for them they have a very stable score which has been together for a number of years such as surrogate even the share of each if there is a brother's gale dornan and david a shameless while the love may have left but they have brought in seattle and that is their strong side and it's no coincidence that they always qualify for the champions league and 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 my meager are they currently enjoy a ten point lead over arch rivals barcelona. what do you know does have a few injury worries ahead of the game with her and i gather marya 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 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 karim benzema that is because morning your commentated for the synthetic pitch is really to his liking as he feels it's very different to playing in 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 about the weather rather serious 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 underway in which i believe . rio will stand 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 a ray of talent at his disposal the renewed spelled out clearly his side need to be at the top of a game it big and 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 side but have only last for all season in all competitions and are currently running away with the lead at times on both the second leg still to come a 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. now let me turn to. admits that his side are the underdogs going into the tie against this pending a lot of his hopes and strikers say didn't court flight times in the champions league 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 off plus two to the russian winter break have not played a competitive game for two and a half months so men are going to be in for a real test at a sold out on tuesday. when we go to 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 fall 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 wants a tennis where roger federer has won the world tournament in water to the world number three comfortably defeated one martin del potro in straight sets the sixteen time grand slam winner into the first set six one victory then never looked in

doubt in the second spread racked up a straight sets victory six one six four how to finish a federal planes sent to first aid to people with title i mean so boarding chairs going to man has claimed the world championships title in slopestyle in norway the american completed the competitions program with the highest score despite considering some of the finals elements to his opponents good amounts a total of eighty seven point nine was just one point play of the second placed canadian sebastian two time in a while so some mates of belgian finished third sometimes it's. just 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 don't take it too seriously just had fun with it. in the meantime the ladies event so it's. kind of

a triumph she started the final cautiously gradually finding. that rest of the total scoring of eighty four point four points secured the canadian confortable advantage of the travel jamie anderson of the usa and the finland completed painting drawings. i was so nervous i have had a really rough week here hurt my back at. the big how hard time get used to the course so today i just i really just wanted to put a run down. on the pupils from twenty eight special needs schools gathered in the moscow region for and in all sports tournaments but this year's event has an additional significance so that when it is awarded the chance to train for an expedition to the north pole on course who has 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 bishan 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 a sport of an all russia ski day the annual secure russia 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 city's anniversary of the race which has a long history and good traditions who had about twenty five thousand participants this year piller joy but they sure as 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 we shared the news 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 very thorough training. having a good time 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. the north pole skiing expedition led by two time guinness world record holder much they are 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 up a sign that was his chill we would do something else he couldn't do. so much they are all 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 room on cost of r.t. moscow region. well that's all the sports there is from me for the moment join us for more and ties to. stay with us. cultures that so much time and which are right on it here are the trials and tribulations of the middle class long considered the pillar of the west political and economic order is now the victim of a long term. chinese

state media says the u.s. and nato countries support of syria's opposition is driving the nation into civil war troubles to one volunteer. army and the rebels have clashed. decision time for greece it's kind of the debate when athens will sink or swim as the population ranges against deep cuts made to secure the beno. on the path toward london and washington want israel against attacking iran's nuclear sites asking for time to let sanctions do their job live reaction from tehran shortly here on r.t.

. in business tsotsi oil prices have spiked a nine month highs as iran is decided to stop deliveries to the u.k. and france boil now we'll have more on this in twenty minutes time. around the clock around the world this is r.t. the us and its allies are pushing syria into civil war by backing the armed opposition there says a chinese state newspaper beijing joined moscow's efforts to bring about a political settlement in the crisis on country with a top chinese diplomat recently visiting damascus amid reports of ongoing violence in the country. has been to one of the syrian cities caught up in the conflict. said by danny fifty kilometers northwest of damascus lebanon just over the border

once a relaxed luxury mountain resort the town has recently been the scene of brutal clashes between assad's forces and and to government groups there is a law 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 a solid hint about who is in charge here russia is among the few countries still talking to assad and calling for others to have dialogue with the regime along with china it to be towed to the years security council's resolution and voted against another one at the general assembly which put pressure on assad to leave 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 wars 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 knew griffith is a period of course and to government one of the army regain control of his adani they destroyed them or they tried to destroy them or 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 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. an armored groups on the ground too but 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 dulles shop is an area where much of the fighting took place. i was

away when i arrived the army told me there had been a big battle here says the army is now here there's no armed groups anymore no tensions 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 an officer keep supporting everyone suspicious in this violence locked nation raif nationality

danny syria. it's the moment of truth for greece's eurozone finance ministers meet in brussels to decide its future the french finance minister has hinted the outcome could be in athens favor this as his counterpart called for the e.u. the european central bank and the international monetary fund to maintain a permanent presence in greece in return for the bailout already met all of its creditors previous demands the country's forced a massive new austerity package to qualify for one hundred thirty billion euros of rescue cash but there is no talk funds could be paid into especially set up account . to it would be restricted if it misses its targets the cash flow would stop the rage of the people however is only growing with every new political measured imposed measure imposed as greaves reports. voting for more steroids something that dubbed by greece's caretaker prime minister has a moment of historic responsibility

