the effects of the earthquake and tsunami. we're back to our top story now our r.t. talks to a french journalist who's been reporting from the country throughout the conflict and he shares his firsthand impressions of what he see happening there. as the conflict in syria continues it's been extremely hard to establish exactly what's been happening here inside the country we're joined now by independent journalist the airiness sun thank you very much for joining us now you've been working on the ground here in syria can you tell us where your perceptions of the situation are big in we've some armed groups entering inside the country. making big problems trying to create islamic emirates one of the border first in jordan. and various people. some

of them to to me coup fighting groups and no way up and coordination with the political opposition to this country very. long history of position between sparty in the brotherhood saw no reason i didn't speak to in this. groups coming from abroad so that's why these groups come in. because we have some support now inside the population begin. for. subversion but they find a support inside become real. difficult to gnaw away for and be support if it's because people is ready to use any means to reverse for government or if it's. for some ideological reasons and if you were muslim

brothers they said the very reverse. prism bashar said not because they want their work received but because he's a low weight so it could be the beginning of a religious war inside the country three described as a country on the brink of civil war do you think the situation is actually there yet we have seen the beginning of pursued war in some places especially in by the u.s. but now it's finished and no end in homs but nothing needs extending to a country i think because of external pressure from against syria and all of these people entering inside syria would continue but i don't think i know no reason to think that it will extend to all who come to pass peace country was an example of

friendly living between the different communities and since a very long time it's not at all from the us it's probably historia third of syria you know where to since the thirteenth and to even. in damascus very. big mosque. if we d. is. has so many and shias and sometimes have a pest which people praying to get there if we did this a mosque so they have a long tradition of peaceful. coexistence between the communities. but since but then as to yours the middle east. in populistic system is pushing the division between the communities that's. you know he said id to reshape who to read the least and evading the people in different sects we can see that

varies now some people in this country supported we support ject of hostility between. different communities and some of them are seen as sillies the most important community they have to control the poor and to exclude all those sects from before they were also on the ground during the war in libya in what ways did you draw comparisons to the situation that's happening now in syria so the way it works for nato is exactly the same be do exactly the same way to create the file on the united nations first to you version of a council on human rights and after the security council they try to manipulate league exactly in the same way in the libyan case they organize a big story in front of vision of a concern for human rights they say to ease five thousand people killed by security

forces of course it's absolutely on the base a lot of people killed but very few by the security forces most of them are killed by these are my whoops they put inside the car and with the same armor woops they use the media and know you are with some different divisions between six hundred people coming from libya who are now in syria especially you know but. the military governor of tripoli libya is no easy. in turkey to organize all the fight inside libya and they had. to call doing. particularly big. which was that people from i kid are no responsible for security in tripoli tonight. they are now all of them inside syria and the. spanish reporter was first in libya recognize them here in inside at the top of the

so so-called free. syrian army but not syria but you know in sting libya the support in the street was only in syria and the care because there was. an old contentious between syrian people it and i was whose country was created artificially very late so you don't have such a thing in syria and so you're the only way to divide the people is to use the contrition rule so we try to do that now. below it's. so nice and of course of course to. question losing so but if you mean fight there you want to create peace between and i would send signals last competition a war in syria. hundred sixty years ago so it's difficult to prevent how do you see

the situation progressing now first on the military level. i think that all b. reaction to destabilize the country are not working we see a lot of problems a lot of people killed but this is not a civil war great way to organize if they want to enter with foreign troops inside like be doing libya or using proxy from the gulf council i think. the problem is based country israel will battle glorious countries leaving since sixty years in the released who is that will has not led. no on the economic level there is big problems at the beginning of ascensions destroy different part of the economy of course all the tourism is totally destroyed but during the winter you have more fuel. also

a problem with. different imported goods. but. i think this. is no changing because varies new agreements between syria. and china on that so a way to i know to impose. sanctions. it could be a disaster for his country but rediscover very quickly but it will be also disaster mikkel disaster for the ovals arab countries around survey have to stop is sanctions so no. syria is able to resist very long time to be. pressured from the top these think the president is that they now has the capability the capacity to remain in power of course and. the problem is that

the people who try to destabilize assad. stronger are sort of the that they are creating the meat they have already has on the throne they will have. but i said at the beginning of a wrong evolution of the program they think it would be very simple what the grade the student if you like a conversational civil war but they make a mistake. we built the number who we put we need. in libya when they create an islamic emirate to make him accumulate in libya and in syria. they have a lot of weapons from the beginning because they seized from the army not to leave . the smuggling underworld you know but they have very big stocks so very can have a basis to extend the civil war in the country but here they think it and

after that they use the people way of sent going from one told to another creating problem for went on to another but not able to destabilize all the country of the same time. and i know it's too late they will fade thank you very much for joining us. on the least explain because. you're an untouched by money. surrounded by stupid. case paintings on display for thousands of years.

