia investigation. cnn's jeff zeleny is at the white house. this has been a whirlwind 24 hours. start with the latest, this new invitation from president putin. >> reporter: no question. good morning. the fallout from the helsinki summit is continuing with the back and forth between washington and moscow over will there be a second meeting. we are learning a few moments ago, sarah sanders said that president trump is open to going to moscow if he has a formal invitation. they say they still look forward to having vladimir putin here in the u.s. after the first of the year. of course, this is a walk back when he invited him here in the fall which many republicans were saying should not happen during or right after the midterm elections. this is all coming on the heels

you could build more hotels you know no more make moscow great again. why do you think that i just think is too much is too shady to nabi i think that the top thing to say isis guide to the idea of innocent till proven guilty just sounds crazy so we figure. you're. not much like her and only if there's something in it for him not friendship for the sake of slang i think everyone's capable of making friends i think would be pretty sad especially i mean he has a wife i think says she's his friends i hope so they created a child sometimes i think everyone can have friends. even the craziest people have friends that's true there's crazy for crazy. head all for the donald trump tweeted that relations between russia and the u.s. were at rock bottom blaming his previous a criticize us for that and also said that the media would crucify him at home no matter what the outcome of the summit. unfortunately no matter how well i do at the summit if i was given the great city of most go i was a retribution for all of the sins and evil. committed by russia over the ye

good evening — welcome to moscow. what drama we have seen over the round of 16, france 4, argentina 3, those penalty shootouts on sunday, russia beating spain, belgium's comeback and now what will england/colombia deliver here in the capital? the last tie in the round. up to 6,000 england fans are in the city, around 3,000 officially with tickets — will tonight be the night that they put so many years of disappointment behind them? will this be a first knockout win at a major championship since 2006? the team is in position, arriving over an hour ago at the spartak stadium and the team will be the same one that started this tournament 15 days ago with that win against tunisia. let's cross live now. the spartak stadium is over ten miles away, heading that way across the kremlin, our sports correspodnent natalie is inside the satdium. first, the team years. this is gareth southgate‘s chosen 11. his strongest 11. back to where he started. exactly, back to the tunisia game. in feels like a long time ago. just as "it i

whsident trump was in moscow back then, i did not know um was in moscow. i treat president with the utmost respect. jon: forget collusion -- what about simple russian interference, something the 12 ekssian intelligence agents were indicted for last >> would you with the whole world watching teln president pu would you denounce what happened in 2016 and warned him never to do it again? pres. trump: all i can dtiis ask the qu. my people came to me, dan coats came to me and others, and sai they think it is russia. i have president putin. he said it is not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. jon: he deflected all questions on russian meddling, blaming t fbi, the democrats refusing to hold moscow to account -- the democra, refusing to hold moscow to account. the president has left helsinki and is on his way back to washington. if he had hoped this summit would allow him to move on from questions of russian interference, he is in for a nasty surprise when he lands back in d.c. christian: jon sopel reporting there. maybe it was that m

olly foster in moscow. we start with that news that two—time wimbledon champion andy murray has withdrawn from this year's tournament as he continues to build to full fitness following nearly a year out with a hip injury. in a post on social media, murray said "...after lengthy discussions with my team and with a heavy heart, we've decided that playing best—of—s—set matches might be a bit too soon in the recovery process." he went on to say he will begin his hard court preparations from tomorrow with the us open still to come in late august. lewis hamilton has lost his lead at the top of the formula one world championship standings after being forced to retire from the austrian grand prix. hamilton suffered a loss of fuel pressure in his mercedes with eight laps to go. it's the first time in a record 33 races he hasn't finished. max verstappen went on to take an unexpected victory for red bull. joe lynskey reports. to be formula 1 champion you have to master every landscape. the hills and turns of a

