the point slide in the dow jones industrial average general motors is also losing slightly short with fourth quarter of a baker's. with just two events currently grabbing headlines one is the middle eastern conflict which is pushing up oil prices the second event which is linked to this is global inflation and with that in mind we've had food prices going up and that's continuing on top of that and you know have the energy prices coming up adding to the if you want. to sort of for inflation that looks more and more bleak on both on the back of that people are moving into the i would say on the inflation moving into gold some of us but also to what you can call safe haven currencies we're seeing for example a strong swiss franc struggling in this world. and that's all for now they're back with more in less than one hour thanks for watching.

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a fair trial. the other life. an arche. just joins us for a warm welcome this is all to come to you live from the russian capital top stories now this hour a london court rules wiki leaks founder should be extradited to sweden over sex crimes allegations in the science of sr cases politically motivated to get into the u.s. where he is wanted for leaking classified information. let people decide their own future that's a message sent by promise. drest western meddling in international affairs at a meeting in brussels also condemned the use of force in the arab regions as he spoke with top european officials. he said braces itself for a massive flow of migrants and calls on the e.u.

to rescue it from a humanitarian crisis which could see more than a million people flooding the country thousands of refugees fleeing the unrest in north africa have already reached its shores and locals have started complaining about vandalism and theft. well i'll be back with another update for in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime we talked to former u.s. national security adviser brant scowcroft about his views on the current revolts across north africa and the middle east as well as america's relationship with russia that interview is next. mr scowcroft thank you very much for joining us you belong to the school of foreign policy realists that's what they say and you're a republican with a career stretching across five american administrations so i would like to discuss several foreign policy issues with you in your view what are the consequences for

the u.s. middle east policy after the toppling of mubarak in egypt ben ali in tunisia you know one is always caught off guard by revolutions. because there are a surprise or a surprise to president ben ali and to president mubarak it's hardly unusual or be a surprise to the united states. the. instabilities in the region are of course obvious and have been for a long time the question is can they be handled can they be dealt with in any thoughtful sensible way or does it have to involve. unrest and violence and i think. we have to wait and see so far the egyptian crisis has been managed i think quite relevant to actually armies you hate to think very well neither repressing the demonstrations nor encouraging so.

it's changes coming to the region and but that was that was inevitable as the old leaders passed from the scene so i think we need to be careful but i'm optimistic fundamentally fundamentally our policy should change in our policy is the development of open societies cooperativeness and progressive development for all the countries of the region and that's always been the ball in iraq president obama has started withdrawing troops from iraq once all the forces including security personnel leave the country in your view is there a danger of iraq slipping back into the civil war i think iraq is in or is interpreter precarious state they're still in fact forming a government months after an election to do so there are sharp divisions inside the

country. and it's hard to say exactly how they will develop i would be more comfortable with a somewhat longer american presence so that they would be more inclined to solve their problems by. discourse rather than strength but we'll have to wait and see though you don't think that. the danger is there oh i think the danger is there i think there are still still many forces tending to pull our country aside indeed one of the reasons for the strength of the dictatorship was to hold the country together but i am hopeful that the people will see the benefits of compromising their differences rather than insist

upon them and destroying the state do you think that the nato mission in afghanistan is doomed just like the british failed in the nineteenth century in the soviet union just thirty years ago no i don't think so because i think we are the united states is there for a different reason which is not to control afghanistan but to make sure that al qaeda or other terrorist bad don't use afghanistan as a base from which to attack us you anybody else so yeah our our goal is much more limited and i think therefore one can have more optimism than one did at the previous occupants of afghanistan you yourself i think have been saying that the term war on terror. was jeopardized compromised it has

indeed been compromised how does that marry with the you know with the terrorism threat that is not going anywhere where terrorism threat is one thing a war is another and terrorism is a technique of combat it is not you can't make war on a technique so. i think war on terrorism was designed to motivate people for a maximum effort terrorist something that we all have to deal with and are going to have to for a long period of time it's in part a product of the modern age like television like radio people are now politicized by issues that they didn't care about before because they didn't know about and so i think it's a long term struggle against extremists who want to destroy a civilization that they can't cope with it seems that there is no progress in

stopping the iranian nuclear program in your view what are the chances that the united states may resort to the military option i think there is still the possibility to avoid a confrontation. i think iran is a case that relative related to the reason that i'm here and that is cooperation between the united states and russia on the whole nuclear fuel cycle. iran has every right to have nuclear power it does not have the right to build nuclear weapons and i think. the extent to which we can cooperate to induce iran to take the opportunities that are available and that is nuclear fuel from russia returned the

nuclear fuel not insist on enriching its own uranium or doing things like that and i wouldn't rule out that. that we would be successful how much is you know is this the opinion shared in the united states. i don't think i'm alone i am i'm not sure but i don't think there's any eagerness. to deal with iran by force and i think the extent the increasing degree of cooperation between the united states and russia on this issue will have a big impact. on iran and what it decides to do but there is also quite strong mood within the government of israel and sort of you know they support an attack on iran well israel has what it considers an existential problem with iran but i think if we can deal with the nuclear problem.

