we were making incredible progress slicing through the thick polar ice like bazza and after only four days we were already near our destination that's a world record pace. we made it. less to do ninety degrees north and sit top of the world. ah. once the champagne had been finished everything kicked into gear the torch bearers went off to get ready and our organizing committee began making preparations for the relay and we love the one on the other one and. tried to hold it the right way all. right but what. with everyone in position we were ready to go and our captain was given the owner of starting off the run my main task was to keep the torch warm and make sure it goes into pat's hand in time and just seconds later she was away and i was on collection she said. i think that's me now. thank you very much yes i got to take a look off the list and return it later. i wasn't good. yeah go through it no slips. no. we stepped off the ship and on to the ice the torches glow flickering through the pitch black polar nights. the pioneering soviet polar explorer. would ignite the culture of t

for supporting the opposition and lots of american analysts can bazza believes those claims are not groundless yes there is a foreign interests absolutely terms of trying to roll back the kinds of contributions regionally and internationally that venezuela has accomplished the united states continuing to support financially and offer training to the opposition groups venezuela has a very strong suspicious kind of a standpoint towards the united states. the leader of the opposition has the klein salts with cries that maduro who says the protesters are planted in the coop backed by. hand but it's also believes been as well is getting in the way of america's economic domination of the region the role that has played historically over the past decade and a half of. promoting a kind of an independence movement within latin america which seeks to extricate itself from u.s. control particularly economic control in terms of the broad economic policies that have been imposed upon the region venezuela is a key piece of the puzzle when it comes to trying to look for government said maybe more amenable to

the euro zone's highest growth right this quarter as like sports pumps money back into the economy bazza speeds are all of our reports the good official news will be cold comfort so one in every six germans who are in danger of being dragged into poverty. business is booming in germany but under the surface there's a surprising number of people failing to get anything from it but once it gets fiercest we still have six million people are long term unemployment benefits that means almost one in ten households live on welfare or in fact figures from the german office of national statistics and eurostar to show that just over sixteen percent of germans are at risk of falling into poverty compare that to the situation in france the czech republic or the netherlands and you see that more people can potentially slip through the safety net in europe's economic powerhouse this is seeing more and more germans turning to charities for help this food distribution center in berlin is one of many all around the country that helps to feed around one point six million germans every single month and if

over half a century so it's a though the speed skating and biathlon are some of the big highlights bazza as our teams andrew former explains there is another concept of those. well i have to say it was a fantastic because he was in it for trying often polishes ya but if there is one gold medal that russia wants to win more than any other it is in the men's ice hockey they haven't done that since the fall of the soviet union and today they opened their account against the vignette and that is a game on paper you would think they would win because they have something like sixteen and h l stars compared to see the news one they also have home with vantage although some are arguing that could bring extra pressure although russia's main man alexandrovitch says all the players have the experience they need to cut i'm pretty sure we have experience and we all than our guys do have another pressure. and i'm pretty sure it's going to fly and we're going to step on the ice we're going to. think about the game and i think about hard to win the game not about. the pressure and stuff and the players