thanks for being with us at half past the hour and parents around you with a quick recap of your headlines. to be lent scenes of celebration as well as protests as flooding that builds in wins russia's presidential rights there were more than two hundred arrests in moscow however as protesters refuse to disperse after as city center rallies. former u.s. presidential candidate senator john mccain calls for airstrikes and a fully fledged military campaign against the syrian regime red cross aid finally reaches to parts of the city of homes where civilians caught between government

forces and the armed opposition have been desperate for help. president obama promises his support to a pro israeli lobby in washington saying the u.s. will not hesitate to use force to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons israel has long been pushing for military action against the islamic republic which critics fear or will trigger disaster for the region. and staying with that story there is a way other than an attack to make sure iran doesn't have chain nuclear weapons that's an opinion voiced in our special interview coming up right now. we're sitting down with thomas pickering that served as ambassador to many countries including russia as well india he also served as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations from one thousand nine hundred ninety two ninety

ninety two. thank you very much for joining us thank you for having me you co-wrote an article titled being visioning a deal with iran going through writing that in order to afford a confrontation with iran the obama administration should open their climatic channels with tehran all learn what we ran and try to make some kind of a deal what kind of a global vision we envisage a deal that might invent have in fact two parts to start with to begin with the idea that the iranians advance two years two months ago that they would stop enriching uranium to twenty percent if we on our side maybe the p five plus one russia china the united states britain and france and germany would provide the fuel elements those pieces of the reactor that they use to make medical isotopes for their population they now have run out of that fuel the proposals that we make would be to say let's give iran what it says it wants which is

a civil nuclear program but let's do our best to create the maximum amount of effective inspection so that's a fire wall a road a roadblock a break between their civil program and a military nuclear program how realistic a set cheating such a deal today i mean how big is the resistance among u.s. policymakers if you talk to me a year ago i would've said pretty high but since then several things have happened just two or three months ago secretary clinton made a speech in which there was certainly a clear hint that the old. u.s. policy of no enrichment in iran might well be modified if a new deal could be struck so that the us would become satisfied that iran was proceeding in an open way in a transparent way and that would give some confidence that the u.s. side might then agree to a continuing civil program one of the problems about

a civil program is that iran only has one reactor and that i think thankfully because it was provided by russia is bound up in an agreement where they don't need to get fuel russia provides the fuel in more importantly russia to expect the used fuel which if the reeds used to make splits noni and can tony and is directly usable in nuclear weapons so that's very well safeguarded why did russia then come under so much attack for assisting their civil nuclear nuclear program because at the time it became increasingly clear that their civil program was at least in part being used as a springboard for investigating items and things which go beyond the civil program and in the direction only of a military weapon there is one interesting thing about the us official rhetoric towards iran on the one side you have on the one hand you have the pentagon and u.s. intelligence community saying that they don't believe iran has even decided to build

a nuclear weapon and on the other hand you have the administration pursuing policies which as if they come from the standpoint that iran has decided to build a nuclear weapon and everybody sure about it and they want to stop it do you think that back kind of approach might actually push it ran closer to the idea of getting a bomb even if it hasn't decided no i think very little that we could do short of an israeli or u.s. military attack on iran would push iran any closer to a decision to make a nuclear weapon and i agree with your statement however you ought to know that iran. is also bound by the nonproliferation treaty and then on proliferation treaty says you have a civil program which meets civil needs only and doesn't do things that could be used only for military purposes and you have the u.s. military saying and israeli attack on iraq would be a bad idea and the word what's premature now you'll test the u.s.

