live from moscow this is arts he time for you headlines now at the u.n. adds the finishing touches to a draft on syria that could pave the way for decisive action after a year it's unity and while washington and its allies continue to support the opposition human rights watch warns that the rebels are a force to be reckoned with guilty of torture and. french police are locked in a standoff with a man suspected of killing seven people in the city of toulouse while the funerals have been held for the three schoolchildren and

a rabbi who were shot dead on monday at a jewish school and here we are looking at live pictures from the scene in to lose our president is expected shortly they stand off continues the suspect calling himself a mujahideen announcing his jihad is convictions off. his mother to the house to try and convince him to come outside. and the head of the international monetary fund issues a warning over skyrocketing oil prices in the wake of tensions in the middle east adding to the destructions to iranian crude supplies could destabilize the global economy. or some analysts fear to mask his could follow libya's path with foreign military intervention still not completely written off by nato states the next we sit down with newspaper editor one who says syria could just be a milestone to get to iran.

today i'm talking to abdel bari atwan who's the editor of the london based how the arabic newspaper al could be 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 there was a un security council resolution as one seven one one seven three which actually allowing for. all international community to intervene to protect civilians by all means in libya so. when you look at us in syria i believe because of the. chinese intervention tool support.

because actually there is no. syria we can see the. community is completely paralyzed and scared. actually. a u.n. security council resolutions to intervene in syria and also. from the military point of view would be extremely costly for them to intervene in syria is a pretty strong country it has a very strong army all saw very. very simple modern weaponry so. it was easy to see and libya but it couldn't be seen in syria 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 creating more appetite for intervention in the region in general we have to remember that there actually. are. occupied iraq president bush said you know drop accomplished and

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 a trillion dollars where. they gave. a golden plates around so that the same thing happened in afghanistan and they claim that their invasion of a stand was a success after ten years actually they are talking to instate them in power again so it could be the same thing in libya immediately they said it was easier i actually didn't lose a single soldier he was dark wilbur and that evolutionary is are there so but is it going to be the same in a year's time in two years time in five years time already lead libya is a failed state. three thousand. you know missiles surface to air missiles fall to the hands of groups there is

a terrible civil war now the central government is very weak and there is a suspension movement leader could be partitioned. into three states maybe six states god knows so the future is not really really you know comfortable for many people only syria there you say is different there is no oil as we discussed the opposition is very fragmented as well out there is do you think the main reason is that the west doesn't seem as keen to intervene but actually the west wouldn't and the arab words to change it jeems twice first in iraq two thousand and three second and leave the. two thousand and eleven. why there and i've been in these two countries 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 was the you know for we were going to stash or not they are there are looking for

it is the war for oil that's that's what's happening in the middle east so i think . the west there are losses if there are involved actually a war in syria ok and out of there are hundred forty six billion in the lead there are forty billion better look over reserves there but what's there in syria for there is nothing so and that the same time i think the russians and the chinese the filled they were deceived and there were actually. you know cheated by american and there was some pause when they said you know we are intervening there for human reason and the top of a civilian and they used their un security council can change that again which wasn't actually the case so i think the same deception couldn't repeat it in syria again and that's why actually we are. in a situation as continue 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 conflict that's come in the form of the arab league how do you think that's what i believe the league and i think because they're actually administration of the crisis was actually. for the management of the classes was actually scandalous ignored chinese completely and they thought that they can go to united nations and be can get a. new u.n. security council resolution. or to impose sanctions on syria but actually be miscalculated now that action on the chinese to look stand here stop here you know you cannot intervene without without being so good as the russians and it is so i think the arab league elite failed miserably and they are running out of options and now some of them are but in their. there's. room for armed opposition

but this kind of arming the opposition. actually. approval from many many regional powers and from the international partners so it is a big lock now and syrian people are paying a price for what they are playing strategy has been to isolate the assad regime from the rest of the world what do you think the consequences of that actually the arab league yes they've managed to isolate syria first in the arab world see the region is via a very very isolated now it is essential imposed on the syrian. government's the most about a country that actually close their embassies in the mask has so could be more actually going to be taken in the coming future and the same thing syria is facing a huge resolution on the international community or you can see maybe they have russian they have. me and they have their chinese on their board but when you look at that out of beyond that actually you can see that

