by labor queues and in the first leg of the last sixteen passes suffered a surprise three two defeat at asa sooner on saturday finished the weekend ten points adrift of legal leaders well madrid manager at guardiola admits that gap will be home to claw back but in the meantime his side are intent on reaching the quarter finals in europe's top club competition. we we achieve two. three prices this year and we arrive in the another final in the end of the main the copa. and in back behind of the leak it would be tough to recover the points but we're in the in this did round i'm going to try our our target is playing a bit as bad as opposed to arrive to go to finals and go to the best well opponents laver is and will be without midfielder michael ballack who picked up an injury during training the thirty five year old has sat on the bench for his side's last three bundesliga matches but was expected to feature against bossa however his side

has done well at home in europe winning all the games at the buy arena during the group stage of the tournament. where french giant leone will be looking to bolster their defenses when they take on cypriot side as well in their last sixteen clash on paper leo all the overwhelming favorite stabbing reached the knockout stage for the ninth consecutive year while apple well have gone this far into the competition for the first time however domestic form currently leaves a lot to be desired they've picked up just one win out of their last five games and conceded goals in all of them. wednesday russian champions in it will host ben figure in their first ever lost sixteen match coaches on his ability is relaxed despite missing some key players for the historic game russia goalkeeper just love mother favors the doubts while already ruled out a strike is danco last of it and alexander who caught off defender domestic appreciator and record signing danny has a serious knee injury however star forward alexander because of cough returns from an ankle injury for his first competitive match in four months but he says another

ten men can also produce goals with a nice to make up of those three sidelines. well one notable admission from this season's champions league is turkish side for the bunch of thousands of their fans gathered outside the court in turkey to voice their support for the club's president as he and almost one hundred other high profile figures went on trial president as these is among those charged in a match fixing probe nineteen need games last season are alleged to have been rigged including fenerbahce title clinching the full three victory over super sport the istanbul cup was replaced by tribes and sport in the champions league in the wake of the scandal. hollywood england's trying to call off services set to return to manchester city this tuesday the twenty eight year old is set to report to training for a series of fitness tests and injured about the mancini says he would welcome the return of travis who has not played since he allegedly refused to rule mop in city's tuna last of buying munich in september and has been in his native argentina

since november the seventh strike and he's paid an estimated three hundred fifteen thousand dollars a week has lost an estimated sixteen million dollars in wages fines and lost bonuses tevis was linked with moves to ac milan into milan and paris century manchu in the january transfer window and none of those came off english premier league leaders city have lost two of their last four league and cup games. i've decided to return because i didn't say anything to the club and i want to return to see if i can sort out deciduous. and see frank in blue school grades and where the mentors to see the jersey i know is going to be hurt but it will be a good challenge for me the people of syria are against me because of what happened but they were badly informed so to. me while in scotland glasgow rangers are hoping to appoint an administrator within the next hour as the iraq's club hopes to control their insolvency process after admitting they could be facing a tax bill of substantially more than seventy seven million dollars if they proceed

the scottish champions would be hit with a ten point deduction effectively ending their bid for a fourth straight title rangers are currently four points behind rival celtic the club's owner craig whyte says the decision was taken to safeguard the club's future . however there are better times was on being found soon gave their national team a hero's welcome on their return from winning africa cup of nations thousands gathered accu soccer airport to greet the copper bullets start of the tournament favorite the ivory coast eight seven on penalties on sunday night claimed the trophy for the first time in more than thirty years thousands more lined the streets of the team were driven on the back of army trucks to show grounds where speeches and celebrations were planned. while there was little to celebrate in brazil after a player was arrested and later released despite bashing his opponent with a camera stand during an on pitch brawl the incident happened at the match in a local championship country states make sure that xander attacking

a friend developed the latter was doing lasix the victim was carried off on a stretcher and taken to hospital but scans revealed there was no serious injury and he refused to press charges. now we want the head of the heavyweight title fight british boxer derek just sora has promised to knock out w.b.c. champion vitali klitschko but you boxers faced off in front of the camera at a joint news conference in munich on monday many calling the fight hard to predict is just or is thirteen years younger than forty year old klitschko but you. craning has a much greater reach and more experience although just or doesn't see that as a problems because of his evil shares in the round in which here for his opponent they have an argument that if you look at ford what is by and i train hard and the way we're going to be fighting to be a hundred miles an hour on the first round to round problems you friends about is going down the. action from the n.b.a.

