some of them is right next to this one because it's just the tournament that i always dreamed of winning. but this one i think comes out on the top because it's just. the fact that we played on the six hours is incredible incredible i think it was probably the longest finals. just to hear the fact is. making me cry really. now he's the best of the world. so the history is. the study. has a patent on the history winning over winning a lot of what one of the world will see work for here now in football ukraine and shakhtar donetsk goalkeeper alexander has been banned by you way for fifty years after failing a drugs test the twenty four year old tested positive for hiv it is directed last

year after a league match he had been in contention to papers country the european championships in his club described the punishment is extremely harsh and will appeal they had claimed taking a diuretic to lose weight but had not told the club's doctor well the stadium that will host the opening match of the euro two thousand and twelve championships has been officially opened in warsaw it staged a rock concert firework display and thousands braved the bone chilling temperatures to enjoy it the stadium cost six hundred million dollars to build and was meant to open last june but that was put off repeatedly because of construction problems co-host poland will play greece here in the opening match on june the eighth and the poles with them play russia at the stadium four days later. now another football news robin van persie scored two quick penalties as arsenal came back from two goals down to beat aston villa three two in the fourth round of the f.a.

cup richard dunne and darren bent had given villa two no half time lead but three goals in seven minutes gave the gun his victory via walcott fifty seventh minute strike the sandwiched between van persie spot kicks is arsenal completed a stunning comeback elsewhere sunderland drew one one in the northeast started with middlesbrough and their replay will be at the riverside on february the seventh or paid to a quick look then at the last sixteen draw astral travel to either sunderland all middlesbrough chelsea will play carling cup holders birmingham stones will travel to crawley you are currently third in england's fourth tier simple play the winner of the replay between blackpool and sheffield wednesday brighton's reward for beating newcastle is a trip to liverpool while baltimore go to either millwall or southampton knowledge will take on championship side leicester and tottenham go to third tier steven agents who were in the fifth round for the very first time. wrestlers have

dominated at the van you're reading grand prix in siberia the annual event named after the two time olympic champion has been a promising test for the russian team with just six months to go before the start of the london olympics with more is wrong in costa. using the three day event wraps up with the most captivating of ballots in the men's heavyweight division and once again wrestlers from russia have made it into all of the finals with only one american wrestler making it was the ultimate stage in the one hundred twenty kilograms of vision the most prestigious weight class so a battle between olympic silver medalist russia's medal and four time all american wrestler serve the lot and have the first period ended in a draw but the russian managed to win the clinch despite losing the disc toss. a benefit period a little more convincing in the second period and out scored blog and bite soup lines to one and claimed gold despite failing to reach the top of the podium at the vaughan european golden grand prix the united states team did finish in third place

with one silver and three bronze medals those are certainly some of our best rustlers you're talking about the lack of jake barra both medalled at the world championships and certainly have a good chance of medaling at the olympic games so now we have some our best guys here we got some work to do the final in the eighty four k. division was a crowd pleaser with a local to it so i'm european champion and sort of who do shift stepping out on the mat against last year's world championships runner up your heat or by of the match had to be decided in an additional third round with across the arctic native getting the upper hand over his opponents from north to set top honors in the ninety six k. division could only go to one place and that's russia's republic of dagestan both wrestlers are represented in the city of much both of the salon and. have recorded the world cup victories in twenty eight cents and were evenly matched up here as well however it was the twenty three year old who outsmarts at his club mate and

claimed gold. we had hoped for three gold medals a few students and the judges tony wrestlers did quite well the winners will soon compete at the european championships well silver and bronze medalists two world cup event i was there but john as for those and if those who didn't truly impress here then have another chance to prove their worth at the russian nationals. russian wrestlers claimed overall first place of the grand prix with eight gold and eight silver medals the japanese women helped their side finish second and then americans came third the olympics are coming up fast and most of the wrestlers will be to each other again soon in various qualification tournaments around the world that's all for across the yard i'm reminded of reporting for r.t. in eastern siberia some names to look out for there in six months time now will rank as one of the most shocking meltdowns in golf karl stanley was in line to win the farmers insurance open in san diego but threw away

