really you believe. that you never. call them back here's a recap of the main stories we're covering today on our banking on the sanctions the ears all embargo on syria could back far as energy firms cash in on pumping for another two months fueling the regime it's. southern europe braces for a sturdy anger as italy and spain try to push through more savage cuts on the arduous efforts to save greece appear to be untagged will. also turkey suspends all trade and military ties with israel as relations sent to a new low because israel won't apologize for killing five activists in last year's

gaza flotilla raids. most running to libya now where the rebels have reportedly reached a deal to ensure one of the remaining gadhafi strongholds without fire as well more insight into what's happening in libya with a leading a middle east analyst an interview that something next. you know i'm joined by rosemary hollis a professor of middle east policy studies at city university in london rosemary thanks for speaking to r.t. so how well has the international community handled the newbie in crisis will you make a distinction between the nato members some of whom are extremely proud of what's been achieved so far in libya and the broader international community who are adjusting to developments in libya and deciding to be on the side of the future though not every government around the world has yet recognized and accepted the national transitional council as the government so did they do the right thing to

begin with i think the u.n. responded to an emergency the arab league made a plea for some sort of intervention to save the citizens of benghazi from massacre . but only over the last several months have we all realized the extent to which britain france in particular nato in general basically entered the war determined to get off the side when there seems to be an assumption that the new government of libya will be automatically pro way than the old or contracts will just be renewed but is that really going to be the case do you think i'm not sure that. the new libyan government will be pro-west there are three or four signals so far that they're very firmly nationalist for example they said they're not extraditing any libyan including apple pass it on mccarthy who was convicted of the

lockerbie bombing and the americans wanted. he's now close to death and living in tripoli and the national transitional council says that's where he stays the other signals are that they're talking about yes it would be nice to have u.n. help. caring for elections but no we don't want international observers there drawing a line where they think it should be drawn between what's their business and not international help is useful for this is a good thing i think it's essential for the survival of the next new libyan government that they be seen to be more libyan than a tool of the west because the west realize that you think it is and how dangerous is this kind of scramble for influence it's a good question how to do western players realize that they are a kind of liability i think only with difficulty they realize this they assume that they've got the best interests of not only themselves but libyans to at heart and

it can be an amicable mutually beneficial understanding reached what yeah they talk about democracy in a way that suggests they can only see the western version the british government certainly has been very keen to stress that this will not be another iraq and they've learned those lessons but you think that's really the case have they really learned those lessons it seems that every political generation every generation of politicians thinks that they can achieve things that the previous one didn't until they try. they won't say any different so cameron and sarkozy took a massive gamble that they could pull something off in libya that would contrast with the disaster that was the intervention in iraq and you know have president sarkozy talking as though this is a template for future interventions. maybe but the cost in resources in mount power in struggle that is to come i mean there will have to be

massive support in humanitarian terms in the near term there will be more fighting it is taking casualties and there's a lot of rebuilding to do and reconciliation between the. factions and therefore it's not over and done with in terms of commitment of western manpower kind of energy and resources how much potential is there for this to turn into another iran is it on the right course now of course it's a cliche to say it but you know the comparisons can only be taken so far with iraq libya is a very different place and some calculations had to do with the fact that it seems simpler to intervene in libya it was a smaller population spread out mostly along the coast with long exposed roads in between the main towns and cities that presented targets that

nato aerial intervention looked capable of exploiting to good effect on the ground . how to say. what we hear about. various people from the m i six type sector but certainly special forces s.a.'s and so on operating on the ground. this is very much. a kind of proxy war which must be extremely exciting and exhilarating at some level to be involved so it's more likely it seems to me that in that sense the appetite for further interventions will exist as opposed to this is the template for. the triumph of humanitarianism over. warfare what about the national transitional council they've promised that within eighteen months they'll have a new constitution and elections is that possible well the lesson from. the other

revolutions in the region and egypt is that there's good reasons to delay elections if you think you can organize sensible coherent and different contra. competing political parties if you have more time so it rather depends were people are going to vote as they did in iraq in the initial elections on name recognition or on sectarian loyalties in this case possibly in libya on tribal loyalties all rural urban divide. name recognition rather than choosing between different party platforms but an inclusive assembly to devise and choose and approve a constitution may not be such a bad thing the u.k. government's already sending at is that they've run frozen but it's not

a little bit naive given what happened in iraq with a lot of money going missing i think it's essential if you've invested in the national transitional council you certainly have to hand over the money to them and you can't then say but we don't trust him to spend it correctly because then you are verging on doing what the americans did in iraq which is saying we could do we can organize iraq better than the iraqis do you trust them to think you make a fool of doing it i think there's going to be retribution i think there's going to be continued conflict in neighborhoods in. out lying regions of the country i think it's going to take a long time for the libyans to find their way to a completely different path your could elfie invented was a very peculiar system it was supposed to be democracy for the masses with grassroots assemblies making the decisions it was nothing of the kind it was a dictatorship and those around the kernel operated out of

