worldwide news one from moscow this is r.t. time for your headlines massive protests rallies across the e.u. about the cuts affecting millions putting a question mark over brussels a forceful demands for continued austerity. israel faces international criticism over its policy of detaining suspected palestinian militants indefinitely without the chance of a trial. and french officers are reportedly detained in the heart of the uprising in syria while the u.k.

withdrawals all of its embassy staff told him in a rising international chorus calling for the rebels to be on. t.v. with former u.s. attorney general ramsey clark in order to discuss the twists and turns in american relations with iran and syria this is art. iran could attack the united states and a much more fearsome wreck new york could eventually be on iran's hit list for us media reports desperate new please come out of the country oppressors and the oppressed stop the killing echoing washington's repeated warnings that will carry out the attack 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 r t the lawyer

and activist says america's the next catastrophic mistake will likely be a war with iran my impression is that israel is pressuring for an assault before the election. and the obama administration is resisting that without favoring iran in any way but simply as a domestic political matter the u.s. can't really afford to get involved in another war. with that's not the way it works for me you do crazy things and that's and that's why the world sort of moves if you're from strife and there's retaliation. the united states will intervene and i don't think it's choice but i think he thinks that if he doesn't act with israel that it would be too costly election and he

would do it you have to see the american system to know this or to really understand it fully. if he loses this election. president and all of his major decisions. we primarily african how they impact on the coming election. because if you lose that election anything you accomplished and you cough if you think health care and things like that are better than they were far from ideal and far from what and if he has the congress in a certain section to do what. he should have you struggled against the enormous pressure of. the pentagon's ability i mean i've watched presidents you further joshing one of those guys coming from the pentagon you think my god 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 for event being encouraged meant of war has become itself a tool for war how do you perceive the circumstances surrounding syria right now and the us and european actions and the campaign for some type of intervention which sure is. under stream. international and some degree domestic pressure and violence for only one reason. it's the same reason it gave a sort of iraq and. afghanistan and libya syria is a part of the effort to eliminate every and within the arab government independent of u.s. control i think that's the core that's not humanitarian response oh my god it's

political i mean look what we did to poor egypt going back to for rukh actually measuring from the people for. four. brutal regimes. u.s. government 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 controversial figure such as slobodan milosevic and saddam hussein you have described both of their trials as unfair and flawed last year the world saw form former libyan leader moammar qaddafi murdered before receiving any trial who was to blame for that crime well don't want . the american people are to blame because they let their government do it the american people though i mean it's the is the american government really acting

on behalf of public opinion within the country i mean. you think there's probably going to have opinion about things like that i mean you know you see the american people are allowed their government to do it to the u.s. government really consults with what the people want before taking foreign policy measures i wouldn't call it concentration of manipulation i would prefer a neutral a public opinion to support its policy whatever it is and war. looking toward military action is critically important condition the public forum which is. on the matters i mean you don't have a minor percentage the american public. has any concern about what's going on in the world of finance cation trip just like them and many have labeled it wrong then

you iraq with respect to the us media coverage of everything the u.s. officials are saying about iran right now which is quite similar to what was said about iraq preceding u.s. intervention one of the themes for assaulting a foreign country through history of almost always been similar haven't they. they're bad guys they don't bad thing for their 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 affected for sure preparedness all it's not like you know all of those countries have been victims of us aggression because of us geopolitical economic interests and our our foreign policy is over probably driven by. economic power the united states has interests in

areas where we intervene makes you prefer you can call it business but it's exploitation if these interventions can happen and former leaders do not say so what you say a fair trial what's left of international law but if saddam hussein had been like mubarak and done what the united states have told him to do here if he had been a pleasant personality united states media and would say what nice people what a great guy you know what would because he wouldn't do what you know i actually wanted he had to be taken out as the shah all assad destined for the same treatment president assad is. general person there are a lot of people that would really disagree with the statement you just said that president assad is there a lot of people want to publicly disagree but if you look at history he left home we want to know and he studied how to take care of people's eyes he issued medicine

and healing but right now there is no healing really taking place here in trying to save these countries he she should finish that's a rough business you've got people. and how do you think that's going to play out do you think that because saudi government will be able to withstand the mounting pressure i mean there were one hundred thirty seven member states at the u.n. that supported general assembly resolution condemning assad and indorse in 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 to those nations really feel that way. the influence of. united states. to some degree nato would be. if most of them haven't had knowledge or interest anyway we're going to go along with them that's what that's

about. it's going to be tough very tough. i don't know whether you make it on you served as u.s. attorney general under president johnson and having said that i want to ask you about some of the mastic 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 from reading it. that we live in a military dominated society so the people who are going to order. the player. terrorism is a threat you know on nine eleven is create a level of fear that has been exploited and. sustained and.

