not for moscow with the twenty four hours a day this is r.t. top stories now the un security council is process statement calling for a cease fire in syria and the opening of humanitarian corridors move into says a peace plan by u.n. arab league special envoy to syria kofi annan who negotiated in person with president assad. french police are still locked in a standoff with a man suspected of killing seven people around toulouse interior ministry has denied previous reports of his arrest earlier president sarkozy attended the funerals of three soldiers thought to have been gunned down by the suspect. and

warnings over oil shortages leading to skyrocketing prices as tensions in the middle east put iranian crude supplies in jeopardy threatening to destabilize the world economy. well despite the fact that the u.n. is now one step closer to an agreement on syria the u.s. and its allies still want the pressure kept on president sat and next we talked to at the body of one he's editor of a london based newspaper who says the west is using syria as a stepping stone to iran. today i'm talking to abdel bari atwan who's the editor of the london based part arabic 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 different conflicts 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 happened in libya and what is happening in syria. and libya actually a un security council resolution is one seven one one seven three which allows. all international community to protect civilians by all means in the area so. when you look at this wish and syria i believe because of the russian and chinese intervention. support. because actually bill is north. syria we can see that. is completely paralyzed and scared we couldn't actually. see you in security council resolutions to intervene in syria and also the you know from the military point of view that 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 easier and libya. 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 created more of that site for intervention in the region in general we have to remember that actually. occupied iraq president bush said you know drop our compilation they were very happy with their success there and look what happened after nine years the worst was defeated. you know american administration lost more than a trillion dollar bear and they gave iraq in a golden plate pretty around so the same thing happened in afghanistan where they

claimed that the invasion of afghanistan was a success after ten years actually we are talking to reinstate them in power again so it could be the same thing in libya they said it was easy and i actually didn't lose a single soldier he was. there evolutionary are there so but it isn't going to be the same in a year's time and pull years time in five years already leave libya is i failed state. three thousand. you know missiles surface to air missiles fall to the hands of. al qaeda it is a tribal civil war now the central government is very weak and there is such an movement libya could be partitioned. into three states maybe six states knows so the future is not really. comfortable for many people in syria there you say is

different there is no oil as we discussed the opposition is very fragmented as well of those do you think the main reason is that the west doesn't seem as keen to intervene much of the west wouldn't intervene in the arab words to change any team's products first in iraq and two thousand and three second in and leave the. two thousand and eleven. why there have been in these talks because there are old reserves there but when we look at syria there is no overt reserve so there are the statue and outs. i don't believe in you know for we all for we're going to stash are not are they are looking for it is the war for oil that's that's what's happening in the middle east so i think. the worst their losses if they are involved actually in a war in syria ok in iraq there 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 if the same time i think that russian and chinese the feel they were deceived and lead they were actually. you know cheated by america and by there were some powers when they said you know we are intervening there for human reason and it will protect civilians and they use the u.n. security council to change their game which wasn't actually the case so i think that. deception couldn't happen or repeated in syria again and that's why actually we are. the situation is continue as it is so what we've got at least for now is the accepted thinking that local powers should take charge of this conflicts that's come in the form of the arab league how do you think that they are. failed. because they're actually administration of the crisis was actually. for the management of

the crisis was actually scandalous ignored but i shall chinese completely and they thought that they can go to united nation and they can. be u.n. security council resolution. or to impose sanctions on syria but actually the miscalculated. and the chinese said to them look stand here stop here you know you cannot intervene without without feeling insecure council resolutions and so i think the arab league failed miserably and they are running out of options and now some of them are very near. this. group around the opposition but this kind of arming the opposition. not actually. face approval from many many regional powers and from the international partners so it is a big lock now and the syrian people are paying a price for that the arab league strategy has been isolated 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 are managed to isolate syria first and their words see the regime is by a very very isolated now and there is a sanction imposed on the syrian. by arab governments but most of the other countries actually close their embassies in the mask because so could be more actually going to be taken in the coming future and the same thing gets syria is facing a huge isolation on the international community when you can see maybe they have russian they have joe nadol the m.e.m. they have the chinese on their border but. beyond that actually you can see that a gene is isolated and sanctions started to bite you can see the standard of living is that they really think there are a lot of commentators are not available for the people and the local currency lost more than fifty percent of its value i think this is very very dangerous situation

