welcome back here with our tears over the top stories and to us here in protests we've across europe thousands demand an alternative to severe cuts in countries from debt ridden greece to belgium demonstrations have taken place just ahead of a keys summit due to kick off again brussels this thursday. the u.n. arab league envoy to syria kofi annan browse to camp launching dialogue between the syrian authorities and opposition during his visit to the country involved the government troops are advancing on a rebel stronghold within the city of homes were you foreign say aren't terrorists

are operating. around the case of a palestinian detainee and hunger strike or draws widespread attention to israel's conover for potential policy three hundred palestinians are reportedly currently held in jail without official charge or trial. next we sit down with former u.s. attorney general ramsey clark to discuss the twists and turns of american relations with iran and syria. iran could attack the united states in a much more fearsome way new york could eventually be on iran's hit list for us media reports yes right new please come out of the country for crossers in the oppressed from the killing echoing washington's repeated warnings we will carry out the american officials have labeled syria and iran as great threats to global security however former u.s. attorney general ramsey clark says the biggest threat to world peace is his own

country's military and foreign policy in an exclusive interview with our t.v. lawyer an activist says america's next catastrophic mistake will likely be a war with iran my impression is that for. pressuring. for an assault before the election. and they were bombed ministration is resisting that without favoring iran in any way but simply as a good message a political matter but the u.s. can't really afford to get involved and nothing more can it. but that's not the way it works i mean you do crazy things and that's and that's why the world such a mess if you're from strikes down there if we tally ation the united states will intervene and i don't think it's obama's choice but i think he thinks that if he doesn't act with israel that it will be too costly an election

and he'll do it yet you have to see the american system to know this or to really understand it fully. if he loses this election he's a failed president. all his major decisions will be primarily affected by how they impact on the coming election. but if he loses that election anything it competition and you copy and think health care and things like that are better than they were they are far from ideal and far from what and if he has the congress in a second section session he could do what. he said he struggled against enormous pressures. pentagon's ability i mean i've watched president through burger joint and one of those guys coming from the pentagon to do things like you know they know everything i don't know nothing with respect to syria. while speaking to

the united nations security council the syrian ambassador reportedly quoted a statement that you said nearly twenty two years ago he said quote the u.n. which was established prevent the encouraged meant of war has become itself a tool for war how do you perceive the circumstances surrounding syria right now and the u.s. and european actions and the campaign for some type of intervention we're sure is. under stream international and some degree domestic pressure and violence for only one reason. it's the same reason that pavers iraq and. afghanistan and libya sure is a part of the effort to eliminate every independent arab government

independent of u.s. control i think that's the goal that's not humanitarian response no one which is you political i mean what we did to poor egypt going back to for can actually measure it from the people from. for. regime change. u.s. dominated over the decades you have faced a lot of criticism and have even been labeled by some as a traitor after providing legal defense to a controversial figure such as slobodan milosevic and saddam hussein you have described both of their trials as unfair and flawed and last year the world saw form former libyan leader moammar qaddafi murdered before receiving any trial could was to blame for that well known one of. the american people who are to blame because they let their government do it the american people though i mean this is

the is the american government really acting on behalf of public opinion within the country i mean you think that if you don't have opinion. i mean you know you say that american people are allowed their government to do it just that there's the u.s. government really consults with what people want before taking foreign policy measures or confrontational or manipulation public pressure nucular public opinion to support its policy whatever it is and war and particularly. looking toward military action and particular important condition the public forum which is. on writers i mean you don't have a minor percent of the american public. has any concern about what's going on in

the world and since vacation trip many have labeled iran the new iraq with respect to the us media coverage of everything the u.s. officials are saying about iran right now just quite similar to what was said about iraq preceding u.s. intervention both of the themes or self in a foreign country through history of almost always been somewhere haven't they either bad guys who did bad things were mean to their people or whatever and only a handful of things that you build up before you intervene in a foreign nation or they've been offensive or they're preparing groups although it's not like all of those countries have been victims of us aggression because of us geopolitical economic interests and our our foreign policy is overwhelmingly driven by. economic power the united states has

interest in areas where we intervene basically for you can call it business but it's exploitation if these interventions can happen and former leaders do not say so what you say are fair trial what's left of international law if saddam hussein had been like mubarak and done what the united states told him to do if he would been a pleasant personality united states media and we thought they were nice people would a great guy you know. because he wouldn't do what the united states wanted he had to be taken out is the charlotte destined for the same treatment president assad is . good gentle person there are a lot of people that would really disagree with the statement you just said that president assad is

a lot of people want the public to disagree but if you look at history he left home we were clean and he studied how to take care of people and should medicine and healing but right now there is no healing really taking care of syria are you trying to save your country. and that's a real british if you've got people. and how do you think that's going to play out do you think that his side government will be able to withstand the mounting pressure i mean there were one hundred thirty seven member states of the u.s. that supported general assembly resolution condemning assad and forcing the arab league plan that essentially calls for him to step down the fact that one hundred thirty seven. nations voted as they did mean the people of those nations or even to go over there if you really feel that way. but you know through most of the economic or the particulars to some degree nato was just totally you know

most of them don't have an interest anyway we're going to go along with local that's what that's about. it's going to be tough very tough. i don't know where you make you served as u.s. attorney general under president johnson and having said that i want to ask you about some domestic issues when you read legislation such as the national defense authorization act what impression do you get of democracy in america now where you get i get to impression. it we live in a military and. the people who are on order. that there. it. was a threat you know on nine eleven has created a level of there's been exploited and. sustained and.