uninformed people would never go along with it how is the u.s. political process changed since you became a part of it nearly half a century ago and. consistently stronger at the national level and the states have become less powerful what was your biggest disappointment major step up from twelve. biggest disappointment for our administration was a war. head shoulders above anything else it was a great great tragedy many have compared the demonstrations and the rallies that took place during that the about more to the occupy wall street movement what you think will come out of the occupy movement do you think it will be much political or social game changer do you think that it will just be it just claim it's a tool to let's you know i think the occupy wall street movement has an enormous

potential. you can't see any war movement. it's only you people involved ratio if you're if you're black you know you're great if it's a war if your kids in the war can be drafted or if you're just a passionate. 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 they say. you surely are reaching ninety percent so i think it has enormous potential i think it's got to. constructor study hard or what is trying to do. it's got to pay a little bit less to selfish interest and more to the general. i wonder why it is a selfish interest that i want to bigger state space and economy as

a true motivation the. promise of the long run more of the same or. more better thank you very much for your time. this was a vote for president archie looked at the five running for the kremlin top job the candidate. you got off sixty seven turns the achievements of communism from before his time on the record the second in all presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. the two thousand and twelve those would be his fourth plan for presidency free education of housing punish illegal immigration and introduce ethnicity stops in pos courts controversy to kill those communists usually votes with proof party on

the big issues known abroad for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners and the discontented industrial working class. presidential election two thousand and twelve on party.

the for. the headlines on r.t. french officers are reportedly detained in the heart of the uprising in syria a while the u.k. withdraws all of its embassy staff of all that amid a rising international chorus calling for the rebels to be armed. massive protests on rallies across the e.u. about the cuts affecting millions that's putting a question mark over brussels a forceful demands for continued austerity. israel faces international criticism over its policy of detaining suspected palestinian militants indefinitely and without the chance of a trial. those are the headlines on r.t. do stay with us though kate is next with the latest sporting action.

i welcome to the latest course and hear the stories making headlines. taming the day is underway our share of enemies rush its way to no friendly when copenhagen i think are because men prepare for euro twenty two hours. while sound but not ours the next go for lose at home to palace and i also could still reach the quarter finals of basketball's year only. and crouching tiger golf for the world number one woods target jack nicklaus's record of eighteen majors is likely winless on the p.g.a. tour for more than two years. but let's kick off with the war where russia remain unbeaten after eleven games are trying to no friendly when i was dead last in copenhagen close to god i thought he would praise song goalscorers raunchy rock off and slip around i shot a play for the dutchman when he was in charge of sending quarterly reports are

stronger has been in fine form recently for both club and country responsible for goals in the season's champions league always been a key player in russia's campaign to qualify for euro two thousand and twelve finals in poland and ukraine and his manager at a national same level as the government was full of praise for the thirty year old . and it was a little bleak and we played as them we knew that he was cheap and then. sell defender positions and he settled back about but the problem was in a certain moment that every game he made a mistake despite all those qualities. but you played along to. see develop. those great dutch if you played great underachieving grabbed a second just before half time break with a shot from distance which really thomas sorenson should have saved however the

former arsenal player looked incredibly impressive private much as he wanders from the left thanks to the right flank and also pops up in the middle on a number of occasions and he really looks 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 period. so happy for the team where people can play ninety minutes and know you can. and you can see. the. obvious is russia second a friendly win in a row and it really did look impressive against a strong danish side as they run out sooner winners and for the regular double earth choice is getting a rare start due to injuries to fear and fear he was delighted first of all italy being a clean sheet and the fact that russia ran out so come to when is in the end. it's hard to judge our opponents but we came out with our own game plan focused only on getting one hundred percent and maintaining a good control of the porch. of

a break of around three months until they continue their preparations for europe. as more than capable of causing one or two surprises on the tournament gets under way richard on board late r.t. copenhagen. well also playing for denmark was forward nicklas bendtner a twenty four year old who is currently on loan at in your premier league side sunderland has reportedly been eyeing a possible move from arsenal to russia in the summer and is full of praise for the capital. i thought the played really well we already knew that because they have played together for such a long time and they did really well in midfield and. as i said we'll be disappointed with the chances that it's gone but they did play quite well in areas of the game. so with the european championships last hundred days away a host of other friendlies were played on wednesday night with france's impressive two one win over germany in brave and one of the stand that games following their disastrous world cup campaign they have gone undefeated since september two