military i think all elements of the united states and attack on iraq on iran not only would be premature but crazy talk to u.s. intelligence officials are saying iran is unlikely people initiate a war intentionally provoke a conflict you served as the u.s. ambassador to israel at one time and obviously the u.s. and israel they're very close allies does it really listen to washington i think it does but sometimes when it feels itself in extreme danger it takes its own advice the really interesting thing about these really situation is as far as i can see and people have been very clear in saying this that the heads of the three israeli intelligence service don't seem to be recommending a military attack they seem to be against it for good reasons it involves many too many risks some complications and it is unlikely to achieve in any serious and

continuing way we object of stopping the iranian program in fact ideally if you were to attack iran militarily under the current six situation one result would be they would have a perfectly legitimate reason for saying we had no interest in a bomb but now that we've been attacked we have really have to make a bomb so it is counterproductive in the article what i found very interesting their argument that the hostility of the iranian dollars towards the u.s. is rooted in their conviction that washington wants to overthrow them one way or another how do you least i believe that to be true i haven't talked to iranian leaders but i've talked to people who talk to me running. leaders who at least represent neutral fumes on the question and iran has sat down and catalog all the things that it sees negative about the united states overthrow of massive tax support of the shah support of iraq during the eight year war the shoot down of the

airplane by the by the cruiser have been since sanctions and all of these things handling iraq iran iran what did they think they must want to change our government but they do have like reasons to believe course they do that just as we have reasons to believe that they have had to monica ambitions that they have no interest in working with the united states that they want to develop a nuclear weapon so these are the difficult problem to protect them from being of course wrong and these are course these are the difficult problems one has to move and have to tell you about side countries don't do very well overthrowing governments as both the soviet union and the united states of felt that we don't necessarily get to choose who will be the permanent successors and it's not a good idea i've been around diplomacy for a long time let's talk about the u.s. push for regime change in syria very important thing that that they point out is that. the fate of the syrian leadership should not be decided from the outside it

should be decided by the course and they said negotiation they said they'd like to see the president our side step aside and his vice president whoever it is take over but this is preparation obviously for a negotiated solution has to be a negotiated solution well what that political solution involves the opposition talking to the civilian operation but why why does the opposition refuse to talk to the governors and refuse to talk to the cats notice or to refuse to talk to president abbas and present yes to the government exactly there was also a fear that that kind of one sided resolution could invite. any intervention and military intervention. which many and a look at all you did was actually going to hear you i understand russia's concern if they actually believed that the original resolution in libya was not going to invite some kind of intervention the resolution was to protect civilians from you need. not to kill qaddafi but that's what eternity but i told you that's what my

view was of what the rules of the resolution in effect if you looked at political rallies were a proposal reality's would require but anyway this is not what the resolution said it was a lawyer that played back later on of course it was that it was really it wasn't a lawyer it wasn't a lawyer that way it militarily developed that way russia for reasons i don't understand it felt that the resolution was used in ways that were not in its interest so then it said we're not going to vote for anything like that with respect to syria not just its interests but also it's not in the interests of the syrian people you know in the interests of how russia be interested to syria for that but it's just the same as your writers not mary kate russia as you know sure russia wants to hear it in your view the interest of the syrian people russia is that of a syrian people and neither the americans exactly neither will you or if you look you have to go talk to the people who represent the syrian people exactly exactly

thank you. there's you know soon as my aunt and i know. this is not cold those are not patriotic like the american flag but this song tells it otherwise. their words through the song are says we will stand forever as a nation under the flag. meaning the red white and blue stripes. is essentially trying to be the clips on the outside of. their heart is this from an anger. that hides. all kinds of struggles and they allow the choose. to allow these things to stay there choose alcohol or the choose drought.

this is that people buy local stores here and they. they open it and they fill it with water over there from that spigot and then and then i think they drink it because it has to because it has alcohol in it and so the into the drink it is actually hairspray. could lead to good now you. know but it could. be not my family. not. vocal all those who try nobody could stay the course to be wanted. to a substantial degree and one karma or another socialism has spread the shadow of human

regimentation over most of the nations of the earth and the shadow isn't protein you are on the fence. in the early twenty first century military bases and network of military bases all around the forms of the empire that the united states is trying to do it's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million more than two hundred fifty thousand us troops stationed on these bases all around us. we don't have foreign bases in america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean base we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in cross our bases of our it are the noises our norms and doesn't bother us at all because they're our bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for these people they simply into world war two the spaces i've been

