eight thirty am in moscow these iraqi headlines un members agreed to soften a statement on syria with moscow ready to put its force behind a resolution with no anti regime alternate and moscow also lending its way to efforts of un syria envoy kofi annan to broker peace. russia's u.n. envoy warns nato which is to early to pull out of afghanistan is the mission there is not yet accomplished he stresses the country is still plagued by insurgency and drug production. and the u.k. show of military might of the disputed falkland islands almost three decades after

the war has argentinians raging against what they call revive colonialism and also claims as being the raw with britain said to scoop up sixty billion barrels of oil from under its nose some analysts fear damascus could follow libya's path with foreign military intervention is still completely still not completely written off by nato states up next he sits down with abdel bari atwan editor in chief of a london based arabic newspaper who says syria could just be a milestone to get to iran. today i'm talking to abdel bari atwan he's the editor of the london based newspaper . we last met around about six months ago when of course we were talking about libya but today we're meeting to talk about a different conflict again syria thanks very much for talking to me now let's start first by sort of comparing and contrasting those two situations where do you think the main differences lie between syria and libya there is

a huge difference between. what is happening in syria. and libya actually u.n. security council resolutions one seven one one seven three which actually allow into. or in the national community to protect civilians by all means and leave you so. these when you look at us and syria i believe because of the russian and chinese intervention tool support. actually there is no. syria we can see that the national community is completely paralyzed and it's clear the couldn't actually. see you in security council resolutions to intervene in syria and also you know from the military point of view with could be extremely costly for them to intervene in syria is very strong

country has a very strong army and all saw very. recent or modern weaponry so. it was easy and lead but it couldn't be that soon here in the u.k. the operation in libya has been heralded as a success do you agree with that assessment and do you feel that it's created more appetite for intervention in the region in general we have to remember that actually when. and occupied iraq president bush said you know drop accomplished they were very happy with the success there and look what happened after nine years the worst was defeated the. american administration lost more than three million dollars there and gave iraq you know a golden plates so that the same thing happened in afghanistan where they. were going to stand was a hoot success after ten years actually they are talking to taliban to reinstate

him in power again so. the same thing in libya immediately they said it was easy and i actually didn't lose a single soldier he was toppled and that evolutionary is there so but is it going to be the same in a year's time in pool years time in five years time already lead libya is a failed state. three thousand. you know missiles and surface to air missiles fall to the hands of the groups there is a civil war the central government is very weak and there is this is a movement in libya could be partitioned. into three states maybe six states that knows so the future is not really really you know comfortable for many people in the syria where you say is different there is no oil as we've discussed the opposition is very frank read it as well of those do you think the main reason is

that the west doesn't seem as keen to intervene actually the west wouldn't. the arab was to change the genes twice first in iraq two thousand and three second and leave the. two thousand and eleven. why there have been these talk and that is because there are all reserves there but when we look at syria there is no overt reserve so there are statue nutz. i don't believe that. you know for we are all for. the art there are looking for it is the war for that's that's what's happening in the middle east so i think. the west there are losses if if there are involved actually a war in syria ok and they are hundred forty six billion in libya there are forty billion barrels of oil reserves there but what's there in

syria for there is nothing so and that the same time i think the russian and chinese the filled they were deceived they were actually. you know cheated by america and by their words and powers when they said you know we are in there for human reason and that they will protect civilians and they use their u.n. security council to change their gene which wasn't actually the case so i think the same this couldn't happen. in syria again and that's why actually we are here as a situation is continuing as it is so what we've got at least for now is the accepted thinking is that local powers should take charge of this conflicts that's come in the form of the arab league how do you think that doing but i believe the league i think cleared because they are actually administration of the crisis was actually. a management of the crisis was actually scandalous ignored by russia and chinese completely and be thrilled that they can go to and i. can guarantee the u.n.

security council resolution. or to impose sanctions on syria actually be miscalculated and now the russian and the chinese said to them look stand here stop here you know you cannot intervene without without sort of solution is around there so i think the arab league failed miserably and they are running out of options and now some of them are but in their. especially in saudi arabia and they're saying that the armed opposition but this kind of arming the opposition. actually. face approval from many many regional powers and from the international partners so it is there good luck now and the syrian people are paying a price for what the arab league strategy has been to isolate the assad regime from the rest of the world what do you think the consequences of that could well actually the arab league yes they've managed to isolate syria first and better

words see the region is via a very very isolated now there is a sanction imposed on the syrian. by arab governments. most of that of companies actually close their embassies in damascus so i would be more actually going to be taking them back i mean future and the same thing gets syria is facing a huge isolation on the international community or you can see maybe they have russian they have. me and they have their chinese on board but when you look about beyond that actually you can see that a gene is isolated and that sanctions started to bite and you can see the standard of living is that if you really think a lot of comedies are not available for the people. the local currency lost more than fifty percent of its value i think this is very very dangerous situation for the syrian people and also for the syrian government all the signs point to a positive response from assets to. a u.n.