a three shot lead on the final hole and went on to lose to brandt snedeker in a playoff nerves getting the better of stanley then at one point he was seven shots clear after birdies on the first two holes on the last day and even those third decker finished his ranch strongly he was still three shots off the pace despite a good birdie here on the last hole so stanley came to the eighteenth full of hope that he would get his first win on the p.g.a. tour he faced a similar approach shot head to snedeker but this shot turned into a nightmare is the board hits the green and rolls agonizingly into the water he then three parted for a triple bogey and that meant to go on into a playoff with medicare where on the second extra hole stanley just missed this part coming up to hand snedeker the title and the million dollars in prize money. you know tossed off really you're walking out there to refocus to really get back in the new term it doesn't matter if this was you know if you're going to back my

way into the playoffs i need to make sure already deployed and i did get some great shots and made some good parts i'm just very very fortunate to be where i know for sure anymore robert rock was a surprise when the abu dhabi championship he shared the overnight lead with in-form tiger woods going into the final day and the two were neck and neck early on with both to see with the three holes but woods then crumbled to two straight bogey twelve thirty four year old rock was ranked outside the world's top hundred proceeded with confidence finishing on thirteen under par overall player of the u.s. open champion here rory mcilroy woods ended up in a three way tie for third with dane thomas bjorn and graeme mcdowell the northern irishman incidentally enjoying a hole in one on the twelfth but the day belonged to rock he grabbed his second win on the tour. just started i managed to get it is an incredible field and it's all your words it's just it's just everything

you want to do is go for it you know was it was a day or i had a chance you know robert just played real solid although. as i said earlier at the ball affordable it didn't do anything you know wrong today and get a couple shots out about lying to yourself to good looks and. action after the n.b.a. where kobe bryant's thirty five points help the l.a. lakers peter temple over one hundred six points to one hundred in one of the lakers with only their second road win of the season they were in complete control midway through the third quarter with bryant making it seventy one fifty five for the long shot but in the middle of the fourth minnesota managed to pull back within two points as martell webster finishes off an impressive pass ricky rubio and then edged ahead through my cold pleasingly ninety one ninety nine but it was not enough as koby was unstoppable at the end of the game is the lakers close to one hundred six to one hundred one when. i'm finally with

a week to go before the super bowl final of the traditional pro bowl pro bowl sorry has been staged with brandon marshall scoring four touchdowns in the f.c.s. fifty nine forty one when i would be n.f.c. how why the backdrop for this all star game that sees the best players from the n.f.l. go head to head quarterback aaron rodgers gave the n.f.c. a nearly forty nothing lead with this pastor larry fitzgerald. but four touchdowns for miami dolphins wide receiver marshall gave a.f.c. victory and it included this link up with andy dalton in the lesson in keeping your eye on the ball. just have a look at the reply after this fifty nine forty one the final score to the a.f.c. . so cite that so let's hope for the moment kate will be hits a keep you updated throughout the day the couple asked the.

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news live from the heart of moscow this is with me. syrian troops backed by tanks and heavy ammunition reportedly regain control over the damascus activists suggest over sixty people have been killed in the latest fighting just over a day after the arab league's mission was frozen. reports from the syrian capital. that this is considered one of the way back to point the fifty. fighting over the weekend along with a number of other suburbs as government forces have moved to retake control of

areas that have folded its rebel forces no people here in the city waking up yesterday morning sounds of gunfire and shelling from many of these areas the images is very frightening france of the suburbs and tanks rolling into the street and scenes that were described as an urban warfare now extremely concerning this comes on the back of the arab league monitoring mission hole saying it's observer mission here the thai big they haven't really seen so a cover from the decision earlier last week the goal statement is to be withdrawn the arab league and now taking their proposal for a political transition to the u.n. the lack a lot is being said by the way in trade the government have really been trying to quell the uprising this is occurring so close to the said side of the government have been taking that they're fighting arms full says of course you do have these of weeks now as the uprisings continued we've seen it's called they taking ever

closer to the fantasy feel the same time and to bring them to the present to start the search the extremely concerned a since its mission is being hosted to see the escalation in violence so close to the capital. obvious or a further porting right there she's also helping you keep track of the syrian conflict and stay up to the minute with all developments in the country via twitter story as we can see here and what some of our latest tweets she says that observers compare their fact finding mission to that of tom and jerry as they chase the unrest unsuccessfully all over the country and that's how they explain the difficulty in trying to get an accurate perspective on the situation in there.

