talk about the headlines that peacemaking mission delegation led by russia's foreign minister heads to damascus as bloodshed in syria gathers momentum against a backdrop of diplomatic clashes. greece sacrifices fifteen thousand more jobs in a bid to appease its international creditors as your spirity ravaged population stages of a longer general strike. to libyan dissidents the former head of britain's six spy agency every corporation with colonel gadhafi torture network. intervention ship when they take him back in the spotlight. well community is now at loggerheads over how to stem the bloodshed in syria today we talked to bahrain's foreign minister to learn what his country believes should be done to stop the

violence ati's interview who's next. our guest today is his excellency shaikh. mohammed al khalifa the minister for foreign affairs in the kingdom of bahrain is there anything you would like to say to the russian authorities about their position on the syria issue well the situation in syria is both difficult and dangerous not just for syrians and for all arab people everyone who wants to see peace and stability in the reaching out of the initiative put forward by arab nations was clear it was approved by syria the only question remaining is whether it will be implemented properly we've sent our observers there and they were in danger unable to fulfill their mission but their reports do indicate that the situation is extremely dire. the material served to us by the head of the observers mission and what he reported to the arab league differs from what we heard from other observers we agree with the syrian

authorities that foreign military intervention would not be tolerable we don't want to see that happen and we do not support calls for it not a single country in our region is calling for a military invasion in syria the question of an all thirty change in syria by whatever means is not part of a common arab initiative we have agreed on those issues and we know that's why russia is obstructing the adoption of the resolution of syria in the un security council. that. many think that the situation in syria is declining in part due to the fact that western states have not adopted the unified solid position on syria needed if the u.n. security council is to adopt a resolution in russia's case the motivation behind stopping the resolution was clear but the west is not a single minded on syria as it was on libya do you think that's true yeah. the thing is after what happened in libya any country would think twice before committing to specific measures the situation in the region is extremely volatile

the region under the jurisdiction of the cooperation council remains fairly calm and safe thank god our countries are doing all they can to keep it that way the policies of other states however are not helping to bring peace or stability to their regions countries are divided into tears major minor according to their geopolitical standing how close they are to one state or the other and their world in which. a regime change in a mine a country would not lead to big changes on a regional scale syria on the other hand is very important to the region but we have to think very hard about the possible repercussions and complications we might have to deal with before we interfere in syria's affairs you know. taking into account the battle cries we hear especially from american and european media do you feel that a full scale war might break out in the region that would harm all gulf states. well obviously having worked in the media for a long time you understand a lot about politics and we've been gauged in global politics for

a long time to have the cries for battle ever stopped we hear them constantly throughout our lives they come from the west to the east and the north we can't simply ignore those calls will work on our own military policy as we've been hearing war drums throughout our entire lives and we've become used to that but we must take the situation seriously it involves an atomic bomb which iran has developed because the i.a.e.a. the region is unstable jeter interference by various forces are in geopolitical situation is affected by what happens in iraq iran afghanistan the peace process is constantly threatened israel is still threatening as it always has to strike out against iran and its nuclear program we are concerned about the fact that a neighboring state appears to be working on a nuclear program which could lead to a region wide disaster if an emergency account therefore we work all day every day to relieve tensions in the region and to reach

a mutual understanding that we have to work on that we have to take this situation seriously the war drums you mentioned and not getting hotter and they won't stop in the near future event. could you give us more detail on the discussion about security in the region where. there are direct external threats coming from countries who don't want stability and security in our region as well as internal threats coming from within the region our relations with iran are currently threatened we find them on satisfactory they're unstable and contradictory which we're not happy about especially as representatives of the cooperation council we are beginning to fear a deterioration in our relations with iran as well they're threatened by the unstable situation in iraq which developed after the u.s. forces pulled out of the change in iraqi government policy has relations between booker in iraq have always been good historically speaking. but the statements we'll hear coming from iraqi politicians and regional governors aren't in line with

our tradition i was referring to specific threats to the cooperation council nations there are also certain hidden threat to stability and security in the region and that these have to do it but arrange relations with the allies such as the usa the e.u. and russia we'd like to have a clear strategy and clear mutual understanding of problems of regional stability and security with all of our partners we're trying to make our region safe for foreign trade vessels and contribute to global economic growth if we and our allies had a clear cooperative strategy we would have no problems with security has to belittle in our region what we can achieve by establishing open and transparent relations with all of our partners and that's what we're in a full. on is the gulf countries peaceful nuclear program intended to counter iran's nuclear program or would you have developed it anywhere. yes we do have such a program but we're not going to use it to stand against anything else the issue of iran's nuclear program is an international one but we live in this region and we

discussed with iran the conversation turns political and touches upon many other issues when something concerns a particular region the opinions of those living in that region must be considered there are big and influential states in this region the cooperation council must take their opinions into account but i'd like to say that we are no less concerned about testability in the region and then with the iranian nuclear program sometimes we can't help but feel that many other issues it's not our biggest concern getting back to the gulf country's nuclear program and i'd say yes but firstly it won't be built to oppose any other regional nuclear program whether it's in iran or any other country secondly this issue is still being discussed and a specific legislative framework is being worked on with the i.a.e.a. this program will be peaceful and transparent. every stage just that it's required to be and we're working on that with total understanding of our full responsibility