thanks very much for the analysis we're going to take our seats for the second half with him back to moscow. thanks joe see giving up summation there of an action like a cracking first half to one and the second half just the bye to begin in a few moments by the way we've got our own lineup of course to bring the best to be outness figure on world cup final day first of all we're going to try and go to france whose country of course is leading to charlotte dubin ski is they're all trying to link up with her in a little while because i imagine the scenes were pretty epic and also a lot of people after the fun fast in moscow eager to get down off is there as well keeping an eye on all the action there as people who maybe couldn't have tickets for the final were able to go and celebrate their we'll be with our correspondents in just a moment but really right throughout the entire tournament our correspondents were covering marches meeting fans doing all about and they collected a lot of great memories from the championship we'd like to share some of them right . i should have been taken over b

tens of thousands rallied in the streets of moscow. the biggest protest there since the fall of the soviet union. >> people were hanging off lamp posts, people were in the streets. really shocking. >> putin was now living the same nightmare he had endured as a kgb officer in east germany in 1989. this time, in his own backyard. and he wasn't even president at the time, he was prime minister. having handed the presidency over to his associate, dplitry. >> as the winter went longer and longer, it got colder and colder, the protests got bigger and bigger. >> as putin saw people turning against him, hillary clinton weighed in. >> the russian people, like people everywhere, deserve the right to have their voys heard and their votes counted. >> when putin hears something like that, i imagine he hears bush talking about a guam hussain. he shares that as death coming for me. the tiny dead lead from power, what the hell do you know opinion my people and how they should have their voices heard. i'll tell you if they should have their voices hear

let's bring in our guests now and joining us from moscow maria let min an independent russian analysts from london bill nor founder of gulf masses and contempt at the middle east and also joining us from moscow via skype raul paris a global football writer of the associated press news agency a very warm welcome to all of you rob let me start with you because you've been there in russia covering the world cup you are now at the airport coming to us via skype and just about to leave was it the best world cup ever. well certainly on the pitch you do some really thrilling performances shock some great games that made it open field and indeed helps the television ratings and helps to sort of live out revenue fifty five and over sixty stadiums as well they've already owned all i mean the russian state was able to mobilize all its resources to ensure that the right career mrs ray in place in the white infrastructure is there around them so in terms of that it's going to be hard to judge that whether it's the best ever if you have to take a long term view or that it's a safety the legacy was t

they will face croatia in moscow. let's go live to moscow where i'm joined by our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, but first let's speak to our sports news correspondent richard conway who is at the luzhniki stadium where england will meet croatia tonight. there will be 80,000 people packed into these stands in a little under eight hours from now. very quiet here at the moment, getting the pitch ready, they will start installing the goalposts and they are painting the lines. even watching paint dry today's exciting. and england have not been in this position for a very long time. it's 1990 was the last time they got to this point, losing to west germany on penalties. 52 years since 1966, when they famously won. can they do it again tonight? they are training not far from where we are. final preparations under way. gareth southgate and its team know the opportunity that lie before them. england savoured victory in moscow last week, now they are back in town and determined to stick around for final. it's 28 years

sophie is in moscow. england and croatia havejust england and croatia have just come out to start warming up, can england do it? i have been talking to some of the many fans who have made the journey to make sure they are here for england's big night. two, three, four... # it's coming home. # it's coming. # footballs coming home. # footballs coming home #. here we go darling, let's go. hello, hello, hello. come on, you get a bit closer. ok come on, when did you guys come here? we've come from qatar monday night. we live in qatar at the moment, so it was about a six hour journey. but we are here, we're back. i spent all my money to come here for one reason, i might be dead the next time it happens. so this is why, we're going to win! operatic singing. i'm in red square now, the sun is out, and hopefully i'll be still here sunday. i'm not going back till monday. so yeah, rocking and rolling. can't wait. love it. you're not going back till monday? you're a confident man! spur of the moment after the saturday

