british science it's time to light. the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on our. helos is our teacher mesko the top stories progress duffey troops reverse the libyan rebels advance following international airstrikes it comes as some coalition members including the u.s. britain france consider arming the opposition and with warnings that it would violate the u.n. resolution. there are fears of a terrorist backlash in europe with the alarm sounded over possible revenge plots now by libyan is the mystery of power and the growing number of casualties from the bombing raids is believed to be sparing terrorist recruiting. and radiation remains

the biggest concern russia construct a nuclear plant and levels in nearby seawater are estimated at over three and a half thousand times higher than. that so we got an up close look at the personality of the last leader of the u.s.s.r. and his political legacy the sophie shevardnadze talks to mikhail gorbachev's personal interpreter. both blushing thank you very much for being with us today it's a great pleasure someone to read a quote from your book this very occupation by the air of a foreign and your own language to rate through songs of words and having found the right one so its texture its size something for the threats connecting the two

languages has always been my favorite thing to do or you were a linguist of the plot. has always been my favorite thing to do i have done many things in my life i was a diplomat i was working in the foreign ministry for many years i have written books i've been a journalist i've been working in the corridor of foundation. a kind of advisor to present government is post presidential years but i would say nevertheless. as a linguist i have been the happiest it's been my vocation my occupation you've been credited credited with an intelligence and a remarkably open mind but were you ready logically to translate those earth shattering event steps gorbachev's leadership brought to the world. or well i think

i was reading frankly it's not boasting but i do remember that when almost twenty seven years ago i was first asked to interpret for you even though at that time you know the soviet leader the general secretary of the central committee it was a figure somewhere in the clouds i do remember that i was not a for. that i was psychologically ready and part of it of course was that everyone was kind of feeling and expecting that coverage there was something new that one must not be afraid of him but also i think because i loved at that time my work i enjoyed it was part of that love for my work as a linguist for what was your personal perception of the world at that point standing next to a guy who was turning it upside down well i was very much in favor of change and i

was very much for perestroika initially during the first couple of years i frankly was worried that the whole thing will be perhaps just is maybe. not getting enough support either in the soviet or stablish or among the people but then of course it was because of some decisions taken by gorbachev that the process accelerated and what's more important gained its own momentum and became not dependent on gorbachev alone or his associates so the feeling was that yes change is necessary the feeling was yes change is possible but the world doubts. also said that interpreters occupy a somewhat maverick position that apparatus not only working for government

officials but more for one's own personal really pretty thing is the core principle of interpreters relationship charge trust. oh it certainly is trust the thing is that you have to be trusted not just by your side but also by the other side i think that is something that younger interpreters need to understand you are not neutral but you certainly are part of the process of reaching mitchell in the staining so whatever you can do in a way from both sides you should do but of course be also at the same time be an official the foreign ministry official you have to bear that in mind as well well you seem to occupy many roads and gorbachev's life interpreter of course spread or have to be psychologists counselor at times not really know but it's important for an interpreter for a diplomat for anyone to understand that you're working with

a human being no one is perfect you have to make an allowance for the specificity is of a human character so far as your guy is concerned gorbachev so far as the other side is concerned because they too were human beings you know and an interpreter can be i think in certain situations. a positive factor i do remember for example when after reagan's visit to moscow in one thousand eighty eight the visit was practically over and. reagan were to attend a concert at the bolshoi theater and i must say that the u.s. security. protection at that time was a little heavy handed and they started to frisk just about everyone who was entering the bolshoi and as a result of that the cancer the beginning of the cancer was late by

almost an hour. and that frankly upset over children that upset brain sir and they said well do we need to go to that concert we need the last dinner that was to follow that concert and frankly at that time not as a psychologist but i said that you know it's the heavy handed decision in a certain person or a group of people let's not you know tarnish the great event very good summit with. you know making this a big deal and perhaps it helped because. everyone calmed down the visit and they got a nice note well i want to little more about cricketing not critical i mean obviously speak to gorbachev and speak to people in their own language so you understand a little more of their mentality and their path of thinking did you ever maybe

advise them on certain approaches to certain persons. some top personalities easier to play with and others except for the well for sure some top personalities are easier to deal with than others but. you have to bear in mind that i became presently close to go bitch or in his post-presidential years i was not i was a government official at that time i was not really a member of his inner circle so no i never dared to. you know act as as someone who advises on the press the last this kind of thing later of course you know i've been with him for almost twenty seven years now so later yes it has happened. that we discussed the individuals with whom he was dealing. beings not only americans and foreigners but also

russians but that came later. for you personally i do understand everything that your sister curvature of with was unprecedented was groundbreaking but was there one in particular that stood out for you. well you might be surprised that everything stands out reykjavik stands but it's not reykjavik it's not washington it's the meeting in helsinki right after the aggression of saddam hussein against coal weight that really stands out in my mind even more than mild the meeting between governor bush in helsinki even more than malted stands out as the and of the cold war because that was the first time when it was not the dynamics of confrontation of opposition of the two major powers but the dynamics of corp corp in stopping the aggression that really worked for both

