felt good out there i mean very. good doubles players they came back in a second. but we found it out and the terrorism was pretty good to have a tour of the. meanwhile maria sharapova believes the signs are looking good for the season ahead despite her crushing defeat in the women's final to victoria azarenka the russian was featuring in her second ground slam final within six months and has regained her form after coming back from a long injury layoff due to a shoulder injury but in melbourne the twenty four year old was simply outplayed and outpowered by as our anchor the belorussian coming from two love down in the first set to win it six three and then taking a second to love to claim not only her first round song title but also overtake caroline wozniacki to clinch the album for one spot however despite that something to feature activists says she has every reason to look forward to the season ahead . i don't regret the work that i hope you don't have all. you know getting to the stage is great for me especially not having played matches for three months.

monsoon i know what to expect. and game i just don't know to be the stages is good for me that's why i am looking forward to the first new year. as well as our in case she dedicated the victory to her grandmother and then the twenty two year old added that she wasn't entirely surprised by her achievement which was the result of years of hard work. thanks me surprised and no surprise to me no worked really hard and i've been playing pretty well it's just you know the score doesn't really tell the story. and it was. i think really a lot of tough battles in the first so i just really played well at the important moments you know so i'm surprised yes. well meanwhile over in england russian figure skater you have got a pushing go overcame an eighteen need to perform an unexpected quadruple jump in

his routine to get a new sized ever overall mark and when his seventh european crown the twenty nine year old seen here in training picked up just over one hundred seventy six points in the free skate division is overall tiny to just over two hundred sixty one it was a compelling routine to have the sheffield crowd on their feet after which the two thousand and six olympic champion who has eighteen major titles to his name said i'm called the king by many people and i try to live up to that name his eighteen year old training partner after all the chance he finished second russia took seven out of a possible twelve medals at the meeting in the u.k. just two years before hosting the winter games in sochi however that will miss the world championships in launch as he set to undergo an operation on his knee next month. now moving on to forward its net even the late winner as liverpool beat manchester united to want to sound fields knock out their old rivals in the fourth round of the f.a. cup while it was the first on the two sides met since the match in october which led to the reds luis suarez being banned for eight games for racially abusing

united's patrice evra while it was paul took the lead after twenty one minutes to daniel i got ninety keep a diary that hey i could have done better but united did a level just before half time through the song park and after second off a few chances caps struck with two minutes to go to snatch the winner the result capped a fine week for the reds reso edged finance to city on wednesday to reach the carling cup final their first visit to wembley since one thousand nine hundred ninety six. plus of course if not from the players off they were good to get through in zero eight zero so we can bring play again but in the morning it's. two for. the commitment. with regards to can. we can this be highly enough of a good up of form as a result after the. as chelsea will be joining the reds in the next stage why not just the sixty second minute penalty making all the difference against q.p.r. after daniel sturridge was adjudged didn't sell the area the players did not shake

hands at the start of this match the decision taking note of the players defended john terry's in the ring for case as a claim seemed racially abused anton ferdinand. i think it was a wise decision bearing in mind the expectancy that was aroused from the fact that . a couple of events could have or could happen in that country and bearing that in mind if you will that he was wise not to do it because he could have an influx on the drug straight after and in this way i think everything was. going to be good jobs. all premier league time is bolton came from behind to be one z. two one west brom lost at home to norwich to watch while new castle beaten by championship side brighton one nil mike williamson goal going through and last year's funniest i've also progressed after a two know when over darby but the sunday off not aston villa were paper case in the fifth round draw which takes place later after boss sunderland's take on

middlesbrough in a northeast darby. now asked where the sport of golf has a new and very young champion as lydia ko has become the youngest ever player male or female to win a professional tournament at the tender age of just fourteen she hit the flag at the eighteenth hole at the new south wales open in sydney but the new zealand hour to help her to try and buy for adults could have created history thirty one that came up just short of claiming have made an crowd at the same event last year well the youngest ever male goal or not is japan's she car he was fifteen when he picked up this title but coach is the one asking them are not. releasing much. or really knows i'm really happy and good to go for the last three days. is. in making history is just amazing. and finally some of the world's best wrestlers are

