he's available in who killed bosnia the children of each college. you know who to put you know so chill peer to terminate her children that he will do a pretty traditional times. in servia lucy's available in hyatt regency they are going to. this is art's a very good evening for me kerry now in our top story tonight president obama lays got an ultimatum for the syrian played it say that if there's no transition for democracy assad must quote get out of the way as warning follows tough sanctions against the syrian president which come to think the u.s. is heading towards a ripping into the libyan situation. scotland will consider whether to lose the leash with a referendum on separating from the united kingdom after nationalists got a majority in the country the role of the first time. on the resignation of the

i.m.f. chief concerns it might drop his projects to draw countries away from the american dollar as a reserve currency dominic strauss kahn quit as the world's top banker while in custody in new york over accusations of sexual assault. before going on from one of our top stories tonight then our team has been asking what kind of future scotland could have by breaking from britain and the senior member of the ruling scottish nationalist. today i'm in edinburgh talking to kenny macaskill who is the scottish justice minister he's a member of the scottish national party which of course recently gained enough votes to be able to promise a referendum on scottish independence within the next five years kenny macaskill thank you for talking to us now tell me first what would scotland gain from independence well being control of her own resources for you keep responsibility

for the problems for fiesinger of country and to be able to stand up and speak to the issues that matter to us sort of vote taking charge at home and making sure that we have a voice abroad and how would it work economically and socially well saddam's a rich country we have the largest oil and gas producer in the european union we not only have a bunch in terms of oil and gas but we've never voted in terms of renewables or drug or food for the first time in our history is probably to advantage so we've got great potential in the president's court that's never been heard by things are it's hold much greater thing for me and we countries like norway that scuppered oil of the people to transform the economy on their society and we should be able to do that resources from oil produced by fracture to smash organized labor and indeed by two people have to make an illegal war in iraq is there any idea in your mind that this might start some kind of snowball effect whereby the world the northern irish then want to secede from the union as well that's

a matter for the welsh and the northern irish for you stand for election in scotland be represent the nation of scotland for others to decide what the need to use to do scotland's in a distinctly unique position we obviously have friendships with other parties elsewhere but we can only comment can speak for the people of scotland do you identify with that independence movements in europe for example the flare and i'm also thinking of less peaceful groups like the basques and the northern irish are you. worried that independence in scotland could be an inspiration for those more violent groups all the scottish national party in the whole issue of nationalism scotland has always been peaceful there has no truck with violence or disorder in any shape or form so we do have you know equally really a party of the left of center and we want to make scott from the better of our field of police we want to make sure that those who have the most contribute the most. was the envy and indeed friendship to scandinavia and to political parties

not just nationalist parties but parties of the same to the left around the globe and what about being an inspiration for those less peaceful the next day what we gain it's for the people of those countries to say what we want to do we would never support or condone violence in any shape or form clearly if other countries wish to pursue an agenda then they'll get a great deal of sympathy from losses. but certainly violence would not be tolerated in in shape or form and we've been elected to mind this one is to pursue a clean for independent scotland in the right for the referendum equally we can relate to the government to make scotland the police and we seek to do that by driving a requirement forward to making your country feel good in our city for we all feel healthier and it gave its independence how do you see your relationship with the year in union changing do you know think that you would become that in significant vassal of. well all countries are interdependent nation no matter who

is an independent in the world of which we live with it's dealing with global warming dealing with the market economies were all interlinked but what matters is whether you have represented in the institutions of power it's only nation states are represented in the european union the only nation states that are represented in the united nations countries such as we can see in cyprus and ultra in all small of them scotland they all have representation of the european union. they can do to mark the fundamental to scotland even for example a person when they don't really have any relevance to them so we have to be a nation state to be represented so that we can argue and speak for what matters for scotland the european union and so we can also go to the united nations and stand up for what's right and also make clear which wars are not only do you think that you would also massively get a seat in the un and representation in brussels well the international law assures that we would this is a matter of seat belt with the terms

