curbing gang violence is one of the top politics for britain's leaders but analysts say the root causes need tackling first a deep seated poverty and abusive families teens into speaker and. the developments in the arab world in north africa have once again join international focus towards its impact on the middle east regional politics expert dr journey sort of gives r.t. his outlook for twenty twelve. thank you jeremy for joining us here on r.t. and at leisure as well as call put it when it comes to the middle east there west talks i generally sickly and acts brutally if it's true if you agree with this what should be done what can be done to prevent syria from falling into these patterns look at what's been happening in the middle east and the policies the western governments of followed since the beginning of this year they have always had the

the noble motive we're doing this for this very very good reason but we don't have to be terribly skeptical or cynical to understand that actually behind the noble motive is self-interest if we look at what happened in egypt the west backed mubarak right to the very last and then was no longer possible to back him when it was indefensible they dumped him and with him with the president of tunisia and then they moved very very quickly on libya what was happening in libya that was so absolutely terrible in many cases in the name of human rights they kind of attacked libya the same with syria you know it's kind of it it's a protest movement of democratic change and reform which are very worthwhile motives to support but there is another agenda here which has to do with broader global and regional strategies what has the libyan scenario failed in syria will the western powers change their tactics i think that libya with the template for syria they kind of went to the u.n.

they got the no fly zone was lucian and that opened up libya to aerial attack and i think they thought that they could repeat this in syria but it didn't prove to be possible largely because of russia actually because russia made it plain that it would not support another no fly and no fly zone of a solution in the security council so this left the government of britain france and the u.s. in particular with you know they had to work out what policy they were going to pursue you know still think they would like to. in three in syria but they realize it's not the same as little or nothing as libya is a different situation altogether thanks so much for the risks are much greater the dangers are much greater because intervention in syria how do you describe or whether you're talking about a buffer zone over the top american military humanitarian causal as the french foreign minister does it still the same thing as the invasion of another country and syria would resist that around to get involved actively get involved so it's hard to take the fallback position i think is to support. certain activities inside

syria which are calculated and in the downfall of the assad government and its replacement by. government will be formed presumably from the exiles and agitate against i presume would take take over in your book the unmaking of the middle east you chronicled alone and a lot of history of western invasions in arab lands with all the efforts by the u.n. and arab league mediating role of arab league is the threat of foreign military invasion for syria is in the past right or not of course is still a possibility of course as to the possibility of the party rather do because it's so risky for intervention would be so risky however it was done would be to kind of maintain the support for what's happening inside syria on the side of the opposition and their calculation would be that sooner or later these precious if they maintained will result in the collapse of the assad government well as compare

syria with the levy and iraq to what extent the syrian national council similar to libya's national transitional council or iraqi national congress rocky national congress was almost a fiction the leader of no support inside iraq whatsoever he lived outside iraq for a long long time and he was pumped up right because they wanted to create this exiled body called the iraqi national congress so there was an iraqi voice in the propaganda war against saddam hussein the libyan situation the leaves of the libyan transitional council as you know basically were defectors from the government tripoli they jump ship when it got too hot and they took it easy for me to benghazi and then the transitional national council form of whom we didn't know we knew someone for a moment i said we can't can't say the syrian national council is largely composed of what's a mixture of people who have their roots who are inside syria but

a dominant i think by exiles abroad hungover you know he's been in paris for a long time why would one. who's based in washington and his very very close ties with the state department you know know what kind of clout what kind of holder these people have inside syria i would say not much. you know so there are similarities between these councils and of course you know that the transitional national council or national transitional council in libya. recognize the syrian national council as a legitimate representative the syrian people it's not this is simple as that but so it's kind of part of the the campaign against syria of which that that that now the lead part is now the libyan government is now part elections at various levels our country and to go in in syria with more had so what do you think will bashar al assad remain in power as a result and we have a very very dangerous situation in syria which could have exploded into

a very very nasty probably breakdown inside the country and could lead to a regional war. in this conflict let's see if this you give me a few months and see how the process works for bashar does have. a base of support so i don't think you can say that the party would be doomed the moment they call free elections that could do well why do you think human rights watch talks and foreign media neglects the damage done done by militant groups in syria it's somewhat of a mystery to me it's a mystery and the city has made some pretty. provocative claims in with regard to syria one of them is that i think it was military people dressing up as doctors in homs hospital. any verification of that claim made on the basis of on their own people. and similar claims have been made by other human rights organizations human rights watch the. u.n.

