his part in the incident. will go sitting has taken the managerial range for the first time since signing a deal with the big spending drug astonished at this sixty five year old was back in turkey where he led the country's national team in his previous job signing some top and brazilian veteran roberto carlos were among those familiarizing themselves with the dutchman and his methods at their training camp and by like the club sacked after only six weeks at the helm and then appointed the former washing national team manager on a year and a half deal for linked with big name signings but hayden says he won't necessarily be splashing the cash. it's not just about famous players i think and angie must know they like to establish themselves within the top of the russian league which is not easy i think they must do it step by step but not just by the by not just famous players it must fit into the philosophy instructions of the manager. to

bench for now where russia stoppable at the head of. the defending champions have claimed their second successive victory by beating for one to reach the final put up of has all the details for now. russia started a encounter with italy consciously keeping in mind eleven goals that squadron against spain but the talons decided to play their trademark style thinking defense first and it took six minutes for the reigning champions to draw first blood and bones got in cross through calling and affordable home putting the russians in front and in the dying seconds of the first period russia's goalkeeper under a book lead ski with a powerful short doubled the lead scoring the tournament's first goal by a keeper in the second my car of nearly one morning telling his fourth goal so for the tail and then cut the deficit to two goals but he got to shake off soon the

final score for one. philosophically but i'm all italian national teams play defensively no matter which kind of football it is their own saw the defendant and talent on counter-attacks and why we got the lead they failed to switch to a more taken style and you got it in your unit we're just a better team we're not surprised that italy continued to play on counter attacks even when they were trailing it's their style we played well tactically and didn't let them come from behind one of us meanwhile the other semifinal turned out to be a cracker as hard favorite sports to go in switzerland took to the sand beach the portuguese are one of the most successful teams in europe with six continental titles and produced an electric start with four goals in the opening of this week is reached the semifinal when their opponent rumania field to arrive on time and then day off affected them however switzerland managed to get back into the game

and reduced portugal its lead to just a goal in the third but that was all they could do seven six and portugal powered up to the final to meet russia a repeat of the previous europe of decider where the russians squeeze past them six four seconds elaborately that we're delighted to be such a solid team we proved we deserved to be in the final we don't really care who are opponents will be we just have to play our game and take full advantage of our opportunities it will be he said with a confident win over italy russia more of the ambition stared in other traffic today if it was growing kevin it however is going to be a tough challenge as they face by not believing nations in this court were to go in the decider on sunday to say about that. must go. moment to english for now where three games are in the f.a. cup on sunday have a poll welcome championship side brighton and phil stoke threat from iraq plagued

the thing to valencia current play that's calling the latest score there is. at the time. of a tricky time steven age. twelve going this is you know you've got to look at this year. you don't shiver when you see a. difficult very difficult got a new manager you know a young manager coming in and. new should be used to play for me school near. for interesting for me much on the ball move. will be up for it you know. we're good teams will show. if we play as we can play we should we you know we know it's going to be. want to turn into a nickel or dividend the world tournament in rotterdam has come to an end the thirty year old russian who has returned to winning ways this week following a disappointing start to twenty twelve to world number three and top seed roger

federer in the semifinals and the psaltery break of serve was enough to take the first set against that sixteen time grand slam winner divident actually broke again in the second but was immediately broken back before phèdre were told to claim it six three the third set was a close affair and dividend was unable to take three break points but one stage before the storm back to take the match four six six three eight six four the final score there. will take on. in sunday's final after that arjun time secured a comfortable straight sets victory over thomas bet it. was broken in the opening game of the match and again in the opening set stormed the first set six three. and nine years open champ and then refused to take us for gas and took the first five games of the second set eventually winning the match six three six one.

world number one victoria azarenka overcame injury to vance and progressed to the trip and final bell rush into the first set six two to pay to have twisted her ankle while doing so in character injured against advance scheduling the two thousand and nine double to championships on this very court this time around the twenty two year old proof that in six to six full victory me to the store soon will reach the final point tomorrow but. due to injury. in winter sports going to carly humphries has won gold in the women's doubles at the world but ships in lake places the reigning olympic champion and break woman jennifer could finish the competition with an aggregate run time of three minutes forty eight point five seven seconds to give canada its first gold medal since the

women's inaugural race in two thousand and three time world champion sandra crashes and germany won silver losing to the willis thirty three hundred ths of a second while another mass and of the united states to the bronze. being chanted is amazing i mean a living champion it was kind of a bit of a surprise though to be able to to once again be the last in the world are not going to stick to time if you're serious. and finally go for yani tseng of taiwan a child japanese by one stroke to retain her p.j. tallent title in tire world number one he opened the tournament with a seventy three improved further on shooting two consecutive seventy sixty five prior to the final day of the competition and sunday's performance was a triumph saying clinch the title with a short that would bear short of the tunnel meant afterwards. it was the only one to put pressure on the taiwanese at the end of the day occupied second place while

south korea's. completed the podium in the overall standings. i. ok up to date no more sports news from around the globe into eyes time here on r.t. whether it's next by phone. world. science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

