peron. hello, you're watching gmt on "bbc news." i'm tim willcox. our top story, withdrawal or permanent retreat. ukraine pulls most of its troops out of the key town of debaltseve and ukrainians says hundreds of soldiers have sur surrendered. fifa and chelsea condemn its fans for raceist chants and force black man off the metro in paris. the strongest material known to man and perhaps the key to

safer planes and cars. the latest on that greek debt drama. >> tim, you and i may want this to be over but neither of the groups seem to be budging. the greek group says we will not succumb to blackmail and not compromise. the germans say you will hurry up and you will compromise. >> hello. its noon in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington and 3:00 in the afternoon in debaltseve where pro government force have begun to pull out. a permanent withdrawal or temporary retreat. reporting full-scale street fighting between remaining soldiers and separatist fighters. the u.s. has accused russia of

violating the minsk agreement by fighting and they contend they aren't because it is inside rebel held territory. the fighting is strategically important because it sits on a railway line linking rebel controlled don north americas and luhansk. mrk controlled debaltseve and luhansk. >> reporter: this may not be the end. these are rebels controlled and hunkered in the town many encircled by pro-russian force. now, some are leaving and happy to be getting out alive. we were praying all the time said one soldier and said good-bye to our lives 100 times. they had really good and heavy artillery.

debaltseve is right on the front line between loyalists and rebel positions. it's been fought over because it's a strategic link between two rebel strongholds. the russian foreign minister said the cease-fire was holding everywhere except debaltseve. ser serghei ser sergey lavrov said there should be no withholding. he said the political and constitutional provisions should be implemented immediately. as to the united nations there was a return to cold war rhetoric as america fiercely denounced russia's actions in ukraine. >> you can stop arming the temperaturesseparatist temperatures temperatures -- separatists and stop sending hundreds of amounts of ammunitions to your troops

and stop doing what you're doing and stop calling upon and insisting upon the separatists insisting cease-fire around debaltseve. >> reporter: if the guns do fall silent over debaltseve the so far shaky cease-fire may yet hold. russia germany and ukraine will talk later on wednesday. "bbc news." i'm joined on the line from eastern ukraine close to debaltseve and a correspondent from the daily telegraph newspaper. what is the latest there now? has all the fighting stopped? >> reporter: i don't know. there is still shelling ongoing. i was speaking to people on the other side of the line there is outgoing fire from separatist position positions. there is clearly fighting still going on, however this lilreally does seem to be all over for the

ukrainians and a lot of surrendered. as we hold many withdraw from debaltseve earlier. essentially, this battle is over. >> have the pro-russian temperatures taken some of these soldiers prisoner? >> that's what they're claiming. they have denied large numbers have been taken prisoner. it's a desperate situation the ukrainian troops have been in for days and even been going on a couple weeks now. they've been cut off and it would be very very surprising if many have been taken. >> how many civilians are still inside debaltseve? >> we think maybe a couple thousand. maybe 5,000. there were efforts to advocate beforeadvocate -- to evacuate before this happened. it's a reasonably sized town so

not really possible to get everybody out. we know there are people there. some people have had to return to their homes because others were full. it's really a pretty desperate situation for those left. >> it is a key town as you've been describing a transport hub. was this part though of the territory taken by the pro separatists originally or was this a recent acquisition? >> the sideline was still like this this. when theit started last summer debaltseve quickly fell under separatists control and it went way into separatist territory. ukrainians have held them off ever since. when the separatists launched their counterattack, it was very easy to attack the streetside

ones and surround this town and cut off the garrisons there. >> thanks very much for joining us on the line. let's go to kiev to the ukrainian capital and talk to our correspondent, david stern. is are they abiding by the agreement or something mandatory serious, do you think? >> it could be something more serious. ultimately the question is what the repercussions are going to be. we are talking a great deal about how this puts the cease-fire or cease-fire that was supposed to begin over the weekend under great pressure puts the peace plan under pressure. ultimately this could have wide ranging political ramifications in kiev. mr. poroshenko can't be seen losing debaltseve a very strategic town we just heard about. if a cease-fire isn't adhered to he could introduce martial

