he begins to mask it seemed to be backfiring on some civilians. and the end of an eight year old well north korea mourns the death of its ruler he was wrong you know his youngest son steps into power hailed as the new supreme leader news of his passing but the secretive states neighbors on high alert a bit about him fears of uncertainty in the region. up next a former head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog speaks with r.t. about how can join us death might disturb the region's already shaky balance stay with us. well i'm joined by mr hans blix from stop calling 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 said 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 threats how vigorously will he have push for nuclear weapons. well they are generally rather it dinner and about the architecture of the power building in north korea. but the changes be underway for some time but of course with good. growth and figure is. there is always a risk in such a structure that can be changes. 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 any threats from the outside might have 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 for all of 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. 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 in. their work in iran to develop a capacity we enrich uranium has increased threat tensions enormously and there goes 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. mr gingrich one of the presidential candidates says that he thinks down to the world 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 models or the iraqi model. but holidays are all around us service is very soon 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 and the threats. that we had in the case of iraq and now having 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 that may or may or 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 and that is good true that you are merely. come out in the

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 deal stab allies 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 report provides very strong evidence that iran is seeking nuclear weapons. 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 so 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 seat here in the iran and 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 any 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 were to try those to do away with the 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 a 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 their list 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 the likelihood that it has become more dangerous and maybe it will actually show for the first time that it us has 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 their u.s. individuals in israel and also by hawks in the united states that it will scare 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 i think the israelis are very well aware of the danger of 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 very bad if they attack the civilian nuclear reactors that iran has in bush or but any kind of attack i think is a total 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 it may be a question of pride also i think that the western states that have talked to them some solid 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 colonial mosque neal colonialist told they're a proud people and many others are and i think that the. they will have to talk to them say important partner put 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 voted to look up our reactors this conscious way below where i'm standing now we have ten and we imported a richer a new message. it is cheaper 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. this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial

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on the go. video. and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. on the dot com. the week's top stories on our t.v. tens of thousands rallied peacefully in the russian capital demanding a rerun of the parliamentary vote while president if you made better values bold reforms promising an overhaul of the country's political system. international pressure mounting on the syrian regime to end its crackdown on protesters as violence intensifies across the country with people struggling under a set of western sanctions soaring prices and food shortages have already hit the impoverished people. at the end of any hero while north korea mourns the death of its ruler kim jong il his son youngest son steps into power held as the new supreme

leader news of his passing but the secretive states neighbor is on high alert amid mounting fears of uncertainty in the region. and romans up next with a sports update stay with us. a long walk into a sport on r t coming to you from the russian capital would meet ramon calls for a cup first as always they have lines. the rink dreams are russia's junior ice hockey team goes to canada to defend the world side hold one in buffalo. reaching for the stars long jump phenomenon daria collegian aims to make a huge debut at the london olympics. gangs of new york the giants run al it's called put it what airs over local rivals jets to get the big apple bragging rights and

a chance for an end see peace crown. i will start with ice hockey where eight games have been scheduled in the kontinental hockey league on sunday three early matches to sell you about first where some of these look to be well on their way to their nine straight defeats as they are hosting did i must go over in all my school with the school right now one two one and i will moscow in the third period now defending the garden cup winners sell about your life are up against more words two goals were scored by the hosts in the first spirit and now it's three one to sell about you live in the third period now trucks are scored soo second period goals against the visit things are better nizhny novgorod the score in that one is still two zero now five more games will start in the next ten minutes or so words that are in cup winners august bars are welcoming c.b.d. now kate shells and bad boys. are hosting album garden if he make amends local business will be looking for victories after respective losses in the previous

round severstal are up against you growl while spartak moscow will be playing against the metal on these awards in the russian capital. meanwhile on saturday struggling put out and impress. the fight against all clients in a losing effort the most courageous men escaping slovakia with an overtime win thanks to a clutch effort by patrick zach chris and five for the final score as love have now lost three straight and sit nineteen in the table on the other hand have extended their win streak to four games and are ranked third overall league leaders scot meanwhile have lost three nothing against the top fight scenes in a men's in itself road outing in bella ruse second string goalies for both teams in that one. and stay with ice hockey where the russian national junior team are preparing to defend the world crown they captured a year ago that's one of twelve championships get underway in calgary canada on monday and robert byrd the neon has the preview. there was. the young

