and undermines to billet in syria of course the mass media have also done their bit to present syria in an unfavorable light as a country that is hostile towards its own people never in the history of modern syria has the country been attacked the way these armed bands of extremists are doing it syria is in need of reforms and we have had peaceful demonstrations in favor of reforms the syrian government and president bashar al assad responded to the demands of the people but as you may recall every time the government was about to introduce reforms violence surged in the country i witnessed these acts in daraa and other syrian provinces like many other citizens did the incumbent president of syria is committed to reforms and in two thousand he proposed a major program of reforms but events in the region that followed affected the implementation of the reforms gravely the us invasion of iraq and the potential threat that the aggression would sweep over syria after the american government made its intentions clear the turmoil in lebanon and the assassination of the

lebanese leader rafik hariri the situation in the region changed in the state of syria is threatened the reforms were shifted to the back burner and defense of the country was made the priority task and has been the most important thing ever since today however the government is considering the implementation of the reform plan their predecessors have launched but not finished president bashar al assad has lifted the state of emergency and signed a decree that allows holding peaceful demonstrations in the country by doing this the president actually enforce one of the basic civil rights besides the draft lauren parties was submitted for discussion by the text can be found on the internet previously we had a law that limited the allowed number of parties in syria to ten the new law stipulates that people may create new parties if they wish to their number is no more limited and whether the newly established party will be in opposition or not doesn't matter either a lot of attention. is also paid to the new normal mass media which is

a central part of the national dialogue as a law on parties on elections on local authorities. after the us little doubt will us you mentioned the national dialogue as a part of this framework the syrian government called a consultative meeting on the national convention schedule for tenth of july what was the opposition invited to join this convention and what was their answer to the invitation. to have a look that's true we were having consultations with the members of various public groups and the opposition not only official public figures on the first round of preparations for the national convention that is going to take place on july the tenth its main objective is to set the framework for a national dialogue and make it work everyone will be able to join the dialogue and help tackle the problems we face peacefully and for the benefit of the country and its people wish to marry was the position that has immigrated from the country all

soon wanted to join the meeting with them. we won't draw lines between the internal and foreign opposition we are concerned about their ties to external powers it is important that their opposition activities should pursue the interests of syria and stay within arm's limits you know janet yet there was a lot of protesters and security service officials are still being killed in syria when is it going to end. up with the vest of all i object to using the word kill in relation to protesters no one is killing protesters these are all rumors spread by the mass media the facts of falsified to manipulate t.v. viewers tales about protesters being killed in syria amir lies and false vocations who actually is being killed in syria a policeman security service officials and innocent people of course there are sporadic civilian deaths no one is going to deny this but there is no denying either that there are armed bandits who kill soldiers and fight. against the

security forces take the city of jews at all sure but the security forces were kept isolated for three days when the militants failed to defeat the security forces they tried to get revenge on them by cutting off heads and throwing the bodies to common graves. yeah don't walk away observers think that the relations between syria and turkey have deteriorated after the syrian troops came close to the syrian turkish border and were deployed in several regions uncertainty channels which he called biased recently reported civil and deaths is it sure that syrian turkish relations are threatened when out of genuine there are two aspects to syrian turkish relations first we think the turkish government fully realizes that good neighborly relations with syria would benefit both the turkish and the syrian people and syria is also well aware that friendly relations with a neighboring country that has a common border with syria of approximately eight hundred fifty kilometers should by no means be sacrificed to any extent other than another aspect is that

deployment of syrian military forces in this region is not directed against turkey not at all there are people on the syrian side of the border who have tried to take power by use of force by killing innocent civilians therefore it is only natural that syrian military forces will move there in order to restore order stability and security in that region and it should not be misinterpreted as an attempt to provoke the other side or is a sign of decline and security between the two countries it was directed against the armed groups of people who try to oppress the citizens on the syrian side of the border and forced many of them to flee their motherland with the help of r.t. we would like to address everyone who left our country and we would like to say that we encourage them to come back and by the way many have already returned but on the turkish side there are groupings of armed people who are standing in the way of our citizens who wish to return if we informed our people that we are ready to provide them with all necessities for everyday life as well as with free transportation home by syrian nationals bus service ready to provide them with

