championship blackpool have booked an f.a. cup fifth round tie of premier league everton after beating sheffield wednesday three nil in the fourth round replays while millwall beat southampton three two to set up a home so i moved balls and meanwhile this wednesday there's another f.a. cup fourth round replay as middlesbrough sunderland in a north east davi after both sides drew one one last week the winner will welcome arsenal in the last sixteen while elsewhere it's semi finals day at the africa cup of nations with the ivory coast star studded sides taking on mali in his capital e. revealed their drugs elephant side are the favorites to lift the trophy and include other big name players such as branch to city's ya touré they produced an impressive three no win over co-host equitorial guinea in the last eight but despite the ivory coast's obvious talent their coach is always wary of the opposition and i won't go forward with what i would say is a lot of cohesiveness because we know that everything we was jesus is not in the game or a certain situation would crumble so we are being very prudent because our budget

is our country we are trying to be watched. while meanwhile already underway is the other semifinal where world cup quarter final is ghana are taking on surprise package a zombie at the bottom stadium in equatorial guinea and gone as asamoah guyon so he's weak but if he saves after eight minutes it's still no mill while over in spain athletic bilbao have reached the final of the copper del ray after an emphatic sixteen second leg when another went under as meaning they go through a three on aggregate victory ending that undoes fairytale run the third tier side has beaten the top flight you know they are as daniele and harassing sometimes they're in the final bow or face either barcelona or balance by their second like this wednesday well vassal have home advantage after drawing one one about in the first leg and are boosted by the return of andres iniesta and pedro rodriguez who has taken part in training this week the spanish champions are fighting for titles on four fronts this campaign. coach pep guardiola says his players are up for the

challenge. they went up in there and we have the chance of playing in the fourth final of the season and i think the players are aware of that this is a challenge sport gives you these new opportunities have been able to repeat something like this after achieving so much in the past given what we've already played a difficult quarterfinal and first leg of the semifinal. and star better contador says he hasn't ruled out appealing against his two year ban for failing a drugs test the spaniard was stripped of his twenty ten tour de france title after testing positive for the performance enhancing drug clenbuterol the twenty nine year old held a news conference at his home town of pinto just outside hundred he told reporters he had no intention of quitting cycling while also reiterating he failed a drug test as a result of eating contaminated meat an explanation rejected by the court of arbitration for sport or mostly been banned in that well i try hard i cannot understand the ban imposed during the past months i have been trying to do my best

to prove my innocence even dandelion turns to five hours answering questions like you can believe criminals also want to and everybody knows i will continue cycling and i will continue practicing in a clean way as i have done it all my entire life though i don't feel my best i think in the future at least will make me tougher you know the gulf now and former world number one tiger woods says he's happy with his recent progress despite going for almost two and a half years without a title on the p.g.a. tour for the americans now back up to eighteenth in the world will try to break that duck at the pebble beach national program this week which has been on the rise since the turn of the year the thirty six year old finished tied for third at last month's abu dhabi championship and strived at the unofficial chevron world challenge in december however a tour victory has eluded him since two thousand and nine something tiger is itching to change. i feel very peace werman i had to

make some. some changes and. took time and start of see the results of now which is great though miles i was have the last four events are really playing well. some is building on that and everything's head in the right direction. and staying in america and the new york giants have been publicly celebrating their super bowl triumph as thousands lined the streets of manhattan to see their heroes parade well john snatched a dramatic twenty one seventeen victory over the new england patriots on sunday and confetti wafting through the air the triumphant team hosted the voice of even the vince lombardi trophy from their getting blue and white flight after cruising through heroes canyon they were honored at city hall before traveling to new jersey for a rally at the met life stadium. now with just one hundred seventy days to go until the start of the olympics and legal battle is looming to help russia medal hopeful

not in show to the pentathlete was born in lithuania though is married to a russian but her native country has now bought her from competing because has more . just a week after turning twenty four and with multiple world cup wins under her belt do not are you shy to should be a shoo in for the fast approaching london games or so you would think because for these modern pentathlon his second olympics are now a huge doubt in beijing in two thousand and eight she competed for leif yan here but has since married a russian and was granted a russian passport and though tonight has been cleared to fly the russian flag and other major events she needed the formality of permission from the leafy and limpid committee to go to london but her request was denied. but i think this ports officials in some patriots are against me but a lot of ordinary people still support me but you could say literally any split in two over this a lot of people have been leaving the country to earn money elsewhere and some may

