if you knew the song from some stupid. stunts on t.v. don't come. thanks for joining our team at half past the hour and parents are on c.n.n. these are your headlines and syria's opposition now being called on to stop the violence as president assad signs up to the un backed peace plan the u.s. is pushing for the rebels tonight but it's fear the factions are too divided and unwilling to lay down arms. bringing peace to syria without foreign military intervention is also on the agenda as the leaders of russia and china meet in india are among five of the world's fastest growing economies are also hammering out an

alternative to the dominance of the i.m.f. and the world. and cold war bomb bust is sweeping america's republican senators were demanding no concessions for russia which wants guarantees a u.s. missile won't be aimed its way it's after obama was overheard assurances need to be difficult more flexibility on arms control issues. while the u.s. and russia don't see eye to eye on washington's missile defense plans in europe but as we hear next both countries must combine efforts to prevent a greater danger the spread of nuclear weapons. ambassador richard burton negotiated the first start treaty the strategic arms reduction treaty with the soviet union that was years ago is 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 signs the new start

was cited april twenty ten years selfhood side that progress has stalled how much does the u.s. plans to install missile defense there and russian's opposition to it have to do with it 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 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 that some three incept or missiles which i understand are believed or are fast enough to shoot down russian missiles in the

sense so to russian despite elections and despite how important national security platform is for the russian people or for elections it seems like it's really up 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. 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 surplus to meet its fiscal problems at home whether that new system will ever be a ploy 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 you asked has failed to convince russia that one missile defense system would not be directed against them and two

why can't the 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 that the problem nuclear weapons today isn't that the united states is going to attack russia or russia is going to attack you know i say some problem nuclear weapons today's the spread of nuclear weapons in particular to un stable countries say for example pakistan or even that 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 the president like find humor obviously coming back to the kremlin he

has experience with this issue he's openly criticized it. and says that it undermines really trust between the two countries how do you see him coming back to the kremlin playing into to both russia's foreign policy in that sense and into 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 that kind of the. cold war rhetoric that he ramped up during the election campaign and blame the united states for all kinds of going to various activities behind the scenes or he can take a more. practical course he couldn't be more putin and 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 this any missile issue but as long as that both sides kind of treat this as more of

a theological issue they won't make headway but 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. but even even even so it's purely domestic economics but obama is in a tough political spot because i think while 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 peace more capable missiles in poland and 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 hard 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 budget cements in there 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 that actually be 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 are unable to move ahead on arms control based on a system that will never be deployed in the in the first place so 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 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 on most of those issues i think they're there similarly a lot like you mentioned earlier that for america and the wax in your missile defense is not a big issue but you ron it's why what's the threat well that's we've had a rim i remember there in the united states we been at war in the middle east for over ten years there's a 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 it weapons other countries other in the region like turkey or egypt might also part of that weapon 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 without which 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 and it was building a nuclear weapon was flawed but you know i mean the problem with iran that no one is claiming out there i'm aware of that they have a nuclear weapon the question is how close are they to a nuclear weapon and i think people honestly disagree. on that question but i think there's a general agreement including agreement between moscow and washington back if if iran were to fire a nuclear weapons capability that would not peace it's a stabilizing development for the region we disagree on what the consequences might be how serious they would be but nobody would i think like to live in

a crowded or near living in or near a crowded nuclear region where iran maybe 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 proposing 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 other 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 and no one can guess what will happen but if that was to happen and the infrastructure and have almost destroyed that less than the threat somehow i'm not

sure the israelis could actually destroy their your iranian nuclear infrastructure it's very dispersed some of it is hard some of it's underground so they might be able to send 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 would grow so it would be a very be stabilising step in my view i'm not a proponent of israeli strike against iran russia the us a very different approaches. to iran is there any way that they can possibly work together to move forward on it started 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 the permanent members of the security council together with germany the 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 point of their weapons so you know this is a promising development diplomacy in the in the past has not succeeded with the iranians and 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 defense and all of the issues be touched on realistically. you seem to be a bit of an optimist which is a good thing but realistically how do you see all of these issues playing out in terms of the global zero initiative within the next couple of years well i think they're absolutely critical eye you have to be an optimist but i think the big

problem is is correctly you correctly identified it is it is around if we fail. to. head off. the acquisition by iran of nuclear weapons i think that is 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 fairly 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 think that global zero is possible in the twenty first century and it's certainly possible that in the twenty first century the question is whether it's possible in the next twenty years and best service in part thank you very much for being with us on our team.

