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with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. hello this is. the breaking news. from russia's most famous prisoner. convicted of money laundering and present to suspend six more years in prison that would mean a jail term of fourteen years in total already so far for tax evasion. swearing of the spread of islamic extremism following the recent arrests for a suspected attack on a danish newspaper that published cartoons of the prophet muhammad is the latest in a series of arrests across europe for a. and there's no sign of consumerism loosening its grip on american society

despite the tough economic times some say the growing addiction to shopping turned into a religion and has to be confronted. palestinian officials say they will ask the un security council to approve a resolution condemning israeli settlements in the west bank next started he hears from a human rights group which believes the world body is struggling right now to deal with israel. with me i have the executive director of the u.n. watch a human rights group based in switzerland mr miller thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. your group basically the united nations but why does the u.n. even need monitoring he would watch as a non-governmental organization whose mandate is to monitor the united nations according to the principles of its charter essentially to hold the un accountable

and to measure it by the arctic of its own charter many israelis complain that israel does not get a fair deal or if a hearing by the united nations would you agree it's one of our issues that's important to us is fighting anti-semitism and also the discriminatory treatment of israel the un's obsession with israel doesn't only harm israel it doesn't only harm the peace process but it harms the un as a whole it prevents the u.n. from being effective for human rights victims who never get their day of international attention why is the u.n. to use your words obsessed with israel the u.n. has been strong champion of the p.l.o. since the early one nine hundred seventy s. this was largely a function of the soviet union together with the arab states started a campaign to attack israel and hijack many un bodies so you have an enormous amount of the un's attention is a stance simply devoted to helping the palestinians and have the palestinians been

helped and the palestinians have not been helped and it was coffee in on himself the secretary general the united nations in his parting speech to the security council said what have all the special agenda items and special reports and special sessions on the palestinian situation ever done to help the palestinians and the reality is very little if you look at the past thirty years all the resolutions and the un human rights council in june. it's something like seventy five percent of all the resolutions are condemning israel a stance simply helping the palestinians the reality is the only thing they've done for the palestinians is encourage a sense that no matter what happens whatever mistakes they make whatever terrorism they may support the u.n. will always be there to encourage them make them believe that no matter what they will prevail and it's only encouraged the most extreme forces in the palestinian camp it has not helped the moderates so why has the u.n. failed to hope the palestinians in any meaningful way the u.n.

is a large organization and has many agencies that do good work unfortunately a number of them are highly politicized in new york the general assembly is highly politicized the human rights council is the same they're mostly dominated by third world countries from asia and africa many of whom are not democracies and who have their own agendas which have very little to do with human rights for example the dictator of libya murderous regime was elected to the human rights council that's that's a sad joke for the cause of human rights do you sense that the u.n. is in touch with what's going on here on the ground between israelis and palestinians which would you have really are two separate things and it's something that i've been able to see at the human rights council you have the real situation on the ground where you have israelis and palestinians that need help and they could have help of international interlocutors a bit and i did states the european union or other countries or the or the un which

could come in and help them and try to bring them together bridge their differences you have a real situation with real problems what happens at the u.n. too often is something on a on a level that is almost mythological that is entirely divorced from reality and i saw that once a couple of years ago it was in the june two thousand and seven when hamas was waging a bloody coup against the against the palestinian authority and during that time. it was very nasty hamas was throwing people off of rooftops they were shooting people in hospital beds and all this was happening israel of course had already withdrawn in the unilateral withdrawal from gaza there were no israeli troops not a single one in gaza had no involvement whatsoever with this this conflict and in my earpiece listening what was happening in the u.n. route plenary was they were attacking israel condemning israel for human rights violations so i think this example captures what happens at the u.n. but there are real problems real people suffering but the u.n.

is sort of locked into an automatic mode where all they're doing is condemning israel obsessive lee many israelis have called for israel to withdraw from the u.n. would you support such a move and do you think it's realistic it's not that's not a realistic option obviously. theoretically israel could i don't think israel should and i don't think israel wants to and i don't think it's in the interests of israel or of the united nations israel has was its creation was sanctioned by the united nations and a member twenty nine hundred forty seven when the u.n. called for a jewish state and that term is used thirty times it's kind of interesting that the palestinian authority has difficulty accepting that the resolution of the united nations general assembly one hundred forty seven thirty times used the word jewish state why do you say that the u.n. and its investigations are prejudiced against israel what proof do you have the u.n. has the right and the duty to hold israel accountable to its international obligations on a whole range of issues whether it's the palestinian issue whether it's women's rights

