where this is yes yes dallas has at the moment said untouchable. some of them is right up there next to this one because it's just the tournament that i always dreamed of winning and. 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 it's probably the longest finals and history of a grand slams and just to hear that fact is making me cry really. now he's the best of the world. not how great this. program is last so the history is. the study. is about on the history today winning winning. one of the world will see work for here as well doug which maintained his world top ranking ahead of him as our

android market there's a new wave of records especially crowned this very open champion korea czar and usurping the top spot the twenty two year old becomes the first belorussian to do so and also the first player to skip the number two ranking our list maria sharapova one goes to number three. it's about a nonmoving second caroline wozniacki has plummeted to fourth place after sixty seven not consecutive weeks at the summit. football now where ukraine and chuck todd and its goalkeeper alexander has been banned for two years by u.a.e. for after failing a drug test the twenty four year old tested positive for a pretty pretty directly last year probably in a league match ukrainian have been in contention to play for his country and european championships in june his club shutdown described the punishment as extremely harsh and will appeal they claimed he'd taken the directive to lose weight but haven't told the club's doctor simulate manchester city defender color

terry was handed a six month ban last year after he admitted taking his wife daughter. ball meanwhile the stadium that will host the opening match of those euro twenty twelve championships has been officially opened in warsaw the venue state a rock concert and fireworks display and thousands braved the cold winter temperatures to enjoy it the stadium cost six hundred million dollars to build and was shared you will too open last june that deadline was repeatedly postponed because of construction problems well co-host poland will play greece here in the opening match on june eighth and the poles will then play russia at the stadium four days later. same with football and 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 have given villa a two nil halftime lead but three goals in seven minutes they've got his victory theo walcott's the fifty seventh minute strike the sun which we got as the spot picks as our debated the stunning comebacks housewares sunderland drew one one in

the northeast darby with middlesbrough in the replay will be at the riverside on february the seventh or eight. under quick look at the last sixteen draw sees arsenal travelling to either sunderland or middlesbrough chelsea will play calling cup holders birmingham stoke to travel to crawley who are currently third in the fourth tier everton will play the winner of the replay between blackpool at sheffield wednesday brighton's reward for beating newcastle is a trip to liverpool bolton will go to either millwall or sunset norrish take on championship side less than once taught them go to thirteen steve image right in this round for the first time. now it will rank as one of the most shocking meltdowns in golf after carl stanley was in line to win the farmers insurance open in san diego but threw away a three shot lead at the final hole before going on to lose to branson a decade in a playoff well nerves got the better of stanley at one point he was seven shots clear after birdies on the first two holes on the last day and even though its name

deccan finished his round strongly he was still three shots off the pace despite a birdie here on the last so soundly came to the eighteenth looking set to play his first green on the g.a.a. tour but his approach to the green turned into a nightmare as the ball rolled agonizingly into the water including three putted for a triple bogey and that meant he'd go into a playoff this medicare where on the second extra hole stanley just missed this part of holmes the title one million dollars in prize money. you know top of really walking out there to refocus to really get back in the new tournament doesn't matter if it was you know if you're going to back my way into the playoffs or need to make sure of redeploying i do get some great shots made some good parts and just very very fortunate to be where i know for sure action from the n.b.a. where kobe bryant's thirty five points helped the l.a.

lakers beat the timberwolves one hundred six points to one hundred one in minnesota the win was only the second this season on the road for the latest they were in complete control though midway through the third quarter of the bryant thank you score seventy one fifty five the long shot but in the middle of the fourth minnesota managed to pull back to within two points as martell webster for the full price of gas from. then home side edged ahead to michael beasley ninety one eighty nine but it was not enough as bryant proved to be unstoppable at the end of the game to make a surprise eight hundred six point two one hundred one when it's. now with a week to go before the super bowl the traditional pro ball has been staged and brandon marshall scored a record four touchdowns in the a.f.c. fifty nine to forty one went over the n.f.c. hawaii was the backdrop for this all star game that sees the best players from the n.f.l. head to head quarterback aaron rodgers the n.f.c.

