A first for the world. Its a lot of time now everybody is leave. Ok so i mean good this. Is the thats this. Also coming up tonight france have booked their place in the World Cup Final thanks to a one nil victory over belgium in st petersburg. The second half header sending the. First final in twelve years. We begin the day with a rescue into the white of day in northern thailand some of the worlds most skilled and specialized divers completed what may be the Biggest Mission of their lives safely leading a soccer team of twelve boys and one coach out of the flooded network of caves that had held them captive for two weeks one of the rescue divers lost his life trying to make sure that the other divers had enough oxygen one kilometer beneath the earths surface of this rescue has been an International Effort divers from across the World Military specialists from as far away as the u. S. All focused on saving lives and in a world that seems more polarized than ever what mattered most this week was the glue our shared humanity and that shared instinct to leave the cave even in ancient greece plato wrote in his allegory of the cave about the innate longing to escape the darkness and shadows just to feel the light and instinct that brought an estimated one billion people together this week to watch a successful escape from the cave. It was the outcome the world had been hoping and praying for there was jubilation as news reached the volunteers helping with the rescue operation all twelve of the boys and their coach safely out of the cave and recovering in hospital now today is a great day the boys the safe now. Triumph two for the Regional Governor who let the has it to smell to a National Mission to get the boys out it wouldnt no one thought we could do it but we did it it was a first for the world thanks to the thai people Government Agencies and the private sector. Specialist foreign divers and members of the time navys elite seal unit succeeded against only owens in bringing out the group a difficult. Dangerous process with two divers leading each of the boys and their coach through more than four kilometers of dark narrow and partially flooded underground tunnels that has its highlighted by the death last week of a former tiny baby seal diver whose ass supply failed a fleet of ambulances transported the rescued boys from the cave entrance to a hospital in the nearby city of chiang rai. For the families it had been an agonizing wait eighteen days hoping against hope that their loved ones would be brought out alive. I want to thank everyone who took part in the government and all the officials the police the soldiers and the seals both from thailand and brought. Joy and relief on all sides that for the Football Team known as the wild boars their harrowing underground ordeal is finally over. And he. Was standing by for us at that hospital where the boys have been whisked off to good evening to you know we know that the parents of all of the boys had agreed to you know reunion until everyone had been rescued that has happened now have the parents now had a chance to see their children. Yeah hi there and well we are learning that the parents still were not able to embrace their kids but yes that they were able to see them through a window also a little bit earlier we saw an ambulance car here coming at you at the hospital and parents were able to get a glimpse of their kids and they still have to wait a couple of days until they really get real you know reunited with their kids doctors are saying at the moment that they are still a little bit warry that they kids that maybe suffered often infection and thats why theyre doing this at the moment let me tell you in general thats what we also heard a little bit earlier here during the press conference had really kids are you know despite what happened in pretty Good Condition some of them thats what were learning have been suffering a little bit with low body temperature but in general theyre in good spirits theyre asking already for their favorite dishes and it seems that in general they are really in a good mood i mean that is good to hear it is good news but we cant talk about a total happy ending here we have to remember that. Navy seal wast his wife in this operation. And this was a very International Operation wasnt it i mean he was involved. Yeah exactly well i mean many people here also talk about this navy diver that you know didnt make it that was that the diet during this rescue mission a little bit earlier we also saw some people here they had his picture in his hand and yes this was really an international at task force basically that was going on here already from the beginning of the Thai Government force saying we can do this on our own we need international have so they were asking for help for volunteers for professional divers so this was really a mission from the navy seals here in thailand with divers for example from denmark from the United Kingdom and because of that theres what many are saying we have had this really Successful Operation happening today and also yesterday and then weve heard tonight been see for has been by did the bore used to come to the World Cup Final in moscow i mean after all these boys are part of a Football Team but will they be able to make it but i mean is that realistic. No i dont think this is realistic because also what we heard from the doctors is that they want the boys to stay about five to seven days here in hospital i mean we have to remember i mean they were four days in this cave without food with also very limited access water so they really want to make sure that