he posed for photos with milan's chief executive. who also refused to rule out the possible signing of colace tevis from manchester city. services the row is not foreseen has arrived and i have never said this is coming after that let's wait and see what is coming in summer the market is nearly closed but nevertheless it is very dynamic and you will never know what is happening. while much of the city manager roberto mancini has been boosted by the return of ban captain vincent kompany for cheese days premier league trip to everton city hold a three point lead at the top of the top over rivals manchester united and eight points over tottenham their man cheney thinks the title race is between the top two so i think that is difficult for the other because maybe if it is impossible that. all the games i think that is very differing on the sixteen games if you can add

also that gave them before there is the data about the moment city. well rivals united could go joint top if they beat stoke at old trafford in city stumble to only their defeated the season third place top them host rock bottom wigan their fourth place chelsea will have to do without injured captain john terry as they go to last only once at home and liverpool could catapult themselves into the top five should they win wolves with the chance of european football being that top priority. there with sixteen league games left. cup final at wembley of course for flying the cup to go home to the brain there's a lot for us to play for the season and they are the qualification for the champions league sport as one of the small bestie to do there's more to be possibly counted because it's good this 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 the coroner said speed may have fallen in the sleep while sitting on the stairs at his home with cable around his neck the inquest heard that speed texted his wife louise days before his death and talked in terms of taking his life but later dismissed it the couple also had a rout on the night before his death last november. formula one supremo burning ecclestone is pushing hard to keep russian driver vitaly petrol in the sport this upcoming season petrova has been frozen out of the latest run eighty now hired former world champion kimmie reichen but the russian's manager oksana because a chain case says bernie ecclestone is paying for petrol to stay in formula one the eighty one year old wants to promote the sport in russia and so she will host the

country's first grand prix in twenty fourteen meanwhile petrel finished tenth of last season's championship denies he's joined the current team or will sign for ferrari. 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 plane the game will be a repeat of the two thousand and eight final which saw the giants defeat the patriots both sides came into this year's championship in strong for the giants winning their last five games in a row while the patriots won ten straight for the patriots arrived on sunday and they prepared and they are prepared to spend the next few days they say working hard and enjoying the unique pace great to be here regardless where you play your suit was incredible experience for all of us i've been very fortunate mark route be my first time and you know you try to communicate to the younger

players so special is to be your. because you really do never know when you're going to come back and. that's that's what makes for a fun we even deal with you guys for another week is fun for the players. and basketball the memphis grizzlies have slumped to their fourth fate in a row after an eighty three seventy three defeat to the san antonio spurs despite having played twenty four hours previously the spurs showed no signs of sluggishness matt bonner's three pointer in the second quarter established a comfortable thirty one nineteen lead i mean vantage ten was ten points at the break helped in part by this kyra when it dunk san antonio never looked like relinquishing their lead and danny green's three pointer in the final quarter all but sealed the win eighty three seventy three then the final score san antonio and i six in the western conference. just story of how a russian basketball team has continued to go from strength to strength despite the murder of its flamboyant owner shabtai con man of age was gunned down two years ago

but his legacy is still being felt in spite hacking k. who are preparing for their last great match in the euro league on wednesday it is a club with a fascinating history with more is constant but up off morning three any nine hundred forty seven coleman which immigrated to israel before being unmasked there's a spike in one thousand nine hundred seven and sent to jail but one of years later the multinational citizen and speaker of nine languages was released in a road in moscow where he became a concert promoter organizing shows for michael jackson and lies in the. chorus and it is rowling's may have been called contrib during his time as a spy. but this was where his real passion lay the former k.g.b. man sponsor different clubs including literary and you really champions shall

