the west and his allies mount pressure on the syrian regime as russia fights to get its draft resolution accepted at the un aimed at solving the crisis peacefully. plus the weights finally avers russia's accepted as a fully fledged member of the world trade organization after eighteen years of tough talk. up next we talked to the e.u. trade commissioner for his perspective on russia's w.c. membership. the e.u. trade commissioner called the goodies in geneva to welcome russia into the world trade organization he warns it comes at a time when the euro crisis threaten the world with recession mr de gucht e.u. leaders are insulting each other the euro's fall into new lows how worried are you about this stage of the euro debt crisis i see that. people some people continue to fing that. sooner or later we will have serious problems with the euro. and that's

obviously influencing the debate but this is simply not true i mean the euro is going to continue there to stay and europe will do everything that's a see to preserve the european union it's not a matter of choice you know it's not a matter of having a different turn of this that is one very clear cut political decision the you know is there to stay full stop nicolas sarkozy's just call david cameron an obstinate kid while e.u. leaders getting personal it's not up to me to make comments on what president sarkozy is saying but generally i think one should avoid to become personal in that kind of discussions these are difficult discussions for everybody we're going through a tough time and so let's keep cool i mean. i would say don't get personal francis said britain's credit rating should be downgraded before it's do you agree

with them when you look at the financial position. of great britain it's a lot better than the let's say consolidated position off of the european monetary union obviously not. the difference is of course that there you have a state with a central bank that is a lender of last resort and that makes the difference look at what the situation of of the dollar is i mean and look at the debt situation in the united states it's also certainly not better than the european one nevertheless they don't have problems to borrow money on the international financial markets for exactly the same reason you know and i think we should learn from that and go in the direction of. mutual izing did that then you will see the interest rates going down if that's to see the european central bank should also intervene vigorously and make it clear to the financial markets that is only speculation it's also about fear that banks

that is in the markets there is no reason for that was promised at least ten billion dollars through the i.m.f. to help the e.u. with its debt crisis what role can play in the e.u. to me these are fears that everybody so old states have an interest that. nothing dramatic happens with the euro because europe is the biggest economy in the world you know so everybody has a clear interest in that so it's not by accident that for example a couple of weeks ago the fed the reason the. the british national bank. switzerland to japan. were taking together with you to be an central bank were taking concerted efforts to put liquidity in the market the inside some by accident because obviously this

is of major concern to everybody in the world and russia being only our neighbor but also. being the major source of energy to europe which means that you are their biggest and probably also their best clients they have an obvious interest in not letting degrading the european economy the united states thinks exports to russia can double over the next five years off joint that how much can you expose to russia also go up i see several big advantages in russia becoming a member of the w t o. for example that is part of those accession conditions it's. a completely new set of rules that respect to spears which respect to fit to seventeen norms for a for food is also very important what we having concluded perspecta the automotive sector where russia had been taking. measures and now well that we have come to an end to a compromise on the that will certainly contribute to more trade although that

vantage i see is that it will be possible to attract more foreign capital because. their access into the w.t. o. will. give them assurances they were in a. legal environment that is more transparent than it was so that it was before so i expect to. trade with russia to rise considerably some economists think countries have put in meaningless barriers to stop russia joining the w how fair has the process been i haven't been active in this file for the last eighteen years have been the. steering the process for the last six months let's say. and this or i believe fair negotiations yes i mean some time stuff and they go about with a view by both parties to get to

a result there also major interests at stake you know it's not a chat of course it's a negotiation but i believe that they were fairly treated and they were also asking us to be let's say lenient in them for example in the automotive sector was not easy to come to you decision because there was this new scheme with very high level of local content and so on so it was not easy i think it's a fair deal you know and once you have a concluded the deal you should stop discussing the content of the ones that is a deal is a deal and then you execute it many russians think they've made too many concessions in agricultural industry to join the. how can you show them that's not the case but it's certainly not true that they made. too many concessions. we know we already know. russia is a big market for our agriculture products and that has to see also with the fact

that they cannot. answer the demands on their own they cannot so they do not produce the necessary fruits and vegetables and be for their own population but there is no reason that they could not develop that industry no the same with cars they have to renovate their whole automotive industry because it had become its i believe that it is agreement that we have been making the will result in more than the automotive industry but of course we have been negotiating in a way that also our own interests are protected that's where they go sation is about you have to negotiate having in mind your own interest but also having and by then also the other party needs to find its interest in the negotiation because if not. even if you were to conclude a negotiation it would never be a food off america's jaxon van dijk amendment bulls favorable trade relations with russia has been called a relic of the cold war should washington now get rid of it it's up to the united states to decide that but. i believe such