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the u.n. ramps up the pressure on the syrian regime as violence escalates but russia calls for talks to break the stalemate while damascus promises reforms. iran's oil ministry says promised stopping the oil exports to france and britain on the pressure and sanctions over its nuclear program. and greek anger spills out onto the streets once again as lawmakers clear more cuts to secure vital rescue cash in the wake of days of violent protests.

thanks for being with our team and karen taraji with the latest news headlines the u.n. general assembly has adopted a non-binding resolution this week calling on syria's president assad to step down russia was among twelve states who voted against saying the draft fails to address the armed opposition while damascus is vowing for major reforms reports of violence continue artie's more if a national is in syria. this is racially in syria means volatile with tensions between security forces and the armed opposition groups continue in claiming lives of both military and civilians almost every day on thursday we attended the funerals of a young boy who was gunned down early here in damascus during the n.t. government protest and the procession itself eventually turned into hostile to mr asian in the clashes that followed and that continued the next day five people were killed and many others injured one violence one day causes even more violence next

and so on and so on we also can see political murders as well this week shaikh of one of the most of damascus was assisted native apparently because of his pronouncements the shaikh came out with strong condemnation of the terror groups of the armed groups he blamed for the bloodshed calling for to stop the violence to stop the bloodshed we're also hearing about hostilities in other parts of the country reports from the opposition activists that in the city of homs many people die every day in the city of hama they've been several explosions all pipeline limits this balance these tensions all across syria syria reforms. to go in this week the date for the national referendum on the country's new constitution was announced the vote is expected to take place next sunday as far as the ministry of internal affairs of syria has said around fifteen million people in syria today

have the right to vote this new constitution was drafted. and the monopoly of the ruling party the vast party here in syria had been in power for the last fifty years but people on the ground are actually fearing that this referendum and this new constitution it's too little and too late this week the chinese delegation visited syria both russia and china are calling for the dialogue to be restored between the syrian opposition and the authorities. saying that this is the only way out of this crisis. while damascus is paving the way for gradual reforms the armored opposition is reluctant to participate amarna xabi beirut based political analyst says that's because the rebels are following a foreign agenda for regime change the way forward is to have dialogue and i think in order to have dialogue there must be sacrifices on on on both sides here is a president making. a huge move forward by presenting

a draft of the constitution and i think that that should be in his view in many people's view sufficient to convince the other side to sit down on the table. and to have a serious dialogue. that would save syria the destruction and so many people. the syrian opposition is calling for reform what is the best way to get that done is it through carrying weapons and shooting at government institutions and targeting each other and having a civil war in syria of course not i think all the syrians would agree to that however many of the groups who are fighting today in syria they actually are not ready for dialogue they have they are working according to western agenda in order to remove the regime of assad there is a real problem or foreign interference in sit in affairs. iran says it has stopped

oil exports to france and britain the country's oil ministry says it will sell its crude to new customers this comes as pressure and sanctions are being piled on iran over its nuclear program iran also looks set to expand its controversial nuclear program reports suggest new centrifuges are going to be installed at the underground and richmond facility near the city you can also domestically made nuclear fuel rods were loaded into the research reactor at the same time the islamic republic is accused of being behind bomb attacks on israel israeli diplomats in india georgia and thailand denies involvement the israeli pm however has called around the greatest export of terrorism attack iran insists its nuclear work is peaceful and says israel is waging a psychological war that some fear is paving the way for military action. i think what they're really trying to do is trying to up the ante to the americans will do

something they aren't capable of taking out around nuclear program they don't have the means to do it best it could mean more as a hit and run and run attacks but i think it actually behind the rhetoric about nuclear weapons the reality is what they are worried about is the increase of increase of influence in the in the region who really is of constantly said that they're not going to me nuclear weapons international it's all the inspectors have just been to run it by saying it was a good visit so they're going back to iran they're getting cooperation you wouldn't know this from reports in the western media so i think there is a rush to go with my opinion is the ratcheting up is not by the iranians it is by the israelis and by the americans and i think there is a lot of hypocrisy a boat iran's nuclear program. now as political analyst chris bambery now preventing iran from getting nuclear weapons isn't the real driving force for the u.s. and its allies says anti-war activist brian backer. the united states government

has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike the run refuses to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran and so what is the cause of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime change.

