mind you words one of russia's opposition leaders finds himself the red face as the leaked phone conversations threaten to damage his relationships with allies that he labeled as cowardly penguins. back to reality we speak to the former chief of the un's nuclear watchdog to discuss the current security situation in and around north korea this is r.t. . well i'm joined by mr hans blix from stockholm mr blix chair to international atomic agency for energy agency for sixteen years and was the head of the u.n. inspections team in iraq prior to the second iraqi war mr blix it's great to have

you with us sir now i'd like to start with i say latest news came young male who during who seventeen year old rule north korea has emerged as a nuclear state has died of a heart failure now his son is the next national leader what do we know about him are things going to stay pretty much the same or where general security under threat how vigorously will he have pushed for nuclear weapons. well we are generally rather ignorant about the architecture of the power building in north korea. but the changes be underway for some time but of course we'll keep you on your. growth and figure is. there is always a risk to a. structure that can be changed. i think it is important that the outside world. does not make them of us because they will

feel themselves in a situation of some weakness and then the threats from the outside knives that make them provocative for the last few years iran was number one nuclear enemy for the united states do you expect maybe a shift of interest from iran to north korea or does a country need to have oil as well to justify that much attention from the west no i think both places are of great importance in the north korean situation first of all we know that within artillery range from north korea so even without nuclear weapons the situation there would be a risky one and if north korea were provoked at him there could be a risk also of encouraging their. forces in japan i don't see that now at all but that would be

a risk in the case of iran. on the other hand we see that already they have their work in iran to develop a capacity we enrich uranium has increased threat tensions enormously and there is a great arms race going on and we hear who works in israel and then in the united states saying that they should bomb iran others say that they don't know where all the nuclear installations are and that it is meaningless. this the gingrich or one of the presidential candidates says that he thinks time to do work for a regime change but i don't think he explained whether he would like the a regime change to be the afghan model of model or the iraqi model. but holidays are the all and the service is very simple similar to what happened in iraq. could we be seeing an iraqi scenario unfolding here as far as

iran goes well there are some similarities in the. escalation of the language in the threats. that we had in the case of iraq and now have in case of iran on the other hand we must remember that in the case of iraq they talked about . weapons that in fact did not exists today they are talking about iranian intentions led nato and they may not exist. but the difference is that iran certainly has a lot of nuclear installations iraq did not have that but in your own opinion is iran of any imminent threat to any nation at this point. i don't think so really you know it is true that the nearly doubt has come out in

that area very bad language about israel wiping israel off the map of the world but i think most people with me think that he is really talking to the arab street he has one to one to the destabilize arab states that have supported the united states. iraq iran does not have a track record of aggression in fact there was iraq that attacked iran so i don't see an immediate threat from iran but i can understand that israelis are nervous but the u.s. and israel maintain the latest i ate a report provides very strong evidence that iran seeking nuclear weapon. here's the question do you think iran has a nuclear weapon. no i think in nobody really thinks they have a nuclear weapon and i think one must read that report rather carefully what

they say is that they see some evidence that could explode could be explained if they were dealing with a weapon or a mere weapon and that there seems on the other evidence that is very hard to explain unless they were working towards a weapon but they have not said that they established that iraq or actually intends to do it they might stop short of their weapons well judging from your experience how should this intelligence be treated and how far can actually i.a.e.a. go in checking the credibility of such intelligence. well they do are not the every see it here in the iran and the it's a big country and then it places can be hidden so i think there are limits to what they can find out but that doesn't really affect what the outside world should do in my view they must continue to talk to iran and to persuade iran that they will

not need an a nuclear weapon and nor do they need any enrichment capability and if some european states the u.k. and france and germany started such talks and they have been expanded to also russia and china and the united states are participants in it and i think that is the wise road to go they have offered iran some good things and i think they could offer more things there is also on the way a big conference about a nuclear weapon free zone in the middle east which will take place in helsinki next year. and all originally the idea was to get the israel to do away with this nuclear weapons but i think if this if the conference board to try those to do away with israeli nuclear weapons and the uranium enrichment capability and get the other states in the middle east to come along then there might be more hopeful

future you know many believe that iran actually may be willing to get to a point when it's able to produce a nuclear weapon but doesn't actually do it unless its security established threatened is that a likely strategy. it is possible we know from the case of israel that they do not admit that they have nuclear weapons they say that they will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons in the middle east maybe one day the iranians will say that we also will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons in the middle east and maintain the situation ambiguity but i think it would be better if all the parties came to the conclusion that they should have neither nuclear weapons nor richmond capability and israelis would be more secure there would be a warning now that syria saudi arabia and egypt might also go for richmond's and

