a fact that pakistan inhabits a region inhabits a region and will continue to have inhabit the street and this region has some serious problems the region has some serious problems but into terrorism and pakistan has always maintained that it is important to have collaborative joint efforts to be able to rid the street and rather than follow sort of unitary approaches. in how we want to rid the streets and you mentioned. the price of your involvement in afghanistan has been pretty high many thousand of your citizens lost their lives millions people have been very placed there estimates that it cost your country around seventy billion u.s. dollars but we often hear criticism about pakistan's role. to involvement in afghanistan from the american side do you think the united states treats you fairly. i would like to answer that question by saying that what is crucial to is solid robust partnership is that each able to live

or operate within the bounds of what is. believed to be you know what has been agreed as far as treating fairly is concerned i think pakistan has in this particular case not been treated fairly by anybody for that matter because pakistan continues to lose lives pakistan continues to lose in terms of economic cost in terms of the social cost i think sometimes that is not emphasized on enough so we continue to lose in many many ways but some times the rule that is that is put on pakistan is rule which is understandable which defies logic so to speak because if the first country to benefit from a stable understands pakistan and the first country to lose from in you know unstable understand is also pakistan. so pakistan stick

a very high and that is what is commonly believed that yes pakistan sticks are very high but pakistan sticks are very high in having stability in that one is not instability in the understand so we have maintained and we stated very clearly that it is really for the one people to determine what course of action they want to take in any way possible whether they want to have strategic alliance with country a country b. it's a sovereign country we must respect them as that but pakistan's rule in any way can only be there to support of i think seeing that pakistan is cause of the problem and is creating trouble is an imaginary solution it is an imaginary blame it is an imaginary looking for an answer but the real solutions to real problems have to be faced you know on the ground now as we all know that the united states has been taking on a lead role in this military operation why do you think with all its military power and the resources that are invested into this campaign why anything. results are

not that impressive as a few there could be i think i'm not the right person to answer that question it should be somebody from the us administration i want to question to be right i don't think it is important but that the u.s. is succeeding or is winning in the understand or not what is important is that of one the stand is winning or not because the goal of the u.s. and pakistan and the region and all the forty eight countries which operate in the understand is to make of understand when if i may come back to the issue of american criticism for just one question president obama said in a number of occasions that one of the reasons why the united states is using drones to file for your territory and to hit targets on your territory is because the pakistani authorities allegedly. are not in control of that own land and my question is. why pakistan tolerating the use of military technology that are hitting targets on pakistani

land that ultimately oftentimes lead to the. loss of life among the pakistani citizens this is one of the major problems that keeps us from achieving our successes in our view. not only completely illegal and under full and have north resolution to be used within the domains of international law but even more importantly they are counterproductive to your objective of getting this region rid of militancy and terrorism and extremism because if one strike leads to getting a new target number one or target number three to be you're creating five more targets or ten more targets in the militancy that it breeds in the in the for doing that it gives to the militants to attract more people to join their ranks we are to be in pakistan suffering from the consequences. what you know many other powers of

the world decided to do in that region to rid itself of the challenge that appeared in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine which was the soviet invasion of one star now in trying to deal with that we have created certain groups which are to be. a challenge to everybody so again do we want to repeat the same mistakes again clearly pakistan doesn't think so and pakistan has categorically said that it is illegal under full counterproductive other any vanier singo view reasonable values that pakistan could take in case of drone attacks beyond forcing it's concern or a distraction my question to you is it just an issue of some countries allowing. greater freedom and greater perth far off foreign policy tools than others that would be a very unfair world and i hope that's not

a world that we are moving towards and therefore the questions of illegality an unlawful. is an extremely important one and there is absolutely currently no compromise in pakistan about that if you look at as i said i think this is partially one of the major reasons which is responsible probably would be up to pakistan as a country which. considers itself to be a sovereign country to do this to be an independent country has therefore decided to reassess the whole terms of engagement because for to us it is very clear that this is not part of the terms of engagement now if that clarity is required elsewhere i guess the parliament will be in its right to be able to define it but. the approach that we've taken the approach that we're taking is not that of a confrontation the prudes they've been taking is that for doing the partnership which is which is based on mutual respect and based on mutual interest just last

