to the changing nature of conflict you know after the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world went down by percent heathy percent so we live in a much better world today but the nature of conflict has changed there are fewer casualties is that at the same time it's more difficult to deal with you know we didn't have suicide bombings during the cold war we have that now so it's created. so our armed forces have got to be modernized they need to be more flexible they need to be more maneuverable they need to go a long distances here they have to be highly skilled and they have to use the most technologically advanced equipment but instead on both sides both the nato and russia we're investing in the equipment of the cold war huge time is big for missions you know the wrong type of people we wish things taxpayers' money on the wrong weapons were fated in the last war not the next conflict so we've got to

adapt nato has to adapt russia has to adapt in order to be able to confront those new challenges of the threats to our security by talking about more modern weapons versus that's when guerrilla we're talking a good deal of warfare they're not using very highly advanced weapons themselves whether they are more primitive than a suicide bomber an individual who straps or expose of device to to themselves and blows themselves up themselves up as well as others a company or this is you know this is all this new it has happened in the past but never on this on this scale so we we've got to be innovative in the we we think about these things as a political side to this and a military side of this so that means adaptation innovation cooperation and it means cooperation and among all of those we speak or on. going to be affected by

modern warfare and too much of a tie at the present moment take it all worth son took three it's ancient and ghosts of ancient conflicts and people here talking about nato and some common you know possible need to write fantasy he is a fantasy and we have people in the way still say russia. russia russia wants to rule the world look at what catherine the great said you know i can only secure my frontiers by expanding catherine the great his big court is today more sad to say i hear it if you go to talk to people in the streets they say we're worried about migration we're worried about with the piracy on the high seas we're worried about our jobs our pensions because of economic instability we've got to focus what people are concerned with and start working together to deal with these

problems well it's interesting that you bring up the different problems of your sense of who is nato's enemy because international terrorism first doesn't sound very convincing as you rightly brought up there are other issues that people are concerned with so who is nato's enemy vader's enemy is instability it's who will tell you this it's the people who are on the insurgents' it's it's all of that exactly the same with russia's enemy is you we're not talking about nature being russia's enemy or all russia being neither is anybody the fact is that we've got to deal with these problems for example suddenly in the indian ocean the ships every country are being attacked somali pirates in small boats so what happens to that what is the response to it is that it is a multinational three hundred need to control because nato has the machinery to do that with russian ships traineeships a mother of to take to the ceiling of the ships that are really good. seas pirates

from a fields this is what is the other big problem we've got peace these fragile and failed states where government basically doesn't exist and it spills over refugees it spills over in terms of child builds economic instability these are the enemies we've got to deal with but they're not the all creative it is this is not seen chairmen who are appearing on japan or even you know the soviet union or need to study this it's much more disparate but it requires us to be imaginative and her thinking you know the pilots the. international criminals the traffickers think globally. you bald those who don't matter to them at all they ignore borders but we have trouble with them all so we've got to start thinking as innovative with and and and was allegedly because these people do if we're going

to keep people say now you mention your cooperation with china i would have gotten the somali pirates out china is going comic power and they also know that they have the biggest military two point five million strong is a reason to be afraid of china well no because china's facing the same problems you know when the piracy came up it was traineeships as well and china decided it was going to be engaged you know so we start thinking of china as an enemy rather than as an hour against these forces of disorder you and then we kill another cold war while else would we want to do that here the neighbor of china it's north korea north korea's got nuclear weapons and it's a crazy steers clear crazy people run it so as a threat to china it's much closer to china than it is to or to new york city so you know we need to engage all the different parties in this nor make artificial distinction. all right some more cooperation rather than points of contention with

china at this point here you know i've. had the greatest and most successful defense ryans of the world has ever know nato. and it has been it has been useful but it did survived and thrived because it wasn't just a military organization it was an alliance of values a belief in democracy a belief in people choosing their own government of freedom before the war of good neighborly relations good internal relations all of these things these are values kept you need to together know russia share of these fall but show needs to be part of that community of values sure that we know what will defend that's what that's what to do these conflicts and what today's world is about it's defending the all of the states against this order of world and bringing stability to these parts of the world as well but one of the country that sort of creating

a bit of instability in that we saw in the minds of us in countries would be iran now to two years ago at the pentagon has has been reportedly developing plans of attacking iran how realistic is that when i think everyone goes in option planning from the lowest to highest but you know that's that's natural because iran is not a normal country seeking to acquire nuclear weapons and iran is a country whose president really said it wants to wipe one of its neighbors all thumb up so you can't talk about iran in terms of just a country developing a nuclear deterrence it's a danger to its neighbors and indeed as it develops long range missiles to a much wider area and frankly when i go to moscow i find people more school even more kids than the americans about. nuclear iran because