, refusing to hold moscow to account. the president has left helsinki and is on his way ba. to washingt if he had hoped this summit would allow him to move on from quesinons of russian rference, he is in for a nasty surprise when he lands back in d.c. christian:on sopel reporting there. maybe it was that moment in the press conference when he was ked about the indictments of 12 russian military officials, ducking the que that did bringsp howls of r not only from democrats but republicans back at home. incapable, th president, to separate collusion from the russia investigation and the findings of histe own igence agencies. when he was asked pointedly about the russian investigation, offnso a off --eered ramblingr about hillary clinton's e-mail servers. he sees the investigation as a deep state plot against him to undermine his election victory and re-freezes point blank to criticize vladimir putin. a lot of people compare that with how other american presidents have behaved alongse russian leaders in the past. think back

now we go back to our coverage of the world cup in our special studio in the heart of moscow. thank. you very warm welcome back to the moscow skyline here it is the day after the evening before after the world cup final and it was the finale we were hoping for it's been a quite epic month football so many terrific games just one nil nil on the last game game sixty four the world cup final between france on creation lived up to expectations i think it's safe to say need hardly a little bit of everything in their head a dramatic vala decision we had an own goal we had a penalty six strikes in total bolting the net quite a face the full enjoy. i . were. over the. theme of the the oh it was. over the. when you three coalition players players the coaching staff will be very very disappointed because. the best team was losing and was losing because of. in my opinion and mistake of the concept of the i'm not saying he's not the penalty because there can be different opinions or wrong i'm saying that the concept of the. ease of bald important mistakes of the referee and this was not o

moscow senses it is out playing its opponent. —— moscow senses it is out—playing its opponent. a successful world cup has helped. out—playing its opponent. sport and politics playing side—by—side in vladimir putin's russia. playing side—by—side steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. playing side—by—side it playing side—by—side is all over now. dan has been there it is all over now. dan has been there throughout the tournament. as you look back, what are your thoughts? finals in world cups are often cagey affairs. so much at stake, teams often defensive, but not in moscow today. that was the highest scoring final since 1966. very much in keeping with the rest of this tournament. great goals, fantastic matches, new stars, big surprises, and now i final to match all of that. for england fans if always be remembered fondly. if all have a special place in their hearts. southgate's squad arriving back home today at birmingham airport after their best world cup for some 28 yea rs. their best world cup for some 28 years. they confounded all expectations during theirjourne

and what they told moscow, what they carried out here under moscow's orders. we also learned all this spy information about their spy information. to further the aims of the conspiracy, moscow center has arranged for the defendants clandestinely to communicate with the russian federation. they have use the secret methods used below, radio grams and steganography. steganography. that must be a dinosaur related code. you go to the museum of natural history. under the hoof. as it turns out, steggen nothingraphy it is an actual spy thing according to the fbi this steegen nothingraphy is the process of secreting data in an i think. moscow center uses steganographic software that is not commercially available. it permits the svr to insert data in the images posted on publicly available web sites without the data being visible. the data can be removed from the picture and decrypted also using software provided by the svr. similarly, svr software can be used to encrypt data and then to clandestinely bend it on publicly available websites. the fbi later released this p

richard conway, bbc news, moscow. we canjoin sarah rainsford in red square in moscow. sarah, there's around 10,000 england fans in russia today getting ready for the game. what's the atmosphere like there this morning? looking quiet behind you but lots more england fans are arriving by the hour in moscow? that's right, there haven't been that many england fans here for the tournament but since the win against sweden wibble have been making a mad —— to get here for the semi—final for this moment of football history —— mad rush. lots of people coming who hadn't been planning it. i'm joined by three england fans on the cobblestones of red square, they all have different stories, lots of people paying crazy money for the game. tom, you were watching sweden at home and you decided to come?” was that a wedding and halfway through the ceremony... they were showing the game? people we re they were showing the game? people were watching it between your legs, like you did at school, and everyone was getting rowdy. at half—time i managed to sneak away as they threw

live in moscow. just as england's, they're in in moscow. just as england's, they‘ re in france, in moscow. just as england's, they're in france, so many of the have got involved, have got behind their team, have really engaged with their team, have really engaged with the unfolding contest, the whole series of thrilling matches, culminating in the event this afternoon. the french victory. england's of course back home, having won plaudits for their performance. knocked out in the semifinal by croatia who were then defeated in the world cup final by france. the ceremony continuing as the players are handed their medals. president macron, absolutely soaked to the skin as other players. antoine griezmann one of the scorers in that final match. the rain is really hammering down now is this ceremony unfolds. the fourth world cup winning captain, hugo lloris. following dino zoff of italy in 1992. football has come home really, the world cup was the idea of a frenchman, john reme. he will be looking down fondly on seeing his nation when the trop