arab league envoy proposals which of course included an immediate by lateral cease fire safe passage for humanitarian aid those kinds of things what kind of dialogue do you think that is ready for actually. was posted by coffee and mission because coffee and said you know should be only a political solution of the conflict in syria and also he said to reach this political scene. we should be a little between the opposition groups and this is actually what i said would like to see because he was scared of military intervention to say to him there will be a political solution it means it means you know that he will stay here and unpack and i said will be president of syria because the. opposition this is a recognition of. you know the also because of his reforms in the way of

other things actually more pressure for modern forms and that's why. coffee and i'm going to the second thing also you know he accepted that these kind of the five points which actually the outcome of the talks between the syrian foreign minister and the arab foreign ministers when they met in cairo it was very very important simply because for the first time the arab league admitted that there should be a ceasefire between all sides and this is a reference to there are groups which. i referred to all the time saying look and fight they aren't armed groups i'm not fighting the people so i think that's why i said now more relaxed after about the mission of coffee and also after that five points. of the arab league foreign ministers and the russian foreign minister is that the way forward there i mean the opposition is so fragmented and seems very

are willing to enter into negotiations despite this relatively successful mission this is a huge setback to the opposition where when we started to see cracks in the syrian national council recently the prominent leaders actually defected and there were very fierce criticism of the leader of the syrian national council saying that he is a dictator exactly like i said definitely. i would be extremely happy with this conflict as he would be extremely happy with their divisions on the opposition's and there because you know this opposition is supposed to present itself as i'll turn it to thirty g. but when you have these seven factions now and they are working without any core beliefs in between each other so this definitely will give other g.i. trance to gain and to consolidate its far more and more on the syrian people. fall do you think that will make it easier for western superpowers to deal with

iran well actually i think you have a feeling that. you cannot isolate syria from this as a full definitely it will be easier for the west to be in and around because it means they managed to secure the front there has been. neutralized you know for thousands of syrian messiahs syrian war please which actually could part be but the speed and the war against iran so. in order to do that you have to invade syria to invade syria is very very complicated adventure could be very costly i have a feeling that the west was not intervening in syria because we think to determine what they are going to do with nuclear programs are they going to bomb iran if they have decided that i think they will bomb iran and syria together and hezbollah i think they will read you know aipac is what i believe. it is the war will

take place the question is when that's that's you know i believe. that america and i believe that there will be a war but you know that the differences about the timing of this war it could be either before the american president elect or after about the israeli want to before the american presidential election that americans would like to wait until. they finished this election so who is going to win i don't know if that's a very very critical of the way should so we have to wait and see and i believe that's why the west is actually now cooling the pressure understand if you and i believe that's why actually the west is way think you know not intervening by military means in syria because they are waiting to decide what they are going to do with anyone in. abdel bari atwan thank you very much.

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right and if you. come from stu the pressure. starts on t.v. dot com. the un members agreed to soften a statement on syria with moscow ready to put its weight behind a resolution with no empty regime ultimatums moscow also lending its force to efforts of the un syria envoy kofi annan to procure peace. russia's u.n. envoy warns nato with too early to pull out about data stand as the mission there has not yet been accomplished he stresses the country is still plagued by insurgency and drug production. and the u.k. is short of military might add to the speed of thought when the island's almost three decades after the war has argentinians raging against revive colonialism he also claims it's being a rod with britain said to scoop up sixty billion barrels of oil from under their

noses. sports next stay with us here are. hello welcome to the world of sports here is what's coming up star attraction loss alona reportedly on the brink of signing brazilian youngster name all from stunning to us for a face said to be around fifty eight million euros. a losing start losing game one of the best of five series against barcelona in basketball's euro league playoffs. and looking for improvement ferrari hope for a back to display at this weekend's my lazy and grand for a following a poor showing in australia. but first you know messi has once again entered the record books the twenty four year old arjun time sensation is now the top scorer in

the history of pass alone a football club he scored a hat trick in the catalan side's five three win over granada on choose day night to take his tally to an incredible two hundred thirty four goals in official competition he's eclipses our rodriguez's sixty year old record of two hundred thirty two strikes it also means he now has fifty four goals this season itself a new spanish league record and meanwhile a pastor could be about to bring a potential new superstar to the club spanish radio is claiming that the european champions have agreed to sign highly rated brazilian youngster neymar from sun trust the twenty year old will apparently arrive at the nou camp after the world cup in brazil in two thousand and fourteen the deal is reportedly worth around fifty eight million europe's. meanwhile russian a premier league side spartak moscow could be about to have a new owner with a van saying he's prepared to buy into the club however the banker who is worth an estimated four point three billion dollars he wants plans to hold the majority

