right. you see i think. you would you know things look very different but of course. the collaboration that pakistan has had in the last ten years pakistan has bit of a heavy price for that but it is also a fact that pakistan inhibits a region inhabits a region and will continue to have 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 this region 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 of people have been very placed there estimates that it cost your country around seventy billion us dollars but we often hear criticism about pakistan's or

all. 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 for is 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 costs in terms of the social cost i think sometimes that is not emphasized on enough so we continue to lose in many ways but some times the rule that is that is put on pakistan is rule which is unknown. standard oil which defies logic so to

speak because if the first country to benefit from is stable the one stands 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 to not instability in the stand 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 that should be somebody from the us administration i want to question to be right i don't think it is important with the us is succeeding or is winning in the understand or not what is important is whether of one the stand is winning one 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 logically. 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 due means of international law but even more importantly counterproductive to your objective of getting this rich region rid of militancy and terrorism and extremism because if one strike leads to getting new target number one or target number three to do 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 the ranks we are today in pakistan suffering from the consequences. you know many other problems 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 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 than ears in your view reasonable values that pakistan could take in case of drone attacks beyond forcing its concern

or 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 and under full. tools is extremely important one and it is absolutely currently no compromise in pakistan about if you look as i said i think this is partially one of the major reasons which is responsible for where we are today and pakistan as a country which considers itself to be a sovereign country to consider 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 if that clarity is required elsewhere i guess the parliament will be in its right to be able to define it but please mr

approach that we're taking the approach that we're taking is not that if you can confrontation the proof that we're taking is that all 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 in the report but is single country and a single person and pretty much. all the bottle because this is not a new accusation or allegation which have been made in pakistan the specific

context of the mention were with the taliban of all to intelligence agencies i think every intelligence agency in the world particularly the ones which will work . in the one some indians dies 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 talking to these but i think just creating you know this is 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 event 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 they leave in the understand of one son 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 now piling its pressure on that country which is your neighbor and longtime partner. how pakistan of us born in the case of military strike against iran we would strongly. countries to desist from any option which is military. 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 you know on the negotiation table that there should be flexibility. 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 support the military intervention against assad's regime we support no military intervention against in the region because we feel that independent sovereign the integrity of the country are important aspects and there in trying to many many places what we need to ensure the international community is that violence from any side is not given is not allowed to. move forward thank you very much for a time minister thank you. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand sydney harlem is not enough in-patient beds not enough urgency department and not enough nurses commanders there to take care of all the people who are the

only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to started out running just do firefighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the for the problem it's medical. couple weeks so we did four hours for i waited sometimes three hours i was it's a safe. rance is in lynnwood for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall of patients and we have a federal law that mandates that he can turn no one to weigh who seeks care in an emergency room. we have the most expensive health care system in the world and it's probably valued the least.

more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images has been seeing from the streets of canada as. china operations are on the day.

the arab league is said to decide it's serious violence escalates and the u.s. gathers a coalition of the willing to damascus hundreds of people have reportedly been killed across syria over the past week. the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of the barts ousting of thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council but the generals are playing on to power which they refuse to give up until at least june. the people of greece help marched on the streets in anger over a new set of cards the government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat parliament is now due to debate a draft bill on a sturdy measure demanded by the e.u. and the i.m.f.

. and russian civil society take center stage in politics have a group of public figure steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential vote was backing from all of the candidates the goal of the so-called voters league is to shore a fair and transparent election. that's the top stories of the week and sports next with paul. hello welcome to the world of sport here not a here's what's coming up. making a racket russia given a lifeline and that davis cup tie with austria knowledge of federer switzerland was lost by the u.s. . mission impossible underdog zambia prepared to face the well meaning favorites the ivory coast in the final of the two thousand and twelve africa cup of nations. and puffing the poise tiger woods has four shots behind me to charlie

