callie. waters and crouch forest there and fresh brighton six one with a championship side scoring goals at anfield. rewards in the quarter finals and now the home encounter this time against stoke to the nature of the times in their play tale host another premier league side in bolton have it turned into tate sunderland while blessed to travel to the winner of the play between chelsea and. saying with. play well moderate in the first round of the playoffs of the champions league on tuesday here in moscow prior to that first leg matches emery and his men proved once again how good they are as the spanish giants threshed racing santander in a league of four nil at this into a better bell. opened six minutes inspiring his twenty eighth only goal of the season was to have hit the ball into the net to the point across i enter the first

half karim benzema doubled wales late following a free kick from. the seventy third minute subtlety and who replaced him as at the still not in his first appearance of trying to twelve to make the final from long range while been so mark completed the route. his second of the night and sealing the final result for neil so i the real test is meant in the sticky tuesday. come on the couple when you play against a team that comes from a close lower than your own career now the game plan usually means to win but to get the right result in the coming fixture against real simply fuller into the game plan might not be enough but from there we sure hope that our paul ince don't perform to the limits of their ability and we also need to try to take advantage of some weak points that any team has a year when she did it in the meantime barcelona reminded that the championship race isn't over. we get pap gardell this charges claimed victory from the game

against valencia i was supposed to open nine minutes into the game then possibly with five announcer bells i never mess with the biggest contribution there will be four five one the final score there with that victory because once it's great i believe is where i want to tennis where roger federer has won the walled tournament in water world number three comfortably defeated juan martin del potro in straight sets the sixteen time grandstand when i raced five set lead eventually taking six one picture then never looked in doubt in the second top a straight sets victory six one six four finish federal blame city center a topeka wait times. that's good you know good to get a good story i thought i was really close to window as well but i had a bad back and that kind of you know maybe eluded me

a victory over there and australia was close so this was another big tournament for me i knew when i was in the semi that was three straight so i mean which was a good thing when i made it to defines after the tough matches serve it and go i knew this is maybe exactly how it goes through a tough one and then you come out the other side and it's beautiful sunshine and you play great so that's how it felt today and also beating quality players like they are part and everything at the end it's a great feeling. meanwhile the tour remains unbeaten in twenty twelve after threshing samantha still says six one six two to win the catcher open this was because the seventeenth consecutive win as the champ and dominated from start to finish. over to snowboarding now where chaz go to more has claimed the world championships title in the slopestyle in norway the american completed the conditions program with the highest score despite considering some of the final elements to his appeal. total of eight to seven point nine was just one point the

second placed canadian sebastian to ton meanwhile of belgium finished some ten for the points behind. it's all of us in the moment join the people around we only have this career once you get to enjoy the time that you're doing it so i didn't take it too seriously just had fun with it. in the meantime the latest events or spencer bryan of kind of triumph she started the final cautiously gradually fire doing her advantage over the rest of the pack total scoring of eighty four point four points secure the canadian a comfortable advantage of the travel jam and of the usa and the recovery of the fenland complete to the podium claiming bronze i was so nervous i have had a really rough week here my back it. had some big spells and just had a hard time getting sort of course so today i just i really just wanted to put a run down and finally pupils from twenty eight special needs schools gathered in

the moscow region for an annual sports tournament but this year's event has an additional significance of some of the winners awarded the chance to train for an expedition to the north pole and one quarter of all the details. i'm limited mobility for people with disabilities is slowly but surely becoming a common theme in modern society but the world's largest country is still up and coming in this sense improving its environment each year special praise is in order for people like my face bharat whose adventure lab offers a unique experience for the you know what we are going to stage the fifth russian you thinks petition to the north pole kids who want to take part must be sixteen to eighteen years old and they must take part in skiing contests like ski russia twenty twelve we've also decided to set up an event for kids with disabilities who are just as enthusiastic and yearning to win as so-called normal kids.