a gene is isolated and that sanctions started by the standard of living is that they really think there are a lot of these 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 kofi annan the u.n. arab league envoy proposals which of course included and immediately lateral cease fire safe passage for humanitarian aid these kinds of things what kind of dialogue do you think that is ready for actually. was posted by coffee and the mission because kofi annan said you know the should be only our political solutions to the conflict in syria and also he said to reach this political so. they should be at their level between very jean and the opposition groups and this is actually what i

said would like to see it because it was a military intervention to save him there will be a political solution it means it means you know. and unpack i said that this has been syria because the. opposition this is a recognition very deep. you know but also all. of his reforms in a way or another thing actually more pressure for modern forms and that's why i said coffee and i missed him the second thing also you know he accepted that these kind of five five points which had the outcome of the talks between the syrian foreign minister and the arab foreign ministers when they made it was very very important simply because for the first time the arab league admitted there should be a ceasefire between all sides this is everything is to their armed groups which.

i referred to all the time saying look i am five armed groups i'm not five hundred people so i think that's why i said now more relaxed after about a mission and of course also after about five points. of the arab league foreign ministers. and foreign minister is that the way forward there i mean the opposition is so fragmented and seems very unwilling to enter into negotiations despite its 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 in their criticism of the leader of syria and council saying that he is a dictator exactly like i said that definitely. yes i will be extremely happy with this the victims he would be extremely happy with their divisions on the

oppositions and there because you know the opposition is supposed to present itself well turn out of courage and when you have these seven factions now and are working without any accord and between each other so this definitely will will give their. chance to breathe again and to consulate the more and more on the understanding of does fall do you think that will make it easier act for western superpowers to deal with iran well actually i think it is i have a feeling that you know that you cannot isolate syria from. the fall definitely it will be easier for the western caribbean and iran because it means they managed to secure the front of his base really neutralize you know thousands of syrian missiles syrian warplanes which actually to be to speak in any 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 is not intervening in syria because they are true to determine what they are going to do with nuclear programs are they going to bomb iran if they have decided to bomb iran i think they will bomb iran and syria together and hezbollah i think they will launch a package war i believe. the war will take place the question is when that's that's the year i believe. that america. i believe it will be or. you know that the difference is about the timing of this war it could be either before the american position or our folks that there is really want to be for the americans because of the change that american would like to wait until. well they finished this election so who is going to win i don't know what it

is it's very very good and so we have to wait and see and i believe that's why the west is actually now calling that their pressure on the theory and i believe that's why actually the west is we think you know not intervening by military means in syria because they are waiting to decide what they are going to do with. thank you very much. well. it's not all sunny games as barcelona host the biggest tech gathering of the year in this digitized world stay connected like never before and a whole host of new services means some music is now only a quick call right away. but don't get lost in the crowd with one russian blog that

proves all the stereotypes wrong technology here are cheat the turks cover. headlines on r t the un the finishing touches to a draft on syria that could pave the way for decisive action after a year of disunity and while washington and its allies continue to support the opposition human rights watch warns that the rebels are a force to be reckoned with guilty of torture and. french police are locked in a standoff with a man suspected of killing seven people in the city of toulouse while the funerals have been held for the three schoolchildren and a rabbi who was shot dead on monday at a jewish school now we're looking at live pictures from the scene in toulouse where president is expected shortly we understand the french interior ministry says the police want to take the government alive but the suspect has reportedly thrown his

cult forty five out the window but it's still brandishing a k forty seven machine. and the head of the international monetary fund issues a warning over skyrocketing all prices in the wake of tensions in the middle east adding that destructions to iranian crude supplies could destabilize the global economy. right for you then you heard it goes with the news headlines next though your headlines the so-called linsanity craze hits new heights but it's not all the people caught this time indeed or you know you've made it in the sporting world when somebody is using your name to sell products is what happening plus we could use of a record breaking safely and all messy and more not coming up in just a sprint. your company this is sports slate flinty head over the next ten eleven minutes or

so including. court shorts to win excuse on lose the first game best of five series against barcelona and basketball's your own league. club quartets retief goosen ross fisher guide seem like norma to a fourth straight top a stuck up cycle in florida. on sixteen strikes we recount all the efforts which murray dream to leave this drawing of the russian premier league goals go to work its up shortly. but that's gone away with. their yearly playoff series with defeat the russian side going down some barcelona in spain but also with the better of starts as well going in at the end of the first quarter twenty two fourteen in from the reeling champions hold still dominating the second increase in their advantage to a dozen points by the half time break your neck so sparked so much in the third