iran certainly should be nervous that is released might bomb them just as israel did iraq in the 1980's and syria in two thousand and seven what is the likelihood actually that israel may be at this point now that it has isolated itself from turkey also from egypt it has disappointed sarkozy it has disappointed obama very strong rhetoric going on back and forth between iran and israel what is it likely that it has become more dangerous and maybe it will actually show for the first time that it does have it does have nuclear arsenal and use it probably too long iran. well it's hard to judge i mean some people think that this kind of language and threats by the areas individuals in israel and also by a hoax in the united states that it was the iranians from their present course however i am somewhat doubtful that one can scare

a country away from going for nuclear weapons i think that carrots are better person aiding them that they can gain quite a lot by staying away from weapons and from enrichment saying there will be a point where i will be convincing israel not to use its nuclear nuclear arsenal but i think the israelis are very well aware of the game you're using its weapons and even when they talk about bombing iran there is nothing to suggest that they will use nuclear weapons for it and i do hope very much that if anything came to a war that no nuclear weapons would be used and it would also be a very bad if they attacked their civilian nuclear reactors that iran has in bush or but any kind of attack i think the risk is a total flop good conflagration in the middle east the iranian mullahs are not

sitting in to twiddle their thumbs they will have a counterattack of course and maybe they will drag in the united states in the war so it's a terrible fire that they are playing with. and one last question why do you think iran is so reluctant to accept all the incentives offered to them by the international community is it just not simply enough. well if may be a question of pride also i think that the western states that have talked to them some south sometimes have sounded rather high handed they have said that if you will suspend your to richmond we may be willing to sit down with you and that is a fairly sort of neo colonialists neocolonialist tone there of proud people and many others are and i think that the. they will have to talk to them i say important partner for important states state that they are and to discuss with

them what would they gain by abandoning enrichment they can gain a lot and i do not see that they have much advantage on the richmond because they can import the fuel they need from russia or from other places. they have to look up our act this conscious we've been where i'm standing now we have ten and we imported a richer a new message. it is cheap so i don't see iran would loose a very much by doing away with maybe a lot of pride in this mr blix thank you very much for this interview. you'll. lose

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in the headlines. and the latest action from the world of sport. hello welcome to the latest sports update this thursday night on this tuesday night and here are the headlines while those days hitting sage and denies the show is about to become the new coach of russian super rich side and. while he is near zero down to basel on a strike a buffet there is said to be out for the season and mainly spain's defense of their european crown after surgery on his broken leg. and sailed. much to city manager about the one charity holds for striking a car last time as must be sold not to go on loan to ac milan in january. but first proceedings agents dismisses rumors and says there's been no contact between

the dutch coach and russian premier league side and she would like a rich club have been managed since the end of september while latest reports now say they've offered the job to former lokomotiv moscow boss you are because no one well russian sport websites champion of the truth claim is expected to take up the offer and what also be allowed to continue his role of the russian two sides well meaning wrong. and not even rising says angie have not approached the sixty five year old former russian coach who's taking a break from management and is on call a day in africa adding he won't be making decisions about his future until he returns in january angy who owned by billionaire suliman gary i'm all for also being named to big name players such as chelsea flower and luda and salomon kalou will go the club have not confirmed those reports. but in the meantime ac milan president of reanna galliano will travel to manchester on thursday to discuss a possible deal for one to a city striker cost tevis city manager about the munchies and he says the argentina

star will not be allowed to join the syria asked side on loan in january the city want to sell him all the previous offer of twenty three million euros was turned down the twenty seven year old hasn't played for city since september the twenty seven's after refusing to warm up in their two nil champions league defeat by me nick. and in real time for what you see in a field that christiane and all of these and sixteen other people have been arrested during an ongoing investigation into match fixing the inquiry is focusing on several matters in saudi or better for the past two seasons with serious games involving don is a former club atlanta the thirty eight year old was arrested on suspicion of destroying evidence although he denies any wrongdoing but his career was effectively ended earlier this year when he was banned for three and a half years following an investigation by the italian football federation under this latest probe of three serious matters from last season also under investigation home games against body and let your. meeting with some doria

prosecutors say those arrested have links to criminal gangs in singapore and eastern europe the arrests come five years after a separate match fixing scandal resulted in the event has been relegated to just set up there. meanwhile barcelona striker that there is expected to be out for five months following surgery on his fractured left shin bone and is a day for spain's title defense and next summer's european championships was not your all suffered the injury in the semifinals of the club world cup last week which basso went on to win the two no final the brazilian side some goals don't just say in good cases a player can recover from such an operation within five months which would still be out for the rest of the season and threaten his participation in twenty twelve but start to say they've been impressed with his attitude and any progress so far ok let's go there he was a mind to have the blues. and that very moment has been