human rights council it's committee is all one way it's all about what the government is doing and making very very extreme claims the government response to the death of two hundred fifty six children for example. four thousand five thousand of dart there is no desegregation which is what the critical reader would want you know you see these because were they coming from doesn't even know how many people have been killed in syria so far in its report. the human rights council report said four thousand but there was no explanation of africa where they go. a few days later lovely pillai basically un human rights commissioner preached to the security council and said five out. and figure it goes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination has five thousand people being killed by the syrian government but security forces by and for whatever whereas in fact i don't think is any doubt at all that

a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs about of it but by defectors so what we actually need to do is to aggregate these figures like how many people have been killed by the syrian army how many of them were innocent entirely innocent how many of them were men who picked up arms. how many civilians have been killed by armed gangs so forth and so on you need to break the whole thing down but these figures are not broken down since we are in turkey let's talk about turkey a little bit turkey definitely wants to be associated with the changes in this region to be seen as a leading play in this movement so may turkey use this moment to its advantage turkey before the policy for the last seven years of creating zero zero problems on the borders. and that meant kind of dealing with iran dealing with syria and turkey

and syria had a rather complicated relationship over many many years and so these problems were resolved and they did lead to very good stable balance relationships with three and with iran in particular. all sudden that policy was reversed instantly like turkey did a sharp right hand turn i think the turkish government seemed to think that the syrian government before the protest movement got up and running and i think the calculated it's only a question of time before the syrian government goes and therefore i think it's more the put to be it want to be riding a wave ok put itself on the crest of the wave the quest of the wave of reform and change in the middle a sin to be seen as a leader of this movement. to make decisions but especially. the serious as i would just said. this is not libya or anyone in the future of us like across the board who called earthquake in this region so the stakes for everyone including turkey in this situation

a very very high but turkey made its decision that i think that affable go therefore we support the opposition therefore we support the syrian national council but of space in istanbul therefore we support free syrian army do you think that was a wrong decision in doing so they have antagonize iran the event agonized iraq because now iraq is come out quite strongly in support of syria and of course the lebanese government by hizbollah has also been very very critical of turkey so the change in foreign policy has kind of they dumped the zero problem policy and what they've done act is create problems now if if if our side goes ok then so what us but if if if he doesn't somehow manage to ride this out. well there are those is going to be made on someone's face and they'll have to be a pullback from a position that you had to clear actually is not really terrible any longer you've got to deal with this government here like it or not is turkey being sincere in its

intentions saying it wants to billet in syria instability in the region but the lines are so with the with qatar with saudi arabia with united states britain and france that's where it is that's what's that and and so the rhetoric about humanitarian intervention a buffer zone humanitarian strip has been a kind of civil thing in discussion about syria over the last six months until he's gone along with that but they know the dangers they do of course they know the dangers that if there was a move across the border if turkey somehow we're talking to taking the lead part it would open up a pandora's box of problems you know and i. you know turkey software said you know there's no question of invention but it seems to me this is definitely a big bit of ambivalence over this issue like it's an option that somehow has to wear however it might be carried out.

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the u.s. rebuffs tyrone's tomorrow not to bring its aircraft carrier back to the persian gulf saying it will continue its military presence off the rainy and the standoff between the two sides sparking fears of a moving military conflict. us republicans of course their votes in the first caucus to pick a single presidential nominee in two hopefuls leaving the home antiwar advocates wrong posing for his views be blamed for not winning enough support among the members. of curbing gang violence is not one of the top priorities for britain's leaders i must say the root cause is the tackling first. quality and abusive

families moving teams to speak. up next a slate of sports without. hello there good to have you company and this is what is coming up over the next e-mail free and easy managed a city being labeled green the ultra right play at the top of the english premier league. while title rivals manchester united have the chance to get level with a trip to newcastle. boss the ball came kings him funny beaten after a fourteen month winning streak in russia's top. but stopped the match the city have beaten liverpool three nil to go three points clear at the top of the english premier league city had lost the sunderland just forty eight hours before this match but put that disappointment behind them with goals from see ya toure i added

gangs milner penalty the only blip the sending off of sitting midfielder gareth barry in the seventy minute liverpool were playing with x. tricolor was suarez after deciding not to appeal against his match ban for racially abusing manchester united's patrice evra elsewhere spurs a good six points behind city after their one nil win i will west brom and sunderland continue to impress under new manager martin o'neill with a four one victory i wish struggling with the city who are leading the way. if i remember the ball against sunderland but. we were lucky that the game tonight or. some probably in the second out we did the performance i'm not sure the schoolboy reflection really gave away the obviously. a most women deserve to win but. i think the lesson that. from today's.

