welcome back here with our tears over the top stories the u.n. fails to agree on condemning syria's crackdown on anti-government protesters with russia saying sounds or words send the center a group provoke of more violence meanwhile the u.s. continues to prop up the arab spring but washington's made ally israel could feel the brunt of the radicals come to power. world's leading financial body for a season ends america's reign on economics rome via the national monnerie fund says

the top spot will be snatched by china in just five years. and a new middle class is growing rapidly neighboring india voted brands are watching to get in on the game and spending power in the country celebrates the new levels of society. the headlines for more insight into the ongoing unrest in syria r.t. spoke to a veteran middle east reporter on hard says the country's president who wants to out of himself as a reformer is most likely a prisoner to the will obvious security forces. i'm talking to alan hots he's a veteran middle east journalist he's been involved with the region for forty years as both a reporter and a conflicts resolved alan thanks very much for talking now you've been speaking with a lot about where the mainstream media has betrayed the idea of democracy in the

middle east in its reporting do you think. oh i think it has totally betrayed democracy because there's a political reality to the face. no american president. and only an american president masses in american president has the leverage to require israel to be serious about peace. he's never going to use that leverage on this because there's the control of the zionist lobby in congress he's never going to use the leverage even if he wants to until he is pushed to do so by informed public opinion one might say by demonstrations a real democracy and actually the problem in america and frankly in europe but most of all america is the most citizens are too uninformed and misinformed to do the pushing and that is frankly because the media has been complicit. with

zionism in suppressing the truth of history as it relates to the making in sustaining of the conflict so i think it's very simple i was about to present what about these these these demonstrations and conflicts that we're seeing in the middle east at the moment what's your view of how the need to escape with that i think generally speaking recovers is ok. but. the whole thing is exciting but also frightening to be because i think the message that all the autocrats of go from mubarak's departure is if our people take to the streets and start very straight and shoot them i mean that's what seems to be have. but i think the key frankly is in egypt and i tell you what. i think that they probably will evolve to an elected government because the pressure of the generals may not like it but the pressure is there so let's assume down the road nine months ten months

there is an elected government you then have the fascinating problem of the separate piece of this. for how the hell does the new government handle that. there is a way in which they could do it very cleverly and maybe change everything in the middle east. if the new government said we'll have a referendum on this treaty and if there was a wreck ready my guess is that eighty percent of egyptians would say terry no we don't want it it hasn't served our interest it hasn't served the arab interests and certainly reentrancy is right. now with that kind of reform and you've got to say to america and her people speak you say you like democracy you don't want this treaty but we'll have a treaty we'll keep it if you use your leverage on israel to get them out of the occupied territories and i want a fascinating scenario that would provide ok let's take it back a bit and let's talk a bit about syria because that's the current country that's that's entering into

this whole process of amazement and europe and the us of reiterated calls for un sanctions but it's a country that's been under international pressure for a long time over its ties to iran and its support has a large mass how serious do you think the stress of sanctions. well maybe it is serious so what. i don't think young asset is in control. i think our side is probably more or less a prisoner of his generals in the security services he gave the world the impression when he came to power ten eleven years ago that he was going to be not like his father it was a time he was going to be reformed. i suspect that probably was the genuine. son of the father but i think right you know he's probably as i say a prisoner and they're just going to shoot and shoot and shoot and rather like the israelis don't give a damn. about what the world seems i didn't see the serious security forces were

like that some say this call for sanctions is the first step towards. what happens from that do you think that the west could use the libyan scenario as a sort of excuse for intervening in syria. where the libyan scenario to me. is known seems i mean what have we got at the moment we've got to stand up so i think most people made a mistake about gadhafi it was written off in the media in the newspapers and television is mad i think that's a complete misreading of the man i think he's evil but not mad i think he set up his whole security operation sperry cleverly over the years he knows exactly what he's doing. so i don't think that sends any kind of message except don't get involved in the way that the french and the british have don't get involved unless you're prepared to go the whole hog and the whole hog frankly would be targeting and killing him. so i don't see what lessons that holds for dealing

with syria. of course we have less than about the nato allies i think popular opinion suggests that nato it is difficult. and its goal of protecting the civilians in libya is really seen any more is nato in any case capable of leading another action no i don't think it is i mean everybody's terrified of what happened in iraq because most people know that was illegal. but the problem is even if nato could put its act together and say we must deal with these tyrants we was really put sanctions on them this is follow up with military action boots on the ground it wouldn't get through the security council china would be to it i'm sure russia would be to it she what people don't understand about the united nations it's not a social standing institution it is the sum total of the hypocrisy of the member

