we got a live from moscow. for the afternoon headlines now a crossroads for some of bin laden the reason for the u.s. invasion of afghanistan is gone another world is waiting to see if his death will bring about change and how america handles the ongoing conflict. strikes in the libya assimulate getting nato nowhere with the possibility of a ground attack looming ever more but experts say this was the alliance's plan all along. and a victory over terror on a russian soil

a chief al qaeda coordinator in the north caucuses has been eliminated officials are hopeful this will devastate terrorist cell operations in the region. now here on r.t. in our special interview with scouting the possibility of all out war in libya the british member of parliament one of the few who voted against taking action they stay with us. today i'm talking to john byron m.p. who is one of only thirteen members of parliament they say it's against the military intervention in libya compared to five hundred fifty seven who voted for barack thanks for talking to our see now why very soon game our own number of concerns a lot of questions that remain unanswered warm we were as you seem to be meddling in the affairs of another most importantly rich muslim country record intervention has not been good in recent years secondly why couldn't the arabs themselves have

put in the no fly zone. particularly given the princeling capability for decades thirdly why does such a policy lead why aren't we doing something similar in say the yemen or bahrain before i mean what is the exit strategy we simply don't know but do you feel that you achieved something by voting against the intervention was it a pointless move it away oh no it's not a pointless voting as you see fit that's why i'm here at the end of the day we're here to listen we're here to listen to the views of the government and others but you have to vote as you see fit now that you are a member of a party that it's looking currently bellicosity gungho is blair's did at the height of its power essentially how do you feel about that well they would argue the conservative party that they acted within the un mandate a un resolution which is a little different to what for example previous government did when they went into iraq. so there is

a legitimacy but that doesn't necessarily make it the right decision and i thought it was not the right decision has been previously discussed what do you make of the un security council resolution is it floored well i think we must always remember with these resolutions that not everybody is happy to sign up to them for example brazil russia india china germany all abstained this resolution would not have you know. back and if it wasn't for the british and french in particular. i don't think there would have been one as strongly worded as it was but this resolution has then become pentasa shaped beyond all recognition really hasn't it i think there are real questions being raised i mean the reason for going in was concerned about the civilians of benghazi it was the humanitarian ticket if you like and that was a valid concern and whether it was a valid justification for interventions no other reason but what seems becoming apparent is that we now have the no fly zone in effect becoming the air force of

the rebel fighters. and theoretically this air force can provide cover all the way to tripoli and i question whether that was within the spirit of the resolution as it was originally defined and how do you feel about what hague and ship a have have done to this resolution well you know at the end of the day i think it was for me anyway a reason to go close that this was more than just about humanitarian aid i think there was an element of regime change about this and so it has not come as a surprise to me what we have seen happen since the resolution was passed so he's coming out of this worst you think the government in this country or the u.n. security council as a whole i think you'd have to analyze probably you know i think it's good there are all party to and all defined thought through mission which has no clear exit strategy and meanwhile civilian casualties melt. you know there is

a contradiction puts policy one we all value human life but at the end of the day if we are being consistent in what we should be doing is talking about a no fly zone for yemen for bahrain you could evolve from the ivory coast. there is an inconsistency in this policy and i certainly think for example that the arabs and czars let's take egypt for example perfectly placed in. for a no fly zone it was in a very good position to put one in and perhaps they should have guns or a piece of mac put forward by the african union was rejected by the rebels because it didn't include making death in his family leave libya how much support do you think there is for ousting a good athlete outside benghazi washington and. i think it's very mixed and i think you can see that by the fact that there are very few ground attack. fighters being committed by the other u.n. nation and our lives and i think that's very telling. i think and there's no

