but back here with our t. here's a look at the top stories syria still reeling from escalating outbreaks of violence as applied spreads to new york where u.n. security council members seem unlikely to reach consensus on the. occupy d.c. protesters dig their heels in as they wait for police crackdown after the deadline to leave their camp said by city authorities passes. plus a bittersweet victory for the euro twenty five e.u. nations signed up for stricter def rules while the czech republic joins the u.k. in rejecting the much hyped proposal. coming up next here in our team we sit down with emma p. martin callanan from of the u.k. conservative party to learn more about where the fallout of the year's first bloc

summit will be felt. today we're joined by martin. the u.k. conservative party and he's also the new head of the european conservatives and a reformist group at the european parliament thanks very much for joining us today the first question is the e.u. has now imposed a blocking oil embargo on iran is this part of president of sanctions on the country over its controversial nuclear program i want a joint statement british prime minister david cameron along with french president nicolas sarkozy. said that quote our message is clear we have no quarrel with the iranian people but the iranian leadership has failed to restore international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program now at what cost to the european union is this message being delivered.

you have agreed that we are not going to buy any more oil from iran number of member states to have. reasonable reason to be considerable purchases so they would have to stop by oil from iran but i think you know the overall goal. you know we have come together twenty seven nations to the radio and you know we really must. assure the nuclear program it's unacceptable to the rest of the world for iran to acquire nuclear weapons but i will fact of all these sanctions be right now you see india still buying oil from iran with gold and you have china could possibly just step in and buy the oil that the u.s. and the e.u. don't want so how effective really will these sanctions be countries like india which of course. functioning democracies as well i'm sure other diplomatic pressure being applied to that too to maybe get them on board with the with the regime as well you know we have to be united as a world to say to iran this is unacceptable you will not be permitted to develop.

nuclear weapons. we will leave no stone to the pursuing this policy of british petroleum or b.p. would be a british government as well as the e.u. have been lobbying u.s. lawmakers for an exception from another proposed new u.s. sanctions which seek to stop western companies from doing business with iran in particular this has to do with the shah denise project in azerbaijan iran has a ten percent stake in that while greece is now forced to find alternatives to almost one third of its oil imports from the rod even if it didn't want to to begin with and here you have the u.k. asking for an exception how can that be fair when we see if there is an exemption on this pipeline that you're referring to from ten percent owed by. iranian state assets so it's not clear what the exact effect will be on that but at the same time you know as well as the sanctions on iran we also want to pursue.

diversifying energy sources for western europe this pipeline is a key part of that but it is rather hypocritical saying this is a message to iran there are going to be loopholes we've accepted that there will be costs to to the west on implementing this policy on this it could well be that this is one of the costs we have to bear but i think there is not a majority owned enough that there was only ten percent of it it is a key part of europe's attempt to diversify our energy sources and. i'm sure they will want to continue with this but further discussions will take place on exactly what happened to this particular project so basically what you're saying is it's ok to have sanctions against iran as long as it doesn't go against the goal of the e.u. to diversify its sources that would look like that that's the view that's being taken but i think the detail the detail work a lot to be done on this you know none of the sanctions are taking effect. anyway let's talk about the euro zone this question has been asked so. long enough even at

the recent press conference of the. journalist to get a straight answer of whether or not greece will default or exit from the euro so what do you think will there be a greece default or a euro exit i can give you my opinion about how i think they will default you know effectively. that's being imposed on the bondholders at the moment many could argue that that's effectively a default anyway. maybe your question is whether they don't control credit event there's no. we don't know what is clear to me is the current debt. is unsustainable. in my view that debt will have to be reduced considerably one way of doing it would be for them to default. i did my view that it's probably the most effective way of doing that at the same time helping to save the rest of the eurozone but you know i'm not a member of the country just part of the euro zone so euro zone themselves but that

seems to me to be the way that we're heading. that we delay this process the difficulties of being told that the u.k. wants to have a say in what ever the euro zone decides. to be careful of the way we can give our opinions but you know we did not join the euro in the first place we advised against the euro being created. pointed out to many pitfalls that there would be along the way it looks like finding out the hard way that you know you can compress seventeen countries economic policies into one currency zone while still operating seventeen different economic policies well there are still some people who would argue that there are other solutions to this crisis one of which would be the. other would be the further of funding mechanisms vailable for countries that need them with germany contributing more and germany has said no to all of these suggestions and some would say that this behavior from germany is. what do you

think. i would if i was a german politician i would. look at the fundamental democratic aspect of it. to perceive. this is the fundamental problem with the eurozone that was never resolved at the creation of it. and i hope they will also continue to resist as well so that. where does that.

