people of greece their best side to repeat the heroics of two thousand and four richard pombo fleet r.t. athens. well staying with football and for places still available at next summer's hero twenty twelve championships with four player fixed is also taking place this friday night and former russian manager go city is hoping to lead turkey to a first leg advantage as they host. every keen to to play these two matches. of course against and will respect its opponent an opponent who has also history with turkey. in the past. but i think it's a well respected opponent because they are. presenting themselves well in on international level. well where bosnia and herzegovina who finished one point behind france in group d. take on portugal the wedge that norway on their head to head west for the world's newest national side montenegro a second doing good in blue jeans when they came to the czech republic who finished behind spy and while a style young who overcame the likes of serbia and speedy us to finish runners up in group c. they take on long island he was second to russia to strike alexander b

people of greece a better side to repeat the heroics of two thousand and four richard pombo played r.t. athens. well meanwhile four places are still available at euro twenty twelve with four playoff fixtures also taking place this friday night and former russian mallett djoko sitting is hoping to lead to turkey to a first leg advantage as they host croatia. very keen to play these two matches. of course against the well respected opponent an opponent who has also history with. in the past. but i think it's a well respected opponent because they are. presenting themselves well in an international level. thinking about the game or to play tomorrow we're not thinking well to game in zagreb we're looking at tomorrow's games and there's no one chance and that's how we're going to plea. well elsewhere bosnia-herzegovina take on portugal while the us national side wants the czech republic and estonia take up island the west for russia will strike while exams are cocksure call. to tell us men deserve to reach the finals specially after they were denied a place in last year's world cup by every always

accomplished side bodes well ahead of euro two thousand and twelve championships richard i'm hopeful of r.t. athens. meanwhile former russia coach chris sittings talkative taking turkey to euro twenty twelve was dealt a heavy blow off to his side last three now it's time to croatia in the first leg of the playoffs for want to scout must go forward. after just two minutes mario monti you pitch double than the. an hour later taught them to bend a better choice of the visitors three male victory and the second half. after that one no i think. we had a lot of position but also to be honest and realistic we were not able we were not able to play defense or into a team everyone was defending world by gratiot but we could not outplay them. and create danger. from iraq captain robbie keane netted a late second half brace as the republic of ireland tried for dell at nine am to sign me up to their place next on the spinal he is under is opened after thirteen minutes and john walters stopped the second midway through the second half after the home side had had a man sent off in each half well the irish founds

people of greece the best side to repeat the heroics of two thousand and four richard on both lead r.t. athens. the same with all and for places still available next summer zero twenty twelve championships with four playoff extends also taking place this friday night and for that russia manager is hoping to lead turkey to a first leg advantage as they host croatia. they are very keen to to play these two matches of course against the well respected opponent an opponent who has also history with turkey in their in the past. but i think you're well respected opponent because they are. presenting themselves well in an international level. and elsewhere this friday night of bosnia and herzegovina finished one point behind france in group d. they take on portugal the wedge that norway i met at the head record of the worlds of the u.s. national side montenegro a second drink and in group i go to the czech republic and finish between spain and slovenia who i became the likes of serbia and sylvia finished runners up in group c. take on palos he was second just russia to strike alexander courage o'cloc

also this hour in r.t. athensannounces the veteran vice president of the european central bank as its new premier sparking indignation on greek streets over the perceived loss of yet more sovereignty to the e.u. . israel may strike iran by the end of december that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources after the findings of the u.n. to tommy watchdog spot fresh concern over to iran's nuclear program our top stories this hour. international news and comment.

bolles lead r.t. athens. stay with football and for places a still available next summer zero twenty twelve championships with four playoff fixed is also taking place this friday and former russian manager has hiddink is hoping to lead turkey to a first leg advantage as they host croatia. they are very keen to play these two make cheese. of course against the well respected opponent an opponent who has also history with the key in their in the past. but i think gauge a well respected opponent because they are. presenting themselves well in an international level. well elsewhere on friday bosnia and herzegovina who finished one point behind france in group d. they take on portugal who edged that norway on their head to head record while the world the u.s. national side montenegro they were second to england in greece and they go to the czech republic to finish behind spain while a stay at hero became the likes of serbia answer the finnish bonus up to see a take on ireland the second to russia. while here in ru

accomplished side both well ahead of euro two thousand and twelve championships richard and hopefully the r.t. athens. now let's stay with football where four places are still available at europe's once it's well known for playoff pictures took place on friday night's former russia manager now turkey coach guus hiddink suffered at three nothing lost at home against croatia the former says scott multiple forward it's all the open the scoring for the croats just two minutes into the match and marry old man jukes huge double the lead in the thirty second minute and tell him forward that broncho sealed with victory in the second half. after that one nil i think we we had a lot of position but also to be honest and realistic we were not able we were not able to outplay the defense team everyone was defending well by croatia but we could not outplay them. and create danger. nine man is so many a word destroyed for a nail at home by the republicans are the great kate and chris open in the thirteenth minute with the rest of the goals coming in the second half thanks to a brace by robbie keane and strike by j

crisis to trying to find a way to rebuild say showcase he zhen here is not going to be easy surface r.t. athens. twenty three minutes past the hour here now in the russian capital time now for the latest from the world of business with kareena. oh and welcome to our business news this hour it's a volatile day for russian stocks with fear over the debt situation in europe dominating sentiment global equities are still reeling somewhat from the greek decision to hold a referendum on the e.u. bailout throwing the whole plan into doubt artie's tom has the details. it's been a turbulent day on international markets but russian r.t.s. m i six has been up and down but it finally finished tentatively in the black the reason for all the turmoil the continuing uncertainty over the drama unfolding in greece the government's decision to have a referendum there on the euro bailout plan is they say to try and get a clear mandate from the greek people but it has sent shock waves through international markets the fear is that the greek people will say no or not would make this already very dangerous crisis a l

also this hour an r.t. athens announces the veteran voice president of the european central bank as its new premier sparking indignation on greek streets over the perceived loss of yet more sovereignty to the e.u. . israel may strike iran by the end of december that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources after the findings of the un's atomic watchdog sparked fresh concern over to iran's nuclear program our top stories this hour. international news uncomment live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day so russia has been finally granted accession to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thorny negotiations the commission in geneva has finalized over all terms for the long awaited membership which will happen in december or to your smith was there. there's a document in circulation which is all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in

immigration crisis to trying to find a way to rebuild say shook asian here is not going to be easy surf r.t. athens. to stay with us here after your time now for the business with korea. welcome to our business thanks for joining me russ and start by giving up gains made earlier when say global equities are still reeling from the greek decision to hold a referendum on the e.u. bailout throwing the hope to doubts france and germany now say they use and along with the i.m.f. will hold new talks on aid for greece are to sit down martin who's at the r.t.l. stock exchange has the latest for. the russian market so the r.t.s. and my sticks are starting to slip back from the earlier gains that they make they made and markets across europe that are opening are also slipping back we saw big losses yesterday all of this of course to do with the drama unfolding in greece the government there decided it would have a referendum on the euro road bailout plan they want to take that to the greek people to try and get more of a clear mandate that that has really are nervous a lot of the creditors of greece across th

r.t. athens. the u.s. a free one of the cuban five a group of intelligence officers branded terrorists but he still can't leave florida to meet his family really gonzalez his thirteen year sentence in a federal prison in full but u.s. authorities are forcing him to stay in america to serve a three year long probation period he was arrested together with four other officers and children charges of spying and terrorism cuban insisted they were in the u.s. hunting a group of castro exiles who were planning terrorist attacks in the communist state r.t. caught up with the man's wife he said the case was biased from the start. but. it turns out use authorities be demeter's your case in black media labeled them spies and terrorists charges don't sound as dumb from the very beginning those who have the full information picked out the details who are in line with the accusations that indicate doing that for twelve years when you take a newspaper or turn on the t.v. or the radio which speaks of five spies a

r.t. athens. twenty six minutes past the hour here now in the russian capital time to update you on some other international stories now in thailand there is a dispute over which areas to rescue forces from what has continued to rise in the country's capital bangkok officials at the city center will be largely spared causing anger among those living on the outskirts and outside the capital residents in northeastern bangkok and destroyed part of a canal floodgates in an attempt to divert floodwaters away from the homes with or he's had to station police to god floodgates to prevent more damage. to independence activists attempted to hold a protest outside chinese embassy in new delhi they ran towards its heavily guarded ghouls waiting to flags and chanting slogans and blocked the way and detained some of the young protest as activists say they're trying to draw attention to twenty leaders to human rights violations in tibet head of this summit in camp. officials flew over a cargo ship that's been s

r.t. athens time now to cross over to the business desk where creative joins us live with us here in moscow. her welcome toplessness it's a volatile day for russian stocks but fear over the debt situation in europe dominating sentiment global equities are still reeling somewhat from the decision to hold a referendum on the e.u. bailout from the whole plan into doubt artie's has not. it's been a turbulent day on international markets the russian r.t.s. and my sex have been up and down to finally finish tends to flee in the black the reason for all the turmoil the continuing uncertainty over the drama unfolding in greece the government's decision to have a referendum there on the euro bailout plan is they say to try and get a clear mandate from the greek people but it has sent shock waves through international markets the fear is that the greek people will say no and that would make this already very dangerous crisis a lot worse it could cause greece to d. faults on its debts it could go further i

immigration crisis too but trying to find a way to rebuild say shook asian here is not gains easy surf r.t. athens. coming up next there are two good reasons we. welcome to our presence of our holiday for russia starts with fear over the debt situation in europe dominating sentiment coble equities are still reeling some group decision to hold a referendum on the e.u. bailout for the whole clan had to douse artie's can barton who was at the start exchanging moscow has the chance. it has been a very turbulent day on the markets russia's r.t.s. and my six have been up and down but they've ended up tentatively in the black but it seems that there's been great uncertainty throughout the russian markets san beyond all focused on greece on the unfolding drama there the government there wants to have a referendum because it wants to put the question of the euro pale out plan to the greek people it wants a clear mandate for that plan but that has worried many people around the world many of greece's potential creditors because they fear that the greek people will give a no vote it's indicated that they may

crisis to be trying to find a way to rebuild say showcase he zhen here is not skeins easy surface r.t. athens. and i would be long going out euro zone debt crisis that's not good latest korea. business of the south thanks for joining me now it's serve volatile day for us and starts with fear over the debt situation in europe dominating sense unless global equities are still reeling somewhat from the quick decision to hold the referendum on the e.u. bailout throwing the whole plan into doubt now for details joined by our team who is at the. asco hello to you tom so so what's the mood like down there. in housecleaner a very turbulent day on the markets russia's r.t.s. and my stakes have been up and down but they've ended up tentatively in the black but it seems that there's been great uncertainty throughout the russian markets sam beyond all focus on greece on the unfolding drama there the government there wants to have a referendum because it wants to put the question of the euro payout plan to the greek people it wants a clear mandate for that plan but that has worried many people around the

r.t. heads to the streets of athens to find out what greeks themselves thing now fears grow that italy is next in financial firing life or death surprisingly amid record barley since. it was north korean passengers europe for the first time we sit down with a man who was head of the ambitious project the very person who used to leave germany at the beginning of the millennium as its chancellor gerhard schroeder you know he tells us why it's so important for all sides involved that interview was. gerhard schroeder was charles love germany from nineteen ninety eight to two thousand and five he's now chairman of the board at nordstrom's russia's new gas pipeline under the baltic sea and europe is to further why should the e.u. increase its handed on gazprom is good nick i know. we're not talking about a dependence on russia we're talking about cooperation between russia or on one side and the european union on the other in the energy sector is north stream is viewed as a priority project by both russia and the e.u. because it's been part of europe's energy networks since two thousand and six

r.t. sarah furthur reports from athens. on the streets of greece protests have become a common occurrence this gatherings not one of the usual demonstrations this is an anti immigration rally aspersion athens it's really a dangerous time for refusing in the last three years illegal immigration into europe increased in particular has skyrocketed the greek economy has plummeted the crisis has led to unemployment poverty creasing to a lot of people not being able to make ends meet face to these tough economic conditions it's not just extreme factions a society that has seen a rise in anti immigrant sentiment but every day greeks he faced with exceptionally tough sation circumstances have begun to point the finger of blame. it on the club on the streets of athens has now become a kind of limbo for illegal immigrants who are struggling to make money and to survive even second generation immigrants who've lived in the country many years feeling the tension we've come to one of greece's neighborhoods of the dangers a first high im

economic troubles the most urgent is europe's debt epidemic at the center of which sets athens speaking with r.t. greek m.p.c. most care to go blue says there is no telling what tomorrow holds for the embattled union full interview coming up in the next hour here's a preview. of fear for tomorrow we don't know what's coming next and i believe that the whole of europe doesn't know what's coming next even if the borders closed tomorrow a council like greece doesn't produce the we the me that the greeks need so it's the first time since world war two that greece controversy that's people in the country like greece where everything can grow i think it's a crime. russia's presidential human rights council says police torture could have led to the death of a russian lawyer who was imprisoned at the time members of the council insist that the prosecution look into the new evidence sergei magnitsky who worked for an investment company was arrested on ickes ations of corruption in two thousand and nine he died in pretrial detention facility several months later his family and colleagues claim he was deli

economic troubles the most urgent is europe's debt epidemic at the center of which lies athens speaking with r.t. greek m.p.c. most care to go blue said there's no telling what tomorrow holds for the embattled union full interview coming up in the next hour here's a preview. of the future for tomorrow we do know what's coming next and i believe that the whole of europe doesn't know what's coming next we will move toward those closed tomorrow but come too late greeks those and produce the we the me the greeks need so it's the first time since world war two that greece come to feed its people and the come too late greeks with everything can grow i think it's a crime. unafraid and undressed a series of for evocative protests against the abuse of women's rights have been raising eyebrows across europe or to find out these ukrainian activists now have their sights set on new horizons. oh yes. on a chilly morning in kiev health naked women in racing outfits drink champagne and chant slogans this is how the feminine movement celebrated the resignation of silvio berlusconi several days prior to that tha

r.t. has to streets of athens to find out what greeks themselves think now fears grow that italy is next in the financial firing line never would. have made. sense. for all the latest in sports of unit. thanks as always tessa grip this is sport today we've got plenty ahead over the next ten minutes including. death although legend boxing great joe frazier loses his last fight with cancer dying at the age of sixty seven. game danko exits the final a.t.p. tennis event of the year following my first run defeat in for. the one constant olympic success. we examine how the talent supply. is on earth. but we begin with some sad news former world heavyweight boxing champion joe frazier has died aged sixty seven following a brief battle with liver cancer the american passing away at his home in philadelphia surrounded by his family fraser will be remembered as one of the sporting icons of the past century german part two three titanic clashes. of the smoking joe the first on to the beach in fact. the fight of the century in one nine hundred seventy one he was lose the next against his own great resp

r.t. had so the streets of athens to find out what greeks themselves think about for years growth that is really is next in the for national firing line that where debts are piling up ahead of record borrowing costs. and next in our spotlight host al gore and of talks to a gas cross spokesman about why moscow now faces criticism following the grand opening of the giant gas pipeline that's next. oh yeah. see. my guest in the studio is. the first consignment of russian gas. underneath the baltic sea. pipeline is finally. delivered directly to western europe bypassing troublesome transit. is expanding operations in both europe and asia now. parkland just south. of the black sea a few projects are underway in just five fields this. is gazprom to becoming a real monopolist and israel should be used as a political tool. once fully operational. twenty six million europeans who was russian gas it's a. running through transit countries the. billion dollars and has been. from the very beginning critics say it's not only super expensive but also. as the. europeans feel. that's the telo and thank you