for 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 and voice proposals which of course included an immediate bilateral ceasefire safe passage for humanitarian aid these kinds of things what kind of dialogue do you think assad is ready for actually. was bolstered by coffee and mission close cooperation and said you know we should be only a political solutions to the conflict in syria and also he said we can reach this political scene. they should be at their little between the opposition groups and actually what i said would like to see because he was a military intervention to save him. political solution it means it means that you know that he will stay and that there will be president of syria because. we and the opposition this is

a recognition that he and you know that also all. of his reforms in the way of other things actually more pressure for more reforms and that's why i said coffee and i mentioned the second thing also you know he accepted these kind of the five points which are actually the outcome of the talks between the syrian foreign minister and the arab foreign ministers when they met 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 a reference to the armed groups which. refer to all the time saying look and five armed groups are not fighting the people so i think that's why i said now more relaxed after about the mission of coffee and also after about five. 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 are willing to enter into negotiations despite its relatively successful mission. to the opposition where when we started to see acts among the syrian national council recently three prominent leaders actually defected and there were very fears and their criticism of the leader of the syrian national council saying that he is a dictator exactly like. the. so it will be extremely happy with these defections he will be extremely happy with their divisions on the opposition's and their because you know these are positions supposed to present itself as an alternative energy but when you have these sort of factions now and they are working without any coordination between each other so this definitely will give. a chance to breathe again and to consolidate its power more and more on the syrian people.

for will do you think that will make it easier for western superpowers to deal with iran well actually i think it does have a feeling that. you cannot isolate the syria from iran as a full definitely it would be easier for the west to intervene in iran because it means they managed to secure the front there. neutralize you know thousands of syrian messiahs syrian warplanes which actually part we participate in any war against iran so but in order to do that you have to invade syria and syria is very very complicated adventure could be very costly i have a feeling it out but it is not intervening in syria because they are waiting to determine what they are going to do with the 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 you know aipac is war and i believe personally. that war will take place the question is when that's that you know i believe. that america. i believe it will be a war but you know that the differences about the timing of this war could be you know either before the american presidential or after that there is really want to before the american presidential election that americans would like to wait until. will they finish this election so who is going to win i don't know if it's very very good because we've had so we have to wait and see and i believe that's why the west is actually now calling back their pressure on the sierra region and i believe that's why actually the west is really think you know not intervening by military means in syria because they are waiting to decide what they are going to do with

the enemy. abdel bari atwan thank you very much. well. it's not all stunning 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 needs to do live it 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 take knowledge here on our t.v. . coverage.

top stories this hour here on our t.v. u.n. security council has passed a statement calling for a cease fire in syria and the opening of humanitarian corridors to move into this is a peace plan by u.n. arab league special envoy to syria kofi annan to negotiate in person with president assad. french police are still locked in a standoff with a man suspected of killing seven people around to lose interior ministry has denied previous reports of his arrest earlier president sarkozy attended the funerals of three soldiers. the suspects. mornings that oil shortages will lead to skyrocketing prices tensions in the middle east could it rain in crude supplies in jeopardy threatening to destabilize the world economy. with more on

those stories in full detail for you and less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime unions here with all the latest action from the world of sport. thanks for joining us this is sports today plenty head over the next ten minutes including the stories in. courtship short soon excuse on lose their first game in their best of five series against barcelona in basketball's euro league. club highest quartets were chief moose in a ross fisher guide team link to a fourth straight top stuck up title against florida. and sixteen strikes we recap all the efforts which mother during the latest russian premier league action . is ultra. let's get on the we have. begun the euro league playoff