whatever it is just like every other country israel should be held accountable we have ject to is the political hijacking of u.n. bodies such that they're rendered ineffective to help millions of human rights victims around the world if we take the example again of the human rights council here's a body that has pledged to promote and protect human rights for victims around the world yet the fact that in ten sessions seven of them have been on israel all of them one sided making no reference to hamas terrorism to hezbollah terrorism and only three sessions out of ten for the rest of the world can. mind what it means it's not just absurd and outrageous it means the victims in darfur victims of mass rape in congo victims of. repression in zimbabwe in china around the world never get a chance to have their their day in the international spotlight which is needed to combat victims why is israel still not able to have a rotating seat on the security council whereas countries like libya saudi arabia which have far worse human rights records are israel was never admitted into the

regional group that it by geography ought to belong namely the asian group its neighbors syria jordan saudi arabia belong to the asian regional group but because of the arab states objection to israel they refuse to let israel join and so israel has never been able to join its regional group asia and the result is that many of the elections for important un bodies occur within the regional groups there sometimes an allotment that will be x. amount of seats for the asian group for the european group for the south american group and so forth so israel was denied access to any significant un bodies because of this system ten years ago there was an important shift israel was admitted into a group which is called a western europe and others the we are a group and includes most countries as well as united states canada new zealand australia and other liberal democracies and in the year two thousand israel was admitted in new york and therefore theoretically today israel actually could be

potentially a candidate for the security council. however subsequent question arises whether israel would be elected and that's and that's far from clear but despite what you've said at times they are made solutions that are passed that support israel for example the resolution on the commemoration of the holocaust that was overwhelmingly passed with theory it could happen one day that israel would submit . candidacy and it would be elected the security council the reality today is that the islamic states are so. opposed to anything that favors israel even in the most benign way that you would have almost fifty six states determined to oppose israel and many of the dictatorships at the un automatically opposes for all countries like zimbabwe north korea and so forth vote with the islamic states in their campaign and so even if israel were to submit it's kind of see it's not clear that it would be elected do you still support the existence of the un is it still

relevant in our world today we believe the un could be something else we believe that the un has an indispensable role in this world there's there's no replacement for the one if the un didn't exist we would have to create it. and when it when it started in the early years it was very well respected by all countries. and it's its mission was respected by israelis as it was by arabs but in the past several decades it's been taken over by an extreme agenda anyway thank you very much for talking to us here. thank you my pleasure. welcome to the. what makes

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a major sport now there for them with no tally. hello and welcome to the school's roundup and r.t.m. let's have a look at the headlines for. a new beginning big gold medalist demented becomes vice president of the russian tennis federation after retiring from the game just two months ago. taking on the world russia's national rugby team is hard at work as the underdog schooled aims to grapple with the big boys abbey twenty eleven rugby world cup. and also down but not out australia's skipper you keep wanting is set to miss the fifth ashes test against england due to injury but insists his curia is not over yet. to his best way you lemons immense of all will

be reuniting with fed cup coach. but not on the court they do thousand and eight olympic gold medalist has been named vice president of the russian tennis federation after retiring from playing some two months ago the twenty nine year old seen here during her final tournament in do sad she is not sure how exactly she can help the federation to mentor however expressed hope that president r.p. shift would help her learn the ropes the russian should be able to bring a unique perspective over a player having had quite a ride korea the gold and silver olympic medalist has won sixteen w. ten singles titles with only a grass if they didn't do make into dearie. and while demands of enjoying her new challenges away from the tennis court her ex colleagues will be back to work in january the russian contingent hoping for another strong year after he saw a drop of form in twenty sand can stand up

a reflects now on the year that was and the challenges ahead for russian tennis. we had the usually finally became the top ranked russian play i had a few guy that would encounter in twenty town selda twenty eight year old can be satisfied with his results this year despite the fact that the injury spoiled the end of the season making. the usually show his best at the u.s. open getting to the semifinals for the second time in his career before being beaten by down stoppable replanted died and reached there on the last quarter finals in paris where he lost to the ultimate winner the moscow aidid and two pieces of silhouette of his cabinet though he wanted to announce in basel in kuala lumpur and reached three more finals as a result of his solid before men's he finished the year in top ten not quite enough to get to the a.t.p. world tour finals with well despite injuries i would like to praise youzhny who ended the year in the top ten for the first time ever nevertheless he lost about

two months because of injuries but our biggest problem in men's tennis is that we do not have hot prospects for the future right now. before this year we had was when i know i was in the shadows of her fellow confederates but if twenty ten hoping for months was beyond brace read it progress allowed it to mean a six year old to become number one among the russians and grab second in the world rankings all that despite a poor start to the year but ones when i would change coach she soon reached her first grand slam singles final ever at wimbledon the olympic bronze medalist repeated that result in more the use open and in beijing this by being second only to kind of early and was knocking the rankings when i know it took only one title this year at but-i a cd so the biggest challenge for her during next contain is to win a grand slam was there thank you for this one hour of us performance was outstanding this year though she hasn't won a grand slam yet together with maria sharapova she is our most decorated player

