a star star rise in unemployment partially fueled by spending cuts up next artie's sophie shevardnadze speaks with former nato chief george robertson she caught up with a man who's now an oil executive on the sidelines of the global policy forum in jaroslav ill to get his take on nato's current direction. george thank you very much for being with us again two years later he's managed military organization now and you're on a board of one of the world's top energy companies are there any similarities between energy markets and the war theater. well we've we've both operate a global marketplace we're dealing with global issues oil is politics. in

everything whether it's national politics all international politics so i didn't leave completely behind but i did need to because one of the things i didn't need to i wanted to do it was to establish control ations with russia and to bring russia much more to the main street of western so you know i'm in russia for a russian company. joy well that's what i was going to ask you did you have to just find russia once you've joined. well b.p. is a very interesting is a very interesting company and it doesn't conform to either russian studio tapes or a waste of oil companies to take its stock. so joint venture between the company and four of of the richest man in russia to be vigil. it's a huge company a successful company very. very efficient come to his world so there are

similarities about how your. deputy chairman of the board. of nato i was the leader of the alliance that is the value one set what i will remember most from my time in nature. meeting children to the countries that meant to moscow to care for a decade later do you think this children live in a better world for instance if we take libya how come there been so much child casualty in libya during the operation these children i made a very live in a better world a more prosperous world and a world that sign chile free you a lot of the fear as the previous generations the world war a localized war so there is no doubt that keeping prosperity of the world has improved the chances of living and the quality of life that's what we were seeing

in the arab spring was a younger generation and remember that something like sixty percent of the middle eastern population is under the age of still saying they wanted all of the action as well they wanted a bit of that prosperity a bit of me a joiner people don't want to see all the g seven don't want to see why and large they want to have it want to have a home which they've ever his family they want their children to go to school and that's a huge advance all desire whether whether it's a don't turn shop or don't turn a mosque or turn and one. now i don't think that there were large numbers of children casualties. in tripoli i knew who the targeting is done and they took it and it is done very very carefully indeed if there were casualties it is because colonel gadhafi put those children and those civilians in to deliberately into danger and that of course has happened before and yet if you were head of nato

today is there anything that you would to differently in libya no i wouldn't have done anything different i think secretary general rasmussen has done a very difficult job highly successful because no one no nato troops on the ground . all it was all done in. the population with them sales. the leads set up a transitional government and the office of the refuge to those who wanted to leave because of their death and i think in retrospect although it's strained need to to the living in a chilly was a very good operation we should leave a lasting legacy in libya for the people that they will welcome you are also a member of the british parliament are you concerned that the british military has set foot on another nation's soil while the british military none of the nato countries set foot on libyan soil that may have been a small number of people there giving something vice but by and large it was done

by the libyans themselves and it was done with the backing of the arab league and it was done with the backing of the un security council and so i think this is her template of home these things should happen if there is an assessment to do it there was no need for any old say intervention is in the people did it themselves no need for military intervention in egypt the people did it themselves but in libya you had a desperate at the time despicable dictator with a chart a great coat of mourning though his own people who were undoubtedly have done it if we hadn't taken action but then why don't we try to do the same thing in syria look at the casualties that we have every day. well because you can't intervene everywhere doesn't mean that you shouldn't intervene with you can't you know the borders and the arab league resolution there was a un security council resolution either of these things apply at the woman to

what's happening in syria but also region at the end of the state just as it is in iran it may take some time to walk over and there are i don't mean a spy her chicken out to the hard economic political to from either the house but i've been to syria at this country singer well. we could prepare for the next surprise and keep all of the weapons available the weapon of last resort is the military pay for the new use economic pearl used to put my they use political influence to achieve the games of trying to protect people military action was only taking libya because gadhafi threatened his own people to threaten those who would rebel to be wait. but you know what the cynics would say to that they would say that if you dig deep enough at the heart of every war there is oil well the cynics will always say that i'm a cynic even where there is no war like c.l.o. you are where we where we intervened on bosnia where those north the touch of oil

