their strong side and it's no coincidence that they always qualify for the champions league that make it out of the group stages they all have been in 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 madea 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 rest in our top players don't choose the as it's 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 but i have a chance to big guns allegory in a karim benzema that is because when you're commented for 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 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 and despite the wonderful array of talent at his disposal the renewed spelled out clearly his side need to be at the top of a game very going to come away from this encounter with

a victory he so desperately wants since god couldn't ask for a tougher stance as they play their first competitive march of two thousand and twelve or their of course in action against real madrid a side but of only last for all season in all competitions and are currently running away with the league at sides all wove a second leg still to come of the burn a bio it's imperative we are going to get a positive result absolutely stadium on tuesday to take we've been back to spain richmond willfully dancey. meanwhile to ask our coach leonid slutsky admits his side will be underdogs he'll be pinning his hopes on the goals of strikers say do who has 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 due to the russian winter break car haven't played a competitive game for more than two months. when we come on the couple when you play against a team that comes from a close lower than your own and now the game plan usually means to win but to get

the right result in the coming fixture against israel simply follow into the game plan might not be enough but from their wish to hold it our call ins 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 here. meanwhile in the night of the last sixteen tie chelsea travel to italy to take on domestically things haven't been going to well for chelsea manager andre the last boss they've got just one win in six in all competitions 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 russian premier league

side. preparing for their first game under new manager guus hiddink there in turkey for a friendly with ukrainian side shakhtar donetsk later on tuesday the sixty five year old dutchman signed an eighteen month deal with the wealthy club last week the russian premier league is currently on its winter break with headings first competitive game in charge against him i must go on march the face he takes over a side seventh in the table and thirteen points behind in designing and petersburg . meanwhile egypt's national side face their first game following the death of seventy four supporters of a top flight match between. egypt take on uganda on saturday alys players were attacked in the violence on february the first which was caused by political unrest in the country they returned to training this week although none of the players involved have as of yet joined up with the national side. we definitely have to. to be successful from the situation in the country right now. is

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 seen history repeat itself after progressing to the second round of the dubai tennis championship the russian beating romanian monaco nicol s.q. six three six love the exact same school line she registered against the same opponent here five years ago he was the same round same school on the very same center court but this was revenge for kirilenko who has lost the two previous meetings between the pair the twenty five year old found her rhythm right away and then did up taking the first set six three then a grueling eighteen shot final rally allowed the world number twenty two to close

out the second set to love six three six love the final score. however not such good news for compared to kuznetsova. things appeared to be going to plan for the russian and she easily took the opening set six two were going to julie of course as things were still going her way in the second before her german opponent mounted a comeback from three one down eventually able to level things up by taking the sets seven six and the twenty three year old kept that momentum going into the third closing out an impressive two six seven six six four victory because not so now flying home early after finishing runner up here through a previous occasion. over on the n.b.a. hardware during williams and the new jersey nets have beaten the new york knicks one hundred ninety two in their own backyard point guard williams made history and scored thirty eight points it was a great way to avenge the defeat which announced the arrival of jeremy lin earlier

this month while the asian sensation was once again dominant finishing with twenty one points seven rebounds nine assessed and four steals for williams admitted that he was looking for revenge against his opposite number after his debut win over the next ten next game to go to the world was absolutely lethal becoming just the fifth player since nine hundred seventy nine to three pointers and ten free throws the twenty seven year old scoring eighteen points in the third quarter alone including twelve straight a one point one hundred ninety two the final score new york losing for just the second time in ten. now qatar has presented its bid to host the summer olympics in two thousand and twenty the gulf state failed to reach the i.o.c. shortlist with their bid to host the games in two thousand and sixteen because of concerns over searing temperatures but not to be deterred as made a revised bid the proposal is to hold the games in october with the paralympics in

november that way avoiding the scorching summer temperatures is competing again. 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 who already won the right the twenty twenty two football world cup. finally in cricket ricky ponting admits his international one day career is over this 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 are hitting with the one day team and that are not part of their plans so look it's a little bit hard to come. out of being 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

