the nato bombings because for months we'll heard from made from nato that they are adopting all those measures in order to make sure that there can not possibly be any civilian casualties and then we had on december eighteenth of this a disturbing investigation published by the new york times which showed that there were dozens at least civilian casualties so it makes sense to us and seems to be a pretty obvious thing that they have this matter investigated in an impartial. and it's a political but also humanitarian case if there are people who became victims of those strikes maybe injured people or their relatives were killed then they should be given some assistance without waiting for a prolonged period of other ongoing investigations like the investigation by the human rights council or i.c.c. the international criminal court which should deal with a whole range of possible. crimes transgressions which took place in libya in

the course of the military campaign but i don't see anything and i nato in this after all nato is a partner of the united nations after all nato has been acting on the basis of a security council mandate so the security council we believe should play an active role also in having this matter clarified but also i think if you put too much emphasis on this issue you will forget that the security council is working quite harmoniously on a range of issues pertaining to the conflict situation in libya the u.n. mission is there supported by the security council the security council is working under the resolution which was adopted by at russia's initiative on a looking into the dangers which are there in terms of spreading weapons out of libya which were left of them that in the course of of the conflict. helping the libyans to. but there are political and economic structures so

a lot of harmonious work is going on in the in the security council of the united nations on libya even though we continue to have some ideological and political difficult is as to whether it is a loose in one hundred seventy three was a properly implemented bus you touched on it just i wanted to pick up the. aussie rules of post conflict libya how are they being made secure how is the u.n. stopping any of those weapons maybe ending up in syria. there may be ending up in various places the best thing i can report of this point is that we are told of the most dangerous of those weapons in terms of terrorist use the so-called manpads man carried anti-aircraft weapons have so far not been detected outside of libya so we hope that this concerted effort of the international community together with the libyan authorities can be successful in

the containing the danger of spread of weapons from out of that country something else i'd like to ask you said libyan militants known to operate in syria what does that say about the nature of the syrian unrest that we've seen so far and why indeed does it appear that the u.n. members seem to be holding back from denouncing that what's happening there two weeks ago the russian delegation introduced a draft the security council resolution to the council trying to encourage the political process encourage the league of arab states money during mission which is being deployed now in syria but. we have basing our proposal proposal our new draft resolution on the presidential statement which was adopted by consensus in by the security council in august street which called on everybody to stay while also sudan and which stated that the only solution to the syrian crisis could be found through a syrian led all inclusive political process had all the members of the security

council had all the influential members of the international community been guided by the principles of that presidential statement i believe the conflict would have been over in the months ago but what we see is that there are some who are trying to stir up trouble and as things would usually happen when there is a crisis there you go source of extremist terrorist elements to show up for instance several days ago there was a horrible terrorist attack in damascus and the day before that the minister of defense of lebanon said that they detected some al qaeda group. moving into syria from from lebanon so i wouldn't be surprised that you know some terrorist elements from libya or other places found their way to get to syria in order to not to stir up trouble and to try to fan some kind of s. neko or religious conflict there this is what the terrorists are all about they're about to start in conflict but we believe that they're all of the international

community in a crisis situations like where we find in syria should be a two to help of the people of that country to find a peaceful political solution to the crisis that has been the line of the russian federation all along and that has been our guiding principle in the security council as well so with everything you've just said in mind how much more leeway would you like to see the syrian government given to sort out this from within. well we don't give any leeway to anybody we believe that the syrian government should be extremely prudent and should refrain from excessive use of force we believe that there has been there have been some extremely troubling reports coming out of syria about excessive use of force by those or it is we urge the syrian government to cooperate to face fully with the when it ordering mission of the arab league but also telling that the everybody must put pressure on. the destructive

elements of the of the opposition or various destructive elements which may have found their way into syria that they are a while and acts are not going to be condoned by the international community this is a this is a key to finding a peaceful way out of the situation there and this is one of the discussions we're having when we talk with all colleagues in the security council about all draft resolution i'm talking about the on groups outing to the problems within syria is it difficult for the u.n. members to put sanctions on to syria because of the previous broken promises about known implemented reforms to now scaled back at all. well you cannot really talk about broken promises because some reforms were announced. some of them we are pretty far reaching like changing the constitution and getting rid of the political monopoly of one party but of course to expect that those real reforms can be