series with the feet the russian side going down to parse alone in spain barcelona with the better of starts going in at the end of the first quarter twenty two fourteen in front the reigning champions also dominating the second increasing their advantage to a dozen points about the half time break unix so far to live somewhat in the third period cutting the deficit to nine but that was to be a brief press spites the scottish restoring their twelve point advantage to eventually came a confident seventy eight sixty six when pete mchale letting a season high twenty two points while also not being seven rebounds for the winners barcelona will also host game two of the series on thursday. now stateside a legal battle is brewing over the n.b.a.'s newest sensation jeremy lin the popularity of the new york knicks guard has rocketed since he made his debut last

month however his mundra name shoehorned was registered in the months ago by a chinese business woman. cation was approved in august last year by lynn was playing in china she's since started producing basketballs using lynn's name but insists she's done nothing wrong. lin's knicks have claimed their fourth straight victory under interim coach mike woodson new york seeing off the toronto raptors one hundred six to eighty seven nori stoudamire leading a horse with twenty two points his tally included this leo in the second quarter to make it forty six thirty six a former phoenix sun also what twelve resides on the night an exciting front after all four periods extending their lead to nineteen by the final closer. 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 to pick of the four games on paper city four points adrift of cross-town rivals united of the summer put to hold

a game in arms on the champions chelsea badly in need of a result at eastlands the currently set fifth of the champions league reckoning this problem will be hoping to further make inroads into the top two when the stoke liverpool are at relegation threatened q.p.r. while everton will aim to hold arsenal's for him when it's. standing in for both in manager own coral has given a not this on the help of for priests the twenty three year old midfielder collapsed on the pitch against tottenham at the weekend after suffering a cardiac arrest medics say he had a comfortable night and is not breathing on his own of course is there is a long way to go. the peace is still here so to be skeptical but yes the times we've been through. applies to get to see myself as a force for stuff like that was. the.

conversation if you will sixty six private joke this time which is a great saying more serious still pretty much pretty early in the process. messy house once again entered the record books the twenty four year old argentine sensation is now the top scorer in the history of barcelona football club messi hitting a hot trick in the catalan side's five three win over grenada on tuesday night but his tally to an incredible two hundred thirty four goals in official competition the marketing says are really good says sixty year old record of two hundred thirty two goals it also means the fee for world player of the year has fined the net an incredible fifty four times already this season. of course it could be about to add to their list of global superstar spanish radio is claiming the european champions have agreed to sign highly rated brazilian youngster neymar from some toss the twenty year old will of partly arrive at the nou camp after the world cup in twenty fourteen the deal reportedly worth around seventy six million dollars. american

football now 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 media as a broncos player for the first time and choose day on the thirty five year old says he can't wait to start. i'm very sorry to begin the next chapter of my playing career for the democratic players starting mr bowler i can tell this organization is committed to winning the broncos they do have incredible fans who love this team and this truly is a special football environment and i'm glad to be a part of it it could addition them gnomic club once again proved themselves to be one better than their golfing peers after winning a fourth st thomas title. and ross fisher both countries doing scores of five under sixty seven to help the orlando course prevail in the two day team competition

tiger watch on the greens here with the former world number ones health status is ahead of the events woods with drew from a tournament in dural on march eleventh due to pain in his achilles tendon the thirty six year old though showing few ill effects karting and even par seventy two per team albany while husin made sure the title stays in orlando helping lake nona reach a total score forty one on the world's top golfers cannot look forward to the monster's be yours first major chains often. done lydiate put himself top of the pile of the six nations the twenty three year old named player of the tournament following wales' championship the flanker missed his team's opening victory against argentina but then came none of them against scotland lately it's prove instrumental in wheel sixteen victory over france which secured the grand slam last saturday arlin fi how callous and sexton finished runner up in the building with

italy captain sergio recess. let's move to football in the longest ever russian premier league season it still didn't eat for the team to catch this and petersburg scythe rushing to a way fine point on friday to stretch their lead without a cock out those tracks plus the rest which find the net last weekend it is time.

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