shortage of countries willing to put in fighter aircraft which would be needed to instigate a no fly zone but when it comes to ground attack aircraft i think very few nations have put that forward i think that tells its own story as you said earlier this is another military intervention in another muslim country with natural resources how did we learn nothing from our past mistakes well you know as you know i voted against the iraq war i voted against afghanistan when we had the opportunity of voting i think we have got to be very careful before you commit troops to battle. you've got to make sure you've got the really high ground you've got to make sure that it is the measure of last resort and where all other avenues of negotiations have been exhausted and i'm not sure we met those criteria when it came to libya as well so i think the lesson still need to be learned and i'm afraid we're repeating past and how do you see any progress in terms of learning lessons from the past well i see some progress you will have seen the prime ministers talk to the kuwaiti

parliament and this year you will have seen the foreign secretary has agreed to review its britain's arm sales policy after questioning in the foreign affairs select committee these are small positives and i do believe to a certain extent british foreign policy may be at a crossroads in which it's either got to become more ethical or moral honest well let's talk about that i mean you say that the prime. this week's speech to the parliament but that was a part of the trip which was essentially to hawk arms around the middle east and when the trouble had already started it was as serious error in judgment i mean is that is he the right man to lead the country in the world when it comes to the issue of arms sales i think it does though did rather illustrate that you know there is a bit of a contradiction in british foreign policy at the moment and i think that is being recognized by the government which is why we've had this announcement recently that there is going to be review of arms sales selling arms to

a country for purposes of national service i think a legitimate selling albums control weapons or cradle to control weapons i should say autocrats and at the same time preached democracy to many will smack of percocet and you can only preach about the moccasin in my view from the moral high ground you're not just a member of parliament you're also a former soldier what are people saying off the record in westminster do you think the troops will be deployed on the ground was that in fact the plan all along no i did i think it was the plan all along to i think most people would say no that would be a step too far we had assurances right from the beginning there would be new ground troops committed and as far as we're concerned many of us would hold the government to account if it changed its mind but we also had assurances that they wouldn't directly target athletes in red giving that wasn't part of the un security council resolution well it was all they because this is where the if you like the vagueness

of the resolution kicks in because it does talk about and for so no fly zone and protecting civilians and using all necessary measures to implement the policy you could theoretically view that all necessary measures includes attacking the command of and control center and tripoli is to be the border but i still am of the view that this was about regime change as much as about humanitarian aid but if you could argue that why couldn't you argue that so. ground troops is part of all necessary measures i mean it seemed such a powerful and and all encompassing for a while because i think the majority of people in this place who voted for the intervention and i respect that view did so warmly assumption that this was about humanitarian aid for nothing more and that it had the legitimacy of the un resolution putting ground troops and i think that would clearly go beyond that resolution. as i say you fought in northern ireland what's difficulties do you think that troops would face going into the middle of

a civil war i don't think we have to discuss that scenario that hypothetical scenario because i really don't see it happening i think there would be up in this country if we committed ground troops the u.k. was instrumental in good after three had let's face it and do you think that cameron hague zeal for war in libya is in attendance to make up for the fact that the u.k. was complicit with a dictator well this is a question you have to ask then i can only view the situation as i see it and very to cordingley i mean for all the reasons we've discussed i think this was the brome intervention i suggest you put that question to the prime minister and the foreign secretary and finally is this a war for oil i don't know i think it's more a little bit about i think humanitarian aid is definitely one reason but i think it's also very interesting because their food was becoming unpredictable and you have the same scenario in other countries in the middle east it's the game in bahrain you can argue syria why aren't we talking about you know intervention or a no fly zones there i think it's largely because you know there was to

a certain extent becoming unpredictable that was not necessarily a matter of the west despite approaches and claims to the contrary in the period leading up to the intervention and was no longer necessary to the west maybe well maybe i mean i don't think we'll ever know the answer to that question but i mean i'm sure that from the commercial actions that for some levels. about mr rathore but all we can do is parliamentarians take a step back acknowledge that there's probably a lot of negotiations we're not aware of but judge the situation on the facts that we have in front of us and all of those facts whether it's the fact that we don't have an exit strategy whether or not sure where this policy would lead whether it's the fact you know once again are intervening and why couldn't the arabs have done this and had the capability to do so those are all factors that helped me to come to the decision that this was the wrong direction thank you very much.