a few people union representation for germany once the former eastern and east generally became part of the generally historical precedent of i.q. of ways so we thank you for recognizing that the people of scotland wish to become an independent nation it will be recognised by governments so to the barber and the reading the world court matters importance b. and feel so far as the political parties in scotland refusing to give the people of scotland the right to decide that or destiny in a referendum what will be will be for the people of scotland to say that there was something of mine officially wrong that party is for peer to have a referendum on the voting system but we're not here to load the people of scotland to decide their constitutional future you mention the referendum on the alternative date that's now been down to zero as a waste of time are you worried that the same might happen to a referendum on scottish independence or do you think you'll be seen as we've the time i think when the referendum calms it will be seen as by the people of scotland

we don't keep anything for granted but we think can we hope that and expect that we will win the right. people throughout my lifetime that there would never be a scottish parliament know that as i was told that there would never be a scottish national party of government yes there is imo there's a scottish national party government but some majority government in the scottish parliament people said that could never come a vote because it divides the voting system to try and make sure that would never be a majority it's a people from and there's been a poll in the sun news. paper that says that higher percentage of english people want scotland to have its independence than scottish people want scotland to have its independence what the states that why we all can live in england is a nation in its own right it's a production of many family in frames who live in england or english the relationship between scotland england would improve for scott than being in dependant nation of scots would lose perhaps some of the chip in the short of the does sometimes come out to have to address side some of the problems that we face and scots and country put them in with their own problems with alcohol abuse or you

know someone all these difficulties the only people who can solve are to the scots themselves and forward to the scots of england will have a good relationship as friends recognising our differences but as a see it's the british fleet that's artificial entity not scotland and england it's scotland yes and i should say that that's not it given the polls show a minority want independence for scotland at the moment do you expect any problems from westminster after all they're not legally obliged to let scotland go even if scots do yet you know i think it's been made clear by every prime minister never needs a political figure so most of the border but if the people of scotland vote for independence then they will receive it so i don't believe all these are not a sort of being put forward that this would happen and a referendum will keep police nobody will stand against it that's be quite clear by the prime minister so to the border people me niecy and suggest that we would win

the referendum we will see they said we would never win into this parliament and they thought we'd never get a majority government at it from yes as a people for independence. that government's not simplest most of the border around the world welcome us into the family of nations as happened with other countries with in my late oil and gas from the north sea it's worth around about twenty one billion dollars a year to the u.k. treasury do you really think that they're going to just let that go without any kind of fight. yes so then the deal we keep getting told are subsidized one of the reasons that some things people in scotland are skeptical about independence is that we're pulled we're too poor to really become managed and yet you've just produced the figures showing the value of the scottish oil and gas reserves to the kingdom favoring we recognise that these are matters for negotiation but there are matters that are fundamentally right to make a country and a people better scotland than nor we discovered oil at the seed playing some areas of scotland have been turned into an industrial desert that nobody has transformed

the society and its economy it has billions in the bike as we've seen those we still go to the sales weapons of mass destruction and game illegal wars so it's time for us tough oshiro revenues the precise amount of stuff to be dissolved and what boat but it's over oil and gas and it's a renewable energy and you keep mentioning illegal wars and i'm assuming that you're talking about iraq but has london rush towards war in libya pushed further towards demanding independence no i think north africa is a different situation the water in iraq was illegal it was predicated on a lie told by twenty pleo and it's the media will be less safe police and millions have died to the world institutions sort of fundamental such as you noted regions undermined and as a see it to be the one of the less safe place clearly there are significant problems in north africa or later has to be protected but i think it's important that britain under these other countries should look here to break the chains might

be for the sake of the nation to protect civilian rights that's not enough to nation my beat for regime change you claim sole responsibility for releasing al mcgraw he was convicted of the lockerbie bombing given what's happened in libya now do you regret that decision and your durant i stand by that decision it was a decision made following the laws of scotland and healing to the values and beliefs that we have here it wasn't an easy decision but i believe it. was to prevent decision as justice minister how do you feel about the apparent impetus for the international community to rush into libya what do you think that says about the state of international law but i think at the end of the day we have to protect life because people being brutalized by colonel gadhafi or by anybody else it's your obligation of the world to make sure that we do want to load from the size and other things to come about past and kick in these things as we have to we have listened for iraq and collectively as