. before him tackling the challenges to regional security addressed the issue of strengthening cooperation with russia and important international stabilizing force we know the position of bahrain on this issue do you think your partners in the cooperation council will listen to these calls and take any specific steps to make cooperation with russia even closer than it is now. i can answer positively not only on behalf of bahrain which cooperates with russia in many areas including go to regional security but also corporates with the us e.u. countries with china japan india and many many other states we also see a positive response from russia regarding all areas of cooperation and the benefit from it russia has always played a major role in international affairs and russia is a great power russia should be present in our region a troll is indispensable russia has put forward an initiative on security in the gulf we supported it and confirmed it in a joint statement adopted during

a visit by our king to moscow and signed by him and president medvedev this initiative calls for all political forces in the region to develop a single approach to gulf security and. the last summit of the cooperation council for arab states of the gulf put forward a proposal to create a commonwealth have they taken any steps towards achieving this goal. the summit itself so a number of steps on transformation of the cooperation council into a commonwealth as proposed by the king of saudi arabia a working group has been formed and the group is to hold a number of meetings to come up with his proposals in may and the annual summit of the cooperation council in riyadh steps are being taken not only as proposals but also in terms of concrete solutions. and feed it if you remember our previous interview we discussed the initiative by the king of bahrain to set up an intern commission on human rights and a special commission to gather evidence of human rights violations has this

initiative been approved or if so what's been done so far and what. we've achieved two goals the first is that a commission on gathering evidence of violations has been established the commission is studying the events of the past year and. it submitted a report to the king which as far as i'm concerned has been broadcast live around the world now another commission is to implement the twenty four proposals listed in the report and that's been set up another thing is that a high ranking government of commission has been created to implement the tasks imposed on the go all proposals concerning legislation and the digital system will be submitted to parliament for approval the second proposal by america is to create a human rights court in the arab world and that's hugely important of europe has an international court on human rights america has a court on human rights with its headquarters in costa rica arab countries don't have such an agency only the arab charter on human rights is in place and we don't

have a competent body for anyone to address his or her issues over human rights violations this proposal has been submitted to the arab league secretary general and will be considered at the assembly in march this year we're watching this process and continue to work on its adoption of the arab world is part of the whole wider world and in no way differs from it we're not trying to condemn anyone but the point is that our society must move forward and for us that's crucial. been ahmed al khalifa thank you very much for your time.

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peacemaking mission to tell a geisha led by russia's foreign minister heads to damascus as bloodshed in syria gathers momentum against a backdrop of diplomatic clashes. between sacrificed his fifteen thousand jobs in a bid to it has its international creditors as your stealthy rabbits population stage is not a general strike. to libya and this isn't sue the former head of britain's nic expired didn't see it let's call for a kind of dolphin internet run continued case of a shift in a dictator back in the spotlight. more news in fifteen minutes and now it's time for sports without you. hello there are you watching the sport here not saying these are the headlines.

back and i'm curious why are is returns from liverpool after a lengthy ban but failed to spot the reds in the golden rule we're talking. plus guilty so i can shoot prima alberto contador stripped of this tour de france title and picks up a two year ban to get drugs. uncautious champion f one king sebastian vettel face red bull and losing their rivals as team to pack for the new season. but will start with the english premier league where luis suarez returned to the liverpool line up but could not inspire them to victory over tottenham last night the game ending goalless and i'm failed suarez back after missing a total of nine games one for his defensive some for the fans and eight after being found guilty of racially abusing patrice evra but he couldn't write the deadbolt while spurs coach harry redknapp was absent due to his ongoing love and called for tax evasion so the result leaves spurs in the table five points off munched united

and seventeen they dismantled the city while liverpool a full two and a top four spots. meanwhile russian champions enable have to do without midfielder may go danny for their champions league grand of sixteen double header against bend think it's starting this month the twenty eight year old has picked up a knee injury during any training session in italy and could be out for up to six months which also makes the playmaker a diet for portugal at this summer's european championships in poland and ukraine. and other news for more zimbabwe football chief one hundred eighty. in court she's accused of fixing zimbabwe friendly matches in the far east between two thousand and seven and two thousand and nine as part of. betting syndicate the case got underway on monday was the chief executive officer of the country's football association and was sacked in twenty ten she denies the charges the scandal has also led to the suspension of more than eighty players. on the new cyclists and

