tracking after giving her suppose the death saturation coverage. when next we meet a former british ambassador to that war stricken country the resolution vetoed by two permanent members russia and china has split the u.n. security council basil eastwood gives his take on events in the region. today i'm talking to basil eastwood's he's a former u.k. ambassador to syria he was serving in damascus between nine hundred ninety six and two thousand the situation's changed a lot since then and we're going to talk about what the situation on the ground is like now mr eastwood thank you very much for talking to us today now russia believes that assets deserves at least some credit for trying to instigate some kind of reform do you agree well if you will seriously trying he tried to little too late and his efforts have been totally undermined by the. violence that has

been used on the peaceful demonstrators so that for every. death it becomes that much more difficult to conceive of any solution which leaves him and his coterie in power say from here you don't think there's any way back for us that i think frankly. the best one can hope for is some sort of negotiated transition. might give him a way out. but it's very difficult to see how he can stay in power in the long run in the short run yes by increasing repression he can stay there. but in the longer run it's not viable transition to him that i mean if assad is that a genuine opposition that could feasibly take control in any kind of facts way that is the major problem the nature of the opposition is or the demonstrations is that they have been so largely spontaneous that there is no very

coherent leadership and the various attempts to bring together. a leadership behind a unified proposal for a new term a tariff have so far failed but it's becoming clearer and clearer i think to the man in the street him. syria that they've got to have a good alternative proposition if regime change is to be. not only credible but to happen without massive bloodshed and destruction so look the pressure is on the various. aspects of the opposition to come together and form an alternative proposition so you think that the opposition in syria is less organized and cohesive than it is in libya it's much more complicated certainly. because whereas in libya you have an opposition that is has come together to fight

a military campaign in syria you have an opposition. leaders come together behind calls for peaceful demonstrations with the sole aim of now of. removing the regime. but that has not required the same sort of coordination that the opposition has to acquire in libya and what you think of me down from the outside sanctions specifically we've already seen a u.n. paste oil embargo case on syria with threats of further action if the situation doesn't praise what form do you think they sanctions could take and who do you think that affect the maze depends what the sanctions are i would hope that the sanctions will be rather carefully targeted at particular individuals. and that's the course that has been followed so far except for the oil sanctions

basically as the net is expanded to capture more of the the big businessmen who have worked alongside the regime and who have probably tacitly supported it in the past. so the tendency will be will be increasing pressure on them. to ditch the regime and find some other way of securing their interests and what about the ordinary man in the streets is there a way to avoid sanctions affecting hair the problem for the ordinary person is that the whole syrian economy is going to be more and more affected by the disruption and the insecurity and the total collapse of the tourism industry for example which is increasingly important in syria. so it is those things that are going to harm the ordinary man in the street rather than targeted sanctions how likely do you think it is that syria could tell into another libya type situation i

sincerely hope that it won't what is remarkable so far is the extent to which the opposition has remained nonviolent there have been episodes of violence. which is understandable in a country where there's quite a lot of weaponry around. and violence is being used against the people. but so far it is green largely nonviolent there are increasing calls amongst the opponents of the regime saying you know we've got to use violence i sincerely hope they will reach those calls will be resisted so i don't think it's going to turn into that sort of. civil war type confrontation i also think it's inconceivable that any outside powers would want to intervene militarily in a situation which is so complicated on the ground it's very difficult to see how

any sort of outside intervention would help indeed it would probably hinder because it's the one thing that might bring all the syrians together in opposition to outside intervention so i just don't see that happening i think that's well realized amongst those who are most loud in condemnation of the syrian regime's activities how do you think this whole situation is going. payout for what kind of timeframe for example very good question and i have to say i don't know the answer . the short term i think the regime will probably survive. through increased repression and shown itself willing to do whatever it takes and so far there are no signs of the the core of the regime crumbling. but as the economy deteriorates as the. big business which has supported the regime seems that its future

cannot live that way. i think you're going to see more. defections from the regime and there will come a point i would think within months rather than years. when things quite rapidly fall apart. if the opposition can get its act together. then. firstly it may happen slightly more rapidly as people see that there is a return to earth and secondly when it does happen it may stand a better chance of being relatively peaceful roles and bloody chaos when we talk about opposition in syria what kind of people are we talking about what sorts of groups are involved it's very difficult because the the activists who have. led if that is the word the demonstrations on the streets are largely unknown people. with. tremendous courage. and

determination but their political views more positive way as to what should happen to syria a largely unknown. but i think you can assume that it will not be. sectarian it will. have a. a role in it for the muslim brotherhood. but the syrian muslim brotherhood are relatively modern minded and will be i think prepared to play along with coalition politics. it will i think. be a regime which. is how shall i put it. mainly concerned with its internal problems it is not going to be

