as that would be unfair ruby can come into the game at a significant disadvantage pursley even had to give up home advantage incidentally for the second year in a row because of a cold weather. illusion he stadium in moscow with its artificial peach is the only ground in the country which could hold such a match of this caliber in such testing conditions because one side haven't played a competitive game in over two months of also be missing some key players including former club captain christiane the boy who was recently sold us will probably we won't have any problems getting used to playing again obviously in the boy is a huge loss for us as he is an excellent player but i think we have players who can step into his shoes and be effective in the. course of billion decent form recently and it was just once and nine games since the turn of the new year will be big of

a poor record against greek sides in general aside from top to stun i've yet to beat a team from that country in four previous attempts will be augustine were very frank in stating that they have never experienced temperatures as cold as the ones in moscow bowman's and when the game finally gets underway on choose the temperatures going to be well below freezing points however the greens going to have one significant advantage in fact very good playing competitive football over the last couple of months and that's in stark contrast to their opponents rubin are just emerging from their winter break and haven't kicked a ball in earnest over the last eight weeks which is on whole fleet hearty. well there is one other europa league game today and it's slightly warmer climes to portuguese side sporting praga take on the sheikh this from turkey braga crossed the ports in the final last year champions league also regimes today with defending champions barcelona in germany to face by late because in the first leg of the last sixty passes suffered

a surprise defeat the aussies soon at the weekend and that puts them ten points behind the league coach pep guardiola that would be hard to claw back but for the moment decide are intent on reaching the quarter finals of the champions league. we achieved. through presence does europe and we arrive in another final in the end of the main the core but. then we go. back behind of those early and we've been tough them to recover the points but we're in the end this did round and i'm going to try where our target is as bad as possible arrive to the quarter finals in goal just to bust up that low because i knew we were that midfielder michael ballack who picked up an injury during training he has sat on the bench for his side's last three but it is a good matches but was expected to feature against baster however i've done well at home in europe winning all their games here during the group stage of the tournament. elsewhere strike accost have his looks like he has settled his

differences with his club manchester city he's returning to training after spending the last three months on an authorized leave in his native argentina has had fallen out with manager who demand cine after a few years refusing to warm up in a champions league game back in september and claims manchin had treated him like a dog the origin time now says he wants to get back. part of. the way through now i will face this challenge for me that is to come back to training and come back to see all my colleagues because you thought you would have. another football use plaskett rangers have lodged. legal papers signaling their intention to go into administration the iraq's club took the decision after admitting it could be facing a tax bill if substantially more than seventy seven million dollars if they perceive the scottish champions would immediately be hit with a ten point duction which would effectively end bed bid for a fourth successive title ranges from life four points behind league leaders and

arch rival celtic club's owner craig wright says the decision was hard but necessary to safeguard the club's future. better times they for fans of zambia they gave their team hero's welcome on their return from winning the africa cup of nations thousands gathered at the saw port where the silver bullets touchdown. favorites ivory coast eighty seven on penalties on sunday night to claim the trophy the first time in more than thirty years thousands more lined the streets sitting with driven back on trucks to show grounds where speeches and shows were planned. head of the heavyweight title fight boxer british boxer derek has or has promised to knock out w.b.c. champion for tally klitschko the team focuses faced off in front of the cameras at a joint news conference in munich on monday many calling the fight hard to predict this juror is thirteen years younger than klitschko. has much greater or has

a much greater reach and experience alleges aura doesn't see that as a problem and is even chosen a round in which children floor is opponent and looking forward. to train hard and are we going to be for a very. hundred miles an hour or. go in. action from the n.b.a. where the new orleans hornets have broken an eight game losing streak piece in utah jazz eighty six points to eighty they led by as much as twenty points in the third quarter but despite a comeback by you tell you orleans managed to hold on to what is only the third victory in twenty six days only sent a guard this time and scoring twenty seven points and bradley thirty rebounds after starting the seventh day of the season. elsewhere marxism i had returned to new york knicks after missing a week following the death of his brother in a car crash the forward has been training with his teammates in tarrytown and