countries showed that they are able to do it that they're able to take certain steps to make compromises to make that cooperation work so to me that was an enormously important event. of another was there and i remember by the way it's not about the governor but i do remember during the meeting between shevardnadze and baker could see how the news came and how it was brought in by baker's associate about saddam hussein's invasion of kuwait and it was totally unexpected they did not spend much time discussing it but they agreed that they would be in contact and then those contacts led to that in my opinion truly historic and perhaps under estimated meeting between governor bush in

helsinki well you've said that you've been working with him for twenty seven years now how has time affected your perception of turns eighty now how would you assess his legacy to russia and the world. well i think you know i was working with him in those years because i believed in what he was doing i was a foreign ministry official and had i for example wanted an appointment somewhere abroad it was you know past time it was past due services so i could rest in eighty seven and eighty eight to be posted somewhere abroad i didn't do that i worked for him because i had a commitment for what he and his associates were doing to change the country and then of course it turned of that it changed not only our country changed the world but an appreciation that opinion i think is very much still with me it has been confirmed by subsequent events i frankly always believed that it would not be

easy that it would not be for our country or for the world it would not be a feast or celebration of rethinking is nice so you know i have been disappointed that i was disappointed about many things in this country about many things in the world but nevertheless i do think that. practically any unbiased human being looks at how things were thirty years ago and how things are in the world today it has to be a positive assessment is mikhail gorbachev your man of the twentieth century. certainly as i frankly don't very much believe in those competitions those contests certainly there were people in his generation and in the previous generations who. i factored the twentieth century in important positive ways and of course you have

to look when you talk about a man of the twentieth century have to look for people who made a positive contribution and he is certainly among the like top three top five persons all of whom really really made the world better than his romance with his late wife was almost as kramer's as the man who would you describe his vision how the world as romantic. well. no i don't think you'll remain vision of the world he was one of the luckiest person in the world really a perfect couple in the sense that. everything was just smooth i'm perfect but you know you really see that kind of personal commitment. and i saw that i. watched that admired that mr blushing with thank you very much for this

interview thank you ok. it's the secret incursion into the country. against the invasion by means of. tradition the language is really sticky bestie copied cookie. and culture. i think is. the how the dunes are still unaware of what's going on in the land still asking my job cuts like things i don't know because the last time. an archie. wealthy british scientist son. sometimes.

markets. scandal find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two crimes a report on our chief. source and i program tough it true for a verse the libyan rebels of violence following the international air strikes it comes to some coalition members including the us britain and france to consider all the opposition made warnings that it would violate the u.n. resolution. and fears of a terrorist backlash in europe with the alarm sounded of a possible revenge close by libyan is the most severe power and growing number of casualties from the bombing raids is believed to be spurring terrorist recruitment . and radiation remains the biggest concern russia construct a nuclear plant levels in nearby seawater estimated at over three and a whole thousand times i've been. to the top stories not played

a sport now with unit. have you with us this is sports three here on twenty four hour r t i'm you know neal let's take a look at our stories in greece not. not over yet slopping t. fight back in the cage west finals against aa plant on tuesday but they know i must win all three remaining games to take this series. top of the charts world cup finalists spain on the netherlands keep their perfect records intact in europe twenty twelve qualifying. are often in miami maria sharapova survives a three and a half hour populations alexander group to make the sony ericsson open seventy five . but we get going on the ice redlands if missed the opportunity to make the

concept a hockey league finals the moscow region i think it will have further chances to do just fast but it's a lock on the t.v. will have the initiative in their western conference this side or constitute a top health watch this one for us. we're aiming for a fourth consecutive win against looking mighty if we should poll them towards the finals but on the night we're committee four on the defensive against the moscow region side which wasted many of our changes were going to go to strike on the counter-attack and when the chance came they too could you want us with plus a defenseman in powerful style and puck to talk into the net one more thing after the first twenty minutes. you know thought it would be easy to get past such a team we knew that the last step was the final is the toughest but in the opener it looked like not everyone in our team was motivated highly enough and we'll let them take the initiative in the game. in the second both teams had chances to score

but alexander have you can and can send him by one and we're in top form between the pipes the game stay tight but in the decisive third period the goal drop was followed by delhi first d.o.d. lifted a pass to us and the junior world champion sledge shot from the blueline hurdle for his first goal in the third playoff match and seven minutes later the railway man added one more chance again one more point for sistema moving to put a committee of up three nothing but a plan didn't give up and kept attacking with their efforts eventually warty you can was a very close during his first cool shit in the playoffs but he won me put in a force that put us on the sports a reduced walk as lead and dish the keepers hopes for a shot out and twelve seconds before the final buzzer advance captain sergei my second broke away for a short handed goal it seemed to turn the tide the host took off the goalie for an