the door for more clinical we're going to suffer i think. there's a lot of things out today that really. can correct. well tonight everton take on bolton to mention i did have the chance to get back on level terms with city they travel to newcastle both sides looking to bounce back after a disappointing defeat at the weekend. here with all the you know clubs like ourselves you know. the big clubs come along and you've got to get yourself up and ready for and we're looking forward to tomorrow and i said of the back of a disappointing result fancy there be more might be fired up for as we are after game be more livable so. i think you could go well players from the russian premier league are still enjoying their winter break at the moment so it is an opportunity to look back at the pick of their gold from twenty eleven where they met but we're

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didn't crack is there including a couple from cabana who are currently managed by former chelsea star damper kreskin he called them promoted to russia's top flight and earlier in the season he spoke with constantine patel path done you left chelsea three years before i'm on about the club do you feel any regret that you weren't there when salaries went sky high and the blues finally won the league. yeah i think it was about time for me to leave the club but i didn't know at the time that a bit of which was going to come and also. in this time i was not in the good relationship with the coach who was yelling and i had to leave but i was sorry for sure because after two years i left chelsea won the championship you spearheaded the only area it team which played in the champions league so why did you decide to make a move to combine a team which has been just relegated the owner of the club and the governor to the

region come specially in a manner for me three times in my house to come this week to come here i think that was fantastic season and then the club i was working i was i was sure it is going in the wrong direction because they finish the money and in this moment this club will need to disappear from football and i think i did the right thing to move in the right time before they come to bonn and they had five coaches in one ear and i was due to be scared about the situation but they said they want to change something and leave even though in the last three games in the road and there was a under pressure a little bit last year i know that the owner of the club said. that risk want to be the new york fed was sort of the bomb and asked me do you think that the world cup or twenty teams can change something in this i'm sure i'm hundred percent sure after the world cup russia will be much better not just in the national team but also in the club competition and they will learn a lot from this and it's good for the country because it will be

a new stadium of snow airports new streets new hotels i think it's fantastic for russia the world cup will be here and i wish after the world cup i'll be in russia because that will be the time to be here. manager done professionally speaking there with constantine to top off in the season now revenues russia have reached the finals of the under twenty world ice hockey championships beating host canada six five and i. real thrill in calgary the russians have been six one up after a hat trick from uganda because in itself but the host then stormed back with four goals and five minutes in the final period to set up a really tense finale however russia did manage to hold out and the defending champions will now face sweden in the final after they came continual down to beat finland three two in a shootout. over to the tennis courts where defending champion roger federer has brushed aside two thousand and ten when it. to move into the second round of the cats are open the swiss monstro also beat the russian in last year's final an early

clash between the two former champions them proving lopsided able to bring in sat in a mere twenty two minutes taking it six two. was unable to regain his composure after a poor start there with federer taking the match six to sixteen in just under an hour or so to squeeze continues his run for a full trial in. just elsewhere p.h.p. code current year law he was among those watching six the. genius of the russian getting a comeback win over phillip over landry also a man one vitali one of the ongoing set seven five but a lot of them began to carry the resilience which a.t.p.'s most in. board the twenty eight year old making its with turn around in the second set to close out of five seven six four six two when. oh i was much. more rafael nadal is staying on track to become the first danny that it to win this half hour open the top seed appeared to be heading for an easy victory after

winning the set against pretty kohlschreiber but when i was able to take the set can bring it down to the tempo in the third to eventually grind out a three set win in just over two and a hard hours i think if i. have suffered death firstly defeat in russian basketball for over fourteen months but it was by the narrowest of margins top four sides korea getting a sixty eight points to sixty seven victory in the v t b league it seemed like business as usual for him he at first as they rolled to a fifteen point lead after the first quarter of a tally could see leading the charge to be too high sixteen points but the men from some are kept chipping away at the deficit thanks largely to brian rush watching a game high seventy him king led by a forward half time couldn't hold off a surge from the visitors the sides went back and forth in the final quarter but

missed korea sixty eight sixty seven was. while the memphis grizzlies rediscovered their rule for the n.b.a. following a thirty point loss to chicago on sunday right really gave him twenty three points to help the side put away the sacramento kings and some young another silly contributor to the home team's efforts adding twenty points off the bench that steal and lay out making the schools i used to five six three for grizzlies total dominating hundred thirty nine hundred six the final school as the kings have now lost out of their last five after winning the season opener. so we've got time for for the moment the weather is coming up next here on out. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from

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