implemented it is situation when the the crisis is sort of teetering on the brink of civil war even under normal circumstances in any country forms of such magnitude i know these are implemented but. the point i'm trying to make is that the sooner the crisis the military clashes stop in a better position the international community will be to demand the seat in a sort of is move along the reform track as quickly as possible towards forming the constitution doors conducting democratic open elections but all that in a situation when there is an armed conflict being encouraged from various quarters one would see weapons being moved. illegally into syria all that of course becomes a separate conversation like to broaden this out next and focus in about what might be ahead in two thousand and twelve more generally in the region islamist parties have made inroads in the countries these governments were overthrown in twenty

eleven what additional risks does it bring to the middle east and north africa or indeed what action do you think that will require from the u.n. into twenty two let me say that i believe that the greatest. danger in terms of this debilitation in the next year if i make my if i may make that prediction might come from the very disturbing growing confrontation between the west and iran this is a very dangerous scenario russia has been working very hard in order to prevent the scenario from playing out but we do believe that the peaceful solution can still get the upper hand that we do believe that iran can stop. talks with the international atomic energy agency on those unanswered questions about their alleged former military activity in the in the military programs in the nuclear field with do believe that there is still

a possibility on the basis of these and russians russian initiatives to restart the talks between iran and the group of the six of which russia is a member so i think that the the great focus of those who don't want to see a very dramatic escalation of tensions and conflict in that whole area would be to make sure the. peaceful track the negotiating track in relations with with iran prevails into solvent well to be clear the u.s. senate israel most notably the people that are worried about iran all or any of their fears justified in your view. well there are concerns which riseth in the shia concerns about the possibility of iran developing a nuclear weapon and that's why we have been working so hard in the format of the six and in the security council that's why a whale vote on not for sanctions resolution resolutions on the security council

target the iranian nuclear and missile programs a but we also do not accept the proposition that the best way to prevent the war is to stop the war and certainly any military move against it on this at this point or if it in any in any kind of scenario i could possibly imagine would have a dramatic consequences which would in no way improve the security of the region which will in no way improve in the long term the security of israel and which could really have very tragic of consequences metallik chuckin russia's ambassador to the u.n. seasonal greetings to wish you all the best for twenty twelve and thank you for being on out all the best all the best to you thank you. wealthy british style it's time.

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. thanks for joining us this is sports they plan to head over the next ten minutes or so including the stories of three. as you were among chester city missed the chance to start the new year as so leaders of the english premier league following only defeat to some poland. first blood twenty ten champions spain open their home run cup campaign with victory really despite the hosts taking the opening rubber in perth. and causing a splash we look back at one of the most thrilling sport events of twenty eleven the french leg of the cliff diving world championships. let's get the ball rolling with football it could have been a historic start to twenty twelve for months sister city but instead the sky blues

dream of taking over sole control of the premier league went up in smoke against sunderland city hall made it through at the stadium of light by an injury time drive from. breaking the hearts of the only some one else on the go and win means that three title favorites city their cross-town rivals on the joint table toppers united and chelsea all lost their games this weekend earlier on sunday everton claimed the first win of twenty twelve in the league a late goal victory. making all the difference against west brom everton. and the tent in the table. now to me our bill of dean off didn't see any playing time in his side's win over west brom indeed he may not be seeing any more at all and it meant with british media saying that twenty six goal will move to russia during the january transfer window. on the side believed to be seeking the russian international signature. pozen played for the. three weeks the lack of first team

football also a concern as it could affect his chances of lining up for his country at next summer's european championships the midfielder was sold to everton by. just over two years ago for thirteen million dollars averaging reportedly wants nine million dollars for any move away from goodison. the new year may just have begun but the first big tournaments of the tennis season is already well underway us trillion spain the latest countries who battled it out on sunday in the eight team event in perth. guy joseph getting those soft two winning start in the group b. jump the checkerboard also he was taking on the bell medina good a good step to get to the opening perceiving six three responded opponent pope stormed back in the second taken by the same scoreline but led by a big home support turn them around also six three for the.

top and also for none too over the us goal level models for team spain defeating lleyton hewitt six three three six seven games by dumping would mean decisive doubles rubber and they turned into the loose end of the of the day is truly taking the first set for spain for back in the second the third a war of attrition before the spaniards edge the l.f. and nine for the overall win. ok let's talk n.b.a. basketball now a perennial underachievers to new york knicks and twenty eleven on a high note seeing off the sacramento kings uncalled for then fashion on the road the visitors starting as they meant to continue finishing the opening for a full fifteen points ahead leaving thirty five twenty on the me the scoring for the knicks with twenty three thirty this point around fall to make it fifty six forty two in the second period the hosts did reduce the deficit to thirteen by the

