welcome back here's a quick recap of our top stories on our team won the suspense libya from its human rights council following the governments of russia and against protesters and u.s. is moving its naval forces closer to libya furthering speculation of possible strikes all the u.k. is also involved ruling out the use of force. as the unrest in the middle east and north africa is shaking the world america's foreign policy is changing course along with it its future direction atop the agenda for u.s.

secretary of state hillary clinton and taking to capitol hill this week. and the soviet union's first sunglass president celebrates his eightieth birthday gorbachev considered the poor russia on the top of towards democracy. throughout his time in power gorbachev played a pivotal role in bringing about the end of the cold war the reunification of germany there's liberalism and put a strike on the soviet union caught up with him and that interview's coming your way next. mr gorbachev it's so great to have you with us today. to see you again mr gorbachev you're turning eighty did you ever think the world will look like this on your

eightieth birthday. it's not easy to surprise people like me those who lived to see their eightieth birthday have seen a lot in life eighty is a lot we should thank god for giving us so many years because in eighty you already know a lot you've experienced many things i can view life in a primitive way that is a laugh is safer today compared to the late eighty's is this what if we look at the middle east for example in most countries where people took to the streets demanding the resignation of their leaders these leaders have been in power for twenty or thirty years it was unbelievable. because ruled egypt for twenty nine years for gadhafi we were all confused about the actual date when his rule began so i think we were right when we said there should be a limit otherwise people got tired of the same leaders in addition after ten years or so you get nepotism leaders become too preoccupied to take care of the things that are really important that's why we decided that the maximum term for the general secretary the chairman of the council of ministers and others would be ten

years after ten years they had to step down. quickly so you think ten years is the ideal period for a heart of state. yes of course many of those people are very capable they can be very useful in other areas but it is important to have rotation young people should not feel like they are locked in a box let they upset the system built on nepotism and if you are concerned when i look at the world today. lenin whom i respect once said don't be afraid of chaos we see a lot of chaos around chaos produces new forms of life it is true so these troubles too will pass it won't be easy of course changes are never easy but this will be a step to a better future for wishlist. i think it's what we're sorry i often say that what you regret most is that disintegration at this early union do you think that it could exist in two thousand and eleven what it would have been like today had it

not integrated. it could exist even longer it should have become a union of sovereign states where the communist regime are also a union of sovereign states means that each sovereign state has the right to make its own choice the conditions we were in required that we practice what the constitution said of the constitutions of the soviet republics said they were states entitled to self-determination that's why we should have made them sovereign states. different regimes different political systems do you mean that some countries could be democratic while others remain communist you. know i think they all would have followed the same scenario because they would be making their choice at a stage when they were still close to each other in many respects so if something would change in one stays others would follow. they would have been like communicating vessels today sixty or seventy percent of people say they were aggression of the soviet union fell apart because when you ask them if they want the soviet union to

be restored only nine percent say yes. we would do you blame yourself for the fall of the soviet union. no i fought the best i could to defend the soviet union but i failed why do you think the c.i.s. fell apart it is practically nonexistent. that's because of the political situation we had in our country after nine hundred eighty nine the elite played a role there after nine hundred eighty nine we had the coup first they tried to overthrow gorbachev using political means but they failed because people supported gorbachev i always wanted to ask during the cruise whether you were isolated what did you feel. i knew anything could happen it was not just a feeling i knew it. they tried to provoke us and get us to start shooting and then they would document that and have the right to shoot back and kill us. and that's the point where you're afraid the most for your life your country. you.

you know for my family and of course i thought that it was not going to be just my family other people may suffer too i knew there would be bloodshed especially if you consider how big our country is it takes our country a while to start but when it does it is very hard to stop so my goal was to renew the country without bloodshed. to get out when you started that perestroika could you imagine the scale of the changes to calm. people i think i did not completely but it is dangerous to start a storm in our country if you lose control you may get into a lot of trouble to shelves reforms basically failed reforms failed we realized from experience that it was dangerous to wait much longer but we had to take a risk because we couldn't we needed changes we didn't intervene but.