iran and terabyte of the missile sites there are much closer to the russian border than the to the american border so the rhetoric may be different but we have all got a common interest in helping the people of iran to escape the state spirit dictatorship of the star and to stop iran being a menace in the most volatile region of the world now here we're analyzing a country with at analyzing there a leader of the same way that possibly here we've done with iraq in the past we should have iraq to think that was a mistake because there were no weapons of mass destruction found to date but we know that no we didn't know that there. is one is after the other the iran and iraq have not the same iraq was a dictatorship of the most vicious and a horrible time it was a country that attacked one of its neighbors iran and used chemical and biological

weapons it is a country that invaded another neighboring country kuwait and reaped and pillaged shooting there is a country that used chemical weapons against its own people in the kurdish area and the it's a country that dreamed the marchioness where the arabs the shia arabs had lived for many years and was involved in genocidal attacks it was it had a track record of threatening its neighbors and the wider region and we therefore believed and i had good reason to believe even if the intelligence was faulty it was up to something and it was only a matter of time before he would again threaten his neighbors and state religion iran has no more fundamental was typical of the recent demonstrations that the people the people of iran want to be free they're able to demonstrate you are they have been ruthlessly oppressed of the moment but you know this is more them. and

all its proxies and i think we need to be more sympathetic to the new cornish decent peace loving people in iran and encourage them to stand up to those who would drop press them and seek to destabilize the region because that would mean leadership. leadership is of huge importance in the world today i'm not a leader of any war i'm an ex said john. but there are people who must carry on the torch of leadership in the world today and recognize it is what people are concerned about and whoa whoa we need to find the new tools to be able to deal with these concerns if we go. preoccupied with the ghosts of the past then we've missed the opportunity of doing something good and we take our people and in danger because we've taken our eye off the real target all right thank you very

much for your time pleasure.

coachmen. mayor of moscow is reportedly planning to stay on the political scene after the russian president said that he had lost trust in the official on wednesday morning . arrived at the mayor's office to start packing up. throughout the. protests are expected to take place in the e.u. commission's headquarters. poll in october after repeated violence left the central asian republics. the country's former prime minister and his party. good chance of winning. and those were the top stories for this hour but up next

a news update. hello there good to have your company thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up magic carpet in the spotlight boss tells his side after their champions league triumph over. while rubin are ready to rock barcelona as the spanish giants trouble tickets than tonight's clash. excitement builds as europe and america prepare for golf's ryder cup. spartak moscow coach ferry carpenter says his side are finally finding their rhythm after a second win in the champions league last night the three no victory over slavery puts them level on points with chelsea at the top of group f. brazilian strike out and scored in the half compared to the third with

a minute to go afterwards karpen said he was delighted with the performance which was almost ideal it was the red of whites first champions league victory. over a decade behind great leaders chelsea only on goal difference that brings beating french champions marsay to know that stamford bridge first half goals came from john terry and nicolas anelka a penalty in chelsea looking good for the knockout stage. for mergers with the board. to. get more school and if you should be. health where two european cup powerhouses i see my landry one of peace. talks there by a single goal in the eighty first minute they now top their group with two victories and you couldn't argue with the latest one says. some matches in the spring chicken soup. were heard. chances.

score. we didn't score we draw zero zero against. we draw as there was zero against live on. and everybody was saying that we didn't deserve to win because we didn't score. so to score to do it is a. bad boy came from a goal down to be. scoring twice with his winner coming in the eighty ninth minute that's two wins from seeing for the german side while rome i got their first win of the champions league beating remaining clinched two one. and finally. arsenal were three one when is against to man part of belgrade the gunners top the group along with shakhtar donetsk raga to nail. well tonight is the turn of russian champions rubin who will be hoping to cause another upset against barcelona the

sides meet in. the ruby managed to hold on to a draw in russia in last season's tournament and also beat the spanish giants at the nou camp some achievement of the davis men similar performance tonight they lost. plays guitar. and silva should be fit for barcelona welcome back leno messi he took part in a very wet training session in russia last night after recovering from a sprained ankle passer after their second win after thrashing punished and i cost both managers want to perform. barcelona are the world's best football team and that is that what about us well we have difficulties compare it with the previous year but we're all cooperating and we have a desire to play well. we want to keep we're facing a very good team who could reach the next round that's are getting through what is a very difficult group what happened last year could happen again or not when they

took five points out of six of us last year we saw that when we played them we saw that more recently in the past few days and i continue to think it. we model reigning champions into man face a tricky tie against the san siro where both through that. both are hampered by injury with him to strike a deal died after hurting his leg benito's says having plays sidelined has become part of the. strong team with quality food and with a lot of experience but if we have some players but so do we this is perfectly normal food because the game soon turns. is also going to be very difficult match. up twice and in the k h l talk payday have come from two goals. and to beat the chairs five three in pick up their fourth victory in a row on the right thank you was the man of the hour for them as he launched the

