we're glad you're with r t here look at today's top stories in a review of the week political and economic how the weights of the pacific rim come together in hawaii vowing to prevent europe's debt crisis from goal think the pacific presidents of russia and the u.s. meet on the sidelines of the apec summit to discuss missile defense syria and russia's future in the w t o. two countries watched their governments fall at the height of the debt crisis with italy's prime minister silvio berlusconi resigning and three swearing in a new cabinet by critics now suspect brussels owing the strings of newly appointed

and an elected officials. here on atomic watchdog zeroes in on iran's nuclear ambitions by releasing satellite images and letters which allegedly prove the country could be building a bomb by iran dismisses the findings saying the accusations are fabricated and publicized. police investigate fresh clashes in northern possible after nato peacekeepers fired tear gas and ethnic serbs at a disputed border crossing the un secretary general says the situation has been caused by cost was chance to stand its control over the area. so north stream gas and reviewer for the first time we sat down with the man who had the vicious project germany's former chancellor getting all of that millennium tells us why the rule is so important for all sides involved.

gerhard schroeder was children of germany from ninety ninety eight to two thousand and five he's now chairman of the board at nordstrom's russia's new gas pipeline under the baltic sea so europe is to further why should the e.u. increase its hands on gazprom its good. opinion right or stance and we're not talking about russia's dependence we're talking about cooperation between russia on the one side and the european union on the other in the energy sector three million new strain is viewed as a priority project both by russia and the oil of because it's been part of europe's energy networks since two thousand and six not recognized by the european parliament and the e.u. council of energy instead of lawson from your peers from problem and one from that interview minister to nordstrom pipelines have already been laid what the third one will be added and what will be its capacity we haven't yet i don't know that we

currently have at least two pipelines with a total capacity of fifty five billion cubic meters would be me the question of whether a third or even feel like my mobility should be answered by european stock holders as you know we have gazprom on the one florida and holland's got sunni france's g.d.s. suez and germany's ebon and v.a.s. if we are still only out of if investors decide to build a third and fourth pipeline through a privately financed mine you we're not talking about state financing him any good be done i do not know whether they will make such a decision as it was not part of my work i know of god. and brussels wants all russian energy companies not to be allowed to export gas to europe what are the implications of that for gas problem and europe. regulator reprovision is not the issue the e.u. germany and the rest of the e.u. nations need gas to sensibly reform that energy policy that people russia on the other hand has to sell gas to keep its budget in order so there's. codependency

coach is a good thing for g o to be happy to see european companies invest into russia and european markets open up to watch and companies it's a good free market economy that isn't good for the mark picture what do you think of the recent you raids on gazprom and its partners in europe think about just the or p.r. guys i think europeans need gas field gas has many uses with the political uncertainty in north africa it's good to have a stable partner that you can rely on and russia is one of these you know better than anyone else for instance that written recently switched from exports a single part of europe needs a gas supply to maintain a stable mix of energy sources and it's climatic conditions require them to get in it's norway's gases and also russia's gas and therefore i think opening the market up too much and companies would be a wise man of what's a short term name for a do some e.u. officials oppose russia whatever it. is ford's or both north i guess it is so we

have to admit that i hope we will get over it it's understandable that the european union needs russia geopolitically but the reverse is also true it's not a question but with the time has come to start cooperating and stop looking back at ideological differences of view. was for the could russia switch supply eighth to china if brussels keeps up its hostility was there is a known as it were your evil mans of which is in a situation where it could ship gas to china and all of asia and europe but i hope russia never has to make a choice the russian government is evidently pro european but europe cannot keep pushing russia away it hurts russians pride we have to keep in mind that while russia has the alternative of shipping to asia europe has no such alternative with europe's geopolitical position will only improve if it manages to enter a tightly heartless ship with russia on and at the same time grant all u.s. session to turkey that would be

a sound strategy aimed into the future of the rest is yesterday's debate palace and it's the rebuttal from guess that if russia does decide to go east could that mean the gas shortfall for europe and i guess with a sniff no that will not happen russia was an exceptionally reliable supplier during soviet times so no one has to worry about that trying to which i will say again that europe market is incredibly important for russia to keep its budget balance among other things. therefore we're not talking about dependence here but a codependency to go progress in shipping liquefied natural gas. makes europe less dependent on pipelines can that affect this project well that's great and if they're safe i don't think it would have a negative effect on the project as europe's liquefied gas market is quite limited on the move there's no way to sell it in germany or poland has a developing market and borders that it's in no way a danger for us and that's all the reason i'm criticizing the indication that there are alternative sources the low spot prices on gas their g.p.s.