in siberia for a three day on your tournament where i'm on course or if brings us the latest. they get tournaments is a part of a. series that just happens to be one of the most sought after freestyle wrestling titles at this year's competition more significant than the of the summer and the picks are right around the corner it's the twenty third time the event's been held and as always it's right at the start of the new year giving various national coaches enough time to test their athletes ahead of major stores like the world or european championships. such a good number of them work there isn't a single seat available in the sports palace and the opening ceremony was very beautiful with today's final in the seventy four kilogram division is probably the main reason for such which is the huge turnout. for the tournament itself i have to say that it continues to evolve and i'm happy to note that the organizers took my suggestions into consideration. the twenty's wealthy von yet again grand prix saw

the arrival of nine the limbic champions among nearly three hundred athletes from twenty countries. the main event of the opening day marked the return of the two thousand the limbic champion. now despite the support of his brother three time olympic champion believe us out of sight c.f. i've lost the seventy four killer final to a posse and denise sort of wish now it's safe to say the battle for the olympic ticket in this weight category will unfold between the zero reading grand prix finalist that you must not hear them so i was wary brief for stepping back on the mat following a three year struggle with injuries he's thirty two years old now and it's very difficult to get to the summit at this age might he displayed character that he's still a force to be reckoned with in a blowout against the two time rules. while the men's events was dominated by

russian nationals it was a different story on the women's side with competitors from japan making it all but one. final after claiming the top honors in two out of three finals on the opening day of the grand prix athletes from the land of the rising sun are wrapped up the tournaments with another it's a gold and one silver medal by the way while japan won silver in the forty eight kilo group the gold went to elliptic champion irina marinating a few crane who made a triumphant return to the sport after giving birth to her second child nevertheless it was evident that japan ruled the other weight classes and it became clear why japanese women's wrestling is considered to be among some of the best in the world and now the three men's finals will be held on the last day of the tournaments here in cross they are skate sign for the heavyweights to sippin it promises to be quite intense and we will be here to cover it ramon koester of artsy

eastern siberia. and that's all as well for now more in just under two hours please join me again.

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this week's top stories from r t the league's believe or admission arab nations hold their observers work in syria over reports of an upsurge in violence damascus says that can make things worse. talks between iran and the un nuclear inspectors resume amid international tension tehran is considering stopping fuel supplies to the e.u. within days as a response to sanctions. also u.s. and corporate protests feel the full force of the law in oakland again with officers resorting to tear gas and flash grenades to disperse demonstrators and arrest hundreds. and multi-national proposals to stop web piracy sparked mass

protest in poland activists say their government is supporting internet censorship not copyright protection. live from moscow and he said now with our weekly program this sunday for you and we begin in syria with the arab league's observer mission there it's been halted the league is saying it's concerned over reports of a spike in violence more than one hundred people are thought to have been killed in finding between security forces and rebel groups in the last few days alone while damascus condemned the decision saying it could actually result in more bloodshed and a foreign military intervention at the u.n. security council resolution on syria is under consideration russia rejected the latest draft put forward by e.u. and arab states calling for regime change in the country and allowing quote further

action if damascus. compain public a lot of us even lemon believes it's not a coincidence that the arab league throws its mission just as western powers up the calls for foreign involvement. well my goodness that sounds like a no fly zone to different language it was an open sesame to direct intervention meeting war the observers were sent into syria they picked the wrong man to lead the mission sudanese general. they thought they as the enemy and your eyes well with deliver the goods against the side believing him for everything going oh i'm cool what a general we do he said a star is cooperating it's exactly the opposite of what the last one you may want to precarious just step up whatever they have in mind which is some kind of you to action based solution is the way of syria's civil it's all going to see it's