everything for a quality life such as food supplies medication and medical aid and what's most important in my opinion we should welcome them back home without any repercussions have that that the. are you expecting a western military intervention in syria the way it happened in libya and leave me . be i'd like to say that the situation in libya is completely different from that in syria syria's position has been clearly articulated and the global community is aware of the military forces syria has so even if the west is thinking of intervening we would advise them not to moreover syria has friends and allies who will stand by and oppose any kind of intervention in syria's domestic affairs syria is the key to the balance in the middle east any meddling with its internal affairs will drive this region into a disaster and western countries are well aware of this but nevertheless they keep hating arabs and syria in particular because of our political stand on the arab

israeli conflict because of our achievements of success and our progress on the reforms track under the leadership of president bashar al assad but of what is your assessment of russia's position in regard to events in syria. i would do i believe that russia has a very commendable position the russian federation performs its tasks of a permanent member of the un security council in a most responsible way supported by our friends in moscow who would like to make a statement the situation in syria poses no threat to global security and peace and therefore should not be discussed by the un security or human rights council and truth external intervention and injection of considerable funds by certain circles have infringed our rights the rights of syrian citizen many protesters were in fact bribed and we even have the details of the amounts paid and arms purchased we also are aware of the conspiracies against syria i mentioned some common interests and would like to say that syria is truly the main line of resistance to keeps

extremism in check preventing it from spreading all over the region and russia is not that far from our region and quite often not to deal with religious extremism just like syria when we stand up for ourselves while russia protect its principles and standpoints. with us protect not only both our countries but also china and all those countries threatened by extremism when charges are laid at iran's door that it's been intervening in the syrian crisis is that shoes and what would you want to say in response to such allegations of the iranian was that this or any syrian relations are not hostile to any third party either in the region or on the global scale their main objective is to counter israeli occupation of the overtaken arab territories and establish security peace and stability in the region we strive to achieve understanding between iran and arab countries while the west is trying to set a rant against our countries persuade it to stop supporting arabs the west is trying to bend arabs to their will and strippers of

a true ally iran they want to run to withdraw from our common stand against israel and to become a strain both from us and all the arab countries. ok for what is your assessment of the arab countries attitude to events in syria and that no one we never rejected support arabs and so did everything to secure their support for syria and i believe that arabs must be united in their statements in a hard time like this what happened in syria can be expected to spread like an epidemic across other arab countries in order to weaken and allow israel in the west to impose their civilization a supremacy their values and mindset upon us i very carefully follow the signals of what the west wants from us especially in view of the recent events and i must say that in truth they do not wish as well but that the main blow is now directed at syria as an armed state and its purpose is to enforce a new reality on to syria in the interests of the west to force syria into giving up its current position and getting removed from involvement in the arab israeli

conflict otherwise why would anyone need it electing one even official close. spent in the military journalist i've seen the waste go in the u.s. contractors there's kind of wasting their time trying to get killed. i thought all along the way to do stuff to see about my family my friends a huge history book twenty seven days in you going to publicize it to invite more to make the species people started to have a dialogue says just. changing the soldiers stevens.

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cool top story a passenger both of them all one hundred seventy on board a sub on the revolt to start in central russia the self and one woman has died he's the latest pictures of the rescue operation. all the pleasure crews have been to say the dozen for maine unaccounted for. in other news we highlight the week's top stories in georgia's spy hunter charges high profile for total friends and snooping for moscow but skeptics say it's nineteen russian image boosted by president saakashvili. and it's a demo deja vu for angry gyptian says they returned to tahrir square to vent against the interim leaders but they say stole the revolution while authorities ordered the suspension of policemen accused of killing protesters during federal reserve. behold the front page britain's best selling newspaper rolls out for the last time as rupert murdoch sacrifices the title of wall phone claims and reports of arrests and tents. twenty forty five now here in moscow one in seven

zero win over but the output of the top story few that breaking news about fifty minutes time first let's catch up on the day sport say very good evening to you know how the unit in the car on the bike is put in action day i gather. in formula one cabin survey it's been anything but straightforward we'll find out why just a second. good to have you with us this is sports today plenty ahead over the next ten minutes including all the. knife's edge defending champions brazil must wait until the final day to try and progress from the comp america group stages following a draw with part of life. in the strip or it is hall of famer hundred.