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comb. us in israel clash over a possible strikes on iran's nuclear facilities with television of accusing washington of easing off imposing more pressure on terror on. a fresh attempt to negotiate a syrian cease fire this time by the red cross as that people have high hopes in eminent referendum on a new constitution will help stem the violence. russia's upcoming presidential election causes an outburst of civil activity with people from all walks of life speaking out to promote their political views both pro and anti-government. and the eurozone strikes a long awaited deal on a second greek bellowed after the e.u.

demands harsh austerity measures measures of athens to secure the package sparking riots in the debt stricken country. one pm in moscow i met trezeguet good to have you with us here at r.t. our top story cracks appear to widen in the u.s. israeli relationship over opposing the. as on how to approach the iranian issue tel aviv upset by washington's opposition to launching strikes entourage's nuclear facilities now saying the position actually plays into iran's hands parties are in evolution over the us now from tel aviv with the details serina how serious is this rift between washington and the jewish state over possible strikes on iran. well it's hard to tell about the severity of the rift right now but it's definitely

think there the israeli officials have made it obvious that they're not happy with the statements made by defense officials who say that israel should not carry out a strike on iran they warned them to give some time for the same to take place in the sentence have been tightened and israel is clearly not happy with the rhetoric that they have been hearing from washington d.c. and also from the top u.s. official who has been in television just over the weekend again calling on the israeli top brass to keep things down and allow iran some time before carry out any attack which could which could promote greater instability in the region in fact this also comes after a u.k. defense official have has also warned against carrying out a strike on to iran's nuclear facilities saying that at this point it's not yet clear whether or not they are indeed making a nuclear bomb and if israel does go through with the strikes this may portend far

greater dangers than there are present at the moment this and fact could be the beginning of another cold war in the region at the same time in tehran itself you can hear the echoes of all of these all of these threats coming from israel and all of the disagreements with the u.s. the the iranians are actually carrying out a military exercise at the moment in order to train in order to heighten the degree of alert and to train their forces along with the countries in the countries guard to prevent. to prevent. the possible strikes on their nuclear facilities from being carried out those training exercises will go on for about four days at the same time. observer observers teams are also in the country to see what is happening with iran's nuclear program or. now but of course israel is not convinced that iran is not preparing to make an atomic bomb

again they are not happy with the statements and of with the call on and keeping things down on the down low that's coming from washington d.c. right now and that doesn't events happening between israel but in tel aviv and in washington d.c. or other trees or an igloo should go live for us from tel aviv thanks for that report. meanwhile the u.n. nuclear inspectors back in iran for a second time in less than a month yeah e.a. team is expected to hold key talks over tehran's nuclear program with the islamic state hoping to dispel all of the geishas of its military purpose despite growing international pressure triggered by iran's atomic development some experts think the west war rhetoric may be 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 in 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 as where we all begin to assume that if iran does have a nuclear weapons program then we need to nuke it and 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. played a vis ours international pressure mounts on iran we look at how sanctions against the country are affecting business. tighter restrictions on the country's banking system which are jeopardizing russian companies and some are saying it's unfair for

one country to be making such decisions we'll tell you all about that in business shortly. but first the red cross says it's in talks with syria's government and arrivals to stop fighting in the country so it can deliver vital aid this is some activists claim regime troops have been gathering around the city of homes authorities say they're crushing terrorist groups armed from abroad with a deadly violence threatening to get even worse many in the country hope the upcoming referendum on a new constitution will help reduce bloodshed artie's marie if an ocean reports. ballots instead of bullets mess to his traces and violent protests have been rolling across syria for almost a year by. the syrian government does oakland put people to shape. their future together by taking part in a referendum on the country's new cost to sion fulfill its pledge to reform. a boss who is very excited that soon he'll be able to decide his own tomorrow

because 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 baath party 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 and his friend odin flower shop in damascus he says this new document draws a line between him and his muslim business partner just a shout there is a big contradiction article thirty three says all equal number three says every muslim 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 ten

