six thirty pm in moscow we're taking a look back at the week's top stories here on r t tens of thousands rallied peacefully in the russian capital demanding a revolt of the parliamentary elections meanwhile president medvedev those polled reforms promising an overhaul of the country's political system. international pressure mounts on the syrian regime to end its crackdown on protesters as the violence intensifies across the country with people struggling under a set of western sanctions soaring prices and food shortages have already hit or have hit the already impoverished population. and the end of an era north korea mourns the death of its leader kim jong il his youngest son steps into power hailed

as the new supreme leader the news of his passing but the secretive states neighbor is on high alert amid mounting fears of a regional uncertainty. up next the former head of the un's nuclear watchdog speaks with r.t. about how kim jong il's death might disturb the nation the region's already shaky stability. 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 they had 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. did next national leader what do we know about him are things going to stay pretty much the same or a race where general security under threat how vigorously will he have push for nuclear weapons. well we are generally rather dinner and about the. architecture of the power building in north korea. but the changes be underway for some time but of course with kim your new. group didn't figure is. there's always a risk to in such a structure that there can be changes i think it is important to the outside world. does not make them for us because they will feel themselves in a situation of weakness and then the threats from the outside lives of notes

and provocative for the last few years iran was number one nuclear and before 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. but that would be a risk in the case of iran. on the other hand we see that already. their

work in iran to develop it capacity. has increased threat enormously. and there is a great arms race going on. and we hear who works in israel and in the united states saying that they should bomb iran others say that they are all the nuclear installations are and that it is meaningless. to the presidential candidates that he thinks for a regime change but i don't think he explained whether he would like the a regime change to be the half. or the iraq. but also the service is very similar similar to what happened in iraq. could we be seeing the new 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 case of iraq they talked about. weapons that in fact did not exists. today they are talking about iranian intentions of 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. the it is true that you are merely dad has come out in the very a very bad language about israel wiping israel off the map of the world but

i think most people would think that he is really talking to the arab street he has wanted to 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 is seeking any clear 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 x. 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 shit this intelligence be treated and how far can actually i a go in checking the credibility of such intelligence well they do are not the average sit 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 nor do they need any enrichment capability and

if senator pearce says 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 a 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 it's 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 its really capability you. would be more secure there would be a warning now that saudi arabia and egypt might also go for a response and iran certainly should be nervous that israel is night 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 the various individuals in israel and also by hawks in the night that it was. from their present course however i am somewhat doubtful that one can scare away from. i think that carrots are better. that they can gain quite

a lot by staying away from. saying there will be a point where i will be convincing israel not to use its nuclear nuclear arsenal i think these are very well aware of the game 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 they would also be very bad if they attacked the civilian nuclear reactors that iran has. but any kind of attack i think is. in the middle east. sitting in. they will have a counter attack of course. in the united states in the war so it's

a terrible fire that they are playing with. 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 are talked to them some solid sometimes 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. neo colonialist told crowd people and many others are and i think that the. they will have to talk to them say important partner pull important states state that they are and discuss with them what 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 all the places they have voted to look up our reactors this conscious we've been 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 plan that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution of the most recent study that was done shows that this water

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stunts on t.v. dot com. we stop stories on our t.v. tens of thousands rally peacefully in moscow as they demand a rerun of the presidential of the parliamentary elections ball president dmitri medvedev vows to hold reforms promised going over all the country's political so the. international pressure mounts on the syrian regime to end its crackdown on protesters as violence intensifies across the city with people struggling under a set of western sanctions soaring prices and food shortages have hit the already of harvard population hard. the end of any era while north korea mourns the death of its ruler kim jong il his youngest son steps into power hailed as the new supreme leader use of his passing put the secretive states neighbors on high alert and they've now been fears of uncertainty in the region. more news at the top of

the hour oman's up next though with all the latest from the world of sports stay with us. hello welcome to sport on r t coming to you from the russian capital with me or i'm on call for a first as always the headlines. the rink dreams russia's junior ice hockey team goes to canada to defend the world side hold one in buffalo. reaching for the stars long jump the nominee on zaria collegiate aims to make a huge debut at the london olympics. gangs of new york the giants run out confident winners over local rivals jets to get the big apple bragging rights and a chance for an n.f.c. east ground. but we'll start with you where there are eight games on offer in the kontinental hockey league on sunday three only matches to tell you about first