spot deals can be of no more gain than long term supply agreements in the short run think they do not offer stability for us to go for playable problems in the wake of the fukushima disaster germany is closing all its nuclear power plants do you support that and how will it change your minnie's energy mix drugs have been damaged mind lloyd and consider this me and my team were the people who would rigidly negotiated that deal with our energy suppliers we had agreed to make a sensible exit out of nuclear strategy that was followed by a short period when the federal government thought our agreement should be overturned that they've since gone the other way and started supporting what i had negotiated on. this does not mean bridge technologies like nuclear energy cannot be used until energy efficiency is sufficiently developed but we need gas as an interim energy source for the sake of energy security that's the reason we need to buy gas from new york from other countries primarily from russia and the reason we

need to build the gas power stations and more so. with this crisis mr sarkozy says no euro no europe surely europe with a void without the euro so and that's i know i know from where you this is a quote my successor in office likelihoods of course europe's going to have problems if the euro has problems but there's one thing you can be sure of that if the euro is going to survive as a common currency even it theoretically things turn out differently which i find very important if we will still have a united europe with. you with charles low when greece cooked its books to join the euro should you have stopped athens from joining the single currency probably need as much of those it towards your own via i don't think that was our situation of the european commission it's employees that had to conduct an inspections they had letters know that we could take the responsibility for greece's e.u. a session on ourselves and it was a purely preparatory mission conducted by the european commission or not the

national governments we had made the decision to take greece in we cannot claim without having a firm crew for the information we got them was a diplomatically speaking not entirely correct very much keep in mind that the european parliament voted in favor of greece's membership almost unanimously including the conservatives who are now trying to distance themselves from that decision sometimes in politics you don't want to believe things that he wants condoned or actually happening with money and lots. of the commission was wrong or the handling of greece has been wrong since they tend which which is not their currency in a bogus if the it's pointless to talk about how things were in the past. we're talking about the future though i hope we manage to keep greece in the euro zone so that the help of the new greek government will have to be nonpartizan uninfluenced by debates provoked by right we don't hammer that for me i hope the package of aid agreements that european leaders have agreed on is implement package if that's the case then i think we can start taking care of stabilizing my markets but

a great deal of help from greece if you were there is one point i would like to make of the country should not be broken down not only does greece need a budget discipline which is of course trigger should what greece needs mostly our investments that this would be good to see wealthy greek citizens who are currently investing abroad to pay taxes in their own country instead of looking for investment opportunities or so on was a good and i thought doubling is there a red line beyond which german so they we're not going to bail out southern europe anymore or those germany have a historic debt think europe has probably. been there gig i'm not against discussing a red line the problem is that if you start to talk about a red line then you'd eventually have to correctly germany's interested both politically and economically in a functioning europe that economic interest is easily explained that forty percent of our export goes to the european union and beyond that if those countries are hit by

a crisis and so is germany secondly or the lesson we learned in the past and our prospects for the future dictates that germany is not strong enough geopolitically to play a significant role in a game where the u.s. is one superpower and an asian leader. in this case china is the other you know european state is only a united europe can take on a role like that but that's why germany is interested in a night in the us a not just because of the pastors or for the sake of our citizens future who come from so a lot of being a small question many germans many people many finns are angry at having to pay. are they roll that's enough for it see i. understand that but i have to explain it very consistently to the current generation of political leaders clearly it's within our own interests to maintain stability in other countries as germany's a nation that relies hugely on actual here if markets around us crumble it harms us we have to explain it to our people the new generation of the prospects for long

lasting peace lies in europe that we will hear clearly when you serve the german chancellor there was no question of receiving financial aid from china or russia directly or indirectly through the i.m.f. do you regret that's happening and what would be the implication i think it doesn't but i do not think we should feel bad about other nations that have stronger be they russians chinese brazilians south africans or indians it should not concern us because these countries offer us more opportunity to export our products as they develop. but that's only the case if we stay better stay more innovative when we fulfill our agenda of twenty town and sort out our social policies and germany is the only country that understood back in two thousand and three that for an aging country to maintain prosperity as it must provide for change think about i wonder if the rest of the e.u. states coming understood this a decade later i'll manage to take the action needed to maintain prosperity i on

the other hand we have an understanding that an aging society with a decreasing number of people who are deployed has problems all that sort of thing we started taking care of our problems in time or the rest will regret it or be forced to take on a harder mission this goes for everyone not just the sound of all pus that's part of the venusian order and production of the board for the north stream gas pipeline thank you for speaking with. the mother. earth. is it's. just so.