percent of the people they speak about this. ok but maybe if i 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. their own sources and the sailors are the stupid ones you work for trying to make the city as we see this becoming 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 you 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. the draft of syria's new constitution has been made public ten days before the national referendum fourteen forty seven amended article a roll here with comments and details to base are also on t.v. and the internet neven the country's modern history for its residents so close to full the sea making its many here on the ground fear that the ongoing violence could marry any hope for a full refund altie damascus syria. russia says it won't take part in a meeting of the so-called friends of syria group scheduled for friday claiming the coalition takes a screw skewed approach to the syrian conflict the group consisting of the u.s. and its allies will gather in tunisia to discuss how to apply further pressure on

president assad over violence in the country and to support the opposition syrian rebels have been invited to take part in the gathering moscow says the meeting doesn't take into account the interests of a large part of syria's population currently supporting delusion earlier china accused the west of stirring a civil war in syria with its pro opposition stance international politics professor john young the dean says beijing wouldn't like to see the libya scenario repeated elsewhere. but aging is simply warning the possibility of these rhetoric eventually becoming part of the policy by the west i mean there is a very interesting parallel between the syria situation and libya situation with the british army for example the libyan opposition it was a lot of rhetoric and that eventually became part of the official policy of treatment for us to do some kind of encouragement for the opposition well to accept any kind of political solution and keep fighting and this call for assad to step

down we've agee's various concerns over the sea to how this kind of possibility of peaceful resolution of the syrians are changing is undermined by any such rhetoric and also causing destruction and the next hour we'll be hearing from a former u.s. senior u.s. presidential advisor who thinks america should think twice before pushing for assad's ouster i think the united states. 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 him say he may be a ruthless dictator and what he's doing and what comes after him when he fall so we've got to ask ourselves is the devil we know preferable to the devil we don't know. with russia's

election campaign in full swing it's not just the candidates attracting the voters' attention ahead of next month's ballot people from different walks of life have stepped up to try and make their mark in shaping the country's future our history of push covert reports. russia's counsel to paris hilton t.v. host sirius up champ has a reputation to match up claiming to earn two million dollars a year chilly and mindful 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 good father hence the shock when she became a vocal part of the new energized opposition which i laughed putin as a 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 i 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 working with prosecutions during fineman three elections. it all started with videos like this one showing eleggua relations at polling stations your post but 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 only geishas lead 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 their elections is the way 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 but with the fact that all of us who are so

remote from politics gathered for this rally it is a sign the country is in life new civic organizations are noting we are all the time the old ones are getting a second wind before no one even talked about the civil society people didn't have this feeling they had their own business and this was most important for them. russia wouldn't be the same. now and this is for sure not everyone is unhappy with the current state of affairs b.b. how muscular a factory worker from russia's euros region has been absolutely indifferent to politics until recently that there are people who don't want revolution and who want stability and for us stability means putin with so much promise he made headlines after his televised q. and a session with the prime minister where he offered to come to moscow and help with the street protests should any durani of these days you can point signs of civil activity 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 a new ground for russia where shaping the country's future has become everyone's business. r.t. moscow. you can explore all our stories in depth by clicking on our web site r t dot com here's what's a click away right now. he's cash on a massive stockpile of weapons belonging to the former libyan regime on earth in algeria find out more on our web site. 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 fall hit list at r.t. done.

euro zone ministers have reached a deal on a second greek bailout talks in brussels on the one hundred thirty billion euro cash injection went deep into the night the greek parliament went through a storm of public outrage in several internal conflicts to approve austerity measures demanded by international creditors the plan requires drastic cuts in civil service jobs minimum wages and pensions a frustration has been growing among the e.u. politicians over athens failure to meet necessary demands on time now there are 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 setting. the greek people do not have any sovereignty over their nation anymore it's been taken over by technocrats this is a complete to talent to rehabilitate go 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 countries 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 pretend 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's or cozy double duo better known as more cozy is trying to sell the public. despite a grim outlook for some there.