thousand and ten. saif took the game kill the germans from the first whistle in the twenty first minute through. chelsea for floor milou that netted proved to be the winner after sixty nine minutes long stoppage time strike for germany it was really something. also in action the russians group a few against the euro twenty twelve greece drew with belgium poland played as a goal is called portugal and the czechs how the irish in dublin and elsewhere england lost three two time to the netherlands i and robin grabbing the injury time going to after england had come back with you goals down and reigning world and european champion spain thrashed venezuela five nil. with the hat trick. and elsewhere going to strike a clint dempsey was on targets to hand the united states their first ever win over italy class on the river which opens on the penalty spot and sebastian lawson back

to brace to help sweden thrashed relations three one euro twenty two off co-hosts ukraine held on to beat israel all the most poignant thanks to its all rails lose one nil it's time to costa rica this was well first match since the death of their manager gary speed in november the midfielder had made his first appearance for wales against costa rica at nine hundred ninety two sons tommy and graham last thoughts standing by the side of captain craig bellamy before it off. i mean it's wales lost one nil but manager chris coleman said the result wasn't. you difficult for the play be sure and start the game with justin sloan. in all fairness to them all occasionally always if you don't normally prepare for games like we did tonight but. it wasn't about us was it tonight is. basketball now and it is because i have gone through to the quarter finals of the year only despite losing sixty eight sixty three it's time to panic and like us what you next knew victory would secure them a spot in the last eight but kind of an i class those in one shots will also be time

to win ensure they finished. well and we can't help you next call us with nineteen points but his efforts weren't enough for visitors opened up by fifty two forty six lead in the third period and held on a victory to ensure home advantage in the quarterfinals that's the russian side were still able to celebrate and watch as defeats to korea anani and the next also progress. and there was also good news for spot and carry her through to the last eight of the women's you rarely this sudden season in a row the moscow region side have reached as far after they thrashed belorussian side now there's that eighty to sixty seven percent on top of reports. beaten one two three seventy nine in the first game ideas the overcame sparring came or endured and set up a do or die battle back in the moscow region and it is size if the major were placed 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 of say mono blasters and baggy hammond pouring in buoyancy however the whole spell to come from the early not the end of them managed to get back into the game a little nadir was five minutes to go in the second yellow then you would be no fresher than american rebecca bronson leading their war in group sight to see saw game continued in the third and fourth sanioura league champions pushed further ahead and the visitors came from behind however in the decisive wayne scoring he took the lead and never will. be twenty seven year old olympic champion now we asked us had another match to remember proving how phenomenal form my knitting more than twenty points referred straight game while hamlin and candice degree also here double digits in points with sixteen of these and that is the so all their hopes of

traveling tuesday move then ish with the two one defeat in the best of three series at our opponents have a soul exhausting and good coaches they prepared properly for our encounter so it was a tight game we desperately needed beseechingly and we deserved and spin and i think we definitely heard them all over last week and a lot of commentary on that thank. god it's the only the beginning of the game. with this win sporting caper instead to get fully you really insiders for the sound straight season and will be keen to add a few a title in the more year old istanbul final eight which feeds the hardwood on march the twenty eighth and span but how about r g. well meanwhile in the n.b.a. latest sensation jeremy lin has again been in fine form helping the new york knicks fight back to claim a one hundred twenty points to one hundred three went on to the cleveland cavaliers while in scored nineteen points and thirteen assists and was helped by teammate on

the antes twenty two cavaliers and one jameson managed to record twenty three points in tennis is that it wasn't enough the next day with a seventeen point deficit and cruised to victory in our high flying little ritz there is still room for improvement. to come off my every game knowing thing i'm focused on is to make sure that my approach is the same in terms of aggressiveness . job of taking curable and finally with goals first major of the season the masters just a month away form while number one tiger woods says jack nicklaus's record of eighteen major titles is well within his reach well it's thirty six words is second best in because with fourteen major wins to his name however tiger has been without a twelve victory now for over two years over the world number twenty one will try to break that down on the classic event florida this weekend he goes into one of those off the back of a steaming second round defeat to nick watney last week w.d.c.

matchplay however woods can't wait if he's swinging the masses. i'm excited to have. a full schedule leading up into a lot of about being healthy enough to prepare and. i'm very pleased i will progress i mean. it's just getting better each and every week which is good. for drugs we're. so proud of. and that's all the sport news was well as a nor in two hours time so i. well for the. science technology innovation and all the movies developments from around russia we've got the future covered. we all make choices

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