wade going into the final round of the pebble beach national in california. before us to football where reports in both the russian and british press claim that former england manager fabio capello could be in line for a move to the russian premier league with big spending and jay capello resigned from his job as manager of the three lions this week after the football association went against his wishes and st john terry of the captaincy and reports claim the italian could be in line to replace manager yogi clusters john at the club with the russian season resuming next month and zero seven in the table and six points off a champions league spot general director allan so c.f. has already been sacked fueling speculation christmas john could be next and announcement will be made on monday. watch this space now to tennis and russia have been given a lifeline in the davis cup tie with austria a dramatic doubles win on saturday has made the score two one going into the final day of action. and mikhail youzhny you are defeat would mean russia facing

a playoff to keep their place in the world great however they can through a five set epic against alexander and olivia munn match at three of down in the final set the russians euro completed a remarkable comeback seven six six seven seven five three six six four the final school. what that means is that russia need to win both their reverse singles on sunday first up alex of junior faces you are going melt south looking for his first win representing russia and it could all come down to the fifth and final rubber when they go in it's in takes on undressed hi there now the. name of the usa have put their place in the quarterfinals with a comprehensive three no win over roger federer switzerland mark bryan and mardy fish winning the doubles rubber against federer and stanislav putting time in four sets four six six three six three six three the final score and that one.

feels pretty good doing those i certainly know what it feels like to lose. and it's not a great feeling and. you know play with these guys guys the best doubles player of all time are here and i understand you my part. meanwhile the final of this year's open in paris will be between home favorite marion bartoli maria sharapova is conqueror actually. czech opponent clare as a couple over in straight sets seven six six o'clock in the semifinal. followed up her win over sharapova with a straight sets victory over belgium's you nine a whitmire. now in ice hockey russia has lost one hundred favorite sweden in the swedish round of games in the euro hockey toe but i'm side right now comfortable for one winners in stockholm but not before school as first thirty eight minutes and the tires hold power play goal late in the second things going for the hosts russia's attack came alive when they were two one down this way to capitalize on russia in the states to seal the victory defeat still wasn't enough

though to not brush off of top spots in the overall euro tour standings meanwhile in the other game finland thrust in possum side the czech republic winning seven zero. while the next generation of russia's ice hockey stars have been showcasing their talents in an all star battle the m.h.l. showcase pits the best of the h. to get the best of the west and it was the west which came from behind to win its second challenge cup title in a row robert downey and was there. these men are all about twenty years old but they will regain the skills to show off the young hopefuls who present a youth hockey league game a chill at tellme factory producing players for europe strongest league big a chill pulling in north star game tradition once a year at the peak of the image eastern conference plays the best from the west in the so-called challenge cup with every move showing this is far from just an

exhibit game no end of skill from the very beginning to the joy that backed out middle corrina in one russia's main us hockey centers. it was the east who took the lead threw on the board of spoke play goal three minutes from the first intermission the opening of the second period saw the eastern team extend their lead and said glimmer of turning the shootout effort into goal with confidence to make it to nil nevertheless the peak of the west proved to have wanted to to produce a stunning comeback. inspired by their skipper libya off and continued by maxime kitchen to two by the second in their mission. and they come back turned into triumph libyan of course his second on the night to give his side the three to lead the eastern stars were giving their best to call eyes but it was the western netminder that are months media and who stole the show when then and

producing to him a zing saves and them to net there at them and setting the final score off for two . everybody was cheering for the east but the crowd support did not help their team we didn't have time to build any sort of chemistry with some of my teammates before the challenge cup but we still pulled out an emotional comeback win so the league of the young has showcased its biggest airlines with the western conference team lifting the twenty twelfth challenge cup although it's save bet these n.h.l. stars still have some bigger challenges and trophies ahead of them. robert fall in your own party among your drug lords. now in other football news preparations are taking place ahead of sunday's africa cup of nations final the ivory coast will be overwhelming favorites when they take on zambia and gab on the ivorian put their

