country last time i have been to tripoli was on the twenty first of december last year. i had the chance to meet with all the main players with the most awful of the jail even with the prime minister with the foreign minister where the oil and gas minister and i spent the whole day and tripoli and i still have a feeling that i was in a very fragmented city three or four militias hating each other competing with each other sometimes shooting each other and it seems like the pieces of. political puzzle the mob get together we see it live get back to you know it has to take time and it has to take goodwill from all the sides which were involved in a very long lasting conflict which to my personal opinion was a real civil war and in some areas of libya of this civil war is not the words in the south there is the whole desert area as an area of well to the certain extent no man's land it's out of control of. new governmental forces its own of tribes

it's a zone of controlled arms trafficking so i think that the difficult time for libya will last for quite a significant period of time if libyan political elite is not ready to sit at the round table that's actually which russia was proposing last summer which african union was proposing last summer which the president of south africa jacob zuma will be proposing on the twenty ninth and thirtieth of january in a disability that's the african union summit african union summit to my mind may play a very positive role in putting that round table in the center of tripoli or any other libyan city in order to inspire the process of national reconciliation but that's all political talk if you look at the last five of an ordinary libyan guy was better off before or now before the ordinary libyan guy it's very difficult to say because there. ordinarily be in guys and big guys the ordinary libyan guys in

tripoli and ordinary libyan guys and desert living with that tribes and these are very different ways of living some people are happy to and i saw it physically in tripoli some people are happy to drink openly in the moonshine which was absolutely prohibited in the time of warmer to duffy and some people are really happy with that fact because then the favor of sharia laws everywhere in the country some people when you talk to them and dream about so-called dubai scenario they want to see libya as a mediterranean resort with five star hotels because you know isn't all that stuff but some people love thinking about the purity and islamic identity some people talk about necessity of establishing sharia law all over the country and all these lawmakers world and all over the arab world there are so many competing different points of view you could probably see today that you can find in libya even within

one family total unanimity of views what are the chances that he's safe islam will actually get a fair trial a lot will depend on that that would show the new face of libya actually i think that he will be in the government and the new libyan judicial system should show that it really share is the values of human rights rule of law and democracy in the new libya and that was my message when i was talking to. the lead in tripoli on the twenty first of december i also asked him about the initiate the of all the i.c.c. in hague to bring the case of a system nation of warmer khadafi to international criminal court actually his response was a very reserved and after that they said that it's very important to show to the international community that. does not have anything in common with the previous regime now that western companies are lining up to get lucrative deals with that the new libyan. where does russia stand with that some of the russian companies

have already. started their operations in libya like you guys probably have his working together with any a jeep for extracting oil the russian railroads are ready to give back are the russian companies are talking to their counterparts in libya about returning to libya i got a very clear message from the political leadership and from the prime minister when i was in tripoli on the twenty first of december that new libyan government welcomes russian companies to be back so why not ok let's talk about syria now that's been top news for a while now what makes syria different from other countries that have been subject to the. arab spring and at this point how big is assets support base because we don't hear much about that syria is different because syria is a cornerstone for political settlement in the middle east and the geo strategic

role of syria is sorry to say that and i don't want to insult anybody but it's more important than more crucial than geostrategic role for the international stability of the many other countries that were covered by so-called arab spring that's why dealing with syria in case we have to play political chess but not american football is that where people want intervening to say i don't think that the idea of intervention into syria is strategically speaking it's a wise idea i think that what syria needs today it needs more political efforts it needs political dialogue and that's why i heard with the regret that president bashar assad said that he is not in favor of continuing the mission of observers sent by the arab league he got pretty upset when russia seriously think that the observers and by the arab league can play the role does effect of stability when russia also offered several times the. russia can be

