in fact rushing into that power vacuum is islamicists john all bradley thanks very much for talking to us today now we'll start with the situation in iran because it's very much in the news that the maidment the e.u. has banned all new oil contracts with the country and it plans to extend sanctions on the iranian central bank how much do you think that's going to cost iran the e.u. and the global economy in general it's certainly going to cost to run we've seen today the local currency. level against the u.s. dollar in history and the fact is that iran explore a sizable amount of you saw a lot to the you and coupled with american sanctions unilateral sanctions are already in place against iran it's going to hurt but what we're seeing essentially is the first phase of economic warfare against iran and the problem is that the west has iran all wrong just as it has the middle east all wrong people leaves the sanctions will increase the divide between the regime and the people and

historically this doesn't happen there's no proof that this happened whatsoever it's people feel pressured and they look where that pressure is coming from and that's the west and so it makes them more anti west and that's the only logical outcome he also hopes that if there is serious instability as a result then because iran is very ethnically and geographically divided that certain groups will rise up against the regime or there will be a popular uprising but again it's wishful thinking it's not going to happen at all and we saw years of sanctions in iraq didn't wait is that a comparison that you draw you know and then we saw a war and all of this is leading to war the whole in washington there are allies in saudi arabia and israel are absolutely absolutely determined to bring iran to its knees and it seems like it's now or never and they're going for broke so what will happen next you think well what does that usually involve what they're hoping for is there. iran is packed into

a corner and some incident occurs whether by accident or design that makes it seem that the rain in the first hour and then because they very little support in the west for unilateral strike against iran the fact is especially if it's done at the behest of israel and they need iran to do something whether it's the u.s. carrier. in the strait of hormuz or whether it's just rhetoric on the part of the iranian regime. it's everyone's up. to the extent that something has to happen and the americans wouldn't militarized to the extent that they have if they weren't expecting the final out to be war do you see that that could be the a rainy and looking the straits of hormuz the gulf oil export reaches that now promising that they well you know though it's not saying that it will do that just

as a result of sanctions it's threatening to do that in the event that it attacked and that's just one of many things that iran is threatening to do and has the capability to do it you are very worried about ethnic divisions all through the middle east comes the fore in both iran and also in syria if sunni islamists gain control of most of the middle east what do you think the outcome could be for the majority shiites iran obviously all of this is news for iran i think if you look back at the arab spring the turning point came in late february when saudi arabia was given the go ahead by washington. and what happened then is related very much to everything that's happening now because it's the only country that is a majority ruled by a sunny minority and iran has the story claims to the island and the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. absolutely crucial to containing iran and so essentially what

we've seen is a sunny divide reemerge in the middle east with washington clearly backing sunny powerhouse saudi arabia close american ally and saudi arabia and turkey along has taken control of the revolutions out swearin so for example its funding and the main islamic spotting in tunisia the muslim brotherhood and more extremist groups in egypt are on the record as saying they go substantial funds from saudi arabia the yemeni government has openly criticized for interfering in its internal affairs and funding radical islamists and of course in syria they are the main opposition is made dominated by the muslim brotherhood and the so-called free syrian army is dominated by not only radical jihadi is from within syria but also you have these from throughout the region where we're told constantly that there's no real threat

because these are moderate islamic parties but of course the definition of moderate makes absolutely no sense in any rational or because saudi arabia is often described in the western media as a moderate arab state and i lived in saudi arabia for three years and i can assure you there is absolutely nothing moderate about our country that's all you say that . is the base groups who have stepped into the breach in many of these countries are you saying these weren't genuine people's uprisings at the time. the idea. behind it is that they hijacked the revolutions and precisely because they were in fact islamic inspired the beginning in tunisia could never have been because it's rather in prison already and the muslim brotherhood in egypt openly came out against the revolution initially the problem is that the motivation for these revolutions was economic internees here for example. it started in the deep south

in. the south in syria it started in a city near jordan which had a been experiencing a drought for three years i mean egypt an extensive opinion poll carried out even among those who went to her just after mubarak fell showed that only nineteen percent of the free and fair elections are free expression and so on of the top of their agenda their main priority sixty five percent is the economy now the people who are evolutionists foolishly declared their revolutions leaderless and they didn't have an agenda anyone who knows anything about revolutionary uprisings in the past and specifically year round the most ready for the seventy nine revolution in iran knows that what happens in the post-revolutionary chaos is that the groups that are most disciplined. and most ruthless politically then fill the vacuum and when you couple that with the fact that they then with the funding that we've been talking about from saudi arabia qatar able to manipulate the electoral process.