garous however he truly established his heart would employ with more skill 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 are. sparta quickly established themselves as a basketball dynasty winning all available silver when russia and europe over the past five years sitting in a record with force which you really titles and they were watching the twenty ten triumph to comment on it his wife and former clare on that he board 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 kept the last letter king in memory of their four mona one of the most influential figures in women's basketball he really kind of set the standard for the rest of the world to follow in the way he treated the girls the way he interacted had he not come along and fell in love with women's basketball we probably would be standing here with an excellent infrastructure and solid rules to sport and are a perennial top flight side and the motivation is to get back on the very top after finally losing last year in their fifth straight year early showpiece yet the club is not only about it senior team it also has a youth academy where hundreds of kids looking to begin. the next generation of stores is now in there he's now building younger players to get to this point to play professional basketball to hopefully play for your breast

a national team one day says a lot about what what he's building here sparring kids currently top of group seem the euro league and leading their domestic championship their winning traditions were stablished in the past while the family traditions that make common knowledge form a club special a just as important can say about about forty seems good luck to them so that's the sport for the moment so we have more as usual for the test. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

as it was shot four times in total and i want to use that word. story of the boys who are still in my body. and people should be allowed to defend themselves wherever they are guns in the hands of law abiding decent people are not a problem national rifle association there's a group of basically retired military police love to shoot holes and i'm sorry if you know that the bullet comes out here and this makes it go bang and if what's in front of here is going to die that's all the training you really really need raise your hand if you know something's been shot ok place to live with one of the philadelphia only service treats. in jail live without a gun hopefully we will never have to use the weapons for self defense but we

should be prepared the full class including the teacher i think was. seventeen students and say that i am one of seven or still.

syria still reeling from escalating outbreaks of violence as it's widespread to new york where u.n. security council members seem unlikely to reach consensus on the young arrest. occupy d.c. protesters dig their heels in as they wait for a police crackdown after the deadline to leave their camp said by city authorities passes. and london security goes large for the upcoming summer olympics with tens of thousands of troops and high tech spy drones all that amid fears the spirit of the games will be damaged by the show of force. and in the business bulletin emerging market currencies have been outperforming both the year on the dollar so far this year should we expect this rally to continue my doubt in about twenty

minutes. one pm of the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshie welcome to the program the dust has still not settled in the suburbs of damascus which in recent days has seen some of the fiercest fighting claiming scores of lives and at the end restaurants moscow has offered itself as a stage for dialogue between the regime and the opposition who are currently rejecting talks with president bashar asad but as artie's sarah firth reports there are concerns outside players determined to throw a few on the fire are behind their refusal. with the sounds of gunfire and. tests from the streets and the increasingly loud and numerous international opinions britain needs to lead

the way in making sure we tighten the sanctions the travel bans the asset freezes on can be hard to take. the syrian case has developed as every side wants to push away the responsibility to another tossing the ball back and forth. in the last few days the situation has become so unstable the finding people willing to talk to a no is present difficulties. we've had tanks entering in firing and just we've had six people who've died we travel to the suburbs where some of the clashes have breaking out to try to get a clear picture of what had been happening here in the last few days in one of the damascus at the moment now we were traveling. we thought. that we just received a phone call telling us that it's not safe to travel at the moment with the situation. to show you really. don't know what's going on in these areas even the

people who are living in these areas don't really have the situation at the moment we make it into the southern job or using back the opposition that just last week had control of some of these areas have now gone underground. there was a funeral for a resident of died in the fire during his funeral people and his relatives were voicing anti regime slogans and called for freedom so someone was shot during the funeral and we had to go and hide from the security forces. taken to meet some members of the f.s.a. . begins and some other members joined as well and this talk turns to people they know just being arrested in the changes and the up with. this starts to feel hostile so. such uncertainty right now it seems mistrust is rife. it seems sort. of convinced the free syrian army not coming closer to the capital

would be simpler now this is harmful to the cause of bringing peace to syria. everyone it seems is no waiting to see what if any outcome they'll be at the un's briefings by the arab league's with having ground to a halt but the whole reconciliation talk is not one to be simply dismissed as many have already done they have do political. they have two political reasons for. for for feeding the complicated in syria i think they don't want that they're not interested in due form nor are they interested in democracy or freedom was the government accepted the invitation received mixed reactions from the opposition they size of being taken in the past in calling for a syrian solution to a syrian problem that it's repeatedly failed to communicate no opportunities that dialogue are running out fast. and with such desperate pleas from many