a move. would have quite some traction on the hill yes the european union along with the united states this fall the most complaints against china since it joined the world trade organization we should be treated any differently we treat everybody exactly in the same way i mean. when we get the complaints. we analyze it very carefully and then we take a decision and whether it's china or russia or even the u.s. that doesn't make a difference i mean once there is a problem we take action and i think we should do that and we do it in what i say almost. i wouldn't call it automatic but very much. rules based approach you know so we are not. looking for four victims all enemies i mean we are not interested in that game so for us it's to say whether it's china or russia of anybody else in china's trade with the jump it's almost three hundred percent in

the ten years that it says it joined. how much do you expect russia's trade with the e.u. to go up by isn't exactly the same i believe because. the chinese have been doing. from a historical point of view this is tremendous is developing an economy which is very much across the board. russia's economy yes and much more focused on a more limited number of sectors and i think it really depends upon russia which direction they take and they take that action off more than lies in the economy of being involved also in new sectors and probably the agreements to get into the deal will be more food for them but that's up to them in the due process of russia are much lower than in the e.u. how this despondence be resolved we have. a scheme in session whereby they will have to call to market prices over time.

so that is not only. by the way but was a member of the euro you have to go to market prices and you cannot have a double pricing you trade commissioner karel de gucht thank you for speaking with l.t. . was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution and the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spreading. continued to be more than hundred thousand

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breaking news story four people all confirmed dead off to a russian oil rig in the country's far we sinks injuring a store the search operations continuing throughout the night fourteen people have so far been rescued but schools remain missing. in today's all the main news in the week's top stories a fresh clashes flare up in western kansas just days after a demonstration by oil workers ended with eleven people that. the west and its allies crash on the syrian regime as russia fights to get its strong resolution accepted at the u.n. aimed at solving the crisis peacefully. the wait is finally over as russia is

accepted as a fully fledged member of the world trade organization off to eighteen years of tough talk. now you know is up next with all the latest for us. thanks alex great to have you with us this is sport today plenty ahead over the next ten minutes or so including these stories in fleet. street smushed after five games in charge russia's new ice hockey coach in a two hour bellowed enough surface his first to face the challenge one cup. best of the best football giants barcelona and santos are currently going to head to head in the final of the world club cup. on top of the pile and reward wins the super six world boxing classic having car frocks w.b.c. belt to the w.b.

a middleweight title in the process. russian ice hockey team head coach. of the office suffered his first defeat since taking over the reins in june the red machine going down to sweden in the second game of their home euro hockey tour tournaments the channel one cup constantine but top off watch this one for us. but russia and sweden started the clash cautiously however isn't a lot believe man didn't seem to be as solid in the fans as they were in the opening match of the tournament the swedes won't piling on the pressure and finally broke the deadlock midway through the first period stuff from cornwell sent them back home after a week of shit converting a power play one thing and the gas headed to the dressing room in the right frame of mind in the middle period sweden's defenseman cornwell doubled his tally after a powerful shot from the blueline the russians pulled one back having one man up next on the rubble of man it in point pass and sergei should all go found himself

a marked on the far poorest and set it to the net three minutes into the third period and the red machine levelled mannerism a power play to the delights of the full back mega sport arena. managed to fly it into the top corner and there are one more assist the. crowd was still cheering the home favorite but crooner took the lead again in just a minute carl crossed and dick ochs also include his name on the scoreboard three to. superstar defenseman cohen two goal lead with his third scoring with a four distance left shot with ten minutes to go russia threw everything into the final minutes of the game and pulled the goaltender for an extra player but failed to cut the deficit for two was how it finished her skating time. this is a big key to the success and we were fortunate to miami and win a lot of parts down deep in there and create a lot of chances for that as well it's really it's hard to name the reasons for our

defeat right now we have to analyze our mistakes we shouldn't be too disappointed so we just have to work hard to improve our play so russia suffered their first defeat with the help however the head coach was optimistic about the lessons his chargers can learn from this loss i think we deserve this defeat sweden played really well aggressively and put constant pressure on our defensemen that's why we made so many mistakes we didn't expect the swedes to play like this we have to draw the right conclusions we understand that from now on all our opponents will play in the same manner. russia will be eager to finish their home tournament on a winning note as they face the czech republic on sunday because they are about out of our team. it's been a hot topic for weeks between two footballing legends the question is neymar a more complete player than leonella messi pele says yes more a domino that argument set to reignite with the per currently facing off in the final of the club world cup in japan now with around seventeen minutes gone it is