usually chicken opposition in syria syria isn't a story here you see a reporter in the when they got you or did we get to go to a national poll that apparently go some credibility he said good of a jar really all syrians aside for america and britain and the arab league to intervene in syria years and three years and to have an arrogant resolution saying and all that would do would be happy in two weeks well absolutely should in diplomatic way which told these people to go oh. well around a hundred observers are still in syria awaiting further instruction but gulf nations are not taking part they withdrew their monitors saying the missile had found to hold the syrian government to its pledge to end violence but artie's saraf earth reports weakening the fact finding team leave syrians on the ground preparing for the worst. saying they get by and heading home they've said it's from the gulf

states leave the airport then mission incomplete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis is never going to be easy they want the arab league monitors to stay i don't want right from the word go the missions prefer problematic the opposition accused the monitors of being too closely aligned with the government the government's now accused of being part of the foreign conspiracy and they were logistical complaints to the observers seemed ill equipped on the ground and there were concerns that they were simply too few numbers to undertake such a major task but if things were bad at the beginning now they seem even worse following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers after damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president assad cede power to a deputy and form a unity government was interesting that this conference is very interested in

democracy and they have nothing and this is the most interesting this is something pani will talk about about what will have a new constitution we are going to more democratic country multi parties are but what about to do about the west's talk about syria which would be true changed and leave saudi arabia as it has damascus is rejection was no surprise both sides of the conflict of shame equal a willingness to soften their stance even when the daily death toll in the country continually rising the killing of the head of the syrian arab red crescent was on the road to damascus yet another in mind the spiraling situation. of the observers at such a creature of a bid to the country's crisis is seen as controversial the arab league essentially has no credibility on the. arab street what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish is good enough everything is concrete everything about human rights

abuses on the part of the are so very easy to then take to the u.n. and the evidence would be so strong that even russia and china would feel compelled to work but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know the monitors things and i know more about what's going on the ground than they did. at the beginning and so it all looks like you know we're going back to square one as the death toll rises the proposal being floated to increase the number of observers on the ground and provide them with u.n. training could be a life saving well but for now these plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of the substance of the report that graded pieces on both sides seems to have been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined forces at the united nations to try to end president assad's rule waving goodbye to that gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't

close the doors in for the arab league i think. it's diplomacy will give anyone to help the syrian but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands not of bleakness could come so it's a gloomy outlook for the country with little regional or international agreement on what action should be taken to stop the violence and putting an end to the crisis seem to be slipping further and further as a very. artsy damascus syria. well also coping with an arrest is egypt coming up on r t a year after its uprising its back to the rear as hundreds of thousands rallying against the absolute power of the ruling military john and its reluctance to step down. u.n. nuclear inspectors have started a three day mission to examine iran's atomic activities to iran says it's certain the talks the first in more than three years will prove its programs purpose is

purely peaceful the i.a.e.a. visit comes at a time when tensions between iran and the west are approaching crisis level on monday even nations adopted an unprecedented set of sanctions against the islamic republic which include a complete embargo on oil supplies from iran that comes into force in july but experts say the imposed band will hit the struggling european economy much more than iranian this is not in favor of european interests what we are doing there with this stupid senseless and also wrong embargo and what we clearly see is that this happened upon washington's wishes so we have a few countries greece far from with twenty five percent of its overall oil imports in two thousand and ten coming from iran but it is thirteen spain with ten percent so in this regard we do have a lot of european mostly homemade problems now in addition to that we have problems

with this oil embargo and as we see on the other hand i just spoke to some of your renewed friends iran will do quite well even under the embargo meanwhile to iran is preparing a response to the e.u. embargo renia lawmakers are considering an immediate halt of oil sales to europe sure interfere i.e. and activists from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention in iran says the measure shows tehran is powerful enough not to succumb the economic pressure. the grace period that the vision for six months for does go to take place may actually not be that graceful so iran is taking matters into his own hands and the other issue is that it shows a complex city a feeling in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds and that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch what's going to happen to the national sovereignty of the wrong. really an excuse

for deepening that confrontation between iran and the list actually as the same time that is imposing does involve those on the wrong if you see that some european countries are selling more to the countries of the arab countries of the persian gulf so they are benefiting from this is iran the phobia of the star creating in the region so why solve the problem with negotiations by some countries are cashing in we continue to keep a close eye on the iranian oil and nuclear saw go on there am a line for you how do our web site argue dot com for more analysis and updates on the latest developments. well as us occupy movement protests once again turned violent in oakland california