but. an informed people would never go along with how is the u.s. political process changed since you became a part of the half a century. consistently stronger or at the national level and the states have become less powerful what was your biggest disappointment made in step from comets. when our biggest disappointment for our administration was war. head shoulders above anything else it was a great great tragedy many have compared the the demonstrations in the rallies that took place during the vietnam war to the occupy wall street movement what do you think will come out of the occupy movement do you think it will be much of a political or social game changer do you think it will just be it gets much

a tool to let steam out i think the occupy wall street movement has an enormous potential. to take the any war movement civil rights movement and so on are you people involved should know if you're if you're black you know you're great if it's a war if your kids in a war like you be drafted or if you're just a passion for. it when you finally have a major population hurting so bad for the economy or concerned so much about the justice or injustice of the economy. you're reaching. ninety nine percent basically . you surely are reaching ninety percent so i think it has enormous potential i think it's got to. it's got to study harder what it's trying to do. it's got to pay you a little bit less just selfish interest and more of the general interest and underlying

it is a selfish interest that i want to. stake in the economy as a me true motivation the. promise is no longer and more of the same or. more better it's clark thank you very much for your time. and treasure to. give ocean. family. and there's

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says thirty protests move across europe best thousands of man alternative to severe cuts in countries from debt ridden greece to belgium demonstrations have taken place just out of a key to some a do kick off in brussels this thursday. the u.n. arab league envoy to syria kofi annan vows to tamp launching dialogue between the syrian authorities and opposition during his visit to the country there while the government troops are advancing on a rebel stronghold within the city of homes where the authorities say armed terrorists are operating. and the case of a palestinian detainee and hunger striker draws widespread attention to israel's controversial detention policy three hundred palestinians are reportedly currently held in jail without official charge or trial. as for the top stories here in

r.t.e. and is next with a sports news. hello welcome to the sport and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes first blood no more scope economic means to take a child playoffs get underway. while russia tame the danes in copenhagen with a two no when this country's prepare for the european championships. but not really suzanne lose the kind of the night cos this still made the quarter finals of basketball sure. but first i saw players have got under way and in our moscow have playing first blood against the now and i mean screw the two one overtime win this the first game in their best of seven series in the western conference quarter final thing to put hard ski in the school and for many staff the good work

alexander crew called but it wasn't long before the teams were level from you know back there with the equaliser with the normal moscow to send the game into overtime and good of course the winner of the series continues in moscow on thursday night. while another game scarred me tears gone moscow for one instant pages there was a goal first unleashing of cora's death but all played out thrashed an armory good seventh rate last year region side got the better service style by singles go to nail. that such the thoughtful way russians preparations for the european championships are going smoothly they got to know when i would denmark in a friendly with africa you can praise them goalscorers roman she recalled and shad when he used to play the dutchman while he was in charge then eat from copenhagen his rich poor flicked. has been in fine form recently for both club i'm country it's much smaller five goals in this season's champions league has been a key player in russia's campaign to qualify for euro two thousand and twelve

finals and poland and ukraine and his manager at a national same level to cover cap was poor praise for the thirty year old. playing . and that was a local bleaker than we played against them we knew he was cheap and then. sell a defender position and he said. the problem was in a certain moment that every game we made a mistake despite all this quality and. but but he played along to. see develop. because. all those played under shot and grabbed a second just before half time break with a short distance which really thomas sorenson should have saved however a former arsenal player looked incredibly impressive freida much as he wanders from the left flank sort of right flank and also popped up in the middle on a number of occasions and he really looked a much improved player. but struggled so much for arsenal this season but i was

happy for the team. because it's such a difficult. so. that we can play ninety minutes and know you can. and you can see what kind of lee he is well this is a russia second friendly win in a row and it really did look impressive against a strong danish side as they ran out to no winners and thought ready to gobble earth is russia's first choice is getting a rare start to injuries to iraq and fear and that is not my fear he was delighted first of all a clean sheet the fact that russia ran out so control when is it may end. with you it's hard to judge our opponents but we came out with our own game plan and focused only on getting one hundred percent and maintaining a good control of the ball rusher without a break of around two months so they continue their preparations for europe. i was more than capable of causing one of two surprises and the tournament gets under way