think i've come to russia to roll in cash which is not the case you do not went on to say she was on the verge of tears and her mother cried twice at last month's meeting in leaf yeah near the sports summit has threatened her entire career and she described it as a circus while the reporter at the time culture a traitor she knows the chances are slim that she'll be given the go ahead to compete in london but she scopus in on the tournament it's the same thing and if lead should first of all think of quality training and preparing for events if i don't make the olympics after all i'll have other important events to get ready for the european and world championships and all small matters. so potentially a massive blow for russia who counted on the room shouted to deliver in the british capital they plan to appeal at both the court of arbitration for sport and the international olympic committee but no one is under any illusions have a medal hopes to remain about the leader of the not that is our leader and will

compete in other events this year but her mission won't undermine the russian squad because measures have been taken to regroup it's not a happy situation. but we still hope for a podium place in london rimshot is already setting his sights on the rio games in twenty sixteen well russia also have a strong man contingent including things between champion and dreamy safe to cheer on in london. r t. and finally it's a major sport and kimmie reichen and has marked his return to formula one with the fastest time on day one of pre-season testing then is back behind the wheel with lotus after spending two years competing at the world rally championship but he produced a blistering lap during testing in header in spain he finished in just under one minute and twenty seconds marginally ahead of force india as for the rest of. mark webber it was more than a tenth of a second back and for mark world champion reichen said everything had gone to plan

he wasn't getting carried away. and i don't think it makes any difference i mean testing doesn't doesn't give you anything. to try to do the things that is necessary to cover the order of the season. at times don't account for the rising sun. what we did. we did more or less what we were planning to do before we started today so it doesn't. go in the meantime there's been a lucky escape for a driver in australia twenty five year old george media have fails to negotiate a tricky corner at a rally in tasmania and plunged his father's ford capri into the say just need of one hundred thirty kilometers per hour the nascar race that now really missed another call that the foreign office same place before he did bounce george got away with just a few bruises father andrew a former driver himself will probably be content to have his son along race despite the demise of his much beloved car. and that's why the sport the saving life of.

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film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are the day. rusher insists that are meant to the bloodshed in syria will only be found if both government and opposition forces lay down their arms and talk that's well western and gulf countries keep up the regime change rhetoric recalled their ambassadors from damascus live analysis on the situation in syria very shortly here on r.t. also. because system of law and order this could work for many many years for the seat of the mother of a part of why do we need brussels to tell us will be coming out of the period the u.k. is on the tourist terror suspect of al qaeda a spiritual leader in europe is bailed and allowed back into the streets of london after the european court of human rights forbids his deportation. and the

first signs of a rift between the u.s. and postmarked egypt curry says washington's military aid won't change its position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day the syrian opposition says the city of homs has come under the heaviest attack yet in days of intensive fighting between armed groups and government forces activists say hundreds of people have been killed by army shelling since friday the government denies the assault local journalist down and says that reports from homs are very difficult to verify. it seems like the situation hamas has been asked a way to do for the last five days with fear fierce fighting between know what they

call themselves the free syrian army and the military forces by the syrian government the syrian government has according to its official sources has reported many casualties on the ground. in the last few days almost it's really hard to determine what's really going on on the ground there because of safety issues to reach the place and confirm. numbers of people. according to. what we're going to activists saying that the syrian military has basically. bombed some parts of the city government completely refuted any type of involvement that they have actually . limit on the terrorist groups that have been taking active role in the city they are spread all over the

place there and causing many casualties and the government also has issued many statements today to the security forces were able to kill tens of terrorists that belong to these terrorist groups that they also believe that are being backed by four and foreign influence on the ground. russia's prime minister vladimir putin is cautioned against outside intervention in the syrian conflict or more and there was a risk of behaving like a bull in the china shop but moscow calls on world powers to use their political clout to put pressure on both the syrian government and the opposition to lay down their arms and engage in talks but he's only going to has more on this. in light of the ongoing to put a grand goings about the situation in syria russian prime minister legend which in the said that syrians must be allowed to sell the situation in their country on the their own russian prime minister still looking during