you can hear the full version of last interview in just over an hour's time here on our team coming up in the next few minutes though pro-democracy anniversaries marked across the middle east fireworks replayed gunshots in libya four days of celebrations but an armed to the teeth militia isn't going anywhere casting a shadow on the country's power to stability. and in another middle eastern country police come down strong on anti-government protesters with the help of one of britain's former top cops. frustrated greeks are filling central athens once again crowds gather outside parliament to protest ever more austerity being pushed upon that greece's cabinet has passed the final set of masses. cuts creditors demanded in return for a one hundred thirty billion euro bailout which could now be cleared on monday but the rage of a beleaguered population is still at the forefront of greek society artie's jacob grieves reports. the system on the seach m.p.'s drowned out

the pleas of tens of thousands of demonstrators amassed within a short passing another round of unpopular cuts. the results proved incendiary. that uganda protests turned violent as protesters including fringe and the kids clashed with police again leaving their mark on athens. the day all this is the remnants of public anger but glass isn't the only thing that's being broken as governments past increasingly unpopular austerity cuts people being 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 we feel. betrayed i think more measures have been taken and it's not going to work in the end it will be another bill. bad and. oh i hope for the best

but i don't see it coming. under pressure from brussels berlin and the international monetary fund the greek government has cut more jobs this last 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 safety and infrastructure of the whole country we know that did this. a piece there that we have now signs that the disease lauro do bad we can. not continue like that because the policy that the government is following actually increases the dead yeah instead of finding a solution at the heart of activists claims is their search and that they've known

austerity for the best part of five years now and that time taxes have risen incomes have fallen 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 will follow what is bad about our political system is that they have the right exactly even more. 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 this so 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 hasn't been a mass force medicine appears to bring nothing but pain many are continuing their call for terms of treatment jake agrees r.t.

athens. this week libyans have been celebrating the first cent of our sorry of the uprising that led to the toppling of colonel gadhafi the united states congratulated the people while urging the libyan government to protect civil rights and the sea international has been reporting that gadhafi supporters have been subjected to abuse and torture this as concerns grow that libya's armed militia are still roaming the country unchecked pharaoh's mangi who's editor in chief of the pan african social justice network told r.t. the situation now is much worse than it was during the colonel's regime. though since the nature we know very little of libya there has been. gross human rights but i waged it's not just torture there is. indiscriminate killings there are extra judicial killings there's summary execution leave them coto gadhafi. members was found to have been some really executed nobody

has been thought to do justice although the huge amount of sort of being poured in the body of problems but the europeans by the americans. this place is going to descend into into government ball civil war the situation though in that sense is worse than it was under the the rule of kind of code of gadhafi. so i have for you this hour wooing voters with just two weeks until the russian presidential election we look at how candidates are attempting to attract the elect or it. also friend or foe while washington had a valentine's day dinner with beijing the media is fueling so called china fabio among americans. and spent a year since another pro-democracy uprising this time and bahrain but it was tear gas and rubber bullets that rained down on demonstrators as they faced

a tough police clampdown and. bennett has been finding out security forces are being helped by foreign advisors. 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 the eights 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 cancer 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 any british police officer overstimulate is retired to be associated in any way with his is his role yet resigned from scotland yard last year and 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 this sixty 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 or from. previously but it's been extend through the toxic gases and use of poisoning. mr john is contributing we should see a positive things of the ground what we are seeing today is nothing except that it may not just be british tactics bahrain's easing 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. our web site r t dot com is the place to find all the latest news and analysis let's see what else we've got lined up for you there right now. russian language silenced in lot feel as the majority of voters in the baltic states reject a proposal to give official status to the language used by a third of its population also. it's been a week since pop icon whitney houston passed away but some music companies have already made a fortune from the singer's death find out more on our t. dot com. the chinese vice president has received a warm welcome in washington during his tour of america however the u.s. media has been less positive promoting a menacing image of the communist country which holds more than a trillion dollars of american debt but for the white house business comes before public opinion as artie's guy netaji can reports what a better way to celebrate valentine's day than with a partner who lends you money nonstop provide.