or. just some. feeling. but it's. pretty sure three. hundred three. three.

three. two three. three volunteers in videos for your media project a free media john darche johnston. in syria's opposition now being called on to stop the violence as president assad signs of to the un back to peace plan the u.s. is pushing for the rebels but it's feared the factions are true to volunteer and willing to lay down arms and. bring peace to syria without foreign military intervention is also on the agenda as the leaders of russia and china me in india they're among fond of the world's fastest growing economies who are also hammering out an alternative to the dominance of the i.m.f. and the world bank. and hold more of. america's republican senators who are demanding the no concessions for russia which wants guarantees and u.s.

missiles won't be aimed its way it's after obama was overheard assuring to make an advantage of more flexibility on arms control issues. cancer now with the latest sports news. hello and welcome to the latest sports news source who is. european dreams are about to detail as both team selection leads chelsea towards the champions league semifinal with a one nil first leg victory and speak up. while top floor maria sharapova remains on course for her first miami title after easing past me not china to reach the semifinals. riders in the storm a daredevil from finland overcomes the elements to win the first ever solo circle snowmobile race in siberia. refers to champions league football and chelsea

caretaker manager roberto di matteo says his goal selection policy has been dictated after the blues to a big step towards the semifinals where they want to win i would benfica portugal while the italian left senior scars did a drug rep frank lampard and michael essien on the bench and salomon kalou justified it surprised to see the decisive goal seventy five minutes on a number of times cross in which i also recalled raul non-relatives and powell out pereira as a defensive he saw the chelsea to a big step towards the last oct first champions league victory away from home this season and this been side this defeat in eleven european games as he studies the news you know i really feel for you was the next performance from o t. you know a difficult ragers if you could. the very last year for a couple of years and we saw why you know their good side got some good. players and fred astaire plays with

a physical the player said. i always thought we looked. solid defensively and well organized and i was trying to those two to score goals it was just the bitterness here one needed but we believe that we were also able to do the c. on the return midwest games because usually. when pulling away or we're going to wonder where the same believe. is if there's. only one really was really a. match. for me what is life risk a car came off the bench to inspire round the dress to a three nil first make victory over a spurt you say are carrying guns and now finally break the deadlock after seventy four minutes thanks to a cross from the brazil star score and insulates out with a final run and added his second in stoppage time to ensure the nine time european champions are favorites to reach their last fall. we knew it up from the start of the game will be difficult for them because. we know that falkirk are and was able

to come in when the other team was because of it because it was the right moment. to do it but. it was a game with characteristics of a possible there was little because or. through the course of the book. true things will be harder for us. but as a team. we give our best in the game so we can bid farewell to the champions league which will wait. for me while over in england there will be merseyside and london jobbies at wembley following victories for tottenham and editing the f.a. cup quarter final replays spurs finally overcame goalkeeper adam vagana so when three wanted time to bolton said they lost four encounter with chelsea the original tie was abandoned after three small wonder said they cardiac arrest forty one minutes into the match and tributes were paid before the replays to the recovery midfielder the top reus will face liverpool after winning two nil at sunderland.

now despite previously saying his six month loan to former sides meet some petersburg is a temporary move russia captain andrea sherman could still leave arsenal this summer reports in england suggest gunners manager aston venga is planning to sell the club's biggest earners to raise funds for a new big name is missions so arshad engine around one hundred twenty thousand dollars a week could go on the market thirty year old one year left on his arsenal deal. ten is now in form and signed world number two i should say maria sharapova has shrugged off her erratic form to steamroller french open champion lean and breeze into the semifinals of the sony ericsson open in miami but reason being finally sure up of her was guilty of more than fifty on board errors in her previous match when i first had previous all meetings with the chinese players in straight sets but the russian three time major winner put all the bad memories behind her to win six three six love in just over an hour and will next play caroline that's.