you are saying that you didn't quite understand the scale of it all when did you finally get a clear realization that there was no return to the past. you know people but there was good news for you i don't agree when people say the perestroika failed it didn't fail it was disrupted derailed stocks but still perestroika achieved a lot inside russia we had democracy free elections freedom of conscience part of property freedom to travel abroad everything also glasnost there was so much openness the entire country was affected people realized they had finally got some freedom an opportunity to act in foreign affairs we put an end to the cold war we normalize our relationship with the u.s. we reunited germany we didn't send our tanks our troops there all our units in eastern europe states where they were operational because it was i think. so let's

talk about foreign policy twenty five years ago if you started the process of bizarre moment between the soviet union and the united states today president obama and medvedev are making further steps to get rid of nuclear arsenals do you think it will ever come to that world without nuclear weapons. we must do it and i believe that sooner or later we will get there but to get there we have to put the world back in order first nuclear arsenals were significantly reduced thanks to our efforts during perestroika today when the world is so divided we need to find things that bring us together for instance the g. twenty is a step which brings us closer it's an instrument election ism for handling the hardest and most challenging issues but we need more than that it's a matter of learning to live in a global world. two years ago you were not i discussed barack obama and that was during the elections before he became president and you said the

united states made its own perestroika and that obama seems to be the right man to carry it out has obama lived up to your expectations as a president. i think he's been doing a good job so far by the way i met with him when he was in moscow i told him your approval rating is still high that's great but remember as soon as you get to some real big issues it'll drug you should be ready for that he said i understand that i think the fact that he got his health care bill approved this terrific but rich republicans don't like it i admire him because when things get hot for example when they have to get the new start treaty ratified he got involved personally he talks to people and about twelve senators changed sides and sided with the democrats and eventually the treaty was ratified i wish him good luck what would you say is the difference between twentieth century and twenty first century politicians and some of the. letter pens on politicians we take as examples if we take hitler then every

politician of the twentieth or the twenty first century is very different from him if we talk about the one nine hundred eighty s. it was a time when we saw a large group of politicians from asia america and europe join forces to stop a nuclear arms race and begin disarmament with the ultimate goal of uniting the world i think we should give them credit for that it was a very interesting time. of. reference some people consider you the number one politician of the twentieth century. always remember when you were number one there's a great responsibility that comes with that actually though you can't give a single politician credit for everything or there is always a group of people who realize the challenges of their time they understand what is going on in the world. do you think has the potential to become a politician of the twenty first century. we'll have to wait and see now when

you can name at this point. no i would not give that title to anyone for now they have to earn it no one praised ourselves or we walked the talk today's politicians are not even at the talking point yet but what matters is what they will do the steps they will take their policies we know from history that every time there was a new challenge and you leader would emerge sometimes they emerge too late after some damage was done we have to avoid that we have to act in time. to many people you create a major role in many important events the unification of germany the end of the cold war perestroika some people say that you are the one who proton the soviet union you were awarded the nobel peace prize some say that you were at the last really a liberal of our time what do you think is your most important legacy. i think it is the fact that the world is no longer divided that it is mostly free

from ideological antigun ism this is perhaps the most important thing this creates conditions for further progress. people abroad love you and respect you a lot while russian seven different opinions about you what do you make of that fact that you are more appreciated abroad than in russia. i think it's normal after all i worked here in russia and many things started here it wasn't always easy but many things did not work out the way we planned at the beginning when we made our first mistakes we didn't really explain to people what was going on and didn't get them involved in all those processes we were self-confident lord but in public politics i don't think we have ever lost a major battle. what about now what are your priorities in life. my priority is to help people realize that there are other people around them and

conduct themselves accordingly and in fact that's what religion teaches that you should help your neighbor and many people have this understanding they're willing to help others support them. so the most important thing is to remember about other people and their problems are used for wasn't here eighty the whole world is celebrating your birthday at the end of march in london few people can say i made this world a better place but you can say that about yourself if your children grandchildren great grandchildren what do you lack for authentic with the words that you know the laws and there are a few things i didn't have time to do and i regret it. you know i miss my wife who was my best friend and i lost her in this fear stossel it's hard you can't forget about things like that sometimes i look at people with a lot of money and they may have many wives many women but we were different we were very close to me that is to be frank with you another thing i wish i had these

