they always qualify for the champions league that make it out of the group stages they all have been stunning form this season in all competitions the kings club have only lost three times while vick managed to score a stunning seventy nine goals in only twenty three games in the leader of a currently enjoy a ten point lead over arch rivals barcelona what do you know does have a few injury worries ahead of the game. and i gather marty you're both missing out on the trip to moscow for an injury however the forty nine year old says he has plenty of strength and depth there was an important the. world certainly not be arrest in our top players and choose the as is going to be a tough match however we have a great score and the number of top players to choose from far better control marcella could play or have a chance to big guns allegory in a karim benzema that is because when you're commented that the synthetic pitch isn't really to his liking as he feels it's very different to playing on

a natural grass surface while with the temperature being well below freezing this will also be difficult to get used to. however defender fabio contralto isn't particularly worried by the way of a rather serious car who he believes will be tough opponents. or the cold is the last thing we're thinking about at the moment we have a really difficult match ahead of us on tuesday if we start thinking about the artificial pitch of the cold weather then that will be really bad for us we must make sure we're concentrating fully when the game gets under way in which i believe . rio will start as hot favorites when the match gets under way despite being wary of a serious car side or have a backing of a packed to capacity luzhniki stadium under spire the wonderful array of talent at his disposal the renewed spelled out clearly his side need to be at the top of a game it began to come away from this encounter with the victory he so desperately wants since garcon asked for

a tougher stance as they play their first competitive match of two thousand and twelve there of course in action against real madrid side but of only last for all season in all competitions and are currently running away with the league a title of the second leg still to come of the burn a bio it's imperative of the argument to get a positive result allusion to stadium on tuesday to take we've been back to spain richmond will flee to r.t. moscow. car coach leonid slutsky admits his side will be underdogs he'll be pinning his hopes on the goal just like a sado dunbier who was scored five times in the competition so far however the ivory coast international and top scorer in the russian premier league last season has just returned to the club following the africa cup of nations plus g. to the russian winter breaks a car haven't played a competitive game for two and a half months but when we come on the court for a new play against a team that comes from a close lower than we rule and don't care now the game plan usually means to win it

all to get the right result in the coming fixture against real simply follow into the game plan might not be in the bathroom there which will hold. paul ince don't perform to the limits of their ability we also need to try to take advantage of some weak points that any team has a year when she meanwhile in the knights of the last sixteen tie chelsea travel to italy to take on napoli domestically things haven't been going to well for chelsea and manager andre velasco us they've won just twice in ten matches in the english premier league and they currently outside of the champions league qualifying places for next season but napoli are still underdogs according to their manager. i think for chelsea the problem has been more of an attitude and mindset rather than an issue of physical condition of the team but these kinds of matches they stand on the role they're different they're not just part of the moment we're chelsea is now doing great in the premier league meanwhile egypt's national side are preparing for

their first match since seventy four fans were killed in a top flight fixture they face uganda on saturday in a friendly it's the first game since february first when seventy four supporters were killed in a match between al mathari and. alleys players were also attacked in the violence caused by political instability in the country they reportedly returned to training this week although none of the players have as of yet joined up with the national side. we definitely have a two to be successful the situation in the country right now is it's a challenge for everyone. but we can never forget that there are still. many talented players in egypt. we must find a good way to work with. and make sure that we have a good idea of the work we need to become a good team now in tennis maria kirilenko is saying history repeats itself after

progressing to the second round of the dubai tennis championships the russian beating romanian monaco nicolas q six three six love the exact same school and she registered against the same opponent here five years ago the same around the same school the very same center court but it was still revenge for kirilenko who was lost there to meeting since then the twenty five year old found her rhythm right away and ended up taking the first set six straight clear line caroline strongly on her forehand in the second set as well a grueling final rally allowing the world number twenty two to close out the second set to love six three six love the final score. for patrick kuznetsova however. things appear to be going to plan for because now it's over she easily took the opening set six two against course as things were still going the russian's way in the second before her german opponent mounted a comeback from three one down. eventually able to level things out by taking that