and early fourteen lead this past june i was fitzgerald. for touchdowns from miami dolphins wide receiver marshall casey have seen victory among the stevie's was this link up with andy dalton in the search lesson to come on the board that. spoke to the replay fifty nine forty one again the final score the a.f.c. . and finally rushes wrestlers dominated the annual reading grand prix in siberia a promising test for the russian team ahead of the london olympics for every four pts. using the three day event wrapped up with the most captivating of ballots in the men's heavyweight division once again wrestlers from russia have made it into all of the finals with only one american wrestler making it with the knowledge of a 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 law can 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 al scored blog and bite soup lines to one and claimed gold despite failing to reach the top of the podium at the von 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 meddling at the olympic games so now we have some of our best guys here we got some work to do the final in the eighty four k. division was a crowd pleaser with the local two time european champion and sort of 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 a cross they are sick 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 got the self and zebra game so you don't have record of 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 outsmarted his club mate and claimed gold. we had hoped for three gold medals a few seventh and the toughest on us was to quote well the witness 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 for those who didn't really impress here they have another chance to prove their worth at the russian nationals. so the russian wrestlers claimed overall first place of the eve on your rig in golden drum three with eight gold and eight silver medals the japanese women helped their side finish second and then merican scame third the olympics are coming up fast and most of the

wrestlers will be the shelter again soon in various qualifications tournaments around the world that's all from cross they are i'm on call sort of reporting for r.t. in eastern siberia. households was moved to this palace and i'll be back with mall in a couple of oz a high profile mchenry. culture is that so much different a huge musician a person finding the time to market crude blockade and the turning off bit count as the united states maybe you again sanction iran iran is also threatening to impose .

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dot com. international observers in syria killed time in their hotels awaiting further instruction from the arab league as fierce fighting takes more lives around the capital damascus. and tehran warns it could have stopped supplying oil to some e.u. states in response to sanctions against its nuclear program which is currently undergoing a un inspection. broken piece of glass is not the broken heads that the police are inflicting on the occupy movement police a heavy handedness against anti corporate protests in oakland followed by the californian city's mayor to kick the activists out.

and the e.u. leaders a meet in brussels for their first summit this year is against the symbolic backdrop of anti austerity protests and a general strike in the interim. it is an hour just after five pm on monday here in moscow you're watching r t with me rule received a welcome to the program. syria is staring at the real possibility of deadly violence taking hold of the very center of the nation's capital government forces have been locked in intense fighting desperately holding on to suburbs surrounding damascus the latest spike in violence came just a day after the arab league froze observer mission artie's sara for now has details

from syria. this is considered one of the way back to points between the city dancer and the suburbs people areas like harassed and other being that have been the seeds of this fighting over the weekend along with a number of the suburbs as government forces have moved to retake control of areas that afforded to rebel forces now people here in the city waking up yesterday morning sounds of gunfire and shelling from many of these areas the images is rising from some of these suburbs and tanks rolling into the street and scenes that were described as urban warfare that the extreme really concerning this comes on the back of the arab league monitoring mission poll saying it's the same mission here the tie being they haven't really seen to a cover from the decision earlier last week of the gulf state monitors to the withdrawal of the arab league and now taking their proposal for a political transition to the u.n.

the light that is being stirred by in the interest of the government have really been trying to quell the uprising this is carried so close to the sensor now the government have been paying but they're fighting arms forces of course you do have these two weeks now as the uprisings continued we've seen is come they think bigger the closer to the jews need to be on the scene determined to bring this to the president to start this thursday extremely concerning since it's missions being hosted to see the escalation in violence so you close to the capital. obvious or fourth reporting right there when i still have for you in the program here on r.t. just over a month before russia's presidential vote prime minister vladimir putin penned this is a pre-election article painting himself as the presidential candidate for widespread economic reform. plus something more than a decade of conflict in afghanistan at the time about the handing us