law. ultimately the question how it is obviously a serious setback for ukrainians. the question is how serious it is going to be. >> what pressure and what advice is coming through from the west. we heard in the last week america was considering arming the ukrainians. any developments on that? >> reporter: no. we haven't heard anything about the americans. obviously the calls by members of the administration as well as other people in washington to arm the ukrainians haven't stopped but we haven't heard from the most important person ultimately the decision president obama. at the same time, we heard from the europeans who brokered this peace deal and said there is no military solution. the question is really now given this seems to be breaking down, what tools in the toolbox of the europeans remain? they ruled out military. diplomatic doesn't seem to be working right now. the question is what can they do

of a non-military nature above and beyond what they've already introduced. >> thank you very much. you're watching "gmt." nigeria said around 300 militants were killed when the army took them. a spokesman said a few militants were captured during the operation. there's been no independent verification of that statement. >> the united nations told the security council damascus is prepared to have an embargo for six weeks to end the cease-fire. it's not clear how soon it would take effect. the council said it would judge the damascus government by its actions rather than by its words. fifa and chelsea have condemned the club's fans who were filmed preventing a black

man from getting on the paris metro. it shows the fans on board the train shouting and gesturing and pushing him out as he tries to step in. viewers may find this video offensive. that video is shot by a british expat in paris. chelsea football club released a statement calling the behavior abhorrent with no place in football or society. the club added it would support any criminal action against those involved and if evidence pointed to the involvement of

chelsea season ticket holders it would take the strongest possible action against them including banning orders. let's speak to troy townsend from the anti-raceist organization kick it out. this looks like something back in the 1970s, doesn't it? >> it does. unfortunately it's continuing to rear its ugly head in our game and unfortunately it's now english fans going abroad and impacting on the society there. a lot of focus is on the fans. i'm not quite sure any has spoken about the individual who has been assaulted and also been abused as well. somewhere he is now at home or at work and could be in a lot of distress as well. there's two sides to everything that goes on here. >> he seemed to show remarkable restraint, almost as if he couldn't understand why he wasn't being allowed on. >> he probably never met anything like that and all he could think was i want to get on

the metro and go home. when there is a mob of people and i know whatthey are a small minority. when you're looking to go home on a metro, that is a mob and a mob of people that stopped him and assaulted him. i can imagine it was a very difficult situation for him. the good thing is that there's footage. normally when we talk about these incidents there is no footage and we're talking off her say. the good thing is we will be able to identify. >> is there racism in football? snoo>> football is not doing enough but is doing a massive amount of work that probably goes unnoticed at times and you get this and it puts out the good work the clubs and organizations are doing like kick it out, puts them on the back burner. envelope we need to see riot action taken from individuals to make sure it's not repeated.

>> we will show this video again and see it offenseive, walking calmly and being pushed back. as it's mobile phone footage, some of it gets closer. if these fans are season ticket holders and to the clubs and chelsea have a good record in terms of banning season ticket holders involved in behavior like this? >> i think clubs are getting better. football is getting better. a lot of clubs are taking steps to identify the fans. once they can be identified and connected to the fact they are season ticket holders and can easily pull up their records, i think the clubs are doing so much more in making sure those people don't enter their grounds again. the unfortunate thing is when they travel away. we have good hard core supporters for any club. what this does it sets that back as well where the people that do want to watch football -- >> do you know how many people have actually been banned? >> i don't have the stats on

that unfortunately. >> are they significant numbers? >> it is significant numbers. as i say, clubs are making the right steps. it's about identification. >> not just european but british clubs. >> the british establishment always said it is better than what it is abroad. what we've seen last night puts us back in the public eye. >> thank you very much from kick it up. stay with us here on "bbc world news." still to come. the latest craziest social media trend hitting the eastern united states and why boston's mayor is warning against doing just this. i've been called a control freak... i like to think of myself as more of a control... enthusiast. mmm, a perfect 177-degrees. and that's why this road warrior rents from national. i can bypass the counter and go straight to my car. and i don't have to talk to any humans, unless i want to. and i don't.