three days in moscow. great theater, the very least. >> the trip to moscow wrote itself. the great cold warrior and the heart of the evil empire. literally, in red square. you knew this would be very special. >> i distinctly remember him getting on the plane,on somebody asked a question. what are you looking for? he said something like, sometimes do act is to act. that was his other line. the moscow summit come it was a summation. reagan was always true to his beliefs. >> he truly believed this much, that for all the talk about, gorbachev was kidding himself if he thought he could reform the soviets union into a productive society. soviet sense that the unions were not ready for real change, the people were. he intended to make his case to them. it's impaired that the president wanted to send a message. not just to america, but to the russian people as well. we really care about you. we wantbo to see you okay. says, "ronnie wants to go to a a park to walk among the people." the secret service says well, e don't think so. they pointed out that the leaders just don't go wal

in russia moscow. accounts for a third or more of g.d.p. in canada toronto accounts for twenty percent of g.d.p. in the united states new york is only ten percent of g.d.p. so in many ways and i'm not trying to make this is a criticism. russia is a more spatially an equal opportunity the top sided lopsided economy so even state led redistribution can't solve this that's telling me something that maybe the way to deal with this is certainly you could use federal redistribution but instead of doing that from the top let the localities keep more money because they are the ones that know how to spend it so is moscow needs more bike lanes i'm making is you know i don't know the situation but if moscow needs more bike lanes and. subway and high speed rail spend it there is an hour wind community needs better roads and bridges better high speed internet speed that there i think this decentralized model could be a way of one being more economically effective into overcoming the cultural and social divides that pit us against one another in your say

yeah the weather is changing just about every minute here in moscow at the moment moscow orthorexic has sent out a storm warning but yesterday and today and the russians he will be hoping that they just mean the rain that's been coming down periodically and not at all the red theory spain they have obviously been one of the themes of the tournament so far three excellent goals against portugal in their first game and russia really on paper do not have a team to to put up a fight against them but with the support behind them with the atmosphere there's been generated in moscow there was a chance all right audie maybe for us in moscow stay dry and enjoy thank you. well the russians have exceeded expectations so far this tournament while spain have yet to find top four meaning fans could be in for a surprise. moscow has been the scene of many momentous moments in russian history now the nation's football team want to achieve something remarkable by beating fancied spain in reaching the world cup quarterfinals. the game is so big that deputy prime minister vitali mutko attended their final

s emily sherwin in moscow thank you both very much. now some of the other stories making news around the world demonstrators have marched through the finnish capital helsinki to protest has the policies of the u.s. president donald trump and russian president vladimir putin the two leaders are holding a summit in the city on monday ahead of his arrival trump told a u.s. broadcaster he is going into the meeting with low expectations. in iraq police have clashed with anti corruption protesters as they try to storm a government building in basra several people are reported to have been wounded for the past week demonstrators in cities across the south have been demanding better public services and protesting a lack of jobs. heavy rain and thunderstorms have taken lives and caused major damage in china flooding along the yellow river and hundreds of other waterways roads and railways have been blocked and bridges destroyed thousands have been evacuated and the flooding has been blamed for dozens of deaths. and adelaide to more migrant resc

—— we re or mosque dunn russia in moscow —— were russia in moscow.” or mosque dunn russia in moscow —— were russia in moscow. i think it was crucial. i am live in moscow where thousands of england fans will now be trying to travel to get tickets for the semifinal and then may be a dream final here at the tournament. in other news following the cabinet agreement and checkers, the cabinet agreement and checkers, the minister refuses to rule out preferential treatment for citizens for the eu coming to the uk after brexit. what i am clear about is that it will bring an end to free movement as we look ahead for the immigration rules for people coming from the european union and we need to look at it in the context of the wider rules we have for immigration outside of the european union. wider rules we have for immigration outside of the european union! boys trapped in a leading cave and send parents letters telling them they are strong and not to worry. police investigating the poisoning ofa police investigating the poisoning of a couple with a nerve agent warns the operation could t

