three. months three years three stooges three. videos for your media project a free media. her viewing the week's top stories here on our t.v. easier headlines dozens killed in libya's capital as nato embarks on its most intense bombing raids so far while there's been heavy fighting as rebels renew attacks on the oil port city of zawiya in syria tension is rising as the government is continuing its severe crackdown on opposition security forces have now retaken the northern town of jews are all sure reportedly following heavy fighting. in greece anger at the introduction of a new wave of austerity measures spilled onto the streets of new cuts are the power

to secure the second stage of the e.u. bailout but the problems remain as germany and european central bankers argue over how to get private investors to contribute. to a u.s. navy vessel in the black sea sparks outrage from moscow and claims it's a prelude to the planned nato missile defense shield for europe u.s. us moderate docked in odessa at a joint military exercises in the. next hour interview with nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen in an interview he gave this week he defended the alliances actions in libya and insisted the organization has no plans to act in syria is coming your way stay with us. thank you very much for joining us here on our t.v. it's much appreciated i want to get straight to our first question the u.k. and france want a u.n. security council resolution condemning the syrian government in your opinion are we

heading for libya two point zero here you know i would like to stress nato has no intention whatsoever to intervene in a syria at the same time lots of critics expect that there could be the case if we see a resolution russell saying that the fact that it's even being debated is going to cause more violence in syria. there might be some kind of intervention do you think not if the u.n. goes had it goes ahead rather and approves that resolution once again let me stress we have no intention to intervene in syria having said that i share the international condemnation of the brutal attacks against the civilian population and syria the only way forward is to accommodate to lead you to root. of the syrian people let's look at the lack of an entry strategy into libya it could be said that you were dragged into this rushing to regime change have you

accidently gone to war in libya definitely not on the contrary we considered this very carefully we laid out certain conditions that should be fulfilled before we took action and the decisive factor was that the united nations richard roth correct me if i'm wrong but also the u.n. resolution was laid out for a no fly zone and lots of people would consider what's happening in libya to be much more than a no fly zone actually the u.n. security council resolution goes beyond a no fly zone according to the u.n. security council resolution we are mandated to. protect the civilian population in libya taking all necessary measures and that's exactly what we're doing right now now all the necessary measures if i might speak of what our admiral pollo has legitimize strikes on any command center in the i just want to clarify for some of

our viewers who have seen homes bombs they've seen civilian buildings blown to pieces does deathy in a car on a phone or at a hospital on a phone constitute a command center for your purposes when you say any means. i would like to stress that we are not charging individuals we. keep them in military. targets. and of course command and control centers can be used to plan and organize actually against civilians show the amount of control changes on military targets that's what i'd like to read a question to you that was written to us by one of our viewers on facebook. who is from paris france wants to know why nato is bombing metropolitan areas in libya and civilians are being killed what do you say to. we do all we can to avoid civilian casualties we are in libya to protect civilians against attacks

and this is the reason why our commanders are very very careful in identifying legitimate military targets but the team has to mediate in libya they sent an envoy and as mikhail margelov arrived intensified bombing of libya began why is that. there's no link between the two events we appreciate all attempts to find a political solution to the crisis in libya because obviously there is no military solution only we need a political process having said that i still think that a strong military pressure under gadhafi regime will facilitate a fruitful political process that mr rangel of yesterday in fact stated and you just mentioning that that the military conflict doesn't have to be there means that

it could be resolved peacefully he's stating that he believes that both the rebels and the regime forces are ready to negotiate that they both think that war is not the way out of this conflict so why are you still bombing libya with this information coming from the us and envoy that both sides are ready to talk. we are continuing our operation because we still see good after regime attacking each own population and it's absolutely outrageous and you and has mandated an operation to protect civilians and we will continue our operation as long as the regime still attacks on people you know with the russians a finance minister sort of calls yesterday and he believes that on the ground in libya are now a possibility do you think there will be troops under your command in the future. we have no intention to put troops on the ground in libya what if the death of

