better than his opponent. in the first set match winning six two but he lost the second. and the third. and. fourth set five three. start his match with. a couple of minutes later a local former number of. the massive underdog against current number one. in the women's fourth round put a stop to the. twenty one year old book to sport in the quarterfinals for the second year in a row following her six two seven six victory and the next. iranians were thrashed. in straight sets six two six one. champion serena williams takes on the russian giant killer. who's already overcome.

and the russian took the first set six two and it's currently in the second later on two thousand and eight champion and fourth seed maria sharapova take on. earlier second seed rafael nadal book his place in the quarterfinals following. the two thousand and nine champion was broken only once in. the six four six four six two six weekend misfiring davis cup team. and up next for. the g twenty eight season grueling and ill tempered four said when everything's miccolis armand wrote the check. for the match as the seventh seed to shake hands with his opponent apparently took offense after all margrove returned to his head during the fourth set and wouldn't accept apologies. healthy. where there

was a bit of a hard break for the local crowd as home favorites bernard tomic was oh yeah and by the fourth time champion roger federer a trademark backhand winner clinched the second set for the swiss and walls of the wife who was watching from the packed stands federer then swiftly served out the third as the world number the thirty first consecutive quarter final at a glance event. and waiting for federer in the last eight is the one mark tindall for troll after the argentina rolled past in a poll shriver of germany. while women's defending champion kim clijsters played through an ankle injury and saved for match points to stun french open champion li na the belgian concept played retiring i think for the people in the first set which they won and then what else to take a six to beat in the second set so i break but a jubilant clijsters fought back to take the third six for. the belgian will

next face top seed carolyn wozniak e who held off a second set fight back by serbia's and then a young convinced the former world number one committing her fiftieth unforced error to hand was now he has six love seven five victory that zain went out in the semifinals last year and is now just a step away from defending her ranking points and the world number one spot. while informed by the russian victoria azarenka hit a forehand whatever to brush aside if that's the mission of the czech republic six two six two as the number three seed enjoyed yet another big mystery victory. and waiting in the quarterfinals is number eight seed or advance across the pole needed less than an hour to overpower germany's view their very good six one six one the twenty two year old growing confidence after enduring he said battle in the match. finally on to ice hockey and thousands of fans flooded to the last

capital of over the weekend so watch the east remain unbeaten against the west in the fourth cage shell all star extravaganza rather more than on reports. let in hockey fans which note for the stars on surly it was their turn to meet the biggest hero and europe strongest league has to offer at the cato all-star game twenty twelve with one of the greatest russian players of all time sergei further of living the peak of the eastern conference and the pride of latin hockey send this as a lynch captaining the best from the west that is why for the first time in the history of the event the arena that with thousand spectators were passionately behind one side the west and also mentioned cool promptly took the lead in the so-called super skills show which is a traditional warm up ahead of the all star games with another local idol to number

rigorous miccolis redlegs winning the fastest skater competition. after three more contests the western conference team were still on britain although their opponents from the east managed to steal the show and win. with truck tourists alexander results of producing a record breaking one hundred eighty three kilometer and there were heat in the heart is shot contest and sergei further of edging out sundays in the captain's deal which saw some extra hockey skills on display from the two legends i think will like it. having a son just like that i like that it was it was sort of very technical material so it was different it was new other words like it and i was it was good innovation meanwhile the most eye catching contest shootouts left many in day out if it's

really possible in this world what's bloody mattress into did you hear a siren go is the amazing i don't know how what does that look like the park was going no way in the wrong side became back this way so i don't know if you know he's a magician. secret was that i just made a tiny hole in the park and put fish and learn through it. my father told me the street has to be a video on no three previous occasions take a chill star game so the team from the east claimed victory over the big of the west so this time around briscoe we were about to witness something more than just the friendly showcase love but the real deal hearty they actually started with no goals in the first ten minutes of the match proving the teams were not just having fun on ice just as they promised before the game we had a winning streak on so. i think. it might be up for grabs today as above the players on both sides i think are going to try a lot harder to do one of the sides like it when i'm going to belts. it was the