moscow because it is 1—0 between the hosts russia and croatia. they are playing each other for the right to play england in a world cup semifinal. the world cup final a week tomorrow but in fortnights' time, after england beat sweden 2—0 in, they are heading back to moscow for the semifinal. in what would be possibly address for herself for the world cup final from me in the sports a team here in moscow, everybody at the bbc sportscenter and wimbledon, it is goodbye for now. today was another warm dry sunny day across much of the country. here the scene, taken by one of our weather watchers. 0ver scene, taken by one of our weather watchers. over the next two days, that continues. it is going to be largely dry with pressure in charge. there will be some strong sunshine, but that is a little more clout to the day tomorrow. here's a satellite from earlier. but most part, it has just been fairweather that has been bubbling up. a little bit of clout across parts of northern ireland and the rest of scotland. that will hang out there this evening and

moscow does one year since the death of a. contributor who was killed by islamic state shelling in syria he was twenty five years old in his own. special award for the best reporting from war zones the first prizes will be awarded later today right here in moscow. has made a documentary about syria is a brief preview. but you know i know where his body is buried deep in my heart i'm still hoping he's alive on that day he called me and asked me to pray for him i asked him to be careful and not risk his life being a hero i didn't want to lose him i was so afraid to lose him. but he loved life the morning of the day he died i was worried my mind started to come up with the scariest of images i was afraid he'd be captured by i so i had a very bad feeling. we were near the front line the syrian army was battling i still i worked was over and we were about to pack or equipment khaled stood near it i put the helmets on him i just wanted to take a photo as a memory of my work with the film crew in the explosion came. along i realized

england savoured victory in moscow last week. now they're back in town and determined to stick around for sunday's final. # world in motion... # it's now 28 years since new order's world cup anthem, world in motion. back in 1990, croatia didn't even exist as a country. it's an entire generation since gazza's tears, lineker‘s worry and england's defeat to west germany. it's even longer, though, since england got their hands on the prize. it's 52 years since england last won the world cup. it's still gleaming, as are the current team's hopes. gareth southgate wants his players to make their own history

let's go right out of moscow for trying to go first. on our. very warm welcome to from all of us here at r t h q my name stuck on the good thanks for tuning in this hour british foreign secretary boris johnson has resigned he's the third minister to quit in just twenty four hours with all three refusing to back to recent days plans for a so-called soft abroad said. to the you stay as close as possible and it's just been announced the health secretary jeremy hunt will replace him. johnson has now published his resignation letter online he said that should have been about opportunity. but quote that dream is dulling suffocated by needless self-doubt he also claimed the country is now heading towards a somewhat bricks that the status of a colony. has the details on the shock resignation. the u.k. prime minister to resign may faced a tense meeting with tory m.p.'s and peers in parliament today as she was hoping to try and get control of her cabinet admits to all the infighting in her leadership isn't a huge risk out the moment the infighting surrou

he is in moscow. matthew, i'm curious how this is seen in moscow. it strikes me that vladimir putin is running the show on this summit here. it's going to happen. maybe i won't come. now i will come. what's the perception in moscow? >> well, i think it's a very difficult issue for the kremlin to handle. of course, we saw what the dynamic was like in helsinki. i was in that press conference with presidents trump and putin. putin came across as much more dominant. president trump came across as deferential, even submissive at times, which i think was shocking to many people in the audience. people in russia were also shocked as well. state television said that president trump smelt like a kremlin agent. that was the words that they used to describe the u.s. president. so i think the kremlin have kind of backed off a bit, despite this latest invitation. they're concerned that it's gone a little bit too far. they want president trump to deliver on his election promises, to make the relationship better with russia, but they also see that he's not going t

the words of donald trump hours before today's summit taking place trump took to twitter to say that moscow washington relations have never been worse thanks to years all foolishness and stupidity by the u.s. of course during his election campaign and after his own operation trump repeatedly said that he would like to have better relations with russia which had already sourwood on the last leg of barack obama's second presidential term over issues such as syria and ukraine however under trump's administration sign sions have been slapped on moscow diplomats have been expelled and russian diplomatic compounds have been so much the u.s. establishment as well as at least some of washington's western allies have meanwhile spared no effort to prevent or at least to spoil today's forthcoming summit the u.s. media almost competing to provide their audiences with conspiracy theories about possible collusion between trump and putin as a renewed push to promote the narrative that has become increasingly thread to bed over the last couple of years now moscow sees today's summit in helsinki primarily a

