for there was an english and there was no good so it's like a foreign english for english help the world will do well it's going to be tougher of course also for them but he's been linked with the head coach gene i mean would you recommend to him at all i don't know i don't know and you already had a coach there in talk sports make an hour so no i don't know you know the russian competition is good most teams are in moscow and she's also moscow although they play and you know. i don't know who's going to be the coach or. what you could you recommend about training in russia as it is a big high call to most people expect it is a high quality very much make sure you fly with good points. because you know that was. you know the flying was and the type of airplanes you fly which we know would happen with ice hockey teams or for that reason but the competition is strong and you see a lot more of the world than you ever see that it was

a great experience for me. now to other football news in in the english premier league manchester city have regained top spot after a one zero victory at aston villa roberto mancini's men are now two points ahead of rivals manchester united following a solitary goal from joleon lescott claim while at the bottom missed the chance to hold themselves away from the relegation zone as they were thrashed at home by rivals west brom five one in the score as for manchester city that was now believes they are all set for the title run and. knows that the four. december generally. were a difficult match because. we had players injury the players the players away for the series are. still on the top i didn't end with next week for the players and the team is very important for. meanwhile there was a dramatic conclusion to this year's africa cup of nations underdog zambia one on

penalties against overwhelming favorites the ivory coast shootout finished eight seven in zambia as favor after a goal is draw ivory coast captain didier drogba had the chance to win the title for his team but missed a penalty in normal time it's obvious first ever africa cup of nations title. tennis where russia's davis cup team will face a relegation playoff following defeat to austria the surprise loss means austria through to the quarterfinals for the first time in seventeen years while turning two one going into the final day rushing you they couldn't afford to lose any of sunday's rubbers first up was alex bottom all of junior who made an enormous fisher start to his davis cup career with russia he went down in straight sets to meltzer and made the eagle commits in straight sets win over under a spider man i was academic austria won the tie three to play spain in the next round. to ice hockey and russia have lost their final match at the swedish games

the third stage on the euro hockey to russia went down four nil to the czech republic on the final day of competition sweden won the tournament as the host big reigning world champion spain learned three one the swedes are now top of the overall standings with one tournament left. now russian mixed martial arts fighter most the most alive took on seven time jujitsu champion cornell's apart care in moscow on saturday nights the fight was one of ten and kicked off the inaugural verdict m.m.a. fighting championship michael was ringside. splitting the evening's ten flights into to the main event certainly snapped up everything it could in the build up the lives entry into the ring was baffling as it was astounding with girls dressed in the traditional tag to stand gowns flanking him from left and right as the bemused babka looked on indeed the almost over the top presentation wasn't. and with the lives of the claim to fame he's one of the

official ambassadors to the two thousand and thirteen one of the games to be held in the crowd was in the mood for a good fight having seen blood hit the canvas in early about but despite such a fantastic match up the fight flattered to deceive the two opponents than the first minute of the fight tousling it out on the arena floor before most ally of dispatched a couple of left footed kicks does about this side the menacing pole grimaced and after the medics examined him deem him no longer fight worthy jew to a broken rib but it seems that was most a live game plan all along what's up with you when you don't ask why i'm not taking you tell me. i can fight two rounds with this guy and he's a really serious opponent i have to break something or i won't get anything out of the fight but the manner in which the fight and the didn't put a damper on most alive celebrations calling out anyone who wished to challenge him . there were a host of other bouts during the mixed martial arts extravaganza with fighters from

all over the world competing tonight's event is undoubtedly a display of real power and aggression so it's a little bit strange to see women entering the ring the cage behind me. indeed the night entertainment included an old female bout but there wasn't much to see as disposed of opponent within minutes of the first round when asked whether more women should participate younus position was interesting. i actually prefer fewer women in the sport i prefer it to be just me among all these men but seeing a radiant blonde sparring it out i'm sure there are plenty out there who wouldn't mind more women getting in the ring the remaining fights were contrast of quick victories and slow tiresome wrestling duels and although the main event was over before it had really begun the crowd's approval of the night was resoundingly. michael. moscow. now in the n.b.a. following their recent take off the rockets have been grounded by golden state the

