we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers . it's not past the hour here in moscow this is a western ukraine mall it's victory day with a vicious display of nationalism these attempt better in his voice profile just slogans and rips commemorative ribbons for people's claims and. ten she talks between the u.s. and china have been paying lip service to competition and cooperation representatives from both the minute truthout discussions but america appears on

willing to reduce of massive spending on the funds. they say was accused of negligence for reportedly ignoring distress calls from a boat carrying libyan refugees sixty people on board have thought to have died of thirst and hunger spending two weeks drifting in the mediterranean. next to a british on the activists about nato involvement in libya and the use of on a conventional weapons. i'm talking to kate hudson from the campaign for nuclear disarmament that's the end he said from the off that the military intervention in libya was a mistake and that it could in fact result in a major civil war in libya kate thanks for talking to us now do you see your predictions coming true well unfortunately what we were fearing now to be taking place that it hasn't been some come quick humanitarians who it would be over very

rapidly and peace and justice would be miraculously introduced unfortunately that hasn't happened and we see now from the initial number of countries involved now we have nato involvement we seem to be more entrenched this doesn't seem to be any visible end in sight it's now widely recognized as easy indeed a civil matter of course intervention in a civil war is illegal but i think one of the most tragic elements of course is repeated unfortunately now repeated incidents of the interventionist forces actually killing the side that. they are there to support which just really underlines the complexity of the situation the difficulty in a situation and the absolute inappropriateness of military intervention what would you like to see happen now surely you wouldn't want to see naysay pulling out and leaving the libyans essentially to a bloody civil war well unfortunately i think that that would indeed be the most

appropriate thing to do it's a complex situation it's clear that rather than what was initially suggested which was one dictator going around killing his people on mass it is now clear that there are two political and military sides and in a complex situation like that it may be very difficult to move towards a negotiated settlement a political settlement but that is what has to be done military means are not a quick fix and there is no substitute for that detail card negotiation facility. by the international community yes but that has to say place it's going to be hard but it will have to face what do we know about the weaponry being used in libya i'm thinking specifically of depleted uranium we've heard prime minister david cameron saying that it's definitely not being used and yet the ministry of defense still says that it's a necessary part of the arsenal yes that's quite an interesting contradiction that has emerged it's led some people to suspect that they were cameron didn't really

understand what polices uranium ore was and that perhaps he was actually talking about cluster munitions but there are very serious concerns that depleted uranium munitions are now being used in libya to police it uranium is a byproduct of the uranium enrichment process massive on nuclear power it results in a very very heavy metal very dense heavy metal and it's typically used in armor piercing shells that's why it is popular with armies and both the u.s. and the u.k. do still have a policy of using them simply to get your a knee in relations to the weaponry which britain is currently deploying is not suitable for british. nations' their land base any asians in our case but certainly the united states typically uses depleted uranium munitions on a ten airplanes gunships which are essentially

a plane constructed around a cannon and they can fire thousands of rounds of depleted uranium munitions the top brass u.s. top brass that announce that. gunships are being used then did. you munitions were being used on them yet. we have no confidence in that statement because in the past in the past conflicts where the news notably in the first gulf war in bosnia. in one nine hundred ninety nine in. subsequently very extensively in iraq on all those occasions they denied the usage of them and it only became evident afterwards they had indeed been used so we do not have confidence in the current assurance that the eight deployed in libya aren't using depleted uranium and we know the terrible consequences for the health for the environment as a result of depleted uranium usage it's a radioactive weaponry form there is great instance sharp increases of

birth defects of cancers particularly brain cancers lymphomas and so on in iraq and those are the places as a result we've heard time and time again that these air strikes are designed to protect civilians but even the potential use of pieces uranian gives the lie so that surely well absolutely because pleated uranium is a weapon of indiscriminate effect because of the impact what happens is that when the law of the round hits its target explodes and it has what's been described as an aerosol effect of radioactive particles and you can't ever ensure that those particles will only affect military personnel that means that they can indiscriminately affect civilians and that of course is illegal under international law also have a very long term effect because of the radioactive qualities has

a negative impact also on the environment so these are illegal under international law some countries have not yet recognized that it is indeed you you've seen on the web sites the british government justifies the continued use but it's absolutely unexceptionable if you're talking well it's an exceptionally any particular if you're talking about being there to protect the civilians to use a form of weaponry which will impact on them in so devastating a way is absolutely shocking tastes. it off in libya as the people's revolution how do you think that the involvement of native napster corrupts the idea of this revolutionary fervor amongst the people but i think it's really just the most is the idea of popular sovereignty that's been very much the case in all these uprisings recently it's been very much about. people coming to the fore finding