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thousands without power in the south. forecasters say another one is coming this weekend. >> reporter: the aftermath of a powerful storm that swept through much of northeastern and southern america. here in georgia, crews work to clear roads of trees and power lines. thick ice coated much of the south, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. >> we lost a lot of trees in the neighborhood. my backyard is an acre and half of trees and half of those are sheared off the top and looks like a tornado came through the backyard. >> reporter: as this record breaking cold shows no signs of abasing, this is a common sight, people scraping snow off pavement and cars. in the nation's capitol, snow blanket the white house. many took advantage of the weather to have what else a snowball fight. it's so cold that parts of

niagara falls froze over steam rising from the waters below. in boston it already had the most snow in february in the city's history. just how much snow are we talking about here? well i'm 5'7" or 171 centimeters. let's see how that compares to the amount of snow boston has had so far this year. there's been a total of 241 centimeters of snow. all this snow has prompted many people in boston to post videos of theirselves into social media, jumping into snowbanks. boston's mayor has warned them to stop saying it's too dangerous. scenes like this are set to continue. forecasters say another arctic front is due to strike this weekend. lawyer well westbrook, "bbc news." british scientists say they have found the strongest biological material known to man in the teeth of limpits.

they have tiny feet on their tongue to scrape off rocks. it could be used in aircraft cars dental fillings and even formula one racing cars. now to jonathan webb. who would have thought it. >> and this is the case of engineers looking to biology for their inspiration. the town of portsmouth are interested what it is and spent their life scraping off the rock and took pieces of rock with them when they do their scraping so they're very tough jagged look looking teeth. >> these are limpets. it's incredibly difficult. what is the material that scientists can now adapt to use in technology? >> yes. the new finding is a measure just how strong these teeth are. they now beat spider silk as most impressive biological

element we discovered. what they found from these teeth it looks like something we reinforce with plastic and carbon fibers and it's a protein reinforced with fibers and minerals. it's the dimension of fibers engineers think they will learn from. can they actually rep plilicate gertite that this is called? >> i'm not sure they can do it from the mineral but the fibers they're very thin and part of why they think there's very few flaws. what makes it crack under stress is irregularities tiny holes and if you have very very thin fibers, less chance of that developing and that's what they may learn from. >> this should be used forcould be used for

technology. are they docking mechanisms or using their teeth to eat? >> they're using them to eat. they have a tongue on that shell and scrape away at the rock and the way they stripe away at the algae is with their tongue. they wear down and get refreshed and one goes down and another comes around like on a conveyor belt. >> simple for sea animals. like a rotator going on underneath that shell. >> and they use it to scrape the food off in the shell. the reason it's such a motivator, if an limpet can't eat, it will die out. it's very strong. >> scientists say it doesn't matter how small or big these teeth are they all do the same thing. surely in the dim min institution of scale, you would imagine something would be weaker, isn't it? >> one of the new challenges for engineers is making sure

something stays strong when you get a lot of it. scientists ground down tiny pieces of these teeth and got 10 of them. no matter how long the teeth was it had the sametook the same amount of force break it and that fiber inside protein stays strong even when you have more of it. >> don't be embarrassed if you can't get an limpet off a rock because they have the strongest teeth. a prediction put forward by analysts at the energy association in paris, a report that offers hope to the billion of people across africa without electricity. the country is desperately searching for energy and giant solar farms built in tanzania. traveling to see if solar can be the transformation many are looking for. >> reporter: it's something many

take for granted. the power to light our homes, to watch consecutive, to read and write. but all of this is only possible because of the sun. these people live deep in kenya valley, and the solar energy charging these batteries has changed the way they live. >> changed my life. my children can see to do their homework seeing the tv. the light is there. >> reporter: the roar of families like the lodios the sun is their only option. some say africa is on the edge of a solar revolution. standing here seems like a distant ambition. this vast continent has a big advantage when you consider the potential of one of its greatest

resources. by 2050 analysts believe the sun could be the world's largest source of power. in sub saharan africa more than half a billion are still without electricity and need a solution. >> there are exciting things going on. definitely interesting markets developing for things like solar portable lanterns. i think the idea of a revolution is at the moment a bit too strong. >> reporter: but for some, solar power is all they have. >> this is good. >> reporter: jacob is one of africa's sole solar entrepreneurs. >> if you didn't have solar, what would happen in this village? >> it would cause problems. even this smaller one, you kancan glue it together. >> reporter: consider how that growth can help the poorest. the energy from the sun means

