talk about the headlines for you now back to basics the e.u. mulls over fresh economic punishment for president assad syrian regime after failing to push through a polarizing un resolution. on technology to support political activism prime minister putin goes on line has been to improve russian democracy. cross winds of change in that fear the country's russian minority hopes to win in the upcoming referendum would seem to pander to pushing recognized it's the dentist attempt by

the russians to secure their political rights. and when asked about the possibility of a military strike on iran u.s. and israeli officials continue to say that all options are on the table but in the midst of sky high tensions between the west on terror and we asked the former chief of the israeli intelligence service for his take on the ongoing confrontation that interview coming up next. we have mistaken for him how davey before we hade israeli intelligence agency the mossad mr halevi thank you very much for joining us here on our team a nuclear. war with iran is there with the option yes there is a third option the third option is a non-nuclear iran with. an agreement and understanding with the iranians that they will not become nuclear. and that they will be reintroduced into the family of

nations from which they have been virtually expelled in recent months. under terms which will also take into account some of their interests and some of. us how possible is this option i think is very possible because i think the international pressure which is bringing building up in recent months is beginning to have serious effects inside iran on the economic side on the moral side. and i think that the basic interest of the people in charge in iran. is to maintain the position to maintain power do you think you run poses an existential threat to israel or any other state in the region. i am on record as repeatedly saying that i don't think there is such a thing as the existential threat to israel because i think it is really strong enough to protect it so to take care of itself and i think that ultimately it's not in the power of iran to destroy the state of israel someone who does these weighty

leadership insist on presenting iran as this big danger i believe that the leadership believes that in order to arouse international public opinion in order to mount pressure upon the iranians it's necessary to impress upon the world at large public opinion the national public opinion this is. serious international threats and i believe that in this context probably the leadership here believes that using the word existence will rings a bell which also brings you back to days gone by in the twentieth century. a rise of nazi germany the world war two and of course the holocaust and the. apparitions these. pictures these experiences recalled in order to impress upon the world that maximum pressure should be mounted on the rock does israel have

a nuclear weapon. i don't know and if i knew i don't think this sort of be the opportunity for me to say something positive and definitive on that but i think that there is in the world an assumption there is in the world a feeling that israel has something up its sleeve and i think that this is something which is important in the present situation because it is part of the name of the game now is deterrence and i think it's very important to deter iran and if you run believes that israel has certain capabilities where it has it or not i think this is a. positive card in the hands of israel what would be better if israel and iran and both had nuclear weapons only for me if i had. i've been asked that question before and i think it's a theoretical question. what you're alluding to is in the end is that has the time for israel to. change its policy of what we call the opaque.

methods of presenting what we have or not and i don't think that this time has arrived to the reason i've been before as far as the mossad is concerned would you define if counting commission as preventing war weakening iran in the case that war does happen i think that it is the mission of the mossad to do everything in. its capability to. make a. threat which has been posed to israel dormant what capabilities does the mossad have when it comes to iran but here again i don't think that it would be useful for me to hold the. capabilities. of the capabilities which every intelligence organization i think it's important to say that we have been involved in what we call a clandestine war for quite some time with iran and what's interesting about this war is of course that both sides have more or less preferred the details of this

war the details of various events be not exposed to the public when you talk about can this time of war be killing everybody and scientists any accidents at the ring implants computer viruses is this what you're referring to i'm referring to all range of activities i will not confirm anything which you have just now i mentioned but i was serving that there is a long range of activities that have been carried being carried on for a very very long time over a very long period of time and i think that the activities on the other side very very significantly and i will not say anything more than that if the war was to break out on whose side were to keep on the one hand it is a nato member but it's also at odds with israel turkey would not like a nuclear iran on its borders and i don't think that turkey can be and would. capabilities or preventing capabilities to either side my guess is in

a situation like this. turkey would take a neutral position what if your mission is when you a head of them aside was to promote ties between israel and lift from states so how would you come to policy on what many say is israel's isolation particularly with regard to its former allies egypt and turkey. this in a different light than you have just. mentioned if i would look at the situation israel is in today compared to what it was in before the peace process began in one nine hundred seventy seven seventy eight when egypt launched its initiatives towards israel i think the two situations are not comparable we lived for thirty years from forty eight to seventy seven seventy eight in the situation of isolation we're not isolated today in the region we have our differences we have more than just differences we have bones of contention with some of the countries like with

turkey we have gone through a very difficult time and this was egypt is concerned egypt is also going through a very difficult time and i don't think that it's in the interest of egypt to abrogate the israeli egyptian peace treaty egypt does not need a war now on its northern borders since you retired from the side you have been in with the radiance. interest among some the wayans and some israelis to promote peace i have many rainier's in international fora not had private relations or private contacts with radians there are many iranians the way i see it would like the present confrontation between israel and iran to gradually end and create a new situation the likes of which we had in from forty eight to seventy eight because iran and israel basically do not have bones of contention we know the issues territorial issues between ourselves we don't have other kinds of issues

which we know we have ideological issues between ourselves and i think it would be wrong for iran to enable ideology to be the main driver of its policies and the calls of serious drawbacks which has been suffering as a result of putting ideological ideology on the front. and what are some of the discussions and some of the questions that all raised at these informal meetings you have the radios who say look israel has no right to exist israel should disappear israel is not a natural entity in the middle east and then you have these same irradiance come in the saying we believe israel has a nuclear capability israel should sign the n.p.t. the improved ration treaty just as we have and should reveal what it has. called into the role of nations only nations and countries can be members of the n.p.t.