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a few new songs from phones to pressure in some. ways for instance on t.v. don't come. to sob stories in our interview of the week political and economic heavyweights of the pacific rim come together in hawaii vowing to prevent europe's debt crisis from golfing the pacific the presidents of russia and the u.s. media on the sidelines of the pack summit to discuss the missile to syria and russia's future in the w t o. two even countries watch their governments fall at the height of the death crisis with italy's prime minister silvio berlusconi resigning and greece wearing in a new head of cabinet critics now suspect brussels of pulling the strings of newly appointed and unelected officials. are you an atomic clocks dog zeroes in on iran's nuclear ambitions by releasing satellite images and letters which allegedly prove

the country could be building a bomb or to iran dismisses the findings saying the accusations are fabricated and politicized. and police investigate fresh clashes and or possible after nato peacekeepers fired tear gas and ethnic serbs at a speed of work across the length of the rebels the situation has been caused by qassam as it stands stands control over the area. the see what's happening and so forth with them on where russians continue winning medals at the world weightlifting championship and france you're such a bearer of good news because right merida russia's men have established domination and wide gates of vision once i finish in paris about details on that plus much more on the white.

hello and welcome to sport on the arts a coming see a live from the russian capital with the mom calls for our top stories this hour. the red bull flies again sebastian petzold pitch slows hamilton to claim a record equalling fourteenth pole position this season for the woods rb grand prix . wild troubles halfway leader woods fires a disappointing three over par seventy five to trail leader john sens and by six shots after round three of the straight and open. and the euro fell are russia head coach dick of a god speaks to our it seemed after his side were held still want to one friend a droll by greece in athens. and so i saw keith first where russia playing their second straight makes three underneath coaches into the delhi deal with a four one victory over sweden in finland after winning their opening match in the car you were caught in a shootout against reigning world champions villains russia secured

a more but cost of the three over the street a brace of power play goals by alexander rhodes who was in the first period gave the russians a confident lead and trade quinn are pulled one back in the second alexander put it jorgen and sergei shirokov added their names to the scoreboard in the third to see a look final score meanwhile hosts the lead to beat the czech republic for mail. and to tennis where world number four was yet federer has reached the final of the paris masters for the first time in his career after a comprehensive win over it's almost burdick the thirty year old wraps up an impressive six four six three between just eighty one minutes without facing a single break point it's the first time the sixteen time grand slam winner has gone through to the final of the masters events since shanghai last october on friday federer became only the seventh man in history has surpassed eight hundred career women mark by beating juan monaco in the paris quarterfinals. the second semifinal saw the two thousand and eight paris champion threads roll out his place

in final after it's off the set went over american john eisner the on seeded eyes or won the first set six three but somehow got charged up by the home crowd managed to get back to its intention one the following two sets seven six seven six having say eight feet match points in the final set so the local players from da will now face better in the final counter being their six three meeting this year with the swiss player coming out self three times and the frenchman whites. now let's say in france where russia way let's there's one individual gold and silver medals in the hundred five kilogram category at the world championships which. are being held at the french this new lands in paris this year's european champion archaia flew to the combined total of four hundred thirty kilograms in the snatch and clean injured fourth someplace on the pole while his teammate the beijing olympics silver medalist to be trick local was just two kilos behind with four hundred twenty eight

the third place finisher from ukraine was a full eighty kilograms behind so the convincing once it finished for the russians in five kids a vision would establish domination at the london olympics next year. to go all fan halfway leader tiger woods has dropped to joints eighth place after a disappointing three over par round of seventy five straight in open while a local man john senden fired and nine hundred sixty three to equal course record and take a one shot lead going into the final day woods so the leaderboard after two rounds and it seemed like the former world number one had found his swing but the thirty five year old american made a poor start with three straight bogeys attention and singles round with a seventy five right side for eight while the highest ranked australian jason day celebrated his twenty fourth birthday with a round of sixty eight playing a number of impressive firing shots to put itself in second century the nation that