then israel will be reassured by that what is your assessment on has the recent with russia and asked by the obama administration two years ago brought any serious results it's not what could be the reasons i was a little disappointed for a year or so i am now encouraged i think now that we're beginning on a much more positive course. both sides have ratified the new start treaty and that is. a major step forward in terms of renewing a cooperate of sense the. nuclear cooperation agreement and one twenty three agreement as we call it is now in force and i think the the the warmth between the two and the progress we've made together with respect to iran for example and i think even on afghanistan there is

a sense that we both of the we have a common problem there common of the export of terry export of heroin so on those things are. our leading and i feel good about the reset button now why were you disappointed then did you feel that those two little happening yes yes i thought that i thought the language of reset was good but but there didn't seem to be much follow through for a time and now it just took time to catch all but now i feel very good about it since you've already mentioned what is its political impact on the u.s. russian relations i think what it really does is that is continue the framework that we build up really over fifty years of how to talk and how to deal. with the military nuclear issue that it continues that process and now we can look at ways we still possess over ninety

percent of the world's nuclear weapons so we need to work together to ensure that those weapons are never never need to be used. and that is to increase the stability of the nuclear bells so whatever the problem between us there's no incentive. to use them and i think now the way is clear for us to sit down and have that kind of discussion there's still there's so many nuclear weapons out there but just not just a matter of numbers it's doing the kinds of things that ensure that those weapons are never going to be used and that take that'll take a lot more discussion goshi ation thoughtfulness on both sides but i'm sure we can make progress now that we've laid the groundwork mr scowcroft thank you very much for this interview they are very welcome.

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with more on those stories in fifteen minutes from now well. the money has the latest football and ice hockey needs to see it to see it's a bill shell playoffs and europa league matches up the bill this thursday have got details on that just a moment so stick around. well welcome to the sport of marty come and see a live from moscow with a eurobond call for the let's take a brief look at the stories in this bulletin. basel have to score twice against us apart so i can today's europa league clash and they will also have to contend with freezing temperatures here in moscow. chase is plenty of goals and some major upsets in the western conference during the opening day of the cage shell playoff.

high octane thrills top racers from across the motorsport world concert gather at certain events in moscow. meanwhile spartak moscow are in good positions of propel themselves into the last sixteen of the europa league but every carbon charges with a one goal advantage against basel with the swiss looking for revenge in the return leg at luzhniki sparts seemed down and out last thursday when they conceded two goals in the opening period but second have goals from me for a come bar of an out of the armed zuba brought them right back into the fold and you shall know i needs a strike and extra time then saw the muscovites complete an impressive come back it's back to the capsule for sparts og but they have won only one of their past seven home games in european competitions and while the cold weather would seem an advantage to the hosts and doesn't underestimate those coming from a warmer climate. you could also play the match will take place regardless of the weather so thorough preparation is key for us we saw how will teams from woman

climates complain these conditions during the c.s. compound match and we already found out what bowser is capable of back in switzerland. so basel will need to score at least twice in moscow later today to have any chance of progressing a richard band poor played now has the latest from the swiss team who braved subzero temperatures in the russian capital preparing for this game. things could've been so much better baas old we could go billets pontac to nil over an hour of a first leg gone however they imploded of an expert in minutes as visitors struck three times to get ben the edge going into first his return. i'm a swiss science head coach knows his team will be up against it you have. to go of course we've got a tough task ahead of us after losing the first leg three two that said we have got absolutely nothing to lose and i think my team will take to the pitch on thursday in a completely relaxed frame of mind we're missing a few players through injury but we'll be looking to put out our best possible side

against spartak into food. the weather wasn't very welcoming for the visitors eva the temperature pitch side when they trained was well below freezing around a minus fifteen mark or judging by what the players were wearing it seemed they were preparing for a polar expedition rather than for a football match but said it isn't exactly warm up moments in basel and fing doesn't believe it will be hard for his team to adjust this is clarity much we haven't undertaken any particularly preparations to combat the cold ahead of this match we will just dress a warmer than usual and will drink more by this i mean we won't be drinking beer of course but water and of course it's important that the players constantly keep moving when they're on the pitch. bonzo currently sit four points clear at the top of a domestic championship a swiss league resume fallings winter break it was not a favor yuri and basel have won all three domestic matches what is the reason to keep secret because all we know were good enough to get