people here the opposing sides continue to make it clear they don't want to listen the cools the international action it's just going to keep getting louder surface r.t. damascus. the idea of the syrian opposition dancing to the foreign drums is shared by john r. bradley author of the book after the arab spring is has nato members are committed to toppling the regime to make iran their next target. they're under huge pressure from outside powers who want these talks to fail even before they begin most obviously nato nato is determined to bring the us agree to something as a prelude to invading iran saudi arabia at least financially and politically back to back in. the area. and has been widely reported to be funding and arming the jihadi rebels who are leading this insurrection we can be

absolutely sure that this is nothing to do with human rights when it comes to the west and even more sure when it comes to the concern of saudi arabia this is how preposterous the western media coverage is of this uprising rusher of course has that experience to draw iran and once bitten twice shy they know that if they support a u.n. resolution that even ostensibly is aimed only at protecting civilians it will be used by nato as an excuse to impose a no fly zone while the countries and saudis fund jihad is on the ground and so russia is essentially crucial in all of this the battle over syria shifts to the u.n. security council in new york as its members are set to negotiate a new resolution on syria backing the arab league's peace plan. has or people. they did nation security council will hear a report from the arab league today detailing findings from its recent monitoring

mission in syria this of course coming as an arab european drafted resolution on syria is already circulating among council members the draft calls in part for the syrian president bashar al assad to transfer powers his powers to his deputy this draft resolution also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution in the meantime russia has said it cannot accept the draft resolution in its current form because it simply ignores moscow's position in addition russian officials say they would like time to study the arab league's report in detail and not act so swiftly or too swiftly now on monday the russian foreign ministry did invite

members from the syrian national council as well as the syrian government to come to moscow to participate in negotiations and to get a dialogue started our viewers may remember that it was back in october when russia and china did veto a previous u.n. resolution on syria citing that the language that was used in that draft that was of course also written up by by european countries open the door for foreign intervention possibly foreign intervention similar to what the world saw transpire in libya we're importing our reporting there and still to come on the program a bittersweet victory for the euro when you nations agreed to a new treaty making it a sanctionable crime to abuse differences while the czech republic joined the u.k. in rejecting that much proposal. and the philippines find a time. in the middle of a power struggle between two global giants turning the battle of wills to its

advantage. anti-corporate protesters from the occupy wall street movement in washington are gearing up for tough police action they have passed a deadline set up by a local authorities to remove camping equipment from the city squares but artie's a liz wall discovered the activists are remaining loyal to the cause. so we are here at macpherson square where protesters have been occupying the park since october throughout the demonstration about one hundred tents have been pitched here the national park service has repeatedly slapped these notices on tents here macpherson square informing protesters that they can no longer camp out here that means they have to get rid of sleeping bags and any other material which allows them to live here protesters are responding by painting that symbol on the notice which demonstrates the fact that they do not agree with this mandate there tends can stay about their doors must remain open moving no one is living in it the

notice warns protesters that violate the rule are subject to arrest and it's basically a symbol of opposition. to you know what everything this movie is opposing right now and so i think the tents are really important part of what you buy but police presence was sparse with no reported arrests they stand mostly on the sidelines refusing to answer questions from the media the reason why but occupiers made their message loud and clear they are not giving up the fight here as you can see protesters have erected a massive shadow over the statue here at macpherson park it's all in demonstrations of the anticipated even action by park oh yes this is our tents of dreams we want to be able to sleep here so we can dream of a better world where everyone has access to health care education housing and where the rich from corporations and banks no longer have control over political system the federal government and the political leaders in wall street were all tone

