absa. hello you're watching the weekly here on our team with me kevin and it's a round of the top stories in the past seven days on the u.s. credit rating being downgraded for the first time since nineteen seventeen that's despite the last minute debt ceiling deal but the vertical. always comes on top of wall street's worst performance in over two years and european debt troubles suggesting the share roller coaster rides likely continue to continue monday just a few hours time. egypt's former presidents on trial for mass killing and

corruption for the weary public says the revolution is not over yet as the replacement regime is failing to make their mark. just across the border in israel over a quarter of a million people rallied against the government there demanding better living conditions and say ben ready to do what it says. on the eve of the third anniversary of the south for such a war president medvedev spoke to r.t. as well as the eco mostly radio station and georgian t.v. channel peak about why he took action and the legacy of that decision this is what the russian leader had to say all the time. i said rush at relativistic president thank you very much for agreeing to answer our questions but let us go back to the events of two thousand and eight back then you met with the georgian president mikheil saakashvili your meeting took place in st petersburg and there was the impression at that point both in tbilisi and in moscow that we had arrived at some sort of an accord and the dispute would not be allowed to pile over into an armed conflict and i reiterate that this feelings present both in moscow and it's b.c.

the details of the managed to agree on anything with the georgian president back then. the question you know catherine i have the same impression that a time when i can still recall meeting president saakashvili for the first time i was in some petersburg we met in the constantine palace and mr secretary arrived i told him literally little you know there are many problems in the region of the moment georgia is at odds with these unrecognized states but i can assure you that as a newly elected president of russia i shall do everything in my capacity to help him find some compromise solutions that would accommodate everyone and would eventually facilitate a reintegration of georgian territory if that's acceptable for all the parties in agent to go c.h. and naturally couples this is what i told it word for word and his response was sort of course we are ready to cooperate and i also had this impression that we could at least try to find some creative solutions if not

a new chapter in china but first of all there was an opportunity to meet on a regular basis but i can tell you earnestly i spent the next month checking regularly for any feedback from our georgetown counterparts there was nothing out of the same time georgia was getting more and more visits from envoys from across the ocean but as they would be dubbed disappearance people options the moment of truth for me as i realized later well analyzing those events in hindsight over and over again came with a visit by u.s. secretary of state condi lisa rice still flying following that visit my georgian colleague simply dropped. all communication with us he simply stopped talking to us he stopped writing letters and making phone calls it was apparent that he had some new plans now and those plans were implemented later. mr president am i correct to assume that the way you see a visit by the u.s. secretary of state was meant to urge president saakashvili. if you think the united states was deliberately encouraging georgia to pursue

a conflict with almost no i don't think so the united states is a very large country headed by pragmatic people but in politics connotations and nuance is a very important as it is i don't believe the american served george as president to reinvade but i do believe that there were certain subtleties and certain hints made statements like it's time to restore constitutional order or it's time to be more assertive which could effectively feed saakashvili apparent hopes that the americans would back him in any conflict that they would stand up for georgia and even go to war with the russians therefore i do see a relation between ms rice's visit to georgia and the events that followed just as i see a link in my further discussions with the u.s. president our phone conversations and then our first meetings at that. one will question in here about they still believe that while russia is the initial response was legitimate as self-defense and further actions of the russian troops were

excessive why wasn't this an option to push the georgian forces out of the set yet and start at that point to change. course later. you know sophie people are free to make speculation like down and i have come across the many times to try putting yourself in the shoes of russia's commander in chief my shoes that is for sure we could have nearly forced them out and stop there but what we're hearing from georgia that we shall fall back to our initial position and our american friends and that allies will help us rearm get our new aircraft and whatnot and then with your resume the same offensive with any. viggo the world letting them do that would have been a crime against the memory of those who died protecting their land therefore our mission at the time was to destroy georgia's war machine so that it wouldn't be able to target civilians either setia of cartier and the russian federation because as you know it's all mixed they're good. let it go that. doesn't really