a meeting with their religious leaders have a warning against any possible foreign it military involvement in the country saying that such a scenario would be akin to a proverbial ball in the china shop prime minister reminded about this issue ation in libya where nato led invasion led to an escalation of violence this situation continues to remain quiet to remain quite unstable and violent russia is calling on international on international pressure on all parties involved in the syrian conflict in order to resolve the situation diplomatically where is western powers such as the u.k. the united states and france are want president asad to step down they want him out of the picture and this is where again mitt mane to say being disagrees with in moscow and the west are coming from russia is taking practical steps in to trying to solve the situation in syria on tuesday russian foreign minister said it's

circular ever over as part of the russian delegation to damascus met with the syrian president bashar asad coming out of those talks with russia's foreign minister said that the syrian president is ready to said down for a dialogue with the opposition a senior member of the opposition syrian national council has a welcome dr his role as a mediator and the peace process and commenting on his visit to damascus on wednesday live bravo encourage all other members of the international community to put more pressure on all sides involved in the syrian conflict in order to bring peace to the country. we have suggested that certain parties capable of influencing the opposition. groups especially those based outside syria try to convince those groups to begin negotiations parties with influence on damascus have been trying to convince the authorities to do the same as i have mentioned the syrian authorities

confirm they are ready to begin negotiations without putting forward any conditions but instead of putting pressure on the opposition most of the world community seems to be pulling out its envoys of from syria around italy and spain are among the latest countries to have recalled their ambassadors to syria there are also gulf nations which have not just recalled their own voice to the country but have sent out syrian ambassadors from their respective countries thereby effectively ending diplomatic relations with damascus and the acid rhetoric is also continuing to come from the united states where the where the white house is there says lee said that the syrian president's days are numbered and at the same time the pentagon has said that they are looking at ways to support the rebels fighting against the regime of president asad although not militarily for you know they say. well for more i'm joined by he's professor of laura george tell university in washington how

when events unfold in syria following the u.n. showdown is it likely that the west will embrace russia's call for dialogue at some stage. well from western countries might be willing to go in that direction but we know that there are others who are adamant who would want to see. regardless of the but he forms or whatever the facts on the ground have been the source of confusion and the media portrays a. president who is not at all popular and the reality on the ground. something different of the media as. it is. that is killing innocent civilians and then there is a commission of fact finders sent by the arab league who otherwise

said that this regime is in fact facing acts of sabotage of the economy terrorist attacks on public and private property killing civilians and military and security forces and any government in the world has to put down any kind of arms that is a system restore law and order so i think absent some foreign outside interference smuggling or. the syrians would be able to find a way out of the quagmire they are in but it seems that the outside forces or some outside forces. in the west. you talk about some outside forces being from the arab world so much of the analysis is all about the west and then u.s. intentions but it is significant is it not that we are getting pressure from the

arab world just explain which those countries are why would they want to see this change of regime there. well i think personally i think the objective is not democracy reform and rule of law. forces the most. assertive powers in the arab league the gulf countries are the least to any kind of reform can one reasonable man think that. the gulf countries are really proponents of participatory government fighting corruption fundamental freedoms and all the basic elements of democracy rule of law this is this is unthinkable as far as they are concerned so what they have they have different again from of. some of the incentives if you want to

look at incentive are a certain fear. iran and they want to put down that has connections with iran the other is to do what the u.s. and some western countries want them to do let me quickly ask you about turkey here and its position we are learning that it now plans to host an international conference on syria. is turkey impartial of this is it got any vested interest or is it the right place to try and have some sort of negotiations. well in the case of turkey it's a little bit intriguing one would think that they probably have some kind of dreams of going back to the ottoman domination and ruling parties have some religious. affiliation or ideological principle and organisation that. that emanates from a religious belief and they are asserting themselves as