warriors ending houston's three gang winning streak with a one hundred six ninety seven when the warriors didn't start to brightly going up a limb fight in the opening quarter houston's kevin martin contributing a team high twenty eight points including five doing point is. not following the offensive going down putting the rockets up by you know are you waiting for us the warriors with regained composure and led by two going into the final quarter david linking up the offensive glass in his way to fifty points and thirteen rebounds for the back or two or more intelligence to the recovery combine for forty seven points acrobatic lay up on the foul helping the warriors away from the eventual and eventually one hundred sixty ninety seven win. and go phil mickelson overturned a six shot deficit to win the pebble beach national intel a four year he's now ninth on the all time list of career wins with forty titles to his name they say after

a flawless final round for an eight hundred sixty four after birdies a two and fall based tee shot at the fifth perfect set up another day. mickelson was well on his way to winning one point one million dollars first prize tiger woods was well poised going into the final round but three straight bogeys and peace hopes of victory despite this lovely bunker shot for him on the twelfth which finished nine shots off the pace while over not needed south korea's charlie wait finished on fifteen and. not two shots behind eventual winner mickelson who isn't getting carried away with his achievement. it's cool i mean it's really cool don't get me wrong i mean but whatever with number it was and wherever timeless it was a meeting for when for me because of where it took place and the fact that i haven't i haven't played as well as i would like these last few months i knew i was close but i wasn't getting the results and this just gives me a big boost of confidence that the things that that i've been working on are our

pain are finally on so my just go away you. overcame plenty of adversity on his way to winning the rally of sweden the finns have ivan a toy a puncture to take top spot at the second rally of the a beating make a hard man into second vala came into the final day with a twenty three secondly over ventura runner up government twenty six year old able to deal with the state's twenty two. and still maintain an eight second advantage meanwhile russia may have no big. time finding champion sebastian loeb out of the top five the reigning champion still maintained a ten point overall eight despite that six place finish incredibly pecha so bad last third place to mount also bug off the damaging his tires on the same rock as his school team might follow. well that's all the sport for now i'll have more in a couple of hours time to join me there.

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syria brushes off fresh air a big initiatives targeting the assad regime while washington is thought to be in bring up for military action. approves the draconian new austerity measures as the city explodes with rage at what protesters say is a sellout of national sovereignty to foreign interests. taking stock of the basics health care education and housing are under. scrutiny as he outlines plans for social reform in his latest pre-election article. tainted by association the ethics of london's twenty twelve olympic games underlined a controversial sponsorship deal with the chemical giant linked to the infamous

disaster which claimed tens of thousands of lives in india. plus russia markets kicked off the trading session on the positive note reversed in friday's losses with the r.t.s. now almost two percent and the blood will have all the figures twenty minutes. pro-car sing live from the heart of the russian capital you're watching r.t. a very warm welcome to our top story now damascus has swiftly rejected a brand new arab league package of initiatives on syria a proposal that backs the opposition and the calls for a joint arab u.n. peacekeeping force in the country are teaser english reports from cairo now where the league was meeting. tightening the sanctions which are already in place aborting the observers mission which was halted earlier in january and of course

bringing in peacekeepers u.n. peacekeepers into syria these are the three main points which the arab league has come up with during their meeting in cairo the arab league has also called on the stronger backing for a position the fact they all rallied there is the board just for the opposition there is also the so-called saudi arabia draft resolution which may be discussed at the u.n. general assembly in new york on monday and there are reports that this resolution isn't that much different from the draft resolution which the u.n. security council was trying to adopt but which was also vetoed by russia and china earlier this month syrian opposition fighters have received really strong support not just from the arab league members but also from some of the more and expected sources for example from al qaida and some intelligence from iraqi officials suggest that in fact al qaeda militants are fighting alongside armed rebels in syria of course you have to remember also the increasing pressure from washington d.c. just recently the u.s.

state department has published photographs those photographs show the artillery and tanks are situated in the syria what exactly those photos were supposed to prove is not quite clear as most people by now have seen actual pictures and images of tanks in their tillery on the ground of course we have to think back to these so-called friends of syria which isn't quite completely formed coalition but it's a sort of an alliance of several countries including the arab league states who are being strongly supported by the united states and france and u.k. who are going to be meeting in tunisia later this month in order to discuss the further actions that they should be taking in regards to syria of course moscow stands on the matter continues to be that of leaving it up to the syrian people to decide words they want to do with their own country moscow is insistent that all sides involved in a call for. so ladies should lay down their arms and resolve this issue of violence peacefully. author and journalist in return see things the u.s.