a very good beginning he would when he was in the hospital. and with the president in front of him he started to ask questions one after another regarding what he should do. and which one was the best mattered because it was startling as soon as possible. well chelsea have been lobbying playing down a training ground injury suffered by captain john terry the thirty two year old sendoff had to be helped off the pitch during an open training session at club says he pinched an achilles tendon that is expected to be fit for their league showdown at tottenham he definitely on thursday where chelsea could leave from spurs into third with a victory. point on this incursion game at the foot of the premier league table this tuesday night as rock bottom bolton travel to second bottom black then with the pressure firmly on rovers manager steve kean wolves who are just a coin above the relegation zone take place nor it. had also this tuesday realm

a drill looking to book their place in the last sixteen of the copper del rey the defending champions take a two goal advantage into their second leg against a third tier outfit on for the no although way al are overwhelming favorites and playing at home coach shows and winning i think city will still be a competitive game. expect a good atmosphere. because we had a very good atmosphere. so i hope we can give them. a big night because they deserve because they were. very nice to us very very very competitive so we can be. this for them two more probably looks. good stay with atmosphere good experience for them and after that we have to play serious because two zero is not five zero two zero. tennis now and former world number one venus williams is a dad for the australian open in january because of an ongoing health problem those

are the one year old american has pulled out of the a.s.b. classic in new zealand she's been held in the run up to the first grand slam of the year when it is suffering from sheer gins syndrome which affects the immune system the seven time grand slam winner has slipped to one hundred and third in the world and how closely it while casting astray and i play melbourne which begins on january nineteenth. now russia's sports minister vitaly would call once the country sports federations to become more transparent as they prepare for next year's london olympics and their first ever home winter games in sochi in twenty fourteen the top official spoke at a meeting with the heads of the local sports media and extended his gratitude to r.t. for helping to promote sports summing up the year what co said an overhaul of taking place after russia's disappointing performance and eleventh place overall finish at the winter olympics in vancouver two years ago what kind of leaves a more systematic approach to sport is needed to help russia become more competitive in the world stage and compelling federations to produce nearly reports

will be a step in the right direction. yes but if you are in the sports federations have become the partners of us at the ministry and we've already started to fund an eleven of them with me on the way but we're working towards ensuring all the federations report on their work at the end of each season and publish their reports and budgets on their websites that way anyone can access the information on the internet but when we keep up with our land with our russia especially of impaired footballers are keeping alive their dreams of playing at the paralympics despite missing out on next summer's games due to the toss of a coin from one quarter of has no. this is not your regular soccer ball it's much heavier and has special features for the visually impaired now the key to this game is to actually hear the direction of the ball and when a player kicks at all throws it it makes

a sound like this. this is gold ball and along with floods they make up two different events at the modern paralympic games for russia fail to qualify for the london games from the latest european championship in turkey where a coin toss decided their fate after the match against the hosts thirty ended in a goal this draw was because which we all knew that it would be hard to qualify for the london paralympics who knows what could have happened if we reached the semifinals but they decided to throw a coin after our withdrawal with to if you instead of a penalty shoot out which is not fair a sportsman like so it's amazing that these guys know that they are strong enough to compete with the best however the luck of the draw at the european championship in turkey is not the only facts are hampering russia's efforts lack of support and little to no funding from football authorities and respect to government sports apartments adds to the already obstacle filled lives of these courageous athletes

and use the plus for the sometimes we have to be seen for uniforms and even some of the trips to competitions like the latest presidents cup for example with those we had a last training camp and so much it would have to play for our own way there as well as well hopefully the teams financial woes will soon be over but it's apparent that money or lack of it will never become a barrier for the guys who are not used to giving up that coast need to live there are a good boy still doesn't have an official status within the sport of stories but over the last seven years his team became a five time champions of russia and the base of the national squad. a month off to my team defeated won't run his. at the domestic international tournament and continued on beating the likes of england and germany and even greece the financing was suddenly cut and the team was inactive from october until may so while paralympic dreams of futile from the beginning the passion of blind football is evident the first time delay arrives on one of the training sessions which

sometimes can be more dramatic than any other olympic sport the medical wellbeing of injured players is in the hands of just one doctor with spends all of her free time with it saying i don't see it as the typical injuries for the visually impaired usually happen when they collide against each other and get bumps and bruises muscle or a broken limb are unfortunately also regular in here and i didn't come across a player who mistakenly kicked the opponents had instead of the ball visually impaired football in russia is far from the level enjoyed by some other countries but this hasn't stopped the national side from getting the better of established powerhouses of blind football with success still largely dependent on individual enthusiasm and rare acts of support among koester of r.t. moscow. both are now more in just under two hours face job.

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