so you kind of on the one hand demand that israel should sign the n.p.t. on the other hand deny israel's right to exist and i've said to them that i believe that this is something which is unacceptable a second point has been israel has insisted on its be recognized as a jewish state. and they have said to me look we didn't say that france in its title doesn't say the christian state of the christian state of britain or the catholic state of germany and so forth and i've said to them that why do you say the islamic republic of iran if you raise the word islamic we will raise the word jewish and they say no that's different why is it different this is the kind of. discussion we have had to put it that way sometimes very very. heated discussion in your opinion would it be good or bad for israel if assad regime force. let me first say that israel has no way of influencing the results of present. events in

syria i believe that assad is going to fall. and i think that ultimately our side will fall in a way which will cause a lot of bloodshed. and i think that this bloodshed will have enormous effects on the history of syria and maybe of neighboring countries as well. is very likely to have a new tune how will this play into israeli palestinian reconciliation efforts. first of all i'm not sure hamas will have a new leader. secondly i don't think the mushroom has been the most extreme of the leaders of the hamas he's also on record as saying that he's a temporarily to accept a palestinian state in temporary borders which is something which moves in its significance to a first step in recognizing the fact that the state of israel is here to stay in my view is and i know this is not the view which is shared by the government of israel

at the moment that ultimately we will have to deal with the actors the way they are and i think the potential of finding ways and means of dealing with them in a way which will not insure the basic interests of israel i find highly of me thank you very much for joining us here on our team thank you.

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to basics the e.u. mulled over fresh economic punishment for president assad syrian regime part of the planning to push through the rising un resolution. more than technology to support its called activism or instability in that goes online speak to improve russian democracy. plus winds of change in that beer countries russian minority hopes to win an upcoming referendum that could see their native language officially now is that it just attempts by russians to secure their political rights. but not the sports teams and un summit dramatic news on the super

bowl. they did savvy company thanks for watching and these are the headlines. new york giants claim their second super bowl title in four years the twenty one seventeen when i did the new england patriots. plus on track rushes in because young champion on great seal over course the biggest leap of begin is the country's athlete shining mosca. on that guy in racial raghavan salonica help russia be trying to reach the fed cup semifinals. but first the new york giants the super bowl champions quarterback eli manning leading them to a dramatic twenty one seventeen victory i've been using them patriots in indianapolis just as he did four years ago when the giants dream new england's perfect season the giants for the fast track of the block to the neutral stating

this time around manning combining with think two crews for a nine mil lead however new england responded and how that is in front half time thanks to a field goal and a touchdown tom brady danny woodhead. and momentum stayed with the giants after the intimation stretching that lead to seventy nine brady for the ball to arran handedness for another touchdown but it was still time for a fight back a pair of field goals brought the giants to be in sync point and they then took the lead with the late dr first the money on manning and catching a thirty eight yard pass for manning and that led to a decisive moment the patriots allowing braccio to score so they could get the ball back before the proper but the gamble failed to pay off one last pass from brady fail to find a man the ball going behind dropped kind of state game i with that twenty one seventeen triumph for the giants.

this isn't about you know one person this is about a whole team coming together getting this win so i'm just proud of our guys proud of the proud the team the way we fought all year never never got discouraged kept the faith kept our confidence and this fought to the very end i think everybody was just disappointed it's. you know this is not a. you know you win as a team you lose a bitch and you lose as a team and certainly wasn't one plays a reason why we lost today so everybody feels like we can no more. i said after the game i'll keep coming to this game and keep trying out rather come this game and lose and not get here so hopefully we're going to we're back at some point we had a great year we just didn't make enough place today now in other news russian athletes are showing good form ahead of next month's world indoor championships and in the car jump champion on that i see him off recorded the biggest leap of the year the russian win to end all meeting in moscow to meet his in thirty six

centimeters the highest anyone's jump this season before filing out what would have been a new russian record to meet his forty one competitor it alexander should still came second still of saying he takes a lot of confidence from his performance in front of the home crowd and keep trying to beat records. if i had not said the bar if i had stopped at two thirty six then naturally i would not have any more to vacation to keep trying maybe to thirty four would have been enough for me that i could have stopped there but i went on i will keep trying to jump of the two forty one. meanwhile another reigning olympic champion very bored can finish just one second scheiber world record for the men's five thousand meter walk he took gold in beijing for the twenty kilometer event in which he's also the world champion but try just look at the shorter discipline and excel. also looking good is triple jump. up to second in the world indoor rankings after