their political voice and saying that they want things to be run differently and they want the people to determine their through the power box or whatever democratic form they choose and of course if you have foreign powers intervening on one side or the other in that conflict i think it does really withdraw the popular sovereignty element particularly when you consider the key countries involved in the intervention that's to say initially of course britain and france both have a long history and tradition of colonial intervention in that region and of course the united states since the second world war also has a history of military and political intervention in north africa and the middle east so it's a bit like a throwback almost a throwback to previous methods from those countries ways of establishing or reestablishing their involvement and control and that is not a good start for water essentially liberating movements in those countries headed

towards democracy away from government and what do you make of these shifting intentions by the coalition and do you think that the u.n. security council resolution has to be. absolutely they've gone far far beyond the terms of the un security council resolution one see them juggling with words trying to make war doing fits with the terms of the resolution but of course it's transparently not. possible to do that and of course as in the case of intervention in the civil war that is illegal under international law and the un resolution to that effect wouldn't make it legal but in fact that that resolution doesn't cater for intervention in a civil war but we've now seen the rebels saying that they're disappointed in the amount of help that nato has offered what do you make of that well i said i imagine

that they probably don't have experience of dealing with nato or dealing with foreign governments and their their intentions in intervention and so on i'm sure that they were hoping that military intervention would mean that they would very rapidly meet their military goals which of course is to come to power in their country and establish democracy and whatever their goals are i'm sure they must've felt that it was a much simpler matter and will be very disappointed to know that not only have their own side been killed by the interventionist forces that this is a long increasingly protracted struggle with no easy end in sight and i feel for them in their disappointment but. i'm sorry to say that there is no short quick way of solving this without those very details political negotiations that will have to take place ultimately thanks to a recent government report we now know that the u.k. was selling weapons to get at these regime as little as four months before this

trouble starts is the report says that that was misjudgment of the risk that these weapons would be used on civilians do you accept that as a misjudgment well i think that's rather hard to say i don't quite know what what their intentions were in doing that i don't know if when they sell arms to regimes they have a kind of human rights political democracy and freedom benchmark against which they measure their sales i'm sure they can't have that because. if they did they wouldn't sell arms to a very large number of countries that currently do and i'm sure that commercial interests have always come first in those kinds of deals and i very much hope that there will be a real reassessment now recently you and four hundred thousand others marched in london against the government how much support did you perceive for your hands of the middle east position at that march do you think that public outcry against this

intervention it's grown strong yes obviously most people. there are really protesting about the government cuts but it's not wasted on paypal not lost on people so much money is being spent on them one of the points we were making was that if there's not money for education for higher education for libraries for nurseries all these types of things are people being made and employed saying there's no money why is money always found for war why is it down for nuclear weapons not only in afghanistan but also now libya how can this be justified and i think the opinion polls very strongly show that the majority of people agree with us on that there's a. fairly small minority now supporting the government it's really in its intervention in libya. in the majority not in support of that

allied that doesn't surprise me at all because i think particularly since what's what happened in iraq the government should manikins over that dishonesty about our war aims i think people are now much more critical and much more wanting to make their own assessments of these things and of course with the development of the internet a lot of information is there for people to arrive at their own judgement on balance the british people in their majority arrived as a judgment for peace and thank you very much thank you. wealthy british style.

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western ukraine monza victory day with a vicious display of national is a neo nazi the time veteran voice pro fascist slogans and whips commemorative ribbons from people's clothing. techy tools between the u.s. and china have been paying lip service to competition and corporation representatives from both the military's held the sunshine is that america of the willing to reduce its massive spending on just that it's. really say we think use of negligence for paul to be ignoring distress calls from a boat carrying libyan refugees sixty people on board of four to have died of

thirst and hunger after spending two weeks drifting in the mediterranean. or the nation's schools on the way now without you father. hello there thanks for watching the sports and these are the headlines french football codes are all brawn is played of racial discrimination. warnings cycling pays tribute to the belgian rider of that he was killed during the tour of italy. a quarter final showdown russia will face canada in the last eight of ice hockey is bowl championship. first within the last few minutes france football coach sean braun has been cleared of discrimination claims he and football federation colleagues allegedly discussed whether to curb training academy access

big young french plays of kill nationality many of them black and arrow but after an investigation sports news to shantelle to arnold says no and he discrimination laws were broken she called the coaches discussion either meeting last november as borderline racist but said the idea was subsequently dismissed and quotas were never implemented. a second a second hat trick in three games from actually rodriguez. five to last night a move into fifth place in the english premier league which offers europa league football next season rodriguez got his first start in just thirty two seconds completing the route with a loose wires for them did find the net through them bailey and steve sidwell but it was a comprehensive win for liverpool who leapfrog tottenham into fits but the spurs travel to manage the city tonight and i win would put them within three points of city who currently hold on to the fourth and final champions league spot but tottenham will be missing gareth bale for the rest of the season he suffered an

ankle injury against black people and their loss. well the russian season is still in its infancy but after eight games it is defending champions any who are on top of though only on goal difference from cabana nanji who had a good start also so let's enjoy the action from the weekend it is close below. live

