buenos aires, to begin the new year in shanghai, apparently becoming the world s highest paid footballer. £32 million a season in the csl, it s rumoured. trevor watkins, a sports lawyer who s worked in china, told me these deals will force the world to pay attention. we have a situation where the csl is commanding the way in which the transfer market is moving. they are the ones with the big money, the ones prepared to put it down on the table. they have a slightly different transfer window to european football, and arguably they are distorting, or actually advancing the european market. consider oscar, 25, at his peak, and leaving chelsea tojoin a different shanghai side. so, are chinese clubs now a threat to the premier league? sam allardyce said today he d rejected a chance to manage in china, but thinks more players will go there. with their population and the fact that the people will go out and watch football at that level, only time will tell whether it s the right th
vladimir putin, has said that he won t expel any us diplomats from the country, in a surprise response to president obama s decision to order russian diplomats out of the us. mr obama, who s also imposing sanctions, had accused russia of interfering in the us presidential election. despite advice from his foreign minister, mr putin has decided not to retaliate for now. mr putin also said that positive developments in relations between russia and the uk would be mutually beneficial. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. near the kremlin tonight, they were putting on a seasonal show. ahead of the new year celebrations, there was song and dance and some musical theatre. but that was nothing compared to the political theatre being played out inside. first up on stage, the foreign minister who advised president putin to expel 35 us diplomats. america had expelled 35 russians. in other words, tit for tat. cold war style. it seemed inevitable. but, no, vladimir putin said, he wasn
over alleged cyber hacking, his successof over alleged cyber hacking, his successor donald trump has praised the intelligence of the russian president vladimir putin. using twitter mr trump said, great move on delayed by putin, i always knew he was very smart. that was in response to putin s decision not to respond to putin s decision not to respond to the us expulsions by expelling us diplomats from russia. mr putin has said he will wait to respond until after mr trump becomes president. we ll talk live to a russian journalist in a moment but first of all, with the latest from moscow, steve rosenberg. near the kremlin tonight, they were putting on a seasonal show. ahead of the new year celebrations, there was song and dance and some musical theatre. but that was nothing compared to the political theatre being played out inside. first up on stage, the foreign minister who advised president putin to expel 35 us diplomats. america had expelled 35 russians. in other words, tit f
just one day after president obama announced plans to expel 35 russian diplomats over alleged cyber hacking, his successor, donald trump, has praised russian president vladimir putin for not reacting in kind. that was after vladimir putin s decision not to expel american diplomats from russia in retaliation. using twitter mr trump said great move on delayed by vladimir putin. i always knew he was very smart. meanwhile the american expulsion of russian diplomats and theirfamilies is expulsion of russian diplomats and their families is under way. expulsion of russian diplomats and theirfamilies is under way. these pictures were filmed at a russian compound in new york state. it is a site the us says has been used as a base for espionage. with the very latest from moscow, steve rosenberg. near the kremlin tonight, they were putting on a seasonal show. ahead of the new year s celebrations, there was song and dance and some musical theatre. but that was nothing compared to the pol
going to stoop to the level of irresponsible diplomacy. he wasn t going to expel any americans. he even invited the children of all us diplomats in moscow to a new year s party, here in the kremlin. that was a surprise, but it didn t change what america s top intelligence agencies believe to be true that state sponsored hackers, backed by the highest levels of the russian government, had interfered in the us presidential election w a cyberattack on the democratic party. was president putin behind it? last week, i got a chance to ask him myself. mr president, ourwhy country has been accused your country has been accused your country has been accused your country has been accused of state sponsored hacking with the aim of influencing the result of the us presidential election, and president obama revealed that he told you personally to cut it out. so what did you tell him in response? the kremlin leader refused to tell me, dismissing all the talk of hacking as soui