where the new orleans hornets are broken in that game losing streak after beating the utah jazz agency points to eighty the hornets led by as many as twenty points in the third quarter but despite a comeback by you tell you orleans managed to hold on wrap up their third victory in twenty six games point center chris kaman scored twenty seven points and grabbed thirteen rebounds after starting his seventh game for the season. last where amare stoudemire has returned to the new york knicks after missing a week following the death of his brother in a car crash the border has been training with his teammates an entire town and has also been speaking about the team's newfound star jeremy lin results in from a session so i when he's american has taken full advantage of this world's recent injuries and selection problems helped lead the side to thirty five wins in a row. and finally some of russia's best figure skaters have been showing off their talent at a star studded exhibition event in switzerland with more is our time together.

once again the swiss mountains attracted some devoted figure skating fans male and serene and gathered the best pairs and single skaters from around the globe two time world champion mickey and of japan was one of them demonstrating an emotional style and breathtaking elegance how well it was russia which was represented most widely but from the country's young talents elisabetta took to misha and after. the like a spectator so the show could have seen europe's best couples as well. and make you think it's a lot of one brooms at last month's european championship. losing to the gold when in comes better is to. and maksim turn. this time both pairs didn't have to compete but their beautiful glide in and engaging the show their desire to never stop improving and 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 and people skiing around we always come here with great pleasure and really enjoy our time here. but this showed us a lot i think because here we can go for some things which are not allowed in the real competitions and it might be quite useful and it's also great to have so many people watching. in the meantime this we had a chance to enjoy their countryman splendor twenty eleven european champion sara meyer entertain the whole crowd alongside a two time world champion stefan. he retired in twenty ten but it looks like he hasn't lost his touch. i don't regret or ian's artsy.

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the u.n. general assembly prepares to vote on an arab resolution putting blame for violence in syria solely on the government image fears the country might soon plunge into sectarian chaos. a fresh wave of downgrades sweeps across the struggling euro zone the six nations get their debt rating caught all this while greece faces further ballad hurdles from the e.u. spined its latest harsh austerity plan. and the russian military projects the last my first side on a military strike against iran before summer as clouds gather over tehran following

israel's accusations that the islamic state was behind monday's attacks on diplomatic personnel. and business the also the world's largest diamond mine to buy i'll put it may sell a forty percent stake in an i.p.o. join me for more on that story and. bullets. at seven pm here in moscow this is art to you coming to you live from nice now with our top story the u.n. general assembly could soon vote on a new draft resolution on syria which is believed would put all the blame for the violence on the country's government saudi arabia and qatar drew up the attacks in a fresh bid to pressure the syrian president well the move follows the recent double veto of virtually the same document by russia and china at the u.n. security council are dishonest to see it is following developments in new york.

this meeting has definitely lasted the entire day 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 as 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 by 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 suppose address aleutian that 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 and

china's problem with the text was that it seemed biased to the countries saying that it only named to 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 two sides to this conflict by the international community we should be able to go to the effort to end violence should come with negotiation attempts involving all syrian forces including the government and the opposition in order to start the talks the countries that have an influence over the opposition groups who went to him now have been unwilling to meet should exert their power. we've been hearing all of these countries make speeches today see it 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 this symbolic diplomatic gesture is being attempted at the united nations doesn't 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 that should be a priority prioritized at the general assembly these days and not just you know a lot of words of criticism. well syria's opposition say the rebellious city of homs has come under some of its heaviest shelling get from government forces rebels claim around four hundred people have been killed in several days of an intensified assault but the syrian authorities blame violence on armed terrorists operating in the city with al-qaeda now adding to the increased turmoil in the country there are fears syria could soon plunge into sectarian chaos as sarah firth explains. the predominantly christian town of million in the syrian mountains it's even here in this. place and the signs of the rising conflict that is tearing apart much of the country right now creeping in and the sense of foreboding hangs heavy locals tell