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you behind the scenes of celebration as well as protests as floods you have put in wins russia's presidential race there were more than two hundred arrests in moscow however as the protesters refused to disperse after a city center rally. former u.s. presidential candidate senator john mccain calls for air strikes and a fully fledged in the military campaign and gets the syrian regime red cross aid finally reaches to parts of the city of homes where civilians caught between government forces and of the armed opposition have been to us part for how. president obama promises his support to a pro israeli lobby in washington saying the u.s.

will not hesitate to use force to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons israel has long been pushing for military action against the islamic republic which critics fear will trigger disaster for the region. paul is here now with the sports news. hello welcome along to the world of sports here is what we've got coming up. perfect start on jeanne when that first competitive match on the crusading as they claim a one mil victory out there now much in the russian premier league. raring to go team out to sea are revealed a new coffin the twenty twelve formula one season which starts in australia in just over two weeks' time. and almost as pretty

a coon of switzerland and italian rolling fish and find themselves on top of the current standings for the moscow leg of the snowboarding world cup. but first crusading got his i'm jean managerial career off to a perfect start as the dagestani side recorded a one no when i did not know moscow in the russian premier league on monday night both teams wasted decent chances in the first half but it was angie who got the all important goal in the second period the ball falling invitingly for juicy lay and the brazilian made no mistake from close range wondered how it finished and after the match coach guus hiddink spoke to our man richard one point. i think the team really deserves a compliment because in this very limited time of preparation in the past eight nine ten days it was it was difficult. and not just for four for them but having such a limited short time preparation is difficult but first of all they were very

committed was ice which i saw in the first day but there was no balance in the in the commitment and let's say the tactical way i like them to play but in the in the last let's say three four days i think that was a big improvement and happily it showed it showed tonight it was an improvement you saw it was just understanding each other better on the pitch and on training pitch what i said there was no balance they were very committed and they worked hard and hard but the hard work you must do with not just where your heart which i like very much but also with your head and i think the balance between heart and head was what's coming the last ace i'm going to use the coliseum you can use in the real madrid he's going to try providing here and on the phillips of course he's been a cook for six months how much of use they were in place you know well for course i but i knew also other players like it well off and there you go to see a coffin somewhere. at a place i knew already and of course a very good story roberto and i have been very close to me in training c.

love to train but also he gives really good information about the stakes of the club but abuse is a dream stars and when this is can you hope for anything better today help you because i don't want used as an excuse the time of preparation was very limited and that's i thought maybe we need some more time to get the team more established but once more that's why it's a compliment for the team that they took it against the denormalization which is an experience the squad and the yeah that's why i'm happy for for the boys. well elsewhere on monday rubin failed to count spartak moscow in fourth place as they drew with muscovites one run in because roman shelling of open for card on thirty has many of the fifty seven minutes while emmanuel and many k. levelled matters with around ten minutes to go with this close range header so the points were shared in this one. meanwhile in the relegation grid

krasnodar had claimed a narrow home victory in going through a stop the main goal was until the last minutes of the game pavel dollars share with the late winner for the hosts and he scored in the ninetieth minute to get across to all three points. meanwhile russian premier league leaders are in action in the champions league later on choose day as luciano lettings men are in portugal to play the second leg of their last sixteen tie with benfica reigning russian premier league champions take a slender three two lead to portugal a last minute strike by roman shirk of giving the side from st petersburg the upper hand then eight again made a mess to me campaign at the weekend where they are in the two two draw with says carr moscow twenty feet however has been woeful form since that game at the stadium they've lost the last three matches since that defeat however as any defender nicholas long was expects a tough test in israel where the conditions are totally different. they have to win so they have to come hopefully they get some space in the. cares and lot of