a notion some especially the greek population feel has been lost on eurozone leaders but i feel disappointed and sad because these measures were imposed on us by foreigners and we didn't have a say as the greek people. there is a wise old greek proverb that the person who borrows and borrows becomes the slave of who he borrows from because he's after passing more unpopular cuts greek politicians are told that brussels amber lynn had perspire in 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 through stuff

just doesn't go down the alley of development that eventually greece at some point . 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 morris their take it 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 of. people forces in greece. and all of us that the measures don't solve the problem they make it worse we need development we need development for the survivor the greek economy the growing among both the greek the public and the teachings has to be that eurozone leaders aren't. well. there's more people view. this situation because we were in greece cover way way veritas last sunday's mass

demonstrations against him ewing sent a message to those in brussels but those voting through austerity may have been an historic moment it's 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 r.t. and. tell us what you think about greece's financial woes at dot com we're asking what more rescue funds will mean for the country if the bailout is handed over well let's look at the results on the screen at the moment so far half of you think i think is already doing the 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 can see that 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 stay afloat for the last financial journalist of of the same question and he believes the bailout plan it's conditions are disastrous for and. it will make things worse for the greek economy the greek economy is in a deep recession at the moment the austerity program that is imposed on the country will worsen the recession which in its turn. the budget outlook and so. the negative spiral in which to breed economy and greek society has been imprisoned for almost the last two years. so this is not really a solution to the problem what you need for greece is to have a growth perspective for the economy of greece and you don't have that at all at the moment and the longer we wait the more it becomes. is that the only way we can get a new greek economy going again is by in the exiting the euro zone which will lead

of course to a devaluation of the new direct me but that is exactly what is needed to get the economy through international free growing again and that was financial journalist you have van overtveldt saying that even if greece gets more bailout cash it won't rescue the country's economy. the u.s. and britain are warning israel not to attack iran's nuclear facilities saying new sanctions need time to work to iran currently being visited by u.n. inspectors denies accusations it is developing atomic weapons but israel which also accuses tehran of attacking its diplomats abroad could now be on an unstoppable path to a military strike and that is an integral reports from television. that israel's leaders are actively drumming up their military rhetoric. 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 terrorism eating from iran. a potential israeli rocket clash looks more likely than

ever 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 pass or vacation summer vacation possibly people are beginning to have wondered 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 home or it would be nice if we could get a flight that we could cancel you know you know it's 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 one is just 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. installations are too diverse and far flung to destroy a fact of lee 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 already be made up i think one of the things that 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 their mission i doubt with the will you 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 after day day after day what israel has triggered it back i think any any sane person realizes that there were almost guaranteed be 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 is of late but it's unlikely 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 every darker in tel aviv r.t. . well let's discuss this now with he's professor of political science university

iran what are the chances that israel will defy washington and london and attack iran. well i personally believe that it is very unlikely because iran is not iraq iran is not has more like iran is not hamas and i don't think that. playing with fire would be something that israeli will be very serious about it because. a lot of letters conceived out that there is a military strike by tel aviv against iranian nuclear sites while do they expect that iran will sit back and say that why did you do that no i think i think the response from iran would be very powerful and very severe israel is being

serious though with its rhetoric isn't it but there is actually no proof at the moment the iran is developing nuclear weapons so why is israel stepping up its threats. i don't know perhaps. partly. is roy he's trying to. trying to as he prevent iran from becoming a nuclear power perhaps it is right he thinks that once iran has managed to acquire the technology of uranium enrichment iran can develop an atomic weapon within the six months to twelve months or whenever that that karen desires so perhaps israeli are thinking that a preemptive strike against iranian nuclear facilities would prevent iran from becoming a nuclear power but the point is that iran has already has become

a nuclear power and. all because iran want to become a nuclear power in terms of having a nuclear weapon no no no because iran knows that they're in the know what they can use an atomic weapon i mean imagine that iran has a nuclear. bomb what is the good of that what is the point of that which conky can can can we contemplate that iran will use atomic bomb you make a persuasive argument but it's been reported that the un team which is now in iran won't actually inspect the country's nuclear sites they didn't even visit them during their trip and generally either so what is the point of these visits then surely. going to benefit from these visits will it because it's not likely to allay any of those suspicions that tirant is indeed trying to develop a nuclear weapon. as far as i am aware. i am

inspectors they have every nuke and every corner of iran's nuclear facilities the point is that every now and then they say that we want to go there we want to go here and we want to spend that time we want to it's great this place not the point is that those places are not within the touristy cation of. international atomic agency we are not part of iran nuclear sites. professor of political science university of tehran great to talk to you thank you for your time. president dmitri medvedev has met members of unregister parties to discuss how to make the country's political future more inclusive it's the presence of the opposition it comes in the wake of sweeping political reform imposed following the mass protests over the results of parliamentary elections in december tenth.