help mr president you were referring to the peace and force means operation and i keep thinking back to today libya and syria when do you consider it acceptable to state what your rationale for deciding whether it's ok to launch a peaceful wasn't me she got that here is russia would be lenient to be not family and here it is imposing sanctions against syria how do you come to your decisions on georgia batman and russia's stance on today's prices pushing. you see alexey it's always case by case there are no identical countries and there are no identical solutions i guess it's clear to you what is going on in libya so there's a man who has been running the country for forty years and at some point he decided to use force against his own people this was condemned by the entire international community including russia which is we're not taking any part in the military campaign reza few nations are attempting to instill order in libya for military means we don't think it's the right thing to do but there is one nuance you should keep in mind georgia had been split into three parts by the time of the war that it

should have been about pulling the country back together for them rather than merely restoring constitutional order afterwards libya is still in one piece such a risk does exist for libya but so far all the parties in the conflict ending the so-called rebels on the program badly forces have pledged that to preserve their country's territorial integrity so the situations are quite different however i'm not saying this to explain how we make decisions i'm merely trying to demonstrate that all of these situations and scenarios are totally diverse. this goes for other countries as well some of us i see what about syria and egypt syria syria is a more complex issue but sadly their situation has been over folding in a very dramatic way so far. all of us practical politician should keep a close watch on the developments in that country but it daffy for one had issued unequivocal orders to slaughter opposition activists by contrast syria's president

never ordered anything like that unfortunately people are going in syria in grave numbers it is i'm not around it is our deepest concern and therefore in my discussions with president assad during our personal conversations and in our correspondence i've been advocating one principle idea that he should immediately launch reforms reconcile with the opposition restore civil accord and start developing a modern state should he fail to do that he's in for a grim faced with and we will eventually have to take some decisions on syria to actually we've been watching developments very attentively the situation is changing and so we're already active on the menu yes i understand that from this look at some of the numbers in the wake of the warranty thousand and eight russian envoy some representatives of south the sect is de facto government argued that the fighting in simi valley had claimed two thousand lives that was the number that was announced that later on russia's investigative committee an estimate of the

casualties it's no more than one hundred fifty people i mean while it was this alleged toll of two thousand this would serve to some of the main reasons for launching the so-called peace important operation how do you counter this discrepancy now three years after the little. girl. getting it so for me i have explained by rationale for taking our decision on the universe occasions you see i didn't go get any figures from his vacation this isn't exactly a case for mathematics in one of us movie remind you what was going on where they were on the night between. the seventh and all that's the eighth i received a phone call from the defense minister i was on vacation at the time sailing down the volga river and the whole world was looking forward to the olympics that were about to take off in china as i said no minister told me that georgia had launched a full scale combat operation so look at the honest my initial reaction was complete that was or was that i told the minister we should check this really

completely out of his mind maybe it's just a provocative act that maybe he stress test the oh yes seconds it trying to send us some kind of message which and i will later minister reported to me this is no bluff they've unleashed an elaborate artillery barrage and they using grad rocket launchers and. i said all right i'll wait for another update with some more try to pass to the minister called again i have something to tell you i believe they've just leveled a tent full of our peacekeepers killing every one of them what was i supposed to do i said return fire and shoot to kill no figures have been announced at that point. mr president you said you gave the order to return fire that are the operation continued after the heavy weapons rolled in and the conflict down due to an all out war could you tell us about how you made the decision to continue the operation and not a question that all our colleagues would like answered you who called on first did you call prime minister putin and d.g. first or did he call you how did you and the prime minister called you need to move

. the listener so the first time i contacted him about a conflict was about twenty four hours after it had broken out that what was going well was already ablaze what mr putin just made a statement condemning tbilisi's move that was the right thing to do of course because we spoke twenty four hours after the attack over a secure line was i to understand it's not really appropriate to discuss matters like this by south areas it's also a lot of trouble to establish a secure line with someone who's in a different country that we taught and we talk more when he came back but even before his return i called to meet. the security council i explained my position my decision to return fire and engage in conflict the security council members voiced their support for my decision sometime later we had the meeting in such a which mr putin attended i don't want. anything on the question of russia's accession to the world trade organization is very relevant these days russia into the w t o w c o wants russian the problem as far as we understand is that georgia