players who can easily score a goal meanwhile arsenal have an almost impossible task in their second leg with ac milan the italians before they'll go into the game at the emirates boss arsene wenger says his side will give it a real go and the gunners can say confidence from their recent wins over tottenham a live report. yes there is a real possibility of course would be football is football you know we lost for new we learned but. try shots on target and get fifty five positions and we didn't play well at all. two things that will change if we can score four we can do it as well why not at least really try elsewhere in england chelsea's russian iran up remote which is looking for his eighth manager in nine years this article is boss andre villas pro-us was sacked over the weekend following a disappointing one zero defeat to west brom

a pain in the job for only nine months and former chelsea manager luis valley high school laurie they were sat by a pro bowl which in two thousand and nine says the job will be hell for whoever takes over. what you know being the language has been advanced an awful thirteen years in. three championships two or three cups the chance not busy has different ideas on how she'd work how the team should work chances can choose different somethings and i don't like the relationship between. the relationship and some police before the kind of. e-mail over to the ice now and the k h l playoffs of unguarded safely through to the second round after winning their fourth successive game in the best of seven series against them or came for which took place and how about finished three one in favor of the side elsewhere passive taking a three one lead in their series against defending champion so like you i have followed the three no victory regular season champion structure also one win away

from making the eastern conference semifinals as they beat you in their fourth game the surprise leaders in their series against matter of course because a team playing a come from behind for one victory on home ice. now in formula one after some teething problems now do see i have finally unveiled their car ahead of the new season which starts in melbourne later this month final testing concluded in barcelona on sunday however the m.r.o. one wasn't allowed to take part after failing one of the eighteen prerequisite crash tests which had not passed before being allowed to compete on monday the u.k. pasting finally unveiled the colors of the skin because it hasn't passed all safety test the car is limited in mileage you can only use demonstrations fires rather than those allowed for race is not ideal preparation meant for drivers child's play containment look. after such a difficult time as it is very one

a big relief to see the cargo in our first goal of the absence of any problems so far should a little tweaks to do but it's less interesting at the moment which is positive that shows it really. good a good good work over the winter time just a bit behind the scattered. to the hardwood now where in the n.b.a. the chicago bulls have tried next segment went in a row with a ninety two seventy two hundred victory over the indiana pacers it was a pretty close affair during the first half the cases were actually leading a half time courting three cruelty to the bulls by the great. walter however our score your opponents by twenty points the world ten top school for the hosts with ten twenty points from self including this three pointer to make it sixty four fifty one to three feet tall though. the final twelve minutes were merely a formality as the bulls held on to the early ninety two seventy two the final score was the pacers lose their six game winning streak. finally it's

a winter sports and the snowboard world cup has two new leaders patricio coom of switzerland and italian roland fission are running parallel slalom stage held in the russian capital this weekend consonant with our part as the details. moscow hosted a snowboarding world cup stage for the third straight season and every year i used this time to six metre high and one hundred seventy five metre long ramp resurrected neil luzhniki stereo believe they're all the standings coming into this event rushers he continued was a hold favorite a disappointed and massive crowd of fans with the worst of the season finishing in fifteenth place with last year's winner and world cup holder zero three see a corner from switzerland and the last two as julie newman it's confidently made it to the final it was a neck to make race as the swiss took and there were advantage in the first round

and managed to make standards in the second to. twenty four year old ryder and now tops the rule standings in the race for the crystal round for the actual draw the please. check it out yeah this was the first time approach and. i'm happy to tell. you i'm really happy that bank that we didn't have to race it out. not thinking about it i'm just writing in the men's can petition the russians be formed much better following to the quarterfinals but it was last year's winner on fish mahler symphonies to see more in shock from switzerland in the decider after dominant before mincing the first round the sailing cruised to his fourth triumph of the season the thirty two year old writer for andreas rominger in the standings to take an overall lead yet. for that race here in moscow it's one of the best races in this season and. i've put

a lot of fantasy i saw at home to prepare for this race. also at home to moscow's world cup stage made the headlines with new faces at the top of the standings and with just two races left this season's correlates is mounting quickly as they build up of our team. well that's all the sport for now you know we had a little under two hours time joining that. well. science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered.