don't come. thanks for joining our team at the past hour and parents are all chant these are your headlines as the syrian government embraces a new one fact peace plan and members of the position of struggle to come together with a single unified purpose and some rebel leaders and walked out on their power rivals during a conference in turkey designed to rally the opposition. a wave of cold war an astrologer rushes the recount little bill and some republican presidential hopefuls jump on the contents of a private conversation between the leaders of russia and america obama has made me

do it for more time on issues such as at the u.s. missile defense plans after november's election. tribal clashes in libya lead to the resignations of q. and she's seen members over concerns that the interim government can't control the country's ongoing violence at least fifteen people have died during clashes in the past two days it's. the u.s. and russia are not seeing eye to eye on washington's missile defense plans in europe but american disarmament expert richard burr 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 to go she did 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 with size the new start was signed in april twenty ten you yourself have said that progress has stalled how much does u.s. plans to install missile defense there and russians 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 really this is a bit of political year obviously new presidency and you all presidency and in russia presidential elections in the united states i think the russians are having second thoughts about relying less on nuclear 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

or are fast enough to shoot down russian missiles in the sand so it's a russian spy the elections and despite how important national security platform has for the russian people 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 i think there is a real technical difference over the capabilities not of the existing system that 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 clear. given the fact the u.s. is going to have to reduce its defense budget simply 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 of the missile defense

system would not be directed against them and two why can't the can't they give them those karen teeth 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 or russia is going to attack the united states the problem nuclear weapons today is the spread of nuclear weapons in particular to unsustainable 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. to to both russian's 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 the feria sectaries behind the scenes or you can take a more. practical course he couldn't be more putin in the early part of his tenure in the early part. of the two thousand two thousand and one two thousand and two and seek practical solutions i think there is

a practical solution to this any missile 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 anti missile issue is not a big issue with the united states i mean the iran issue certainly is and but even even even so it's really domestic economics but obama is in a tough political spot because i think he would like to find that 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 and the radar in the czech republic . i think that he's got the u.s. he's got a u.s. senate. with some republicans that are making it difficult 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 will we have to start over or do you think has it felt you know 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 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 alike you mentioned earlier that for america in an election year missile defense is not a big issue but you run it's why what's the threat well that you've got to remember to remember that in the united states a wee bit war in the middle east for over ten years there's concern also of course that iran it with had nuclear weapons could threaten israel was seen as an important ally and there's also the threat that if iran acquired nuclear weapons other countries or other in the region like turkey or egypt might also acquired nuclear weapons so it's the overall instability with the arab awakening or the

nuclear station up iran and the united states' involvement in that region which is is a matter of concern a lot of critics that 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 a flaw 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 two hundred thirty weapon and i think people honestly. on that question but i think there's a general agreement including agreement between moscow and washington that if iran were to apply or a nuclear weapons capability that would not be 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 libyan 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 they're both in the region it's not a question of saying israel can have nuclear weapons in iran not it's a question of doing what we would like to do which is move towards global zero and under global zero israel wouldn't have nuclear weapons either i happen to think that a nuclear weapons free zone which would include both israel and iran where neither country would have nuclear weapons would be would be much better than the current situation that you mentioned earlier rhetoric building around iran and media reports suggesting that israel may in fact strike iran of course it's all speculation no one can guess what will happen but if that was to happen and the

infrastructure and almost destroyed but that less than the threat somehow i'm not sure the israelis could actually destroy your iranian nuclear infrastructure it's very dispersed some of those hardened 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 be stabilizing step in my view i'm not a proponent of israeli strike against iran russia and the u.s. have very different approaches. ron is there any way that they could possibly work together to move forward on it starts to happen back with six parties talks but they start again is that an option do you know i think i think there are i think they're working together now next month the so-called p five the 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 into probably 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 iranians are very sophisticated tough negotiators but this is an area where the united states and russia are working together in terms of iran and missile to found all of the issues been touched on realistically. you seem to be a bit of an optimist which is a good thing but realistically how do you see all these issues playing out in terms of the global zero initiative within the next couple of years and well i think

they're absolutely critical you have to be an optimist but i think the big problem is is correctly you correctly identified it is user on if we fail. to. head off. the acquisition by iran of going clear weapons i think that it's going to open the door to several other countries acquiring nuclear weapons i think 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 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 twenty first century and the question is whether it's possible in the next twenty years. thank you very much for being with us on our.

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to the resignations of two n.t.s.c. members over concerns that the interim government can't control the country's ongoing violence at least fifty people have died during clashes from the street a. romance here with the latest sports news now. along comes a sport an artsy come and see a live problem or scold with me or mine calls for and i'll first as always the headline. and have a dream champions league of wonders i would sell for three mil homes and feed two shows him over the years real madrid. and another step to glory russia's maria sharapova is through to the semi's had the sony ericsson hope in miami. and arctic there's also a rider from finland wins the inaugural polar circle snow will build race held in russia city upside hard. and then get the ball rolling with football and the

champions league were a separate sensation up oil experience their first major blow of this year's campaign in their first leg against the giants real madrid the final score but madrid could not break the deadlock until the seventy fourth minute of the match as everything's pointed to a draw at that stage however sometimes the substitutions why shows him over a year ensures victory for his side with french international karim benzema posting a brace and the brazilian midfielder adding another one to record a crushing win for the ninth tiger again champions. we knew it the last part of the game will be difficult for them. we know that folk are in love so look i mean when the other team was it was a bit thought it was the right moment to so though it. was again with characteristics of a possible because it was a little because they were. lost in the park so surely things will be harder for us

clear up or not so much as a team always will give our best in the game so we can get fair well to the champions league in the best possible way. chelsea are returning with an important away goal at benfica but it was also a scoreless in this part for seventy five minutes however it seems that sacking silhouettes all third man both taurus and salomon kalou ensured victory for londoners with the ivory coast striker scoring his second of this year's champions league season while chelsea claimed their first away win in this champions league campaign been because for their first home defeat. it was it was an excellent performance from our team. and difficult play against benfica. they haven't lost fearful a couple of years. and you so why are their good side actions good. if your players

fred astaire plays with a physical player said. i was so we looked. solid defensively and well organized and i was trying to those two to school. josie beaters here one meal but we believe that we were also able to do the same on the return because usually the people always scores quickly the way we're going to london with the same belief in the same confidence as if the score had been neil neil one or even been feet in this match. and staying with top all work with a cup quarter finals took place in england on she's the evening tottenham are through to the semi's after a three one victory over colton at white hart lane remember the original match had to be abandoned after a club recently suffered a cardiac arrest after forty one minutes eleven days ago everton is the other side making it to the last four following their turn away win at sunderland after their

original size. and it is a lot old role as goodison park. and since then it's now world number two maria sharapova it's a huge step forwards easing a 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 that was her bid so when her first miami ties all despite three times being in the final the russian had lost her previous four meetings with lee all in straight sets this time certain points were made to success for sharapova she won sixty nine percent of them with three time grand slam champion bettis to play number four seed carolyn was yaki of the then mark. now she wanted battle of the two former world number ones the danish players well it seems consents to keep the ball in place and wait for her opponents playing her first tournament since generates make mistakes and that's actually it seems to work

as five side of former champion serena williams is game was the result with errors and he closed closed out a classy six four six four with. over on the men's sides and number three time sony ericsson open runner up and number two seed rafael nadal reached the quarterfinals for the sixth consecutive year as spaniard ousted japan's kenya corey six four six four in what seemed to be his biggest challenge thus far in the tournaments not dell's win sends him into the water finals or who face freshman. song 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 hit twenty seven winners while mayer simply couldn't keep up with just five winners of the course of the entire match. meanwhile top seed and defending champion jockey also cruised into the quarterfinals defeating seventeenth seed gask

a seven five six three. rare will be the one standing in the way of djokovic in the quarters after that consists in spaniard one of break points once in the first set and swipes in the seconds of clinch a six three six three passes for a dual against the defending champion. while the buzz and you're right he got the feeling rejected or turns into a hangover when his next opponent want marco capsulized to be a spy breakpoint option is ease in the second set just to secure his first win. against its inside miami champion seven five six love marco now face is the last american hope of the tournaments mardy fish. fisher became the pranks us player after his semifinal run at crandon park and points eleven one fifty one of his fifty three per cent of points to prevail over nicolas almagro for the third

consecutive time six three six seven six three. elsewhere andy murray parot into the quarterfinals with a dominance victory over the french mint juicy sixty six for the brits are both far more consistent and had more shots to call upon the number three seed will be young critics are of age seeded ninth in the last big. sorry for himself ousted the only on seeded player remaining in the men's singles draw bytes open grigor dimitrov seven six six two in the fourth round. and so basketball the first ever euro league play of game took place in russia's cuz i don't choose day as local weeks hosted spanish side barcelona the european powerhouse the best the five series to nothing as the russians had really nothing to lose in game three weeks late one nine hundred seventeen after the first quarter and stretched their advantage to six words by halftime parslow in their game after

the bats and by the end of the third were up by one in the final quarter of its once its end purely by no m.b.p. want to call the snowball proved to be the difference between the sites barcelona won six to seven fifty six and became the first seed to reach the really final fours while another russian spanish stand off it's been said scott must go and it bilbao will take place later on wednesday with the moscow it's leading the series soon. to ice hockey and vacate shell where the garden cup playoffs resume on wednesday with the first game of the western conference final between regular season runners up scott st petersburg and gina moscow. the series will begin in st petersburg with both teams aiming for their first ever go to are in cup finals have never reached the last horrific a shelf playoffs while of the novel already have that experience after they crashed alex eventually champions all the bars back in two thousand and nine. and find that

even the inaugural snowmobile race was held this weekend at the polar circle in siberia and that finished driver finished first on the extreme track and our very own correspondents constantine paul itself was also there for us. the endless and silent arctic tundra near silly hard c.t. two thousand five hundred kilometers from moscow territory covered with snow for nine months of the year that's where around one hundred snowmobile daredevils two to the young can really braving the minus twenty degree temperature to find out who's the quickest. you can see my face i got some frostbite on my cheeks a. little speech so fast that. that something happened the race color is two hundred 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 off around one hundred and seventy kilometers per hour and among the dozens of man taking courts in this dangerous winter there was one woman. i do think i'll be battling with a man to try and win this race the race itself is a real challenge for me it's very long and i want to test myself if i can just get through it sally carter was ofen years as a place of exile and imprisonment during its four hundred year history of portaloo track was located near the so-called. and last real way constructed between one thousand nine hundred forty seven to nine hundred fifty four which in walled thousands of prisoners from the soviet gulags and was never finished however there were no fatalities this time around and the race was finished the quickest to do this was actually finish or a second line and completing the course in two hours and forty nine minutes before

winning 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. as the locals also celebrated reindeer there is the long speak teacher is the chance to experience everyday life among the ethnic minorities of the north into which can petition is in their mission spirits such as reindeer reeses. in jumping your slippers the unique weather conditions and locals like this will show you this snowmobile race near the top of any must do evangelist complain about out of r t. that's it for me but say kate will have more in just under a couple of hours meanwhile don't forget to check out our youtube channel at our sport news thank you for watching.

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