set seven six and the twenty three year old kept up momentum going into the third closing out an impressive two six seven six six four victory over it now flying home early after finishing runner up here on three previous occasions. we presented its bid to host the summer olympics in two thousand and twenty doha failed to reach the i.o.c. . shortlist when they bid to host the games in two thousand and sixteen because of concerns over searing temperatures but not to be deterred they've made a revised bid the proposal is to hold the games in october with the paralympics in november that way avoiding the height of summer is competing against tokyo madrid istanbul and back in azerbaijan if successful it will be the first time the games have been held in the middle east qatar of course has already won the right to host the twenty twenty two football world cup. will soon be one of them and

we. already knew it was we. all do. we. really think you can do what. we. do over. the way the region. finally in cricket ricky ponting admits his international one day career is over after being dropped from the australian squad by head of selectors john inverarity he scored only eighteen runs in the last five innings in the recent tri series against sri lanka and india ponting has played in nearly four hundred one day internationals and won three world cups so he will continue to play test cricket john made it very clear to me yesterday the direction that they hitting with the one day and then on not part of their plans so look it's a little bit hard to come. out of our even left out of the side so. i don't

expect to play one day international cricket for australia any more and i'm pretty sure the selectors don't expect that to be ignored well that's all the sport for now i'll have more for you in a couple of hours' time jamie that. well for the future science technology innovation and all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

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a fresh attempt to negotiate a syrian ceasefire this time by the red cross as people have high hopes of an eminent referendum on a new constitution will help quell the violence. the coming presidential vote in a rush or cause an outburst of civil activity with people from all walks of life showing greater interest in politics. the eurozone strikes a long awaited deal on a second greek bailout after the you demanded a harsh austerity measures of athens to secure the package sparking riots in the debt stricken country.

eleven am in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the red cross says it's in talks with the syrian government and rebels to stop fighting in the country so it can deliver a vital aid this is some activists claim regime troops have been gathering around the city of homs while authorities say they're crushing terrorist groups armed from abroad with deadly violence threatening to get worse many in the country hope the upcoming referendum on a new constitution will help reduce the bloodshed as artie's marie if an ocean reports from damascus. ballots instead of bullets messed up his traces and violent protests have been rolling across syria for almost a year by. the syrian government is now calling put people to shape their future together by taking part in a referendum on the country's and you cost you should fulfill its pledge to reform

. of those who was very excited that soon he'll be able to decide his own tomorrow what we will but it's a completely new era is good for everybody even opposition can take part it's for all the amendments to the country's number one law have been among the key demands of the opposition since the uprising began and the draft seems to cover the most pressing issues it starts with eliminating both parties supremacy which have ruled the country for the last fifty years introduces a multi-party system and sets a two term limit on any future president however even these reforms a cause in controversy jihad that his friend odin flower shop in damascus he says this new document draws a line between him and his muslim business partner. there is a big contradiction article thirty three says all equal number three says i can be

a president so what about the other ten percent that were not here temporarily we've been living together for ages who want to be counted. now maybe ten percent of the people they speak about this ok but maybe if we was removing this article from the new constitution the ninety percent would said well why you take this article out. public debates on the draft constitution have been organized to bring the people and the authors of the new documents together they don't trust me they don't se the settlers are specific to what we're trying to make the city has become a city has become a right but some say the reste a long way to go to that new syria and they don't believe the government will follow through with the reforms i'm afraid if i were a goes the constitution somebody will in the world will shoot me clashes and

protests almost every day but some hope that the referendum will not only breed and new constitution it might even be able to stop the bloodshed. there are people who want to improve and develop but also others who want to divide syria we shouldn't help them we should go and vote for a future in. the draft of syria's new constitution has been made public ten days before the national referendum fourteen new and forty seven amended articles a role here with comments and details to base are also on t.v. and the internet never in the country's modern history for its residents so close to policy making which many here on the ground fear that the ongoing violence could marry any hope of reform. recently altie damascus syria the so-called friends of syria group consisting of the us and its allies will meet