a common humanity from the date and from sufficient to keep that in mind these so the thing we are concerned about prerogatives are hating but we still support action being taken to preserve life simpy says berg is hosting an international conference on legal issues and president medvedev has put the application of the rule of law at the center of his agenda what do you think they should be concentrating on as justice minister at that conference well i think what we have to do is to try and restore some belief and feel scots and still not represented in the international stage and until then you know we are what others to do their part we will speak up for what we believe in court and to the interests of scotland and sports right and proper we don't seem to seek to direct the other countries i think got some out of that hopefully this will produce some good because there are difficulties we do have to meet sure that life is preserved not simply in north africa but in africa and indeed elsewhere so we wish to present it where we hope

that matters will be what toad i don't think it's for myself or any member of the scottish government. we simply hope that matters will work i don't and we look forward to the when we will be able to be represented as an independent nation and to part this won't be solved by one country with us united states or russia every country has to play its part and we look forward to us part we all would be a small nation but we are a nation with a proud history in which to pollute the opportunity to make the world a better police kenny macaskill thank you very much. if. he is believed to be.

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from. russia. which brightened. about song from finest impressions. from stone top teeth don't come. stories announcing my president obama lays down and also makes it to the syrian leaders say that if there's no sensation of democracy assad must get out of the way as warning for those tough sanctions against the syrian president which prompted many to think the u.s. is heading towards a repeat of the libyan future. scotland will consider whether the lose the leash or the referendum on separating from the united kingdom after nationalists got a majority of the countries involved his own parliament for the first time. for the resignation of the i.m.f. chief triggers concerns it might drop his project to draw countries away from the

american dollar as a reserve currency strauss quit as the world's top banker while in custody in new york over accusations of sexual assault. at all top stories kate scott the latest theater. hello welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me this thursday night they had a. stable driver twice for me one champion and i longed so extends his deal with ferrari and the twenty sixth seed. while top let's not leave westwood looks to call down to the world number one ranking as the english soccer starts his quest the world match play title displaying. the lady killer boxing legend lloyd jones jr shows his knockout side of saturday's much anticipated it's russian up and coming and he's

left. the first of all we go on and ferrari have announced they've extended fernando alonso as contracts until the end of twenty sixteen season while that one champion seen here on the right as he'll finish his career with italian team and spine it was runner up in last year's drivers' championship and he's currently fifth in this year's standing. now the battle for god's world of one spot as he set up in spain as the top ranked english known lee westwood and luke donald got off to winning starts at the volvo world match play championship jimmie is not in canberra he's also in contention to unseat westwards and she also enjoyed a trouble free to the ground from the state i'm going to play on the p.g.a. champion deep south korea's young yawn two and one westwood bogeyed on the eighty hole but then a card with six gold is so great that it's become the norm and this time instead of sixty five one is ryder cup teammate donald's defeated american ryan moore four and

three in all twenty four players make up the field divided into a groups with a talk to each they can get into and got can't face. football now if you are president sepp blatter says the sport's governing body will speak to the whistleblower claim to qatar bribes to officials to in last year's world cup vote however england's football association will still abstain from the presidential elections in june and you have questioned the conduct of another four people members after the country lost the twenty three eighteen block of its russia votes of course either blacks are all the presidents of the asian football confederation in a month from cats are sunday five year old last one has been in the office for almost thirteen years and said before he wants any new force to be his last one. saying is the ball and porto are the champions after beating brother one nil in all portuguese final in dublin on a night when records were broken promise our falcao sporty forty minute goal was

the seventeenth in the competition this season making him the tournament's highest ever scorer they also picked up the man of the match award and his coach and the us war us became the youngest manager to win a european cup at the age of just thirty three in his first season in charge and it couldn't have gone any better his side are also the portuguese champions and will go for the treble in sunday's portuguese cup final and he is enjoying all the success which my first final in. the experience group will feelings in the game so i believe that the players are the same feelings as well. it wasn't a good spectacle that's the that's the reality but there's nothing new in european finals and the spectacle not doing a fantastic the romance united midfielder nani has stressed the importance of denying barcelona time on the ball ahead of their champions league final at wembley stadium on may the twenty eighth united made history last weekend by winning the english top flight idle for over a quarter time and now the united are going to secure their full european

