as violence intensifies across the country with the people struggling under the heavy weight of western sanctions. and the end of an era for north korea a country mourns the death of its working i'm talking you know as a youngster on the steps our elders the new supreme commander news of the leader's passing put the states neighbors on high alert halting fears for the region's mounting uncertainty. up next our team interviews a former head of the un's nuclear watchdog on how kim jong il's death may impact the region 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 iraq 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 threat how vigorously will he have push for nuclear weapons. well we are generally rather read. about the. architecture of the power building new north korea. but the change has been underway for some time but of course with kim young. growth and figure is gone. and there's always a risk in such a structure that there can be changes so i think it is important that the

outside world. does not make them. because they will feel themselves in a situation of some weakness and then the 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 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 in. 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. 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 to see a regime change to be the afghan model of models or the iraqi model but also in the

eyes are the oh i'm sorry this is very similar 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 you know it is true that the new dad has come out in that area very bad language about israel and 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 wanted to do stab allies arab states that have supported the united states. iraq iran does not have a track record of aggression in fact it 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 us and israel maintain the latest i say a report provides very strong evidence that iran seeking any 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 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 average 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 an a nuclear weapon and nor do they need any enrichment capability i'm. dear senator appearances 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 origin of 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 its security establish 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 thing 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 say saudi arabia and egypt might also go for richmond's. and iran certainly should be nervous that these are last 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 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 their use 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 perswading them that they can gain quite a lot by staying away from weapons and from enrichment to 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 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 it may be a question of pride also i think that the western states that have talked to them some sometimes has 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 sort of neo colonial almost neo colonialist tone they are a proud people many others are and i think that the.

they will have to talk to them 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 voted to look up our reactors this conscious we bill and standing now we have ten and we import a richer a new message. it is cheaper so i don't see iran would loose a very much by doing away with it there may be a lot of pride in this mr blix thank you very much for this interview.

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week's top stories from our t.v. tens of thousands gathered for a peaceful rally in the russian capital demanding a rerun of the parliamentary elections president to me that he made a visit valis bold reforms promising an overhaul of the country's political system but. the head of the arab league's mission to syria iran is in damascus amid fresh claims of violence and international pressure mounts on the syrian regime to end its crackdown on protesters as violence intensifies across the country with the people struggling under the heavy weight of western sanctions. and the end of an era for north korea but country mourns the death of its ruler ken jong il as his

youngest son steps into power hailed as the new supreme commander news of the leaders of pouncing put the state's neighbors on high alert calls and fears for the region's mounting uncertainty. this is our team and now to the sports news with it on. hello and 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's old 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 in the n.f.c. east ground but we'll start with the ice hockey where there were eight games on offer in the kontinental hockey league on sunday three early matches to tell you about first where often police conceded in their ninth consecutive matchups for losing to deny moscow on home ice over in almost with a score all for two defending the guardian cup champion still about to live one whole match against more with the same four two scoreline truck virtually have been scored to second here it goes against visiting sorbet and usually not push for enough to win the match now let's follow up with two times the garden cup winners are the bores who was defeated visiting side c.b.e. by three blocks two one while kate shells that boys d.t. has lost two or drives of on guard in the moscow region by the narrowest of margins to one nifty he made beats mental of of his next three to the match between severstal and you gras and it scoreless in regulation and oversight and but the

home side got the upper hand in that penalty shoot outs while sports up in moscow a loss to the visiting it makes a little money to work in the russian capital so one gets a little to have now extended their winning streak to seven matches and stay with ice hockey where the russian national junior team are preparing to defend the world crown they captured a year ago it's one it's well championships get underway in calgary canada on monday and robert byrd the neon has the preview. the young victor is 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 clore the trophy out of the hands of their canadian peers in buffalo us in a dramatic finale last year. and now the reigning champions are ready to take on the even tougher challenge in their own

land to hockey canada they hope to hold on to the crown they cantered a year ago. but of course when el 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 ashes. this man probably more than anyone else in the team holds the outcome in his hands one of the most gifted russian players of the new generation of gainey has needs of the nineteen year old forward played an essential role in his team's brilliant performance last year. they should have been slated just kept on shining taking part in the kitchen all star game in twenty eleven and also making his debut with a nation in 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 all of

that smaller than 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 them 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 each of them was the theme of says that russian fans have every reason to expect some new up and comers to show 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 always a lot of goals or any of my teammates. will the golden boy is a russian ice hokey will please their first test in the group stage begins

switzerland. r.t. newschool region. one of the world's brightest up and coming the long jump stars is hoping to make the upcoming london twenty as well the next her shining moment daria collation has been training right here in the russian capital after a string a world class performances into wednesday eleven that collation out won gold at the under twenty three european championships and the european championships this year that's when iraq also owns the second best mark 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 at stake in the next step to have a chance at standing at the podium in london this summer. i. think this is over this new we say it's a dream is something that is unrealistic and

a long way from reality so for me the olympics and it's a dream a time get something that any meaningful and focusing on in just over a year's time i hope we're going to be in a very fun state in big games and i will be talking to success not just the things go well and i can push them to the best of my ability and become a champion in moving on to 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 johns' quarterback eli manning finding addicts or crews 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 seven 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. that denver broncos quarterback team t.-bone has been known for his late comeback to royce but he was the exact opposite against buffalo denver was up seven three before my calvin turned that side during the offseason overlook special teams plays and eighty yard ponds return putting buffalo via 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 fall back into 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 title of the year olds who went to twelve 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 its way to twelve thirty mins which starts in june while villa himself is focused on recovery rather than any kolob or international competition. if you're not on the ghouls not to be able to plea in any final competition yet there is still many months ahead happens and to think the forehead is not my still around and really concentrate on a day to day basis and i can tell you i will do everything to do back not necessarily for the champions league and year route twenty two a little. bit. and with the year twenty eleven almost over it is high time to reflect on that seems an athlete which made an impact in the

sporting world and while some were business setting the world records and helping there it seems with trophies others were winning in less conventional ways save monza gorski takes a look at some of the more offbeat sporting events of the year. running up flights of stairs and riding a bike are both good exercise but going up the stairs on a bike is a completely different ballgame well known footballer zombie is often putting on a show in barcelona but this time it was a slightly less famous zob excess stealing the spotlight from a soccer namesake with a flawless take me he was able to ascend one hundred fifty floors and setting a new record this hotel building seems like a mountain to climb but sas achieved that feat six times over. while australia's most athletic cockroaches are given an opportunity to showcase their unique physical gifts the thirtieth annual cockroach race in queensland drew plenty of interest with competitors really itching to get out of the gates fourteen events

and all to be contested between more than five hundred participants the cost of owning your very own thoroughbred insect athlete is just ten dollars and proceeds from the tournament a given to local charities crashes are always something to be avoided especially in motor sport but sending your vehicle tumbling down this long straight is the only way to win here the ramp rollover championship sees the participants trying their best to crash in style and earn points but for some just getting out of the car in one piece is a reward enough twenty nine year old wayne drury emerging as the winner from all this carnage. staying with the racing theme and using the lawn more has never been this much fun or competitive the motor is divided into three groups from the simple engine to all the way to cutting edge of grass trimming my creswell a cut above the rest in group two in a ten laps race sub par playing conditions are the essence of this footballing competition rather than

a nuisance much sweat and tears on the pitches at the swans soccer world cup in scotland with participants really having no choice but to play dirty brazil holland and even russia i'm on the countries where the sport is growing increasingly popular yvonne's the gorski r.t. that's all for now but more sport will be coming your way in less than a couple of hours meanwhile our you tube channel at r.t. sport news is always available for your comments so head there when you get a chance thanks for watching. well including. science technology innovation all the lives developments from around russia we've got the future of covered.

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