they were perfectly poised to to step into the into that and fill the vacuum and that's what they've done what about the free syrian army that's fighting for a genuine democracy and you'll see whether or not they're fighting for democracy is an open question what kind of democracy would then have to us and i just took hold and go up sprang to the coverage that this jihadi outfit is being given you can't get a word in edgeways and trying to criticize it all trying to illustrate just what a horrible bunch of extremists these people are very string of credible polls that are showing that. especially. gulf states have been funding jihad is not only from within the country but from libya for example and i'll swear i find it very difficult for a living from the south take its ultimate goal west. and study marker see employers

only freedom is what we're seeing in syria basically said islamic revolution absolutely if we've been hearing constant greatly exaggerated predictions of the syrian regime's three mines for eleven months now if a popular revolution was going to happen it would have happened already the fact is that though they may have no great love for cucumber face president. the. general feeling of better the devil we know and you talk about the arab league do you think that the mission in syria has essentially played into the hands of those who are exacting pressure on the syrian authorities and it is it overstepping its mark when it makes demolishes while the mediating the arab league essentially has no credibility on the arab street and everyone knows that it's the top of the g.c.c. and so it's same is not to create momentum that the arab league itself can then implement all very cunning and has imposed sanctions and suspended syria and could

possibly impose a no fly zone what they are going to do is what they did with libya before you remember before the un resolution on libya the arab league convened inconveniently almost all of those who voted were from the gulf cooperation council in support of the no fly zone in libya what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish is get enough evidence concrete evidence of human rights abuses on the part of the outside very team to then take that to the u.n. and the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china feel compelled to work but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know that the monitors seem to know more about what's going on the ground than they did at the beginning and so it all looks like it will be going back to square one and in contrast to libya so far western nations are we not see adamant that they're not going to go into syria why do you think that is it doesn't. i have

a seaport. for in the way that it's not on the coast in the way that for example. benghazi was on the coast in libya and so it's far more difficult militarily to get in supplies it's also not resold to resource rich. you know obviously they went into libya because it has a great deal of oil and they continue to support saudi arabia and because they have a great deal of oil and gas there's no great payoff immediate payoff when it comes to syria but there is a great deal to be gained geo politically but they come by that time and they're hoping for an internal collapse or barring that the arab league somehow money she's to weaken the regime enough that we've had for example the. mayor of cut saying that arab league troops should be sent in and so the west is quite happy for the time being for the arabs to do their dirty work john albright thank you very much thank you.

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versus. russian and russia in the world do battle for the australian open title and the winner will become world number one. still be turned serious come oscar defeat on adult. court in basketball's euro lake to play in the twelfth straight in the top of a. and then england scotland carp liverpool through to the finals to face second to cardiff city. so let's start with tennis where maria sharapova has advanced into the women's singles final of the australian open after beating world number two in the last four the twenty four year old russian needed more than two hours to not check opponent sharp racked up a six two three six six four victory in the decisive match russia's top political stories are. first grand slam final. the third

seed belorussian seeing of defending champion came plasters of belgium also increased so against the star and the winner of the final will become the world number one in the w t rankings. is really dominating she made me run so much i felt like i was you know. i was running like a marathon out there. i just try to start to be more aggressive in trying to play my game and you know start from the beginning you know i have one myself to go i have another i don't know hour thirty minutes forty five minutes to make a difference. it's well known as my mental. the men side of the action see the top four in the world playing in this semi a one match is showed for thursday it's rough on a dot against roger federer the two currently in action world number one and

defending champion no joke which plays and tomorrow on friday. want to football and in england lupul have joined cardiff city in the carling cup final after drawing their second semi final leg with matches to city hall and advancing on aggregate city hall last year thirst like question at the end hard by a single goal needed to get the better of the return fixture and a spectacular long range shot from nigel de young levelled matters just after thirty minutes of play who pulled struck back right away with steven gerrard converting a penalty kick in the second half was then put city in front once again the hosts determined not to miss out on a first carling cup final apparent in sixteen years craig bellamy netted the equalizer to the delight of the home crowd of the final score on the night three two on aggregate in favor of liverpool. staying with football where brazilian

