we're here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. the questions any of the goals is to get everything you needed. looking back at the week's top stories here on r t dozens killed in libya's capital as nato embarks on its most intense bombing raids yet while there is heavy fighting as rebels renew attacks on the oil port city of zawiyah in syria tension is rising as the government continues a severe crackdown on the opposition security forces have now retaken the northern city of just are a few who are reportedly following heavy fighting. in greece anger at the introduction of a new wave of austerity measures spills onto the streets the new posts are to

secure a second stage of the e.u. bailout but the problems remain as germany and the central bank of europe argue over how to get private investors on board. a u.s. navy ship in the black sea sparks outrage from moscow and claims it's a prelude to the planned nato missile defense shield for europe the u.s.s. monterey docked in odessa ahead of joint military exercises in the area. up next are you with nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen an interview he gave this week to our he's a nice and now way he defended the alliances actions in libya and insisted the organization has no plans to act in syria 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 syria at the same time lots of critics expect that that 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 head and 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 in syria the only way forward is to accommodate the do to merge with aspirations 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 obviously the u.n. resolution was played 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 de paulo has the generalized strikes on any command center in libya i just want to clarify for

some of our viewers who have seen holmes bombs they've seen civilian buildings blown to pieces does that in a car on a phone or at a hospital on a phone constitute a command center for your purposes when you say any. i would like to stress that we are not targeting individuals we live military. targets. and of course i'm a control centers can be used to plan and organize attacks against civilians show amount of control she enters 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. 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's a strong military pressure want to get after regime will facilitate a fruitful political process mr mcc.l.o.y. 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 say that war is not the way out of this conflict so why are you still bombing libya with this information coming from the russian envoy they're both sides are are ready to talk. we are continuing our old regime because we still see. the regime attacking each own population and it's absolutely outrageous and you and has mandated an operation to protect civilians and we will continue. as long as the regime still attacks on people when you met with the russians of finance minister sorts 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 gadhafi 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 gadhafi military forces and paramilitary forces to their parents and certainly immediate and on hindered humanitarian access to the people in need so we will continue our. talk of the post-war libya seems premature doesn't it given our 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 they'll leave the libyan people at peace. well i'm not going to guess about any timeframe. what i can say is that they're 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. yet of course left and that's a legitimate question the difference is in libya we are operating on the basis of a u.n. mandate and with strong support from contras in that we can actually and on of confidence in the region contribute actively to operations for these reasons we are in libya. what do you say to critics who aren't convinced that nato and goal is to

protect civilians and that in fact is a regime change. we have been very open about our military objectives. a complete into attacks against civilians withdrawal of gadhafi forces and humanitarian access these are all military objectives and we will continue on until they are met. in parallel there is a political track if you find the international community. recently the g eight group including the russian president on that afi true leave power. and. these two tracks are separate a military project truck 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 defense the fact is that nato has decided to develop a nato based missile defense system because we want to protect our populations against attacks from who but we would all like true cooperates with our secretary standing up we are faced with file tax from who from russia. we are faced with a common threat and this is the reason why we would like to see two independent missile defense systems a russian system and a nato system corporator 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 but i want 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 this is particularly our populations now mr rasmussen has been proposing a joint european defense system which is. and i think the

best way to join efforts would be to relay true independent systems operate there with the aim to protect the russian people as well as people who nato conference rights are constantly claims that nato guarantee. that it's interesting to be protected why can't nato these guarantees the best guarantee whatsoever would be to engage in close cooperation because close cooperation between russia and nato would clearly demonstrate that 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 corporator but russia sees it are

as they can't go forward on promises why put new parents new russia on paper that a missile defense system would not be correct towards them. either but it's very easy to guarantee that because we do not we don't have any intention to attack russia not whatsoever but the place guarantee russia could get would be to engage in a close corporation then 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.

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the week's top stories on our t.v. dozens killed in the libyan capital as nato and our start its most intense bombing raids yet while there's been heavy fighting as rebels renewal and while port city of zawiyah in syria tension is rising as the government continues a severe crackdown on the opposition security forces had. retaken the northern town of jews are all sure reportedly after heavy fighting. in greece anger at the introduction of a new wave of austerity measures spilled onto the streets of the new cuts or to secure a second round of bell outs but the problems remain as germany and the european central bank over how to get private investors for. the u.s.