a certainly power against. an iranian power and it is a mess this is what is being commented they are focusing on how to. how to foment the sectarian religious primitive feeling as. we have got to finish but very pretty thing briefly your thoughts that this could actually escalate beyond syria and involve iran as well just very briefly. i think. i hope not it is possible but i hope. it is not likely the way things are now if if the regime would manage to put the uprising or controlled substance to be the uprising as long as there are weapons coming from the outside and there is an intention of carrying out terrorist activities like throwing bombs killing. there will be trouble but it will

not be large scale. thank you so much for your thoughts there professor of law at georgetown university in washington thank you for being with us on r.t. if you would. just tell you there's plenty more. websites concerning syria dot com online all the time for you including the exclusive interview with russia's ambassador to the un vitaly churkin which you can watch in full there at r.t. dot com plus also we're asking for your thoughts on the outcome of russia's efforts to unravel the complex situation in syria that's in our on line poll you can move on to r.t. dot com and have your say because if romney. outrage sweeps britain after the european court of human rights blocked the deportation of abu qatada he's dumped zama bin laden's right hand man in europe is the latest in a string of questionable judgment sort of overrule domestic decisions so it is more

smith explains patience with the e.u. is running thin. with the queen its currency and its parliament was made by someone else if building a house is what we in the u.k. call the supreme court but in practice it in name only despite being the highest court in the land when it comes to human rights if you don't like the way you ok. pace is going to hope you can take his abroad to france and decisions made in strasburg could overrule any made taya the european court of human rights was set up after world war two to avoid the persecution of minorities by the state but now it's been derailed and it was never never anticipated of the second world war after the holocaust off the terrors perpetrated by certain

tyrannical governments but the court now would be protecting the criminal and not the victim. delays in control of a sea have dogged the european court in strasburg there's a backlog of up to eight years and when cases are decided judgments are often bizarre in two thousand and ten the court decided to give prisoners the right to vote after a petition by john hirst who spent much of his life behind bars after killing his landlady the u.k. is still refusing to implement the ruling it makes me physically ill it would probably mean again the vote to anyone who's in prison aside it could also cost of the last time that we looked at this the cost of complying with judgments under the european convention of human rights was about two point one billion pounds a year that's three point three billion dollars plus another two point eight billion

in a suit seated one off costs in other areas an immigration ruling means a convicted nigerian rapist gets to stay in the u.k. because of his right to a family life. and most recently the european court of human rights ruled hate preacher abu qatada dubbed bin lardons the right hand man in europe can't be deported back to jordan where he's now g. to be released onto the streets of britain this is somebody who stands up and publicly. hatred about everything that our democracy is stands for and yet we can't get rid of him because of the european convention on human rights sitting in strasburg of forty seven judges one from each signatory country so far so fair except none of them were elected by the people of the countries they're making law for we've got a system of law and order in this country has worked for many many years for the seat or the mother of all parliaments why do we need strasburg brussels to tell us

what we can and cannot do the answer is we don't so therefore british law for british people those who aren't calling for the u.k. to pull out of the european convention on human rights altogether are demanding reforms to stop strides burke making decisions on what should be sovereign issues the court has to be more focused on fundamental civil and political rights not interfering in the daily lives. and in the ministration of the criminal justice system and in the member states of the council of europe without reforms there's a risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater as nations pull out of the human rights court undermining it leaving those in countries with weak a human rights protections entirely vulnerable laura smith r.t. london. you're with r.t. we're live here in moscow and still to come this hour questioning the legality of u.s. drone attacks on pakistani soil for a strike because fresh concerns just days after

a report revealed evidence of dozens of civilians were killed by america's. craft. that's still to come but first egypt says it won't change its stance on the latest round with the u.s. even against threats to withdraw military aid nineteen americans are among forty three n.g.o.s activists banned from leaving egypt and accused of illegally using foreign funds to fuel unrest in the country washington has already called the scandal a slap in the face and threaten to stop one point three billion dollars of support given to egypt artie's marina for motion has this report. egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and in may one is right now the groups many which funded by washington have been on the ground here for a while we were at the vanguard of the uprising even barak that eventually brought the supreme council. to power last february and no one has ever seemed to care about this source.