there's also been speaking about it new found star jeremy lin he was absent from this session but has taken full advantage of this world's recent injuries and selection problems that helped lead decide to five wins in a right. he's he's he's from the world we're all home in new york when you come for the national guard car we're not going to put a something about your car we're these traders who are above the currency of being a sensation. and funny some of russia's best they can skate is have been showing off their talents at an exhibition event in switzerland well champions and european bronze medalists are among those taking to the ice in davos with more is arch in good quality and it's. so. once again the swiss mountain subjected some devoted figure skating fans valence arena and get it the best players and single skaters from around the globe two time

world champion mickey andal japan was one of them demonstrate in an emotional style and breathtaking elegance how well it was russia which was represented the most widely but from the country's young to wins because they get the commission and after the chance to beat the luckiest dictators or the show at the same year's best companies as well. me make you think it's a lot of one brains of last month's european championship. losing to their gold when in can better is the general and maksim turnbull this time both pairs didn't have to compete but their beautiful glide in and engage in cruel graffiti showed their desire to never stop and play with an extraordinary light show and video projections on the ice made up the framework for this amazing performances. the atmosphere is just amazing when you go out of the arena you see such a beautiful picture clear sky you know people skiing around we always come here

with great pleasure and really enjoy our time here now on. this show just as a lot i think me because here we can go for some things which are not allowed in the real competitions and you find it quite useful for and it's also great you know so many people watching my money. in the meantime this we saw had a chance to enjoy their countrymen splendor twenty eleven years in champion sarah meyer entertained in her side a two time world champion step. he retired in twenty ten but it looks like a peasant closed his dutch. i agree and artsy. and that brings us to the end of the sport for the moment.

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he's soo much brighter than if you. run from police to question. the teeth don't come. close to the task that the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes with the syrian crisis the move received by some of us how to tighten the screws on russia and china. europe gets heydrich yet another wave of downgrades of confidence boxes over the box future business as the e.u. presses ahead with its austerity crusade account of the increase. and with the russian airwaves applauded because reelection campaigning positive coverage of prime minister of led you to fit criticizes an unfair advantage over other presidential candidates. plus freezing temperatures that much draw some cost to the

exports more than a scar rockets and prices will have more not in the sense once again it's. three pm here in moscow the start she coming to you live from the snow with our top story this hour and the u.n. general assembly is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria the document apparently echoes one vetoed by moscow and beijing at the security council in early january and a general assembly meeting on monday the u.n. human rights chief said inability the. the body to take action on the syrian crisis at hand of president carter to execute an all out assault and all those decisions at the u.n. g.a. are not legally binding some believe could be used in an attempt to put pressure on both russia and china parties in the theater all of the latest gathering your.

we've been hearing speeches from dozens of countries that started early in the morning and of course this comes only a week after a double veto from russia and china blocked an arab and western backed resolution on syria at the security council so what we saw is an attempt from the saudi arabia and qatar to go to another body of the united nations an attempt to find some kind of decision there even though the general assembly does consist of over one hundred ninety members we have to keep in mind that it's not nearly as powerful as the security council because whatever decision comes out of the general assembly is going no means binding it's only seen as a recommendation by the rest of the international community and what's key here is that the text of this supposedly resolution of the general assembly will be voting on voted on has not even been circulated yet we're hearing about it's going to be pretty much the same document that russia and china vetoed and russia's unsure and

china's problem with the text was that it seemed biased to the country is saying that it only names the syrian government as the main cause of the conflicts going on on the ground in syria but not the armed groups and that's something that continues to be a major sticking point the recognition of our two sides to this conflict why the international community should be particular should you care for to environment should come with negotiation in terms of involving all sharing forces including the government and the opposition in order to start the talks the countries that have an influence over the opposition groups want to and now have been unwilling to meet should exert their power. we've been hearing all of these countries make speeches cities saying that the syrian government is committing atrocities so. really this is another opportunity for those who do support regime change on the ground to send out criticism towards the syrian government many experts are saying really that the fact that of this symbolic diplomatic gesture is being attempted at the united nations does not really mean much because any sort of document is not going to help

