claimed hundreds of innocent lives. are next is our scenes eggs live interview with iran's president now what happened here chad's. president mahmoud ahmadinejad thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy show jewel to be on r.t. and to answer a number of questions that i'd like to put to you and get your latest thoughts on domestic issues and international issues i'll start if i may with the story that made all the news headlines for the past six months that unfolded in north africa in the middle east that's been dubbed the arab spring what are your views on the arab spring and we've spoken about it before but i just wanted to hear your latest thoughts do you think it's a popular uprising for the better to bring democracy or you think it's something maybe that's been orchestrated from abroad over to you so. so we've seen very important developments in our region and in north africa it's not only about the

people in the region today justice and dignity are among the requirements of all human beings africa has the same aspirations and i think our region has the ability to run our own countries and they have the ability to reach their goals and objectives it's important to take note on the interference of nato in the region nato has interfered in the affairs of libya the security council has made a mistake instead of sending bombs and planes to libya they should have sent mediation groups in order to prepare for free elections under the auspices of the un and whoever won the elections would be acceptable for the people but the security council hastily issued a resolution and it has complicated the situation that has led to the killings and the massacre of people and destruction of infrastructure in the country. do you think iran needs to liberalize do you think you should introduce more political reforms to maybe head off something similar happening in this country as well at some point in the future does it worry you at all. i think the entire world needs

more freedom and more than everybody else in the world the europeans and the americans need freedom in europe is there freedom really is there real freedom in the united states they're beating people in the streets do you think the dissenting voices in your country of which there are some are listening to you do you give any heed to what they have to say to you. i think we have more freedom in iran than other countries in the voices are heard more than in other countries i am among the people and i am in close contact with the people we have mass media we have preferred the press and they criticize the government but if you think i'm going to say we have an ideal situation where in the world can you find a fully ideal country iran is among the best countries in the world in this respect we've never said we are perfect should be a comparison let's look now at your neighbors new relationship with some of your nearest neighbors and then you bahrain. yemen lebanon iraq palestine some of those countries have been complaining we're meddling in their internal affairs do they

have a point. have we done a bad thing that we said that people should not be killed in bahrain what bad thing did we do do you call it interference who is using military force in both rein are we doing that who is interfering in the internal affairs of the region show me one place or one location in the world where iranian military forces are present there is no such place the british forces american forces nato forces there around us everywhere they're surrounding iran and those same forces say iran is interfering in the internal affairs of the region what can we say to that. only recently iran announced that you've stepped up production of new centrifuges faster better centrifuges to make better higher quality you raney the question mark is why i know you've said all the world long the line around does not want nuclear weapons ran as a peaceful country but of course a lot of people in the west don't believe that they do feel that there's not enough

transparency do you think this country you should be doing more to make it more transparent. we don't like that some countries have nuclear weapons if we're going to be against nuclear weapons we must rise in opposition to current nuclear arsenals their own oil many nuclear arsenals in belgium in germany and other european countries. let me just get this straight are you saying that in some point in the future you may want to acquire a nuclear deterrent a nuclear weapon. never never we do not want nuclear weapons we do not seek nuclear weapons this is only inhuman weapon our religion says it is prohibited and we are religious people nuclear weapons have no capability today if any country tries to build a nuclear bomb in fact they waste their money and resources and they create great day. for themselves the international equations are not determined by nuclear arsenals today the americans have nuclear bombs and nuclear weapons and could they

win in iraq and afghanistan could their nuclear weapons help the israelis to gain victory in lebanon and gaza could nuclear weapons help the former soviet union from collapse. nuclear weapons or weapons of the previous century our goal in the country and the goal of our people is peace for all nuclear energy for rules and nuclear weapons for. all nuclear activities in iran are monitored by the i.a.e.a. there will be no documents against iran from the agency it's just a claim by the us that we are after nuclear weapons. did you ever consider it possible that the united states could make air strike against you could launch military action against your country does it worry you. they want to do it but they know. they know that we would give them a very decisive response. when you say a decisive response what do you mean. we would give them a crushing response that's a normal reaction we have a saying if someone throws

a small stone you reply with a bigger one we will defend ourselves to our full capability but i hope that will never come there's no reason for war why should they attack us. this regards israel and yes there's no reason ever to go to war with them there's no reason to make a first strike a preemptive strike against would you have. the case of the zionist regime is different it was created for the purpose of threats and aggression it was created to secure the interest of the west if there's an honest regime didn't terrorize occupy or threaten it wouldn't exist they've been created solely for that purpose and in the past sixty years they've always done the same thing they've always behaved the same way but anyway they can look at the world map they can see iran there and our history and geopolitics. nuclear power plant which has been in development for a long time obviously is a country must be very much looking forward to that coming on stream to give you