stake as could make sponsor a truly people's club according to even the top is currently on price fellow billionaire leonid patron. the twenty eight hundred football world cup might be six years away but planning on preparation for the events here in russia is well underway thirteen candidates cities in fifteen stadiums hope to make the final shortlist of hosts to be put together by september five stadiums under construction at the moment a moscow simply says burke sochi. will host the confederations cup in the run up to the event a temporary logo has also been unveiled to promote the world's biggest sporting spectacle but it won't be used outside of russia as not to undermine brazil in two thousand and fourteen and russia goalkeeper ego i can play with became the first ambassador for the event. but is doing it's a great honor for me our cities will host events properly and this will boost infrastructure development i'm proud to be russian and proud great hosting the world cup which wasn't first of all i have to mention that

a vision being saw along me that when i've never been done before and shown me as the director of marketing is something really really important because the mission has to be the red thread through the entire campaign and through the entire world cup in russia so i'm extremely happy to have this saw early in advance. so the hard work now where in basketball's year only have started their playoff series against barcelona with a defeat the two thousand and ten champions of last game one away by a twelve point margin the catalans produced a good start finish in the opening quarter twenty two fourteen up they continue to dominate in the second increase in their advantage to twelve points by halftime only it seemed to wake up only in the third period as they cut the deficit to nine in the final quarter the spaniard restored their twelve point advantage to eventually play in a conference seventy eight sixty six victory pete mikhail scored

a season high twenty two points and grab seven rebounds for the winners barcelona will also host game two of the best of five series on thursday. meanwhile a legal battle is brewing over the n.b.a.'s nearest sensation jeremy lin the new york knicks guard has rocketed in popularity in recent weeks since making his debut and becoming the first asian star in the league's history however his mandarin name . has been was registered eighteen months ago by a chinese businesswoman human g.'s up location was approved in august last year while lynn was still at university she's in started producing parsifal's using means name but insists she's done nothing wrong. so i don't worry about it because i truly invited by the relevant chinese law when i registered the trademark so i'm not worried at all. so you're not afraid of being sued. or worse if i register the trademark following the guidelines or law we

furthermore you will still starting at harvard university when i registered the trademark here. meanwhile another major global event to come to russia is the twenty fourth seen such the winter olympics and russia is gearing up to ensure that t.v. coverage during the country's first ever winter games is the best ever that's of russia's top t.v. channels got together to discuss issues concerning the live broadcasts of the olympics in sochi although there were more questions than answers during the round table meeting the overall consensus was that coverage should excel all expectations the press secretary of the russian olympic committee however reminded all involved that work on these improvements needs to begin as soon as possible. that someone. i know will have great coverage of the games and i'm certain our athletes will perform at the highest level because this is all happening in our own backyard but in order to make it a success we need to pool our resources and ideas and work together in order to reach this collective call. now staying with the winter theme in the cage or

playoffs regular season when his tracks are on the brink of making it into the semifinals that's after taking a strong three one lead in their best of seven series and wins the double garren cup champions out pass the chilly outings team playing the merry three to away victory and in game four elsewhere are the guards of the three one lead in their encounter against most of the madness of rules the rules registered a five three win on the road. with a double for the visitors. in the mean time in the west scarse in petersburg could have brought into the seventies if they beat atlanta tonight in caring for five on home ice nothing is yet clear in the encounter between clean other moscow may see torpedo as the series goes back to newsnight garage perfectly poised to. now an f one ferrari admit they struggled last weekend in the first grand prix of the new season in melbourne and they'll be looking for improvements this weekend as the season continues with the malaysian grand prix former world champion fernando

alonso could only manage a fifth place finish at albert park while his team. me struggle to keep up with the pace before powering out of forty six laps completed despite the disappointing start of the season the team making major changes to the call ahead of this weekend with a quick turnaround. i think. the situation is the same or so for the for the for our two drivers they know that struggling and they are pushing rationally with everyone else in the team with who will have something that they're trying to give . and they're suggesting as much as they can be they out of the funk out of kids of their own a different way for sure philip it is reconstruction of motive than what they struggle in testing. and we have to react to it together and they have a way out of these. now finally let's remind ourselves of what happened in the russian from the early this week and it's as you are with a top with the talk to both winning there were sixteen goals in total so sit back

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