stop the crisis on the ground unless it pushes for a cease fire so many are saying got to be preorder prioritized at the general assembly these days and not just you know a lot of words of criticism. the new york based correspondent for the nation magazine in william says if the action on syria is pushed through the u.n. general assembly it could have unwelcome consequences for some world powers. the arab countries in the western countries want to show that they're doing something. if they were serious then they would have pressed for a special general assembly an emergency special general assembly meeting under the uniting for peace resolution and this you may remember field rich with irony was the fall that the u.s. and britain used to fight the korean war in the face of a soviet veto in the early fifty's since then it was resurrected by the palestinians to bypass the american veto in the security council and that's

a presume that is why it is not being invoked now because i use the phrase a non-binding resolution the resolution that established the state of israel partitioned it was a general assembly resolution that was not binding then where do we go from there you know what we have is some powers say that resolutions they like are binding resolution they don't like a non-binding. the contrary president of the general assembly kind of followed earlier precedent and said that there was sufficient support for a special it special session but he hasn't done so and i'm sure that's because a western pressure he don't want to establish a precedent they consider these resolutions binding because that will go to the next family or as you know the palestinian resolution well arming reports continue to emanate from the protest of homes as opposition activist suggest the city is suffering its heaviest shelling for days but the spiraling violence now being found

by players such as al qaida there are concerns that the crisis could become increasingly sectarian as arky sarah furth now reports. the predominantly christian town of million lies in the syrian mountains it's even here in this hauntingly beautiful place and signs of the polarizing conflict is tearing apart much of the country right now creeping in and a sense of foreboding hangs heavy. palestinian child a lot of hysteria much they no longer feel it's safe we speak to the nuns at the monastery here they tell us about the town's preservation of the ancient aramaic language and like their cherished tongue they have a fine balance of religious groups in the country can be kept even in these difficult times that we have been living here with all people regardless of their region in the city in peace for a long time. back in the center and unmask is known as a melting pot of religions south alloa effect are

a minority in the country that despite making up around just twelve percent of potato population and always have occupied elite positions in the government and the military for decades and now there are fears that resentments among the majority muslim sunni sacks could or ups the country but until this crisis break out was religiously diverse as the intolerance now the calm increasingly polarized genuine fears that as well that those divisions my laid his a sectarian tensions being further exploited in stakes by the emergence of an al qaeda video calling for holy war overthrow the assad regime by alliance is just not going to end we see it happening in iraq neighboring iraq sectarian violence that is catastrophic and nobody is reporting on that reporting on syria and they're not focusing on the potential problems that syria could lead into another iraq on the streets through an increasingly desperate population has called for help in

whatever form it comes as long as it stops the violence there's little time for them to think about long term sick carrion rests. well as many of them are worrying about daily survival anyone over the last we are ready to hear to say yes to anyone over there so far decision yes i do run in syria right now the split still largely remains along pillis a call lines but there's concern that as this increasingly bloody conflict continues it could turn into a sectarian one as well south r.t. damascus syria. well still to come here on r.g.p. super power games washington and. meet to discuss cooperation while the u.s. moves its forces into china backyard. there could be an attack on iran by this summer that's the position of russian generals as the blame game between

tehran and teller be at school late allegations surrounding to bomb attacks on israeli embassies. but first yet another wave of credit rating downgrade has had the e.u. with moody's one of the big three waiters lateral scores of italy spain and four other nations this is the block labor's two are back to that barrier around greece amidst hopes that extreme austerity there will halt any possible contagion was artie's jacob greaves reports it's a plan that already seems to be unraveling. a system under siege m.p.'s drowned out the pleas of tens of thousands of demonstrators masters in a short passing another round of them popular cards. the results prove to the century. that. they're going to protest and boy it was just protesters concluding fridge and his clash with police again leaving their mark on athens. the day all

this is the remnants of public anger the glass isn't the only thing that's being broken as governments passed increasingly unpopular austerity cuts people be left asking who can they trust serve their interests the measures that a very tough part of the poor people especially and this is a zone that we feel. deeply i think more measures have been taken and it's not going to work again will be another bill people leave. and. are i hope for the best but i don't see it coming. under pressure from brussels berlin and into. national monetary fund the greek government has cut more jobs and slashed funding for the nation's pensions a minimum wage because of policy appears to mainly expose those was found ripple to crisis conditions is a mindset some feel is due to fail we already have destroyed the whole generation