a result against spurs well the same time we mustn't forget about the swiss league we have got some very important games coming up and have a good chance of being crowned champions so we have definitely got to keep one eye on our domestic championship whose point. buzzers head coach thorsten fink knows more than a thing or two about playing of illusion in the stadium and playing in spots like moscow as the midfielder came up against the red and whites four times while playing for by in munich around the turn of a century and he expects a tough evening when the manager gets under way you know as movies and. russian football is improving all the time i know at the moment there are four teams from the country involved in european competitions spartak have an artificial pitch in a very strong home support which i believe is the best in russia they all have their fans behind them and we must make sure we concentrate which is certainly what we didn't do in the first leg as we do business. sponsor i call favorites going

into the second leg falling second half a rolex in switzerland last week how the boss will be hoping to spring a surprise and continue their run in this season's europa league if the possible be absolute kicking themselves out of throwing away a two goal lead also you can switzerland in the first leg a sponsor came back to win by three goals to tell you what all some things men are going to provide result behind and they'll need school at least twice a month from history and absolutely freezing nights in the russian capital any chance of progression to the last sixteen of i don't see. the other two russian teams in european action that is in need and rubin have a much tougher road to the last sixteen the reigning russian champions were down to one so young boys but have made great comebacks right at the stadium alexander there's a call. among those notable players who are sitting out for the needs now routine are down to nil to netherland sides when saying they'll need to score three goals

on the road to progress. both the beasts of the east and the best of the west are going head to head on the second day of the cage shell playoffs the western conference teams playing in back to bag aims after wednesday's wednesday's opener while things are only getting started on the other side of the bracket the league's top dogs adam broad were surprisingly defeated by fifteen ranks and get to the make in overtime metalwork and hugh grant were even in the match until the matter of course pulled away by scoring two goals late in the third period league runners up sell about you live had their way with playoff. seems to be running out of steam after grinding out a seventy four game one win over. in the west. moving on on abortion one all to the cops contested to fellow snow leopards their first opponents the post-season sky and outlines hoping to go up to nail in their games against spartak and several respects to lead back on the luzhniki ice after escaping with its.

overtime win against their namesakes in moscow. let's find a head over to the n.b.a. what carmelo anthony made a great debut for the knicks as he scored a game high to help lead new york to victory over the bucs melo joining the all star team are in the front four given that makes a. square garden the former nugget showcase his skills grabbing twenty seven points and ten rebounds as. they want to wait for the big three the next match there went a little twenty nine from last season meanwhile anthony clearly looks like he's here to say. the reaction was great feel great man and you know i never experienced anything like that before you know just running now you know the fans going crazy just. my system. has been. just excited you know. going down and you know it's going to come out. tonight

and i was there with him in the mountains. just one more story or there were plenty of high octane thrills at moscow's main racecourse and the defenders of the. top racers from across the categories coming together. to see the best of the best. reports. motor sport fans willing to brave subzero temperatures in the capital were rewarded with a high powered spectacle the who's who of russia's racing world on hand in the twenty second star's race hosted by one of the country's premier automobile magazines two thousand and eleven to car owner of. formula one lotus renault to spy . on some of the more recognizable names taken part russia's first ever f one driver vitaly petrov also on hand to witness the event but did not participate in the race. events after his lotus rental teammate robert qubits a suffered serious

injuries during a rally event earlier this month the twenty six year old preparing for the formula one season opener on march twenty seventh. and it's unfortunate that i'm not allowed to participate his due to the qubits the situation but it's always great to be back in worship as far as the formula one season we have no problems with the bahrain grand prix being cancelled that just means we have more time to prepare for the australian grand prix. the first qualifying race saw teams fitted winter tires on their cars and cureall the deegan took full advantage of the extra traction when regular tires were used for the next race where a lot of revolutions starlike begin finished only seven those results were enough to qualify the thirty two year old for the final three races diggins russian expertise serving a well in one of the final stages as he ages by one point six seconds with finishing third dmitri bragging finished second overall in last year's winner to

musar did enough. so an exciting snow battle on the track amid the holiday festivities you are. back with more in a couple of hours but our you tube channel is always available for our. thanks for watching. i am. in the.

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