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top stories from our t.v. observers arrived the arab league's team reaches syria's most troubled city amid reports that government tanks are pulling out. three years since israel waged a deadly assault on gaza the palestinians are still struggling its legacy and turning to the courts try to make amends. and the latest probe into the fukushima nuclear disaster blames the plant operators for being ill prepared and not responding properly to the effects of the earthquake and tsunami. this is r.t. now choose a night sport with roman. hello

and welcome to sport on r.t. coming to you from the russian capital with me or i'm on call for it and this edition will bring you the latest news along with holiday specials prepared by our correspondents but first the headlines. farewell and good luck in russia are preparing for the first ever use the winter olympics which gets underway in austria in january. best up to wednesday eleven that soon called the n.h.l.'s detroit red wings speaks exclusively with our team after beat maine to the best russian n.h.l. or. move games park or is taken russia by storm who will bring you the best highlights of a summer festival as part of our holiday series. there are now only a couple of weeks to go before the first ever youth winter olympic games get

underway in innsbruck austria russia will be represented by its sixty seven athletes and some of them according to a russian olympic committee president alexander as your golf may soon make a limping history for their country. the upcoming useful in big games is a great chance for us to test out just how good it will be at winter sports in the near future and in some sports even over the next few years because during force sooner teams very soon use you and if some of those youngsters people will brokers where they may with a little more time doing the russian olympic team who are sort she twenty fourteen meanwhile here in the russian capital legendary i saw he goaltender of love is love tretiak saw his grandchild off to the youth and picks in austria he was a one all the best in the sport's history and now his grandkids maxime is set to follow him. his footsteps and joins up with russia's ice hockey team the fifteen

year old wears his grandfather's jersey with the number three wednesday and eager to repeat the successful family tradition the. world championships and three and the gold medals including gold in the seventy six. years i'm glad to be in the u.s. olympic team it's a pleasure to reaches a level but it's also a great responsibility to wear the home countries jersey it will be very hard for him to become a great goalie has been under pressure since he was five when everyone wants to school one three t.x. in the net i don't tan me he metol i didn't have his background so i wasn't under as much pressure it will be psychological heart but everything depends on him he loves hockey and devotes whole his time to training. let's move on to figure skating now where you get the pollution call is once again on course for the salt shouldn't take since wednesday fourteen two thousand and six olympic champion

successfully returned to the sport by winning the russian national championship for the ninth time in his career the three time world champion beat all his rivals in the capital of russia's republic of marjah all via sarongs by taking the men's singles sides all with a total sum up to fifty nine sixty seven points despite any injury parts or gets inskip finished in second with sue forty nine point five zero eight well it sort of gave lauren off completed the podium with the results of forty point seventy nine. to ice hockey now where russia have made a successful start into the under it's once the world championships in canada but mary brought against men scored three unanswered goals against switzerland. and rigor ranko were on the scoreboard of the defending champions in other games sweden thrashed latvia nine for canada destroyed ten wins by eight goals to one while the americans left denmark capsular the no chance defeating them eleven three. let's

stay on the ice and move on to our g.'s holiday specials now where we'll bring you the best stories of twenty eleven which will air over the next couple of weeks old that soup has ended alexander ovechkin his five year reign as he won this year's harlem of trophy the prize run by the russian newspaper service q sport recognizes the russian player in the n.h.l. and is named after the legendary soviet hockey player artsy caught up with the soup who gave his views on his life both on and off the ice. it's a hard question slow process so in order they have a manner of doing system where i'm out there from. mike not only in the inside team and the whole organisation and they were like the real deal is fifteen years might be more when the people work harder and weren't jump inside to feel like i'm in the

families in this way to everybody and the more important ways we can from here. still play soccer annihilates lied to a lot of other. men saw it saw it all so i can like more turned. to his merry way when i'm down to just thinking with the fireplace party and some of them play inside just for them start when i'm playing the hockey and then find the time for saddam and i might be working. at some level with more throws her from the rug to miss more than i also in the quarter of them made a minute in her ear training was just going to make how well was this one and yes

it is a slight combination. maybe they are strong enough to hold somebody or prevent that so more time be in the mode like penalty it's all those penalties you get when you stop working applause i never thought i was. worse but not in. so being the secret it's a be immortal it can just move me into this post i'm going to people load your new stuff washington's not looking for.

the fish for a good meal you thought i should build a. thing is some of the movements of those like malls or the ones that never been so efficient and so close to the couple from those with the look it's a number that president in a small way while playing one and so i do find this an old pulse on all being at water and more fish tank and the things i'm older than. the new year for sports starts on the first of january with the annual dakar rally the russians are traditionally the main contenders for victory in the trucks category the face of the team has become younger though the line up for the upcoming fifteen day race includes nicholai if andre carr get off iraq mar de of and his brother in desire are seven times a car race japie have led her charge in her it's our it from the last every will be that seems manager the veterans counts on the youth and hope that the new

generation won't let them down and continue that seems a winning tradition. we expect serious rivalry between our young drivers and i'd be trying to say to the mom from the russian to you in previous years. the race will be interesting and unpredictable to groups we hope that the rupee's will be able to continue great winning tradition in the sport. unless the end of this edition with another holiday special bark or is the art of overcoming urban obstacles on certain amounts of all four on train people in everyday life now the discipline has been made famous in europe through movies and is slowly but surely winning over the hearts of russia's youth a festival called three move games was held in moscow in the summer and artie's put together the highlights of the events that as it usually happens turns into a huge party.

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the observers arrived the arab league's team reaches syria's most troubled city a bit reports the government tanks and pulling out. three years since israel waged a deadly assault on gaza the palestinian still struggling with its legacy turn to the courts to make a man. in our series about twenty eleven is most significant events our correspondent shares her personal experience with big spraining was writing the changes at the top here in russia. while the number of western economies are drowning in debt process of course opposed to one percent budgets.