here and what they told moscow, what they carried out on moscow's orders. we also learned all of this dark spy information. to further the aims of the conspiracy, moscow center has arranged for the defendants clandestinely to communicate with the -- at that point reading the indictment, steganography. there's the dyno source. turns out steganography, it is an actual spy thing according to the fbi, steganography is the process of secreting data in an image. moscow center uses ste fw anographic software that is not commercially available. the encrypted data can be removed from the image and decrypted also using software provided by the svr. similarly, svr software can be used to encrypt data and then to clandestinely bend it on publicly available websites. the fbi later released this photo of online images of flowers to show some of the actual images that the russians used to pass information back and forth with moscow center. messages encrypted in individual pixels in these images of flowers. crazy, right? in an fbi search of donald heath field and tracy lea

and we can talk to dan roan in moscow now. an amazing end to that world cup final, how will we look back on this tournament as a whole? as you can see behind me the heavens have openedin see behind me the heavens have opened in moscow. i don't think the organisers will mind too much. that was a great final. it has been a classic tournament with plenty of drama, great goals, great matches, some new drama, great goals, great matches, some new star is a gripping final and that all reinforces the view that this will be a tournament to beat. it won't be the same again maybe because in four years' time we go from one of the biggest countries in the world as host to tiny qatar. it won't be in the summer, in the middle of the premier league season, in the middle of winter. after that, the entire format of the tournament changes to 48 teams. eight years from now. perhaps this may be the last of a kind. the organisers will be delighted. in terms of security, apart from that pitch invasion here this evening. logistics, transport, not of

even know that he was in moscow. please just disregard those issues and don't think about this any more again. >> i have to say, if they had it, it would have been out long ago. >> when president trump was in moscow back then, i didn't even know he was in moscow. >> this whole day has been amazing. i don't know if trump is a puppet, a dupe or a useful idiot. but the whole issue of putin not knowing trump was in moscow. we report that trump was trying to get a meeting with putin all through his time in moscow back in november 2013 and he was in contact with putin's right hand man and chief spokesperson who he said they were trying to work it out but there was a scheduling issue at the end of the time and it couldn't happen. but putin then even sent trump a gift later, small little black box with a sealed letter inside from putin that we have never known. we have never been told what that letter to trump said. so why putin would get out there and say, i didn't even know he was there when there was plenty of media cover

one man who's been in moscow for the whole tournament is oui’ moscow for the whole tournament is our correspondent olly foster. many things indeed. a couple of rest days across russia, 1a —— four teens left, haven't spotted any england fa ns yet left, haven't spotted any england fans yet but this city will come on wednesday night. 80,000 for the biggest game in generations of england players, that first semifinal in 28 years after they beat the swedes in the quarterfinal in samarra. they‘ re beat the swedes in the quarterfinal in samarra. they're back at their training camp safe and sound. our sports correspondent david ornstein counting them back in. they are the world cup euros carrying the hopes ofa world cup euros carrying the hopes of a nation and still making time for grocery shopping. rapinoe has becoming one's happy habitat and when they leave the aim is to do so with a trophy in the back. #itis with a trophy in the back. # it is coming home, it is coming. # it is coming home, it is coming. # the ball is coming home. orchestrating the russian odyssey —— in granada c

and probably moscow does not like to tehran does not like moscow and moscow probably does there is muchn either. if we will have a peace conference in the region, iran must be invited, recognizing iran's interest in that part of the world. iran also as a potential market for major energy deals. there are other major deals already in progress on the table. third, moscow has always tried to create a block in the middle east of states that support it against the united states's efforts to be the unilateral security force in the middle east. now that we are foregoing that quest, the creation of this block becomes all the more attractive and vital for russia. it so happens that they created this block in 1978-1979 -- i might be the only person in the room who remembers that -- it was called the rejectionist front. oddly enough, those are the same three states they want to create a block with now. not necessarily a block, but a working partnership. interestingly enough, they are all shiite. iran is important from that point of view, but at the same time, the russians know that what is most imp