us they don't travel out of this area much longer fearless. we speak to the nuns at the monastery they tell us about the town's preservation of the ancient remain language and like their cherished tongue they hate the fine balance of religious groups in the country can be kept even in these difficult times we have been living with all people regardless of their religion and in peace for a long time. back in the center damascus is known as the mills temples of religions . louis sector a minority in the country but despite making up around. just twelve percent of the taito population heloise have occupied elite positions in the government and the military for decades and now there are fears that resentment among the majority muslim sunni stack's could erupt the country that until this crisis breakout was religiously divesting tolerance now the calm increasingly polarized the genuine

fears that as well that those divisions my laid his a sectarian tensions being further exploited have been staked by the emergence of an al qaeda video link for holy war illustrate the assad regime the violence is just not going to end we see it happening and iraq neighboring iraq sectarian violence that is catastrophic and nobody is reporting on that the reporting on syria and they're not focusing on the potential problems that syria could lead into another iraq on the streets they are in an increasingly desperate population has called for help in whatever form it comes as long as it stops the violence this is a time for them to think about long term sick carrying risks as many of them worrying about daily survival anyone who. we are ready to hear to say yes to anyone over there so for this regime yes everyone in syria right now the split still largely remains a long list of collines 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 we're closely watching tensions in the region and you can find more expert analysis on that on our web site r t v dot com. the debt ridden e.u. has suffered another blow from ratings agencies moody's has downgraded the debt ratings of six e.u. states including vulnerable portugal italy and spain it comes as the bloc struggles to prevent greece from default by offering ballots in return for more austerity but as artie's jacob graves reports more and more greeks feel the measures will only make things worse. system under siege m.p.'s drowned out the pleas of tens of thousands of demonstrators masters in short passing another round of unpopular cuts. the results proved incendiary.

that uganda protests turned violent as protesters including fringe and a kiss clashed with police again leaving their mark on athens. a day on this is the remnants of public anger for glasses and the only thing that's been broken as governments passed increasingly unpopular austerity cuts will be left asking who can they trust serve their interests the measures are very very tough part of the poor people especially and this is the reason that they feel. the today i think more measures have been taken and they're it's not going to work in the end it will be another bill he clearly bad and. oh i hope for the best but i don't see it coming. under pressure from brussels and the international monetary fund the greek government has cut more jobs to slash funding for the nation's pensions

a minimum wage but current policy appears to mainly expose those most vulnerable to crisis conditions is a mindset some feel is doomed to fail they already have destroyed the whole generation of young people and their dreams they will destroy the structure of the safety and infrastructure of the whole country we know that it is impossible to repay this debt that we have now signs that the disease lauro do us bad we cannot continue like that because the policy that the government is following actually increases the dead instead of finding the solution at the heart of activists claims is there a solution that they've noticed there. the for the best part of five years now and that time taxes have risen incomes have full but the country's deficit only seems to grow and in this austerity cycle is something sought by an increasing number

despite the turmoil the government warns would follow what is a bad about our political system is the break up by exactly even more. people by these third or four. years they are going to come the only way out from this point is the default default is going to be very tough for us but there's going to be a better solution than these so slow death for now relative calm has returned to the streets of athens smashed buildings have been patched up the signs that damage swept away but the simmering discontent hasn't been and was forced medicine appears to bring nothing but pain many are continuing to call for turned to treatment greece athens. now despite greece passing as hard as austerity package yet there's no guarantee it will get more belle out kast there are still conditions out those needs to fill including making written assurances that they agreed measures will be

