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five. t. washington has a deal to raise its debt ceiling and avert to fold but critics say that doesn't solve america's problems and its reputation is going down the drain. us on the eve of the push for sanctions against the syrian government crackdown on protesters reportedly left more than one hundred people dead violence on either side of the country's conflict is unacceptable. gyptian troops clash with protesters in cairo as military police move in to break up a rally. in tahrir square the weeks to the month the pace of change. speaks to russia's deputy foreign minister about the sequence of events that's come

to be known as the arab spring. explained why it poses any un resolution against the syrian regime despite his condemnation of continuing violence in the country. that will shock the developments in the middle east concerned the entire world and russia is no exception russia is a permanent member of the un security council as well as an active member of the international quartet on the middle east russia's deputy foreign minister mikhail bogdanov joins us to discuss recent developments in the situation in the middle east and answer the question whether the region is going through the arab spring some experts say or a period of decline just about done before you became deputy foreign minister you were russia's ambassador to egypt for a number of years and witnessed the tragic events to check the country the life of

the vast majority of egyptians remain bitterly hard and it's constantly deteriorating do you think there is a possibility that egypt will experience another way of mass protests this time inspired by economic demands what are the prospects for egyptian state or considering the influence of the region. it is true i was russian ambassador to egypt for over six years and i saw the social economic and political situation unfold in the world's largest out of country we are deeply concerned about egypt's future but we are also aware that any crucial decisions taken should only be taken by the people employing a democratic procedure be it a referendum plebiscite or a nationwide election did you know that there has been an action plan for reform drafted in egypt which includes reforming the electoral system for both parliamentary and presidential elections introducing amendments to the constitution adjusting existing legislation and adopt an important new laws that will affect this social economic and political aspects of life for the out of community we who

have our gyptian friends achieve progress and success on their passes reforms we have seen political struggle flared up among various social and political forces including islamist movements we are following all these events very closely we think that the best way to result. any problem is to start an inclusive nationwide dialogue. order your turn to syria now which is one of the most difficult problems in the region the west responded negatively to the statement and the actions of the syrian government the us tightening its sanctions against syria the un resolution is being used to probe the situation for the possibility of military intervention how high are the chances that western countries will indeed unleash a military campaign against syria. we realize that city is going through a very difficult stage of development similar to a few other countries in the region and internal civil conflict between the government and part of society political social and economic problems that are greeted both in terms of numbers and complexity we think the best way to deal with

these problems is a nationwide dialogue combined with crucial political social and economic reforms we support all efforts aimed at launching and promoting a substandard of dialogue between the government and the opposition we adhere to the notion that both parties should abstain from violence and engage in constructive dialogue in an up to speed of cooperation we wish them progress he said as he said the syrian government and president assad have delivered a number of statements on the reform plan for instance the president's speech to damascus university where he presented the action plan for reform during our negotiations with the syrian leader we insisted that it should be implemented step by step in a consistent manner promptly and efficiently we also call in the sitting government to keep their promises and live up to the hopes and aspirations of the people there were adequately expressed in the mass rallies that. russia has refused to even discuss the draft resolution on syria proposed by france what is the reason behind such a tough stance especially with regard to the fact that moscow did not stone wall

the un security council resolution on libya are there any other ways of resolving the syrian crisis with international help. we believe that the city and should address their problems as part of their domestic. and this is an internal civil conflict and it should not be internationalized as for the situation in libya of course every country is unique in terms of its particular situation the background of its conflict the form and the scale of public protest cetera on the other hand we should learn our lessons this tree first the un resolution on libya you've mentioned we are all witness to it and we still see it neither the number of international players tend to digress from the strict observation of both the instructions and the spirit of these resolutions therefore we are not really concerned the such loose interpretations could only result in making some of the opposition circles tighten their position and opt for a tougher approach which is by no means opposed of achievement in terms of finding a mutually acceptable solution. as far as the opposition is concerned international

observers point out that the demands of the syrian opposition are quite in sync with the demands put forward by the west could this be considered as evidence of some coordinated process in place and under such circumstances what meaning that the syrian delegations visit. other. cities the way i see it the syrian opposition is not homogenous that is internal opposition that is external opposition and there are forces that indeed translate to a certain degree the opinion of some part of the public different think that we cannot talk of opposition as a uniform force some of it is leftist some stick to socialist or communist views that is the liberal opposition and islamist opposition represented by the muslim brotherhood and other islamic forces different i think this matters a lot and makes a great difference in terms of our contacts with various parties i must say that we maintain contact with practically all of syria's social and political forces left. europe is becoming increasingly wary and disappointed with nato military campaign