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more news in about fifteen minutes time but for now it's all the latest in the world of sports with and so after you got a few surprises for football last night right that's right we're following it or not quite you have been telling josie came from behind me munchkin i thought i was a bit of a shot while refer to call us how did david to get at his new russian club we've got all the details just in the. hello there you're watching the sports and these are the headlines. staying alive and almost go get a bottle win against an armory get to remain in the cage. legends are using debut brazil world cup winner of the caller's taste defeat as angie's

descending in the russian cup. and shows he give you the blues beating the lead lead these two one at stamford bridge. and on the moscow have guarin cup hopes alive after a three one victory against an amerigo the latter the inside started the match needing just one more win and their best of seven contests to reach the last eight but quick goals in the final period save the muscovite for your bump or fully watch the action. it was when a bus had a normal scotoma namesakes from riga three one down in the best of seven series only victory would suffice for weeks now rob saw it if they want to continue their fun regarding the title of the story couldn't have been more different from aside from latvia two straight wins on home oyster put them in command of the series however the visitors would have to waver in early storm as the muscovites attack he called helpless net right from the all you know come out open your gold medals all

of both trying to break the dead wrong however there was nothing particularly boring the swedish netminder was opposite number of michael garnett was a purchase spectator such was a home side's dominance however they were unable to find a net despite a couple of chances on the powerplay after not having a shot in the first period drama rega began to come out of their shells in the second the warning signs were there for the home side as my garnett was forced into making a good saving way for a period of this this will take the lead twelve minutes genome a power play thanks from blue line to sunday's also in charge so anyhow see by going hands a broad strokes i was on hand to point a pop passes for the canadian side from the lightning capital one course for victory in the series however trust it would come up worse the way is being on the receiving end of a punch storing. going into the final period a goal down the nominee moscow could see their garden cup hopes fading away over to scream and see in boxing bill cody gave them

a lifeline as history shows the help response time from home side level much to the life of it fans probably had something to shout about in just two minutes later but most of us will take the moment then to use restore troubling for a traffic chill taking at the plate shelf caps and we see both helping the cause tell us what i mean and all signs that someone leave the home team for the chance to spend their advantage maybe again same as the side from the latin capital push in search of an equaliser. i mean would you just five seconds remaining with this engine that's out find one people sam i thought i could control the game i think we played most most of the game in their zone. go to first go on about whether you know all the right to have a group or a boy i'm going to use it for all the serious. you know we were able to because it goes in a slow them and they're going through all together all the changes in the first two buckets you know. but it would be about the problem still i was almost there still

somewhat but still probably trying to get into the scenery. and see the program please have a semi finals with picturing gained seats. which i hope we don't see. so compilation then inside still need this best of seven contest straight to you and so atlanta last night seem to be civil style and anonymous respectively on cheese day night atlanta place of style again the seasoning elsewhere and if you meet a metal it might be the course and to take a new drug with both of a series tied it takes two. magical one world cup winner of it i call us couldn't help his new side and he on his day he was the southern side crash of the last sixteen of the russian class but that and a cold is the need to finish rajiv again wants me to chechnya from pakistan off the recent rise in guidance that we didn't see the sudan gee he threw away and trial

for one the fact that it wasn't enough to need god in the courts is. an english premier league leaders mention i think last one to chelsea stamford bridge by rooney has had put united ahead the second half goal from got to be nice and they find grandpas penalty kelsey's away and united. ploys that have played a game all chelsea the goal there was a shock and the f.a. cup championship side running your king at premier league side i mentioned one there were three. support a finals only to win tonight's clash between the city and that's the villa while arsenal will face birds here opposition leyton orient and they will have to do without striker robin van persie for three weeks he picked up an injury and a carling cup final defeat to birmingham at the weekend captain says average gas is almost a wrap it could return for the champions league tie against barcelona next week but despite the setbacks manager banga says there's still plenty to play for. when you