nuclear power to know when the launch date will be know the operational date when it feeds the grid. it will be operational they say before the end of the year there is no problem of course it's part of the relationship between us and russia and of course that can be seen by the world community and the entire international community watches how russians are building our nuclear power plant. let's focus on china fast developing country actively promoting itself here in iran at the moment how do you see iranian development both ways do you think you'll be selling more of your energy to china in the future. we have a two way relationship iran and china are two important and large countries and they enjoy centuries old civilizations and consciousness we've always maintained friendly ties and today we have identical views on international development but the common denominator in our relationship is based on justice and security for all . relationship with russia has always been very good but it

was a little shaky when for the first time russia decided to go with sanctions imposed here you said that was inadmissible last year and acceptable what i relations with russia now. iran and russia are two neighbors geographically we should always remain neighbors we cannot change that reality because we cannot move our land we must be friends and we must remain friends we must be in a position to make use of these resources and common views earlier i had very good talks with mr putin and also very useful discussions with president medvedev i hope will be able to expand our bilateral relations especially with regard to the present global economic and political changes iran and russia can offer common solutions to the current international troubles and the two sides must develop their ties and contacts and hopefully we'll be able to increase the level of those by law. the relations in twenty thirteen you'll be coming to the end of your a second and final presidential term you've been extremely busy for the last eight

years what are you going to do then what does a president then become what are you looking forward to doing and what will you miss about the job we have free elections in our country whoever is elected by the people will be the right one and this is the right of our nation they have the right to freely elect anybody they wish and i will help them i mean university professor and to preserve his job and profession and i'll continue to serve the nation anywhere and at the university they'll be no problem. but i ask you though what you will most miss about the job would you most enjoyed about the job. myself . ok. president of iran thank you so much for taking the time to be with r.t. international and your time's preciousness very much appreciated. this

is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo overtop they talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day that killed nine guerrillas and come back to the situation by instructs you including you know and there are strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. let me. explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this idea that you need to produce bodies actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet. u.s. aid continued to flow.

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a recap of the stories that shapes this week of the british streets riots that led to over two thousand arrests into a backlash of police over how they handled the volatile cindy saying but often says it's all the government is seeking help from a veteran american police chief. the us gets a downgrade of its top notch credit stages through a major ratings agency which also gave the country a negative economic outlook. label in its roots in jail at the top and speak. with three years this week since the minute she offensive to be's attempts to regain control of the territory resulted in five days boring played hundreds of innocent lives. like a sport on the way now without injury. hello

there good to have you company thanks watching the sport and these are the headlines six of the best in am i thrashed eric six two while russian premier league leaders to grab a late equaliser against rubin. little known american steve and lead the way of the page championship. and serene again for my number one jury in the williams reaches the road just cup following. with the russian premier league where leaders to skip moscow have narrowly escaped a second straight defeat the army men poor thing after a draw away to be it was the home side who laid against the run of ten minutes from half time the referee judging the ball to have been handled in the penalty area babies not stepping up to make it one zero four to be now let's fast forward to the second half and there are similar scenes to discuss striker wagner love is pushed in the six yard box says the refs penalty again. blast from the

spot remains one minute this stage business is the toilets right towards the end and they got their reward right at the death islanders a go away with a goal which would grace any page one one the final score to sky are now three points above second place in the pages. on sunday. in short supply when the nominee and terry gross in the matter up at the arena him the visitors from chechnya grabbing the lead with just half a dozen minutes on the clock creeping in at the back post to make it one nil without was as good as it gets the terek nama first equalizing through on the bottom and right before the half hour mark and then taking the lead six minutes later kevin could i knew turning his man superbly to that richie one. definitely worth another look. and to move goes either side of the brain would make

terex job even harder show cross it doesn't matter as yusupov he claims to now miss forth. sixty how the one sided class would. move to within a point of second place and some places but. the spot on our cheek meanwhile have climbed off the bottom following it so you know when i way to f. c. helm the visit is taking the lead fifteen minutes from time alexander sixteen finding the net beautifully on the ten contenders for mission of the season which the following. much easier to score but the striker would make amends right at the death hitting home with the top side's defense once again all it seemed to nail the school in siberia. elsewhere could go six after beating rostov to one on the road brazilian defender open the score after twenty three minutes then come on take maybe one one.

but mark and may need only six minutes to put the band in front again rostov remain forty and have the same number of points from spot chip one after to risk of drawers and he can join in at the top of the league today with victory. all to welcome. but i must go and i'm go head to head while crossing the. bottom side creative. the first day of the new english premier league season so sent off on his day before asked no gun is drawing near mill newcastle it was a game that wasn't particularly spectacular given years i was given a red card with forty minutes to go after raising an arm to newcastle as joey barton liverpool have the honor of scoring the first goal of this season luis suarez to be precise but sunderland fans back to leave the final score one one at anfield elsewhere he promoted side queens park rangers but thrashed four nil it home to bolton their top along with wolves who came from behind to beat blackburn

point away to break in their fellow man aston villa shared the spoils and spurs against everton more split because of the riots in england in the week. now on sunday defending champions manchester united are away at west brom and i can tell you chelsea begin their campaign. now in other news to little known americans are leading the way final major of the year brendan steel and jason dufner are a shot ahead if. at the p.g.a. championship still has only finished in the top ten one so far this season and that was when he won the takes to saipan so he's seven full their way shot a sixty six on saturday's taking many by surprise steals on seven on the overall along with another unexpected name jason dufner is keeping up his great form birdies back to back on the fifteenth and sixteenth post giving him a shared belief while another american p.g.a. tour ricky keegan bradley is just a shot back even in the u.s.