fear as much as greed trying to suck up to him lots of people were implicated where do you draw the line who was too bad to be forgiven who needs prosecuting and really. does justice or will it be the kind of magnanimous justice is about inclusiveness and building together now the libyans need to work all that out in the meantime they've got to pay salaries to get the basic tasks of life including policing and the court system operating if during that period they are challenge to sign contracts with international companies and have to make decisions which end up reinforcing the role of the state in the commercial sector in the economy and include inducements from those companies to secure the contracts against the competition

then we're back into the danger zone that this will not be a wholly transparent and un corrupt regime. the jury's out western leaders have stressed to the rebels the need to avoid revenge attacks and the need for tolerance yet they've also said that nato airstrikes will continue for as long as that is a threat the message is well i know from my experience of. conversations with arabs and different parts of the arab world over many years that they never take the statements of the west at face value they always assume as they hit its end and they positively expect. double standards so on this particular occasion it suits the rebels as well as the nato powers to fudge the truth about who's on the side of right and who's doing all the

killing and what the consequences are but will this lead to revenge attacks already within the rebels rounding up sub-saharan black africans accusing them of being rates that is appalling and there will be questions for all the future of the economy how much i tender and labor do they need. even the egyptians who were working for the libyans before the revolution have had rough treatment and have gone home painted us people from east asia who've been in the same bind and you're seeing a version of racism and prejudice coming out against anybody who's black on suspicion that gadhafi recruited mercenaries from sub-saharan africa but. the truth is a mixture of things yes some mercenaries how witting how understanding they were of what they got involved in one doesn't know but that a lot of innocents are getting caught up in this absolutely but that is the nature

of war and so despite what sarkozy and cameron and anybody else may wish to do to dress this up as a glorious rescue of the ordinary people against a vicious dictator in fact it's war and bad things happen in law. thanking.

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some stories on our t.v. banking on a sanctions that you use or the bargo on syria could back far as energy firms cash in on pumping for another two months if you will in the regime it's condemning. southern europe braces for a sturdy agger as italy and spain try to push through more savage cuts while the onto a sufferance to save greece appear to be on time glickman. also turkey suspends all trade and military ties with the zero as relations sing to a new low because israel wants apologize for killing nine activists in last year's gaza flotilla raids. one of those stories in about fifteen minutes but first all the latest in sports or dmitri.

hello there well for the sports a bit nutty things to do in that space so first let's take a quick look at our top stories. irish test russia victory in what could be a huge step towards an automatic qualification sport at next year's european football championships. called dates on this to see people change of advances into only his second grand slam quarter finals are in the williams is up next for the russian. causing us clash russia. claims the highest court in competition history on the way to winning the final world seriously diving event of the season. now let's start with football where a crowd of seventy thousand fans are set to watch russia and the republic of ireland go for broke in moscow tonight a victory for the home side would go a long way to ensuring russia qualify for their third straight european

championships a few notable absentees from dick advocaat scored first first goalkeeper moscow's fave misses the class after picking up an injury in a recent club game this side's central midfielder is also out for a suspension but a number of big names are on board including former chelsea nant and also midfielder under sharp and remember russia countless sit points ahead of ireland and slovakia it doesn't matter who is clue for ireland. under twenty one three committees always do more two hundred percent always difficult to play against but again we have to. do what we did there as well. meanwhile the irish are coming off a goal is draw against slovakia at the weekend the visitors anticipating a tough encounter a stadium where defeat could bring their qualifying hopes to an end and with

a fully fit squad to choose from all those spots out moscow. is still struggling with an ankle injury. so i think group could move to joint top of the table when they mean it in a minute themselves haven't given up fruit while they're still near post reports on and. not tennis where this year's used to open will see a pair of russians playing in the quarterfinals with one it wasn't all that unfortunately not one of them after being knocked out by world number one was not screen couldn't look to be controlled with through the match set up and leading for one in the second but does not speak isn't the world's best for nothing but they suffered back to back opening round defeats in toronto and cincinnati right before the event stormed back in the second set to take a turn five and then let me know when they decide it's six one and the match. is to roll on us on a simple chunk of its side when she took on from jessica's given in the last

