top of their domestic league long village chief who's seen as the russian winter winds derailed his team's hopes of progressing. without question both teams will be facing problems of course we have little experience of playing under such conditions but where ready for this we perfectly realise what we are facing based on this where ability in our tactics and the system of play where ready for tomorrow and we'll do all we can so that the cold weather doesn't affect the quality of our teams play in our technique well the other champions league game on wednesday see also will travel to the san siro to face syria out leaders ac milan the gunners became the first english side to beat the italian team on their home turf at the same stage of the tournament four years ago the school there was two nil and terry henri will be doing his best to school this time around it's the on loan thirty four year olds last game in his second spell as arsenal before returning to the new york red bulls while manager arsene wenger is slightly concerned about the playing surface. try to play old game and me and is

a good side we think we are good side we really go to work talk. to new readers words which would be an exciting game i'm a bit worried about the quality of the pitch. doesn't look exceptional. hopefully you want you to be better. well milan have struggled against english opposition apart from that defeats to ask thousand and eight they also lost one zero at home to talk them on this very day last year while the syria giants are struggling with injuries defenders alessandro unless that and matter your prayers are back in training after a long spells are out but are unlikely to feature along with kevin prince boating and former arsenal midfielder that's your family well meanwhile on tuesday night french jersey all claims they won your heart when you simply side apple well the defending champions barcelona went a long way to reaching the quarter finals with a three one win at genocide by lay the keys and alexis sanchez netting

a brace and his manager was happy with the results. it was but i think by a little couzin did not allow many chances for us in the first half but in the second half we continue pressing and we managed to create a lot of chances and two additional goals finally but i am wary of the skills we must use in this year's champions league season in particular against german teams and speaking in general it does not matter how good or bad it looks like on the pitch when it comes to games against german teams one must simply try and find a way to beat them up at home or are back in russia being manager given video believes his side can still progress in the europa league despite tuesday's surprise one nil defeat you tend not to n.p.r. toss the first leg of their last thirty two clash was held in moscow not the freezing weather didn't affect the greek champions who took the lead after seventy two minutes or david foster but within a minute rubin had a golden chance to level i think about ashley gary was sent off for a foul at substitute goalkeeper roy carroll saved the resulting penalty but that's

not shipped off to his body of promise to take the game to the greeks in next week's second leg while in tuesday's other side last year's final sporting braga lost to me all the time to take his side. but in the meantime russia has remained third. teams in the new fee for world rankings while spots like me feel that the meter is and is maiden call up for the national side the twenty five year old is set to make you see a debut in a friendly in denmark on february twenty ninth as russia prepare for the summer's european finals angy goalkeeper. who's carney on loan at tesco moscow was also due to make his international comeback in copenhagen three more friendly as chilled for russia as part of the euro twenty twelve warm ups including actually italy in early june. meanwhile over in england one of america's top footballers landon donovan says he's been enjoying his second largest spell as everton the twenty nine year old l.a. galaxy forward is considering joining the tough is on a permanent basis but as a later point in his career in the future who knows you know i have had. a

really good time again i've had time to speak to my family. i've had time to speak to the manager i've spoken to my my coach and. i have two more years left and we'll see what happens i want to get through this year it's qualifying for our national team it's a big year and then make a decision on what i'm really planning for the future. and so you athletics now and russian pole vaulter yelena isinbayeva start another confidence boosting win with five months to go before the start of the london games the double olympic champion sets the third best jump of the season at four point eight one metres to clinch her third title of the year and live in france but mark was ten centimeters ahead of this li silva their second third place went to france has been as a boss like a symbiote missed out on the medals at last year's world championships but is looking for a third straight crown in the british capital. and living on to the n.b.a.