it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today tehran's plans to halt oil exports to some e.u. countries are still alive this is according to the iran's to the country's oil minister well that's despite the country's parliament temporarily perspire winning the debate on a possible cut of crude supplies tehran is aiming to deflect the flow of sanctions adopted by the west that have been targeting the country's oil industry by implementing the measures the u.s. and the european union is seeking to bring an end to iran's alleged nuclear weapons program meanwhile a high profile group of i.a.e.a. inspectors have begun their three day mission to examine iran's nuclear activities iran says the talks with the u.n. atomic body officials the first on such a level in more than three years i will prove its nuclear ambitions a peaceful now professor sided mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says the i.a.e.a. visit will not change the west's hardline approach to iran. the i.a.e.a.

currently has full time monitors in iran in this is something that we rarely hear in the western media and we have cameras in all of iran installations so therefore there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that iran's nuclear program is anything but peaceful and. has no evidence on this the iranians are not very optimistic about the i.a.e.a. because it is heavily influenced by western countries it's not a democratic body most of the members on the board are european and north american they don't represent the international community at all and the head of the i.a.e.a. is he owes his job to the united states if you look at the wiki leaks documents the united states and the europeans are basically engaging in acts of war against the iranian people as the real issue is not the nuclear program it is iran's independence and sovereignty. meantime russia's foreign minister says that iran's potential bill to hold toil supplies to some european countries is

a logical response to the use that and sanctions. russia has firmly held the opinion that in most cases sanctions are not only effective but also counterproductive the current situation yet again confirms the old law to every action there is an equal reaction iran's announcement was made in response to the european union's decision to ban the purchasing of iranian oil by even member states. when america beats the drums of war over iran it may not always be driven by the islamic states nuclear intentions would be u.s. presidential candidates not shy when it comes to voicing their iran rhetoric in front of america's influential jewish community as r.t. is marina porter naive reports. america almost never misses an opportunity to praise its ally ironclad commitment and i mean ironclad to israel's security has meant the closest military cooperation between our two countries in history or

point a proverbial punch at its greatest adversary but there be no doubt. america is determined to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon and i will take no options off the table. however for many american jews and israeli supporters barack obama's war of words against tehran doesn't go far enough some of the simply states i'm committed to israel security you have to promote policies that commit you to show that you're serious about his security israel through these actions feels that obama is not committed to doing everything this power to stop iran from having nuclear weapons iran is a in this an existential threat to israel and obama should be saying. so publicly that he will support israel in whatever military action they stay necessary more inclined is president of the zionist organization of america he says an unprecedented amount of american jews and israelis share his animosity

a feeling arguably underscored by the israeli government according to published reports tell of eve would only give washington twelve hours notice if deciding to strike iran i believe his policies are among the most hostile israel's ever experienced of any president in my lifetime recently it was the life of president obama being threatened in a column written by the owner of the atlanta jewish times in an article titled what would you do andrew adler listed the assassination of obama as one way to ensure israel's security he wrote in part give the go ahead for u.s. based massada agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to israel in order for the current vice president to take his place and forcefully dictate that the united states' policy includes helping the jewish state obliterate its enemies i think that threat.

or we are going to kill you either politically or literally i think that it. serious threat. seriously the american president and money. is the largest. group in the united states it is the king maker in. the american israel public affairs committee known as a pac declined our request for an interview meanwhile obama finds himself facing another election and a slew of republican opponents banging on much louder war drum against iran with regards to iran which perhaps represents the greatest exist central threat to israel we have to make it abundantly clear it is unacceptable that i take those that word carefully is unacceptable for iran to become a nuclear nation if rick santorum and when rick santorum is president iran will not get a nuclear weapon because the world as we know it will be no more clear i want to have