where off to mobilise to conceded in their ninth consecutive match after losing to the not all moscow on home ice all over in almost with a score or ford suv defending the garden cup winners to be alive want to home match against more with the same for two scoreline trucks or should have been supposed to second period goals against visiting sarah palin in the goods which were enough to win the match five more games are now still underway where to sign the current cult winners are good bars are welcoming severe and the score in that game is now three male to force in the third period. chills the bad boys are hosting out on guard on the score in the moscow region is now two one two on guard need to keep making mezzaluna because this car both hungry for a victory after their respective losses in the previous round in the school or in their head to head meeting is now two to a droll now severstal they're up against you grol with the scoreline no mill still there in the third period and spartak moscow are in action against mental

arithmetic is a war skin. russian capital with a score two one says it to the visiting side it's a little. meanwhile on saturday's struggling love put up an impressive fight against flounce in a losing effort of the most courageous men escaping slovakia with an overtime win thanks to a clutch effort by the factory zacharias and five for the final score as love have now lost three straight and sit nineteenth in the table blonds on the other hand have extended their win streak to four games and are ranked third overall league leaders meanwhile have lost three nothing against a top five mins going to suffer road outing in bella ruth's second string gold is for both teams in that one. and staying with ice hockey where the russian national junior team are preparing to defend the world crown they captured a year ago that's when it's well championships get underway in calgary canada on monday and robert byrd the neon has the preview. the young

victorious lending at home in blaze of glory to live the world youth champion scalp in front of their adoring fans the russian youth hockey team claw the trophy out of the hands of their canadian peers in buffalo us in a dramatic finn know last year. now the reigning champions are ready to take on the even tougher challenge into the hockey canada they hope to hold on to the crown they cantered a year ago. but of course we're now 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 it our show. 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 gainey has needs of the nineteen year old forward played in essential role in his team's brilliant performance last year and. that you have been slated just kept on shining taking part in the cage all-star game in twenty eleven and also making his debut in 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. 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 a spark to even more so always scored the winner in the home crowd walked out a whole minute earlier it was unbelievable. it's a safe bet violated dragons men will give their old to get the feeling once again.

and it really does take much more than one great turns to cheer that was nice of says that russian fans have every reason to expect some new up and comers to show off in the big showdown the ability of each one of our squad can be a leader among them all for one and one for all that's the way we play it doesn't matter if it's me was always a lot of goals or any of my teammates. well the golden boys a russian ice hockey will place their first test in the group stage begins switzerland robert r.t. in a still region. one of the world's brightest up and coming long jump stars is hoping to make the upcoming long since once it's all been thanks her shining moment zaria collision has been training right here in the russian capital after a string a world class performances in swain see eleven that collation out won gold at the under twenty three european championships and the european championships this year

that's one erode also owns the second best more among juniors ever after she broke the seventy meter barrier aged nineteen collation of becoming a popular figure securing plenty of endorsement deals thanks to her looks and achievements and the upstart long jumper is already focused in the next step to have a chance at standing at the podium in london this summer. i. think it was over snow we say it's a dream is something that is unrealistic and a long way from reality so for me the limbic sonata dream the time get something that i'm aiming full and focusing on in just over a year's time hoping to be added very fast in big games and it will be targets and success i just don't things go well and that i can perform to the best of my billets and become a champion. the national football league now where talk turned out to be cheap for the jets coach rex ryan the new york giants coming out confidence once in nine

fourteen winners over a gang green after plenty of media barbs from both sides leading up to the clash giants quarterback eli manning finding addict or cruz despise being pinned inside his own end zone and the twenty five year old showed his blazing speed by making a huge ninety nine yards down run the giants going up ten seven late in the second quarter after that amazing effort by their breakout star ahmad bradshaw also a big contributor for the g. men as he gashed the jets defense for two touchdowns the giants thus setting up an n.f.c. east side all showdown with the dallas cowboys. in the final week. the denver broncos quarterback has been known for his late comeback there oit's but he was the exact opposite against buffalo denver was up seven three before mcalpin turned it sides during the offseason overlook special teams plays and eighty yard ponds return putting buffalo three for their first lead of the game meanwhile couldn't

bring his team back late this interception return score by jerry is byrd was followed by another one from spencer johnson forty fourteen the final the broncos full back into its side for the a.f.c. west. meanwhile has begun that c.d.'s process of recovery from a broken leg he sustained earlier this month during the club world cup the barcelona star hoping to see his once heal so he can help spain defend their consentual side all at the euro so once it's wealth the thirty year old checked out of a barcelona hospital after undergoing surgery on monday but doctors say villa will likely be out for around four or five months that means that he can technically aim to make the euro what is twelve tournaments which starts in june while villa himself is focused on recovery rather than any club or international competition.

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 a football field if my leg allows me to do dan. 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 r.t. sports news is always available for your comments so head there when you get a chance thanks for watching. i am. witnesses. to history in the making. of testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v.

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