west hope and the scoring and goals below are finally begin to roll the teams took turns scoring and taking the lead with the third period underway on level terms although after the further fifteen scored four in their oath to make it twelve eight the outcome was never double the team from the east remains unbidden at the cage all star games fifteen eleven the final score i think it begins as a friendly. friendly game canonize nice and then and soon as the somebody gets ahead a little bit more the others name starts to. wear you again we can't let it get away like that just standing gradually becomes a little bit. more more competitive than it was at the beginning but still a long game nobody wants to get heard of course and. serve a good time and enjoy themselves this time around was different from any i appear i

think it was. twenty interesting combinations i think guys basically try boy off and so a very. has or with just. before anything else or yeah. like i said we have a streak of four balls one line didn't prove a really good job but. we got lucky and we got. quite advantage there next year the case fell all stars will make it to the full of the ural mountains at the eastern russian city of chile evans robert for the known r t v and a quick tennis obviates where russia. defeated serena williams of the united states by six two and six three and made it into the quarterfinals so we'll be back though with more sport in less than a couple hours meanwhile you can check out our youtube channel artsy sport is at any time where you can rate and comments all sound the story seen right here thanks for watching.

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and you to do list for the syrian leadership the arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and steps up calls for president asad to step down something the regime has allegedly rejected. for a shop to join the european union after a national referendum marked by clashes polarized opinion and a disappointing turnout. russia's policy on internal migration falls into the focus of pm and presidential run of what in your position as he presents and other set of plans as part of his election programme. gold has seen a remarkable performance over the past decade and could be on track to become the

best one choice of the year find out more from our business bulletin and. what you know if you live from moscow nine am here on marina joshie the syrian leadership has rejected the arab league transition plan aimed at curbing violence in the country and that's according to syrian state t.v. the authorities say it doesn't reflect the will of the people and violates the country's sovereignty party sarah for reports of what exactly the regime objects to . it's not for civilization that's for heavy guns play the pieces by sides that is the conclusion of the report by the arab league monitors arab league they've also called on president bashar al assad delegate power to his vice president and form

a national unity government with the opposition they've also called for international support by preparing their case for the u.n. security council and it's the extra push many people here in syria have been calling for. to protect a friend or two to homs the conflict has moved ever closer to the country's capital now many damascus suburbs are also embroiled in the conflicts between government forces and the armed opposition. well this is all that's left of many of the houses now inside just absolutely gutted it's broken glass you've got bullet holes lining the walls you've got clothes staying around the house where people have left them behind fleeing very quickly you can really see here the devastating consequences that this conflict has heard the picking up the pieces prove easy amongst the opposition themselves there are worrying divisions and as the conflicts become increasingly violent there are now areas of the country where it's unclear

exactly who's in control what do the people here are the guardian but i think the syrian army having control or receive. not. a lot of numbers but a number of secrecy of who's in charge and you know. the coordination the diversion of the stuff arab league observers except to remain in the country for another month trying to build the basis for multi-party elections even seen by the international community although you are sort of where you are into your position you have to put in your mind that you have to work with the other side working with the other side these don't look. good with thousands killed bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be a major task sara for. damascus syria now that

abuses from both the syrian regime and the opposition have been acknowledged now the arab league it's the best time to turn the dialogue so south beirut based political analyst dr amar in a shopping. the opposition or what the so-called syrian free army or the desert there is from the syrian army have been also using heavy gunfire against civilians they have been using explosives apparently they have been using and the armored. rockets and you know some weapons that cannot usually be used in civilian areas and against civilians there is president said also enjoys . popular support in city one cannot deny this not even the institute in qatar denied this when they did the research last month and they found that fifty five percent of the syrian population oppose the downfall or did a movement of president assad it's time for dialogue as has tried some

