is self-interest if we look at what happened in egypt the west backed mubarak right to the very last and there was no longer possible to back him when it was indefensible they dumped him and the same with the president of tunisia and then they moved very very quickly on libya what was happening in libya the absolutely terrible in any case in the name of human rights that i kind of attacked libya the same with syria you know it's kind of it's a it's a protest movement it's democratic change and reform which are very worthwhile motives to support but there is another agenda there which has to do with broader global and regional strategies what has the libyan scenario failed in syria will the western powers change that tactic i think that libya was the template for syria they kind of went to the u.n. they got the no fly zone was lucian and that opened up libya to aerial attack and i think they thought that they could repeat this in syria but it didn't prove to be possible largely because of russia actually because russia made it plain that it

would not support another no fly and no fly zone resolution in the security council so this left the government of britain france and the u.s. in particular with you know they had to work out what policy they were going to pursue you know still think they would like to intervene in syria but they realize it's not funny little or nothing of libya is a different situation altogether thank so much for the risk of much greater dangers about greater because intervention in syria how would you describe that whether you're talking about a buffer zone or you talk american military humanitarian causal as a french foreign minister does it still adds up to the same thing as the invasion of another country and syria would resist that or wrong to get involved actively get involved it's hard to take the fallback position i think is to support. certain activities inside syria which are calculated in the downfall of the assad government and its replacement by. government will be formed presumably from the

exiles from the agitating against the prison would take take over in your book the unmaking of the middle east you chronicle the lawn and lead a history of western invasions in arab lands with all the efforts by the u.n. and arab league the dayton row of arab league is the threat of foreign ministry invasion for syria is in the past right or not yet of course is still a possibility of course as to the possibility of point where you rather do because it's so risky for intervention would be service be however it was done would be to kind of maintain the support for what's happening inside syria on the side of the opposition like calculation would be that sooner or later these precious if they maintained will result in the collapse of the assad government well as compare syria with the league and iraq to what extent the syrian national council similar to leave is national transitional council or iraqi national congress rockey

national congress was almost a fiction the leader no support inside iraq whatsoever he lived outside iraq for a long long time and he was pumped up because they wanted to create this exiled body called the iraqi national congress so there was an iraqi voice in the propaganda war against saddam hussein the libyan situation the lives of the libyan transitional council as you know basically would affect us from the governing tripoli they jump ship when it got too hot and they took it really for me the wrong way to benghazi and the transitional national council for all of whom we didn't know we knew someone from all the places we can't say the syrian national council is largely composed of what the mixture of people who have their roots who are inside syria but the dominant i think exiles. has been in paris for a long time like read one. who's based in washington and has very very close ties

with the state department you know what kind of clout what part of hold of these people have inside syria are they not much. you know so there are similarities between these councils and of course you know that the transitional national council or national transitional council in libya. recognize the syrian national council as a legitimate representative the syrian people it's not that simple as that so it's part of part of the campaign against syria of which that that that now the lid is now the libyan government is now part elections at various levels are currently on to go in in syria with more had so what do you think will bashar al assad remain in power as a result and we have a very very dangerous situation in syria which could have exploded into a very very nasty. total breakdown inside the country and could lead to a regional war so far in this context let's see if this is given a few months and see how the process works for russia does have. a base of support

so. i don't think you could say that the party would be doomed the moment they call free elections that could do well why do you think human rights watch talks and foreign media neglects the damage done by militant groups in syria it's somewhat of a mystery to me it's a mystery and the city has made some pretty. provocative claims in with regard to syria one of them is that i think it was military people dressing up as doctors in homs hospital. any verification of that if it's a claim made on the basis of online people. and similar claims have been made by other human rights organizations human rights watch the. u.n. human rights council it's committee is all one way it's all about what the government is doing and making very very extreme claims the government response was there for two hundred fifty six children for example. four thousand five thousand

of dart there is no desegregation which is what the critical reader would want you know you see these they get where they're coming from there's anyone know how many people have been killed in syria so far in its report. the human rights council report said four thousand but there was no expression of that figure where they go. a few days later. he was the u.n. human rights commissioner priest of the security council and said five thousand. and couldn't figure it goes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination is five thousand people being killed by the syrian government about security forces by and for whatever whereas in fact i don't think it's any doubt at all that a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs about of it but by the fact this so what we actually need to do is to this aggregate these

figures like how many people have been killed by the syrian army how many of them were innocent entirely innocent how many of them were men who picked up arms. how many civilians have been killed by gangs so forth and so on you need to break the whole thing down but these figures are not broken down since we are in turkey let's talk about turkey a little bit turkey definitely wants to be associated with the changes in this region to be seen as a leading play in this movement so may turkey use this moment to its advantage turkey before the policy for the last seven years of creating zero zero problems on the borders ok and that meant kind of dealing with iran dealing with syria and turkey and syria had a rather complicated relationship over many many years. and so these problems were resolved and they did lead to very good stable balance relationships with syria and