we're told me to catch so you're the cynic so you are almost certain to invented me to guide afghanistan where there was no war sierra leone and kosovo and bosnia of these along with the examples that come to the top of my head so it's not a boat that oil this case was about saving the population of benghazi from a ruthless brutal dictator but so now we have a national transitional council in libya that says that they don't want any foreign troops in their country can they install peace without the help of the international military force i think the big can do that because they eventually got the reins of power and they thought it all through they've got sensible people in charge some of them have experience in government under come of it i think. some of them have been forced out of the country nor over the country is run so we've got to be able to give the hill it will be required no force it on. me but in

order the killed the transition from a brutal dictatorship to a civilized productive and hopefully a prosperous country now you know the question on everyone's mind is are libin oil capacity is safe and when. will they be restored to the pre-war level oh i know is that the transitional authority is looking carefully at. both the infrastructure and the supply routes for the libyan oil that they're saying it might take a year to eighteen months to get things going because there has been some damage of the will be sabotaged by the outgoing regime but at the moment so he is making up for all of the would be as well i would put that if they get it back to normal then that will produce revenue for the for libya that will be very very useful in the reconstruction and how they called the has allowed b.p. to resume operations in libya just

a few hours ago what have you done to secure the libyan b.p.s. it's now with the transitional national council that are obviously missions going to libya at the present moment the transitional council is dealing with these things in joke or so other companies like b.p. and another company that i'm at the board will be watching carefully to see how that isis had been protected but the main priority and b.p. was to protect the people who work for b.p. at that time and that's far as we can see none of the work affected by by the internal turmoil that was going on but that the priority is to stabilize libya and the oil will be part of the stabilize ation and reconstruction now back in two thousand and one didn't you know that the war on terror would take such a long time i think we all hoped that we would be able to deal with the perpetrators of this atrocity quickly but. you know the truth.

now when you've got something that. they are desperate you know that criminal it wasn't going to the. people who were behind it you know and it's only a matter of months. zama but a lot of the. rough justice the kind of justice that he made today and so many people before but you know we didn't think that it would go on for ten years but we said of the time. the campaign against terrorism would have to warn for as long as was required while someone bin ladin's in the nation was a huge factor in this war on terror do you think at this point it's nearing its end i hold that al qaeda has had its head cut off funds that are saying that separate much weaker than that it was i think those are growing. and countries where he used to get support and court al qaeda tactics have people that might be the future

and hopefully we'll clear of responsibility that will make sure that they can't feed all the resentment of a young underclass in the middle east because that's where the problem started and now the heads being cut off from all this that it remains to be seen how much of the monster still wriggling out over his life torch roberts thank you very much for this into. motion. twenty years ago largest country in the. disappearance of. six. months had been committed to each began a journey. where did it take them.

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welcome to sport coming to you live from moscow with me your mom calls for a first our top stories in brief. last gasp points grabs a stoppage time equaliser as it mega rich on gz winds come from behind to draw two two at home to the tatic. while back in the army field. and alexandre's could return as injury hit says scott gets set to host it's out and giants inter milan in the champions league. and side by side former world number one golfer tiger woods teams up with new caddy joel like breaking his thirteen year association with the bag man steve williams. football first though where samuel it's all scored his third goal for big spending on g m a sound the russians are be against the chechen side said take which ended in it suits to draw

all the visiting side said it opened the scoring early in the first half when alexander palm then called rushed into the penalty area after a long cross by. a dribble through two defenders and the goalkeeper before sending the ball into the far left corner putting terry one up in the eighth minute it's just six minutes however take all eyes cross rebounded off mubarak the soufan to samuel that's all it was left practically alone in front of the keeper the straw striker making no mistake sending the ball into the net with his left but one one was how the first half and did and that's how it stayed for most of the second forty five minutes as well desperately wanted to win in front of their home fans but their desire to attack and press on for a winner left them exposed at the back letting and eric with just two minutes off normal time left now substitute a leg of luck. self ran half the length of the field practically and respected and

fired home to make the score to one to the visitors with almost no time left on the clock perhaps they thought it was all over but it wasn't just yet in what was to be a pulsating dramatic finish the home sides were barred but so far was credited with another assist following his near perfect cross is a box for shall call is to head the ball into the net for the equalizer at the death one minute and to stop the shot to two was how it finished over in my high challenge. now the midfield you always are on and alexandre's could be back in the squad for injury hits moscow as the former you a fuck up when i was prepared to host the land in their second group the match in the champions league on tuesday the army men are second in that group after say doods and beyond bags of braces they came from two goals down to draw two two at little in their opener while twenty ten winners enter are bringing out their rear following a shock one nil defeat by the turkish side trabzonspor war at the san siro giants