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trump remember the rumors spread about trump the one about prostitutes and a certain hotel room in moscow. trump is a man who for many years has organized beauty pageants he socialized with the most beautiful women in the world i can hardly imagine he rushed to the hotel to meet some young russian women low social responsibility. sweet talk aside russia and the u.s. in syria have almost come open war relations a dismal getting worse but not all is lost crimea is back in the headlines trump has called for russia to come back to the g. seven regardless trump's a businessman he likes the deal he likes the trade we can do to me if. we can probably have a good relationship with them. it isn't going to be easy but at least the talking do nuclear super bows which could destroy the world thrice over lot behaving like children everyone's better off when they talk unless you're a pundit or a hater this is in meltdown mode calling this a loss for the u.s. calling trump a russian agent but they've been outed for years all that's left really is the wait and see what happens only time will tell. joinin

as the rain and the curtain came down on moscow, and the curtain came down on moscow, a second—half storm was enough to ta ke a second—half storm was enough to take this world cup back to france. the bbc‘s 0lly foster has been in moscow for the whole world cup, here he is describing the moment france lifted the trophy. the heavens opened here. the dignitaries including president putin and president macron were soaked for the presentation. akhror of thunder went off overhead at the exact moment that lloris lifted the world cup for france. it seemed as though the footballing gods were having their say. i am sure that they approve. this tournament has been amazing. it has seen the rise of the underdog. teams defying the odds. it has been a world cup like no other. fifa rankings turned on their head. the reigning champions germany, former champion spain and brazil come clean out of the tournament. it was here in moscow that order was restored. 20 years after dechamps captained france with the win, here he wins it and he said it was beautiful and marvellous, the word he used of their achie

in very sort of remote places only very far from moscow. yamin they all scattered around the continent thinking to wanted some armor that was bill of rights the middle of the forest and some of them do not have top flight clubs they might have a team in the second division which means it's hard to sell them when they've got tens of thousands of seats and perhaps not the audience there and then we haven't seen in volgograd yesterday just as the final was taking place of the slide around the stadium say yes maybe they didn't quite say next to the water bear but that is generated from in russia and in many of these wealthiest honest asian country that require a lot of infrastructure to be built the fact it isn't necessary needs in the long term particularly all the stadia with bus hospitality facilities and obviously the question many russians will have put the put to better use spent on infrastructure away from football where although a lot of questions within russia as to why so much money was spent on stadiums and as rob said so much hospit

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world cup final later today the biggest match in football fans of croatia and france are pouring into moscow for the finale of one of the most thrilling tournaments of our brands are the big favorites but this world cup has been nothing if not full of surprises. and tennis court for germany's anjali she cruises passer in a williams to win the women's crown at wimbledon. i am. i my ass waiter thanks for joining us. we begin in gaza where hamas officials say they've reached a cease fire with israel after one of the most serious uptick in violence since the war between israel and gaza militants in two thousand and fourteen egypt and the u.n. reportedly brokered the truce after at least two palestinians were killed. the most extensive and strikes on gaza in four years. they included hits in the heart of gaza city. israel says it was targeting hamas positions in response to a barrel of rocket fire from the palestinian enclave. its iron dome defense system intercepted some rockets such warning sirens sent people running for shelter as. separate israelis were injured. after consultations with the d

let's go right out of moscow for trying to show her face on a shocker. on our. very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for tuning in this hour. we start with breaking news as the british foreign secretary boris johnson has resigned he's the third minister to quit in just twenty four hours with all three refusing to back to recent days plans for a so-called soft to brag said where u.k. ties to the e.u. stay as close as possible johnson has now published his resignation letter online he said that that should have been about opportunities but quote that dream is dying suffocated by the needless self-doubt also he said that government has a song to sing but the words of it stick in the throat are they has the details of the shock resignation. the u.k. prime minister to resign may faced a tense meeting with tory m.p.'s and peers in parliament today as she was hoping to try and get control of her cabinet admits to all the infighting and her leadership is under a huge risk out the moment the infighting surrounds that may's idea