r.t. sara first reports from athens. in an extremely tricky situation and there's absolutely no guarantees at this point just what that outcome will be later on this evening he's going to be asking will make his backhand sit back and share the support and that confidence stay with one hundred fifty seats in the name in. parliament of a three hundred seat parliament he puts technical security to the very very small want to be the number of m.p.'s have been made thanks they think in support a number of them saying that unless possibly this some kind of unity government full potential plan is on the table if they take part in state it's unclear really what will happen to the perhaps that's the most likely to some or some form of temporary unity government will be full this being a very dramatic week of decisions that have been made the week starting with the prime minister announcing plans for a referendum on the bailout plan that was met with resistance not just from outside the country from within his entitlement as well

r.t. types in the streets of athens to find out what greeks themselves thank. you.

respective economic crises the most urgent is europe's debt epidemic at the center of which lies athens and speaking to r.t. greek m.p.c. most critically says there's no telling what tomorrow holds for the embattled union . fearful tomorrow we don't know what's coming next and i believe that the whole of europe doesn't know what's coming next now everybody realizes that it's not just the greek problem it's a european problem it's the whole system that we have made up of the european union isn't working and this is to create to the problems that we see today we believe that the germans must change their position they must realize it's for their roles good also you know german economy without the european clients is not going to do very well. that you can touch much more of mr chemical his thoughts on what went wrong in its full interview in about twenty minutes time here. and they could that woman in a city's central square is bound to attract attention which is exactly what one protest group is hoping for a series of extravagant demonstrations against the abuse of women's rights have been drawing eyes acro

r.t. surfer as reports now from athens. greece is found itself back in the spotlight this week and once again for all the wrong reasons now we began the week with prime minister george pop enjoy calling for a referendum only. we saw him do dramatic eternal nose referendum it was met with this resistance both internationally and from within members of his government social confidence go ahead on friday in parliament. and his government managing to narrowly by one hundred fifty three m.p. one hundred forty five and the bill looks extremely clear the prime minister and the government his talks now turn to the formation of a national unity government but there's a lot of confusion these coalition plans not least because the head of the main opposition party here in the country has rejected calls for a coalition and votes again called for the early elections they're playing more of . each other trying to see who's going to blink to just to see whether a national unity will be created we saw the prime minister meeting with the pr

r.t. had sort of streets of athens to find out what greeks themselves playing now fears grow that italy is next in line in the financial firing line with debts are piling up record pauline costs. billions here now of all the latest in sports and we hear the final bell has run for one of the greatest boxers of all time tell us about that yeah that's right fraser he was sixty seven and davy was one of the greatest lino lest his first ever defeat we're going to have a look at the story in just a moment. thanks for joining us this is plenty ahead over the next ten minutes or so including the following. death of a legend boxing great joe frazier loses his last fight with cancer dying up the age of sixty seven. future starts now the russian ice hockey team with a new coaching to prepare for the starting tournament of this season's euro campaign the party young. mothers the one constant of russian olympic success in the years has been risk making gymnastics we examine how the talent supply on the mouth is this covered here. and we begin with some sad news former world heavyweight boxing champion

r.t. sara firth has more from athens. really is going to be a major hurdle he's got a very small majority in his a government at the moment one hundred fifty. of the three hundred seat government and we've seen an incredibly turbulent week here in greece the week starting with the prime minister announcing that he planned to hold a referendum almost bailout plan so that shockwave three not only is a need isn't using countries but within his government as well it was a very very controversial announcement we saw yesterday his parliament today just essentially killing off the referendum he was talking about the fact that they face a dilemma and they were able to reach a consensus with the opposition party about the bailout plans and the referendum would be off the table say the appears to be the case maybe who got to have a bit more supports amongst splinter groups in his party who are very very unhappy about this is definitely cynicism now about these announcements of the make when it comes to soften to itself in the past