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craig. a very sad story teammates of cyclists fact a vaillant who was killed in the tour of italy yesterday say they will continue in the race leopard track ride is a taking part in today's stage four which will start with a minute's silence playland came off his bike around twenty kilometers from the finish on the man's impasse doctors were on the scene within minutes but said he

suffered multiple had fractures and they could not save his russian team could too sure of also pay tribute to their presence on the journey of expressing sympathy to the riders family trying his and teammates organizers say today's stage from genoa from the version i will not count towards the overall standings and there will also be no victory ceremony at the end of the day. i'll stay with cycling until sure either so if a son of has won the five rings of wasp a rave race for second time he did enough the overall victory overnight the final stage was won by an alligator what i knew as of the test. to regain the russian capital and it was a victory for different sorts on the minds of those would lead to the final stage of most will stop cycling events in the most prestigious setting a decisive round of the five reserve moscow race to place in the very heart of the city a garden or so doorway arena usually gridlocked with traffic the clear road was

a perfect bell ground pulling through national field of cyclists eight left to length of one hundred and twenty nine kilometers in blazing sunshine the men in the yellow jersey city for son of begin the final stage knowing he did twenty three second the advantage over his nearest rival the russian had already decent victory in the race last year these turn out he's to miss from there at a douche or helping your team his lead in clean the second straight title he had enough to spare there and even though he didn't win the final stage that owner went to another russian aleksandr to see because the amateur rider has had a spectacular race claiming a photo finish win at the criminal ring stage and surly and underline in his class produced the best as unleashing screen at this adore wearing stage

a sit in at the well as the last meters were very tough i was keen to snatch victory right on the finish line just like i did at the friendly ring stage fortunately it didn't come for a full finish this time out actually i was doing my best and polonsky as well but i feel much better on flat circuits like here. pulling the best sprinters it was time to honor the main hero of the day to a new. rule of moscow reach syria beautiful son of a very dear it's a great honor for me to win on such a great journey for my country you can't even imagine part i'm feeling no thanks to my teammates who trusted me into the great job for me as the race leader we all deserve this well. it's a team sport all yours the only good to be jumping. on board to school. graduations to him now after losing to finland russia will play

canada in the quarter finals of the ice hockey world championships luckily in russia already through to the quarter final stage but after throwing away a two goal lead and losing on a shootout they finished fourth in negri and that meant they would place the winners of the other group and that turned out to be canada they got the better sweden rating in other games there the czech republic beat germany the usa to switzerland and norway beat france here if they did so this is how the quarter final line up looks on when say the czech republic take on the usa and sweden will play germany then on thursday it's finland against norway and the big one russia against canada. but we are less than two weeks away from the second tennis grand slam of the year the french open and the signs are looking too good for nick either genco the russian crashing out of the first round of the tell you nope and along with andy roddick gentle was up against the number fifteen seed picked across state under-served took the first set six ball off the second set was hanging in the

balance until david jenkins suffered a break at the worst possible moment to hand the six by early and he danced back for the match eventually winning this match but only after that agenda fanned the next step the ukraine alexander will follow. and also going home really then is andy roddick after his first round upset at the madrid open last week he was hoping for a better. use. if you see the ice in their three previous meetings but none of those matches had been played on clay and simone was far more comfortable on the surface of the world number nineteen winning the match six three six three. and lastly let's take a look at the n.b.a. where the playoff conference semifinals are heating up with wins that oklahoma thunder and miami heat le bron james scoring thirty five points for miami and a gritty overtime win over the boston celtics in the eastern conference semifinal three one zero in the western conference oklahoma beat memphis in

a triple overtime for the rest of us would score forty points and kevin durant's added thirty five percent on the level of the series to take. this is probably the biggest game of my life. and i want to you know. i want to leave everything on the for. results. you know but i'll be there when i always have a really key phrase though those you know tried it were. also we see how we haven't. and that brings us to the end of the sport and i'm we've got more in that time. for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. we're

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