>>> invitation to moscow. vladimir putin said that he is ready to visit washington but also inviting president trump to come to moscow. why's the russian leader praising the president for keeping his campaign promises? >>> economic spike, the u.s. economy is sizzling, growing at the fastest pace in almost four years. president trump is taking the credit now but what will he say if things cool off? >>> and stalling tactics, north korea returns the apparent remains of some american troops killed in combat many decades ago but what about kim jong-un's other commitments? is he stalling when it comes to giving up his nukes? wonderful blitszer is off today. you're in "the situation room. s . >>> president trump denies a stunning claim by the former fixer and lawyer michael cohen that he knew ahead of time about the 2016 trump tower meeting where russians were supposed to provide dirt on hillary clinton. but sources say that cohen is willing to tell special counsel robert mueller that he was present when donald trump

out of moscow. the. clock on monday morning here in moscow all of us here at the international welcome to gold top story. and a grim development in the amesbury poisoning case one of the victims has died she had allegedly been exposed to the know. our correspondent reports. don't sturgis he was exposed to the never agent not be chuckin amesbury house died in hospital and charlie rowdy still remains in a critical condition the head of the u.k. counterterrorism placing said that this is shocking and tragic news that the thoughts and prayers are with the ones family at this extremely difficult time and the u.k. prime minister to resign may she expressed condolences as well initially it was thought that the couple had come into contact with contaminated drugs but only off to counter terrorism place confessions that the couple had actually been exposed to the nerve agent novi chalk and taser mines that of how the ames case has unfolded safe to people would be the surprise to the right to know the truth nobody

studio: dan roan in moscow, thank you. it was the first day of wimbledon today and the eight—time champion roger federer began defending his title storming to a straight—sets victory. meanwhile, seven—time champion serena williams was back in action after giving birth last year. she too went through in straight sets beating arantxa rus from the netherlands, but acknowledged afterwards that it had been a tough match. joe wilson was there. viewed from space, the wimbledon queues would give a lesson in human patience for any alien life form. these people will walk in line to the tennis, whoever‘s playing. but we all know who's missing. for british tennis right now, andy murray may seem irreplaceable and his absence certainly leaves a hole. so, who to fill it today? well, what about the greatest male player of all time? roger federer is playing in his 20th consecutive wimbledon. while others sprint, he stilljust glides. on centre today, he needed just 79 minutes to defeat dusan lajovic. perfect? well, the perfect gentl

this isn't rio it's moscow a city that's not known for its openness and party spirit that makes it all the more surprising how quickly the joyful world cup atmosphere has taken off and spread through the city. here the results of the match is secondary to the party which rolls on twenty four hours a day. nikolai dimitri and dempsey have arrived at the fan fest in front of moscow's state university they quickly catch the attention of other fans. to fix an amazing feeling like being at a real con of all. the wrong costume i have to act strict in serious but here the party starting out. as this if you set out and went on until late into the night. at the end of this tournament only one color will remain that of the winner until then the fans are enjoying a sea of color in moscow. north korean basketball players have played their first family game for fifty years two joints north south teams took to the court in pyongyang on team peace he's facing a team prosperity north korean leader basketball suggested the match to south korean president. during the first summit in april there neither l

heart of moscow. drove her to. live from moscow you're watching our team for national welcome to the program. the u.k. government has been hit by three high profile resignations the latest was boris johnson step down in protest against it to reason may's plans for a post bragg's a deal with the e.u. johnson has now published his resignation letter online his brags it should be about opportunities but he claimed quote that dream is dying suffocated by a needless self-doubt he also said that the country is heading towards a semi bragg's it and the status of a colony. southie has more on the story. the u.k. prime minister theresa may faced a tense meeting with tory m.p.'s and peers in parliament today as she was hoping to try and get control of her cabinet admits to all the infighting in her leadership is a huge risk out the moment the infighting surrounds that maze idea for i think the silly tainted customs arrangement that's happening about securing a trade deal once the u.k. leaves the e.u. next march two thousand