friday to discuss how to apply more pressure on the assad regime over of violence in the country and to support the opposition earlier china accused the west of stirring civil war in syria with its pro opposition to rhetoric international politics professors and young jean from beijing says the country wouldn't like to see the libya scenario repeated elsewhere but aging is simply warning the possibility of these three eventually becoming part of the policy by the west i mean there is a very interesting pattern between d.c. area situation and libya situation with the british army for example the opposition was that all the rhetoric and that eventually became part of the official policy difference to do some kind of encouragement for the opposition mull to accept any kind of political solution and keep fighting and this call for assad to step down we've a g.'s a very concerned obviously about how these kind of possibility of peaceful

resolution of the syrians a change in is undermined by any such rhetoric and also this direction. in the next hour we'll be speaking with a former senior u.s. presidential advisor who thinks america should think twice before pausing should think twice before pausing pushing for assad to be ousted. the united states. our american strategists would have to be fools not to see what al qaeda is doing not to ask the question if it's good for al qaeda can it be good for us and not to look at saddam say he may be a ruthless dictator and what he's doing but what comes after him when he fall so we've got to ask ourselves is the devil we know preferable to the devilry don't know. u.n. nuclear inspectors back in iran for the second time in less than

a month the i.a.e.a. team expected to hold key talks over tehran's nuclear program with the islamic republic hoping to dispel allegations of its military purpose despite growing international pressure triggered by iran's atomic development some experts think the west's war rhetoric is misguided there is no evidence that iran is developing a nuclear weapons program there is only evidence that iran has a nuclear energy program which it iran's says it does there is no evidence that iran is violating the nuclear nonproliferation treaty all of these facts are in contrast with israel and the united states by the way which if these were justifications for war there would be justification for war against us but of course they are not and this crazy media madness leads us down the same path where we all begin to assume that if iran does have a nuclear weapons program then we need to know get it nobody can prove it doesn't the president himself claims not to want war with iran but suggests that it's up to

iran to cease its probably not existant nuclear weapons program or the blame is on iran and we should have a war whereas of course there is no such thing as a justification for a war based on what weapons a country has. but of this hour we take a look at the international pressure mounting on iran and how the sanctions against the country are affecting business. just ruds heights and restrictions on the country's banking system are jeopardizing some russian companies with some saying it's unfair for one country to making such decisions will have more that in business shortly. but first with russia's election campaign in full swing it's not just the candidates attracting voters' attention ahead of next month's ballot people from very different walks of life have stepped up to try and make their mark in shaping the country's future archies diarrhea pushed over a ports on the arm precedented rise in civil activity in russia in recent years. russia's concert to paris hilton t.v.

host has a reputation to match cleaning to two million dollars a year chilly unmindful glamour bloodied putin was once very close to her father and is still a family friend if rumors are true he could even be such a big school father hence the shock when she became a vocal part of the new energized opposition i lov putin as the man who saved my father but i don't respect his politics right now he is a free person to think whatever he wants he can think of anything as a betrayal it's his choice i can't agree with his politics and it's not of the trail at all i just don't agree with this in december subject for the first time in her life joint thousands of street rallies triggered by we can with falsifications during parliamentary elections. it all started with videos like this one showing

illegitimately lesions at polling stations. i immediately understood i had to make this video available for everyone i felt it was my civic duty to report what i believed to be a breach of electoral law and the allegations led to an outburst of civility between russia encouraging people to get involved in the political process tens of thousands willing to brave subzero temperatures in support of fair elections is that why we don't do anything nothing will change we have no guarantees but it would be stupid not to use this opportunity for change i'm happy the country has woken up at that hasn't happened for many years and the fact that all of us who are so remote from politics gathered for this rally is a sign the country is in life new civic organizations are noting over time the old ones are getting a second wind before no one even talked about the civil society people didn't have the feeling they had their own business and this was the most important for them russia would be the same. now and this is for sure not everyone is unhappy with the