a leap of six point eight six to come in first to be under twenty three european championships last year. while there was a surprise win for alexander in the women's four hundred meters the russian moved up to the distance from the two hundred meters and fifty one point four six the third fastest time in the world that share the mark in tennis russia booked their place in the semifinals of the fed cup after a three one victory over spain and will play serbia in the last four after taking it to know late on saturday russia were able to complete the job on sunday spain did half the deficit when world number thirty three ninety to try over lost in straight sets to carlos what is the five six six three but svetlana kuznetsova finished playing off the three sets win over sylvia solis the knows that and that sets up a home semifinal tie in april against belgium three two though the recent ten uncertainty over whether she rapped over

a little. group. the problem will sharapova is not her desire to play but the fact that she's participating in a lot of tournaments held the states and if she has to fly back to europe for a fed cup match sure have trouble acclimating in three to five days i wish the fed cup would be scheduled the week before a grand slam tournament and not one week afterwards when crews that saw the loss of momentum in today's match in the second set i also believe there was due to the physical strain she said to go through due to scheduling. well the czechs are the defending champions and beat germany for one to reach the other semifinal after leading to know from saturday petrak of the diversity of the victory after coming from a set down to beat sabinus in their the czechs will now play italy next after they won against ukraine. i. and english football munched united have failed to move level on points with league

leaders manchester city that's after a quite remarkable three three draw with chelsea at stamford bridge they came from three goals down to a point jonny evans own goal put chelsea won at the break but all the drama came in the second half goal from. louise mensch chelsea with three goals to the good but to wayne rooney and to have a hernandez had completed an astonishing comeback the draw leeds united trailing city points while chelsea and i were only a point ahead of newcastle who were fifth after a two one win over asked him blues boss under. about the second penalty. if you want. to sleep penalty and there's nothing to say about it the second one is very very dubious. i don't even know if we're there's the correct angle to make a decision maybe the linesman gave it i'm not sure. but it's. very very unlucky for him to give

a penalty like that. not sure if you do for anything in the first but there is no there is a wrong decision meanwhile the semifinal and it has been decided at the africa cup of nations mali will face the ivory coast after beating on a penalty shootout after the game finished one one after extra time defeats you see you want to set up a tie with zambia. and thought his team was fortunate to get three. to tunisia. yes if you go first off. the one who won the game i think we were lucky to. be lucky also can't you see. i'll blame him you know it happens in football in other football use fee for president sepp blatter says he will seek to reinstate five football federation leaders. they were sent by their government after seventy people died following last week's riot at a match between. imports syeed blatter spoke at

a meeting of south american football officials toughening rules against government intervention in the sport. now happy man this morning is american golfer carl stanley he's won his first title on the p.g.a. tour after coming from a short stand on the final day of the phoenix open in arizona this time last week karl threw away a big lead at the farmers insurance open and it didn't look like he'd be in contention this time in the desert starting the day eight shots back behind this man overnight leader spencer levine he was six clear the field but that later evaporated he had a run of bogeys and found the water he was distraught with sinking birdies his fifth of the round throwing him level with eleven there at the top of the leaderboard after a nice cheap at the rough he managed to keep it cool on the greens as well for a two shot victory. delighted that he's changing for jeans in the space of seven days. i you know that's

a dog but i think you need to accept the verdict we are going to be ups and downs and you just can't it's too hard. you know i understand profits so much from support from so many people people who i don't even know i'm going to really help me kind of you know put it behind me and move on and. you know it's puts me. in the ass scotland's all larry celebrating after winning the cattle masters for the second time in his career jason day and part of hanson kept the pressure larry in an event which was reduced to fifty four holes due to strong winds a day showing great skill there with a long birdie to the third destroying would finish ball back in a tie for second with handsome a lorry was put in a masterful. finishing on fifteen under for the tournament and that puts him. fifty for the first time since two thousand and three. it's a confidence boost play nicely for a while you are sort of second the rest of the buy into the start the season the

two talked and so you come here and you just keep going you know it's somewhat of my. action after the n.b.a. where lebron james and dwyane wade led miami to a ninety five eighty nine with over the toronto raptors they scored fifty five points between them as the heat grabbed their tenth win in twelve games dwyane wade hit twenty five points on the night putting them in front of thirty seven thirty five while in the third quarter. wade finished off chris bosh to increase the latest sixty one fifty four bron james is also scoring for fun thirty points to him you know dropping the ball into the net here off the north pole. the raptors did manage a run to cut the lead to three points in the fourth but it was not enough to stop the hate miami moved to within one game of chicago for the best record in the eastern conference. and finally the court of arbitration for sport will deliver its verdict later today in the tape in case of cyclist alberto contador the spaniard

tested positive for a banned anabolic steroids during the twenty ten tour de france he maintains his innocence saying the substance got into his system through eating contaminated meat if found guilty he could face a two year ban and be stripped of his twenty ten tour de france victory and his twenty eleven charity tahlia title on the eve of the verdict which has been pretty relaxed as he took part in the new york challenge. so that the sport for the moment i'm back with more. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.