candidates for the north pole expedition are selected in two phases with the first already having been staged on the twelfth the february as sport of an all russia ski day the annual ski rush event so hundreds of thousands of amateurs braved the subzero temperatures across the country. when so many people take part in ski racing it's always a joy it means sport is popular in our country and more people choose a healthy way of life it's the thirtieth anniversary of the race which has a long history and good traditions who had about twenty five thousand participants this year piller joy. kompany has been organizing skiing competition for kids with special needs for four years with twenty eight teams joining the action this winter to compete for the mayor scott and yes you're going to see it it's been a great day so motional we won this race last year and hopefully will defend our

title this time the kids did their best indeed and that's thanks to a very thorough training but having a good sign with their friends and family is what it was mostly about for the majority of the participants and achieving a winning result has taken the back stage to a one of a kind of winter experience. having fun is not the only goal for these kids in case sell one of their buddies to get in for a ball on the track their friends will be a right there to help them and this is how it's done let's go. to the north pole skiing expedition led by to time guinness world record holder much they spar all will be staged from the fifteenth until its one third of april the fifth edition will feature seven young men and women who will cover one hundred kilometers to reach the top of the earth and the presence of people with physical limitations is by no means a hurdle. was originally when we crossed greenland we had a guy who could not walk because of spinal paralysis he would sit on

a special board and push him so forward with sticks but his disability did not prevent him from cooking the side that was his chill more we would do something else he couldn't do. so much they spiral is now down to forty candidates who will join him on a training course in march and head of the north pole schemes petition which will be held in april the group will cover the distance from the bar nail ice base all the way to the top of the world rome on cost of artsy moscow region. ok that's all this force is for the moment join us for more antis time head and say bye fidel. issues that so much i think we should go right on it here is the trials and tribulations of the middle class long considered the pillar of the west political and economic order is now the victim of

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i think medion says the u.s. and nato countries are the support of syria's opposition fighters is driving the nation into an all out civil war. decision time for greece its creditors debate whether our phones will sink or swim as the population rages against the props made to secure the bailout. and on the path to war are wanted on washington warned israel against attacking iraq's nuclear sites urging more time to let sanctions do their job.

thanks for being with us five o'clock here in moscow on care and with your headlines the u.s. and its allies are pushing syria into civil war backing the armed opposition there is what the chinese state newspaper says beijing join moscow's efforts to bring about a political settlement in the crisis torn country where the top chinese diplomat recently visiting damascus maria financial reports from syria. fifty kilometers northwest of damascus lebanon just over the border once and relaxed luxury mountain resort the town has recently been the scene of brutal clashes between households forces and anti-government groups there was a lull in the fighting and as we approach the city we're not sure who's in control at the checkpoint they are happy to see a russian television crew as solid hint about who is in charge here russia is among

the few countries is to talking to assad and calling for others to have dialogue with the regime along with china it to be towed to the u.n. security council's resolution and voted against another one at the general assembly which put pressure on assad to leave. russia will come they tell us this town nobody home to around twenty thousand people looks abandoned the reminders of recent turbulence tell their own tale of what happened here on these walls you can see the story of the conflict how it was developing here in the city of there by danny initially there were some graffiti here about president bashar al assad then when the armed groups operating in this area took control over this town new graffiti is a period of course and to government one of the army regain control of his attorney they destroyed the mall they tried to destroy them all at least but some still remain. when we are in town we can hear sounds of shelling some turn

a deaf ear to it. all is fine shooting but i don't know those who agreed to talk don't want to show their face. the army intervene and it's killing us they're showing random houses searching arresting people there's f.s.a. in armor groups on the ground too few. but not everyone here says the situation in the same way was when armed people came here we asked the army to stand up for us now they are controlling the city at the delos shop is an area where much of the fight into place. i was away when i arrived the army told me there had been a big battle here is the army is now here there's no groups anymore no tension most of the daniel the clashes between security forces and the armed opposition groups here near the town of the dunny have been very severe how it all stopped the locals

tell us that their town has a unique story when the violence started the residents decided to intervene and there has allegedly been an agreement between the army and the opposition that both of them leave the town although the military officer we have been able to speak to didn't confirm that and we can still see. many military and machinery inside the city we had a look around and counted at least thirteen tanks but the military tell us they were only used as protection on the way back through the checkpoint and officer keep supporting everyone suspicious in this violence locked nation raif nationality danny syria. washington and its allies are calling on president assad to step down while rallying further support for the rebels middle east blogger karl shero says this approach will spell chaos for the syrian people. assume assad were to step down tomorrow who is actually the legitimate in this intimate political opposition