a hold of. trust building talks and yet the two sides remain rather far apart on one issue. iran has vowed to halt oil exports to some e.u. countries for up to fifteen years despite its parliament postponing a debate on a complete bound of supplies to europe it would be in retaliation to the e.u. imposed embargo on iranian oil due to come into effect that open this summer russia's foreign minister says tehran threat shows how unilateral sanctions can often backfire. russia's firmly held the opinion that in most cases sanctions are not only effective but also counterproductive for the current situation yet again confirms the old war 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 uranium oil bowie member states. meanwhile iran's

nuclear program which is the target of e.u. sanctions is being scrutinized by u.n. inspectors i.a.e.a. officials are in terror on on a three day mission which iran hopes will prove its atomic have visions of peaceful but some experts suggest western states are you want to see a report that justifies a military buildup in the region. made up of the sectors that don't necessarily control politically but i think what the united states what was its own kind of a state but it's you know which they use balanced on a balanced way to to sort of lead to the next stage so i think what we are witnessing here is is a build up because of military calls for education we have massive the flavors of u.s. military hardware troops going into israel to be stationed in israel also going to

the weight. you know naval. naval forces in the in the in the. ocean goals there's no real i would describe as by the national wall the issue of nuclear weapons. the wrongs that their weapons is a red herring but it is a red herring which could lead to well what we said are you. know later in the program here on our t.v. we explore why exactly some u.s. politicians are banging the drums for war louder and louder. and how our calls to attack iran become calls to attack the american president himself all to protect the interests of a different country. iran for its part seems confident it can withstand the building international pressure the country's interior minister believes sanctions will end up hitting the countries who imposed them not tyrone he

exclusive interview with r.t. coming up next hour another quick preview. i think the way we're doing it again. i believe they've made a big mistake as this action results in turbulence for the oil and energy markets this very factor can result in oil price growth in these conditions the west should expect the drop in the euro rate and the euro market this new decision will result in further economic problems which as we can see have affected them already and so far they've been unable to find solutions the decisions taken today by the west unilaterally will result in the escalation of their own economic problems. he is coming to you live from moscow after surveying the damage from some of those occupy protests in oakland california the mayor wants to kick activists out of the city the latest rally ended with riot police firing tear gas and flash bombs

meanwhile in washington the national park service has given activists until today to remove all camping material from the two occupy camps the demonstrators are peaceful protest in response so if those from the international action center believes the occupy movement continues to attract followers. 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 thousands of one percent is gaining a normal new wealth so that they are very successful in drawing attention to that gannon again the media tries to bait this occupy movement has been violent the violence has harmed 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. well accusations of excessive force by police in the united states have been well documented since the occupy movement began now more than five months ago and there's proof of it on our web site r.t. dot com for example in washington a seemingly innocent protester corralled by police and tasered dozens of fellow occupiers look on this video and many many more all of our you tube channel you tube dot com slash artsy. these are the images. from the streets of canada. showing up for asians.

now just one in ten minutes past the hour here in moscow e.u. leaders are gathering for their first summit of two thousand and twelve with a sense of deja vu in greece still being the center of discussion and the pressure is still on athens to overhaul its economy for the german finance minister warning it won't receive a second financial lifeline if it doesn't. now joins us live from brussels with more tessa hello it seems like leaders are going to be talking about the same old things time and time again i mean i had a son and gloom here but perhaps our high hopes not exactly being pinned on this summit. well that's right rory but first just to to let you know what they're officially supposed to talk about they're supposed to talk more about the fiscal compact they had agreed upon at the last summit as well as push for the european stability mechanism which is the permanent bailout fund they will put in place now in june instead of july these are the official informal topics but as you mentioned earlier greece is still hanging over their heads especially since there have been