r.t. sarah firth has more from athens. of course we got the confidence they coming to work that's going to certainly be one that everyone's looking at now because that's going to be a more clear signal of the way forward and we had some strong words from the prime minister he was talking about unity about the country moving through this crisis together but of course the chill earth situation here in the country has been far from unified in fact it's been. as wide as you can get between the governments decisions a for the past couple of months and indeed couple of years and what the government continued to do and it was unmistakable that in his words he did seem to be moving away from the idea of holding a referendum he caving in a little bit that pressure that we saw coming from coming from paris coming from within his own party as we saw. that was triggered when he announced that holding a referendum because it's been a really big problem since the very beginning here this is a much confusion around these decisions that a

r.t. sour furth has more from athens. j.s in that stream really tricky situation and there's absolutely no guarantees at this point just what that outcome will be later on this evening he's going to be asking will make is to back him to back the plans and share the support in that confident state with one hundred fifty two seats in the name in. parliament of a three hundred seat parliament you've got a technical majority but a very very small one and there's been a number of m.p.'s that it made it clear that they're not going to be facing in support and number than saying that unless possibly there's some kind of unity government formed that's a potential plan that's on the table if they don't pass a confidence vote it's unclear really what will happen is that perhaps that's the most likely the song for some form of temporary unity government will be formed this being a very dramatic week of decisions that have been made the week starting with the prime minister announcing plans for a referendum on this bailout plan that

r.t. sarah ferguson all the latest from athens. it certainly feels like change could be coming to greece it's nice now the n.p.c. gathering in parliament ahead of that conference that it's expected about midnight local time and there's going to be critical discussions being held at the head of that prime minister jewish package of course is going to be asking will make is to get behind him and support head on the bella plan but you know it's very very personal the outcome of that will be we've been speaking to loads of people here today certainly the feeling is the jewish pop and days days are numbered as prime minister there's a very strong sense that it's time to change shall certainly that's what the public here are calling for and amongst the same governments as well we've seen the splinter groups in the ruling class of policy growing a for the week that kimi elated and the discontent from some members of his same party as well as from foreign from foreign people about that referendum announcing that he made at the beginning of

r.t. yanis varoufakis professor of economics at athens university could have your expert view and you. corruption in italy where thousands of students marched in protest against budget cuts and the lack of jobs clashes between demonstrators and police took place in several cities across the country is followed new prime minister mario monti has made a speech in parliament where he pledged to push through austerity measures which will mean huge sacrifices for ordinary people and the cracks are why going elsewhere in the euro zone to with a fresh blow from one of its strongest members the dutch prime minister now wants countries to be able to kick others out of the currency cloud leaving only the most robust economies inside of this story are to push. the worst day yet for the euro that's how one bank called news that the little and considered the second strongest economy in the single currency the scene it's boring cause breeze but the markets to new highs the dutch prime minister was forced to react on concerns that the problem spiralling out of control probably more said he'd like to

r.t. sarah for the rings is the latest from athens. very difficult to say exactly what the plans were to come out parliament here just for and the prime minister george patton j it's been a very confusing day all round to be honest we saw a huge turn unmistakably on the plans to hold a referendum and they didn't specifically say in his address that that was off the table certainly the noises were being made that that was the direction we were going in and also that we heard from the greek finance minister he did categorically say that the referendum was off the table now when that was announced a little while ago that we saw. not just years in countries and their leaders but the financial markets as well and indeed within the greek government there was a lot of concern a for those schools by the prime minister for a referendum we've seen him backtracking now a lot of people saying that he's caved to that pressure from berlin from paris from within his own government now where he was saying was that they face a dilemma in the decision w