of young people in their dreams they will destroy. the infrastructure of the whole country we know that these. babies dead that we have now signs that these legal or old wars we cannot continue like that because the ball is a good the government is following actually increases the dead instead of finding a solution at the heart of activists claims is their solution that they've known as their tea for the best part of five years now and that time taxes have risen incomes have fall but the country's deficit only seems to grow ending this austerity cycle is something sought by an increasing number despite the turmoil and cover wars will follow what is a bad about our political system is the break of the right exactly completely day even more. by these third or four. years they are going to come through all the way

out for this point is the default default is good to be good enough for us but this is going to be a better solution than it is a slow death for now relative calm has returned to the streets of athens smashed buildings have been patched up the signs of damage swept away but the simmering discontent has agree and was forced medicine appears to bring nothing but pain many are continuing their call for terms of treatment griefs r.t. . greece passing its harshest last thirty package yet there's no guarantee it will get more palau cast haven't still has conditions to fail including further cuts to protect against a greek default but international consultant and arthur adrian she says the country is locked in a vicious cycle our banker is that stupid that they always make the mistake of lending too much money and are governments that stupid loans much more than they

can pay back or insist is this part of our model where like shylock's the. pay you ability of least solver and there is a leader you have to control and. so sad to see the same sickening scene time and again protests and seek into the streets they are repressed by the police who tear gas we throw stones somebody gets injured hundreds get in because somebody always ends up getting killed and i always figure that it's the poor people on the streets fighting the police were also poor and i always wonder if there are a cigar smoking perched on the fiftieth floor boardrooms looking down of these scenes and just laughing at it all. well the troika of greek lenders are due to meet out wednesday to give the athens bailout their preliminary approval the final say however ras rica german parliament something that's not sitting well with max kaiser coming up later this hour a unique take on europe's debt crisis in the kaiser report. proved tombstone

austerity deal with troika so we see over and over there's a great deal there is not a great deal there's a great deal there's not a great deal to. again off again there is a deal now there were german. were crazy were trying to build a new drug and still the elder marbles but the u.k. already sold. to rival chinese vice president xi jinping in the us comes out of tustin point in relations between the two economic giants dear to me because american counterpart joe biden the tour expected to work on ties against a backdrop of the u.s. military buildup in the asia pacific michael rosco defense analyst at the basel bottom school of international studies says the visit is a chance for china to share its world view. twenty twelve is also very important in

chinese political political system it's a year where you'll see a generational shift in chinese political system. being basically represents a fifth generations of new chinese leaders which will take the helm after. their base here he's basically opposed to become the true gentle party secretary you know these here and become china's future president and secondly he wants to give us a sneak preview of what he wants to basically show himself a little introduce himself to the u.s. there's a very little information on what he really what he's really more of you what he's views are so i believe there will be tensions covered but most of all it will be very important how do you generations of leaders especially in the trial will be able to manage the on domestic problems and how they will be able to communicate with the americans and vice versa. but the chinese vice president's visit is being used by u.s. activists in washington to try and further the cause of sanctions on iran

a group of former national security advisers have urged him to support the western embargo on iran's oil exports which china is now the biggest buyer meanwhile russia's military has made its own assessment of iran's near future archies peter oliver explains. nicholai mcconnell the chief of the general staff of the russian military has said that he believes that there could be an attack on iran by the west by the summer of this year now he's basing that claim on intelligence since the start of the arab spring last year now he doesn't name one particular nation only saying that it could be from western powers this comes just after two israeli diplomats cars were targeted on monday in both the indian and georgian capitals no televisa has blamed iran for being involved one of the bombs the bomb in police in georgia was able to be disarmed but the bomb in india actually detonated injuring four people just five hundred meters away from the residence of the indian prime

minister now this is all part of the the ongoing blame game between tel of the and terror on iran alleges that israel has been behind the two year operation to assassinate a really in nuclear physicists artie's peter are reporting they're about to get more on western governments approach towards iran are to talk to brian bakker a member of the answer and he work tape of his interview coming up next hour. you well so as they're not carrying out regime change but in fact everyone who is watching knows there is the u.s. policy to create pressure on iran carry out over it out called good operations economic sanctions and now these new sanctions are not really even a like the old saying they are saying to the rest of the world if you dare do business with iran central bank if you buy iranian oil which constitutes half of around.