doesn't back down. well i do believe that the combination of a strong military pressure and a reinforced political pressure will eventually lead to the collapse of the regime it may happen tomorrow it may take some weeks but we will stay committed until we have fulfilled three very clear military objectives firstly a complete end to all attacks against civilians secondly withdrawal of military forces and paramilitary forces to their barracks and certainly immediate and unhindered humanitarian access to people in need so we will continue our gratian until these are met. post-war libya seems premature it doesn't it given william hague and hence seeing stating that nato as he sees it will be there until after christmas this of course are all despite a ninety day deadline when do you think you'll leave the libyan people at peace.

well i'm not going to guess about any time frame what i can say is that we are prepared to stay committed as long as it takes to fully implement the u.n. mandate and that is to protect the civilian population against any attack what about the civilians that are being attacked in syria indiaman in bahrain. yeah of course let's that's a legitimate question the difference is in libya we are operating on the basis of a u.n. mandate and with support from contras in the region actually a number of countries in the region contribute actively to our operations for these reasons we are in libya. what do you say to critics who aren't convinced that nato is and goal is to protect civilians and that in fact is

a regime change. we have been very open about our military objectives. to complete in two attacks against civilians withdrawal of gadhafi forces and humanitarian access these are all military objectives and we will continue until they are met. in parallel there is a political try. to find by the international community. recently. including the russian president called on that afi true leave power. and. these two tracks are separate a military crack track and a political track but having said that i think it's hard to imagine a complete end to attacks against civilians in libya as long as gadhafi remains in power i'd like to move on to missile defense in europe if i may defense minister sort of called also said yesterday that he's been largely ignored by you in your

plans for a.m.d. over europe of course you won't accept that but the facts they certainly at this stage speak for themselves don't they. no russia is definitely not ignored on the contrary we have invited russia to cooperate on difference the fact is that nato has decided to develop and nato based missile defense system because we want to protect our populations against. some who but we would all like true corporates there is our secretary standing or we are faced with tax time who from russia. we placed with a common threat and this is the reason why we would like to see true independent missile defense systems a russian system and a nato system cooperate for instance by exchanging data the whole system would become much more effective that way to the benefit of the russian population and

population nato countries you do understand that it sounds a little bit of a contradiction there you talk about joint trust about a mutual threat and then about separate systems why won't one system between nato and russia be acceptable to protect both sides from any kind of threat because i don't think at the end of the day. the russian government and the russian people would accept to be subject to a common command. i think. the russian nation as such would insist on having control of its own missile defense system and this is the reason why the most realistic approach would be to have two independent systems with a common purpose but. populations now mr rasmussen has been proposing a joint european defense system existed. and i think the

best way to join efforts would be to really true independent systems corporate there with the aim to protect the russian people as well as people in nato countries russia constantly claims that nato can't guarantee. that its interests will be protected why can't nato is to these guarantees the best guarantee whatsoever would be to engage in close cooperation because growth cooperation between russia and nato would clearly demonstrate that it's our missile defense is really a defense and it's not aimed at russia. let's face it. we do not consider russia threats to nato and nato does not constitute a threat to russia so let's join efforts let us corporate russia sees it as they

can't go forward on promises why can't you guarantee russia on paper that a missile defense system would not be directed towards them. either but each very easy to guarantee that because we do not we don't have any intention to attack russia not whatsoever but the best care and she russia could get it would be to engage in a close cooperation and for instance establish a common joint center where we could exchange data that would clearly demonstrate that this system is not aimed at russia. mr rasmussen the facts might demonstrate otherwise thank you very much for taking the time out to be live with us from brussels it's very much appreciated hope to see you again. to a substantial degree and one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human

regimentation over most of the nations of the earth and the shadow isn't croaking on the fringe. believe early twenty first century military bases a network of military bases all around the former sleep empire that the united states is trying to build that's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around the world. we don't have power bases in america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean bases we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in our bases are fine as of the noises i would northeast of those in bonn the us at all because they're all bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for these people. since the into world war two the spaces i've been