to take control and when the west talks about supporting or the gulf states this side or the outside who are actually in the group so you would go to and finance or give support to so within the vacuum who would step in you would have people returning from iraq that has kind of the weapons or the experience and i think what we really need to be aware of is this highly erratic nature of western policy in particular u.s. policy towards all the countries in the region but particularly now towards syria that is kind of becoming provocative the west really needs to step back and try to cool things down before the escalate out of control now as middle east blogger karl shar of talking to us from london. it's a moment of truth for greece as euro zone finance ministers gather in brussels to decide its future the french finance minister has hinted the outcome could be an athlon this favor greece has met all of its creditors as demands to secure the

second bailout and is expecting to be rewarded with the euro zone's backing the country has already forced a massive new austerity package to qualify for one hundred and. rescue cash but there is now talks that funds could be paid into a specially set up account athens is access to it would be restricted and if it misses its targets the cash flow would stop the rage of the greek people however is only growing with every new political measure imposed as artie's jacob grieves reports voting for more still receive soviet dubbed by greece's caretaker prime minister as a moment of historic responsibility a notion some especially the greek population feel has been lost on euro zone leaders. i feel disappointed and sad because these measures were imposed on us by foreigners and we didn't have a say as a greek people. which there's a wise old greek proverb that the person who borrows and borrows becomes the slave

of who he borrows from. after passing more unpopular cuts greek politicians are told that brussels i am berlin had misspoken the decision on another bailout that and questions over greece's place in the euro led the country's finance minister to talk they were toying with a nation's future this is by no means the first set of austerity measures to be imposed on greece but with a significant amount of coalition m.p.'s choosing to say no it does mark a shift in thinking among governing politicians willing to share the grievances of the public and offer them an alternative if the greek economy is not restart just if it doesn't go down the alley of development that eventually greece we at some point will bankrupt. in that case what will happen is that all of the assets of the stern tree will actually pass in the hands of the. all the funders in total forty three m.p.'s in the ruling coalition chose to say no to more stare to they even

among those in favor may remain hostile to the euro zone's message and how it's being delivered i think to such type of messages brussels are helping to european forces in greece. and all of the austerity measures don't solve the problem they make it worse we need development we need development for the survivor the greek economy the growing fear among both the greek public and politicians has to be that eurozone leaders are told that there will be this more people as we say very live victims of this situation because it's rewarding greece cover way to the way they're really since last sunday's mass demonstrations and continuing uproar has sent a message to those in athens and brussels that though voting through austerity may have been an historic moment as one of the likely to put the nation's problems to bed. meaning rather than be resigned to the past scenes of anger are likely to be

part of greece's future. greece arcee athens tell us what you think about greece's financial woes that are to dot com we ask what more rescue funds will mean for the country f. the bailout is handed over half of you think athens is already doing it and more cash will make no difference a lot of you also believe the bailout and the cuts needed to secure it will only make people's lives harder just six percent of you say the e.u. will not let greece collapse and even fewer believe bailouts are the only way for greece to fairhope we asked investment adviser patrick young the same question and he says more rescue cats for mean a lot of great suffering. what we have here is basically that great scene in the hollywood adventure movie were someone has tripped and fallen over the edge of the cliff and he's being held onto by one armed by the person who we're not sure whether he's the beauty or the easy gonna let them go and let them fall to

a terrible death or is he going to hang on to them and gradually bring them up and that's where we are with three from the european union because actually what is being said behind closed doors and even to a degree in the public is we've got some of those guys short of blood the german finance minister basically saying he doesn't trust the greeks to manage to hold up to the agreements that they've made and tragically the greens track record of actually doing their bit in terms of what they're supposed to do in the past has been a huge deal so therefore we now have a situation where the greeks have said we'll do anything you want whatever you want we'll do it personally i think what's going to happen is that the finance ministers will probably agree to give greece some money and greece is going to find itself in a dreadful situation we're like a nine year old child every friday it's going to have to go to daddy so it's done i'm told work so it's been a good boy and overall can it please how the next two weeks pocket money in order to pay it civil servants and that's a horrible loss of sovereignty. coming up here on our team and national security in