week. and her report was leaked to the media that pakistani security forces and maintaining contacts with. terrorism and extremist organizations that are operating in afghanistan as far as i understand there was. an allegation that they're supporting them financially. is this true first of all this is not a new to report we were told by need to at least that this is a. single person not report but it's thing the country and the single person. pretty much. all the bottle because this is not an accusation or allegation that to be made on part of the specific context of the mentioned were with the taliban of all to intelligence agencies i think every intelligence agency in the world particularly the ones which will work. with one group or the other and all of them at some level and this does are now pretty much out in the open because

people are openly talking about that so i think just creating you know this is something which is not even worth a comment quite frankly the united states is expected to withdraw its troops from afghanistan and a matter of a few years is pakistan looking forward to. that. but you see again they came here with some goals and objectives we would hope that most of those goals and objectives are met at least partially met and we would hope that when the. understand afghanistan is a better place than when they first came but the long term presence of foreign troops in the region is always always counterproductive. yes but we would also be very very mindful of what is the situation on the ground when they leave because instability more instability is clearly something that this region cannot cannot afford i'd like to switch gears a little bit and ask you about iran you know the west is now piling its pressure on

that country which is your neighbor and longtime partner. how would pakistan respond in a case of military strike against iran we would strongly ask all countries to desist from any option which is military at all because this region has already seen too much and we do not want any further destabilization. we feel very strongly that these things can be done you know in the battle on the negotiation table that there should be flexibility shown and that dialogue should be considered to be the only via forward and it would have disastrous let me go to pakistan feels it would have disastrous results for the region what about syria do you support a military intervention against assad's regime we support no military intervention against in the region because we feel that the independent sovereign the territorial integrity of a country are important aspects and there in trying to many many places now what we

need to ensure the international community is is that violence from any side is not given lunch is not allowed to. move forward thank you very much for a time minister thank you. wealthy british scientists are. spotlessly. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars

a report on our. subsists . just so. pissed see. her.

it's six. fifty six to see. if. he.

the headlines on our t.v. and that the u.n. is considering a joint mission with the arab league to end the bloodshed in syria but with ever conflicting reports of the number of casualties it's proving hard to get a true picture of events on the ground. as you are a plant its oil embargo on iran there are concerns that the move could hit the country's most dependent on iranian crude like spain but some analysts convinced the measures were forced upon the e.u. by the united states. and several high profile al qaeda militants have been killed in pakistan in a recent series of u.s. drone attacks but the london based bureau of investigative journalism has found the hundreds of civilians died in similar strikes a fact america seems to ignore. time now for the sports with kate.

and i thank you for joining me for this and here are the headlines. this is appointed interim manager of the post-war association for paul to cheers a british english coach yankee to fabio capello harry redknapp is the favorite so far. while . john as well actually agrees to stay at russian. fashion victims russian side who takes place last first if you only talk sixteen they are lost to almost any in the last. football first though and in the end under twenty one coach stuart pearce has been named as the interim manager of the national side following fabio capello's sensational resignation on wednesday night all pearce will be in charge for england's friendly at home to holland on february the twenty nine meanwhile the sixty five year old capello quit his post after four

years in charge the italian was jus to leave the three lines at the european championships in june but stepped down after a meeting with the football association his decision came after the f.a. informed him of their decision to take the all about the away from his captain john terry whose trial for the alleged racist abuse of q.p.r. defend anton ferdinand has been postponed until july well if a travelling didn't go through says capello's exit will not affect him than zero twenty twelve preparations british prime minister david cameron says capello will be missed. you would as a sure match is for the euros only plays bass kind of training camp and little so everything is in place a lot of people have time to time you this means that the squad will get together till next may be so there is still is time for a new man to get in place and do what he needs to do building up towards the competition so no are i think we are sure. in

