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a wave of code want to start or run some republican presidential candidates that the u.s. politicians are into must head there's a push in terms of number one for. testers in britain call for heavy hard to write this to face justice as one activist seriously injured in a student demonstration plants themselves in the dark and fifty students were hurting crazy ten protesting against the first intermission hikes. the u.s. and russia not seeing eye to eye on washington's missile defense plans in europe but american disarmament expert richard burton says that both countries must combine efforts to prevent a greater danger the spread of nuclear weapons his interview is up next. ambassador richard burton negotiated the first start treaty the strategic arms reduction treaty with the soviet union that was years ago there's now

a new start but according to some including yourself progress has stalled thank you for sitting down with us i want to begin with that start was signed a new start was signed in april twenty ten you yourself have said that progress has stalled how much does the u.s. plans to install missile defense there and russia's opposition to it have to do with well i think it's a factor i mean there are a number of reasons that i think the process is slow down i mean with this is a bit of political here obviously new presidency and a new old presidency in russia presidential elections in the united states i think the russians are having second thoughts about. the weapons which is certainly part of american policy but the disagreement on missile defense is also an important factor russia specifically has said of late especially that it's concerned about new modifications of some three in sept their missiles which i

understand are believed her are fast enough to shoot down russian missiles in ascent so to russian despite elections and despite how important national security platform has for the russian people and for elections it seems like it's really out there for the kremlin despite the change that we're about to see i don't think it's very helpful to talk about all these technical intricacies but i think there is a real technical difference over the capabilities not of the existing system. that nato is planning to deploy over the next two or three years we're really talking about a system that might be deployed after twenty twenty. and it's not even clearer. given the fact the u.s. is going to have to reduce its defense budget so pleased to meet its fiscal problems at home whether that new system will ever be deployed so i think there is time for the united states russia and others to sit down and talk about these

issues why do you think that you asked has failed to convince russia that one missile defense system would not be directed against them and two why can't them can't they give them those guarantees well i think that's a very good question and i think it's because not only russia but the united states are still locked into this bilateral bipolar cold war mentality and it's a problem both the united states and russia have had trouble adjusting to a new multi-polar world and dealing with a new range of threats the problem nuclear weapons today isn't that the united states is going to attack russia russia is going to attack the united states the problem nuclear weapons today is the spread of nuclear weapons in particular to un stable countries say for example pakistan or even the nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists and this is a problem where the united states and russia should be work should work together rather than focusing looking backwards in the rearview mirror i'd like to talk

a bit about president putin obviously coming back to the kremlin he has experience with this issue he's openly criticized it. and says that it undermines really the trust between the two countries how do you see him coming back to the kremlin playing into that to both brussels foreign policy in that sense and to the disarmament program well like i think almost everybody else i don't have the slightest idea. he you know he can he can continue with the kind of. cold war rhetoric that he ramped up during the election campaign and blame the united states for all kinds of various activities behind the scenes or he can take a more. practical of course he couldn't be more putin. the early part of his tenure in the early part of the of the two thousand two thousand and one two thousand and two and seek practical solutions i think there is

a practical solution to say anything and so issue but as long as both sides kind of treat this as more of a theological issue. they won't make headway what about president obama how does that play into his reelection campaign the empty missile issue is not a big issue in the united states i mean the iran issue certainly is and but even even even so it's purely domestic economics but obama is in a tough political spot because i think he would like to find an arms control solution to this problem and solve it he already backed away from the bush plan to deploy. these more capable missiles and poland in the radar in the czech republic i think that he's got us he's got a u.s. senate. with some republicans that are making it difficult third making it difficult for him to make i think give him the room for maneuver that he needs to

