it was a great experience. to work with all these people that i want to learn yourself talk about the great experience well you learn a lot. as you could muster sitting house and. senate has been in the news a lot so much i missed but i just resigns by going yeah and someone you yeah i didn't expect that. way brief or not a coach before the world cup of the european cup. it's difficult being these don't know themselves what they want to be able to for another word in english before there was an english and there was no good so it's like a foreign english for the english i hope that they know will do well it's going to be tougher of course also for them but he's been links with the head coach have a job with angie i mean what do you recommend to him about all i don't know i don't know. he had a coach there in talks about is making oh i don't know i don't know you know or the russian competition is good most teams are in most countries are more skilled like

play and you know i just. i don't know who's going to be the culture but i mean what what you could you recommend by training in russia as it is a big high call to most people expect that is a high quality very much make sure you fly with good players. because you know that was for me they did issue you know the flying was and the type of place you fly which we know would happen with ice hockey teams so for that reason but the competition is strong and it is and you see a lot more of the world than you're ever seen and it was a great experience for me. in other football news in the english premier league manchester united have looked for rivals manchester city at the summit following a dramatic two one victory over liverpool at old trafford double from wayne rooney was enough for the big three golds came in the second half in the forty six and forty ninth minute then pull one back for the visitors.

now a point about city in the table with roberto mancini's side currently in action at aston villa the latest score there is nil nil at half time. two point advantage meanwhile at the bottom walls missed their chance to haul themselves away from the relegation zone as they were rushed by west brom at home five one. rushes dimiter militia has claimed braun's in the men's pursuit race at the eighth world cup staging controller to finland a twenty four year old athlete maced only twice on all the four shooting ranges well it could last up to matar for car of france while five seconds at the finish with silver with fruit misses while gold went to the legend beyond doubt and then a wedge and beat his closest rival by eighteen seconds and had two misses during shooting. staying with winter sports where. the course crew has won the

world cup in the competition the russian team led by those who call finished third at the final stage in calgary but that result was enough to top the overall standings though the day belonged to germany as the crew of material on aren't one this stage of actually came home second in the final standings to germany to lead by a man elma shot a finished second on the night and third overall. let's move to the ice way team russia has failed to win the stage of the euro haka to a. swedish games into a loss to the czech republic or the found a over competition for male in sunday's game hosts sweden take on the reigning world champion finland the sides are currently in action the latest score the three one to the swedes. will win the entire tournament.

in youth ice hockey the emma chill showcase put a pic of the based against the best of the west and it was the west which came from behind to win its second challenge cup title in a row before then and now explains. these men are all about twenty years old but they will regain the skills sure the young hopefuls will present a youth hockey league then the chill at thirty three producing players for your strongest league hill holding a north star game tradition once a year at the peak of the image of eastern conference plays the best from the west in the so-called challenge cup with every move showing this is far from just an exhibit game no end of skill from the very beginning to the joys of back to middle corrina in one of russia's mean hockey centers. it was these two to the.

world of spoke play go three minutes from the first intermission the opening of the second period saw the eastern team extend their lead once a glimmer of turning the shootout effort into duel with confidence to make it two nil nevertheless the pick of the west proved to have to to produce a stunning comeback. inspired by their skipper of and continued simply. to do by the second in their mission. and the comeback turned into triumph of scored his second. on the night to give his side the three two lead the eastern stars were giving their best to cool eyes but it was the western netminder that a month's media was still the show in the end producing to him a zing saves and them to net their at them and setting the final score of who are two. we just lost our concentration of to take you to no lead we thought the main

job was done and would score a couple more goals and win the game easily was completely the opposite and we were made to pay for our overconfidence talkie we still have a lot to learn. there was no pressure we know each other very well and it was fun to meet on the ice once again and settle scores at such a high level of competition. everybody was cheering for the east but the crowd support did not help the team we didn't have time to build any sort of chemistry with some of my teammates before the challenge called but we still pulled out an emotional comeback win. so the league of the young has showcased its biggest airlines with the western conference team lifting the twenty twelve challenge cup although it's a safe bet these stars still have some bigger challenges and trophies the head of them. robert carlin jaan party.

over to. finish the last one has claimed the second grand prix of the season who was leading at the sweden after the previous two days. carry his advantage until the end he drove sunday's six stages accurately enough to secure the top support overcoming his compatriot make heaven and sixteen seconds that's all spec completed the porter finishing thirty seconds behind the winner. in face about the eight time champion sebastian of france who was. sixth in the final standings. it will finish where we started with winter sports chinese athletes dominated in the freestyle skiing was cup at their home countries event in their most competition to clean the first two in of the season i see recorded a score more than one hundred forty points his countryman g.'s

a young four points last to claim silver while world cup leader. kind of the bronze result caught his lead over zone young to fifty points overall standings. in the women's event the entire podium went to china seeing pain first as she was to an athlete to break the one hundred point mark in the final managed second place after claiming four world cup victories in a row previous sides well to bronze over ten points adrift of the winner in the overall standings is still on top with a hundred points over. ok that's all the sport for me for the moment i'll be back into ice time with more life and i'll.