a regime which indulges in adventurism of the israel or anyone else. but it will be a regime that is finding its way under very difficult circumstances and you talked about big business supporting the regime in syria but we also see support coming from the outside particularly from iran how do you think that will play out in such an unstable region well it's one of the things that i think has been spelt inspired e.g. the saudis to come out in criticism of the regime that. they many of the governments in the middle east are profoundly worried about iran. and don't like the extent to which what is happening in syria might increase iranian influence but i have to say that. the iranian government itself does not like to be seen as being the principal supporter of

a secular regime that is using violence in this way and there have been signs of a ring in embarrassment so. i don't know quite how this one's going to play out but i don't think it's a clear cut situation then leading emerging market economy personnel russia india china and south africa they all oppose a western approach to what's going on in the moment do you think that the arab spring in general will result in division between the old and the new economic powerhouse many of the states in the united nations representation us. feel i'm happy about the way in which. the resolution of the security council which authorized all necessary measures in relation to libya. was used by nato particularly from some of you. with american support as justification

for. activity and support which has in fact led to regime change and i think a number of other governments feel that this is a worrying. precedent. but it does not mean to say that. in any way favor. khadafi this regime in libya or what. it is doing in syria. thank you very much you know the top leisure. wealthy british style.

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party's top stories new york police get tough on thousands of occupy wall street activists furious their taxes are being used to prop up corporate america protesters have staged their biggest rally in three weeks after being joined by unions. a third woman feet as the symbol of the regime brutality against its own people reappears alive and well after reportedly being beheaded before several media into backtracking after giving her supposed saturation coverage. and eurozone finance chiefs look to help out banks that may suffer a blow from greece's burgeoning debt crisis meanwhile in athens violent protests erupted again ever toughening austerity measures. up next we check in with you know neil he's here with a live sports update and the journey across the atlantic continues for some of the biggest names in basketball exactly right yes we're hearing that kobe bryant may be

on his way to italy a huge story but today it has been confirmed to tony parker from someone to a new he's moving back to front so yeah we're going to get more enough plus the rest of the sport right now. good to have you with us this is sports and a plenty ahead of the next ten minutes or so in the. best in the west the noro victory for law school over sky plus the blue and white of the tall h.l. conference. titles on the line multiple world heavyweight boxing champion bloodier klitschko announces he's to face former cruiserweight great one man in december. and it's on her own we can't chopper bush's sole professional lady golfer

whose quest for a first l.p.g. a crawlin takes her to such areas this weekend. let's get going on the ice so where do you go on joint top of the kontinental hockey league the blue and whites topping the charts following a two on home win over scott petersburg the hosts opening the scoring midway in the first period archon sure not doing it all himself but it was nothing let's head straight to the second period after thoughts with the muscovites doubling their lead through alexy could a shelf a couple living rip here from constraint three minutes later the visitors would make the most of a five three powerplay sony mortensen netting here to house the deficit but chew on this how would end up meaning the nominees on top of the key h.l. . american sprinter to show on merit to defend his four hundred meter title of the olympic games in london is off to the court for

arbitration for sport overturned disputed doping rule which bars any they suspended for more than six months to compete in the following summer or when they see us deeming the rules quote invalid. as of the moment of two a second sanction which just in comply with the world's. agency code marriage was suspended for twenty one months after feeling a drugs test in october twenty ten by the time the london games begin the four hundred meter limping champion will have completed his bout. let's go i will be putting it all on the line before the end of the year the thirty five year old boxer said to the w b a i b.f. m w b o heavyweight belts against former cruiserweight champion. on december tenth klitschko there being nothing opponent once held a job with. a unified world cruiserweight belt but it will be over a year since for next to last fight by the time the french open steps into the ring

with klitschko a ukrainian themselves dons a full fifteen centimeters taller than the man whose swan all is heavy with bites since leaving open weight and only nine. in july this year beating david haye the younger of the klitschko brothers seeking to make it when number fifty seven from sixty bites into. two basketball where shaquille o'neal is the latest player to express concern over the own going lockout in the n.b.a. the recently retired seven footer who spent nineteen seasons playing stateside saying it's the supporters who will suffer most of all. it would be advantageous to both to do it because i want to win the so this is the you know coming from a great year last year was to run that momentum and you know i was a part of the locker room thing when larry and mr user know we were going for the