find a practical solution with. and also a budget. right you know that's that's that's a key issue here i can we're talking about capabilities that are more than a decade out. that actually the uniformed military the joint chiefs of staff are not great advocates of missile defense and so it's it would be a tragic irony if the united states and russia unable to move ahead on arms control based on a system that will never be deployed in the in the first place what about the reset but we have to start over do you think has a file to go i don't think the reset has failed at all in fact on some issues like afghanistan there's a lot of cooperate. and i think on the fighting drugs for example i even think in areas like syria where two or three weeks ago there was a lot of. angry rhetoric about the two sides positions even though i think even on

syria the two sides are becoming a little more pragmatic and moving towards each other so there are a lot of strategic reasons for the united states and russia to go to work together . in particular you know there are two big countries that face big problems challenges both domestic and international and most of those issues i think there are similarly a lot like you mentioned earlier that four americans and a lot of senior missile defense is not a big issue by iran is why what's the threat well that's you've got to remember to remember that in the united states we didn't war in the middle east for over ten years there's concern also of course that iran it with it had nuclear weapons could threaten israel and seen as an important ally and there's also the threat that if iran acquired the weapons other countries other in the region like turkey or egypt might also acquired nuclear weapons so it's the overall instability with the arab

awakening the nuclearization of iran and the united states' involvement in that region which is is a matter of concern a lot of critics though would say that one there is not any proof that iran has a nuclear weapon or is developing a nuclear weapon and also that there's a risk of repeating. weapons of mass destruction mistake made with iraq with what it's like you said it was and it wasn't just a mistake i mean i think that clearly in retrospect the information to suggest that iraq had it was building a nuclear weapon was flawed but you know i mean the problem with iran i don't want to claim you know that i'm aware of that they have a nuclear weapon the question is how close are they to and i think people honestly because sick. on that question but i think there's a general agreement including agreement between moscow and washington that if if iran were to apply or a nuclear weapons capability that would not be nice a stabilizing development for the region you disagree on what the consequences

might be and how serious they would be but nobody would i think like to live in a crowded or near libya in or near a crowded nuclear region where iran may be egypt maybe turkey israel already possess a nuclear weapons capability that is not a very happy future what do you say to critics who say why can israel have nuclear weapons and iran not both in the region it's not a question of saying israel can have nuclear weapons and iran not it's a question of doing what we would like to do which is move towards global zero and other global zero israel would not have nuclear weapons either i happen to think that a nuclear weapons free zone which would include both israel and iran were neither country would have nuclear weapons would be would be a much better than the current situation now you mentioned earlier rhetoric building around iran and media reports suggesting that israel may in fact strike

iran of course it's all speculation and no one can guess what will happen but if that was to happen and the infrastructure in iran was destroyed less than the threat somehow i'm not sure the israelis could actually destroy iranian nuclear infrastructure it's very dispersed and some of it is hard and some of it's underground so they might be able to set it back but i don't think they could destroy it. and the consequences would be very unpredictable i would assume that the iranians would retaliate one way or another and the prospects for a regional conflict grow so it would be a very destabilizing step in my view i'm not a proponent of that israeli strike against iran russia and the u.s. have very different approaches. is there any way that they could possibly work together to move forward on it start to happen back with the six party talks but they start again is that an option do you know i think i think they're i think they're working together now next month the so-called p five permanent members of

the security council together with germany p five plus one and cathy ashton from the european union will be sitting down with the iranians to talk about a negotiated solution which would potentially permit the iranians to engage in peaceful uses of nuclear energy constraining their options for developing and to play nuclear weapons so you know this is a promising development diplomacy in the in the past has not succeeded with the iranians so i think iran is a very sophisticated tough negotiators but this is an area where the united states and russia are working together in terms of iran and missile defense and all of the issues be touched on realistically. you seem to be a bit of an optimist but realistically how do you see all these issues playing out in terms of the global zero initiative within the next couple of years well i think

they're absolutely critical you have to be an optimist but i think the big problem is is correctly in correctly identified it is that he's around if we fail. to. head off. the acquisition by iran of nuclear weapons i think that it's going to open the door to several other countries acquiring nuclear weapons maybe three or four other countries in the region could acquire nuclear weapons that would not only be very destabilizing but you know it's the danger and the twenty first century is the danger of the spread of nuclear weapons not the build up by the united states and russia do you think that global zero is possible in the twenty first century it's certainly possible that in the you know twenty first century and the question is whether it's possible in the next twenty years that's the christian birth thank you very much for being with us on our.

