if you just joined us a very warm welcome marty live here in moscow top stories now this hour's hot past the hour in moscow good things come to those who wait so after nearly two decades of torture debate russia finally gets the green light to join the global trade system. athens announces the veteran vice president of the european central bank as his new prime minister is sparking fresh indignation on greek streets over the perceived loss of yet more so the e.u.'s relentless bureaucratic machine. israel may strike iran by the end of december that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources off of the findings of the un's of tommy watchdog

sparked fresh concern over to iran's nuclear program. i'll be back with another update for you in about fifty minutes from now the meantime the u.n. human rights chief said that syria is very close to a libya style civil war more than three thousand people are reported to have died in the eight month old uprising he's been speaking to the country's deputy foreign minister about the ongoing crisis in that interview is next. i see that nick that syria's deputy foreign minister thank you very much for being with us today sir happy to be with you now according to human u.n. human rights reports over three thousand people have been killed in syria ever since a protest started in march for how long we'll see record on those against people. i

think the question should be the opposite the question should be what's happening in syria. of course the credibility of some international not government for the organizations have been lost because they don't take into consideration what's really happening no one of these organizations has said that syria has lost more than one thousand one hundred fifty multi-use from the army and the secret to fix do you think i mean this is the correct approach absolutely not. yes many civilians were killed assess in ated but people have to ask the question who killed them and why they were killed becoming as our security forces were able to detain. themselves admitted that they were killing

demonstrators in syria to keep the pace of the most patients go going on not only that but some of those criminals said they were killing people to keep for example the illegal building of houses in certain areas because they cannot violate the law if the most asians were not there so these are the cases however we believe the killing of a single person is too much he believes that the life of one person is already crucial and this question is they still keep taking place could you say that syria is a state of a civil war you know. i mean those who are provoking these developments want syria to go through its civil war and you know the complexity of the syrian population. is so deep because this is the history of syria we have something from everything.

we have the three monotheistic religions and within the each religion we have all the denominations so those who are behind these the swamps are really to lead the country into a civil particularly when we correctly define those forces behind the developments that are going on i'll tell you those religious extremists solicits drug traffickers. smugglers they have been provided with up to date technology of communication. by the will nor the forces from outside syria and financing of terrorism and terrorist action has taken place so much billions of dollars were smuggled into syria to encourage people to disturb the peace in the country and not to mention the tens of thousands of weapons that have been also

smuggled that into the country from piercy from lebanon from iraq and all neighboring countries can you really say that the whole opposition is made of pure islamists and there are no civilians were just fighting for a better life absolutely not this is my answer because we have a position from inside the country syria the syrian leadership recognized that there is a position and we have to take into account the views of the opposition and to work together with this opposition to build the new syria your government is actually maintaining tallow play with the opposition you've actually filled some of their demands as well but. you cannot just disregard that the uprisings is in syria are taking place on a backdrop of numerous uprisings and revolutions that took place in the arab world and no one ever thought the barracks museum would be put down no one ever thought

banally would be ousted. and when i never thought anyone could touch gaddafi i cannot just think that syria is a completely different story when these events are taking place at the same time do you think something like this could happen in syria of course we are going eyes mystics and we recognize the fact that the reform process. did not start. as it was expected to start this of realities we have to. accept what we do not expect as the five things develop in such a way in such a violent way. in a way that contradicts with the spirit of the syrian people social media has played a crucial role in egypt how is that affecting syria it also. played a big road we have confiscated i mean and the cars of many diplomatic missions

in syria a lot of these mobile ads and so on yes the social media was used. it seems to me it was used in negative way but. the government but not the impose any restrictions on the amber instructions of president as it on the use of social media and also that the conflict between the ruling alow it and the sunni majority has lingered on for decades do you think that nick luck has some way contributed to the uprisings and the conflict this is a very dangerous question in syria we don't think of minorities and majorities this is this is a recipe for the disintegration of the country records etc. in syria everybody has the right to be imprisoned in syria everybody has the right to be a prime minister you know throughout our history the first prime minister was.