war of words between greece and germany with the germans are calling for moving taxing and spending power over to brussels and the german finance minister saying that the europeans are willing to support greece as long as greece actually implements these decisions instead of just talking about it well the greeks had responded to that with a lot of that still to be saying that this is definitely out of the question especially since it's a matter of national sovereignty and one former economist who's now the greek education minister had actually called it quote unquote a product of a sick imagination so you can you can tell that the greeks are definitely upset with the german suggestion now why did the german suggest that this is because of that ongoing talks between the greeks and their creditors it's still dragging it's been stalling for some time now the greeks need to strike a deal with the private sector and their creditors asking the banks for example to write down some of the greek back to take some losses about fifty to sixty percent of losses and this is in order for greece to get

a second tranche of its bailout which it needs to pay some debts in march because if they don't they will technically default so we have again very intertwined issues that they it's very hard not to talk about it so it is expected that the leaders will have to touch upon this now as the e.u. leaders are getting ready for the summit belgium where this is happening in brussels it's on a general strike we've done a lot of walking and cycling today because all the metros down no buses and one of the airports is also closed the unions are protesting against the government cutting their benefits slashing retirement age also raising the retirement age rather so they're complaining that the workers are bearing the brunt and the enterprises are not getting here at all right and it is it's also live in brussels thank you. the pre-election promises coming thick and fast here in russia less than five weeks before the presidential poll prime minister and presidential hopeful a lot of input and outline his program to reform the country's economy and that's

cheering his third pre-election article you could have just gone off reports this article has already been deemed by many analysts is a whole list of liberal reforms proposed by the prime minister on the economy first of all the uniforms and says he wants to see the role of the state and of state monopolies reduced for example gas from which has quite an influence on our russia's business life secondly the fight against corruption especially in the sphere of high level kickbacks during state orders and purchases more attention is needed to be paid there as well now another major problem for the economy according to the prime minister is a dependency on natural resources which has to be reduced as well and says that if these issues would be dealt with successfully it should improve the investment climate in the country and increase the economies competitiveness against other

international players there is also another point worth mentioning from that article and that is the idea to propose the world's tax which should concern real estate and other a luxury purchase is an issue which has been and is still being discussed in russia society for quite some time now. do you go to piss going to reporting right there what if you can do stay with us here our business bulletin coming your way in a few minutes with katie i will have more detailed analysis of a lot of my putin's proposals and i do remember that you can always find more news and a comment and analysis on our website r.t. dot com let's see what's waiting for you right now secrets on long british intelligence has been ordered to d. classify all documents related to ex f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko died of radioactive poisoning in london five years ago this cover more online plus. the biggest unmanned drone in the world has crashed

and exploded in israel this happening during a test flight to discover the cause of the accident about. quarter past the hour here in moscow historic talks between the u.s. and the taliban have reportedly begun in qatar pakistan who had previously tried to block the talks is now let taliban leaders pass safely through its territory the two sides are said to be discussing trust building measures including a possible transfer of prisoners from guantanamo bay however the taliban has refused washington's demand for a cease fire before it releases five taliban inmates nori from the think tank new will strategies coalition tells us here at r.t.

the peace talks show that a military solution is now impossible for the united states. they thought the taliban could be defeated in down the way the talks could go on without the taliban in the taliban's were regarded as to terrorists in office an overnight taliban are good people. and this has proved long for ten years and in fact if there is going to go for another ten decades this there will be no military solution to afghanistan i stand in need of see tank in the knowing to soviet era invasion of afghanistan that there was no military solution whatsoever and we knew all along that the only solution for afghanistan would be political it down to has a bumpy road you have some high walls to climb. for us and about her nine minutes

here is the business with katie for now though let's check out some other international news in the r.t. world out there let's start with nigeria where the bulk of what i'm terrorist organization is suspected of attacking a police station in the northern city of gunman opened fire and threw explosives killing two civilians in the assault over the weekend the organization distributed leaflets around the city warning residents of more attacks on security services ten days ago carried out multiple blasts in carlow which left almost two hundred people dead. a pakistani doctor is waiting to see whether he'll be put on trial for assisting the u.s. and its raid on osama bin laden's compound. helped the cia collect d.n.a. samples from residents in a plot about to check if the al qaeda leader was there last week u.s. defense secretary leon panetta publicly acknowledged the doctor provided key data ahead of the operation.