a much better place than black pittsburgh what i'm sorry to see go i think he was a good coach and a good man i liked him i don't think he was right about the john terry issue you can't be captain with that question that needs to be answered but england needs a new coach and a new captain and i hope we can get on with that and make sure we make the best of the opportunities this summer well meanwhile the f.a. say a british manager would be preferable and harry redknapp has emerged as the favorite candidate after the top manager was found not guilty of tax evasion by a london court just hours before capello quit the sixty four year old had been accused of concealing nearly three hundred thousand dollars of transfer bonuses while in charge of portsmouth however read that now says he is currently focusing on top move while newcastle manager alan pardew has already ruled himself out as his side prepares to go to spurs on saturday. tottenham he's. been fantastic to meet people in the last week we got

a credible reception they gave me so i wouldn't be right today and to even focus only feels the top and that's my only interest is talking about it's not for me you know might not quite clear or even in the running as far as i'm concerned i'm very happy here at newcastle we're on a little project here it's going really well and we want i want to see it for the passion and everything about this place is why i want to stay here. well meanwhile here in russia as any. he has signed a deal to stay at the st petersburg side until twenty fifteen the news is a boost for the russian champions who are preparing to face benfica in the last sixteen of the champions league next week this is the furthest the club has ever reached in the competition and continues the success since joining from roma back in two thousand and nine winning the domestic title in his second year in charge so made a car a six points clear at the top of the table with the league set to resume on march the search. saying was global and the africa cup of nations final will be between

favorites ivory coast and surprise package zambia also struck there should be no school in the ivory coast with all the stroke of pomp time as the elephants lawley one nil while i saw that i had missed an eight minute penalty for going to and zambia then base the one nil emmanuel with the striker behind his teammates a dream final. this is database the leader was a top team to play in the final i think for the players i think this is that this is moving to a playoff run cup with vision from the notice in front of people we are happy everybody is not the we proved that people rome greece do we are a good team we today. i think we are we aware that this today despite whatever they want to see. me while i've been staying vassallo have reached the coverdell where a final for the new third time in four seasons after a two no home with over ten thousand volunteers a goal in each often sets fabregas the job ensuring boss goes through the strain was hard to get. good he was sent off to the visitors with fifteen minutes left the

other side of all that face as let it build out in the final. rush to get on that it's. time you want in england scotland says in your sporting deep into extra time a sunderland one f.a. cup fourth round reply to one of local rivals middlesbrough a set of n.r. sixteen time time to arsenal. well it was also a cup night in germany where the country's most decorated side by in munich reached at. up to nil to even to the semifinals and staying in the hunt for red trouble toni kroos twice came agonizingly close to breaking the deadlock in the twentieth minute but it was france when frank rebury opened the bye and on the whole found a mark thomas mueller feeding in the cross and mula was once again the provider as mario gomez added another right after the restart the critics try keeping his cool and using his left foot to hurry the rebound and his former size the two no defeat by a second in the german league and will face balls in the champions league round of

sixteen. on the basketball and russian side unix have suffered their first defeat in the yearly top sixteen after losing sixty three fifty eight to emporio armani in milan because one team defeated armani in week three but this time the italian outfit was unstoppable and press its three pointer from. giving the home side a twenty eleven lead late in the first quarter well in explore back in the second and even pulled the deficit back to four points by half time it was not enough to stop armani from claiming their first win in the top sixteen again sixty three fifty eight the result however unix still top group with three wins and just that one defeat. to winter sport now and the russian city of sochi will host the winter olympics in exactly two years time and its new to build biathlon course has been described as one of the toughest in the world the course of clubs now by the ana is set to host its first serious test event this weekend and the president of the russian biathlon union believes the athletes will find it tough millionaire be