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the headlines are one or two at a crossroads osama bin ladin the reason for the u.s. invasion of afghanistan is gone now the world is waiting to see if his death will bring about change and how america handles the dragging conflict. strikes in libya seemingly getting nato nowhere the possibility of a ground attack looming ever more but experts say this was the alliance's plan all along. and a victory over terror on russian soil chief al qaeda core in the north caucuses has been eliminated officials are hopeful this fall devastated terrorist cell operations in the region. or it where the headlines are now over the current hello

kate oh you're so into the world of sports we go now we know that one of the champions league fireless we know who they are but who might be the opponents are oh yes barcelona beats round hundred on who gets to go to the showpiece final at wembley and as it stands that's a con man noises or could german side shoulder cause not just as old trafford tonight or not coming out. hello welcome to the sports news on another big night of football and i saw the action and other headlines passing through vacillated drew one one with well madrid to reach the champions league final but their opponents cry foul. while pounds on the football legend mara dollar becomes the latest star to play a game in chechnya. and sigh of relief russia reached the next round of the playoffs and finished second in group a. i saw he world championships. first of

all and bass alone out of reach the final of the champions league they do one one with real madrid at the nou camp and go through three one hundred s. but again feel hard done by after a goal was disallowed but also lowered to live in. seagull's up from last week's first leg in madrid scored after ralph would have thought that sent off a something like combat not on the cards and then look for open for a out early in the second half i think of his goal to be ruled out as the other team right where nobody's thing applies for a foul then after thirty four minutes past the lowest score through present all but secure a place in the final muscle required within ten minutes making one run on the lights of the bat was only a consolation for the outs couldn't hide all sense of injustice afterwards however past eleven pages guardiola praised his players and their. operation to the vision of firstly i want to congratulate our supporters who came to the stadium tonight

this is a really great is going to see they were so supportive despite the heavy rain also i want to congratulate real madrid for the courage of coming here and playing face to face and to congratulate my team but after the draw instead of playing defensive they kept playing football even in very difficult situations. one of. them said yesterday in the same chair i had said the referees job for it is a game was already done because after what we had seen a bear in a bear stadium this was a really sources well once again the mr was right when he said right after the first like it was an impossible task to make it to the final and as we all sorts of day it was truly impossible to make it. but as i said months united have favorites to me but also in the final at london's wembley stadium on may the twenty eighth the red devils hosts german side childhood's old trafford this wednesday night with a two night advantage from the first leg of their semi final however they may be forced to rest star striker wayne rooney who has

a tight one spring maybe that other first irregulars ahead of their potential for the side at chelsea a point. well if you look at least piers of why she had never was to reach for the game in via if you were very tired because chelsea nutz. game. several billion matriculation. two massive games for them. as important as other. there will be. some changes all the way. you can see him is there when much as the shark or the bundesliga side still believes they can reach a european final for the first time they had a taste of all trappings during a training session on tuesday where united in this season charter do have fire power in the form of spanish battering roll before to game platform console are at the back i have a more than capable sleep at night when neuer but gives coach rather run it hope as

does the fact that in some around five two at the san siro in the previous round. maybe it will do people he will think doesn't really matter i'm sure the batting situation is similar there is no difference really can be situation before the intertie but i want to assure we can play bad at this time and we have learned our lessons from the last two weeks and then we'll see what happens and you have always got a chance so we'll see what happens tomorrow night. and neymar david beckham well being god's most capped outfield player the midfielder would like another feather in his cap as a former manchester united and real madrid star is a means to be a part of the great britain squad and next summer's london olympics back i'm seeing here with so many big sponsors turns thirty six on monday i will be here although in the games we terms of his native city first time but age isn't worrying the veteran l.a. galaxy midfielder who still wants to play for his country back in was instrumental