the only day she will see prevailed in a battle of form up one of the ones against arena williams the american who was playing in her first tournament since her quarterfinal exit at the australian open in january and had not dropped a set going into the match against wozniacki power. the dane was nearly flawless committing just a dozen unforced errors throughout the match and you turned into the net six zero six. five on the men's side second seed rough on a doll reached the quarterfinals for the sixth consecutive year with a straight set win over japanese up and come likely she corey the spaniard triumphed six four six four appeared to be the case challenge so far it's worked. and sang the way next to joe wilfried tsonga the frenchman was in blistering fall in his fourth twenty points germany's florian liar as he played a near perfect match is controlled aggression and heavy hitting from the baseline

twenty seven winners into a day says win six three six two inches fifty three minutes. and meanwhile top seed down defending champion no red jacket which also moved into the quarterfinals defeating seventy. seven five six three related recently is ups and downs during the much stuff is out of the question right it's. very obvious farah is up next following his straight forward win against argentina on latino potro the consistent spaniard won a breakpoint once in the first section and twice in the second to seal a six three six three victory like killed with the top of it. while the buzz andy roddick got from defeating roger federer extended to hung over when his next opponent won minako capitalized on three of his five right point opportunities in the second set to secure his first win against the two time miami champion seven five six love and i can't place is the last time i can be the

tournament's not if it. was fisher became the top ranked u.s. player after his semifinal run in the state last year one fifty one if you speak in three first point first serve points to prevail over in the class and i broke the first consecutive time six three. six seven six three. zero and elsewhere andy murray powered into the quarterfinals with a dominant victory over the french real simple six three six for the briton respond with consistent with a no shots to call on the number falsely will now play one critic savage you see tonight the last eight. months are a bit of class the only unseated player remaining in the men's draw by just getting going to go in for off seven six six two or going going x. . to basketball now and russians because i have crashed out of the first ever yearly playoffs after losing to the spanish powerhouse sponsor lower in the third

game best of five series trailing two nil in that contest unix had to wait on their home court and lead nineteen seventeen after the opening quarter and then stretched their advantage to six points by half time but barcelona ups their game after the long intermission on call us no audio was lost and find they come back. with a gain my twenty one points to help them set to a sixty seven fifty six big three become the first team to reach your league final for a third appearance in all its. two i saw you now in the semifinals of the cage playoffs get underway this wednesday night with regular season runners that starts in petersburg i think and i must go for oversight should be well rested after clinching their respective quarter final series a game early or they had to have statistics from the regular season stand at two mins apiece coaching the loss for he has praised discipline and tactics on ice as this and petersburg side prepare for their first ever semi final appearance. and

finally the first ever snowmobile race was held this weekend at the polo circle in siberia where a finnish driver finished first on the extreme track and our own intrepid correspondent got something good out of went to watch. 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 when long one hundred snowmobile daredevils two to the young will come really braving the minus twenty degree temperatures to find out who's the weakest i experienced as you can see from my face i got some frostbite. although i was. able to speech so fast that there's always a risk that something happens the race color is two hundred and thirty kilometers with just three beats stops every snowmobile there is a g.p.s.

navigation system both 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 men taking part in this dangerous venture 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 it's really long and i want to test myself to see if i can just get through it sally hart was over the years as a place of exile and imprisonment during its four hundred year history a part of the track was located near the so-called they're too old and list will weigh 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 finished the quickest to do this was actually finish the race or given

a line in completing the course in two hours and forty nine minutes before winning the race and of course i was expecting a lot. of me the first one was always a surprise however the really wasn't the only unique event taking place. as the locals also celebrated the reindeer herders the alone spectator is the chance to experience everyday life among the ethnic minorities of the north and to watch competitions in the international sports such as rangy or roosters wrestling in jumping your sledge is the unique weather conditions and locals like there was showing this snowmobile race near the top of any minds do evangelist complain about out of r g. and that's all i can.