sixteen the russian losing to the italian veteran for a grand slam meetings but the twenty year old putting that right on a five seven six three six thoughts call i saw her no end of a chunk of another russian ladies with a chance to take at flushing meadows. who drink it is next hurdle serena williams is looking in top form an advantage unable to sustain the game against a huge brawl favorites losing six three six thought the threat a nine year old saw for the change we were in for it sets in their one previous career it's. no joke of it and younger to have made grand slam history by setting up a clash with each other it's the. first time in the open air. will face off in the quarterfinals of a major tournament joke of each briefly caught off guard in the opening stretch of trees last sixteen encounter against alexandre dug up all of. the world number one regrouped and managed to recover seven six six four six two how to ended up twenty

four year old told that two zero lead coming a pointed straight which in head to head meeting. of the federal will be sleeping it's not only after he's made with one man not only started at midnight in your time that express dominates the client six one six two and six life. juggle fritz and gun while halted soldiering local favorite modification in an epic five sets of a twenty six season the initiative alone by seven three break points in the open a push to the next two sets before the french moments of the decider six two. now that cliff clavin season has ended with the red bull world series grand finale in ukraine russia's correcting his campaigning style as you claim his sole staging sure of the year with a high score in sports history. we

dove or seek out of this world's billings that's why the sport's most prestigious competition the red blue world series keeps traveling all across the planet discovering new locations to hold their breath taking events for the final stage of the season thirteen high flyers made their way to the swells nest castle one of ukraine's main places of interest in the crimean sure of the black sea. and the polling there englishman barry jones who entered the events as the newly crowned champion for stage wins in a row seeing the briton retain his world title two weeks ago in boston and the men who see the second in the overall standings russia still feet over their doom siege and was looking to claim their first event when it was to believe after the first three rounds of the condition blue was because you shouldn't be putting the

burnished native ahead of runs and then he defines the top six now left to battle in the shadow of the castle brilliant retirement once again and wishing he's ace in the back the so-called triple one although it will soon still to show that sunday's events demonstrating one of the hardest the sport has ever seen epic understand with blank entry the russian entering the water with his head held high the outcome clear before the judges had even showed their scores at first took place to go to finish of the season but twenty seven year olds and course of his career by over it out to be more than just suit claiming the high stool to score the competition has ever seen because his play. it's not my first win but it's definitely the most precious one for me i'm second in the overall standings but

here i proved to be the backstage it's a very happy mood for me while i was. preparing for my dives it was kind of strange knowing that the pressure of the series was our everyone else is fighting for places and and i was just taking as an individual competition after winning the first two stages this year nine turn away champion or landed here was forced to leave the completion due to injury but he's no recovery leading the twenty twelve season is gearing out to be one of the new thrilling in the record. the world cleat diving series twenty eleven i've just come to know and with all the best efforts of the sport i've been taking their owners but the point is that each of those who take part in business will rise in company can be safely called an outstanding sportsman. r.-t.

crane. and finally whatever goes up must come down and these guys make a living out of it the russian pressured masters recently dominated at the european freefall style and landing championships and advancing gorski looks at the trials and tribulations faced by those high flying and fast landing competitors. ascending to cruising altitude of one thousand meters is followed by a swift freefall back down with virtually no margin of error the computer is expected to land on a guy i'm with the dead center sweet spot only two centimeters in diameter and while such consistent precision landings may seem far fetched to the uninitiated they're considered to be the fundamentals of the sport. the right every athlete must always learn the basics of their school before going any further calculating a jump is the most fundamental aspect of parachutes and safety that's why i believe

all youngsters should start with the classic parachuting discipline we've got kids coming in at sixteen years old some of you know it's become junior world champions by twenty. the individual acrobatics program meanwhile requires one to twist and turn in the air at an alarming rate and simply executing flashing chris movements is not enough either. the judges getting the opposite of bird's eye view for this event to see if participants can keep a straight of the trajectories possible while they perform the flips and like in every sport be a successful high flying daredevil requires a specific skill set and personality. besides being brave i believe anyone participating in the sport must be physically confederates and have coordination. that will definitely help for insurance or play billiards will help one make more precise landing calculations russian women proving to be the greatest

in serbia taking over all honors in dominating fashion the czech shell just a little bit more savvy than the russians in the men's event call to win gold frenchwoman deborah planned for zero meanwhile set the world record for her lending precision six consecutive landings just one centimeter off putting her exactly where she wanted to be every time a total of seventeen countries taking to the skies butt. russia's main parachuting man hopes for more local support in getting high through choice humans have always had dreams of reaching for the skies and flying we created planes and rockets and the sport that we have today is another manifestation of that desire to fly hopefully our government will notice and help our efforts allowing us to raise our level of performance. and while the more grounded sports seem to get more exposure these their devils are hoping this competition continues to take off in russia and worldwide yvonne's of course r g. i can soften the phenomenon tossed

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