is blocking russia's accession it is the only country that's not in favor of russia joining the w t o yes there's been talk about georgia agreeing to greeting russia succession if russia lifts its embargo on the import of georgian goods to make some other concessions is russia willing to pass a for it and what is your take on the prospects of russia joining. us and that was very well put and one thing i don't want to do is carter for it that would be a moral moderate georgia has a position on russia's w t o a session we respect their position as we respect the stance of any of us over in a state as long as that position is in line with the goal set out in the w t o's charter of trade trade preferences custom regimes we're ready to discuss it all the imports of wine and mineral water we will discuss anything but the problem is something else you know in essence our colleagues in georgia are trying to force on

us a new edition of the political problems under the guise of w. to go recession i'm referring to entry points control over the traffic of goods then they will want to get the e.u. involved our position on this is clear if you want information about the traffic of goods including transit forever and south of setia we will provided by our modern electronic database i've agreed to the suggestion is made by the swiss president regarding this and i recently discussed it with president obama what we're ready to implement the model that switzerland has proposed to us what the weather if they try to change current. the tickle reality serving is a prerequisite for russia w.t.f. a session we went forth about. essentially is not too high a price to pay thank you very much mr president.

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streets and chatted our. operations are today. please tell stories from our team of u.s. credit rating has been downgraded for the first time since one hundred seventeen despite the loss when it gets to be a little further to default. it all comes on top of wall street's course performance in over two years and european debt troubles two suggesting the share rollercoaster ride is the likes of that continue monday. egypt's former president is on trial for mass killing and corruption but a weary public says the revolution is not over the replacement regime to face them out. and just across the border in israel over a quarter of a million people have rallied against the government there developing better living

conditions and say they're ready to do whatever it is. you're watching out for moscow. hello welcome to the sports news and these are the headlines. david the season spartak moscow missa penalty would come from two goals down amid a floodlight failure to win four to a ten man so there you know russian premier league. plus that's why they're champions manchester united come from two goals down to beat rivals manchester city three two in stoppage time to win the community shield. and lives to reach russia come back from three goals down to beat three thousand and six for the crown european beach soccer champions. refers to a convention of world war and an unconventional match howling mr penalty and

endured a break for a flop like failure spartak moscow came back from two goals down to forty that are in a pulsating match in the russian premier league the home side so a first off through after that off on thursday morning c.l. netted a rebounding penalty to make it to no answer just before our times. missed the penalties thanks to nil it stayed there three minutes after the interval exits and i ever saw the reds and the meet you can pull the goal brown from the penalty spot before our eight made it to tee off to seventy six minutes but then the lights went out at the new stadium and it took fifteen minutes to get them partially relist and when the game resumes and valid and let it go reached deep into injury time spot actually when forty yes in complete contrast it was an uneventful going for a lot more t.v. we were held to a goal of the straw i wasn't a little bit of. goal meanwhile twice former champions robin kept up the pressure

on the top four with a controversial one there when that second god spotlight now to reinvent only under the silver saw his feeble first half penalty denied as they go. i want to thank that saved his blushes with a seventy second mate strike despite a wave of protests from the home side who insisted the strike accountable who in the build up stopped moving to retreat and stay fifth. while in the early kick off the new was closeted i can't easy to know when is it lonely out there for a match winners for once a night. opened thirty minutes and. in the second half i think you lost it in a long range cracker from a second base and then his full side and their third defeat in four games. but on saturday champions and eat humble the league leaders taste to nil to get the gap to the top three just two points two goals within one second half minutes did the damage and because of cost and fifty four minutes with

a pinpoint header. and unmarked hits in the new course it's was limited to no it's simply ego i can say if it's near post it if it was only the second this season that is sky was a need now unbeaten thing nine games. so a rare defeat so far this season that's a scowl supporters but some of the fans will want to remember this day for a very long time as a group of birthday boys and girls were given the perfect present the chance to walk out onto the pitch with their heroes scott mcclellan has more. all these kids have at least a couple of things in common one of them of course is their undivided love for the red and blue club says most school and the other is that they're all celebrating their birthday in august i must sell tickets i read the announcement and said sky website and now both my sister and i are here to leave the players out. the announcement such was talking about it as a club stream accompanying him to winning over the hearts of supporters from an