while sharapova won three grand slams in the singles vyner over did it once in the doubles and twice in the mc. i believe that at the end of february she will be able to become number one in the world night of the ball before most of the we didn't get. it down the rankings can hide probably the biggest disappointment of the season and demand she was farewell from professional sport she no longer felt able to deal with the media this year around tennis i made a decision because i think it's the right time for me. i'm still you know on the top of the game and. it's been amazing experience for me. playing a while though reading but i think it's time for me to make a big step you know. make some decisions in my life the former world number three and olympic champion lift the sport well in the top ten and playing on the w.t. tour so the twenty nine year old lives with her head held high proving she is one of the best tennis players of the past

a kate. demential is in good physical condition and could easily play three more years focusing on grand slams but according to the w.g. rules an athlete is obliged to take part in certain tournaments and if you don't have to pay fines they can reach up to a half a million dollars and players are bound by these rules. but twenty eleven promises to be more successful for the russians both in the singles and the davis in fact comps especially family one stays injury free concern about out of party. now in cricket draycott ponting has rolled out speculation over his retirement the australian captain will miss their first ashes task against engelen due to continuing problems with a broken finger but he's confident he will leave the school about the upcoming cricket world cup as well as their next task series in august. thinking it all now i've often thought about that i don't want to keep flying off my duff pretty clearly. when i leave this white good walk through the summer i think i've got

a lot to offer as apply on as captain of the strength of this try and same and i want to continue to do that so you know unfortunate. it's probably going to mean that i'm going to miss the one dies in a struggle as well but with a full cup around the corner i want to be the best player in this later i can throughout that world cup tournament and hopefully be able to win a fourth consecutive world cup a big right despite most of the world enjoying the christmas and new year's holidays there is no rest for rugby players who are training for the twenty eleven world cup in israel and richard caught up with a man who is going to try and pull off a shock or two while the tournaments gets on the way in nine months time. russia's director of rugby steve diamond likes a challenge he's been living on and off in the country for the last couple of years but the biggest task ahead of the englishman is yet to come in a month's time russia will play in rugby world cup and diamond knows he has a lot of work ahead of him but all the people realize that how big a task it was to qualify. from

a team that never qualify and that that's a monumental thing for the for the nation and the union to take on board for the next thing is not to be embarrassed since the competition so what we've done with the backing from copy of and the backing from the repeat of russia and yeah the funding has to go travelling for the next six months really so we're off to new zealand for twenty days in january russia will be one of the lowest ranked nations of the world cup and the draw hasn't been favorable to them they have to play two of the games giants australia or niland while italy and possibly the usa will also be tough fixtures for the major difference is just the pace really the. the impact that you create in the tackle situation yeah and that's where you know it can be dangerous if you are a nation that is used to playing against opposition like that they can be some serious injuries so we've got to make sure we case haven't in the next hour of

russia's boss believes his side strength is with bad backs and will look to move the ball wide as much as possible however it's in defense where they really need to improve i'm inside shipped over seventy points recently to filomena's japan a back to back defeats to argentina's second string haven't helped even though he says his team have to get fitter games over the last six months in the church a couple in the us with internationals against japan and. tina ray. we competed to excel in the argentinian games for sixty minutes and then we collapsed in the last day to ten minutes so that's what we've identified is the key here. to work. in a diamond isn't held by having a very small pool of players to pick from with only eight teams in the top division he realistically only has around sixty players available for selection of a national team for rugby is growing in popularity russia's supreme oh says this could look further afield for potential new starts there's no real amateur sport in

the coach everything is about playing for money so. the way it goes need to be able to select from of the sports humble basketball if they're going that route and sucky then potentially not good things and they can cause a row because ruby is one of those sports where was attributes of those of this involved the one sport center it would take a miracle for russia to win the rugby world cup just getting out of a group will be a massive achievement in itself and diamond says it's important to keep his sights hopes in perspective it's all about competing for the world cup it sounds a little bit of a get out you got to be a realist you know i've presumed to three different stores and i understand the level of play i played and coached and it was the love of it being now. we can challenge america definitely. and we can definitely challenge italy. in a time that after would have i'm not suggesting we can be italy by many points but

we'll be looking at being pragmatic imbibing great defense and keeping the school to within thirty points against italy russia scored will soon settle for new zealand what diamond sends will be a very tough training camp and says the players don't know what they're in for but if it helps a country pull off a surprise or two in september to france eleven then it will have been certainly worth it if we don't see moscow. and in winter sports finally thomas morgan stanley cup to his wealth of leaders status baling by winning the four hills open in germany the final ski jumping about of the year mortgage down costing the best down. so in both trials to secure the top spot ahead of them one's might say how to make and fellow australian mon-el fact that many here will take forward a massive advantage to the second for the els about the garmisch park and here have scheduled for january first.

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