place in the final with a one zero victory over mali and sellings on wednesday complete twenty five it's having reached the showpiece final since two thousand and six before salomon kalou says the elephants team spirit could be the secret to their success. on the team spirit. and you can see with every game we played even destroy came down. you know and. defend so i think that the spirit we're looking for we want to win together doesn't matter was . most important is to go with it will feel that's where we. are. well zambia reached their third final after a surprise one nil win over ghana in the seventies there were huge underdogs ahead of the game despite that victory they have reached the final twice before finishing as runners up in one thousand nine hundred seventy four and ninety ninety four. now

in the english premier league manchester united leapfrog rivals manchester city at the summits following a dramatic two one victory over liverpool at old trafford all the pretty much talk with about luis suarez and patrice evra following the year requiring eight game ban for racially abusing the frenchman the liverpool striker refused to shake every hand before the game on the page of quickfire second half brace from wayne rooney was enough for the victory although suarez did pull one back for the visitors the red devils are now a point above sitting in the table with roberto mancini side with aston villa later on sunday. elsewhere russia striker scored his first goal for follow on his debut in their two one win over stove top notch kept up their title hopes with a five know how many of newcastle also moved into the top four with a come from behind win at sunderland the chelsea are now fifteen points off the top of the table after eternal defeated efforts here. but you know we are in no

performance today. we are sure of anything positive. difficult to for us a lot of. a lot of negatives to take from this game. and the little things to to improve bearing in mind a free cup and champions league. now over in the n.b.a. hard with the denver nuggets of one for just a second time this month after holding off a late rally by the indiana pacers one hundred thirteen one hundred nine the final score tie lawson's game high twenty seven points were kate as denver ended their five game losing streak danny granger was the man setting the tone for the prices scoring a team high twenty six points while the nuggets loss and showed off his marksmanship to get into alto. three attempts from long range six. neither team led by more than six until denver jumped out to a ten point lead in the fourth quarter indiana's paul george though helping cut that deficit to four late in the game our affluent poured in twenty three points of

his own including a three pointer which made the score one hundred eleven one hundred five in denver's favor one hundred thirteen one hundred nine was the final score as the pacers lose three straight for the first time this season. but now a golfer tiger woods is perfectly poised going into the final round of the pebble beach national he's four shots behind leader charlie we would say five birdies in six holes to make a late surge up the leaderboard. the former world number one carded a five under sixty seven to win the third round on eleven under. perfect approach south korea's charlie way is the outright leader on fifteen and after a bogey free sixty nine an american can do is in second place three shots fired back. now finally moscow's luzhniki arena was the place to be for daredevils an adrenaline junkies on saturday the fifth annual breakthrough extreme sports

festival featuring a full range of heart pumping activities thrills and spills aplenty delighted spectators and competitors who showed off skills on roller skates bikes and skateboards others took to displaying their combination of speed strength and agility by navigating the obstacles and at for but it fashion. fifteen nations in all were represented and russia's alexei kolesnik off was among the masters on two wheels a sign that extreme sports are indeed skyrocketing in popularity of russia. you never catch me doing that that's all the sport for now here and i'll take the weather's next.

the arab league is set to decide the future of its efforts in syria as the bios there escalates and the united states gathers a coalition of the willing on its efforts against a mass because more and that's just ahead. the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of mubarak sousing with thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council. the people of greece have marched on the streets in anger over a new set of part of a government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat by security at another bailout. the russian civil society takes center stage in politics as a group of public figure steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential elections with the backing of all the candidates.

in the russian capital you watching r.t. with me wearing a joshie now is no u.n. mandate to act on syria the u.s. is gathering a coalition of nations willing to help bring about regime change in damascus indirectly meanwhile the arab league is meeting to mull over what further action to take on the crisis in syria and this comes as the country's violence continues to escalate was no end in sight or does or in evolution has the details. the arab league did have an observer mission in syria. in december of last year but they pulled out in january citing increasing violence earlier the arab states how proposed their only view on the suit is on the solution to the crisis in syria which was to be part of the u.n. draft resolution which was vetoed by russia and china at the u.n. security council last week right now.