where the miami heat of set a new record after beating the indiana pacers one hundred five points to ninety the win me is that he would have become the first n.b.a. team in thirty three years three games on the road in three days miami's playmaker le bron james netted twenty three points while norris cole scored twenty paces david west led his team with sixteen points but it wasn't enough indiana slumping to their fourth straight defeat. back in russia such as preparations for the winter games in twenty four teams seem to be well on track the city hosted a couple of major test events over the weekend and olympic inspectors on courteney says there are no burning issues at the black sea resort i do dishes on a peak with two years to go before the olympics we are confident the games will go smoothly but to make it happen we need to create all the necessary conditions i'm not saying there are any issues but preparing for the olympics is always difficult no matter where they take place transport accommodation security and infrastructure

need to be looked at. well one of those test events last weekend was the russia cup in by aslam and the complex gained approval from both officials and competitors comes to the top of her points. with just two years to go before the start of litwin his second winter olympics in sochi more and more when years have been put to the test no later as was laid by athlon and ski complex called lower after local mythical hereon and which is one of the most and vicious projects of the games located on the to reach across nearby and at the height of one thousand five hundred metres above sea level at this height the lack of oxygen makes the competitors breathe harder increasing their efficiency and boosting their results. slower is supposed to. become one of the best in the world while the track with a lobes is already considered to be one of the toughest in the sport for the most

is the hardest track in the world with sixty meter sense and slopes with temperatures varying by as much as four degrees it's absolutely unique this is our country and we have every opportunity to succeed the complex includes two stereo each with their own story and finish zones shooting area and warm up zones the designers of the venue try to make the competition interesting for athletes and spectators alike the track is a very demanding with numerous turns which make it hard to pause and rest on the slopes and those by athletes taking part in the russian cup became the first competitors to appreciate our is facilities at the summit. the track is very challenging lots of turns lots of slopes if an athlete has some alpine skiing skills to turn on the slopes they can win back some vital seconds just. an average time on the european tracks is around twenty five minutes here it's over thirty the

nature of the course is. very hard. the complex is still under construction and will be finished in june twenty third teen however the weather in the mountains is unpredictable and while wind is not a problem here folks can alter the game plan of any competition. but. we have a proverb when the weather is getting worse it's time for biafra and when it's foggy here reminds us of the famous german venue in except for the wind the same situation could arise at the olympics but it's good that we've got different weather conditions here. russia is one of the leading nations in biathlon and the country skiers and biathletes will be days that lower to prepare for those olympics in sochi with the hope of increasing them medal chances at their home winter games because named by the r t in such a. culture

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video on demand. old calls. and omissions for you now in the palm of your. mission on the dot com. iran says it's been considering cutting oil sales to six contraries but want to do so at the moment because of the cold winter in europe. syria's president has announced a vote on a canoe constitution which would effectively end nearly fifty years of single party rule in the country amid escalating turmoil. and a rally is marking one year since the pro-democracy uprising in bahrain protesters face yet another harsh clampdown with police using tactics and weapons from the u.k. . and from all business desk the russian markets close in the blacklisted by high

prices of war probiotics and i'm isaacs and it almost even will have more on that and other stories in our business bulletin in twenty minutes. here with r t why from moscow. we're at seven pm good to have you with us on the nice now with our top story this evening iran has reportedly warned six e.u. countries they might stop supplying them with oil in response to a series of sanctions which included embargo on tehran's key export the ban was not supposed to come into full effect until the summer but the islamic republic has repeatedly threatened to bring them to an immediate halt jacob greaves now joins us greece one of the countries allegedly subject to this possible caught by tehran jacob so if and when the cardinal's appliance actually happens how would it affect the debt stricken e.u.

. the impact is quite fast now according to latest reports here what we hear is the iranian foreign ministry has cooled up these embassadors of these six nations big concerns and told them that cuts will happen but not right away or they will face a ban on exports to their nations but they'll be given some leeway and that's what they termed humanitarian reasons the cold snap that's been sweeping across europe there will no doubt if implemented preempt somewhat those sanctions imposed by the e.u. back in january and due to be implemented in july six nations in question here well those reported to be in the really thick of it when it comes this economic crisis we have the netherlands of france also portugal italy spain and greece as well there's already been questions raised here because tehran says that he can find other people to buy exports that to the likes of india and china where is down to

being raised as to whether or not the e.u. can review a place that good and quite cheap supply of oil ticky those have been so stricken in recent times as a question has actually been raised as well by the lights of the greek parliament they've asked for assurances that there will be a steady stream of or supplying them given their particularly stressful situation at the moment still yet to secure that second round of bailouts but they're much need to pay off the marches debt even though they've implemented recently austerity measures that proven very unpopular so concerned really amounting now that some of these sanctions imposed back in july come back to bite those members who actually install them in the first place. aren't supporting live from athens thanks for that update. meanwhile tehran has reiterated its readiness to resume nuclear talks with major powers to discuss the country's controversial nuclear program that's well