and al qaeda could end up fighting side by side in syria to safeguard common interests we know the united states and the european union. all but military intervention. could happen should happen some sources even saying british sure special forces already in the ground or maybe there is already foreign intervention we know there is some grounds of foreign intervention we have heard about al-qaeda . in syria now once again the united states and european union states as usual supporting al-qaeda as they did in afghanistan prior to nine eleven will they never learn it is shocking to hear a american statesman like john mccain calling for intervention presumably u.s. troops and al-qaeda side by side fighting against president assad of syria this really shows up what exactly the americans are approving or not protecting the

interests of u.s. citizens or european union leaders our very statement to back any armed attacks we saw with lethal consequence in aleppo twenty eight dead in december forty four dead in damascus this is this is getting out of hand is getting dangerous. well u.s. has continued its calls for regime change saying it's only a matter of time before the assad government collapses and as history shows washington may find a way around the barriers including the u.n. if it decides to push through its agenda on syria. what's in that mandate having failed to reach international consensus on syria it's been a complete waste of time washington prepares to act around the u.n. for the time being the administration firmly rules out any form of u.s. military intervention in syria but the pentagon is busy laying out an attack strategy on syria just in case should the president call for action experts say

history shows the absence of international consensus would not be an obstacle to washington if it decides to go ahead with intervention the united states sees the u.n. as a tool of convenience if the u.n. is supple and going along with the united states then the united states is fine to have a u.n. sanction for its actions but when the u.n. and the people of the world or the countries of the world resist then the united states says the u.n. is unwilling to do its job and then uses other instruments like nato or other military arrangements they did that in the case of yugoslavia they did that in the case of the iraq war whenever the u.n. doesn't go along the u.s. then says well to heck with you one will use some other instrument for the exercise of american power last year the u.n. security council authorized they do to protect civilians in libya but the mission resulted in regime change the libyan authorization of force was very specific and it didn't authorize regime change in the countries that partook in their operation

clue you know actually it's for exceeded the u.n. mandate and their operation i think that's symbolic of the fact that these libya that these u.n. mandates really are meaningful in terms of international law and that's just the reality of it nato countries have flooded libyan rebels with weapons despite a u.n. arms embargo u.s. government wants to you one but they want the u.n. to do the u.s. bidding way the united states uses the united nations in regard to the israeli palestinian question is very emblematic when the united nations passed resolutions which it has done repeatedly demanding that the israelis get out of the west bank and earlier gaza and earlier this summer. the united states didn't enforce those resolutions they didn't demand that they be enforced when it came to the united nations saying the palestinians have a right to be recognized they the united states acted as if there was a crime against humanity that the united nations their take on the issue of palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does what the united states wants fine

but when it stands with the palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat found a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria put forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead it chose to take sides in a civil war. one might describe the u.s. that you do towards the u.n. as use it if needed go around it if you don't like it but while an approach to the world body might suit washington it makes for a bad recipe for ability i'm going to check on reporting from washington r.t. . but more in-depth discussion on the standoff in syria coming up in the next hour investigative journalist a so when stanley says there is new unity in the opposition that calls for military intervention and supported by the facts as a taste of that interview. although both sides deny differences in in military

intervention essentially in political differences there is different trends in the syrian opposition mainly between people who support outside intervention and the protestors who don't so you've got groups like the syrian national council which are now openly in favor of a no fly zone which to me seems ridiculous because you know there isn't any even claim that i know the syrian regime for all its many crimes there's no claim that it's problem to people so no fly zone just seems a political pretext to invade. pressed into the humiliating sun out of greece's sovereignty and future that's the view of greek protesters are the approval of a massive new austerity package the bill was passed as running battles tore through the capitol dozens of buildings looted or torched by mobs three hundred ninety

nine votes in favor but many of those who rebelled thrown out of the party's sturdy measures were demanded by greece's international creditors return for a second thirty billion euro bailout things these the cash to pay off interest on its massive debts to keep its rapidly shrinking economy from defaulting well greek journalist do the explains more from the capital. the greek lawmakers have finally passed this austerity package it was a crucial vote so if you have seen violence hard violence in the streets of athens it was the worst day since the violence we had the in two thousand and eight we have seen no i guess young people who did who did the youth breaking marbles you know throwing molotov cocktails and then they're policemen answering or throwing tear gas is all we have seen fires all in the streets are around the scene that must wear on greek parliament they have also looted many many stores around