in libya the conflict shows no sign of ending the plight of the civilian population is deteriorating radically what measures would you consider necessary for the conflict and parties and the international community to take in order to bring about a solution both in political and humanitarian terms. but from the very start we have urged the parties in the conflict to cease all military action declared a truce and work at a sustainable solution for peace in libya in order to kick start the process of political reconciliation in this regard we have highly appreciated the contribution of the african union which prepared a rule of law for reconciliation in libya the u.n. secretary general's envoy for libya is also contributing a lot to this process having come up with a number of additional settlement proposals addressing both military and political aspects we actively encourage in promoting these constructive ideas put forth by the african union and the united nations as you know there have been several meetings in moscow with representatives from both tripoli and benghazi

a russian presidential special envoy traveled to tripoli on benghazi we also maintain contacts with various third parties as for the humanitarian situation in libya you are right that it is a matter of serious concern for the entire international community in recent days we have provided additional. aid shipping food medicines and other humanitarian items to both tripoli and benghazi. as we discuss events in this region we can't avoid touching upon its key problem i mean the palestinian issue new generations of israelis and palestinians have been mature it seems the middle east peace process was washed but we still haven't seen any feasible progress and the goshi asians would you say this is a deadlock or is there a way to get the peace process on track and what would it require. because like you said the palestinian issue is a key issue for the entire region i believe that regardless of the arab spring and

the developments in particular countries in the region the palestinian issue will remain pivotal for the entire arab world and for the region in general i also think that it will remain pivotal for our israeli partners as well i spent five years as an ambassador to israel myself i am personally acquainted with quite a few top ranking officials both in the israeli government on the palestinian national authority as well as the palestinian liberation organization and the numerous problems tinian factions and i think that everybody realizes that the palestinians and israelis are bound by destiny itself to live side by side as you know russia advocates establishing an independent palestinian state as soon as possible for this state to live alongside israel maintaining peace and security we are committed to this purpose both as a permanent member of the security council and as an octave participant of the middle east quartet there was a ministerial meeting of the quartet in washington recently which featured a very specific detailed discussion on the situation with regard to the palestinian israeli truck that we are certainly concerned with the negotiations been stalled at

the moment the negotiation is currently suspended who still hope that both parties will find a way to agree on resuming the talks with a view to establishing an independent palestinian state as soon as possible and to resolve all of the remaining issues in order to reach a final settlement between israel and the palestinians. you were russia's ambassador to israel for five years and to egypt for six you're well informed about the situation there tell us what is the present role of the mediators in the palestinian israeli negotiations would you say that the present format has exhausted its capacities and we should look for new ways what is your assessment of the quartet's latest meeting in washington where. the quartet is a perfect format for providing international assistance to the israeli palestinian peace process i happened to attend that meeting personally as part of the russian delegation which was headed by foreign minister sergei lavrov and i witnessed a very constructive discussion among all the participants ministerial meeting the

county date a comprehensive analysis of the situation and identify the reasons behind the current stalling negotiations they also discussed various future scenarios off the situation and most importantly the members of the quartet agreed to keep in touch intensively to keep an exchange of opinions and proposals running all the time all members of the quartet have committed to keep talking to both parties in the dispute this is based on the understanding that there probably will be one more meeting of the quartet in september once the u.n. general assembly convenes for a regular session in new york and all of the members of the quartet will be there to discuss the situation one more time this proposal came from the russian foreign minister in the hope that the parties be come out with a certain adjustments to the positions so as to be able to resume the peace process if that is not the case the quarter we discussed other options for dealing with the situation and failing to the initiative that is currently being discussed by the palestinian public and has already been endorsed by the arab league which is the idea of taking the issue of establishing an independent palestinian state to the

u.n. general assembly. the people of the united states and their friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an owl regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder is a regime as an active program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons and let there be no doubt about it we know for a fact that there are weapons there. this we're just being carried out into the direction of dr david kay respected scientist and former u.n. inspector was leading the weapons search in iraq we are determined to take this apart we have a tremendous a group of dedicated american men and women involved in this with the best assets of the intelligence community and provide. david kay he is not going to be done