through. we're here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. the questions the appeals to get everything you needed. to reach stop stories on our team doesn't just killed in the libyan capital is needed one parts on its most intense bombing raids yet with heavy fighting as rebels and you attacks on the oil port city of zawiya in syria tension rises as the government continues to secure crackdown on opposition security forces have now retaken the northern town of the jews are all through war reportedly following heavy fighting. in greece anger at the introduction of a new wave of austerity cuts spills onto the streets and you measures are a second part to security. second round of the e.u. bailout problems remain as germany and the european central bank argue over how to

get private investors to contribute. to u.s. navy vessel in the black sea sparks outrage from moscow when he claims that it's a prelude to the planned nato missile defense shield for europe the us has monterrey docked in odessa ahead of joint military exercises in the. parchin joins us next with sports stay with us here on r.t. . hello welcome to the sports series and here are the top stories. winning in the way he started the fire is the rain to try for the british grand prix top of the overall budget g.p. standings. while yet more rain bad weather ensures the final at queen's club and hilaria will be song that is held up until monday. he who waits right or wrong wins the italian i think to take his maiden title after eight barren years on the

european tour. first there's been a change at the top of the motor g.p. standings casey stunning usurping world champion who gave the runs i thanks to the rain effect which is growing great so the last of the poor and it's always going to a fight to victory it's six races so far this season is truly unfinished and massive fifteen seconds ahead of its reps all on the team mates and they are the physios so american of edwards came in third with a trim in stone at leapfrogs former lead and the renzo in the overall standings to lead by eighteen points the spaniards didn't finish off the crashing at high speed and space mountain some chilly also. once we got a bit of a lead you know i feel a lot more relaxed just trying to make sure we didn't crash and i was going to because it was so easy it was water in different parts parts of the track and i would get in quite a lot deeper during the race but i feel like

a little bit better but you know it was torture it was sort of you know ten laps seven i was also counting down and they just took too long you know my hands are freezing i couldn't you know break probably i couldn't understand what great pressure i had. yeah it was it was very very difficult conditions. or it might have been an ill fated limb or race the team audi in france which actress dorn is is not . number two thought stave off a challenge from persian it was title number ten for audi at the famous insurance race that's their champion from last year like rock and philip was involved in a bad accident at night a german hit a barrier heavily and the wrecked car caught fire but the driver got away with minor cuts in what was a second the skate friday after the twice former winner alan nish also emerged in one piece after a spectacular early crash on saturday. moving to two wheels an hour and inciting a spokesman has confirmed alberto contador will take a stab at claiming his fourth tour de france title next month but it's britain's

bradley wiggins who is the in-form rider in the mountains after winning the criterion so don't deny this race also in france is considered the key warmup event i had a little to do sure i got lucky rodriguez was fastest in this final right over almost one hundred twenty kilometers broke away with the last long letter from his second stage victory in a row but it didn't stop reading triumphing over all the thirty one year old grabbed the lead after stage three on choose day and never looked back to win by one minute and twenty six seconds from australia's leavens. and elsewhere former champion family and country lara has conceded the yellow jersey is higher than the two switzerland. solar of colombia is the new man in the lead after winning stage two of the mountainous race it is very young and can they go suck in the quest the finishing line twelve seconds behind and trails are led by sixteen seconds in the overall standings a country. almost eighteen behind quarter growth of the swiss began the time trial

of prologue on saturday. now it's been a long wait split english golf robert rock has held on to his maiden title on the europe into or after winning the italian i've been in cheer and rock enjoyed a two stroke lead going into the final round this was cut to just one shot on sunday after work held up and charged a day for good also in the uk a five under par sixty. haven't finished top of the leaderboard has twenty one under and is just enough to give him his first ever trophy on the top of the thirty four year old had gone when list in over two hundred forty runs over eight thousand years. while in the meantime andy murray and joe wilfred tsonga have had to make do with a game of table tennis instead of the lawn tennis after their reign finally queen's