around the streets and these harsh measures include even the lowering the minimum wage by twenty percent this is very hard because the net wages. that to somebody will receive it's four hundred euros and we thought unemployment i mean being much higher than that twenty percent so people say that they will not stay at home they will continue to riyadh and we will continue to demonstrate but on the other hand. people are really angry and we expect more violence. well germany's finance minister was going to show billy has declared that the promises aren't enough anymore saying that greece must now implement reforms to prove it's not a bottomless pit but investment advisor patrick young says whatever happens in greece there's no saving it from

a collapse that will be felt across europe. in every possible respect greek greece is not a tragedy i didn't do and the reason for that is simply because the reason no way that they're going to be able to implement whatever austerity they're talking about against such a backlash of public opinion whatever happens there the problem for the rest of the euro zone is that knowledge we have to basically be prepared to defend the whole integrity of the euro and actually if you read what's been said behind the behind closed doors you can see there's a spirit but you know what we may have to do three so we may even have to end up ditching portugal from the euro zone but we're we have to defend is italy and that's really going to fall on the shoulders of the technocrat mario monti government this is going to be our cataclysmic event during the course of the latest april does the euro survive at the moment i think probably a shrunken euro it's sixty forty it can do but ultimately we're going to see swinge

in recession even worse of the recession radars that we've already been receiving through why do european union and that's bad for everybody in the world ultimately within the next maybe it weeks greece is going to be forced to default and that's going to be quite cataclysmic. parties cross-talk program also focuses on greece's financial predicament coming your way in fifteen minutes time costs of the bailout risky. changes clear in germany you give me the cash to survive given my debt problem i'll give you my sovereignty but will the public actually comply will they agreed to accept the pain of the susteren or and will they agree it is to men the most important sovereign aspect which is your their school your budget to technocrats in brussels that are not answerable to your population through analysis they're not managing the going to mean there's nothing and that's why they are mites might be provocative here but that's all the. the front.

he's assessed the country's education system examined its health care and laid the foundations for new housing policies and now in his latest pre-election i first met putin lays out his plans for social reform in russia party's peter all of has some of the details of his proposed changes. let me if it was outlining his plan for social change in russia should he be elected president in march now the main areas he's been looking at the education system in the country saying that everybody should have the ability to be able to to raise their social standing to education to work also paying those who educate you know teachers and doctors are being among the groups in russia that don't really get the the levels of pay we see in other countries as a something a lot of the putin wants to put right he outlined

a plan that could see them receive it receive a two hundred percent pay increase by twenty eight teens or pensions also an issue that vladimir putin was addressing he praised the fact that russia had to raise the age at which a person can receive their state pension like many countries around europe to do however he does acknowledge the fact that the state pension in russia isn't enough in fact he does acknowledge that one in every eight russians lives below the poverty level and in many of those are of pension age now we also heard him discuss birth rates want to see an increase in the birth rate in russia and give to give more money to families to encourage them to have a second child and in some regions that have seriously low birth rates and get more even more money to encourage them to have safe third or fourth child now all those extra children are going to mean that are going to be more houses and housing was another issue that the prime minister was addressing he wanted to see an increase

in a number of homeowners number of people getting on the property ladder and in order to do this one of the key issues that have to be tackled was corruption in the construction industry is the prime minister saying that around two thirds of the cost of buying a house in russia at the moment could actually go towards the shady end of the construction industry something which he wanted this he stomped out in order to allow more people to buy their own homes. all of our reporting there you can find more analysis of putin's published election articles on our website r.t. dot com here's a taste of what else is lined up for you online spectacular photos from japan rising to its feet once again eleven months after a devastating blow by the elements here's the destruction is beyond repair. and sky high ambition for russians would be every asian capital city that built on the world's largest planes through down the gauntlet to its competitors.

the spirit of the twenty twelve olympic games may now be marred by a sponsorship deal with dow chemical the company many believe owes a moral debt to victims of one of the worst ever industrial disasters in bhopal india lottie's i would bet it looked into the toxic legacy that the games are adopting with a controversial new partnership. organizers claim is the greenest most sustainable a lympics games ever but a poisonous cloud of controversy hangs over london twenty twelve because of links to this the bhopal gas leak one nine hundred eighty four one of the worst industrial disasters of all time the left a toxic legacy still claim.