striker wagner love has returned to his homeland to side for flamengo after eight years. moscow the twenty seven year old has signed a two year deal while his former club will receive i think of thirteen million dollars played two hundred fifty one games for the muscovites scoring one hundred twenty times there the one that russian premier league twice as well as the f.a. cup in two thousand and five scoring in the final in two thousand and eight the brazilian was the league's top scorer with twenty goals. to the hardwood no way it's a scam moscow continued their winning streak for the second round of the euro league's top sixteen so your loss because losses met thresh on a dull ninety six to sixty eight in the russian capital and claimed their twelfth search victory in the tournament this season robert for the now reports. what does

it take to. d.c. . with these games. much more than a fest led by the two time n.b.a. champ then. the other man starts ahead of their first home game in the yearly ixtapa sixteen or just flow lists eleven wins out of eleven games in the tournament decision and the muscovites produced their victorious dozen in style in front of a cheering home crowd in fact it was only the first quarter which saw some tough competition on the court. but as soon as the host center not kristi each star a dominating in the paint both scoring and rebounding the ominous lead began to grill. the two q so it was far from given out that easy they were struggling and grabbing points well to scupper plate showing their class over and over again for

a thirty six but intermission. the game kept the same course in the second half here cisco storm and undertaking olenka with a slam dunk and even when they are man missed. they still school in the end. making cisco look like a team which hardly has a weak side start saving. us with thirty points you know. we can differ with a good thing and. sometimes rushing to our shots. is total so you know it's really. a wall we play great defense and that is very important often facing your problems are not friends for what that's what gave us are a huge advantage. for the first half to getting their game pretty close but we

managed to break away. so the our men. on the way to the euro least one for durham and the last war on two thousand and eight. for the new one or two. country men only beat the reigning european champions both now of course in athens that result nene's the russian team top group g. after two games the host took care of the first quarter twenty two seventeen improved in the second finishing the first half just a point behind after the big break the visitors started to dominate and it didn't work on top scoring for because one side with twenty three point game eventually finished eighty nine to eighty three in favor of the russians. in women's basketball the moscow region side spotter and k. have gone top of the euro leaks group c. after thrashing crossed on home court the hosts came out with

a relatively disappointing start and the opening stage was won by the visitors eighteen sixteen. chapman's charges quickly called back into the game and left the italians with no chance in the second quarter the house added twenty four points while to run to only eight forty to twenty six before the big intermission spotter and k. were not going to stop and kept increasing their advantage seven to seven two fifty three the final score there so a comfortable win by the fourth time you really champ and moved back into pole position in a battle with cancer crocker for the first place in group c. . and finally in the national football league the new england patriots will meet the new york giants in the super bowl for the second time since two thousand and seven it was underdogs new york who ended the patriots perfect season by winning the title four years ago it was your screen now reports on how the both got to the

big event. the two thousand and seven edition of the new england patriots played like an unstoppable juggernaut in the playoffs before reaching the big dance this year's team however has been able to advance to the postseason despite glaring weaknesses the patriots ranks second from bottom and pass defense this year and it looks like the ravens would exploit that acutely steel in the a.f.c. decider baltimore's joe flacco time the game at ten with that second strike to dennis pitta new england secondary was torched again in the third with a rookie tory smith giving baltimore a seventeen to sixteen lead. and when the chips were down for the home team quarterback tom brady yet again showed plenty of physical and mental toughness despite having a poor day passing the ball the thirty four year old taking a huge hit on a quarterback sneak but still made the score twenty three to twenty new england that will prove the final score as the pats defense fared better than expected late on the ravens really haven't stopped just short of calling in

a touchdown pass by backup quarterback sterling moore. the game would have gone into overtime if there wasn't for billy cundiff misfiring on a relatively easy close range kick sending the patriots a fifth super bowl berth since two thousand and one the new york also involved in a close championship game over in the n.f.c. decider the san francisco forty nine ers constantly looking to vernon davis who burned the giants for two touchdowns in the forest and third quarter tut's tomb of the little giants quarterback eli manning a seen his star rise to brother peyton's level after a great season for the thirty one year old finding mariel manningham late in the fourth for seventeen to fourteen both kickers on their game in this contest with david acre stein proceedings and seventeen of these. special teams mistakes all the forty nine er scow williams lose the ball and upon return in the ensuing overtime allowing the giants to set up shop in enemy territory was. lawrence tynes short

field goal in the extra session sending the giants to the big games so a rematch of epic proportions is brewing as both the patriots and the giants have eight players on the roster who still remember that two thousand and seven super bowl battle bonza gorski r t. ok that's all from me for today you know and i will behave with all the latest from the sporting world goodbye. wealthy british style. market. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons are the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune

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