push this forward. asking myself what is the point of this. crisis at the moment the next crisis five years down the right if countries are persuaded to rein in. fiscal deficit you know this is going to take. to be implemented by. a. country is that. it's going to provide a solution to a crisis that could explode in the next month or two. this is not. the whole thing is that it's distracting attention from the very real things that need to be done to solve the current crisis. in this. navel gazing of rewriting treaties and. instead of addressing the fundamental problem which is there's too much debt

in europe and there is a. crisis in europe none of these issues are being addressed by this fiscal pact so i don't think it work and i think it's essentially pointless let's talk about the european stability mechanism or the this is the funding facility which will be launched and put into place in july the target is to have five hundred billion euros in funds that will be available for countries that may need it in the future and also the e.c.b. is asking for to beef up that about two trillion euros do you think that the u.s. will be a big enough far wall to question any impact that a possible default or euro exit may have on other countries. if if spain or italy runs into trouble you know you could look at the amount of debt outstanding in those countries you can see that if i would not necessarily pick it up but this is a matter for the eurozone countries themselves to resolve and if it's central fundamental structural problems in the in the euro zone. you know that being

seventeen different countries this is the difficulty with it david cameron uses veto with the e.u. summit against any treaty changes because he says he failed to get guarantees to protect the interests of the u.k. particularly of the city of london and france is circulating its blueprint for proposal on any financial transactions tax how big of a deal do you think this could become our position is that we will not accept a financial transaction tax or do you look. in any event in any event no negotiations whatsoever because it's pointless to get it you know it won't really raise very much money it will just drive the institutions away to other jurisdictions like new york figure poor old geneva or something outside of the scope of this tax their electronic transactions by their nature they can take place in many different locations across the world so we don't they're going to raise very much money we think will be bad for european business. we think it's unfairly

targeted it will be paid by. by individual investors the big banks. will be clever enough to. operate on a worldwide basis it will be. effective so they are the new. people what is this. realistic acceptance of the limits of european integration. to. make you know. statements. about european integration. with the euro zone crisis. we can make all the grand statements we like. to deliver. maybe. seeing the limits of national sovereignty being.

many areas. sticking to their fundamental national democratic principle which is the basic building block. so what are the. powers that are already in the european union to be devolved to nation states. a soulless substance. a touch like a well trained army. villages in ruins.

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serious still reeling from escalating our breaks of violence as a widespread still new york word you want security council member seem unlikely to reach consensus on the younger ones to. occupy d.c. protesters dig their heels in as they wait for a police crackdown after the deadline to leave their camp said by see the authorities passes. plus a bit of a bittersweet victory for the euro twenty five e.u. nations sign up for stricter debt rules while the czech republic joins the u.k. in rejecting the much hyped proposal. as we have lines here in our back at the top of the hour in the meantime here's the latest sports news with anger. hello there thanks for watching the sport and here's

a taste of what is coming up over the next few minutes i quit rubin's most successful manager resigned after over a decade in charge. plus deadline day russia striker pavel pogrebnyak is on the verge of joining for them from stood guard before the transfer window. and getting ready to rumble the patriots and giants arrive in indianapolis ahead of their super bowl showdown. but first has resigned as manager from russian premier league side through being after eleven years in charge the fifty nine year old says he had disagreements with the club's president dmitry stammering came over the club's budget and transfer policies rubin have sold a number of key plays over the last two seasons the most recent being christian the number moscow early this month however but day of intends to stay on and work at the club's junior academy the day of his rubin's most successful manager after joining them back in two thousand and one he got them promoted into russia's top

flight in his first season and went on to win two pro russian prime elite titles in two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine he also won the russia super cup the following year rubina currently fifth in the league with the season due to regime on march the third after the winter break. meanwhile russia striker of public deadly ak is on the verge of signing for english premier league side for him in stuttgart before today's deadline the twenty eight year old has only scored fifteen goals for the blunders league a side in sixty eight appearances and only netted once this season but he is undergoing a medical and craven cottage with full on boss martin yell saying he wants to bolster his attacking options elsewhere ac milan haven't failed their latest signing maxi lopez the argent. and it's described them as a dream club after joining on loan from another italian side tan yeah he posted photos with my lands chief executive added he on a galley army he was refused to rule at the possible signing of carlos tevez from

manchester city. terraces the row is not for seen mark's lot this has arrived and i have never said davis is coming after that let's wait and see what is coming in summer the market is nearly closed but nevertheless it is a very dynamic and you'll never know what is happening he well manchester city manager roberta mann cine has been boosted by the return of bank captain vincent kompany the chief states premier league trip to everton city hold a three point lead at the top over rivals manchester united and eight points over tottenham their man cheney thinks the title race is between the top. the idea that is difficult for the other because maybe if it is impossible that the united or the game's idea this very differing or sixteen games if you can and also that there are games and before there is the talk about the moment city you know.