end of the third so the final twelve minutes were to belong to them and slew out of nine more points from their california rivals one hundred fourteen ninety two the final score new york she wins two losses for the year to. two i saw keeper russia took their foot off the pedal on sunday in their final group stage play. of the under twenty world championships the red machine though had already playoff berth earlier in the week the fourth time last week meaning russia finished second in group eight had it all been going swimmingly income of the for the russians leaving three zero. but the swedes did not give all leavening managed by the end of the third period before a punter namea goal. make the czech republic and choose day in the knockout stages . now the man who guided the all blacks rugby team to world cup glory has been country's new year's almost list graham henry led new zealand to their first world

cup title in twenty four years last october the noro eight seven win over france in the final sixteen year old former school teacher. served graham henry. a former players and coaches to receive new zealand's highest honor the all blacks captain richie mccaw was also approached by prime minister john key but he had done stating he was too young thirty to receive such an act that henry was delighted with his own. feel very humble about. what people have. come from and. respect for them. but i wouldn't be recalled. and let's finish up by taking a look back at one of the most exhilarating events of twenty eleven the rachelle laid off the cliff diving world championships gary hunt may have won the.

experience all those deserve a pat on the block. anticipation. dearie. freedom. we still believe but we should see it in. dealing with any driver was. the story during east can prove it is not possible the only things we see to be. playing dice for a decent night will be with twenty seven meters. in the resurgence of free fall still moving into the good or just beautiful and with the others. this is one of the moves dangerous sports in the planet is just a slight mistake the resulting broken bullies in much worse. in didn't do any

dumber. they have to fight their nerves before every single. beer but it's not panic it's good when you're scared it would be far more dangerous if we weren't before any high dive i realize how risky it is but you should be positive it is. scary and thrilling. but that's part of the enjoyment. there is a danger factor but we train. for many many years to become divers. professional. high quality and so the risk of danger is minimal this is the french serial flaw to share the police were the brits taking height and weather conditions come together to challenge elite cleave divers of the two for diving comes within just a few hours of the high tide while a steep atlantic breeze of up to eighty kilometers parole makes the scene the

coolest so platform one of the toughest sports the world fleet diving serious have to all for the win like this it's hard to stand there on the platform and one of the one more important you'll have to keep your belt on with. these guys prove they've got over it takes a chill i said dangerous weather conditions and their true self. but all the pressure and research these dear devils take deal is the rule at the indy and east to them priceless you turn to the surface and take a deep breath. and it is such a big rally. and you've built up so much of my patients before the dawn. finally when you when you hit the water everything's ok you you know so i really. it's a long describable feeling one of the same with the feeling you get doing high dogs

can hardly be compared to anything it's a competition it gives you an amazing drive especially when all the best of divers come together and you manage to. it's extreme. it's been competitive since the year two thousand each passing season takes yet more skill than completed it does to win. a perfect takeoff we want the perfect position then the perfect autumn just because it brings in the elements doesn't mean that the judge has to give all points for this we want perfection we're looking for perfection and we judge according to. the biggest able throwed of seventy thousand spectators witnessed twelve men demonstrate their stunning abilities in the latest flick of the world series in little shit it's been. cliff diving is an up and coming sport there are a lot of different locations all over the globe which can host high diving competitions i'm a classic platform diaper and i sport never attracted as many spectators as cliff

diving never do the french leg comes. with rules and spills the team you keep usually. stay tuned for in the build up to the. public but the party. prospects are simply amazing every time i see them all the sports weather is up next here in twenty four hour. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

you have president barack obama signs a bill imposing new sanctions on iran over its disputed nuclear program while tehran threatens to cut off a crucial old supply route in response. to a new wave of violence around fifty where with demonstrators claiming schools have been killed by security forces the arab league observers are reaching and reaction with here he is saying about eight might pull out and end the mission to. broke the peace. of the world welcomes their rival trying to twirl would by words and champagne almost seventy occupy protesters have to we should try the happy new year in custody after being arrested in new.

loan welcome to our weekly review i'm tom main story now u.s. president barack obama welcomed in the year by signing into law a tough new set of sanctions for iran anyone doing business with tehran central bank will face punishment of science to the new measures directly targeting the financial sector the move comes at a time of heightened tension over iran's nuclear program and the spread of sanctions as a legacy to long threaten to block a key export route in response and adding to the situation is a plan to test long range missiles during naval drills in the gulf that led to u.s. warships being sent to the area of research at that school of oriental and african studies in london shereen show five says america is playing a dangerous game. iran said that if an oil embargo is imposed against iran and the iranian livelihood is economy is threats and then iran would take. considerable amiss.