early age and this case is with boys and girls aged eight to twelve all parents have to do submit their kids' birth certificate to c.s. and they will get an opportunity to meet at their favorite player or one of their home games that often more schools were made that told me that i could leave the player on the pitch i said yes trade a break because he left his car an interesting case is my favorite. those lucky enough to be among the first eleven up against the birthday present which their friends would probably talk away for months after all it is a dream come true to be to your idol to such an important much like the one in serious and senate that. i've been a fan of says scott ever since i can remember myself and i would not miss this chance for anything something like this may never happen again. but the c.f. card lost which will probably soon be rationed their memories address you for the periods but thinking of the reminiscence of a special birthday person more than likely made in their hearts for. scott

mcclellan are to. fall over in england money scored twice including the stoppage time winner is defending premier league champions manchester united came from two goals down three f.a. cup winners and fierce rivals manchester city three c. and win a thrilling community shielding house at wembley the initial couldn't raise it to the new season proved to be a thriller like if united a psychological that's just a tough like title number twenty six he took the lead out of thirty eight minutes joleon lescott has passed they return the goalkeeper that is the head and. tough stuff is time enough space to run in five hundred thirty seconds however united's chris smalling volley to go back soon after the restart and united were not home within an hour none of the chipping off then difficult a stoppage time presentation i've been some company in the hot white line allowed nani to run unchallenged round costs and complete a scintillating comeback. i mean while russia has robbie year early on in beach sawka for the second time in history after coming from three goals down to beat

straights and six four in moscow as michel sort of reports. russia has already established itself as one of the world's big soccer powerhouses alongside giants like brazil stay and portugal to name just a few the euro league super final held in moscow for the first time by the way group once again that they seem is a force to be reckoned with from the world cup however the home team started the super final slow and that's put it lightly this way side who are your elite runners up in last year's tournaments managed to upset the sold out improvise be sure read up three times by the end of the first period their star player and look at what he must go striker to youngstown to score a brace and his teammate borrero added the third to get into it was obvious if you want to top form in the opening minutes well you can hold on to the bull and eventually conceded some pretty easy kills but thanks to which we were by phone will come from the second i threw it on wards i think and achieved the result of

the russians finally brought some joy to the fans in the first minute of the second period after scoring a penalty switzerland replied with a goal of their own and then it later but despite the disadvantage the home side managed to build on that first goal and equalized at the end of the second period it's not easy to play here against three thousand people and also one strong russian team. but i think they make a good case but also that all of us is one of the best team in the world. you have to learn from this to this game. this story made it cool for until the clock showed three minutes before the final whistle and it was a band that russia to believe for the first time in this super final group the neatly shisha two minutes later this same player with a girly crown beyond any doubt russia after scoring his second for the see russia have become the champions of the continent for the second sign while switzerland have lost the euro league super final for the second time in a row however both teams will get

a chance to square off once again at the upcoming world cup in september that's like a lot of beach soccer season baseball from all over the calculations are not good at all it's a good thing that it's ok to compete for corners that the soccer world cup where russia is considered to be one of the favorite things like all three of arctic moscow fine it's what i saw on detroit red wing center at all that so has won this year's column of tracing the waters given by russian newspaper soviets the sport which recognises the top russian players who are in a shelter and out he spoke at that soup at life on the ice. it's a tough question slug person so when will they have for not revealing systems staff and mike not only inside singing when not all in the session i'm not saying they will close. the milk loose fifteen years on monday morning when the six people who

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torchwood i'm meeting the minute in courier they made was list going through the whole clause for the song guests business like a neutral. maybe i'm not strong enough to hold some water or three going to the present so the last time the ranger boldly bundled tea he sold was the colonel can you get when you stop working up so i never felt more than i have what's going on to. so be a secret it's a be immortal it can't it is new being just post a negative it's a lot old you're old mr washington post looking for. fishing

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