each leg looks set to be awarded the twenty ten tour de france title after alberto contador restricted the yellow jersey for failing a drugs test during the race from luxembourg had come second but now looks set to benefit from contador conviction contador tested positive for the banned substance claimed beauty but it's always protested his innocence claiming his failed test was due to eighteen contaminated meat a spaniard who also loses twenty eleven here and italia title and will remain barred from the sport until august after receiving a backdated two year ban the case is taken months to resolve after various appeals something cycling chiefs have criticised. it is fundamental to be less time between sports justice and sports and media events it is comfortable to have an orbital container kept cycling for eighteen months he was cycling everywhere he was cycling in spain supports a girl in italy who when the giro is all these he was cycling in belgium he was

cycling in france you cycling emergent he won two stages just a few days ago. in the future it is absolutely necessary. just like you need to was just as need serenity and even the case was extremely complex come of that type of case comes. back to time running formula one champion sebastian vettel says it will be harder than ever to retain the world title this season his red bull team have unveiled a new car the r.b.a. stepped nose design and they hope it will earn them a third constructors title in succession also for vettel things any design advantage they'll gain over their rivals will be less than in previous years as teams prepare for the start. and on the first race in melbourne on march the i think. you know the last two years we had two big things taken away that double diffuses plus for this year the system around the blown exhaust so you know we're missing that and therefore so i think difficult to really create

a difference we see obviously we hope that you know is better than all the others but it will be difficult and i think the cars will be fairly similar as in pick ups will be even closer than they have been now after that dramatic super bowl triumph the new york giants have been reflecting on their victory over the new england patriots it's a game that went down to the why with the giants holding out for a twenty one seventeen victory with coach tom coughlin praising his quarterback and m.v.p. money and these games are always this way. last minute. fourth quarter you know we talked an awful lot throughout the course of the year about finish finish finish in. and the young man who won the m.v.p. certainly put our team on his back many many times and then we finished in the fourth quarter late in the fourth quarter with some kind of score that would allow us to eventually win the game so. we were excited we're excited right now to be

honest with you. i'm finally there were mixed fortunes for russia's olympic champions at the russian winter athletics meeting in moscow high jumper on the right see him off showing but walk all the kony skinner felt ill and pulled out of her race with just mates is to go for the first time and her career. has more. though the russian winter tournaments carries no one in the qualification points it still manages to attract the world's top let it talents year after year and let's jump straight to our selected winners where olympic champion and a season off recorded the best sleep in the world this season in high jump clearing two meters and thirty six centimeters while european champion alexander should stuff finished in second place after failing to overcome the two metre thirty two centimeter mark. if i had not set the bar if i had stopped at two thirty six then naturally i would not have any more to patient to keep trying maybe two thirty four

would have been enough for me then i could have stopped there but i went on i will keep trying to jump of the two forty one. olympic champion a uti borsak off ski was only six hundreds of a second short of the national record finishing second to the continent's brunner shots of poland who crossed the line on one minute fifteen point six seconds third place in that event went to another russian sip on voice dog off. of the before bumping into the canyon athlete i was actually hoping for a world record at this competition i've been training very hard and i feel that i'm ready but you saw what happened from european endure a long jump champion geriatrician i became a triple russian winter winner after improving her season's best by one centimeter every cording six meters eighty six centimeters at the tournaments in moscow olympic four by one hundred relay champion alexandra de dory by surprise the fans

and probably herself soon after posting her personal best as well as the world's third best time of fifty one minutes and forty six seconds. i'm very happy today and i did not even dream about achieving such a result this is my first cycle contact to race in full in germany to us and i believe i chased the right tactics i'm manisha hold on to the lead closer to the finish line i'm one despite the fact that my opponent vanya stamboul the law is nine fado minutes in that sector u.k.'s dwain chambers who's hoping the lifetime ban for doping offenses by the british olympic association will soon be lifted showed that he's insult shape after finishing just zero point zero one seconds behind the american winner josh norman two more commitments in those you might know from the trolls that happen every sunday from those women and i stood up to movies you know to what is billed as the qualify. you know those are my priorities i suppose on the way in the summer starts to. think about the things but now it's

also for me there were no surprises in the men's five thousand meter race walk with a limp dick champion violating abortion topping the old russian podium. while in the women's section of this discipline russia's top favorites for gold in london had to pull out of the race with just one hundred metres left to the finish line allowing twenty two year olds. to calling first price on call through artsy moscow. and that is a we've got sun full for them i'm more sport a bit like strong we've got the weather coming up next. well. science technology innovation all the list i'm elements from around russia we've got the future covered.

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