forms 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 enforced one of the basic civil rights besides the draft lauren parties were submitted for discussion by the text can be found on the internet previously we had a law that limited be 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 an opposition or not doesn't matter either a lot of attention is also paid to the new normal mass media which is essential a part of the national dialogue as a law on parties on elections or on local authorities would still be economic and

after the us will topple 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 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 fifty married was their position there has emigrated from the country all soon wanted to join the meeting with me. 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 these limits you know general story 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 vacations 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 bandits who kill soldiers and fight against the security forces take the city of jews are 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 come and graves. yeah walking 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 that it going out of jeneba there are two aspects to syrian turkish relations first we think that the turkish government fully realizes that good neighborly relations in syria will 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 that of 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 turned out 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 national 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 has that that the. are you expecting a western military intervention in syria the way it happened in libya. and 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 as to medical 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 what is your

assessment of russia's position in regard to events in syria. our data 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 that 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 that 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 or russia protect its principles and standpoints. we've got to 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 like 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 of iran they want to run to withdraw from our common stand against israel and to become a strain must both mothers and all the arab countries. pay for what is us certain

other arab countries attitude to events in syria and that. we never rejected support arabs and so did everything to secure their support for syria but i believe the doubs 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 them 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 they're not 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 needed to go and look in one even official close.

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breaking news from the four people confirmed dead after a pleasure cruiser sank on the river in russia's republic of. with nearly two hundred search and rescue efforts are underway and will continue through the night . and the top stories from the week in georgia three photojournalists with spying for russia including president saakashvili personal photographer tbilisi claims it has been videotaped confessions that the group. has stolen the revolution and returned to the streets across the country to protest against the interim government to bring in reforms also demanding officials accused of killing protesters during the revolution that ousted president mubarak to be brought to justice. those stories in just over ten minutes an update on this hour's sports is first with you.

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 why. in this report is all of famer hundred. ninety s. great andreotta see is serves off a place among the legends of tennis. two decades later the last team to win the u.s.s.r. football championship c ask a moscow recruit 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 love 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 my colleagues then for a goal to put 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 juggling for brazil up a cup america the defending champions must not win their last group game to ensure progression into the quarter finals after a second straight draw against part of why this time the eight time winners opening the scoring thirty eight minutes in through johnson a typical brazilian strike this. but then literally through the second half hour

ago i find themselves in front scoring twice within a dozen minutes manchester city striker rocky since he's getting his twenty fifth international goal here the same then set up substitute nelson followed to is whose shell some cross the line despite their best efforts but as the keeper. i presume to listen to. read to me it's the last minute to salvage a draw for the holders i. the result means that this whale and i take control of group b. says our free aside seeing affected one million subways buses are gonzalez the man netting just after they are marked with a raft of them weeks after the wind event was three up and mark a victory since. our position in the sixty seven. feet of

president sepp blatter has sent a stern warning to potential rubric is 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 and we could suspend them for life all those involved whether their plans trainers officials or referees to concerning the recent mexico scandal we had free for completely agree with the decisions taken by the mexican football federation it's definitely a case of food contamination this issue was a great wake up call for everybody. thailand football fans are said to witness one of the english game's greatest ever poachers up close this season robbie fowler unveiled as i'm lying tong united player on sunday the former liverpool striker moving from a strip club perth glory follower their fourth highest scorer in english premier league history is regarded as the most hare of the signing in football history to

thirty six will earn some seven hundred thousand dollars for half a year's work when the twenty eleven season restarts later this month one thought are too narrow thailand champions i think the over the. we do. see. 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 bad boy of the sport in the early nineties but promptly turned his life career around becoming the all this player to top the world standings 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 the 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 it's sunny did it in some style as well to make his first home run any send the local crowd into a frenzy jeter proceeded to carve a few more it's only helping his team to a five four victory but it was the homer at the bottom of the third that will truly be remembered by the man who we ever wanted to play for wanting. a number that has

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 of 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 of that. to be the only one to do something like this is. how to 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 hours because veteran alexander vinokourov was forced to pull out of the event altogether after an accident local favorite thomas sanchez bob and i both during the stage and in the overall standings beauclerk coming in second on the day but you cumulated enough

points to secure the yellow jersey from the war ourselves with sanchez sitting second sun bases are the french been on the podium after finishing the stage in third place more losers than winners on the day or wherever with another sponsor one on twenty a fletcher hit by a car as he took done dutch writer 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 nama richard from port 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 defend 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 to have glasnost and perestroika are in full flow a trickle of players such as the science of joint severe in one nine hundred eighty eight hundred decided to apply their trade abroad however with the collapse of the soviet union players and free on mass 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 thousand nine hundred one he spoke to salary of just a couple of hundred dollars a week playing in a 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 dime the strongest championship in the world however colligan of said the soviet league had been playing in the last few years was almost a strong. 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 size. and to namo tbilisi the league was a very high standard and there were some very good players with twenty years on dinar moba club of left to move to italy to can say this 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 i do 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 cadia coffee showed that he hadn't lost any of his scoring touch as he backed the first half patrick but serious concert the same resilience that have made them so successful twenty years ago has been a full bank to claim a foreign draw i'm sure there is a way 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 play 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 cleavon of what i joke to become household names in italy and germany bridges. some of those guys can still get a game today no doubt it is all your sport whether it's next season.

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this point. well scholem to place on the river where the prize has sunk it's a downstream from the region's capital khazan it's a very remote place the river it's a very wide stretch of the river with strong currents and that's what a bright wood says was heading along yesterday afternoon when it ran into difficulties and those difficulties the kind of catastrophe very very fast just three minutes in fact it's not yet known why the bank started last but i with this does survive a search that they report that the boat being lurch violently to the right people somebody were literally being thrown off the side of the boats i'm very strong currents and now what book rescuers and. the main of course many people to drown i one hundred ninety five people on the by three of those are now confirmed dead one hundred of them over one hundred from are still missing how did arrive soon enough to help some people at least.