they are eleven under for a second spot while i watch the shots. local hole for john senden who won this tournament in two thousand and six dentist his round on twelve under after a magnificent sixty three could say i want to answer the final day out what it was a joy for sendin it had been a frustrating day for woods has struggled on the par five holes for consistency. and all just starting out the fifth i look at the first time home. there is were way way firmer than what they were the first two days and then you know instinctively i was playing more break and i think greens were working and i left early on the high side so i'm a quick search effort to take more low lines on the back and i missed everything. just frustrating. it's a football where russia were held to a one one draw by greece in a friendly in athens on friday night the cots men continue their preparations for

next summer's european championships and the head coach spoke with richard about portly after the match in greece i think was a really good test for us today i mean you probably learn a lot from say as much the very comfortable very reasonable you know a lot of said ooh if you take the we pointed out of the team we can play to departing the game will be good it will be show to give a very physical team like. the loser for the future i mean price we i mean had if you'd ever since i mean recorded in juba press we've really who today were a part of the team and as always supporting they were no no no no no we're just so close to good to good result so that when i was pleased with arsene the first game is always difficult i mean i'm also i mean you've said you've got three games said of the european championships in two thousand and twelve has a team progressing as you did look very good tonight. from the beginning it is a real team and does the reason i have also some problems to change because the

team looks very good football wise and creating chances. before chances for you to put two or three goals. you have put in said how vital is as a coach do you have a sample score because i mean very few coaches run europe can call in such a few group of players would you have done over the last few years does your basic is based on yeah definitely. the majority of the players knows what i want is see the big in the games. that's important and we can. still examine how i mean obviously the likes of a shot in. can get figureheads of your team i mean how disappointing is if the years ahead coach have been all getting a lot of game time in. this region that only pledge of the ninety minutes. which i didn't want to take a risk was wrong with respect because this is

a feat as. well we're still timing of have a body in the right loves you can i got a long break until next year when you play over here camomile friendlies un-english injury looking to play in my time or do you notice i decided the possibility of playing in february but i don't know what's going to have a day off the result of so much of a loss for you know tonight against gracious i probably won't be a rendition of you and mr keating. it was a request we will see if we can do that exactly. also formula one now where red bull sebastian vettel has once again denied michael lewis hamilton pole position by producing a stunning final lap in qualifying for the albert dhabi grand prix and had dominated every practice session marina but like so many times this season that's all found some extra pace when it counted to claim just points in the right career

pole he also equalled nigel mansell all time record of fourteen pole positions in a season set back in two hours jenson button will start third on the grid ahead of red bull's mark webber after ari's thirty nine to alonzo russians inside a patrol is. in wild tributes can sing its role in for former world heavyweight boxing champion joe frazier who died on tuesday aged sixty seven following a short battle with liver cancer the legendary boxer with a trademark sledgehammer left hook was the. disputed world heavyweight boxing champion his professional career spanned from sixty five and seventy six as well as a brief comeback in the eyes an ancient one frazier's infamous rivalry with muhammad ali was one of the biggest in the history of the sport smokin joe not in their first ballot and madison square garden and i think seventy one but then he lost the next to his last world title challenge again in one hundred seventy five

when he was beaten by the arguably one of the most famous boxing clashes in history the thriller. one of the greatest things to happen in this philadelphia area and it was seen joe frazier eventually move. on and that was one of the highlights of my life he didn't let money or anything like that yet into his in his wage he was close to the people and he always wanted to give back and i remember that about him all summer. finally over it's basketball and so while the n.b.a. lockout is still in force us president barack obama and his wife were on hand to witness a unique college game on the flight deck of a u.s. aircraft carrier it's a three years to plan this one off again on the flight deck of the u.s.s. carl vinson which six months earlier had heard of some i've been a lot in that sea meanwhile it's a ten days to gild the onboard arena and it will take another four days to take its

around presidential promise and his wife michelle where they get the ip visitors at the makeshift or and salt truck ranks north carolina beat michigan state sixty seven fifty five. you're with us. to talk about. i'll be back with another update in a couple of hours and don't forget that some of the story seen here are also available on our you tube channel and party support you so enjoy and thanks for watching. twenty years ago the largest country in the suitcases. one hundred. each began the journey. where did it take.

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