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welcome to gmt on "bbc world news." i'm tim willcox. coming up pressure on the argentine president after the mysterious protests over the death of a chief prosecutor. and the new way to the summit of everest. also on the program, aaron is cooking up a change in the chocolate nestle program. >> i think he would be relieved the fact they will relieve the

chocolate of artificial flavors. new coke didn't quite work out. we'll learn if it's worth the risk of changing a winning formula. palestinians the argentine capitol of buenos aires say they are expecting as many as 300,000 people to protest over the government's handling of the unexplained death of a public prosecutor a month ago. look at the case he was involved in. on july the 18th, 1994 85 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a van packed with explosives detonated at a jewish community certainty in buenos aires. in september of 2004 prosecutor nisman took over the investigation into that attack. in october of 2006 alberto

nisman brought formal charges alleging the government of iran led the bombing and the bombing thought to be argentina's refusal to share nuclear technology. on january 14th this year alberto nisman accused cristina kirchner of protecting ukrainians for increased trade with iran. on january 18th, miss man was found dead in this is apartment with a gunshot wound to the head day before he was scheduled to testify before the argentine congress about cristina kirchner's alleged involvement. now, cristina kirchner has been criticized for what her opponents call a divisive and aggressive response to the crisis. we look at cristina kirchner the leader and the woman behind the image.

>> reporter: cristina fernandez de kirchner is facing perhaps the biggest challenge of her eight years in office. occasionally flamboyant and politically competent. she is loved and loathed in almost equal measure. her supporters are fiercely loyal to the woman they see as continue continuing the tradition of this country's own particular brand of political populous. that support is strongest on the other side of the tracks in shanty towns of buenos aires. president cristina's welfare programs and price controls are overwhelmingly popular here. >> reporter: cristina is one of us, a flag bearing militant for the movement. she stands for social justice and economic independence says victoria, a young activist. >> a bar dedicated to cristina and her late husband, nestor and

founders of their movement. there's undoubtedly a personality cult focused on cristina. does she see herself as the mother of the nation? a new evita. >> they are both leaders. >> reporter: at a museum in buenos aires the comparison hasn't gone unnoticed. >> every time you have cristina in an announcement or speech, you can see behind her you have a picture of evita. this is not just coincidence. to be connected to evita is to be connected to an important part of our society. >> reporter: the last years of cristina has been plagued with a poor economy and now un explained death. she portrays herself as a victim dressed head to toe in white, sitting quite obviously

in a wheelchair and accuseing her enemies of conspiracy. unable to stand for re-election, cristina fernandez de kirchner must salvage something from her last few months in office if she's to emulate her heroin and not fall under argentina's turbulent history. we'll speak to someone and what is happening and how much does this affect cristina kirchner. >> this is said to be one of the biggest in argentina history expecting 300,000 people in the capital. there will also be marchers in other argentine cities and aall around the world. this is one of the worst crisis the president has faced so far in her eighth year as the head

of state. also the death of prosecutor alberto nisman who was supposed to join people together in times of national crisis it's actually becoming a very divisive issue. it's deepened the division within the argentine society. to look at this march as an example, even though many opposition ss attending the march and many federal prosecutors are calling for a moment of homage to late prosecutor alberto nisman, are attending, the government is seeing this event as an attack, attempt to destabilize cristina defernandez and even called it an assault coup against the president and it has destabilized against one

of the worst criesses so far. >> knowing what he would say before the council, what is cristina's response to that? has there been a denial? >> we have to bear in mind prosecutor nisman was announcing just days before he was shot dead in his apartment was actually repeated a couple weeks later, only days ago, another prosecutor who handed over this investigation, again, asked the judge to investigate whether she had something to do with this -- with this. the government denied any involvement in this supposed criminal plot to clear up in the attack and the government says this is an attempt to destabilize the president kristina fernandez in her last month in office. we have to remember she is due to step down in december.