israel i'm very close to that. i would have said publicly that i would rather plan a joint operation conventionally than push the israelis to a point where the. at a time when the u.s. bears the burden of a broken economy growing social unrest and ongoing military conflicts starting a war with iran would not be in america's best interest but in order to keep a best friend many believe president obama will be forced to put israel's national security first. r.t. new york. the ongoing western attempts to corner iran and what iran is doing in response are both issues tackled and people of cross talk today coming your way in about twenty minutes time here's a taste of what's ahead. mahmoud even wants to bring the hidden even out of a well by doing something spectacular and destructive to enemies of islam and this is what motivates him right you guys and all of the old soviet leadership who for

all their misdeeds were at least atheist so they believe that a nuclear war and death was an end in failure and many things dying in a nuclear war for allaah will get him to paradise what incentive do you have to bring to bear on him what camera can you offer him to compare with what so you have to be prepared to stop his military efforts if he says i'm going to light this morning when he says he doesn't and you can involve why don't you marry him he was leaving and he wants to wipe out israel which is what for a country that had to have attacked anybody or should not be only talk to the most powerful nation this kind of rhetoric this kind of rhetoric is not good for israel israel is a very strong country and it doesn't need this new bibi netanyahu use of this kind of information and rhetoric to get reelected he being he has a need now the people in you know how do you know them like you are going to be nice to moderate do you think it is interesting to me.

to stay with us across talk at half past the hour here on arts he still to come on the program fixing the faulty brakes on the go for european leaders is brussels. by the euro crisis labels to install a spending seat belt for the blocks of britain economy. and the u.s. reportedly sits down with the taliban with hopes for peace talks after over a decade of conflict in afghanistan we've got more analysis on this story in just a few minutes. the mayor of oakland has asked courts to throw any occupy activists with a record of protests. the arrests out of the city demand follows one of the most dramatic clampdowns on the movement in its history more than four hundred were arrested when what began as a peaceful rally against inequality police brutality turned rough ride jumped into action firing volleys of tear gas and flash grenades at protesters hiding behind

makeshift barriers bearing peace symbols first time accounts say that police were carrying lists of demonstrators with them which they use to arrest attendance surf lauder's from the international action center believes the occupy movement is like an alarm clock for a dying american dream. it's very much achieving its goals in terms of waking up the youth in the us waking up working people in the us to the reality the reality that poor and working people are losing more and more and that one percent actually one thousand of one percent is gaining a normal new wealth so that they are very successful in drawing attention to that again and again the media tries to bait this occupy movement as being violent the violence has come from the police and a broken piece of glass is not the broken heads that the police are inflicting on

the occupy movement and that movement is very determined to continue and to find new tactics. and that is the fallout from those clashes in oakland continues to be counted you can find the latest pictures from california and other occupy events at our r.t. you tube channel just uploaded. a video of an occupy movement activist being tasered in his pajamas legibly tearing down police flyers at a washington d.c. park and his story and many others as well all of our you tube channel that is a you tube dot com. these are the images. from the streets of canada. today. just not on a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital debt austerity and fresh

ammunition for europe's bailout fund are the main themes coming up in today's summit in brussels but the meeting the first of its kind this year is set for a tense start as critical greek credit talks drag on our correspondent has us earlier reports from brussels. leaders of the twenty seven member states of the european union are meeting today for the first summit. an informal summit. this nevertheless of the states remain a very specially with regard to the economic social and political stability of certain member states official. our jobs and growth this is very crucial at a time when the average unemployment is at around ten percent even go as high as twenty three percent in countries like spain it is expected that the seventeen members of the eurozone may meet. it hasn't been officially announced but it may

be decided upon today of whether the talks among the seventeen will go ahead and one of the most important topics they need to discuss is that. between greece and its creditors. to be a deal where. some of the greek take some losses is crucial here if greece is to get the second tranche of its money out into the mix of what's happening today. people are going out to protest against the government moves to make it harder for them to retire early as well as the. benefits of all of this is part. of. the deficit. three percent. prior to today. so it doesn't coincide with. all of these are indeed happening today.

reporting if you've missed any of our stories. for this woman has taken her appreciation of one step. mary a century old building. plus a giant israeli drone crashes during a test flight find out what caused the largest unmanned aircraft in the country's arsenal to go down those details at r.t. dot com. historic talks between the u.s. and the taliban have reportedly begun in cutter.