called rocket of inspecting the venue ahead of the russia cup and warns that high differences of up to sixty metres between peaks and troughs will make it exhausting while the climbers will also take its toll. at the start. it's the most difficult course in the world what the temperature differential between the snow in the air is only four degrees celsius we don't have this anywhere else in the world for the ski lubricator for the people who prepare the skis this is a huge problem but this makes the competition all the more unpredictable by city and finally it's a boxing day in russian well so it could be ballack but they have sailed well number sixteen by defeating colombian and not him and on a successful night for russian fighters here in moscow michael was ringside. many here are saying that the fight between our dads here and those is going to be the case in the first round simply because both have a lot at stake there has been undefeated until now and those that could lose his.

belt will see indeed that was the case in the first couple of rounds mendoza a sprightly books and matched everything had to offer he even seemed to be edging the fight through the judges' eyes but after seeing his fellow compaction it's when all of the bouts prior to the night's main event the russian light welterweight turned up the heat in the fourth increasingly mendoza was put on the back foot by some nifty flurries of jabs and punches from d.f. but it was the twenty nine year old russian who was carrying the open wounds and splashing the ring with blood at the end of the fifth round and then in the sixth spot the animal came out seeing an opportunity alice ready it unleashed a vicious number of punches to put mendoza against the ropes. the russian fighter thought it was all over at one point raising his arms in the air only to be brought down to earth by the bell mendoza now looks half the man that had entered

the ring and with another savage onslaught by his opponent had to be protected by the referee bringing the end to the brout in a technical knockout. like the d. of gladly received the w b a federal latin belts but seemed more pleased in retaining his unbeaten status and the manner of his victory i don't really know where the telling blow came from it came on its own. but of course a famous time off after that beaten opponent ignacio mendoza was of course disappointed with the defeat even though it was only his seventh loss in forty two bouts but the twenty eight year old colombian did offer reasons behind his downfall i couldn't when you saw the fight he was strong he had a great garden i really could left hook. there were three other bouts on the night that also managed to bring the crowd alive ukraine's mikol occurred in your spot up with russia's oleg lisi of but after a full eight rounds the bout had to be decided by the judges who were unanimously

in favor of lucy if. in the second fight professional debutantes gave us no made light of things showing no signs of jitters as he dispatched to make his former two time heavyweight title challenger zero in back after four rounds and the third bout involves russia's grigori draws to challenge form a w b a light heavyweight champion richard hall but after eight rounds the jamaican could no longer and surrendered in his corner plenty of celebrities were also on hand to enjoy the thrills of the evening including russian boxing legend dennis limit of i came down here to support my friends my fighting colleagues i think this event is well organized and it will only get better also in the ranks with deputy prime minister alexander sukkot and renowned director nikita mikel cough who seemed to really appreciate the efforts of the russian boxes so one could see alex verdi of emphatic when coupled with a clean sweep by the remaining russian boxes must be

a sign that boxing is alive and well in russia mark of change of party moscow.

syria's forces bombed the city of use with reports of more deaths but with conflicting numbers of casualties coming from the country it's almost impossible to get a true picture of events on the ground. as the e.u. plans to bring iran to its knees with an approaching of oil embargo there are fears that the move could backfire and european countries the hardest. plus u.s. drone attacks rained down on pakistan with hundreds of civilian deaths in collateral damage but the country's foreign minister tells our t. that such measures are counterproductive to the war on terror. the us markets how thin is today's trading session in the red the u.s. markets open up in the black all have the exact stake is in twenty minutes time

business. a very warm welcome this is r.t. live from moscow. the u.n. says it plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission in conflict in syria president assad's forces say they are conducting anti terror operations shelling several areas including the one city of ohms but activists are accusing the government of a massacre saying hundreds of civilians have been killed over the past week something still hard to verify and with conflicting opposition reports of casualties there are those who believe the figures are being manipulated to push a regime change agenda parties i've attended has details. the syrian observatory for human rights syrian observatory for human rights a syrian.