in bringing the thirtieth olympiad to the english capital and says a coaching position of any kind but also right is that resides great britain will be entering the olympic football tournament for the first time in forty years however only english players will be flying the flag. so far i've heard that i will be managing coaching. clay and. so. i would like to be part of it in some way you know i'd love to be glad to be a player in it afterwards but you know to be just part of that team would be pretty incredible because here for a football team to go into billion freaks in england you know it is there it's a huge thing so yeah i would love to be part of it in some way and play in would be . staying with the ball and diego maradona will soon be rolling back the years as the argentina legend has signed up to once again take to the pitch for an exhibition match in russia stretching republic next week but if your old has been without a job after being sacked as art in phoenix last year and is poised to arrive in

grozny on may eleventh will be bailing out a new stadium nine hundred eighty six world cup winner who is only one day the star studded lineup expected to arrive in the chechen capital the likes of portugal's most capped player luis figo and former france goalkeeper fabien barthez also on the guest list was zero former france great xina deans or has denied reports he's going the latest display of stars comes just two months after goals in hosting one of a kind match between former brazil stars and a chechen eleven. i saw you now and it could have been a nervous night for russia at the world championships but that is live because men move safely into the next round the hard work of a four three win over the back you're ahead of the game russia knew they made through to the qualification round after group a leaders germany beat slitheen year on penalties and alex i got a goal of needed less than a minute to open for the russians however back to leeds three two in the second period it was indeed only cool in captain phillips the models of silverware make

sure russia finished second in the group so back here that third spot and also progressed from me wanting group three olympic champions canada needed overtime to beat switzerland but both sides but through along with france it took third spot i decided when i bellerose. balance take a look at the n.b.a. playoffs where the miami heat are taking it to no seriously over the boston celtics after winning their second home game one hundred two points to ninety one miami's big three of the james dwyane wade and chris bosh combined grab a three points lead their team to victory while in the western conference semifinal oklahoma had levels their series with memphis one one after eight one hundred eleven two hundred two home victory meanwhile chicago received some good news ahead of their second match with atlanta twenty two year old gone derrick rose has become the n.b.a.'s youngest most valuable player a proud moment for his mother and for him. come from chicago.

chicago has been waiting. for a very long time but for some. if it was a good. one you go well people out here for you. hear about it anyway it's hard to know about when they were. a tree or by the same source of the arthritis but they could be the me or the last person on the bench that there are fans are very. now russia's olympic figure skating champion any patient their hopes his plan will be lifted to allow him to compete at the start of games in twenty fourteen thousand and six champion is currently bought by the sport's governing body you after pulling out of last year's world championships through injury only to take part in lucrative exhibitions shortly afterwards that's while his future hangs in the balance there's a new to events which could offer his country another chance for gold because that child has more. the days of dominate and the global figure skating see maybe

greenland for russia as triple olympic medalist of guinea pollution has been declared ineligible to compete. but is the recent poll championships in moscow revealed young talent could be in the pipeline seventeen year old actor gets things could claim in bronze at his maiden world event and there's even more good news for russia who looked impressive their first ever winter olympics in three years' time with one more skating gold up for grabs in sochi for the first time. out of the twenty thirteen world championships ten national teams will qualify for the inaugural team event of the sochi games etc will consist of two singles skaters male and female plus one pair and a dance couple six and three pts in all. alexander is a little bit champing himself and now has the country's figure skating federation and he believes russia stands a good chance in the event as none of the traditional individual disciplines have been ignored across the country but completely. it is going to be stiff going to

get the united states are among the favorites they've got strong single skaters as well as ice on says even though they're pairs arms is good then there is canada and france while you countries like japan they pay more attention to the singles. they did behind the team event of the olympics is to try and push all national federations to develop all four existing components proportionally something that the soviet union and then russia has always been proud of and despite the recent dearth of world to know him to gold's hope of bounce the trash it could be on track to revive their medal fortunes in time for salt should be killed off our team. culture is that so much of an old a huge decision by the market for the killing of osama bin ladin what has changed

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