the boys are in Good Conditions before leaving at the hospital we dont know maybe they maybe some of them were not that tired maybe the ones that were rescued already yesterday so we have not gotten any information maybe they were watching the soccer game here on the televisions and the hospital they are all here in the eighth floor in this hospital behind me all right our very own video clip there outside that hospital in northern thailand where those boys and that soccer coach are being treated tonight daniel thank you very much. Or tomorrow in brussels twenty nine heads of state and government will convene for the nato summit but the spotlight will be on two of those leaders donald trump and on the american. Teri schultz reports the u. S. President and the german chancellor seem to be on a collision course im going to tell nato you got to see paying your bills donald trump has relentlessly attach nato allies and how much they spend on defense that is toward on american u. S. President has directed most of those i or the german chancellor was again in his sights at a recent rally and i said you know im going to. I cant guarantee. So were protecting you and it means a lot more to you theyre protecting us. How much for tech should we get by protecting you that guarantee of mutual defense is the bedrock of the Nato Alliance trump has hinted he might not honor the socalled article five principle for those countries that dont spend two percent of their g. D. P. On their militaries that new threats coming amid reports hes considering pulling out some of the thirty five thousand u. S. Soldiers stationed in germany will be absolutely right be nervous i think sophia bet a fellow with the london based center for european reform says trumps attacks on medical doctors damaged her they strengthen nato chief nemesis the. Relationship between d. C. And berlin being weak and that the way that President Trump singles out im going to america potentially that by the europeans all of that is good for putin americal is frustrated by her inability to forge any connection with trump despite her skill in managing difficult relationships. With the u. S. Leaders bombastic rhetoric may have made allies reach for their wallets quicker at first but its becoming counterproductive says jeff ruthy of the center for strategic and International Studies germans dont want to be seen as compliant with trump explains and americans may be turning against germany. Certainly americans see the United States engaged globally they want to know that our allies stand with us and when they hear the president making accusations in particular toward germany that its not pulling its share of the weight as he puts it i think that has an effect over time many allies spend less on defense than germany but escape the trump tirades this is also an opportunity for european leaders to show solidarity but i think america you know the fact that the president is focusing on singling her. Now doesnt that everyone can just back in their tears and that her write it out but with many of their own records of underspending in the spotlight european leaders are likely to keep their heads down and let marigold their the brunt of trump on her own. Well im joined tonight by douglas lute he served as u. S. Ambassador to nato from two thousand and thirteen until last year he is also a retired u. S. Army Lieutenant General ambassador welcome to the day is good to have you on the program a question for you will donald trump arrive at the summit in brussels tomorrow as nato is most powerful member or as nato is most formidable threat. I think its important first of all that realize that as president makes his way to brussels on air force one right now actually that he reflect on the value of nato for america you know they dont still enjoy Something Like seventy percent approval among the american nation among adults polled and its important to understand why america created nato why americas belongs to nato why america leaves nato and its fundamentally not a question of generosity to our european allies its a fundamental American National interest to be the strong leader of a coherent alliance so this is very much in our own interest and i hope as President Trump makes his way to brussels he reflects on that and that thats the attitude he takes into the summit where better what about the trump aiming at germany and chancellor merkel in particular hes even threatened a rethink of stationing u. S. Troops in germany thats the largest u. S. Presence that there is in europe i mean is he acting there in the interest of the u. S. Or is he acting more to try and punish america who is german. Well i wont speak to the president s motives but the facts here are very telling obviously germany has among the other than us allies the largest economy in the most vibrant economy running a Budget Surplus germany is a natural leader within the alliance and of course history reflects this germany led in the nato mission in the balkans germany leads to this day as one of the key nations in the fight in afghanistan if it leads in terms of natos a newly placed forward presence in the Northeast Corner of the alliance with the german battalion in lithuania so time and again in the history of the alliance the germans have led and i think the president is right to turn to germany and expect a leadership role which germany ascribes to itself of the reality here is that germans the german nation today only commits about one point two percent of its economy of its Gross Domestic Product to defense theres a program led by chancellor merkel to to improve on that percentage