with iran in particular and all the sudden the policy was reversed instantly like turkey did a sharp right hand turn i think the turkish government seem to think that the syrian government for the protest movement got up and running and i think the turkey gobbler calculated that's only a question of time before the syrian government goes and therefore i think it want to put it want to be riding a wave ok put on the crystal the way the question of the wave of reform and change in the middle east and to be seen as a leader of this movement. turkey legs but the fact is that the syria as i constructed. this is not libya if anyone interferes with us like across our borders to cause an earthquake in this region so the stakes for everyone including turkey in this situation a very very high but turkey made its decision that i think that affable go therefore we support the opposition therefore reports that we support the syrian national council by dint of space in istanbul therefore we support free syrian army

do you think that was a wrong decision in doing so they have antagonized iran they have antagonized iraq . because now iraq has come out quite strongly in support of syria and of course the living is governed by his boss has also been very very critical of turkey so the change in foreign policy has kind of that dump the zero problem policy and what they've done that is create problems now if if if our side goes ok then so we're tough but if if if if he doesn't somehow manage to ride this out. well then i suppose there's going to be someone. you know and they'll have your poor back position but you had to create. what would be tenable any longer you've got to deal with this couple you like it or not. and it's intentions saying it wants stability and stability in the region but the law does so with with. saudi arabia with united

states britain and france that's where it is that's what's that and so the rhetoric about humanitarian intervention. humanitarian. has been a kind of simple thing in discussion about syria over the last six months and took along with that but they know the dangers they do of course they know that that if there was a move across the border if turkey were talking to taking the lead. it would open up a pandora's box of problems you know and i. you know turkey said no question of indignation but it seems to me this is definitely a big difference over this issue like it's an option that somehow is still there however it might be carried out. wealthy british style.

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boil prices jump again that's the e.u. says it will decide by the end of the month whether to ban the iranian crude imports concern is also mounting of. the west's suffering condiments. thousands remain behind in the libya failing to switch sides at the supposedly right time the transition to democracy is also revealing infighting between former rebels for five people. killed in tripoli. plus an increasing number of german voters right up with crises and controversy are now putting their cards to the last of the new party the group is spreading its policies online but has no official style summit meeting or its troubles. over sports news is next.

hello there thanks for joining me and here's a taste of what is coming up title setback manchester united suffer a shock pre-meal defeat to newcastle in the english premier league. plus federer wins his nineteenth match in a row with the top seed to make the quarter finals of the cats are open. and double vision world road race champion mark cavendish sets his sights on the glory of the tour de france and then takes in twenty twelve. but first manchester united's hopes of retaining their premier league title have suffered another setback after losing three nil to newcastle. put their magpies ahead last night with his fifteenth goal of this season and that was followed by a strike. before a late ngo from phil jones gave the home side the win and united desk second consecutive defeat there remain three points behind the city after losing three to

blackburn also at the weekend and then the other game last night bolton moved up the bottom of the table are covering my goals down to twenty one everything goalkeeper tim howard school the first of the three players before david and gold and gary cahill school for the visiting so this is how the table is looking at the moment united missing the chance to get a level on points from city while you cost the state seven but are now just up points behind liverpool and out the other end bolton move off the bottom and they are right point from safety but it is very congested down there blackburn prop up the table and just behind we can put any three points separating the bottom five saying it's now over the last couple of years the russian premier league has attracted a growing number of foreign players among them. settle into a new way of life since his me from scotland and it's part of our look back at

twenty eleven is how he was getting on at the start of the season. it's been in russia just about a year now believe the start of august you came last last year how's your russian experience being so far over always been good of enjoyed. i've enjoyed the saw but the full way of life a lot here obviously takes a lot but getting your stuff but. i've enjoyed it so far and obviously the football was the main thing the football has been going reasonably well to. the us what see also the cool part is so i'm figuring a way for here in the language but you know i'm getting slightly better those who are not so that's going to say are you taking lessons oh i had one wes and kobe's ago enough that my but in this for us i'm one of the one on the half but i was just as good because i'm a mother and every single day what's your typical day here at fort acma school quesadillas you went into bonuses you come in for ten o'clock in the morning normally and then you see the doctor you get with you for produce for season for you here and i while using who know what is true in all of them. after you die or

stay at the base or say anymore you can call. us football is a good life obviously do you believe the team can finally fulfil what they've been trying to do for years now and when the championship going to start the season that was of the ones. you know that the baby started to pop the chairmanship was really really thrilled i mean who's to say no because going out on the end of one big games you know of a spot which i'm sure up to christmas and then be certain you know second top or second place is getting a little princess and since i think it's over so it's a very very young squad we have. you know often overall before we have the first of the issues they're put into practice you could have really gone to your pick of clubs why did you choose russia in the first place for me it was the chance to go. to complain about. troy to get an opportunity to tom though than to say no i'll