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demonstration finds himself in the book fifty students were hunting for and testing against university tuition fees. once handed out sports news. a welcome to sport an art scene coming to you live from the russian capital with the room on cost for an outburst the headlines. and of a dream champions league ones are sought for a three mil hold the key to josie maurine is real madrid. and another step to glory russia's maria sharapova is groups of the semi's at the sony ericsson open in miami. and arctic there are devils' a rider from finland wins the inaugural bowler circle snowmobile race held in russia sees the offside hard. let's get the ball rolling with football in the

champions league where cypriot sensation up oil experienced their first major blow of this year's campaign in their first leg against giants real madrid prevail in the final score but madrid could not break the deadlock until the seventy fourth minute up to matches everything pointed to a draw back stage however sometimes something houston's body shows in a review ensured victory for his side with french international during bismarck hosting upgrades and the brazilian midfielder adding any other want to record a crushing win for the ninth time european champions. we knew it took the list part of the game will be difficult for them and. we know that folk are in love so look to come in when the other team was it was a bit tight it was a work moment. to do it but. it was again with characteristics of a possible as it was it was because they were. the last in

a. truly things will be harder for us there are not doubt it matters a team one always will give our best in the game so we can bid farewell to the champions league in the best possible way. batchelder are returning with an unfortunate away goal at the bottom also sworn this has been forced by our teams and seconds away for all the stories that's often called little and short story called on the first with the library called striker scoring his second of this year's jacket's bases. or if you think it was the next and performance from our team. and how difficult latest can take i they haven't lost cheerful couple of years and you saw why they're a good side action good and with your players credit that separates with their physical big players that they have. i always thought that we looked. sholay

different officially and well organized and i was friends with us to school and pretend josee beaters here one needle we believe that we were also able to do the see the return because usually you can always scores when playing the way we were going to london with the same belief in the same confidence is if the score could be the only real one or even won this match. or fall where they come for titles to place in english on tuesday evening that are true to the semi's after a three one victory over bolton at white hart lane remember the original match had to be abandoned after the breeze more suffered a cardiac arrest after forty one minutes in the previous encounter eleven days ago everton is the other side making it to the last four following their sunil way when at sunderland after their original trial ended in a one all draw at goodison park. since then it's now world number two maria

sharapova took a huge step forwards easing lean out of china six three six love in one hour and eight minutes to reach the semifinals of the sony ericsson open in the united states in her bid so when her first i am its eyes all despite three times being in the final now the russian had lost her previous four meetings we really all in straight sets but this time return points were key to success for sharapova as she won six nine percent off them the three time grand slam champion advances to plate number four seed carolyn was now key of denmark in the next round. okee won the battle of the former world number one the danish player served well and seems consent to keep the ball in play and wait for her opponents played in her first tournaments since january to make mistakes and that tactic seems to work has five time former champion serena williams his game was riddled with errors and it

was not get close doubt a classy six four six four. on the men's side and the other three so i saw only ericsson open runner up and number two seed rafael nadal reached the quarterfinals for the sixth consecutive year the spaniard ousted japan skinny corey six four six four in what seemed to be his biggest challenge thus far in the tournaments the bells when sends him into the quarterfinals where he'll face freshman joe will fritz on go to end zone god was outstanding in his fourth round against germany's florian mayer as he played a near perfect match with controlled aggression and heavy hitting from the baseline some guy gets what is seven winners while mayer simply could not keep up with just five winners over the course of the entire match. meanwhile the top seed and defending champion the voc jock of each also cruised into the quarterfinals defeating seventeenth seed rashard gask a seven five six three. a