additional plan but looking mighty from the face off and paul demitra sealed the final score four to. show you in the tour we didn't want to go on early vacation and just had to win today we perform solid defensive play and i can say we borrowed that from our opponents lokomotiv were the first to score for the first time in the series we made several mistakes at the end of the match but we still had a good advantage and i want to thank my guys for that performance it was a very tough match for us i'm still glad or innit. we're going to produce a plum sleaze in their best of seven serious two three one and have a chance to get even closer as the teams had to yell slowly for game five on thursday complain about out of archie. ok let's talk football now where it's all going to plan for spain and the netherlands in european qualifying the twenty ten world cup final is staying perfect with wins and choose the evening holders group i run away leader spinner and columnist for lithuanian test ja v having the visitors

the lead nineteen minutes in thanks to the flexion but that's when it deeds equalized matters right before the hour mark thank you vicious living room with a screamer the host couldn't build enough though and seventy minutes in another own goal broke their hearts. buying in one muscles cross and then to himself hoping results beyond any doubt firing home his side's third needy third minute three one the final score spain a five from five. a clash and a half meanwhile and i'm straight down with the netherlands came from behind to earn a six successive victory at the expense of hungry robin van persie open for the dutch but the arsenal striker feel to reappear for the second half with injury straight to the ball park second half we go hungry equaliser after a corner kick the ball the flecking into the net or far field funder vaults the underdogs then moved ahead after that result and gira them on net in their second

but the netherlands were to be denied interest wesley schneider tying proceedings once again on the hour mark a dozen minutes off the roof on this roy had them in front but that lead didn't last too long either gear or making it three three with his second on the night after seventy five minutes but was the be the highlight whoever liverpool striker point firing home twice within six minutes one side in this one five. three an increase their lead in group each to some nine. elsewhere on the night the czech republic pete rock bottom left to keep in the hunt and spain's group israel kept the pressure up half with a one to win for georgia sweden have drawn hungry in second place in group evolving a one zero win. over serie a two one win. over in the possible although based on toys in group d. and out of sorts rimini

a side left it late but managed to overcome the support of three one topsy-turvy group c. and serbia drove one long and northern ireland on second place slovenia also share the points in belfast germany may be runaway leaders from eva the quest for the feel spot is heating up courage holders of second place belgium all the points with a big win over azerbaijan. turkey are right behind them following victory over not . having stateside now with the united states were unable to build on last week's draw with lionel messi and it's origin time team it's us going to one nil the hosts were seeking their first win of the year but they face the not cold task and eighteen minutes produced so locking up turning phrases corner of the american defense field in europe all. the us did come more in space though their best chance coming quarter of an hour from the ends lehi's long through eventually finding

the dangerous london donovan left for the last it's the wrong side of the post part of. this quest for her first title of the year remains on track in miami the russian overcoming alexander to offer a mammoth quarterfinal session it's been a tough couple of years for sure up and meanly ju to injury but the former world number one showed she's fighting fit in florida every person gets to take a three and a half hour counts. three six seven six seven six up next for her in the last force andree of course which. is the church itself upsetting me all day again with victory over another former world's best willingly yankovic's the german who knocked out top secret and was in the last round seeing off yankovic's two six six two six. top rank over a field and made

a smooth progression in the men's side of the draw the spaniard facing next to no resistance from ukrainian alexander all of in the last sixteen stage the world over want to six one six two but his opponent does have an excuse to pull off only finishing his third running conduit jewel for hours earlier the new york native takes on czech thomas burdick. novak djokovic she was involved in an all serbian much of a victory troitsky there were number two stretching his winning streak to twenty three straight matches thanks to a six three six two win joker up against south africa and have an understanding. brings us to basketball in the n.b.a. where twenty seven points and le bron james wasn't enough to help miami take the win against his former club cleveland on choose the a couple years were embarrassed by the heat one hundred eighteen to nineteen december but you can forget all about that one and being the first eleven point lead on the who's kept up the momentum after the break or in davis motioning for

a long time on with another you must be dunks the ball making it sixty four forty eight the lighting the home pride in the process the brawling code then reduce the deficit the five points still in the third quarter that's even funky had a twenty seven of their own in the last period for a final score one zero two to ninety they can still bottom in the east after it all though while the heat are already sifting through the sea. finally the boxing we're going to. hopkinson jump ascough how tonight's the rematch of their december eighteenth but which ended in a draw a clash for pascal's w.b.c. light heavyweight crown will take place on may twenty first in montreal the boxers famous for their mutual disrespects are already busy throwing a few low blows out a press conference in new york i'm ready for may twenty first. we out of. this crush he came from a country he disrespect me and my country he put his hands on me you this is

my people my countrymen. and this is unacceptable so when a guy like this says to me and i'm in some kind of candy bar i am not in some kind of t.v. or i'm doing something unusual because i surely would have been shown for years but he wasn't even and box and he was in practice when i was doing this and now it becomes a shock is the usual this strange and he put allegations out there that i don't want to deal with. one all of his all your support from my world whether it's coming up in just a tick. some team has been to the yaroslavl region handicrafts have become a major industry. now monte goes to

a former top secret military stronghold. which today has limitless possibilities for extreme sports. with them last season damask seal has been discovered. and the real sufyan fleet divers watch is a may. come from the chilean base creature. russia close up. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are the day.

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