still anyone's game between messi is parsimony name mars sun toss nil nil the score in tokyo for their second global time in three years there a little earlier side outside won the third place play off clash against home side as she won't race all on penalty kicks. now watching those clashes in tokyo is free for president sepp blatter the swiss also stating beforehand he's to meet top government officials from brazil as the country deals with criticism over the rate of progress regarding world cup twenty fourteen. but the executive committee has voted to about that but we're not so much very devoted to construction because in order of our cups everybody said they will not be ready that they will be ready finally but i will myself now take up the smoke up also in a presidential level and then the first month or second month of this year we go and meet the heads of state brings to english football where the top two are in

premier league judy on sunday manchester city host arsenal in undoubtedly the much of the day but it is city's cross-town rivals united who open proceedings away to new boys q.p.r. after a less than stellar november domestically alex ferguson's side look to be back on track this month they're seeking a third straight league win in london after that villa host liverpool while spurs will be eyeing our third spot at home to sunderland the main course wrapping up some of these gains table topping manchester city at home to fifth seeded arsenal the gunners though in confident moots being able to pull seven wins from the previous eight days. we had one turning point you know i was. just against showed to not one way before. and it's the second big test just away from home for us it's a massive test and we know wolf of course we do want to be at your best but. mentally we are prepared and ready to give

absolutely zero between two to win the game. now heading into this we can't reward had not lost in the boxing ring since he was fourteen years old the american made sure that didn't end on saturday taking the w.b.c. middleweight belt from carl froch but to be a title holder doing so by winning the years in the making super six world boxing classic englishman froch he could boast a longer reach than his opponent thirty four year old go on able to land his best shots and wharton smartly stayed on the inside through all right two thousand for the pickle medalist ward frustrating for a walk towards the the latter rounds in particular landing a very impressive forty two percent of his punches that starts saying the judges award the bike to work on a missed the stage and the fighters were left with plenty of respect for each other afterwards whenever some of the shots are very tricky and close one. i want to work

on that machine is going to push toward him when he was tiring. shots together he moves his head very low and moves and docks and slips and slides it was just a tough hard night karl is a great fighter all these fighters are great fighters what you never give me disrespect to before the fight i know what i'm getting into i just want to be a little better than them on the night of the fight. great news again for. the russian veteran claiming her second gold at the same tournament the season's third stage and hutch filson zite event taking top spot in the women's pursuit race in style leading from start to finish in austria the most vital thirty one minutes fifty two seconds complete the ten kilometer distance sides with us joining this club zero gaming perfectly on all four shootings reach us. it's been a great start to the ski cross world cup season for team come of bradley lehman kills the surf climbing on top of the podium in both the men's and women's offense following the opener in italy the men's event seeing leaman get off to a great start against russia's yet any corrupt cough sylvan pushed off all the way

during the race but the french been would crush shark leaving the russian with silver another comedian david duncan took the slippery slopes go lower meanwhile in the women's portion three skiers colliding early on before thompson crashed out later that left a while all alone to grab. on to cricket where south africa have absolutely thrasher lanka beating the islanders by an innings after just three days of a five day home test for lanka captain me hyla jr ward team also stopped just inches short of reaching ten thousand test runs on the day pace bowler vernon philander stonewalling the sri lankan batteries the twenty six year old made his test debut last month but now has twenty four wickets in the last three tests he ended up with a stunning ten four hundred to score card. cora just one run for the trip will be. by my very so africa captain a.b.

de villiers almost out of the century going i did nice of me close to ninety nine when mark boucher was the last with sixty five so africa taken by an innings and he won. and finally interest in tennis this year has exploded in china the reason attributed to lean on was unexpected triumph at wimbledon former players whomping popping up all over the country to help bolster its structure there the biggest of names touching down on chinese soil to help the coles sunday don't come much bigger than pete some pris the fourteen time grand slam champion joining up with former world number one court a small way to feel secure only for an exhibition match in the central chinese city of. american some pre-show and he's still got it teaming up with leith the first ever asian to win a major tennis title for victory in the doubles spectacle. that is all the sport for long to be sure god is here in the next two hours for more

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