with this for quite some time david kay wants more time and he says it could take another six to nine months to make a definitive finding ministration is asking congress for hundreds of millions more six hundred million dollars to fund a continuing search have not yet found shiny pointy things that i would call a weapon before we can draw from conclusions we need to let the iraq survey group complete its work. we were all wrong probably in my judgment. and that is most disturbing. sometimes the true patriots takes the unpopular course that helps the country and wooden stakes and even if they come this way at least from tonight patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels and i think these are scoundrels they have no argument now they have no defense for what they did the country is in a terrible international security situation that i think is perilous so they're

attacking the patriotism of other. it used to be an ideal place for a holiday good old changed in a moment. the good news of the war are still visible. the republic is not only relieved but also shaping the future. he. says.

washington. could raise its. critics say the move doesn't solve america's problems. down the drain. the u.s. and the e.u. step of the push for sanctions against the syrian government offer a crackdown in protest of more than a hundred people. violence on either side of the country's conflict is unacceptable . the troops clash with protesters in cairo as military police move in. hundreds of demonstrators are camped out in tahrir square for weeks now that i'm on the fast pace of change after. it's. been fifteen minutes but after the monday night sport.

and i thank you for joining me for the sports update this monday night and coming up. back home reports claim russia left we need you to shed a coffee sets to be chelsea and join cash rich in a twenty million dollar move. while based in battle you could. looking for a win to move them out of the drop zone in monday night's match in the russian probably. on its road to recovery we catch up with n.h.l. superstar yevgeny malkin is planning his return to the ice following the surgery. for both eyes that the wire is a buzzing with anticipation that chelsea and russia will get you to shoot golf is one step away from joining free spending russian premier league side under a twenty seven year old is reported to have visited the club's training ground as further reports suggested even if we terms on the four year deal to the gulf joint

russian owned chelsea fan to scout two years ago failed to secure a regular place in the greece don't off their series of media interest when he goes to write the report should move is said to be worth around twenty million u.s. dollars however angie's management top declined to comment before any deal was actually signed that a strong sterling sterling brazil legend regrets i call last february. while on the pitch there's just one game taking place in the russian premier league this monday my career so that's all through prop up the table and looking to move out of the drop zone if they win it and the fellow struggles but the home side had just conceded their lead to the final whistle in the. late equaliser on call. a man open for the tense need strike. on also russia defend alexander a new call for signed a five year extension to his current deal wasn't petersburg the twenty eight year old put pen to paper a day after the russian champions struggling spotted one nil to close the gap. scott's a five points the second place slides took the lead off the twenty three minutes

when it defies human head that would send it as a golf to head home the only goal of the day and the defending champions home down to one on the witness cup at eight victory no drive. so tesco are going to restore their seven point push in that it's all new boys present all with a space seventh minute leak and sticky seeking honda that's been the heavy side missed i first tough penalties hitting the post before finally equalizing on the ah and like ok if and when one knows how it finished the only men's lead down to five points. finals london on a must and maintained their top three position with a two no victory and the stubborn bold of the new boys were reduced to ten men approaching the hall fall off the lot of us from the two yellow cars just out of room it's under the mounted volunteers deny then scored an absolute beauty and grow some shells. in the sun yet those instances the spoiling the

midfield are first to rebound deep into injury time. when looking mighty state seven through the three no without us off the meeting the spot missing the first off the just eight minutes this third goal as many games then ten minutes after the interval was a full on full humble ball and that makes this a jumped up and look honestly penalties whilst it's the best spot if you know the minutes to guide related how you saw you also refused to tell many the last few minutes on the how to back it up the second guy but it was a great start when you look i manage a jersey he said it's two wins from to. me a goal against league leaders taste has been cited as the best look on susan said again equalize us with about one one draw at the on the night spot was accorded the news of the portuguese website as well as another look at the strike. bank heeling home across the stun gun he got in fair and i do the likes of wayne rooney's famous

bicycle kick against manchester city in the popular vote. now it's just a month to go before the european basketball championships russia have been dealt a major blow in their preparations to take center sasha count has been sidelined with an injury the twenty six year old is shed you will see on the goal line to go in surgery on tuesday it will take him up to four weeks to rehabilitate him out of international duty and they did that squad however for my utah jazz forward and like lanka for much of the pre-op are two famous call from the denver nuggets are all expected to fly the flag for russia in the through any of the continental championships are vital for qualifying for next year's london olympics russia's only european triumph in four years ago. and back to winning ways is former tennis world number one serena williams the american captured her first title since returning from a long injury layoff beating marion bartoli in straight sets to win the bank of the