prime focus. just a couple of weeks left in the presidential race i am glad of it peter outlined his vision for the feature of russia's own fourth is going to have all the details on that coming up shortly for you. and we ask why the afghan president's efforts to secure pakistan's help and talking peace with the taliban are coming up against a brick wall. the u.s. and britain are warning israel not to attack iran's nuclear facilities saying new sanctions need time to work tucker are currently being visited by u.n. inspectors denied accusations it's developing atomic weapons but israel which also accuses turkey of attacking its diplomats abroad could now be on an unstoppable path to a military strike perhaps as our. reports from tel aviv israel's leaders are actively drumming up the military rhetoric. home iran is the biggest terror

exporter in the world the israeli government and its security forces will continue to act forcefully systematically and calmly against international terror region eating from iran. a potential israeli rocket clash looks more likely than never there is speculation a preemptive strike against iran's nuclear sites could happen as early as spring or summer although that's not causing undue concern in israel i think possibly people you know they make their plans for a vacation you know past or a vacation summer vacation possibly people are beginning to wonder well is there going to be a war is something going to mess it up or i think they're probably going ahead with it with sort of a thought we're back it would be nice if we could get a flight that we could care so you know you know is that sort of thing israel has previous experience when it comes to putting an end to nuclear ambitions which pose a potential threat in one thousand nine hundred. and his jets wiped out reactors in

iraq they struck again in two thousand and seven hitting sites in syria but with iran's nuclear program things may not be so simple if if israel attacks iran it will not stop iran forever from getting nuclear weapons the only postpone it for a relatively brief amount of time the the installations are too diverse and far flung to destroy affectively israel does not have us poor white house secretary adviser was in israel over the weekend warning against a move on iran saying it was better to wait for tougher sanctions to take effect in the coming months but mines may vary to be made up i think one of the things to create this aura of inevitability is to shut them up to shut up opposition at home and of course to convince the united states and europe that this is an inevitability it's going to happen don't oppose it in fact why don't you help us out there is a question mark however over whether israel has what it takes to carry out the

mission i doubt with the we have the capability. of creating damage is to the extent of the mediating the program and even if israel's military prowess will allow it to carry out a strike on underground facilities in iran chances are it won't and there as you know saddam hussein and bashar assad by the time they knew what was happening was over and could just you know grumble without having to fight back you imagine iran sitting still you know all day day after day day after day what israel is really critical back i think any any sane person realizes that they're all almost guaranteed the missiles falling on israel and considering iran for one of the twentieth century's longest wars against iraq in the one nine hundred eighty s. the consequences could be far reaching and destructive. israel has been suffering some bad weather as of late but it's likely that even the strongest winds will blow

the country's foreign policy off its course and when it comes to israel's forecast for iran the storm clouds seem to be growing ever darker in tel aviv r.t. . iran has warned it may cut oil supplies to six more european countries after it stopped selling crude to the u.k. and france on sunday is aiming to preempt any e.u. embargo that's set to come into force in july let's find out what impact that's having on the markets from our business desk. over seeing right now is brant over one hundred twenty dollars per barrel lights we are one hundred five and that means we are seeing nine month highs for crude oil prices but analysts have been telling business r.t. they're not expecting further growth as iranian factor has already been priced in the the thing is that france and the u.k. are not that much dependent on the rain in exports while for iran the e.u. bloc is an extremely important partner so they're not expecting further countries

to be added on to the list where iran will not be supplying oil and we have already heard statements from saudi arabia that it will be able to compensate from for all the oil that iran potentially will fail to supply. let's go to putin has pledged to make national security his key strategy saying russia must be battle ready against any outside threat a strong message comes as part of the prime minister's campaign for the presidential election just under two weeks away sarah firth has details the priorities that it lays out clear weapons i miss the fans intelligence had an upgrade as well as the navy the air force and the all day now this place will enable holes to cost hundreds of billions of dollars and we know there has been some consensus on russian lawmakers over the amounts of money that it will take to modernize the onset this is the prime minister stressing in the article that it's

not trying to appear weak the article mentions that this is in some ways a response to the rise of local and regional conflicts some of which it says you know castrated on russia's buddha is that it also touches on the perceived threat of the nato missile defense shield in europe now some of this modernization has actually already gotten underway some of the bolstering of the missiles we know that everest is deployed the newly developed ballistic missile the that's designed to carry nuclear warheads and russia says that that can break through any missile defense shield never should also be to be still the deal to buy at the midst of all these the helicopter carrying warships and it's still that deal with fraud and interesting time politically in the country here we've had protests counter-protests why it's political debate it really will seem seen as an awakening among the population.