ninety s. great andreotta c. is serves up a place among the legends of tennis. two decades later the last team to win the u.s.s.r. football championship see eskimo regroup to commemorate the victory. it's been a day of pit crew mishaps by the major contenders for the formula one thrown in the garbage of red bull mcclaren both of committing costly errors leaving for a man fernando alonso to reap the rewards reaming champion sebastian vettel started the day in second but sees top spot right from the off the german then lost opposition to fernando alonso when both cars went in for a pit stop on lap twenty seven i will not go on malfunction in the red bull garbage along the spanish two time champion to take control jenson button mcclaren mechanics then for a goal to pop the wheel not all together forcing the winner to retire so alone to first to the checkered flag while vettel got the better of paul starter on teammate

mark webber for second place russian batali petroff finished well. all right from england to argentina where nerves are jangling for brazil of the cup america the defending champions must not win their last group game to ensure a progression into the quarter finals after a second straight troll against part of why this time the time winner is opening the scoring thirty eight minutes in through johnson a typical personally and strike this. i do it through the second half hour ago i find themselves in front scoring twice within a dozen minutes manchester city striker he's having his twenty fifth international call here the same then set up substitute nelson followed to is whose shell some across the line despite their best efforts but is still the keeper. says i reserve the right if you think i am ready to. salvage a draw for the holders

i the result means that us whelan are to control of group b. says our free aside seeing a factor one million subways says our gonzalo is the man netting just after they are marked with a rough i effort the way you've been this was the mark of victory since i pushed away but the sixty seven to fifty president sepp blatter has sent a stern warning to potential rule breakers following a series of much fixing scandals worldwide but the seventy five year old swiss said he saw no foul play in the mexican f.a. clearing five players earlier accused of doping. these people directly involved we could suspend them for life all those involved whether their players trainers officials all referees to concerning the recent mexico scandal we have fifa completely agree with the decisions taken by the mexican football federation it's definitely a case of food contamination this issue is

a great wake up call for everybody. thailand football fans are said to witness one of the english game's greatest ever pewters up close this season robbie fowler unveiled thong united player on sunday the former liverpool striker moving from a street in club perth glory fowler their fourth highest score in english premier league history is regarded as that was heralded signing in time i football ever the thirty six year old will learn some seven hundred thousand dollars for half a year's worth when the twenty eleven season restarts later this month blind thong are two in a row thailand champions. in the with the. with. the scenes of. the movement. and drag see has been inducted into the tennis hall of fame the eight time grand slam winner nine hundred ninety six olympic champion joining his wife steffi graf there who became a hall of famer herself seven years ago i could see was regarded as the bud boyd

the sport in the early ninety's but promptly turned his life career around becoming the oldest player to top the world standings aged thirty three in zero three since retiring in september of zero six agassi has been keeping busy raising money for children's charities worldwide. today standing here receiving this honor. i am living proof that no dream no journey is impossible thank you. all right let's talk baseball were derek jeter has set a huge career mark in a sport which it's records like no other than thirty seven year old becoming the twenty eight player in league history to reach three thousand hits just another day in the office for the new york yankees star moving to within one of the amazing mark in this effort at the bottom of the first jeter probably becoming the only

player in new york franchise history to reach that when it's sunny did it in some style as well to make his first home run into your ascend the local crowd into a frenzy jeter proceeded to carve a few more it's only helping his team to fight for victory but it was the homer at the bottom of the third that will truly be remembered by the man who we ever want to play for wanting. the number that is meant a lot in the history of the game because not too many people have done it before. you know to be the only yankee to do it to be the only yankee to do anything is pretty special you know if i was the leader in strikeouts i'd be happy about it it's because so many people have played here. but you have to be the only yankee. is the only team of i want to play for you guys are well aware that. to be the only one to do something like this is. i don't really know if i can describe it. plenty

of riders crushing and burning on stage nine of the tour de france with loosely on some chez ducking danger to take the days on irish veteran alexander vinokourov who was forced to pull out of the event altogether after an accident local favorite thomas sanchez problem that i pulled during the stage and in the overall standings beauclerk coming in second on the day but he cumulated enough points to secure the yellow jersey from the word her child with sanchez sitting second something he says are the french been on the podium after finishing the stage in third place more losers than winners on the day or ever with another sponsor one twentieth hit by a car as he took done dutch rider johnny. with. ok finally back to football where nineteen ninety one was certainly year to remember for c.s.k. moscow the club during the soviet league and cup double just months before the collapse of the u.s.s.r. to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the success the army men took on their cross-town rivals. bump or fate reports. nineteen ninety one was to prove to be