a docking mechanism between the government and the opposition unfortunately all our proposals are being rejected for the time being can i ask you about the arab league i mean isn't it are they in a position to actually make demands such as i sat ship step down isn't their role really to mediate rather than i demand anything like that but i think that their role is to mediate that's what the secretary general is saying and that's what he's proposing no to mediate to build bridges and we need russia strongly believe that regional organizations should play a more important role in today's international politics what is important to mention here is that we are protecting syria but not the syrian regime we are protecting syria as the country we are protecting syria as a nation we want to help syrian people and syria as a country so you bring up a very important point because at this point if you look at it from the outside it does look like a full fledged war that's been going on for a while do you think a regime change in syria in order to protect the syrian people it's reasonable i

seriously think that today the syrian political elite has to understand that the civil war will not lead to any political solution it will produce more blood from both sides it will produce more hatred and it will make national reconciliation more and more difficult i think that our syrian friends from all the camps involved in this fight should look at iraq you scenario should look at the libyan example should look at other sad example spenders along with world of us have examples in africa we seriously think of that the civil war can all be a political solution what do you think finances and arms the free syrian army the syrian opposition delegations and we were meeting here in moscow i think at least for syrian opposition delegations were not hiding sources of finance they were saying that finances coming from. different sunni states different kompany as

individuals what we see in syria today and i really regret to see that we see more and more of a conflict and conflict between the shia and the sunni bashar assad belongs to us a family which is an ally we family the shia family the majority of the population in syria are sunni is and unfortunately that is one of the biggest problems of the middle east today we see more and more competition between the shia and the sunni in some cases it is represented by the competition between iran and turkey but in some cases it is represented by the competition between different political and really shows a religious circles within one state how big cases support base at this point well i think that the support is rather substantial but it's not enough to arm all the opposition and to start massive war or mace

a message invasion against the syrian army so you just got back from sub-saharan africa are the vibe some of the arab spring felt there in the region at all one of the most concerning. results of the so-called arab spring particularly with the war in libya is the problem of arms trafficking in the softened zone in sub-saharan i recently visited. me and morocco and for these four countries and what is happening in the desert where this happening and in this often zone is a real nightmare one of the tribal leaders said to me what's happened in libya on the mind the markets of what markets today saw get the chinese made manpads which is an along for american made stinger costs the price of two kalashnikovs it's for nothing and i think it's a real problem it's a real problem because uncontrolled trafficking may end up somewhere in the south of africa or somewhere in the south of europe do you think the fight for don't we

nation over at the african research could destabilize the region well the it's not the fight it's a kind of competition. suddenly many countries which forgot about the african continent during the ninety's recognized that africa is the only continent in the world where you can get the assets for their real prize or sometimes for the prize which is on the market and today we see competition between many countries in the african continent it's not chinese domination like it was in the ninety's we see turkey was the iran we see russia we see western countries will see brazil we see other players india malaysia i mean all the new economy is there and all the new economies all the emerging economies want to buy to peace how much thank you very much thank you so much indeed.

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news today violence is once again flared up for the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations are today. if. headline slide fresh rounds of violent attacks in libya as gadhafi loyalists retake one of the former strongholds of bani walid supporters of the old and new regimes have clashed in several cities across the country. states withdraw observers from syria as the troubled country rejects an arab brokered peace plan calling for prez of the sad to go meantime to be more sanctions on damascus. and india reportedly finds a way to buy iran's oil despite the e.u. embargo it's set to pay for black gold with the yellow card. case called later tonight.