well rivals united go joint top if they beat stoke at old trafford in city's stumble to only their third defeat of the season third place tottenham host rock bottom wigan fourth place chelsea will have to do without injury captain john terry as they get just one z. who've lost only once at home and liverpool could catapult themselves into the top five should they win lowly wolves with the chance of european football playing their top priority ever with sixteen league games left. cup final at wembley. for from the cup to go home to the brain there's a lot for us to play for the season and. the qualification for the champions league is one small the best thing to do as more should we possibly can make is as good a season for everybody as we can. in other news the coroner investigating the death of former wales manager gary speed says the former midfielder might have killed

himself accidentally or not committed suicide coroner nicholas reinberg gave the cause of death as hanging but said the evidence does not sufficiently determine whether this was intentional or accidental the inquest heard that speed texted his wife days before his death and talked in terms of taking his life but later dismissed it while the couple also had a round on the night before his death speed was found hanged in his carriage on november twenty seventh by his wife louise but the coroner said speed may have fallen asleep while sitting on the stairs with cable around his neck speed was wales most capped outfield player. formula one supremo bernie ecclestone is pushing hard to keep russian driver vitaly petrov in the sport this upcoming season petra of has been frozen out of the lotus see now hired former world champion kim your i can but the russians manager the russians manager of course the chen co says bernie ecclestone is cain for petroff to stay in formula one and drive the share the

eighty one year old wants to promote the sport in russia and sorts he will host the country's first grand prix in twenty fourteen meanwhile petroff who finished tenth in last season's championship has played down rumors he will join ferrari and is also rejected claims he signed for the catherine. now the new york giants and new england patriots have arrived in indianapolis ahead of next weekend's super bowl the giants got there on monday quarterback eli manning among the first to get off the play the game will be repaid to the two thousand and eight final which saw the giants defeat the patriots both sides came into this year's championship in strong form though the giants winning their last five games in a row while the patriots won ten straight the patriots got there on the sunday new england fans come their home ground in massachusetts to give their stars a steering sendoff before they headed to the airport in. they touched down in indianapolis prepared to work hard and enjoy the unique picks. great to be here

regardless of where you play you know super was an incredible experience for all of us i've been very fortunate my career to be my fifth time and you know you try to communicate to the younger players special is to be here because you really do never know when you're going to come back and that's that's what makes for a fun week even deal with you guys for another week is for the players. to the story of how a russian basketball team has continued to go from strength to strength despite the murder of its flamboyant owner shabtai come out of age was gunned down two years ago but his legacy still being felt spot hacking k. are preparing for the last great match in the euro league on wednesday it is a club with a fascinating history with him or his constantine pitot. one who. dreams . of the good in common they were all spies. born in lutherie any nine hundred forty seven coleman of each immigrated to israel before

being unmasked as a spy in one thousand nine hundred seven and sent to jail but five years later the multinational citizen and speaker of nine languages was released and arrived in moscow where he became a concert promoter organizing shows for michael jackson and lies in a. dark corner and it is rowling's may have been called a stock in trade during his time as a spy. but this was where his real passion lay the former k.g.b. man sponsor different clubs including lutheran ian euro league champions shall garous however he truly established his hardwood employer with moscow region side sparta before leading the russian women's team to european silver so a lifeless ordinary which ended tragically in two thousand and nine the best possible lover and interpreter was murdered as

a hail of bullets hit his car in central moscow he died at the scene his killers were never found but the legacy of common knowledge leaves own. for us he was a friend a father mentor it was always a family atmosphere even though we were a professional team we always felt close to the players but all the people in our. sport are quickly established themselves as a basketball dynasty winning all available silverware in russia and europe over the past five years sitting in a record with four straight you really titles and they were watching the twenty ten triumph to common knowledge his wife and form a play on that he would carries on his legacy she's now president of the club which plays under the name sports and key it changed its name for copyright reasons but the last letter king in memory of their four mona or the most influential figures

in women's basketball he really kind of set the standard for the rest of the world in the way he treated the girls way he interacted had he not come along and found love with women's basketball we would be standing here with an excellent infrastructure and solid rules to sport and kids are a perennial top flight side and their motivation is to get back on the very top after finally losing last year in their fiefs wage euro league showpiece yet the club is not only about it senior team it also has a youth academy where hundreds of kids are keen to be. the next generation of stores just knowing that he's now building younger players to get to this point to play professional basketball to hopefully play for you and national team one day says a lot about what he's building here sparring kids are currently top of group seen the euro luke and leading their domestic championship their winning traditions were established in the poorest while the family traditions that make common knowledge form a club special i just as important concern about out of order to be an interesting

story now will end with a bit of football because ivory coast fans with the trait ahead of their final great day at the africa cup of nations by a surprise to lead britain sheth the mum of captain didier drogba help cook lunch for around sixty supporters who have made their nine hundred mile trip for their clash with angola patil the drug that used a makeshift kitchen to cook traditional west african dishes it was a good day all round for fans two of the elephants the two know when maintains that one hundred percent record in fish she is torn and. so that's the sport for the moment seven got the weather coming up next here i don't. well. it's technology innovations all the developments around russia we've got the future covered.

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