navy vessel in the black sea outrage from moscow and claims it's a prelude to a planned nato missile defense shield for europe the us says monterrey docked in odessa at a joint military exercises in the area case up next with all the latest sports news stay with us here on earth. hello welcome to the sports series and here are the top stories. winning in the way he started the fire as the rain to try to the british grand prix go top of the overall budget g.p. standings. while yet more rain bad weather ensures the final at queen's club and hilaria gay will be tsongas held up and so one day. he who waits right rock 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 stoner usurping world champion who again arends i was at the rate of thirty british grand prix so to master the cooling rain at silverstone to a five to five victory it's six races so far this season history and finished a massive fifteen seconds ahead of the repsol on the teammate and the other busy zero so american of the edwards came in third but it remains stone at leap frog form a lead and there ends up in the overall standings to me by eighteen points didn't finish after crashing out at high speed in space. also i don't. want to go to be delayed you know i feel a lot more relaxed and i just try and make sure we didn't crash and i was conditions because i was so easy because of water in different parts of the track and i would get in quite a lot deeper during the race. a little bit better but i mean it was it was torture

for the sort of you know ten laps seven minutes i was counting down and they just took too long you know my hands are freezing i couldn't break probably i couldn't understand what great pressure i had and i was see it was very very difficult conditions. or it might have been an ill fated limb or race the team audi in france which i trust the one is. number two thought stave off a challenge from persian it was title number ten for our day at the famous insurance race that's their champion from last year white rock and philip was involved in a bad accident at night the german hit a barrier heavily and the wrecked car caught fire but the driver got away with minor cuts in what was the second escape friday after the twice former winner allan nish also emerged in one piece after a spectacular early crash on saturday moving to two wheels now 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 series the in-form rider in the mountains after winning the

criterium did open a this race also in france is considered the key warm up event the head of the tour could do sure i got lucky rodriguez was fastest in this final right over almost one hundred twenty kilometers i knew right away with the loss the longer came his second stage victory in a row but it didn't stop readings from 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 good elegance. and elsewhere former champion family and country lara has conceded the yellow jersey is home and the two switzerland kwan by the c.e.o. of colombia is invalid in the lead after winning stage two of the mountainous race it is very unclear go something to cross the finishing line twelve seconds behind and try also led by sixteen seconds in the overall standings the country lara almost eighteen months behind where to go for the swiss one time trial prologue on

saturday. now it's been a long wait spoke english golfer robert rock has held on to his maiden title on the european tour after winning the italian open in shirin rock enjoyed a two stroke lead going into the final round and this was cut to just one shot on sunday after work held up a charge a day talking also in the uk a five under par sixty. and finish 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 olds have gone when list in over two hundred forty runs over eight thousand years. and in the meantime andy murray and joe will feed tsonga have had to make do with a game of table tennis instead of the lawn tennis after their reign it 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 with darkness a looming play was finally abandoned it means murray will have to wait for a day in his boots to reclaim that 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 jimmy connors in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven. well elsewhere danish women's world number one caroline wozniacki delighted the home. twenty year old musician in the czech republic to retain her danish open crown it was a comfortable when serve as lansky and picked up her fifth title of the season. now to modern pentathlon where czech david still bother won the inaugural kremlin cup as the world's top pentathlete descended on last over the weekend. reports. russian men have plenty to boast about when it comes to the n.b.a. pentathlon events starting with the sydney two thousand games the country is yet to

relinquish the summit's of the podium and a noise if will be hoping for gold number three of the upcoming games in london but the next generation is already breathing down his neck at eighteen years of age should go if he's already making waves for the national team and a youngster who made his senior did you at this first ever crammed in cup won the fencing event and followed up with a great performance both in the pool and in the show jumping arena and that elevated him to fourth overall before the combined running and shooting events where he encountered some difficulty with a newly introduced laser gun finishing in one off. i like it here with the seniors in love everything today except for the shooting i just can't get it right but i won the fencing tournament today and that's great two time olympic champion and a noisy finished in eighth place that poor result could be attributed to a recent rule change that so air pistols are replaced with laser guns plus running

and shooting events have been combined into one making it look more like a summer biathlon adjusting could sake some time for the champ but the twenty ten world championship runner up alexandre alyson looks set to dominate in the near future the russian taking a second place and the silver in the kremlin cup. despite his second place i'm very happy with my performance because davie swoboda is the real star of the combined event i have to beat that we weren't prepared as well as the odd athletes because our main completion the european championship is still ahead. so let's recap check david sobel bought out the winner of the first ever crown and cup rushes alexander listen in second with third in fourth place is going the way of the hungarian athletes the london olympics are just a year away and that means nations wanting to qualify will have to work hard right now some will be able to get the coveted licenses for that's what it's all games at

the upcoming european championship run koester of r.c. moscow and finally there are just under a thousand days to go before the twenty fourteen winter paralympics in sochi summer and i said that he cannot is an ambassador for the games and has used the cat that inspire others with their own incredible life story reports. beginning to thousand and eight the paralympic games will russia's elicit will begin a straw gold and silver new world record in the women's one hundred meter breaststroke what was even more marketable is that the twenty three year old just five months after she'd lost her left arm in a car accident when she was in holding in thailand and prior to that contemplated courting the sport of victory was a triumph of mental strength and she's always ready to share their thoughts with those who desperately need it this winter is no in embezzler for the switch one

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