somebody form some democratic reforms there is a constitutional council now in syria trying to rewrite the constitution there will be elections in the coming months there are some of the forums i think that the opposition shows face because it is of the interest of no one of no one's interests that need to or steps in they would be destruction and they would be chaos as was the case in libya. and just a little later here in our team will look at how many libyans are beginning to feel like their revolt was simply a mirage and the country seeing its most turbulent anti-government protests since the fall of moammar gadhafi with the address beginning in benghazi just as it did last year also ahead the. citizens of benton harbor are living from one day to them that there's been very little effort on the part of the world

for that runs everything to try to. involve the community how giant corporations thrive on government funds and outsource laborous home communities fall apart around them. gracious set to become the twenty eight's country to join the european union after the proposal was given the go ahead in a national referendum the country's accession now has to be approved by all current member nations but almost all ballots counted two thirds of voters expressed a desire to join the block the spy that is ongoing debt crisis the turnout however at just forty four percent pointed to apathy among many towards the issue of the build up to the referendum was marred by clashes and to e.u. protesters staged demonstrations right up to the vote as artist on board reports opposition to joining the european union is unlikely to end here. violent scenes in the croatian complicated it's the country's new referendum that

said. this to be made behind me the police trying to push the protesters in ways they take and protest his late sixty's diminish the terms to the creation capital and financing has been doing well in the region well now police are going to take people away in advance of protest is trying to stop it within one zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero. zero zero we had. these empty protests to say the government is trying to suppress that just simply we says they are joining with surrender the way she is independence to brussels. yes i believe that couple in another street nearby the foreign minister is trying to convince people that accession is vital for the croat economy actually with the stability that scale can lead it into the credit rating of gratian. that is translated into

membership of the european union gracious budget would be in serious trouble everywhere you turn in croatia the e.u. is being discussed but whereas most of the political class no longer question the europhiles stance public views differ widely you should tell us what i'm into or see and touch all our fish and that's our biggest problem you know if you think of their affiliates the they told us we have to obey the e.u. has regulations those that don't want to obey must stop trading politically because the center was small family business and the european union commissions everything towards the big shopping center and some other if i may or not for the fish here in memphis you know we have two sons turn employed and maybe because of that i would be prior secret to most of the symbols were you know there are legitimate worries about sovereignty local industry and economic well being a former state and there are still some voices in parliament that think the

benefits of what joining it were. we're not going with our heads high up we're going on our knees because our economy. non-existing our exporting is pretty bad our b.b.b. is very low so we don't really have anything to offer. even at the local theatre the subject is croatia's relationship all right but those on the stage and to the fumes issue they'd rather poke fun at it while it's irritating console and leave them for example on facebook it's just broke old for you and it's getting. it's absurd because. there's no real quality debate struck. back out on the streets the arguments quality not continue with ferocity with such strong emotions it seems unlikely this referendum dissolves the nation's division

over european and. tom bought out. a major argument for a horatio joining the e.u. was the promise of a better economic future but that may be an elusive promise the watching r.t. live from moscow coming up later this hour shared pain for common game. and the e.u. prepares to unveil a strict set of sanctions against iran measures that could well backfire on the blocks fragile economy. russia's policy on migration has come under scrutiny from its prime minister and presidential hopeful line reported in a second major newspaper article as part of his election campaign put and set out his position on a range of key challenges let's get more on this now from our correspondent peter all over peter tells me more about the main points took him out of this article well migration and multiculturalism the main topics addressed in this latest

article from vladimir putin the he praised russia's history of multiculturalism saying that it went back centuries back to the days of the the old russian empire. but said that the country had faced serious problems over the last twenty years since the the collapse of the soviet union that we've seen many migrants economic migrants coming from former soviet republics into cities in russia and that this has on occasion caused tensions to to flare. the prime minister's warned against the the rise of nationalism the rise of xenophobia that there should be a there was a responsibility i beg your pardon from immigrants coming to adopt. of countries to try and assimilate into the culture and speak the language of the country their failure to do so well that gave rise to the. such things are xenophobia and ethnic