current state of affairs maybe how muscular a factory worker from russia's urals region has been absolutely indifferent to politics until recently there are people who don't want revolution or against rocking the boat and want stability and for us stability means putin has little use for the much promise he made headlines after a televised q. and a session with the prime minister where he offered to come to moscow and help police street protests should the need arise. these days you can find signs of civil like to be almost anywhere in russia for example this campaign has decided to hold their own presidential election unofficial of course anyone can cast their vote simply by choosing their coffee with an image of a relevant candidate on its phone this is the new ground for russia where shaping the country's future has become everyone's business and could lead to being stalked . so you're out of your mind you're not

a student to freeze out there. what has it got to do what they each it concerns everyone. by the end of january thousands of ordinary russians have volunteered as presidential election monitors. the more people come as observers to fear the elections will be. shaped your own future and the future of your kids working as an observer means defending civil values. are being observed regularly actions and i recommend you do the same and no matter the outcome of the elections this spate of political activity has made it obvious all the tissues now need to listen to what people have got to say down the fish kovach r.t. . explore all our stories in depth by logging onto our website r.t. dot com which has plenty more in store for right now including dockings cash a massive stockpile of weapons belonging to the former libyan regime on earth in algeria find out more on our website plus. top ranked politicians and

nuclear sites just a few of the possible targets chosen by norwegian anders breivik who confessed to killing seventy seven people and wounding more than one hundred fifty others last year discover his full hit list at r.t. dot com. eurozone ministers have reached a deal on a second ballot for greece talks in brussels on the one hundred thirty billion euro cash injection went well into the night the greek parliament went through a storm of public outrage and several internal conflicts to approve the austerity measures demanded by international creditors the plan requires drastic cuts and civil service jobs minimum wages and pensions frustrations been growing among even

politicians over athens failing to meet necessary demands on time now there is calls for the european central bank and i.m.f. to maintain a permanent presence in greece christopher green from green wave t.v. says the outcome of the debt crisis may already be set in stone. the greek people do not have any sovereignty over their nation anymore it's been taken over by technocrats so this is a complete the talented and take over which the people have no say in again it's the reason that we have riots in the streets right now and i've got to give it to the greek people for actually standing up to the plea other dealing with the norm his problems were looking upwards of forty percent unemployment rates fifty percent in some european country. as among the youth that is catastrophic there is no bailout measure or quantitative easing or stimulus program that would prevent the collapse of europe and this is extended in pertaining to economics this is the land

of chocolate colored lollipops and dandelions it doesn't exist this is fantasy so this will not end well i don't have a time frame on it i just know it's a mathematical certainty again you cannot solve the deaf problem with more debt and that is what our leadership around the world on the merkel sarkozy double duo better known as more cozy is trying to sell the public. despite a grim outlook for some there are still e.u. members waiting for euro take it latvia planning to join the monetary union by two thousand and fourteen but as artie's alexei are chefs your reports many in the country think membership may only bring more pain for an already struggling economy as the eurozone continues to combat the painful debt crisis witnessing bloodshed on its streets and the euro sees less support across the continent. this project is doomed to failure it was always too soon to fail some of the more recent e.u. members are still keen to make

a leap of faith while poland's recently rejected the idea of having the euro by twenty fourteen the latvian government still firmly believes that the single currency will make its problems go away eleven years my very. strong intention to adopt the euro in twenty four to the settings for the past few years have been consistent with that or any other country of concern. they want to see good solutions to that but at the same time is still using its time now. for your adoption and the problems are massive to say the least a lot of there has only just now started to recuperate from the recession which made it one of the most economically affected e.u. countries it still has the highest poverty risk rate in europe alarming unemployment and a vast gap between rich and the poor one of the country's leading euro skeptics as

joining the euro zone by twenty fourteen would be nothing short of economic suicide for riga. latvia would then have to participate in the bailout fund and that's a four billion euro contribution their g.d.p. had only fourteen billion i think it's like we're being invaded on the titanic the ship is sinking and we're being asked to be late all the water. no doubt lots of it will also be looking at the experience of their baltic neighbor in two thousand and nine is stony apostate stereogum measures to meet euro zone accession criteria in twenty eleven it converted to the euro but now the country's chancellor of justice reports of low wages and poor social welfare not to mention sixty thousand children living below the poverty line plus continuing and we gratian. something this father to a big family fears will also happen in lot. i'm a father of four where.