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the arab league is expected to call on the un to create a joint peacekeeping force for syria as a group aims to mount pressure on president assad. and we bring you live coverage of the events there in athens as police in greece park tear gas into crowds of protesters running outside the parliament which is set for a vote on more deep public comes. and iran promises to reveal major advances in its nuclear program which it insists is for peaceful energy purposes despite the long list of western sanctions imposed against it our top story this hour.

with a look back at the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly on t.v. the arab league is expected to call on the u.n. security council to pass a resolution creating a joint peace keep. in force for syria the group also wants more international support for the opposition and hopes to paul more pressure on the regime or for more we cannot talk to her she is in cairo where the arab body is currently meeting why is the arab league calling for this action and what would it mean for the situation in in syria. well of right now there is no definite information of what exactly the arab league will say after they come out of their meeting but there are leaking roof there are leaked reports and they say basically that the arab league

will will call on tightening of sanctions on syria they will also recall a stop for their mission there observer mission to the country and most importantly as we have mentioned they will ask for a joint for a u.n. peacekeeping force to enter the country now all of this is happening in midst of reports of growing violence in the country with at this point hundreds of people being claimed to be being killed there are on a weekly basis and all of this also comes as there was washington continues to stress the importance of severe and old ties with president assad and they have the have green not so much created as they have assembled their sort of a sort of a coalition which they call friends of syria basically anybody who wants can enter washington and its allies primarily france and the united kingdom and their calls for assad to step down and to hand power over to civil authority know

whether or not the whether or not they will succeed in their endeavors the remains of course to be seen what what is also important to mention is the fact that right now looks like it is actually going to be on the same side as as washington and its allies because the head of al qaida has just issued a statement saying that he supports the rebels the armed rebels in syria. and he's also called on the muslims in the entire world. to support syrian rebels as well in fact there are reports from iraq intelligence who say. armed fighters have been are being transported from iraq to syria as often now but it doesn't seem to be any sign of any call for negotiations at the moment moscow has long been urging both sides to hold talks do you think that's any chance of that happening. but russia has been repeatedly saying that syrians are the only people who can

solve the situation in the country they have said the diplomatic solution is the only possible solution and they are very vehemently against involving outside armed forces in this endeavor in fact they do support the previous plan by the arab league they do support the arab league observers mission there but unfortunately russia did have some reservations as to whether or not the the arab league observers were really quite all that successful in their mission let's have a listen to russia's to the united nations vitaly churkin on the matter. as the morning during mission of that i believe was there and as the situation was evolving everybody saw that the government troops were pulling out of certain downs or sort of quarters and it is that was taken over by armed rebel groups that would mean that the the armed confrontation will continue and escalate.

of course the russian delegation was in damascus earlier this week they have entered talks with president assad who seemed to be more than willing to start to start reforms in the country in fact just on sunday. has announced that good a new constitution is underway that there are talks being discussed shows that he also said that he is willing to sit down for a dialogue with the syrian opposition primarily with the syrian national council fortunately the syrian opposition isn't all that all that keen to enter any sort of negotiations with president assad so again the situation in syria remains remains quite tense as the arab league here in cairo is a looking to find a solution to this the ever growing problem arena thanks so much for about the update live there from colorado are going to. well dr from the center

for middle east studies says washington fighting against a common enemy in syria. it seems that. and they have the. statement of. that terrorist operation and. that. from. its support and. that.

is not. but everybody. financed some countries. nobody can deny this. in greece police have fired tear gas and stun grenades into crowds of protesters who throwing stones and far bombs at them have been reports of several injuries during the scuffles outside parliament in athens lawmakers are debating a choice between tough new cuts all and imminent default which the country's prime minister says would lead to chaos well we're bringing you live pictures of the events unfolding there in athens as they're discussing those are starting measures in parliament at the moment and we're also seeing a little earlier clashes between the police and protesters but at the moment many protesters they're gathering outside parliament in greece live pictures there from athens where the creditors want an unpopular new

a sturdy bill passed in return for the one hundred thirty eight billion euro rescue package the cabinet has cleared the plan but lost six ministers or deputies in the process some coalition and peace of threatened to vote against it if it goes ahead though fifteen thousand civil servants will lose their jobs and the minimum wage will be slashed thousands of greeks have been protesting the deal throughout the week and as we can see they continue to protest there in athens as that debate continues and parliament economists yanis varoufakis says e.u. leaders are only looking to secure their own financial stability. this government was always expendable the point of putting it in place was to ensure that this deal goes through. it's my prediction that it will go through and it is government wants it's the it is that these measures are of a loan package the purpose of which is to delay. the steady this is the gratian of the euro zone and give more time to germany's politicians to find out what they're