christian orthodox. what's wrong with that. i'm none of they are trying to mislead the syrian people to mislead the international public opinion to speak about certain issues which made objectivity is to divide the syrian people and this is where we differ from egypt and the from others in syria we have a political system that defense the sovereignty of the country in syria we are under such an attack because we say no to the policies of the united states in the region supporting subjugation of the region into their interest and serving the major interests of israel can talk a little bit about need help because you know how nato is very cynical when it comes to the choice of interfering in one country or another when i think it's not touching syria for not. i mean for the time being they cannot push syria i mean

if they knew that i mean going to syria is easy. they will do what we think they cannot because region is against this in libya when they are to interfere under the pretext of the human rights protecting the needy and people i think even if that their few lives hundred years more it will not kill a small number of the people who has killed more than fifty thousand people killed by innit. i think those who committed these crimes should go to the international court court when they need to implement that resolution. seventy three the way they did it in a criminal way russia said no try and i said no the majority of security council members said no pressure is only working in the interests of syria we believe russia is working also in the interests of world peace and security in the interest

of russian interests and russian policy as a peaceful power as a great partner that wants to maintain peace and security in the entire world if they manipulate the situation in the middle east they will do it everywhere in the world. but has become very. very sure libya is an issue of all. those countries are rushing now to divide the. begins of the war among themselves for excellence from what it seems from the outside but also. events are taking place in your country are affected by outside players for instance turkey turkey wants to be a leading power in for the sunnis in the region and we know that sunnis form the core of the opposition in syria also we know that turkey provides support for the opposition or syrian national council i was seeing double standards here can turkey

use this whole thing to its advantage and taking your question are not taking very well it if the turkish government would pursue its policies in the imperial way according to the autumn and systems they commit a big mistake for turkey and for the position of turkey in the region. who told them they are i mean the crust told years of sun news and the entire work nobody has the right to interfere and that whatever so pretext including turkey if they want to interfere and the good guys because this is a big mistake it's not just turkey the syrian t.v. has aired an interview with a captured terrorist who admitted receiving aid from saudi arabia and jordan why would these countries want catherine the reason here you have touch of a very sensitive issue the financing of terrorism.

until now at least we don't officially that i mean the saudi government or the jordanian government or the lebanese government or the government are financing peace groups terrorist of the us but we believe money is coming from these comes from official circles our appeal to our brothers and sisters in all these countries is not to allow that because under the united nations this is called financing of terrorism they are sending money to concede yes and i believe this should be stopped since the clashes are still taking place and protests are still going on what do you percy for the near future in syria what's going to happen of course you are right when you said there are still some clashes between those terrorist elements and the police and security forces we hope to stop because as i said the killing of

a single syrian is a big tragedy. now you will ask me ok what's the we are the we are hours before prison with us so that has put on the table a comprehensive. reforms so the whole process is a matter of three four months and then the new c.e.o. will emerge thank you very much for excellence in this and thank you. for. a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on the wall street since they have. been canceling the chance to get. this is

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been seeing from the streets of canada. hope for a chance to rule the day. top stories this hour good things come to those who wait two decades of debate russia finally gets the green light to join baek global trading system. things announces the veteran vice president of the european central bank as its new prime minister sparking fresh indignation on greek streets over the perceived loss of yet more solvency chickie use relentless bureaucratic machine. israel may strike iran by the end of december that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources after the findings of the un's atomic bomb fresh concern over to iran's nuclear program. news is next with kate stay with us live here.

hello welcome to the sports roundup this thursday night thank you for joining me and here are the headlines new look russia coach dick advocaat denies conceding to media pressure a spotlight after the super received a first call of friday's friendly with greece. while having a costly look at russia's opponents greece and discover how supporters help you get to session his country something to cheer about. ups and downs jared loughner read tiger woods is on the hunt but john daly quit after finding the water six times on an eventful first day at the australian open. the start was thought warned russia coach take out the cards and now is giving in to media pressure for more use in the team of the calling up spartak moscow forward archos zuber for friday's

friendly with greece in athens and thirty three year old could write his international debut after being named as a replacement for the experience. he was out for a month after picking up an injury while training with a straight got side was the best start actually leading the joint top scorer joins a fellow forward alexander goes all in front and on my last go to new faces in a usually unchanged russia side but insists that call ups were because both reached the appropriate level. of blues good enough to come into the squalled though i will do it but i don't do it when the media start asking about it i only do a few it is necessary. that we have new young. young players. well meanwhile the country of greece has been grabbing the headlines all around the world over the past few weeks for all the wrong reasons due to the state of its economy and it seems the financial crisis has been affecting sports in

greece as well however as richard brown portly found that sport has been able to give this football and basketball mad country something to cheer about. scenes like these been all too common in greece recently the world watches as the country's economy falls further and further into despair and for the great national football teams who are here some of us are places called football in scotland he says it's hard to watch what is happening to his country. to the headlines that's. what's wrong with the world to see a call to. the whole family here. the force on the smallest possible. problems. has no business of the local council strokeplay. something we go through for. this nation has always been at the forefront of