deaf they could not hear this so the occupy movement has offered them a hearing aid and they're getting our message loud and clear now the purpose of this was to unite us in this space so if they want to arrest one of us the after arrest all of us are not of us and washington. liz wall. the mayor of oakland california has called on the nationwide occupy movement to disown the local protestors after the weekend's demonstrations there they were met by a strong police reaction was tear gas flash grenades and hundreds of arrests activists robert wolfe from the occupy d.c. action team thinks the protesters fell victim to militaristically police force. i think you have to recognize the specifics of the oakland police department they're known as one of the most violent repressive in the country and it's exposed how militarists militarized american police have become in recent years so you know

it's it's shocking it's horrifying to see what's coming out of oakland but it's hardly surprising knowing what we know and it's worth remembering that the oakland police may be under federal control soon because there have been so many civil rights abuses there if you look at the videos you don't see protesters attacking people you see protesters taking together in ways that try to shield each other from the police and i think it's important to recognize the distinction that they are i haven't seen anything that looked like violence on behalf of the protesters coming out of oakland i've just seen people being proactive in recognizing that they're going to be facing what's effectively an armed force. anti-corporate movements ause who are in the world are also facing tough action and not only from the police i wondered vaguely for his car through a group of demonstrators as the police stand by and watch you can find a full story from our london correspondent at r.t. dot com.

now america's decision to station its forces in the philippines as part of its new agers strategy is now threatening repercussions the state owned china day called on beijing to enact economic sanctions against manila after it invited in u.s. troops in reaction to an escalating territorial dispute well to discuss this latest development let's now cross live to pay the interest of our own on political researcher at the institute of southeast asian studies thanks very much indeed for being with us here in the program so having invited u.s. forces money is now urging china to accept philippine dominance in disputed territory so how's that going to go down with beijing you think. i think cause a complication you know. between defeat the u.s.

and china i think there has to be no move on the part of the u.s. to. use in the philippines at the some sort of opposition. but what it will be you know. this could be about to strengthen me between the philippines and the us i think to impact on china and its role in the region. well yeah also an interesting fact that these territories the territories that are in question are also said to have vast oil reserves so there is more than just a question of reputation there for beijing is there. would you say can you repeat again yes absolutely well the whole situation i mean the situation of the territories there are in question also have vast oil reserves so i mean. this issue is not just a question of reputation for beijing there what do you think. i think yes the

for beijing the issue of the u.s. reengagement with the east asia with the philippines and also or. support intervention in the south china sea issue is very important for a force for the chinese government the chinese government has perceived. view as part of. preserving national interest so i think we should expect or anticipate some sort of rest from beijing in the next couple of weeks perhaps we might see something coming out of beijing in regard to the philippines but i just want to to to bring up the issue of you know this must not lead to. political conflicts you know in the region because there are the oven used these major powers can sit down and talk about it especially true. what you said a while ago that there might be

a strong response to this but how do you actually see america's military presence affecting this region and why of what's going on now. sure i think partly for us to come back with idea of reengaging with especially true strengthening our military ties. the u.s. has claimed that this is about to maintain the freedom of navigation and this is partly the interest of the u.s. but i think if we look deeper this is not only about to maintain or to defend their freedom of navigation this is about to counterbalance the rise of china and when you talk about the rise of china this is not about economic rise but it's also about the rise of military capability of china so i think the u.s. has been watching this development inside china israel very closely and one way the u.s. can play an important role is to come back to this region to strengthening to strengthen

the military tie i think not only with the philippines perhaps maybe with singapore and also thailand in basically try to reduce the impact and influence of china in this region. what would your political landscape given the situation is are shaping a very interesting forum there but we also know the thing the poor has also been a long time proponent of a stronger u.s. military presence in asia here and help us why very briefly if possible. i think it is no doubt a singapore has crossed with the u.s. and singapore has always perceived us as some sort of defender of national regional security and peace and i think singapore has also been aware of the growing influence you know military and economic influence of china so that's why i think maybe singapore as a tiny stay in my field more controversial to happen to us around the region especially as i said earlier.