going to do with their with the german and the french banks which are insolvent so greece is being sacrificed on the altar of utopia and procrastination what europe is doing it is creating a very severe. a medical issue by means of course. what is happening here is that greeks are being threatened they keep borrowing money from germany from france from the i.m.f. from the e.c.b. we know that to keep northern european and greek banks they're going to be through another years some of this is of course an empty threat here we have people of euros a month who would have to live on for the viewers a month while at the same time inflation is increasing and taxation is going through the roof. and we can return to those live pictures from the center of athens if you just joined us just to remind you that thousands of protesters have gathered outside the greek parliament today they've been protesting all week but

now we know that the more makers are debating the austerity measures at the moment in parliament and we're seeing those events developing there in athens by the way we're actually streaming the events in greece at the moment all website you can see continual coverage of the events there in athens by simply going to r.t. dot com. well still ahead this hour here on r.t. a year since the toppling of barack but instead of celebrations across egypt a general strike has people feel betrayed by the military rulers and want change that still doesn't come. also still to come a group of politically active russians take the matter of election transparency into their own hands by organizing the voters league. the first iran says it will soon reveal some major advances in its nuclear program speaking on the thirty third anniversary of the islamic revolution president ahmadinejad's tehran would never stop enriching uranium iran insists its nuclear program is to serve its domestic

energy needs but the united states and its allies the e.u. and israel suspect around could be pursuing nuclear weapons they've been piling up sanctions against iran but warns that europe's planned oil embargo will backfire political analysts come along was nice says that washington and brussels want to weaken the islamic republic failed to see the danger their actions are creating. they've taken into consideration that iran is going through election parliamentary election probably the thing this is kind of backfire in terms of the population of iran against. america and the european they go in very far because this is kind of an implication for the world economy especially this escalate to a military showdown and everything is going to be on the table all the inspection by the nuclear agency. found that iran is actually weaponize ing their their system

their reign in this point they are actually following the nuclear treaty agreement there is no violation to that and they ran said very clearly they're willing to cooperate with the international community but you have to wonder what really the international community at this point and what the american one at that point and as i said there's a lot of politics in it no matter what they say coming at iran no matter what they are just a fine or opening their facility there is some judgment already been rendered against iran. on the first anniversary of the el sting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military says it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections but many people fear they will remain in power beyond

this date based journalist bill truces egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police. were fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy four people die so essentially we've seen very little reform since mubarak stepped down and people are basically anxious that nothing will change and it will just slip into a new a new dictatorship i think most people here would say they do say that the revolution never ended but it's called the continuous or the ongoing revolution

really since january even after mubarak stepped down this time last year they've been continuous sit ins and protests and violent clashes with egypt's security forces pushing protesters pushing for change they haven't seen yes. the crackdown on western funded pro-democracy pro-democracy groups in caro has been discussed by the u.s. is top general with egypt's martial turn over four dozen foreigners have been arrested and are now facing trial for funding unrest in the country but as if an ocean reports it's the timing of the clampdown that is raising questions. egypt's new government greg dyke. one on one theories has raised many questions and they may want to is right now the groups many which funded by washington have been on the ground here for a while they were at the vanguard of the uprising against mubarak that eventually brought the supreme council of the armed forces to power last february and no one has ever seems to care about their sources of income that is until they directed

their criticism to the new military leadership blaming scaf for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by the other. that are quoting people of the world. and they are the ones that evolution they have their tactics in the radicals who live there this is very much a dangerous war the rhetoric this is specie led to prosecutors raiding seventeen offices of advocacy groups forty three activists including americans germans and egyptians are now facing trial for illegally using foreign funds to promote unrest in the post mubarak country activists how would claim they are the victim of scarves reluctance to give up power with dreaming the people about with their brights but the scaf looking for enjoy. some agent against the regime and old mind the round up of activists has also netted the son of u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood further fueling tension between cairo in

washington. simply because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't think that. anything at all so this is a game and there it was military aid to egypt reaches one point three billion dollars annually has been very serious there is a big week to condemn this car when in the days of blank checks are over or they condemned mubarak tons of times but at the end of that the continued on flowing that the provide the support also continue flowing we don't order washington's so-called support for democracy here in the middle east and washington wants to step in laws the situation as much as possible in order to get in to its interests they don't care about democracy meanwhile even those on the streets protesting against car share the council's concerns about the engineers motives the usa has had a hand in tips policy making for years but the whole n.t.

and your campaign has become the first serious disagreement between america and the countries your story takes cairo wanted to send washington and message that it's no longer the silent dog it was under mubarak but an independent state which will last so the right any outside interference some doubts though they really minute the end to military movement growing have a bigger you can see it over there this is in council of the armed forces or scaf now running egypt is in a very vulnerable position and this nationalistic pronouncement may just be a nationalist show put on to calm the people down and to win back a shred of credibility. here if you are to cairo. or to live here moscow with you twenty four hours a day still to come this hour despite mounting civilian deaths some plans for an early withdrawal the number of nato airstrikes in afghanistan could actually be increasing weeks.