and that process is underway we should credit germany with turning the corner stopping defense cuts and beginning increases but its really true that im think americans appreciate that while germans germany is on a path to doing more more is still expected yes you did make a good point there trump has affected change we are seeing other nato members increase their defense spending and yet the message that comes from the white house remains negative and the message is not good enough when do you think that nato allies will begin hedging their bets with a u. S. President that they just can no longer trust and rely on. But first let me let me go back to your assertion that its President Trump thats affected this change i mean first of all the the head of state and government pledge to begin to move toward to stop the cuts in defense spending which go back twenty years and begin to increase towards two percent over a period of ten years began in two thousand and fourteen and i dont credit for isnt bush president obama or President Trump with the incentive of among across the alliance to increase defense spending i actually give that credit to Vladimir Putin because it was in twenty fourteen that the alliance in reaction to russian aggression in ukraine actually took this step to increase defense spending so if anyone is responsible for providing the incentive its putin himself its interesting you say that ambassador because the defense minister here in germany she has said herself that donald trump was really the catalyst for nato or for germany spending more on its defense but you bring up the reputed and where is he in all of this what were seeing in nato isnt trump doing exactly what mr putin would like to see and that is this gradual weakening of the alliance. Well look there are two basic forms of u. S. Leadership for nato one form the sort of the classic form is leadership that provides unity and coheres the alliance solidifies the alliance as one thats the kind of American Leadership that that weve seen in the alliance over nearly seventy years now the alternative form the contrasting form of leadership theres a leadership that does that divides the alliance seeks leverage among allies separates out and distinguishes differentiates among allies and actually leads to divisions so im hopeful that when President Trump arrives in brussels hell take the first form hell take a form of leadership that coheres the alliance and actually fee does that help place himself in the strongest possible position when a few days later after brussels he meets with latimer putin. This deal and you know you were ambassador to nato what should european leaders be thinking with trump in brussels venting at them and then he heads to helsinki for a woman one with the letter mir putins. Well first of all i think european leaders need to demonstrate some strategic patience here remembering things remembering facts like seventy percent of the American People are supportive of nato remembering that the American Congress on both houses both the house of representatives in the senate are firmly behind nato and that the seventy year history of coherence in the alliance will pay good dividends for us i wouldnt get overly anxious about one summit or one president s rhetoric but i do think nato allies as well have to take serious their responsibility to step up and pull their weight that part of the trump message is shared widely across america there are worries ambassador that the u. S. President could meet with mr putin and agree to suspend native military exercises as he did with south korea are you worried that hell do that. Im hopeful that when the president meets with president putin on the sixteenth of july just several days after brussels that hell take advantage of two strengths going into that meeting first of all the strength that he will have just consulted with his twenty eight nato allies so tomorrow night at a dinner in brussels the topic is nato russia relations so when the president meets putin he will have heard already from his twenty eight allies thats very important that he consulted with nato in advance of meeting with Vladimir Putin then the second advantage that i hope president obama sorry President Trump will take to to helsinki where he meets with putin is the advantage of Alliance Unity and this again goes back to my point about American Leadership and the Alliance Leadership that leads to solidarity and unity and mr lute you dont like a good ambassador a man of reason and measured thought we can only hope that the u. S. President has some of that on offer at the nato summit tomorrow and thursday former u. S. Ambassador to nato that was on the show tonight ambassador thank you. Or we know now one of the two teams that will vie for the world cup title lead to this week france has sealed its spot at the finals after defeating belgian Jonathan Crane is here for b. W. Sports to walk us through the games or how did how did the french do what it was solid if spectacular from what they needed to do it wasnt the high scoring game as some people were expecting but it was an absorbing contest nonetheless i think france obviously sat back happy to counterattack in a match where the French Defense reign supreme it was not ceasing that it was a defender who made the difference lets take a look at the highlights. It wasnt until the twenty second minute its k. G. Seventy final sprang to life belgians toby and a viral tonight on the turn a stunning say from hugo to race fronts attack next kilian impact pay feeding benjamin providing the thirty eight minutes of vital stock from tivo culture