are in a massive through in the championship. who will look to the record in front of your three people. or want to first look in the champions league a much higher carb diets than the cloning of lost do we need. to be or. we cannot do that i would much aggression level or overconfidence to withdraw because of because we're through the most of targets will be from the from us now we're you thinking about going to watch any of the games at next year's european championships in ukraine and poland if so this is your chance because for the month only you can make a direct purchase are you a physicist your website giving all fans an equal chance of getting their hands on the tickets the first went on sale yesterday life are presently shellback and he was at a ceremony in warsaw to mark the event was also a ceremony in the ukraine just under one and a half million tickets will be made available for the tournament around eighty five percent being sold through the u.a.e.

for website with all the nicest believing many games will be oversubscribed. basketball now in tears can moscow's newly appointed head coach join us says building a solid defense combined with port speed it is a master plan for the job the little a new trick up the hot seat on monday at the russian. failed to make the year only top sixteen for the first time in fourteen years last december and is bringing with him a wealth of experience having trained and. except china and greece and the taksim club teams in his native country. if you remember when i trained jugglers who know little rainier national side he played basketball but it didn't mean we would put up with lots of mistakes so i think i will once again start building the team with strong differences or cornerstone but we should also try to increase your speed that's the kind of basketball i like and that's what i'll be trying to do here at ces comes some action i from the n.b.a. where kobe bryant held the l.a.

lakers to their fifth win in a row top scoring with twenty four points as they beat the minnesota timberwolves the target center and i think points in seventy nine the final score ride on may eighth it is eighteen shots he had his moments not one of them. and a score each at the lake is in charge nailing and the third later on to keep his side in front by ten with a minute left that's the fourteenth time in a row they thought the better this chamber was. winter sports than the u.a.e. crown bobsleigh a world champion alexander zuckoff has dismissed fears he's about to retire again saying he's turning his attention to the twenty fourteen such an olympics the thirty six year old russian has returned from germany where he eclipsed the local favorites and come russia's first ever bobsled a world champion coffee and the steely election where. also won the man event to add to their world cup glory plus they clinched the overall title at the same tracks in cough had retired from the sport last summer but then returned to enjoy

the best season of his career and he is now hungry for more. subtle colors but will of course will be preparing for such a loop from now on to begin so i didn't come back into the sport for just one season we had some serious discussions with the sports hierarchy and came to a decision and you had of course the federation knows very well what's to be done if i had to choose good results of the season for example finished in the top six at almost every world cup stage it's a bit more about your. it would be good lots and now we will end with something that is pretty rare hattrick the cricket world cup for one can buy that i think malinga got it during his side's nine wickets crashing of kenya after surprising to think of pakistan sri lanka needed to make a strong statement only the brothers collins and david could still be young so it seems centuries but then it was mélanie time first in court and my mishra l.b.w. . than. the ovando. following that.

goal. that was his traffic was moved to come along if anything with that standing figure of six the forwards yankees seven point four zero this was the penguins perhaps from one hundred sixty to one hundred forty seam or lack the shrunken batsmen had little problem dealing with that type of the high score for the africans with dismissal of goal south of fifty one but i wrapped up victory eighteen point four i was in my link to celebrate the second half of the world cup and let me just think i don't want to get sacked africa in some fashion so that was better. than my what a great my performance against south africa in that world cup but they say this because in that stage of the game sense that if your goal is virtually winning the game the nice lady to get had treatment probably pretty sure like get back into the game and also with an outside chance of winning it so i think to me that was a picture i think about the way that today to get a hat trick gave me a lot of satisfaction will say that i end up ultimately win six wickets so getting

wickets in any gold cup game are supposed gives anybody lesser such a structure. so that brings us to the end of the sport from i'm sorry whether it's coming up next. for the full scale we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers r t.

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