european club football and basketball competitions however leading teams such as puff and i cosigned limpy our costs are finding it more and more difficult to hold on to very best players one such example is meals théodore seach a serbian point guard had been at the heart beat of olympiakos for four years however during the summer he moved to sas come also as former club couldn't afford him. the brothers olympiacos the basketball club well the football side olympiacos was a runway that callie's these teams the world their toys in the forms their money into them before the financial crisis but now even they don't want to spend their money down global as brothers wanted to quit supporting course but after the fans rights they decided not to leave the club in this situation with a link between greece and sports goes back centuries even thousands of years the country's given so much to sports that one could even say

a country helped invent the idea of a principle of organized competitions for the first ever olympics held in a limb here and seven. hundred seventy six b.c. for greece would also hold a first ever modern olympics in one thousand nine hundred six ball times and obviously change camus is one of the country's more modern stadiums where greece will take on russia in a friendly much on friday were great fans of summer's passionately in europe and even despite the economic crisis which is crippling their country they're still turning out in the tens of thousands to watch my favorite teams play but said a crowd of only fifteen thousand this expected to watch russia's friendly game on friday but small turnouts has little to do with the current economic situation. after winning you are two thousand and four the initial sign is something really special for the greeks but the club culture is much more developed and the rivalry between the n.p.r. corps political night course. is more important when then defending champions of

two thousand and six easily came to play in greece only five thousand people turned out to see the strongest national side in the world. without a doubt supporters playing a vital role in helping the people of greece previous very difficult period of their lives and their heroes understand they have an important role to play in helping to boost the morale of the local population. support for the. people. their sport. is a. problem so. close. together to give them hope and give them. the can't escape. greece may be on the verge of leaving the euro currency but they are very much

still in the euro two thousand and twelve championships seven years ago they shot the continent as also the heart of man when. thom's win the tournament it's big steve will be playing in poland and ukraine and what a boost it would be to the people of greece at their side to repeat the heroics of two thousand and four richard pombo awfully darty athens. stay with the ball and four places are still available at next summer's here a twenty twelve championships with top rail fixtures also taking place this friday and former russian manager sitting is hoping to lead turkey to a first leg advantage if they host croatia. they are very keen to play these two matrices. of course against the well respected opponent an opponent who has also history with two key been there in the past. but i think it's

a well respected opponent because they are. presenting themselves well in it on international level. well elsewhere on friday bosnia and herzegovina they finished one point behind france in group they take on portugal in norway and then head to head record while the world the u.s. national side wants a negro they were second to england in greece and they go to the czech republic and finish behind spain. became the likes of serbia once they hear finish well as up and see they take on. into russia. well here in russia sports minister vitaly what coast says the city is that will host the twenty eighteen world cup matches will be decided next year for a football extravaganza that is the estimate to cost between six hundred to eight hundred million dollars. we've established it's wild criterion for choosing series that will host the world card next to the committee will mean the eleven suitors

and twelve stereos together with people we've decided to make it to board why didn't you first of all me until twenty fourteen and the second full of following for you here is the juggle some six to eight hundred million dollars and this budget is organizing and holding the world cup. boxing now and the man widely regarded as the world's best pound for pound fighter will step on to the countess this saturday as money once again takes on the w.b. a welterweight belt at state the excitement is mounting in las vegas as pack as army of fans can get a glimpse of the filipino sea arrived in nevada the thirty two year old boasts a record of fifty three victories and just to the face it's also the only fighters who have titles in eight different divisions. have met twice before the first ballot in two thousand and four and the draw for a split decision victory three years ago and what is considered the strong seven to

one favorite thirty eight year old makes it not as he's promising great show. a lot of people knows me i want i. mean i do my job. i prepare myself very very hard you know what i want because i want to give i know you great show i know a great great all the people especially all the mexico people around the world it's going to be a good fight because. we train hard when we do our best in bringing in so we can get a good fight on saturday so. i think everything is. it's also really good friday and saturday. and finally to golf where jared loughner led to the australian open by one shots ahead of the second day with former world number one tiger woods just three strokes further back well it was a surprise leader after finishing the first round with

a seven under par sixty five this train sets up an eagle here on the par five fourteenth after a well placed second shot and takes a one shot lead into the second round well after a slow start woods got going on the back nine placing his second shot within birdie range on the par four tenth and the fourteen time major winner ended the day with a share of eight scores after card in his first bogey free round in line months something for birdies opening round of sixty eight but it was john's only view made headlines and for all the wrong reasons the forty five year old american made an embarrassing exit walking off the course midway through the first round the series i'm major winner quit after hitting a six balls into the water from the eleven thirty and on his way out davies government of pakistan took a swipe at the top of her and that's all the sports news for this evening.

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