comeback and complete the scoring and the only other game of the day service style snap a three game losing streak last night a big spenders winning three two. plays of europe and america had their first taste of the course where the buffalo for gold ryder cup celtic manor in wales is the stunning venue and the excitement is building there is europe look to win back the cup from the americans it doesn't take off until friday great crowds are already turning out to see the players practice and they're looking pretty relaxed to. him is giving it the i kept into europe skipper column won't go read there he said he would try to build team spirit and seems to be doing just that he was puffing on his cigars as he was weighing up the course which is being well received by the plays were obviously lapping up the occasion and the atmosphere. of the golf course was a phenomenal condition. and some really figure off the greens are taking

a good shot there nice to firm pitch to and you know the ruling really true so i mean you know obviously fingers crossed for the weather a good weekend's weather like we had this morning there and the golf course was really really well set up and i think a good golf will be rewarded this week and that's what i want to see and why i think it always has a special significance. each and every year as americans because the player teams every year being the ryder cup at present scope so. the teams are always fun to be a part of we don't get a chance to do very often as i said once we leave college and get to do it real often so for us to come together like this and be part of a squad is as truly as far as the thing that goes on and that that's what we all look back on. the memories and friendships that you build for a lifetime just in one week. and that connection. it's. sawfish one called white for it to start. james twice the n.b.a.'s most valuable player has

defended his hundred ten million dollars in the youth to the miami heat michael jordan magic johnson slam james for leaving his long time club the cleveland cavaliers in his pursuit of a maiden n.b.a. title but the limpid champion says it was the right thing to do they paved the way for guys like myself i watched those guys growing up auto club so i have nothing bad to say about it. but i can live through those guys are going to make moral destiny and this is the right offer like i need to go you know much continue to get better as a professional or to do the things that i do on and off the court. then you basketball season in russia were tip off in just under two weeks while the clubs finalizing their preparations ahead of the first clashes the moscow region side to try and has also faced the dish and challenge of many changes at the club during the off season as constantine but tough path lab reports. bust people caught up triumph or maybe just three years old but they have already built up

a reputation as a rising power in russia however the moscow region have been mired deep in financial problems leading to loss of their coach and almost entire squad so this is and there is a host of new faces on board and a new tudor on the bench while the modest home matures the fifty one year old leaf through anyone who is well known in russia for having previously coached cousin is eager to put his coaching skills to the test with his new state they're going to go but i would say that our squad is totally renewed we've got several hard prospects my only hope is that they will get their confidence through games no matter if we win or lose we work very hard in a training camp and the only thing needed for them to become good players is time. for more russian international wesley could i show who put the last ball in the basket of his professional career just a year ago or will this season work as an assistant coach. when i was a player it seemed like we had

a very hard life training every day but now i understand that i had plenty of spare time to do whatever i wanted after sessions as a coach i have to spend all day firstly on the court then prepare tactics for a next opponent and so on the responsibility is much higher and lot of problems are there to be solved. the forthcoming season will be very demanding not to mention challenging for the blue and whites the club hoping their marquee signing can make a positive difference playmaker jim and anderson will be putting on the triumph jersey in twenty town the canadian national team player and where the fans will be eagerly waiting for his debut and the perfect you know young. now going to have to worry about myself and my favorite player the younger guys so it's pretty much yeah the second do a little bit more than that i am a big boy but i look forward to having having the name such as triumph expectations are always a relatively high but this season it's really all go to depth into the tough new

circumstances but if the club can see through their heavy financial difficulties and the till and city owner says in their pay and resurrection could have been sooner rather than later since then he bought out of our team. and that's it for me for the moment for sport later on and. commissioner is that so much fun to be here tonight maybe you can get a lot of people yeah but look at me next to kim isolated and impoverished north korea is badly in need of change how will this happen and who will.

the to. play in the sets. strikes in motion tens of thousands throughout the. government's austerity measures. mayor of moscow was reported. on the political scene after the russian president said he had lost trust in. the central asian republics. politicians to bring the country back from the brink.

live from the heart of moscow. welcome to the program. spain has been gripped by a twenty four hour general strike against the government's plans to slash its budget thousands of passengers were left stranded in madrid with two thirds of flights grounded due to action by transport workers and waive all of the austerity demonstrations expected all over europe with tens of thousands set to march on brussels lorem it has more on this and we've had a summer of relative calm but it now seems that this is the european union think now it's time to get back to work or rather it's time to walk out of work the general strike in spain it's the first general strike that they've had since two thousand and two and interestingly there's a socialist government in spain and obviously the trade unions are as they say still denies ations in this marxist split between those trade unions and the government they've been they've been working together for really quite a long time.