have since replaced coach john carroll gets the rain eat with cloudy around the area but says. he doesn't think the change at the helm will affect the game. and it's. come well we don't thing it will make much of a difference for us so we should be relying on no old form in the first place into may have changed their head coach but the top level players are still there so regardless of which leads them into the game any team in the world will find it challenging to play them. meanwhile answer will be with valid influential playmaker wesley snyder for the clash in moscow the whole of midfielder missed last saturday's three one triumph of belong yeah with a thigh injury that resulted was in tears first victory this season and handed claudio ranieri a winning start at the club's well there are also missing midfield stunk of h. and defender in my column for injury and therefore portugal star lewis fi goal is

bracing himself for a star incest to sky spread and that's because he's never one point of view zero points so. we have to get a good result here through the openers through to continue the competition is going to be tough because it comes from a tree the hosts. are playing all the homes have to do a perfect game magister united will host group c. leaders boswell and hughes they united drew one wanted in their opening match and now have major injury problems up front and in defense with wayne rooney i.v. or hernandez and among six players rolled out meeting striker michael owen is likely to start alongside. sir alex ferguson's side have reached the final in three of the past four years but the coach insists it's not a great time for his side as they won just one of those three finals.

because it was too sales. and. things would be consistent and shown this week. thing a full movie from. sweden where we can do better than. when it was us he moved his club both. in routine nine time champions league winners arreola madrid take on another highly decorated side who've won this competition four times the spanish placed fifth in the league at the moment the group following victory over. two weeks ago while the dutch champions are on a seven game run in their domestic league and will be hoping to improve on last year's loss against madrid. you never know what's happened but. to play and it's going to be the same game last year so when we have to bowl we have

to try to keep it as long as possible and try to create chances and that's our philosophy will always be elsewhere barney in a car preparing to host champions league magister city it's been one of the best starts this season in the car and beyond this legal leader's history with registering nine successive wins in all competitions without a single goal however city are also enjoying a fine run in their domestic championship stopping the table with another manchester side united after six weeks. as old dusty to play here present. the same point thank you. for the stadium i think it is a game that is important to win if you want to improve like a team. i like to play this game and i hope that you can do very well tomorrow well rugby is set to get a massive boost in russia and not just because of the countries of the world cup

sevens has now become an olympic sport and to be played in schools across the nation richard caught up with the one player who has overcome the odds to be a success in both codes. he may be enjoying five star hotels and first class training facilities at this world cup however this hasn't always been the case for russia's speedy winger idema us troops born in crescent dar he was a talented wrestler in his youth but eventually decided to switch to rugby in his early teens on the advice of his brother vo he didn't have it easy in his formative years. when i started playing rugby the facilities were non-existent we would train at a local school in the basement however it was full of rubbish and we would have to spend hours trying to clean it up and then the coaches arrived and we were allowed to use the beach to train on the log it was only after that that the started to improve. right here has already made an impression here in new zealand scoring his

first ever world cup try against italy while he's free of fans with his express pace this is obviously a dream come true for the twenty five year old and he says the whole of his hometown is following his every move. you me everyone watches our games because not only my family but the whole of my hometown everyone calls us to congratulate us even though we're not doing well in all of our matches it's a great achievement to be here for the country for the national team and for the coaches at all. a rarity in the russian team in the seventy's played a major part in these developments you regularly completes for the national side are establishing themselves as a major force in the short game being able to compete and beat the likes of england them from sort of regular basis. sevens really helps your development in the fifteen man game as it teaches you to see the pitch differently you need

a completely different set of skills and. comes in handy. because it's been a tough year for the team. plays club rugby leaving behind his wife and two year old son kinnaman crossed some full finest kilometers away. he'll get to see his family in a couple of weeks i was very he's extremely committed to playing in the national team and desperately wants to help his country improvement of sevens i am fifty nine game which. you zealand. and golf fourteen time major winner tiger woods has finally found the man who could help him return to his former glory as the former world number one has hired joe like as his new caddy woods surprisingly fired his previous back man steve williams in july after a thirteen year partnership and the thirty five year old american has now affiliated himself with who is best known for his long association with another

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