thank you for joining me for the latest fourth of the headlines. top out reigning champion kim clijsters beat out going wild number one caroline wozniacki to reach the summit finals this trail you know. while that express roger federer cruises into the semifinals with a straight sets victory and final martin del potro next facebook profile nadal. dugout to talk to the manager harry redknapp has been in court where he denies charges tax evasion. first to tennis and writing a champion kim clijsters has beaten out going wild number one caroline wozniacki to reach the semifinals at the australian open well despite injuring her ankle in her previous match the twenty eight year old belgian overpowered the dane to win six three seven six in scorching temperatures and ensures wozniacki will lose her

number one ranking the sixty seven weeks at the top. you know i was i was happy with that i was playing just to try to be a little more dominant again. you know she stepped her game up and started serving better in the second set. so i knew that you know i mean we've both played a really good day and you know in first errors really went for shots and good serving and good returning i mean so i started laughing every time because the media has talked to me sometimes like i'm finishing my career and i only have one year left and you know time is running out but there's five. quite a few years in front of me and i still improve and you know. a number of australian opens a number of years of i will dance in french open so you know. i'll definitely do my best and child to child to win one a even more and you know the end of the day. you can just do your past. in the semi

final crisis will face a third seed victoria azarenka who came from behind to beat poland's i guess got out about six seven six love six two and the by the russian could become the new world number one if she were to go on and win the title. i was approaching to smash you know to try to do the best i can and i was searching for it on the far south i'm just couldn't really manage to to play my game and maybe two years ago i would be like ok you know it's not working today. i'm going to try to we'll see and today i really try to forget about the first set and start from zero and really. you know find hard you know really take it one of a time and keep going so i think there was a different mental approach a little bit. over in the men's draw roger federer i cruised into the semifinals with an imperious straight sets victory over eleventh seed juan martin del potro

the third seeded here's yet to drop a set needed just under two hours to complete a six four six three six to win it was also a match number one thousand for federer the swiss modestly downplayed this feat. it's nice to win this one you know i mean venture will forget which one but it was my thousands match and some will remind me again but because i do not remember my five hundred pound it was the u.s. open final you. know bigger matches and those ones but it's a big milestone i agree it's a lot of matches a lot of tennis and it's been around for a long time or i'm extremely fit you decide which way you are. well federal next play perennial rival rafael adult the second seed was up against a mash burdick and the big serving czech became the first man to take a set off in a dark this year's tournament by gaining the upper hand in a dramatic first set tiebreaker don't have a bandage on his right knee but came back with

a vengeance wreaking havoc all over the court to win it in four six seven seven six six four six three spaniard was ecstatic and will play federer in a rest semifinal meeting for the two as it's the first time since two thousand and five and on ephedra being drawn in the same half at a major event. before now and over in england tottenham hotspur manager harry redknapp has been in court after britain charged with tax evasion the sixty four year old spurs coach is the most successful english football manager and favorite for the england job the court heard that he received a percentage of profit from transfers from his former chairman milan man but it's why he was manager of portsmouth while the serbian had also opened an offshore account for him in monaco and it's alleged mr nunn that invested two hundred ninety five thousand dollars for his then manager which the prosecution inflame neither had any intention of declaring for tax purposes to secret payments were allegedly made between two thousand and two and two thousand and seven in the name of rosie forty seven years to read maps dog plus each year of birth both men deny charges of

cheating the public revenue. and staying with talking literally and that amount of agendas agent has confirmed that the russian striker has signed a one year extension with the north london club the thirty year old will remain at white hart lane until the summer of next year despite having been recently linked with a move to half a dozen clubs both in england and russia has fallen down harry redknapp speaking order since arriving from spartak moscow four years ago but has scored forty one goals in one hundred eight appearances so far for spurs. how about one of russia's regular is returning home falling despite an england spot at moscow have announced they've reached an agreement to sign with feel that video would be at the north from everton the. and you six year old has to undergo a medical bill with intent to fight the red lights begin at the north caps and another moscow side like a martini before he's free to the toughies back in two thousand and nine. golf now and tiger woods is raring to go in what he says should be his first full season in