tensions on the subject of nationalism vladimir putin addressing those that say that they should stop feeding and stop funding the north caucuses saying that this was something that couldn't happen that the north caucasus was a part of russia and if you started listening to those kinds of statements then the next time it would be stop funding siberia stop funding the moscow region things of course that they're not going to do addressing multiculturalism further afield but to a putin said that in his opinion the the system that was adopted by countries in europe had failed saying that this was something that trying to establish multiculturalism based on a nation and all being in it together really hadn't worked and that this was also the case with the the melting pot system and in america really the fact that everybody is essentially an immigrant coming to the united states at some point down the line. russia had a very different system and that russia's idea identity as a country and as

a multicultural society have to be viewed in different light wind in light of. what was heard from prime minister earlier so what solution does he offer if any and how to solve this problem i'm telling you well education is the main goal for me putin says that he will implicate if he is elected as president in march as elections he says that he will look to a program that will see children educated in schools about the multicultural history of russia or in russia's relations. with their nearby nearby countries and their neighbors there. also want to see a study of russian literature which of course some of the great books of the world coming out of russia a lot of them. written by people with experiences all of russia's history of multiculturalism we want to see them read in schools and people can learn more about russia's relationship with the wider world also not just in schools though he

says there is a responsibility of of people involved in and religion religious leaders to educate their followers about the fate of religions of other people. but to be prudent also saying that there will be a. huge review of the immigration system if he's elected as president he plans to overhaul of the senshi in twenty thirty implementing a russian language test and a test on russian history and russian society and russian culture to well essentially make sure that as he said those people coming to this country will learn about this country will know about this country will be able to fit in to russia all right peter thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update all reporting there. the sanctions keep piling up in iran the e.u. is expected to announce on monday an unprecedented block wide ban on iranian oil europe says it will be for the common good animal nato ronn rethink its nuclear program which israel and its allies see as

a threat our correspondent as our celia brings us more on the dangers the sanctions may bring. the foreign ministers of the twenty seven member states of the european union are meeting today and one of the most important issues on the table are that of the sanctions on iran it is expected that they will pass on presidents and sanctions targeting the country's oil and financial sectors this will be the toughest to date and it's of course over the controversial nuclear program. of long insisted that iran is on a dangerous path towards acquiring nuclear weapons has consistently denied this now these talks on the back of twenty seven nations having to deal with the sovereign debt crisis for almost two years now there are countries like france for instance who really want to see sanctions implemented as soon as possible in a couple of months. which is heavily debt laden was asking for a leeway of about twelve months so today they are expected to give the detail on the timeline somewhere between the three to eight months that will satisfy all of

the member states now the embargo follows tough new u.s. sanctions passed into law by president barack obama in january and collectively if all these sanctions are fully implemented you will see about two point six million barrels of oil taken off of international markets which is of course putting markets into very. loyal prices up and on the other hand the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says that she expects the e.u. to pressure iran to back to the negotiation table so again today we're expecting to see details on the timeline of the implementation of sanctions as. expected the big may include several more names of companies individuals financial institutions those a list of sanctions but any decision that they come to today has to be unanimous. yes our celia reporting there and there's plenty more of you on our website r t dot com including the latest news and comment as well as any stories you've missed so

here's some of what's there for you right now. and during the dragon extravagant parade and spectacular fireworks as the world joins china in celebrating the lunar new year. and risking death to provide a lifeline the story of a gaza tunnel digger whose work helps support his family on the flow biled supplies into gaza if i and so he's really blockade. maybe it could be on the brink of civil war according to the head of the national transitional council most julio following a weekend off political turmoil and that's after his deputies stepped down when julian suspended six high ranking council delegates from benghazi it's the latest sign of discord in the country's interim leadership and comes amid a rising.