states. and then this you can actually have a total consensus working through the un actually becomes impossible syria has a good relationship with iran. to ask assistance to portray know that this would you expect to react. i think tehran would be very worried about what's going on. because as i understand situation in tehran the present regime probably only has the support of thirty percent or so people so i think it's it's it's got to think very deeply about how responsiveness put the ties between the regime in damascus and the regime in tehran yes a very strong but i also think has. has a vested interest in what's going on here i mean i'm not one of those who writes his brother off as a as a terrorist group i think shake the stronger. his brother's leave is head and

shoulders above all other arab leaders in the region i think he's a real leader and i think. has evolved into a truly democratic party so i don't think he will want any pro-choice rocked. but if syria were to fall you i think you're really asking me what what would happen when i don't think syria will fall to the extent that i can't see a scenario in which syrian security doesn't remain in control. and what the world doesn't know about syria is that for many years under this present president's father. it's actually cooperated with israel. it was actually at times an israeli puppet in the sixty seven war i tell the full story of this in my book there was a secret understanding between syria and israel before the sixty seven war so syria

plays its cards very very were to survive in this region it's not too early to write off the regime. i what about the regime in iran saying that the entire point the entire goal the stars the western powers are concerned is to isolate iran and that by force the regime change do you agree with that though i do the more the outside pressure comes on iran the more i think it is going to unite the people of iran you see there is this ridiculous story that iran wants to develop nuclear weapons there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the regime wants to develop nuclear weapons i mean they categorically say they don't know i can see that the revolutionary guards maybe same the ayatollah look we must develop them for forty terence the nonsense of it comes down to this supposing iran did have a few nuclear weapons do you think it would launch a first strike on israel of course it would. because iran would be obliterated this

is just a bluff and it serves israel's purpose because it takes the world's attention away from what israel is doing which is talking peace in continue to expand settlements and israel must be actually its leaders must be very happy with what's going on in the arab world actually because again it's taken all the focus away from israel and it gets on the building more and more settlements like you know almost almost how possible to think it is that in the wake of all these revolutions in the middle east islamists will come to power in egypt. with its terrifying thing if we stand back and look how it through through egypt. the what we might call the extremists or the fundamentalist muslims they weren't in the game it was basically very ordinary people of all classes and all backgrounds. now if the suppression

goes on and on what that will do is eventually open the door to the extremists so in my view the west should now be solidly behind the street as it were to bring about the reforms of the changes they want because that is the way to guarantee that the fundamentalists won't have the oxygen if you like come into the business it's a huge issue. and was about israel in all of this will it be a less safe place in the future if you think israel has never been an unsafe place one of the greats is. the mother and father of all lies as it relates to the israeli palestinian conflict is that israel's been in danger of annihilation i detail in the three volumes of my book it is a complete lie israel's existence has never ever been danger from any.

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the un fails to agree on condemning syria's crackdown on anti-government protesters with russia saying censure could provoke more violence meanwhile the u.s. continues to prop up the arab spring or washington's made ally israel could feel the brunt of radicals come to power. all the financial body for season and to america's raid on economics throwing the international monetary fund says the top spot will be snatched by china in just five years. and a new middle class is growing rapidly neighboring india global brands are flocking to get in on the game as spending power in the country accelerates to deal with

falls of society. next it's all the latest sports with you know you have been hearing that a managerial merry go round is busy once again in russia really you've hit the nail on the head to the richest clubs in football and ice hockey to look to be splashing the cash at the moment we have more than not in just a second. good to have you with us today i mean these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. conquest a brace from lionel messi sees barcelona security first leg lead against real madrid in the semifinals of the income. scale as the limit sideline coach milosz origi got state seems to become the new coach of the super rich sim petersburg squad. isn't a bird is

a plane no it's the russian national style diving scene we catch up with the adrenaline junkies world cup gold this. its first blood to barcelona in their champions league semifinal clash with madrid lionel messi the mom ensuring the giants have one foot in london's final next month has two goals making a difference the burnaby zero but the game had been overshadowed by pre-match spot between rival pep guardiola. on the city spilled onto the pitch in temperatures of the action brought to the boil right after the market reality pappas sent off for alleged dangerous top of. his knowledge julie following him for protesting the decision it was the messy show from then on in the argentinian second striker contender for goal of the season so. to return to the new cars with but caution mediately afterwards. the team that is