this time the breakthrough arrived early in the second tough francais sample in t. T. Rose highest and not home and swung griezmann scorner in the fifty first minute the birthing call talk a do about that one the bronze turn on the magic to produce one of the game slick his moves shortly after a lucky escape for belgium the red devils three men forward in the dying moments but left blur held firm under pressure. To if delirium at the final whistle the first World Cup Final appearance for france in twelve years croatia england line wait a heart breaking into the tournament for belgium. The villa from us the best so. Moving was in the stadium for the game lets hear what he had to say after the match ended. So there we have it france will contest the walls cup final just two years after they lost the final European Championship they havent played the spotlight talking football that we would perhaps expect from a team with so much attacking talent but they did provide a defensive against belgium and they showed once again that they simply know how to win games just as they did against uruguay in the previous round to belgium its another disappointment the country is still waiting for its first ever World Cup Final this time it really did feel different with the likes of. Playing some brilliant football at times but the white now all that remains to be seen is who will join france in sundays final. There was only. Only was talking about a defensive masterclass from france admitted how impressed were you by the french performance well i think they were masters of Game Management once they works out how because you never quite know. They worked out it was going to be on the way they were going to sit back and come about with them on the counterattack and then they just didnt really give them any space to play all those for. Kevin to bring in they were completely shots out the game didnt really get a sniff in the second half off the front and taken the lead or he said defensive monster cross. Man of the match as well the goal scorer he played his part and then criticize it theyve got all these attacking players and they maybe utilize them in the best way but they wont really care about that through to the World Cup Final. You know im on the i feel so much pride. Like we worked a lot for this way and we did it together after all so offices like those whom i can watch if i scored the goal but the whole team and played well for much much we did what we had to do to get to the final its just and im very proud of everyone you know all of you in the mall she felt a few months of being unfortunately put out the differences just. A devil situation except playing. The game was as you could imagine fighting clothes when he decides. On he was going to be decided into maybe the one that he could find the final judge in the balls or we could get a little bit of luck in front of goal. Well john i mean do france look like they are going to win the whole thing and i think whoever they play now in sundays final whether its england or croatia they were definitely not match as favorites theyve got progressively better in this tournament they labored through the group phase to some extent they just did what it is do to get through then they had an impressive victory. In the last sixteen of the day and. Today now that hes in the final thats what it means to the french. In paris sort of racing off to. Gold theyre almost at reminiscence of the scenes we saw in paris in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight that was of course the last time france won the world cup so i think given what theyve seen today given what theyve seen through the tournament safe i will be confident that they will be able to do just that yeah. They came so close to reaching their first finals so close but they couldnt do it so close yet so far a lot of people talking about the golden generation. I came into. I dont think the golden generation are completely through yet some of the players may be reaching the twilight of their careers but they still probably have another couple of torments in them but i think they will be very disappointed because this really was one of the best chances theyve had in years they felt the course the final stage of this four years ago they thought of course the final stage in the sixty three of the semifinals of the world cup for the First Time Since one thousand nine hundred eighty six close to getting one more step to the final but it wasnt to be i think they can be proud of how they played in the final run against brazil with six but they came up short against a very well organized and very well disciplined. Jonathan. Thank you very much we will be here to talk about that second semifinal game as well thank you dave nearly done the conversation continues online you see right there you can write directly to us and dont forget whatever happens between now and tomorrow is another day well see you didnt. By. Capturing the decisive moment for eternity. That was already causing a press songs talents of. The photographer caught a fleeting encounter such as unique compositions. To this day his photographs remain classics of the art. The roman. Reliable day. News distance first class system a slog. Automotive history. John. Brown really love apple fiddler. Or did she love the low. Life he provided for her. She was the dictators mistress. Only an insignificant concert at his side. Or pursuing her own ambitions. But certainly as no other woman got some close to. Brown life and death with the fire. Starts july twenty first on d w. 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