rare will be the one standing in the way of jockey in the waters after the consistent spaniard won a breakpoint once in the first set and twice in the second to clinch a six three six three to ask for a duel against the defending champion. while that was andy roddick got from the defeating federer turned into a hang over when his next opponent won monaco capsulize on three of his five break point opportunities in the second set to secure his first win against that suits on miami champions seven five six twelve marco now faces the last american hopeful but certain men's mardy fish. fisher became the top ranked u.s. player after his semifinal run at fratton park in twenty eleven one fifty one of his fifty three thirty serve wants to prevail over a nickel al-bab or a for the third consecutive time six three six seven six three.

elsewhere and the murray powered into the quarterfinals with a dominance victory over the frenchman jean simone sixty six for the bridge and was far more consistent and had more shots to call upon the number four seed will be a young coach at sort of age seeded nine in the last eight. months of sars himself ousted the only unseated player remaining in the men's singles draw by topping grigor dimitrov seven six six two in a fourth round match. and basketball the first ever yearly play of game took place in russia's cazan on tuesday as local weeks hosted spanish side barcelona the european powerhouse lead the best of five series to nothing as the russians had nothing to lose and being three uniques led nine hundred seventeen after the first quarter and stretched their advantage to six points by half time but it's barcelona up their game after that and by the end of the third were up by one in the final water that's why it's in their league final and b.p.

want colas the baro group to be the difference between the sides for slaughter one six to seventy six and became the first team to reach the girlies final for a while and now the russian spanish stand off between say scott moscow and bilbao will take place later on wednesday with the muscovites leading the series saying no . so i saw a key and they came a gel where a garden cup playoffs resume on wednesday with the first game of the western conference final between regular season runners up scott st petersburg and the novel moscow they series will begin in st petersburg with both teams aiming for their first ever gets are in talks quite old dogs have never reached the last door of the cage show laon says while already half this experience answer they crashed alex's eventual champions out bourse back in two thousand and nine. and finally the inaugural snowmobile race was held this weekend at the polar circle in siberia

and finished driver finished first on the screen frack and our very own correspondent cost and simple thought of was there for us as well. the endless and silent arctic tundra near silly heart c.t. two thousand five hundred kilometers from moscow territory covered with snow for nine months of the year there somewhere around one hundred snowmobile daredevils two to the young can really braving the minus twenty degree temperature to find out who is the quickest by experience as you can see from my face i got some frostbite . but still speech so fast that there's always a risk that something happens the race covers two hundred and thirty kilometers with just three stops every snowmobile carries a g.p.s. navigation system for safety and for the spectators to follow the competitors on the route via the internet some of the drivers reach speeds of around one hundred

and seventy kilometers per hour and among the dozens of men taking part in these dangerous ranges there was one woman. i don't think i'll be battling with a man to try and win this race the race itself is a real challenge for me if you're long and i want to test myself to see if i can just get on with it sally hart was often used as a place of exile and imprisonment during its poor hundred year history and portaloo track was located near the so-called dead and less trail way constructed between one thousand nine hundred forty seven to nine hundred fifty four which unwalled thousands of prisoners from the soviet gulags and was never finished however there were no fatalities this time around and the race was failure the quickest to do this was actually finish the race or even align and completing the course in two hours and forty nine minutes before the race and of course i was expecting

a lot. to be the first one it's always a surprise however the really wasn't the only unique event taking place. yes. as the locals also celebrated reindeer herders day alone spectator is the chance to experience everyday life among the ethnic minorities of the north into which can petition is in their initial spirits such as rangy aris is receiving in jumping over slippers the unique weather conditions and locals like there's. this snowmobile race near the top of any must do evangelist and r g. i will see you in just under a couple of hours meanwhile don't forget to check out our you tube channel at r.t. for hughes thanks for watching.