stay so to show you because i think it was time for me to to so i move on it was best for everyone but do you miss the old firm you the thrill of the the huge game in glasgow of course some things are a must the game you know what i see on t.v. and i want to call me you know you the best thing in football. to know for me it was probably you know a sunny afternoon at parkhead saw that off in a pocket. and it doesn't get much better now but i just finally. on a lighter note is there anything you miss the bites about scotland and home you know they're the deep fried mars bars are they i am very deep fried or state of table as of the branch other big five miles well if of course as well as those home comforts you must share just. i think the main thing that you must is has been there we just are not going this year period show friends but us that's always a part of life. russian or russian ships just before. our show over here and the russian prisoners are great for me thanks so much for your time i'm pretty

sure that for sure or it should be settling into life in russia now tennyson defending champion roger federer has become the latest top seed to advance into the quarter finals of the season opening event in cats are the world number three how dumb down russia is making a david jenkins his face leaning qualifier gregor's emea the swiss master rarely ever troubled by his lesser known opponent that would dominated their frightened center to win in an hour flat sixty six through the final score and then he said peevishly try and put an end to federer's nineteen match winning streak in the next round. also through his top seed rafael nadal the spaniard shrugged off his somewhat slow start to the tournament to blitz german qualifier. nidal say the so breakpoint he faced to an easy sixty sixty when standing in the way next his russian seventy because usually you had told you very clearly to get that but. i was it was

a hard day's work the two frenchmen joe will free to tsonga and gael long face in doha number three seed to tsonga salvaged a couple of sept points in the first set before taking it on a closely contested tie break against israelis flavia cupola. kept piling on the pressure though only in the second set but the world number six held firm courtesy of powerful forehand and killed off the match with a nice match six seven six six three the way it finished up next is spaniard albert but i'm lost he received a walkover after russia's legs of retired. well known face he was seeded often catarrh needed almost two and a half hours to outmuscle germany's benjamin becker becker is ranked outside the top three hundred in the world but stretch my own feet to the limit in this. really encounter the german battling back from a set down to force a decider which eventually lost seventy five kids to the rebellion display while

the three soldiers on to place victory troitsky in the quarter finals. motor sport there is a familiar face back at the top of the standings in the dark a rally as nine time winner stefan put a hand so reclaim the overall lead after prevailing in the fourth stage of the world's toughest insurance race in argentina the frenchman clocked the fastest time on the day as the field negotiated challenges on the way it didn't sound fun to go so i had a handful now believes his nearest rival the video is of south africa by almost six minutes two thousand and nine champion david is a mean on the day behind local boy orlando turnover while on the bike spain's defending champion mark o'mara gained some ground on overall leader sit or display of france coma lead the way to finish by just over two minutes ahead of the break but still trails by over eight minutes in the general classification both riders charging for their fourth back our title wild title chances were dented for.

kleinman after the brazilian crashed his body. and finally british cyclist mark cavendish believes he can succeed at both this year's tour de france and the lympics which will be held just six days later the reigning world road race champion was enjoying a photo shoot with his new team sky they've just named their twenty three man squad for the twenty twelve season also in it is that the star rider bradley wiggins cavendish won the sprint his green jersey at last year's tour de france and hopes to repeat that success and also have something left in the tank for the lympics road race in london which is being held less than a week after the tour was ended. is physically possible there was or will be rid you know or i mean figure it's going to be told it's going to take some real structured restructure record everything is going after work perfect. where it's physically possible month right time to do it so that's how the sport's

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three brought here to video for your media project free media r t v dot com. while prices jump again as the e.u. moves closer to an iran oil embargo and made mounting concern over how the measures might ricochet on the west. thousands remain behind bars in libya for failing to switch sides i suppose at the right time as a transition to democracy reveals a quality infighting among the former rebels. must increase in number of german votes is fed up with the cash crisis and controversy for now pinning their cuts to the cost of the new pilot.

around the clock we're watching our team welcome to the program or oil prices are witnessing another spike in response to the data heated exchange between iran and the u.s. and for a key trade routes in the persian gulf will say the e.u. says it will decide whether to ban imports of iranian crude by the end of the month he comes after iran threatened to block the trade channel in the persian gulf the u.s. sanctions its exports and they to spill signed by president obama monday saw iran's currency dropped to a record low risk commentator on middle east affairs thinks the sanctions will soon backfire on. the whole process now having creates this comes at a time where both europe and the year we're witnessing a very very economic situation economic problems both in the u.s. and europe. taken against iran will only of course that the president for increasing economic problems for the west in general escalation in.