israel has stepped up its stance against iran with prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying tehran's aggression must be stopped but he repeated his claims that iran was behind recent bombings allegedly targeting israelis in india georgia and thailand israel says there are links between the incidents despite authorities in india and thailand saying there's no such evidence and iran denying any involvement tehran inturn says israel is waging a psychological war that many fear might pave the way for military action well expert on mideast affairs are the risks there's this view saying israel's claim. lacked credibility. with respect to these latest incidents about bombings occurring in in the georgia and thailand when you hear the rhetoric which is being said the language being used by israeli officials for example they say you're wrong poses a threat to the world it poses a threat to the region i think what they're trying to do is prepare the public opinion or gain public opinion support for such

a high strike the reason being that for the time being there is a kind of a world public opinion which is against israel and views that israel as a hostile hostile state which is about a group that which always wages war and for that reason public opinion is not in his roles for you so by taking advantage of these events whoever might be behind them what is what is trying to do is trying to get out again the public opinion support which has swayed away from his world so much over the past few years especially when you look at the wars which waged on lebanon. so it's an attempt to gain the public sympathy however i don't think this will succeed because it's very clear that iran cannot be behind such an attack such an attack or what we saw is very active amateurs not people who really want to target someone if iran that says you assume iran really want to target an official why would it go for bombing. attack ambassadors all right embassy employees in such countries like india or

thailand or do ga it just doesn't make sense. well there's more on iran on our website as washington continues to pressure tehran over its nuclear program the u.s. plans to invade iran from a financial group which would hurt the country's oil sales quote in turn have global consequences had argued dot com for more details. syria's president bashar assad has ordered a referendum on a new constitution to be held in eleven days according to the country's state run news agency it could put an end to the one party rule of the president's baath party inscribed in the current constitution but changes to the law were a key demand by the opposition at the beginning of the country's eleven month uprising but in the wake of deadly clashes with the army many opposition leaders

are now insisting that the president quits an element of a referendum came amid reports of new outbreaks of violence with tanks shelling the fourth largest city of hama and an oil pipeline blown up in the rebellious city of holmes reports of atrocities coming mainly from the rebels there are concerns that one side of the conflict is being largely ignored as me for a notion that explains. since the beginning you know the uprising in syria last march the regime of bashar al assad has been accused of refreshen and killing but with a blood much of the blame has souse focused on assad forces attacking civilians and shell in residential areas. the beautiful yard calls himself a member of the opposition and intellectual not everyone his tresses from a social democratic group originally from homes he blames assad for mistakes which

allowed bloodshed at the start but he just defies what the regime is doing in his native city now he is why and he is trying to. protect civilians i think that in many gangs you know there is a title and everyone can claim that he belongs with this title and no one can ban him the danger posed by the armed forces was seen in the killing of a french journalist last month and b. says when he went to homs he put in his mind that the syrian opposition is very peaceful and the g.m. is trying to frame them so he he was like a pioneer in the call and he was killed by the some gang attacks on government targets have become increasingly bloody themselves with twenty eight people killed and scores injured on an attack on a military base in a letter last week an f.s.a.

free syrian army representative at the meet its responsibility before the organization later denied it blaming the government forces a claim ridiculed by the regime. insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terror groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so if the west and the arab states support them last sunday the arab league votes still for full political and financial support for the opposition to unify its ranks it is similar call from the leader of al qaida and muslims to unite efforts to help overthrow bashar. recent reports suggest iraqi weapons qatari troops and libyan rebels a role in syria on the opposition side this makes for a volatile and highly dangerous makes. many western powers interested in fomenting