victorious lending at home in blaze of glory to live the world youth champions get up in front of their adoring fans the russian youth hockey team cool or the truth the out of the hands of their canadian peers in buffalo us in a dramatic fin no last year. now the reigning champions are reading to take on the even tougher challenge in the homeland to hockey canada they hope to hold on to the crown they cantered a year ago. but of course when else facing an even tougher task we won the title and now we need to defend it and our opponents are going to see us in a different way with much more respect and with the aspiration to beat us we'll see how we can handle that kind of pressure. that this man probably more than anyone else in the team holds the art in his hands one of the most gifted russian players of the new generation of guinea because needs of the nineteen year old forward

played an essential role in his team's brilliant performance last year with. that you have been slated just kept on shining taking part in the kid all star game in twenty eleven and also making his debut with the national senior team but he's back for his third world year jump and ships which gets norway on monday and he's looking forward to settling some old scores or minutes loreto that. i enjoy playing against canadians it gives me a kind of a special drive recalling last year's finals in buffalo even when they took the three no lead and the whole arena started singing our team got inspired to even more so when we scored the winner and the home crowd walked out a whole minute earlier it was unbelievable though with it's a safe bet my native dragons men will give their all to get the feeling once again . it really does take much more than one great turned to chief of that. sort of

says that russian fans have every reason to expect some new up and comers. in the big showdown with the most of them each one of our squad can be a leader all for one and one for all that's the way we play it doesn't matter if it's me was or is a lot of goals or any of my teammates. i will the golden boy is a russian ice hokey will please their first test in the group stage begins switzerland. r.t. moscow region. one of the world's the brightest up and coming along jump stars is hoping to make the upcoming a long one has fallen picks her shining moment zaria collation eye has been training right here in the russian capital after a string a world class performance as into wednesday eleven that collation a one gold at the under twenty three european championships and the european indoor championships this year at twenty year old also owns the second best mark among

juniors ever after she broke the seven metre barrier at age nineteen collation are becoming a popular figure securing a lead seven divorcement deals thanks to her looks and achievements. in the long jumper and he's already focus and taken the next step to have a chance of standing at the podium in london this summer. think it was over snow we say that a dream is something that is unrealistic and a long way from reality so for me the olympics are not a dream a target something that i mean for and focusing on in just over a year's time i hope i can be an advisory for us to limp in games and i will be targeting success i just don't know pigs go well and that i can perform to the best of my ability and become a champion. moving to the national football league now where talk turns out to be cheap for the jets coach rex ryan the new york giants coming out confidence twenty nine fourteen winners over gang grain after plenty of media barbs from both sides

playing it leading up to the kalash giants quarterback eli manning finding a victor cruz despite being pinned inside his own end zone and that's what a five year old show is a blazing speed by making a huge mike's nine yards touchdown run the giants going up ten seven late in the second quarter after a that's amazing effort by their breakout star ahmad bradshaw also a big contributor for the g. men as gash the jets defense for suits us down the giants does sitting up and and it see a subtle showdown with the dallas cowboys in the final week. that denver broncos quarterback tim tebow has been known for his late combat heroics what he was the exact opposite against buffalo denver was up seven three before the audi smart kelvin turned to the sides during the often overlooked special teams plagues and eighty yard punch return putting buffalo up by three for their first lead of the games green zebo meanwhile couldn't bring his team back to late this interception

return score by jerry is byrd was followed by another one from spencer johnson forty fourteen in the final the broncos fall back into its live for the a.f.c. west. daveed meanwhile has begun the tedious process of recovery from a broken leg he sustained earlier this month during the club world cup the barcelona star hoping to see his wounds heal so he can help spain defend their continental sides all at the year olds went to twelve thirty year old checked out of a barcelona hospital after undergoing surgery on monday that's all for save the villa will likely be out for around four or five months that means that he can technically aim to make the year old swans in twelve thirteen months which starts in june one. villa himself is focused on recovery rather than any club or international competition. at the moment i don't know the goal is not to be able to play in any final or competition and there are still many months ahead before that

happens and to think that far ahead is not my style i'd rather concentrate on a day to day basis and i can tell you i will do everything i can to get back soon not only for the champions league in euro two thousand and twelve but rather to be able to be back as soon as possible on any football field if my leg allows me to do that. that's all for now but more sport will be coming your way in less than a couple of hours meanwhile our use of channel at our sport news is always available for your comments so head there when you get a chance thanks for watching. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shaped two thousand and seven on r.t.e. .

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