the government is describing these allegations of nonsense. of course we will have to see if the judge decides to carry on with this investigation which is supposed to be one of the biggest challenges for cristina fernandez. fernandez. >> in buenos aires, thank you very much indeed. now, greece and hot chocolate, if you carry bars in your pocket aaron? >> that's not my pocket. you're not getting any. greece, we will start with greece. >> i thought you would appreciate it and attract you. >> we'll do chocolate in a second. thank you. greece. still waiting for somebody to blink. still waiting for somebody to blink. let me explain. there we go. hello, yes. ecb, the european central bank officials decide whether to provide emergency money to greek banks, called emergency

assistance. the greeks are running out of money. two billion a week isback sucked up. they want the greeks to sign up for the extension of the program and honor all those austerity measures. the greek officials want to ask for a bridging loan to get time to renegotiate a new deal. the war of wars is intensifying. let's look at what some of the key players are saying about this. germany's finance minister had these strong words for his greek counterparts. what do they really want? do they have a plan? i'm sure he didn't say it like that. the head of the euro group, dutch finance minister he struck more of a diplomatic tone saying it's really up to the greeks. hang on. we missed one here. sorry. of course the new greek prime minister here he actually says

greece will not sep psychological blackmail. let's get more. i think she's somewhere around here. i think you can hear me. there you go. i guess wolfgang said a lot over the last couple of weeks. what do they really want? do they have a plan? i think the greeks know what they want. are they putting something new on the table today or is that the expectation? >> that's right. the ecxpectation is this is a big decision day tore greece and the government -- for greece and the government will try to extract from the finance ministers by asking for a six month extension. not the full bailout on the table but something to allow the greek authorities to negotiate more flexibly on the condition conditionality attached to six

months. having said that this is an important day, as it happens the tactical decisions on the european central banks, the emergency liquidity assistance program that is a lifeline for banks also due today, without agreement of authorities to give an affirmative decision it is important the greek side is seen to be doing something. what's unclear for the markets is what decision we get at the end of this. after all, we're 10 days away from the end of the agreement with the eurozone and we're potentially 10 days away from a political disaster and accident which could result in gridlock. >> absolutely. this friday i guess the euro group put that timeline on the greeks. alexa tsipras said we will not

succumb to psychological blackmail. we are not in a hurry and won't compromise. who are you kidding? we are in a hurry and will compromise. >> the clock is really ticking for greece. this is an economy suffering an economical financial crisis. and the real concern at home with political risk of either cyprus deposit tax solution or worst case scenario exiting the eurozone. >> sorry to interrupt, i want to ask you just briefly, for both sides, they both have something to lose it really comes down to the wording, whatever agreement, the greek prime minister doesn't want to go against his promises to the greek voters and europe doesn't want to set a precedent. >> absolutely. the two sides are probably closer in meaning than the

surface of it. the greek side wants to be seen giving a new deal to its voters. the wording is very important. when it comes to the actual content, at the end of the day, greeks need eu credit because of a cut out from capital markets and suffering funding credit from the financial system and the eu is the lifeline for the greeks at the moment. on the other hand, whether or not greece sees more austerity. what is clear is greece needs more reform because restore inging productivity is restoring growth and growth is the only way to deal with the debt problem down the line. certainly not an urgent problem right now. i think there is room to reach an agreement. the markets are saying look there is still room nor negotiations. the last scenario is still a very small probability one. >> it continues and we'll talk to you later, thanks lena.

lena komilea from the newsroom. and hsbc banking inquiry into money laundering prosecutors have said they're investigating hsbc's swiss private arm for suspected aggravated money laundering. the investigation could be extended to people suspected of committing or participating in money laundering. hsbc has responded to the raid saying they continue to cooperate with the swiss authorities. investigation comes more than a week after allegations first emerged hsbc's swiss private bank may have helped wealthy clients evade tax. going to pick it up. have a break! have a whole new kitkat. a change of pace is coming to nestle's products in america very very soon. the food firm has announced it will be removing all artificial

flavors and colors for the united states. it comes from research that shows u.s. consumers wanting the additives gone. is it a good idea to change a winning formula. i'll show you a few examples that suggests maybe not. coke coca-cola made its first change in 1990 when it launched new coke. remember that? people were outraged and so the company had to restock shelves with the original coke it branded coca-cola classic. twinings changed an 80-year-old recipe and then relaunched it after three months and complaints from tea drinkers. there were hundreds of complaints after kelloggs changed their recipe for special k in may 2013. there was a facebook page deluge