richard artsy copenhagen. well russia weren't the only ones getting ready for the european championships the host of friendlies were played on wednesday night with france's impressive two one win over germany in bremen one of the stand back games a long drawn side he's lost the faith train back in september two thousand and ten took the game to the germans from the worst livia's you in the twenty first minute chelsea forward from alou this cemented france's advantage in the sixty nine with the second goal making stoppage time strike merely a consolation. also in action on wednesday night where russia's group of twenty twelve greece drew with belgium poland got a goal destroy portugal and the czechs helping irish in dublin there elsewhere england lost the netherlands three to a robin with the winner after even have come back from two down and reigning world in european champions spain thrashed venezuela five nil repurpose allardyce with

a hat trick there and united states had a notable win over italy while the most poignant picture saw wales least costa rica one nil this is the first game for a while since the death of their coach gary speed by his son's time and mascots for the game standing either side of captain craig bellamy before kick off and there was a minute's applause in memory of their father wiles lost the game one nil but manager chris coleman said the result wasn't important. to be difficult for the players be sure on the start they gave bush did sloan. in all fairness to them. we don't normally prepare for games like we did tonight but. it was a bonus was it tonight as well. despite losing the kind of thing like us than have made it through to the quarter finals of basketball shiralee the russians went down sixty three sixty eight in tatarstan last night but still go through from group g. are to finn about j. last emporio armani only a new victory would secure them

a spot in the last state of panic when i cross rules. i determined to win to ensure they would finish on top of the great and they do not count out. ninety points although his efforts weren't enough this is opening up the fifty to forty six. and i felt on for victory to ensure i made vantage for the greeks in the quarter but the russians were still able to celebrate despite this loss i felt about used to think for a lot of money the russians the press. was also good news for sports and play with the last state of the women generally just the seventh season in a row the moscow region side have got a spa after a day thrashing from all of the eighty two points to sixty seven with more is constantine for topper. smita ninety three seventy nine in the first game ideas now overcame sporting came or inward and set up a do or die battle back in the moscow region in a decisive third major or

a place in the euro league final eight spar and key to total control from the very start and had a nine point lead by the end of the opening quarter i would say more now justice and becky hammon pouring in points however the hosts got all the confidence to early monday as them managed to get back into the game and level matter is five minutes to go in the second iliana than you wish to know fresher and american rebecca bronson leading the orenburg side this seesaw game continued in the third the four time yearly champions push the other a had and the visitors came from behind however in the decisive frame sporting he took the lead and never looked back the twenty seven year old olympic champion now we asked has had another match to remember proving how phenomenal form by knitting more than twenty points for a third straight game while hamlin and candace degree also hit double digits in

points with sixteen apiece and that is this so their hopes of traveling to used to move vanish with a two one defeat in the best of three serious. our opponents have a solid trustor and good coaches they prepared properly for our encounter so it was a tight game we desperately needed this week to be and we deserve this we. think we every variable over the last week gave them a lot of the rebel. fighting force to begin to take a step with this when sport n.k. pushed their to get fully you really decide it was for the sound straight season and will be keen to add if if you're a size zero in the more usual istanbul final eight which hates the party would on marshall twenty eight. good luck to them now finally the sochi winter olympics may be two years away but russia is already printing hopes of success on a figure skating came together by chance tatiana volusia and maksim plan cause are

the reigning european champions but only paired up in if they decide their flagging career is arching good koreans as the story. the twenty ten most schoolgirl or crystallize was the first competition to ten or so darren maxime turn call home together and any doubts about whether this newly formed couple had a future soon faded away within just fifteen months well as our intern paul took first of the european and second at the world championships but now this creature is happy to fall back on those achievements for good they see success of the next winter olympics is their main goal in life. to win in sochi she's more than just a goal for us it's a dream and i'm sure that for any athlete winning their home countries olympic games means as much as any sporting achievement could but russia wouldn't have had such high medal expectations in the pairs competitions if the two skaters hadn't

agreed to partner up and twenty ten before their forces are was before and with stanislav morozov for ukraine while john paul had maria mccorkle as a partner but they were continually fall or short of expectations and both lists knew they had to move elsewhere but it was nice i had an offer from a french skater they could have also moved to canada to compete for them but when i heard that maxim was looking for a new partner i wasted no time agreeing to such an opportunity in order to compete together a letter had to obtain russian citizenship and move from kiev to moscow well john paul also had to leave them because berg where he had lived for eleven years there found a new head coach in a mortar who used to work his junior airplanes but the change didn't affect their lifestyles too much wherever they are the vast majority of their time is still spent in training and. i never knew a job that was paying so much pleasure could become so enjoyable i'm really happy

to work hand in hand with tatiana and maxine to watch them training on the ice and i'm sure any other coach would feel the same with them. everything from paul do. as a single aim to win competitions and while the crowds at exhibitions of everest ice gulley and doubles was the last demand and the reigning european champions took the breasts of spectators once again to join grigori and r.c. . so that is how this board is looking for the moment we've got the weather coming up next here an arctic. well. science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered.

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