a fantastic year in the history of serious car moscow the club managed to win a league cup double thanks very trying to football and what proved to be the soviet union's final football season where that you're going to play football for the fans while they were thoughts about getting a move to europe where we could earn much more money we were always trying to play at our best to impress clubs abroad and try and get a move there this was very prestigious just like playing for your national team cisco would never get the chance to attend their trophies as almost immediately after the season and finished the soviet union broke up nevertheless some of the players would now be open to completely new opportunities which a few years ago would have been unthinkable one thousand perestroika in full flow a trickle of players such as the science of joint severe in one nine hundred eighty eight hundred decided to point their trade abroad however with the collapse of

a soviet union players when i was free on my ass to go to western europe and potentially lucrative contracts with some of europe's top clubs one of those players was eagle cleavon earth who would join for gere in one nine hundred ninety one he talked to salary of just a couple of hundred dollars a week playing in the soviet union for a pay package of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in italy form an enormous striker said it was a great experience to play abroad but when. i was happy to move there was no point in staying in russia after the breakup of the soviet union because as a footballer i wouldn't have progressed and would have stayed at the same level i managed to learn a lot from my time in italy. in the early nineties be italian league was with dive the strongest championship in the world however colligan of said the soviet league he'd been playing in the last few years was almost a strong. i left to join for deer in one thousand nine hundred one but i didn't think there was a massive difference between the italian and soviet leeks at that time we had very

good. sites like to nominate and to nominate tbilisi the league was a very high standard and there were some very good players with twenty years on dinar mobile club college and of left to move to italy took on serious can you to come over a display armaments league cup double many of the players who battled back in nine hundred ninety one the present including the likes of alexander but argue and say he could be a cause like live on earth and enjoy it successful careers abroad after making moves in the early ninety's the former cause of forward getting a coffee showed that he hadn't lost any of his scoring touch as he backed the first half patrick but serious can't show the same resilience that have made them so successful twenty years ago before the bank to claim a fourth draw i'm sure there is here imo it's always good to meet up with old friends we're still in touch but it was nice to get back on the pitch with old teammates as well as clean against opponents who i came up against two decades ago

it was a shame for serious carver they never got to defend their league and cup double twenty years ago however the opportunities the football is were given following the break up of the soviet union was priceless and lived alongside police van of them but i joke to become household names in italy and germany bridge of a hearty go. some of those guys can still get a game to they know that it is all your sport whether it's next iason. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

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on a. pleasure cruise it was nearly two hundred aboard the revolt. one woman has died. well more than a hundred people remain missing that rescue operation continues. all the latest developments in the story. and recovering our top news stories of the week. high profile photographers. that skeptics say russian president saakashvili. stole the revolution. and behold the front page britain's best selling newspaper rolls out for the last time as rupert murdoch sacrifices the phone hacking claims

and reporter arrests intensified. welcome you're watching on t.v. in a round of of the week's top stories with me kevin breaking news to start this hour a desperate search is underway off for a pleasure cruise occurring nearly two hundred people aboard sank on the revolt. noon at least one woman is reported to have died there these are among the first images we've got through now of the rescue operation in the tatarstan republican central russia so many of those on board have been rescued dozens of passengers remain unaccounted for according to the latest news feeds first following the developments for us are we looking at those pictures unfortunately not awful lot to see that boat went down didn't the figures regarding who's been saved and who's

missing and been fluctuating to what more do we know. let's say lately there's been a lot of conflicting reports on the numbers involved in the latest figures we have in the emergencies ministry all that there were one hundred eighty eight passengers on board that plane increase in the early numbers of people and that we know as you said one person has been confirmed to have died and number of people have been injured they've managed to pull more than eighty people now from the water but the emergencies ministry has said still more than one hundred of those passengers unaccounted for and of course the rescue operation ongoing at the moment so we know that there was a pos think that managed to pick up a lot of things initial passing just the women he was confirmed dead were said to pull it initially when the boat ran into troubles and a helicopter rescue base will say dispatched along with divers now the emergencies ministry has just dispatched another plane with another large number of rest.