unrest and syria and so they'll turn a blind eye to extreme weapons coming in through borders like lebanon and turkey to create the very militants i won't call them terrorists but very dangerous armed groups but the west has its eyes wide open when it comes to the reported death toll to come of the no un figure more than five thousand employees civilians only but that figure leaves out any mention of pro-government forces killed in the conflict some say the numbers are destroyed to meet political objectives. our number so for six thousand. six thousand but you would be surprised to know that over two poles of it hundreds. this is. good commented foreign pressure has focused on the assad regime but the syrian government and its international supporters say there's been a total failure talk not only to violence from opposition forces which has been

a key factor in the country's present turmoil they won't find it a solution to the country's crisis isn't possible without recognizing all its causes written off now t. damascus syria well professor mark almond from the international relations department at the university of bill can in turkey says the announcement of a referendum on the new constitution poses a major challenge for the syrian opposition. whereas a year ago the opposition as it began was demanding political reforms now the chief spokesman for the syrian opposition abroad and as far as we can tell the various rebel armed groups say nothing short of the fall of assad even his execution is acceptable so it's a challenge to see how the syrian government will be able to stage are afraid of that will have legitimacy in the eyes the opposition on the other hand for the opposition if there's a launch turnout of voters that could well be damaging to the claim to really

represent the syrian people obviously in many ways a democratic election is the ideal solution to political conflicts but now. both sides have people who fear the consequences of losing and the opposition itself can't really risk. losing face by now backing down and taking part in a way to process. the u.n. general assembly will vote on thursday on a new syrian resolution condemning the government for violence in the country the document was drawn up by saudi arabia and capture and supported by a number of western powers as the times correspondent pepe escobar says unlike libya syria is unlikely to fall under western influence even through force. well this takes in syria saw what china are compared so libya because this is that directs each act that direct clash between the u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china on the what you know on the other side

much more than it was in libya in libya russia and china and even that the other brics and germany as well they said ok maybe this is not the red line yes let's give them the benefit of the doubt i mean the french the brits and the americans the country was destroyed syria you cannot do that because first of all they're going to have to fight the real army even if they are not very competent but they are battle hardened they've been two wars in the middle east the syrian army it's a smaller country there's. your population you cannot simply landing beijing is out of the question because the elite go all over the place to go shins to turkey to jordan to iraq to saudi arabia so you need to rant is to foment civil war and that's it's like there's actually what they are doing. well last year pro-democracy protesters in another arab country bahrain they got what they wanted after being promised reforms including those of the police but twelve months later activists

trying to mark the anniversary of the uprising found the clampdown was harsh as before the only difference was that this time some tactics and the arms the police used were brought from the west by those supposed to bring democratic change parties ever bennett has more. tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests will crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdowns been planned by one of britain's former top cops john yates used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he's there to oversee police reforms the police have borrowed or behaving despicably their latest trick is to throw cans of tear gas into homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to death tear gas or use out of doors and i think for the british police officer overstimulate

retired to be associated in any way with that is this is wrong yes resigned from scotland yard last year an early victim of the phone hacking scandal he popped up in bahrain in december as part of the regime's p.r. campaign to clean up its image a campaign pushed hard it seems by yeats himself he recently told the daily telegraph his new charges had a well rehearsed plan for the anniversary of the uprising adding the concept of reasonable reaction to provocation has been reinforced. as for the uprising itself he said this isn't organized protests it's just vandalism rioting on the streets claims hotly disputed by london's bahraini community i mean you get thousands and thousands of people. demanding their rights. you seem to forget that there are sixty five or sixty five people actually died from police brutality activists in bahrain insist their protest was peaceful their aim to reach the

iconic pole roundabout in the capital manama they say they were met by tanks toxic gas and rubber bullets what we witnessed on the ground as not. the front of. this previously but it's been extended through the toxic gases and use of poisoning. mr john contributing we should see a positive things at the ground what we are seeing today is nothing except what it may not just be british tactics bahrain seizing but weapons to government figures show the u.k. sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long after blood was spilled that's despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april

by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. well bahrain is not the only example of the west's selective approach to dictatorships and pro-democracy protests says british pakistani military a story in a journalist tariq ali his full interview is coming up next hour here in r.t. here's a bit of what he has to say. when you look at what the west did in relation to the seeing some of the crisis in the yemen where killing still go the former yemeni president is having medical. states. so the double standards that operate make the speech of western. people pushing for the intervention in syria saudi arabia. centrally they would like syrian version of the most.