new season but was missing no usual friends or was there more to recover so you know we know we were going to get better you know we'd go back right now us fell off skid is one club benefiting enormously from the n.b.a. lockout three time n.b.a. champion tony parker he will suit up for the league on team a club of which he owns twenty percent of the twenty nine year old will make just two thousand euro a month the minimum required by the french league's labor code the goal for parker the put the spotlight on possible in his home country and get some playing time as well. i'm helping my team i invest. a lot of my time and on my my you know with the team and i want to. try to help french basketball to have a better place in france they are his only son the home schooled on the walkie brewers in baseball's m.l. b. playoffs the diamondbacks winning two straight in phoenix to ensure a deciding game five in their national league division series the home side blazing

the comeback trail at chase field officer pulling into a two zero series total a two one victory and choose davao followed by another high scoring a for the following night which you're seeing line roberts having a grand slam here in the first for a for loop chris young then became part of local sports trivia with a second home or in the seventh inning the thirty two year old the first player in our zone streets ascended twice in a postseason game ten six that was the final score of the series heads back to the sponson on friday for the big. missing louis cardinals proving coming back specialists themselves also forcing a decider against the phillies david friess being shocked on by the phillies ace is for the first. season the best of five bottle the twenty eight year old though fighting back to be hailed as the choice hero in game four he homered double drove

in four runs becoming a crucial figure in the five three win over the favored visitors the two thousand made world series winners now back to philadelphia where they'll host the cardinals for the final game of the sea. or the gulf where tiger woods will be back on the competitive greens for the first time in eight weeks a little later on thursday the former world number one set to take part in the friday's dot com open in california would thompson played in the event since missing the cut at the p.g.a. championship only the third time he's ever gone home early on a major. it's always easy to come back from a layoff when you're ready know what to do that's very simple. i've done it before i'm done on bunch of times but i'm implementing and new golf swing and in order to do that you have to get the reps and i haven't got the reps and. you know i have to have thousands of balls to do that and were feels natural. but i've done that now

which is good. korean golf fans were able to enjoy a monster showing from one of their country's best today twice when r y e young karting a sixty seven to emerge tied for the lead after the opening round of the korea open were remarkably high be moving along swimmingly before carving a bogey and then a double bogey to start the back nine but birdies on the twelfth fourteenth would raise the bad memories of the northern irishman moved into a share of second on the day. locals least zoom in on the hong soon sign joining the twenty two year old their two thousand and nine p.g.a. champion why young doing one better than a true one of his half a dozen birdie throwing in on the second tier his sixty seven overall enough to share the lead with fall or the american himself enjoying a great day rickie fowler that is with consecutive early birdies on the third on three with its. finally russia's only professional women's golf for maria for child

of a is preparing to get to grips with the teasin south korea this weekend before that's our correspondent constantine pathak find out a little more about the moscow natives colorful life. might even it is arguably one of the biggest commercial attractions in women's golf since she turned professional in two thousand and six did you do any five year old muscular it remains the first and only russian plane full time in the lead is zero pm toward following an impressive amateur career that included victories in the russian austrian lithium and slovenian championships fair share was tough because i got it i got on tour and i was the only russian player and i was the all the girls were half of them were english british and. i was quite tough to get myself like good mates and you know in the end of the day they're playing as we showed great improvement in her second year on the tour with her career best finished tied for

fifth way since being and boss of victory a little round of sixty six in dubai as a result finished fifty fifth in the door rankings in two thousand and eight still have best policing so far and despite having some injury problems she is still in bushes and has lots of goals to achieve with her new coach definitely play for another five years because of my back i don't know how well my back will give me a chance to play golf but there we set a goal of winning u.n.c.l.e. t. and hopefully get to. win down there with a major i can go. professional golfer who spend most of their time travelling from one tournament to know that we can do the hardest part of the job however well in search of success in the ladies' european tour and many funny stories have a reason. to make area i don't mind to say that here is a cheap hotel and i put my pajamas on i want. to throw came back and my room was completely locked throw away inside so he had to go because it was going

away out so i went outside and all the guys were like oh uncle we go through this now. despite bringing more of us to results over the last two years. the trauma stays optimistic and focused on golf however the one meter seventy six told brunette directs a lot of attention not only with her performances on the freeways but obviously also because of her appearance i'm not trying to attract more attention i'm trying to bring something more in girl that the girls who are low play females that live here and is again better that are now selling attractive girls beautiful girls getting to girl their charlie isn't the pioneer in a sport which is widely considered to be a hobby for wealthy people in her homeland and there is still a long way to go before being accepted as a mainstream sport in russia but with the likes of virtue and become true couldn't ask for a better ambassador to lead the way i can tell you about our party. that wraps up

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