championship as they face their legal winners pass a loutre in the final portugal reagan and he has been one of the stars of united's court season. midfielder is aware. dangers if you are allowed barcelona time on the ball. is a problem because. no one likes to run. the ball. try to get the ball all the time and the bird before when that happens. we have to do to try to get the ball the most scrupulous possible because if we have the ball being cannot get a position and we can just call goal you we if we have the war well before that manchester united has relegation threatened blackpool on the last day of the english premier league season this sunday with seaside his manager ian holloway reacting angrily to reports that he champions will be fined if they feel that only contain. heck of an achievement if we did it yet horribly still got

it already in a paper that they will be following if if blackpool win what if they play oh well we could see it doesn't matter what for you play the weaker team aston villa and actually want with their family. so what you're saying they might for him and you know it even if we. do every pitch well i'll swear false by sausan although to follow on sunday knowing they need to better third place match the city's result of bolton had any chance of sealing the final automatic champions league place aston banga side with aim to avoid finishing fourth place a tricky to league complication side that got us on our trophy last the six years since surprisingly losing the carling cup final to birmingham in february last alone and up and out of the champions league night in out of the f.a. cup and then they've won only two out of ten regains it's like going close in the title race but franco says he'll fight to keep captain says fabregas of the club

bring in more experienced players. and you know what competitions. it's more i would say big frustration because you have the feeling. of a very cruel all the competitions and. own little. so you cannot say we are happy but those were not to work it is a disaster but. overall i think the true cause is true to win the championship in the recent years and virtually been more frustrating because really if you look good do we really lost some of the games in a decisive mormon cheechoo the we need. a trauma to reach out to our team now russia's olympic past alexander shook off says twenty five goals is their plan

for the past approaching london games should cost is currently overseeing the country's preparations for their own winter olympics and starting in twenty four teams us the summer games in london are only fourteen months away and head of the russian olympic committee thanks for third place overall medals table next year in aims the familiar rivals of china and the usa is their main contenders hosts great britain he thinks are also force to be reckoned with this is one of his the biggest medal hopes for russia on gymnastics rightly think boxing and wrestling. and finally this finds may not be a pastor wells title belts but he is the one showdown you don't want to miss a former boxing champion roy jones jr take some fast rising twenty seven death to square off on saturday at moscow's ten i was sports center and probably thought and young takes a closer look at the many question. i thank you we've seen him books in the ring and now we see you seeing there. i. can open

for a new session in the russian capital living people know first down to new interests son of roy jones jr i was there we even had a nice little ladies. thing because our girls were sedate showdown although there is always a serious side that ok i mean come on you wouldn't want me that's right before i would think. you guys don't have a show. that's what i that's why actually boxing i can't blame nobody but me if you can beat me and that's the message to denise lebedeff the mentor is no policing the pretty rare experience of being a strong flavor it against lloyd jones one of the best pound for pound players in the history of the sport in the skilled this saturday night. live it is russia's biggest loser we hope with experts considering the thirty one year old could be the world's number one in this division twenty one wins speak for themselves with the

only loss in his career coming from a very controversial split decision in the bud against reigning w. build jumpin marco huck if you travel you probably go very low and you go totally destroying her and probably not only i think the guys go totally destroyed again and still call it drop. so you carry the judge off it and i mean you got to know that if you lost a cold to save in germany you probably. these turn around lived it will bite on him soil in ways even more important than russian so of course he's straining under the guidance of a man who's been there and done everything for more undisputed world junior welterweight can't ghosted you lynn goldman and dennis steps in the ring for this part i want him to be an aggressive hungry i just barring fighter thinking i'd

rather die than lose that's the feeling i didn't have in my last part i needed destroying now. it's just become close intelligence that's what dennis is going to have in this parish he has to be smarter it's possible even against roy jones the point is that he knows dennis and what he's able to do in the ring my task is to change something and make levity of produce a lot of surprises for job's picture. that really takes working hard. cap and focus for it to know in some respects though he's still the see this part of his greatness has always been having fun both in and outside the ring. they're hard to shoot very big the fair it's good to hear myself i've got a small feel good with them i've got four i never knew they had this you would get close again you know it's not like you know i'll go with that yeah so who's going

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