club was called off and so monday the decider was washed out for only the third time in the tournament history as well as a living playing this finally abandoned it means mary will have to wait for a day in his it's real claim that wins cup title the fourth ranked spot one here two years ago and for a first title in twenty months events now goes into a second monday for the first time since boris becker she recalled us in one nine hundred eighty seven. but elsewhere danish women's world number one caroline wozniacki delighted the home. twenty year old. in the czech republic to retain her danish open crown it was a comfortable went as nancy picked up her fifth title of the season. now to modern pentathlon where czech david oh bother won the inaugural kremlin cup as the world's top pentathlete descended on moscow over the weekend. reports. russian men have plenty to boast about when it comes to the olympic pentathlon events

starting with the sydney two thousand games the country is yet to relinquish the summit's of the podium under a moist if will be hoping for gold number three of the upcoming games in london but the next generation is already breathing down his neck had eighteen years of age sugar of his already making waves for the national team the youngster and made his senior dead view at this the first ever crammed in cup one fencing event and followed up with a great performance both in the pool and in the show jumping arena and that elevated him so forth overall before the combined running and shooting events where he encountered some difficulty with a newly introduced laser gun finishing in ninth. i like it here but the cd is in love everything today except for the shoes i just can't get it right but i won the fencing tournament today and that's great since i'm a little champion and a noisy finished in eighth place and that poor result could be attributed to the

recent rule change that so air pistols are replaced with laser guns plus running and shooting events have been combined into one make it look more like a summer biathlon adjusting to take some time for the champ the twentieth century world championship runner up alexandre list soon looks set to dominate in the near future the russian taking second place and the silver in the kremlin cup. despite his second place i'm very happy with my performance because that is the real star of the combined haven't i have to admit that we were unprepared as well as the audit afterwards because our main competitor in the european championship is to a kind of. so let's recap check david swoboda the winner of the first ever coming cup rushes alexander listen in second with third and fourth places going the way of the hungarian athletes the london olympics are just a year away and that means a nation's wanting to qualify will have to work hard right now some will be able to

get the coveted licenses for the twenty twelve games at the upcoming european championships remark koester of r.c. moscow. and finally there are just under a thousand days to go before the twenty fourteen winter paralympics in sochi so not as an ambassador for the games and has used the cat and to inspire others with their own incredible life story of a thong and reports. beijing two thousand and eight that paralympic games will russia's elicit will begin a struggled and still a new world record in the women's one hundred meter breaststroke who was even more marketable is that the twenty three year old the two just five months after she'd lost her left arm in a car accident when she wasn't holding on thailand and prior to that had contemplated cooling the sport a victory was a triumph of mental strength and she's always really to share her thoughts with

those who desperately needed the swimmers know embezzler for the switch between fourteen olympics and one thousand days to go to the games is good disabled people in one of the most was rehabilitation centers have a chance to see and hear firsthand what it takes to excel the killing of overcoming injuries and winning. the sport is what brought me back to life and made it worth living i managed to return to swimming and win the paralympics that's what inspired me and gave me strength i discovered any world new people and you goals to achieve . having built a new oliseh. in the engines of whole band which consists of hearing impaired youngsters even those who once might have lost hope might get it back. i believe it's my duty to share my experience and views with anyone who is interested no matter if they have a disability or not but some of them it could be really encouraging i know it works

as a seen it with my own eyes many times. it's very nice if i may say she's a great example for all of us some people would have given up but once they saw her and you have a story they didn't she helps us change our lives well done at least at this point where each of months and then it will still call people like alyssa will be disabled but in many respects they prove to be more able than all of us are worth more than your own party and skill and that's all the sports news this policy i think. will. bring you the latest in science and technology from around. we've got the future covered.

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