west classic in california where there was how to overcome two great points in the first set to win that seven five and then she stormed through the second six games to one it was a piece of revenge for serena who lost a battle in the fourth round of this year's wimbledon and american said afterwards there's more to come. through the home really good. i'm happy to walk away with a win every monitor in a while. so it's really good but i'm not finished i don't feel by any means that my will work ok let me just does my shoulders up and push. gulf now rookie scott stallings has won his first tournament on the p.g.a. tour after beating bob best as and bill haas in a playoff at the greenbrier classic in west virginia all three and do their final rounds on turn on the power over all those who went to a playoff storing landed his closest to the pin in the team and said. you could sit back and watch the office part first. while haas he had the distance but not the

accuracy he ended up powering the whole. day is missed and easier parts again going wide at the cup. so storing seized his child's reading the break of the green to perfection traffic and million dollars in prize money. while on the other side of the atlantic even simon dyson won the irish open snatching victory off to australia's richard green buckled under pressure on the last hole dyson kept asking for a fifteen under par and green needed to polly eighteenth hole here to set up a playoff but he missed his chance with a bogey this time to dyson her victory and qualification for next week's world golf championships. now the aquatics world championships may be over ams despite winning four goals in shanghai there's no time to rest for michael phelps as the

greatest ever olympian has been named as global ambassador for the special olympics these are the games for children and adults with intellectual disabilities which will also help in full year basis the next special olympics will be twenty thirty winter games which will be staged in the south korean city of pyong china which is also set to host the twenty eighteen winter olympics after fourteen time olympic gold medalist phelps is joining the likes of a thai basketball star. and well before the cock up in base to raise awareness off especially in infix also has been to shine once again at the london games next year . i have really felt the way i have in the water a big mentally was. you know over the last few years and really be over being able to get that back over the last six days months i think it is going to play in my performance next year and finally one of the world's highest paid i saw the stars you're going to malkin hopes to return to training with n.h.l. . side of the pittsburgh penguins within

a month russia for what has been sidelined the serious knee injury they were receiving treatment here in moscow and they caught up with him on his twenty fifth . year game market stanley cup winner in the russian household name is now going through one of the longest and toughest periods in his life then h.l. star nicknamed geno suffered a serious knee injury after a collision with a defenseman in general and was sidelined for the rest of the season. was it was really hard for me as it's the first time i've been in such a situation you can't get away without injuries in hockey you just have to put up with it and don't let it play on your mind so it was more of a mental challenge for me however the surgery went well and this month the stuff ford was able to train with his strength and conditioning coach must go and in a month and a half he will start training camp with his team that bismarck being length. is the right path we're going to call today yeah and i saw face transplants

are stunning in their own right there he's going to have a percent by the time september sixteenth is around the first day of training camp so he's going to get you know another month and a half to her health and you are off ice and training. mile can develop through the system into russian powerhouse without money that horse and dated for the team in two thousand and three when he was just seventeen the following year he was drafted second overall by pittsburgh behind his national team mate alexander. but due to dispute elway a contract with metalwork geno was forced to stay for another year however his dream of playing in the n.h.l. came true in two thousand and six when he finally swapped the russians still city for them merican want to keep the ice alongside then up and coming canadian sidney crosby and it seems like the wind is a wedding. after holding both hockey giants. from weir's as. he was injured last

season too and we spent a lot of time together while we were recovering we supported and cheered on our teammates when we couldn't get there we keep in touch and i know that his recovery is going well too and he's training on the ice already he's a nice guy and a big star who's already won almost all the trophies in hockey and he has no superiority complex molecule has been adding to office to his cabinet every year but there are still no olympic medals in his collection and undoubtedly it's one of his career it is for the near future. where you know we haven't won a lot with a national signage for me it's a great honor to play for my country all the greats like mario lemieux and wayne gretzky one olympic gold crosby's already grabbed gold too so i'm determined to win the olympics and not only insulting one medal is never enough. despite malkin's many honors the star player remains a straightforward almost reserved person while still greedy for victories on the

ice at the age of twenty five the career of the england forward is just starting and speak to others both in north america and in russia should enjoy his skills for many years to come. his name out of a r.t. . has all the sports last term.