police fired tear gas and beanbag rounds at some two thousand demonstrators several hundred were arrested as they attempted to occupy a vacant convention center before storming into city hall parties were in a poor najar house more it began around saturday afternoon when roughly two hundred fifty. occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and as hours passed the crowd grew stronger and stronger up to roughly twenty two thousand people strong ultimately what the goal was for this demonstration is for protesters to take over and abandoned building where they wanted to create their new headquarters because as our viewers may remember crossed the country in the united states just a few months ago police departments are removed activists from their camps and this was an attempt for oakland optimistic to set up

a new headquarters but as the crowd grew stronger and larger of the intially the police in oakland began firing tear gas and flash her means at the occupy up to this morning to the police they say members of the crowd began throwing things at not the officers and that is what ultimately triggered this clash between police officers and occupy optimist but as far as we know this is not the first time we've seen a fierce clash between officers and activists in oakland california got in october there was a least three. people arrested and a former u.s. marine by the name scott olsen was left in critical condition with a head injury from being star struck in the head by a police tear gas canister canister and this is something odd that put a lot of criticism on the police department in oakland california they've been

criticized for being very harsh with occupy out. well those occupy protests in america come against the background of the race for the white house military might or coping with the crisis find out what president obama's administration is putting top of it's to do this our expert and value way it's a leader state of the union. relax and get a certain grip we take a look at how politicians are making a push for power on the internet. but first it's been a turbulent week for poland which saw thousands of people protesting against the anti web piracy pact their countries signed up to along with twenty one other european states activists say the multinational deal would still needs to be ratified by the european parliament allows firms to censor the internet like syria says he reports now from warsaw. at first thousands across poland directed their

anger squarely at the notorious anti counterfeit trade agreement the idea of funding. for publishing the dried marked material it's somehow illogical to me it's like let's say punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody but with every passing rally the protest grew more political the crowds put prime minister government on the fire for signing the agreement on thursday most governmental websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they are trying to maximize us with. the promise is that. the documents. that we have. the right for our own interpretation of the can but that's not possible knows a lot from our government technically active should be a good thing protecting intellectual property ranging from music to design your bags but the global online community fears corporations will use it to police the

web and take regular users offline for her. this internet behavior it certainly has a striking resemblance to the much debated sopa bill in the united states which sent even online giants like google and wikipedia to take direct action but the law was only meant to work locally across the atlantic while act would be applied more globally the act of. racial groups and in some countries it needs to be ratified by parliament but not in every country so we have another. actor is still an option for many many countries it was too much for one french e.u. deputy quit calling act charade then came the twitter twist the micro-blogging site saying it can now censor tweets country by country pride is active protests in war so we're expected to gather up to forty thousand people but

a sudden big freeze kept many away never the less they intends to rally for several more weeks hoping to urge war sos ruling circles to take a step back twenty one other e.u. member states along with poland signed but it's only here that the decision has caused so much controversy and public dissent the document is yet to be ratified by the country spar limits which certainly leaves the possibility of more protests everywhere across the european continent let's. see reporting from poland. well as our correspondent mentioned the microblogging from twitter is enough. scandal on its own and got more analysis on that in our website r.t. dot com including one suggestion that the move will ultimately backfire on the government. make it very clear that their users are government censoring you and i think. huge step in pressuring people to show the stuff that was censored but also pressuring governments to change their policies. with the internet liberty campaign

or. also online. these are not the most famous whistleblower is getting ready to reveal even more on t.v. julian assange is launching his very own talk show here on our t.v. all the details on our website. this week egyptians marked a year since the beginning of the country's uprising hundreds of thousands flooded into talker square the iconic birthplace of the revolution and today the polls have opened for the elections to the upper house of parliament this after islamist parties claimed an overwhelming majority in the lower house the new government is currently trying to develop a new constitution but above all egyptians want the dissolution of the military council which inherited absolute.