of unhappy leader. it had been unchanged since 1983. andrew joins us. great to have you with us. let's start with this. i'm kind of curious. i understand if you go up to consumers and say, do you want artificial food flavors in your food stuff. we will say no. at the end of the day, do consumers really care when it comes to chocolate bars? >> in the uk that was the case. the artificial flavors and coloration removed today, british markets removed those nearly a decade ago. two reasons. we finding consumers wanted to know what was in their products and can understand it better. second, there are health concerns linked to some additive hyperactivity in coloration. british markets listened to consumers and changed the formula and changed it. we plow on. it certainly has changed the demand for our products but

enforces what consumers want healthy nutritious food. >> we're also talking about chocolate bashes. at the end of the day, it is worth it for a major like nestle to do it eventually helping their bottom line? talking about chocolate bars. >> what consumers will look at is how healthy is a brand. you have plenty of choice here in super markets. one of the factors as a family do you think your own brand products you buy healthy and good brand value. supermarkets reacted to this and why we did this. >> the majority of consumers, does it vary greatly? >> it certainly seems to. the uk seems to have a very well sophisticated food market here and seem to be market leaders, and not only have we removed artificial additives we have changed the salt and other

things in the product, to help with obesity. around the world, people have different tastes. eating chocolate in america is different than chocolate in the uk. >> great stuff. we appreciate your time. thank you. joining us from the british retail consortium. tweet me and i will tweet you back at b brksbcaaron. >> thanks very much indeed. let's take you live to copenhagen because the danish prime minister has just arrived at the cemetery for the funeral of the synagogue guard, dan uzan who was shot and killed last weekend in co pen hapenhagen. there have been days of national mourning and candlelit services outside the cafe where the shooting -- and it resulted in another death there. dan uzan was killed in that

attack in the early hours of sunday morning. denmark has been hailing him as a hero. the local danish jewish community said he prevented a massacre from occurring. his death will take place at the mosaic cemetery in a private rp ceremony. you're watching "bbc world news." still to come. a david route to mt. everest. think of it. [engine revving] [engine revving] [engine revving] ♪ introducing the first-ever 306 horsepower lexus rc coupe with available all-wheel drive. once driven, there's no going back. lease the 2015 rc 350 for $449 a month for 36 months. see your lexus dealer.

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ukraine withdrawing its troops from debaltseve. football club chelsea threatens to ban supporters involved in this racist incident on the metro in paris. now, the root used by mountaineers to scale mt. everest is to be changed next month to improve safety at the start of the spring 2015 climbing season. it comes after a deadly avalanche that killed 16 climbers the worst in history. and it triggered a boycott for better conditions. and it changed all expedition s to everest. now, our correspondent is with us. this is not a totally new route, is it going on since 1953 whenever rest was first conquered. show me what we're looking at. i think we have a map to show. >> that one there explains the

best. the past there before or say until last year you had the one going from the left side of it. >> i think we have a clearer graphic. okay. just explain again. we have the alternative route. >> the left side is what they used last year and now they will a avoid the icefall. now, you will stick to the center part of that ice fall between base camp and base camp 1. >> why did they use that middle route because there have been a lot of deaths not just last year is it? >> there have been a lot of incident. last year was the reason they reported 16. and they said protesters at base camp were seeing the avalanches have contributed in the days that follows. they say the risk of avalanche has grown, whereas the center

part now is relatively safe in terms of avalanche, but then there are challenges. >> i think the original route now been closed was known as the ice ballroom of death, wasn't it because of these huge terowers of ice coming down. is the new route easier or longer? >> no. it will be longer. this one here is full of crevices. if you fall into them you disappear. you have huge ice boulders and ice cliffs you have to navigate. that is difficult and time consuming. >> is it becoming more dangerous they think because of global warming because more of this ice is melting? >> this is something yet to be confirmed. there have been claims and counter-claims. there has been no proper study. yes, operators, climbers tell me they have realized the risk of avalanche has increased in recent years and therefore this

central part is relatively safer in terms of avalanche. >> this is a big money spin for the neb ball lease authorities, isn't it? >> definitely. the left route was quick and easier and that meant you could even take inexperienced climb ever climbers, which is money again. this central one, which is typical, that this is question will inexperienced climbers be able go through that. >> thank you very much for explaining. northern ireland darren clarke has been chosen as the ride ryder cup captain. the five-man panel selected the 46-year-old of spain and thomas bule from denmark. clark had been a favorite won it several times. he succeeds the irish man mcginley, who led europe to a five point win in 2014.

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