implemented but international consultant author adrian says the country is locked vicious circle. are bankers that stupid that they always make the mistake of lending too much money and are governments that stupid that they take the loans much more than they can pay back or insist is this part of a model where like shylock's pound of the pay you ability of the solver of this is literally used to control the entire economy and it's so sad to see the same sickening scene time and again since taking to the streets they are repressed by the police who tear gas they 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 who are also poor and i always wonder if there are a cigar smoking perched on the fiftieth floor boardrooms looking down of these horrific scenes and just laughing at it all. but later today will bring you

a unique take on europe's debt crisis in the kaiser report the full program coming up in just over fifteen minutes. here for images from athens is that from two thousand and nine two thousand and ten two thousand and eleven or two thousand and twelve can you tell the target by any other year or still a sweep greeks approved 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 you. on again off again there is a deal now there were german were crazy were trying to milk you draw and steal the elegant marbles but the u.k. already stole the. well china has promised to help resolve the eurozone debt crisis but it's made no

specific promise to invest in a european bailout fund meanwhile chinese vice president xi jinping is in the u.s. to meet with top officials in an effort to smooth out differences but for more on this we're joined now live in the studio by david dodwell a trade policy consultant also i understand a former correspondent for the french anshul times thanks for being with us what do you see is the main reasons for the chinese vice president's visit now. well i think there are countries that do need to maintain a fairly high level of diplomatic contact and. there are a lot of stress points of the moment with china's involvement in in the interest of the global economy expectations about trying his role in helping to drive recovery and i think they're wanting for some dialogue on china and both sides really have said they want to clear up their differences and that's really what analysts and experts are focusing when they look at this visit what exactly are the differences at this point. the differences are simply. an emerging

power emerging economy that's emerging much quicker than people expected. and. frustrations that. among those that are much greater power and seeing that diminished through the recession. feeling stressed to the right is the rapid rise of china those three main focus of the. stress points trade investment and job creation very much at the heart of the american agenda they want to see china chinese people consume more they want to see the currency strengthened so they can buy more american exports and they're frustrated that that's not happening in the middle of election campaigns or preparation for election campaigns if you go back through two decades china has become a quite serious bogeyman in the election campaigns and. it might be that the visit

from china is a sort of premium. and if we look at china's growth how soon would it and would its economy be able to surpass that of the u.s. and how would washington react to that do you think it's easy to overstate that china is still about one a of the size of the u.s. economy it's about a tenth the size of the european economy. so. while trade has become significant and the sheer size of the country and the population is a factor to be reckoned with it's very easy to overstate how large an impact it can have in the next ten years or so after that it is to be a major for sure. that's about china being a major power and in terms of relations with the u.s. do you think it's looked at more as a partnership or a rivalry. the simple fact that china is emerging as quickly as it is but the

rise comes in the middle of the severest recession that we've seen in seventy years . has has led to a real schizophrenia over whether china should be regarded as a rival to sort of being proud that used to be sitting elsewhere or whether it's an indispensable ally that can help to bail lots of struggling companies out of countries out rank david out of well trade policy consultant thank you very much for your analysis this hour from. well the international pressure on iran mounts russia's military has assessed the probability of a western strike against the islamic republic as being high concerns of pending military action grew after israel blamed tehran for two bomb attacks on its diplomatic staff on monday and today's blast in bangkok peter oliver is following developments around iran. the chief of staff of the russian armed forces said on tuesday that he thinks a plan for

a western attack on iran could be in place by the summer of this year and he's basing that statement on the fact that since the arab spring started a year ago russia has been monitoring the area of the wider middle east very closely enough to looking at the findings from that monitoring this is what he's come up with now this comes just a day after two israeli diplomats were targeted with car bombs in the capitals of georgia and india now the bomb in georgia was able to be defused however in india that car bomb exploded very very close to the residence of the prime minister of india and injured several people now israel was very very quick to point the finger of blame for those attacks at teheran despite terror experts looking at the findings and coming up with saying well that's pretty much no evidence that was behind those attacks this is all really part of the ongoing blame game between tell of the terror and the iranians claim at the.