period cutting the deficit nine but that was to be brief rest the standards restoring their twelve point advantage to then seemed a confident seventy eight sixty six when pete mcneil netting a season high twenty two points also not being seven rebounds for the winners barcelona will also be into the series on through. while stateside a legal battle is brewing over the n.b.a.'s newest sensation germy lin the popularity of the new york knicks guard has rocketed since he made his debut only last month or over his month friendly in lin sue hall was registered eighteen months ago by a chinese business woman. up occasional was approved in august last year when lynn was still at university she since started producing basketballs using lynn's name but insists she's done nothing wrong. i don't worry about it because

i truly abided 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 of our law. you will start starting at harvard university when i registered the trademark here. back to the action where lynn's next claimed their fourth straight victory under interim coach mike woodson new york seeing off the toronto raptors one zero six two eighty seven a merry stoudamire leading the hosts with twenty two points tally including this we are in the second quarter to make it forty six thirty six the former phoenix sun also had twelve rebounds on the night an exciting strong tough role for pure reason extending their lead to ninety five the final thoughts. all right let's talk football where a number of tasty ties lie ahead in the english premier league this evening chelsea's visit to manchester city the pick of the four games on offer if city life

four points adrift of course time rivals united out the summer but do all the game in hand on the champions chelsea badly in need of result themselves of these plans big currently life if it's of the champions league spots their place tottenham will be hoping to further make inroads into the top two when they will stoke liverpool are a relegation threatened q.p.r. averagely this clash with are still close will be that much of the night. ok let's standing for bolton manager own coyle was given not the it's on the health or for brace muamba the twenty three year old midfielder collapsed on the pitch with a cardiac arrest against tottenham the weekend medics say he had a comfortable night and is not breathing on his own accord says there's still a long way to go. pieces still takes a few children still to go but yes the hans as we will be the favorite. of mine is to go to see herself i suppose it was a close family there was. a lot of. conversation

a few words exchanged a kind of sixty five it just this time which is a great saying the most serious is still pretty much biddy early in the procedures by city saying the following once a month at least a little messy house once again entered the record books the twenty four year old argentine sensation is now the top scorer in the history of parcel of football club messi hitting a half trick in the cup landside five three win over granada on tuesday night but took his talents an incredible two hundred thirty four goals an official competition the market clip saying says our rig is a sixty year old record of two hundred thirty two golds it also means the fifa world player of the year has found the net an incredible fifty four times the seasonal. in what boston could be about to add to their list of global superstar spanish radio is claiming that the european champions have agreed to side highly rated brazilian youngsters neymar and sometimes the twenty year old who are

partly arrive at the nou camp after the world cup in twenty eight fourteen the deal reportedly worth around seventy six million. american football where the denver broncos have secured the signing of n.f.l. quarterback legend peyton manning on a five year ninety six million dollar contract the four time m.v.p. was presented to the need you as a broncos player for the first time and she's there on the thirty five year old says he can't wait to get going. i'm very sorry to begin the next chapter of my playing career for the demographic groups story mr mower i can tell this organization is committed to winning broad goes to have reproachful fans who love this team and this truly is a special football environment but i'm glad to be a part of it engulfs once again proved themselves to be one better than their club peers winning a fourth straight top

a stuck up title. both contemplating scores of five under sixty seven to help the orlando course prevail in the two day team competition tiger watch the greens here with former world number one woods health status in headlines ahead of the event no he withdrew from the tournaments in the world on march eleventh due to pain in his achilles tendon the thirty six year old those showing few ill effects parting even for a seventy two for team albany while husin made sure the title stayed in orlando helping late nonna while they scored thirty one hundred out with different total score he said woods and co the cannot look ahead to the monstrous the year's first major tees off any real. done lydia to prove themselves top of the pile a group b. six nations the twenty three year old named player of the tournament in wales championship the franker well he missed his team's opening victory against artistic double and then came out of the much honors in their win over scotland's lydiate

still had more amazing international performances up a sleeve proving instrumental and will sixty nine victory over france which clinch the title it's something plenty of other welsh fears on the shortlist for the athlete but it was arlen fi how jonathan sexton finished second in the voting with it clique up in search of greece. and finally in the longest ever russian premier league it's still so neat who are the team to catch the same petersburg side rushing to away by five goals to one we look back now of those plus the rest of the strikes which cross the line last weekend it is called school or time. live live

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listen there are a few sad looking sports icons in the newsroom offutt out results and that's is your sport for this hour letters next. issue is that so much if you set it. on the market as the syrian civil war crimes on calls for an outside military intervention grow louder and louder while at the same time there is.