a while now forty fifth former world number one is getting ready to play at the abu dhabi golf championship after ending his two year title drought with victory at last month's well challenge event in california. look at for this year you know that sort of that. because i was able to prepare and get fit enough to prepare last year and towards end of the year and you know that demonstrate to myself what i can do you know with. what sean wants me doing the golf swing if i'm physically fit to do it. played really well my last reverts so relook at for this year and. you know continuing building on what we're what we've done tours in the last year for sure. basketball now and six time former champions that go moscow will be looking to maintain their so far perfect record in the season generally as they host turkish side f a's in the top sixteen clash on wednesday the capital club are an eleven game winning streak however the army men are also under pressure to

deliver the goods in their first home games this top sixteen clash coach in a scuffle ask us rested his top man named getting andre to go to lanka and that kristi chin suffered a z t v league match and has a full fifteen strong squad at his disposal against the face who are also injury free got on and can shove it believes the new tesco will be hard to stop in their tracks. in the course of last season was one to forget for to scar after so many still in the years in the euro league it's probably time for a new beginning with a lot of new place coming in to replace the greats the holden and lang didn't even notice and now the host of new and ambitious players keen to keep both agree i couldn't take it against this sort of this i mean what i believe only a western conversely does oklahoma thunder won their ninth game from ten outings after thrashing the starting to try to distance ninety nine seventy nine the sun that's ok eight to lead early in the first quarter as russell westbrook set up kevin durant's with his perfect behind the back pass and later in the first

westbrook went from provider just for us to use one of the stuckey and poor little love to dance to the front a twenty eight ten lead in the search of the fun the shows are great counter-attacking play assert it back have looked at one end before being teed up right around at the other to give the fund a sixty four thirty seven leave. finish ninety nine seventy nine to inform oklahoma misfiring pistons out bottom of the central division. now back here in moscow russia's young athletes have returned home from the inaugural nice a little bit winter games in austria where the team finished fifth overall but i bet it does were greeted by hundreds of friends and relatives at the end of that airport after bringing home five gold for silver and seven bronze medal. all the russian republic of dagestan is currently bidding to host either the youth summit games in twenty eighteen or the winter edition in twenty twenty two former nations every day for the promotion that took gold in figure skating last weekend's work and is also russia's medal hope for the same games and such each in twenty fourteen

. and trying not to think of the pressure and just do my job by listening to my coach and i fully trust him i'm confident that he knows what he's doing so i'm absolutely call. now and let's finish with some rest taking winter pitches because there's been an unlikely first time winner of the latest stop on the free ride while touring the french olympic ski resort of sharm benet in fact it was a case of weather is a will there's a way on the point slopes some seriously trying about a fluid to finally took the podium in the skiing event after the new zealand a struggle to qualify has as well as injuries over the last few seasons and smoothly also into the head of the tours most consistent rider line a bucket from sweden that was local joy in the men's snowboarding competition jonathan chalet going one better than his second place finish in the season's i earlier this month but strangely is apparently the happiest not. very well know it's just like a racing is it just

a dream to do it in seventy. just you know i came here with a lot of pressure i crashed the rebels though i'm very sticky as i have the will and i just felt terrible about three days and this makes it. so that i got to believe. and that's all from sports desk ali back again just on the two hours with a day's round up to join me again.

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a former stronghold of maids clashes across the country as the new leadership struggles to support. the ousted bridgette. gulf states pull their observers out of syria even though the arab league was given the green light to stay on while the e.u. slaps new sanctions on damascus. and india reportedly could be paying for iran's black gold with its own yellow card despite the e.u. embargo china may be next in line. the ruble ends tuesday session on twenty twelve high but analysts tell business side see this is

a local temporary event and it will weaken further on more on this in twenty minutes. hello and welcome it's nine pm now here in moscow you're watching r.t. with me kevin though in our top story in libya loyalists to the late one the gadhafi have retaken their former stronghold of bani walid after clashes with the new government forces fighting between supporters of the new and the old regime has been seen in cities across the country north africa correspondent explains. in the last few days the situation has been very tense and dangerous and with. the number of anti government protests and clashes between the pro-government forces and the forces loyal to the ousted leader more medicaid be taking place in different.