. in six majors short of the day though i'm not sure he meant it went to northern ireland rory mcilroy hair. nicely to go off his back on to the grain he had to smile after that even though he's fourteen shots off with stephen bradley who are trying to stay focused. my expectations are just to go play a solid round tomorrow and if it's good enough then great and if it's not then you know it'll be my this is my first major self hopefully first of many you know probably be a little anxious for me i don't think i get i guess you could probably call it nerves but for me it's just anxious to get out there and get the competition go in and see you know how i can stack up against this field against this golf course i think that's what all the guys are out here they're all trying to win tournaments and it is just want to see how they stack up i think well a familiar name is taking control again in tennis former world number one sure williams is three to the final of the road use cup in toronto she is ranked eighteen in the world after

a long layoff through injury but is coming back to the best sweeping past victoria as a rank in straight sets the williams just too much to set up a final with the strain. of a study that was made to work a bit harder in her semi with agnes could advance to the pole level the match and assess all the stars then responded in the decider to take that six to win the match to set up the final with serena when you. the man's going world number one novak djokovic she is in the final of the rogers cup and montreal after taking the first set against your will for the frenchman retired three games love down in the second and that is the fifty third win from fifty four matches this year for jockey of age and he will play mardy fish in the final fish also a man in form he got past the savage six three six four for his eleventh when in twelve matches not quite up there with djokovic the fish was dominating the match at the net and felt good about the manner of his victory afterwards. spain's dani

pedrosa has pole position for today's czech republic most a g.p. not to turn by having to steer his bike through a slippery track twenty five year old maintained his blistering pace we can reigning champion. starts second on the grid. that is. finally r.t. will continue its series of in-depth interviews with russian top ice hockey stars playing abroad i guess this time is a well traveled n.h.l. veteran and two thousand and nine stanley cup winner gone char the five time all-star talked about his favorite plays training regimes and of course his own future in the. ok. i'm not skating i was summertime pretty much until i mean our barbara starr we're going to start getting next week. and then you know work out why it's i just

try to use my you know body weight more of them off great story just different i don't think you know there's really something special about it you know where your money needs and you know how much time you need to get ready so it's very much the program that you kind of. figure out through career. i would love to play a man that's close to have a winter olympics in russia i'm sure i mean seems like the. country government you know they're doing everything to make sure you know everything is going to be for us plus and i'm looking really looking forward to it so all hope well play there with if i'm not going to play on the phone when i watch the games. on. record. it was a cause of mine for i think a year. before i went to north america and i had

a chance to work with him during the world cup. so i know him i know him i mean on our style he's a fortune so i think like he's one of those guys who. you know wants to win and i'm very level that he's working. for. i don't think that there is anybody close to be here on that's the nation our mark in all trouble charms lego's various above everybody else for him beyond we have so much talent from since i get the i mean there is see you a good player but i don't think there are spirit as malcolm the original. culture. seems like the league is progressing over the years last couple years a game so they're getting more competitive from i think the quality of hockey getting better saw and i was for still talking through feel my friends were going

theorems be saying the same thing so ok cho i think moving in the right direction i'm just a mother of easy to circumscribe cheer on building a new league and seems like you're doing the right thing to move forward. i talk with fewer some players look around them i play for you kirk of a place holder they want to championship larry last year was a captain put it to me and told him i talked to on three once in a while i'm not sure you are going to probably call them next few days. and you. keep in touch with those guys from they telling me what's going on. as long as i feel how say you know when there is an arm injury so i'd like to continue playing at the lakers i mean i still want to play i had a surgery

a couple years ago on my shoulder and i'm most missing for almost a year and i was like i was great to spend time with your family because central my career i've been traveling a lot come you know spent a lot of time away from the family but you know on the same time i felt like there is still i still want to play and. i'll still continue playing somewhere. that brings the end of the sport that i'm we've got the weather coming up next.

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hit tipping over that would have been this week the british riots see a backlash that police say about how they handle the chaos the government turns to america while the locals take on patrols when cells all say. america. is in trouble america is becoming insolvent. a score score for the united states has its credit rating is cut for the first time in a century and the global markets into spain. the americans have nuclear bombs and nuclear weapons and could they win in iraq and afghanistan could be nuclear weapons help the israelis to gain victory in lebanon and gaza could nuclear weapons help the former soviet union from collapse president ahmadinejad dismisses iraq's nuclear reputation and tells r.t. atomic bombs are obsolete never.