one champions league cups never think that a future match is lost i'm convinced that i played many times against the real madrid as a player i've seen to many times since i was a kid and now as a coach he must know what i do to control the atmosphere in barcelona news people in barcelona know the situation hides from that team and what they are. you know where if i tell him or you wait for what i think we're going to feel my career will end today and because i cannot say what i feel i will just leave you a question for which i hope to get an answer someday why why. elsewhere on the constant benfica and bragg are preparing for thursday's first ever all portuguese europa league semi final clash all the teams in the last four in fact are iberian than fake it was just the one injury worry for their clash if you

look across martin's who's a darts with if eyestrain front usually prolific striker oscar could do so. open play for almost two months of trying to get their second favorites behind porto to lift silverware in dublin on may eighteenth porto and sells me in the two legs semi. fullam have all but ensured english premier league football for another season after easing to a three no win over bolton on wednesday evening the west longer is breaking through the traditional see if point of forty points thanks largely to clint dempsey the american international for being hold off for a quarter of an hour before netting again three minutes after the break and read one more twenty five minutes of time the wind lifting forms this in the top of the tweet. ok in other football news what spurred monitor felix mcgough claims he has reached an agreement to take over tina moscow the russian media reports claim a fifty seven year old german said he will remain up until three held on till the

end of the season before taking over the reins of limbaugh school club or run july time slovakia monitor for them your advice is also apparently being courted forward a job in addition to his national coaching role but it is my gaffer looks very much in the frame for a place. sucked earlier this month but also called themselves state they won't comment until a contract is signed. ok to the cato rink we go and there's said to be a big coaching change a nice talkie former coach of get confirmed he's to take over the reins after supporters club. the fifty two year old czech saying he's brutally beat to your deal with the option of another year new financial details how the visas yet discussions are partly already underway over a list of players but if you get would like to add to the team lunch with the biggest surprise of the key child play off the veteran squad powering into the finals where they came unstuck you can sell about the lie of style meanwhile are

one of the richest clubs in the league but so far have failed to live up to their michael potential. tennis and robinson rulings the game is starting to ship up once again the world of five beating germany shara day in extra secure is up for next month's french open where he reached back to back finals for the past two years freshman shared a seemingly overwhelmed struggling took to get right to his opponent with a six one drubbing in the opener shared a storm back in the second set though maintaining his composure to take it to seventy six it was the sweet though who held his nerve when it mattered most six one six seven six one the final score settling on track for a fourth a.t.p. title of the year. juan martin del potro will be across the net from settling in the quarters it's whoring origin time and having an easy time of things against. beating the colombian six two six one so what will he takes

a three to one head to head lead into friday's and punch with superbly spring is most certainly in the air on moscow with subzero temperatures now but a memory meaning extreme athletes can those themselves with the sports that they love such as bush's national skydiving team or a man cos trip watch the squad do their thing. it's a perfect day for some skydiving here in the moscow region the russian national team

has spent hours days and even in training and all that's in preparation for the world cup that will take place in july in germany. after that stage the team will have time for further training and any necessary adjustments ahead of the globe's aerial competition the world championship so time champions russia are one of the leaders in this sport but that doesn't mean it's going to be a walk in the pork laden soon of the month with the french and the americans jump on regular basis and are worthy rivals the world cup will show was to be expected from each team the french the americans and the russians or maybe there are some other team that has pulled out that sucks and can prove a worthy opponent the rules for mation skydiving is not for everyone but they say that once you try it it's practically impossible to stop simply jumping from a plane into the open sky is not enough for a professional parachutists and chasing records has become

a lifestyle for most while a release of adrenaline has become a fun this is city. it's a place you. record. as in it's is one of the members of the russian sex are all that's four hundred away from ation world record he's also an in several part of the national scene preparing for the next world cup in germany this wind tunnel or a freefall simulator is where you eat and other skydivers perfect their formation skills unfortunately these artificial conditions have to be used often because moscow's unpredictable weather doesn't allow for year round skydiving however so far it hasn't kept this crew from international success perhaps they would like. it a lot like the crowd policy. bomb plot of the bill formation skydiving is a competitive sport the opposing teams usually resemble

a fraternity rather than a rivalry and the phrase a friend in need is a friend indeed applies to this brotherhood probably more than the majority of other sports. thousand five. hundred miles. because i thought nation will jump out so bizarre. jumps a little bit here. from the national plates. for the job like. joel will now see we've been full well chump i'm not sure about so good for the stump if you took all necessary of all that we formation skydiving is an acquired skill it takes years to perfect and athlete who's in before is usually between thirty and forty years of age but for many the dream starts right here with the first downs in jump guided by an instructor cost of r t moscow region no fear whatsoever there

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