joy. it's good to have you with us here on r t today we're coming to you live from moscow syria headlines julian assange loses his legal bid against extradition to sweden with fears this is just a prelude to the wiki leaks founder being handed over to the u.s. on charges of espionage. allegations that saudi arabia is auctioning off suicide bombers to syria's rebels as the new french president threatens military intervention following the houla massacre. and the u.s. denies sending special forces to spy inside north korea but the journalist who uncovered the story says the pentagon is on a damage control mission to save face. right next to we discuss the tactics being

used against another so-called rogue state out of iran now an exclusive interview with the deputy prime minister of israel. let me i have dan meridor deputy israeli prime minister and minister of intelligence and atomic energy so thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. to be with you the million dollar question is israel preparing for war with you when the one thing we should not speak on a war with iran i don't think that war is something one discusses in good families in public i think it's wrong hearing an issue is the most important issue we're dealing with the nuclearization of iran becomes the most important issue of international politics we are. trying as much as we can with the rest of the world i would say to stop iran from becoming nuclear and yet today has been

a lot of war with craig for much of israel's political leadership but on the other hand people like yourself have come on record and said that you will not support a war with iran so obvious see disagreement in the israeli political when the issue of iran is of great importance i think that. if there is determination and resolve and persistence in the world that is interested here we feel a very broad coalition unprecedentedly broad all the arab world but syria. most of the west i believe other countries were russia was on it two years ago in the u.n. security council we think you have enough leverage all of us together can do. going to be heavier and higher price with every month that passes if you don't stop this . attempt to get nuclear but none of the rounds critics including as well have given hard facts seppuku thirty rounds intention is to build a nuclear weapon or that it iran is in a way near building

a nuclear weapon so why is this so much fear and concern first of all that iran wants to have a nuclear weapons we have no doubt i think that the international atomic energy agency in. published a report last november third of the head a weapons group the describe the weapons group outworked why do you take it seriously they really do ship. him in a thirty openly again and again is a should not exist it should be removed as a concert tumour in the middle east but you didn't mess that ahmed in as i did not say that iran would wipe israel off the map. will approve israel the concert is the metaphor but not a different conference he might not have said these words but the converse in their rhetoric there are a lot of statements but all of them in the leadership that is there should not exist in a two thousand and eight interview as madonna's act was asked that if the palestinian leaders agreed to accept a two state solution could he ran live with that and his answer was that if they

agree to that well then they will respect that decision does that not suggest that there is a tiny opening for dialogue or some kind of work between as well any when i hear him again and again i heard him two or three weeks ago. here in my office twenty or thirty statements a piece of others saying you know i'm clear is that it's not legitimate it should not exist it is on the verge of collapse anyway now what is it if not direct threat against our existence iran has not attacked anyone in recent history why would it attack israel if israel did not attack you when iran. has not attacked israel directly iran is supplying weapons of the most advanced the kind that they have to all our enemies be syria be his beloved from us again and again iran is frightening the fold the arabian government why is that if they never

take anybody. why is the arab world in such turmoil and such a fear of a new reign in the me nation israel is thought to have several hundred nuclear weapons. is this not a question of double standards why should israel be allowed to have it whereas a bank can't we never said we have nuclear weapons we never said we have we don't react to this the effect but isn't it interesting that all the arab countries who may think that we have nuclear weapons although i never confirm or deny never said because these are heard it will have it but when they hear iran is going to get it if you don't get it we get it isn't that a sign of how to prove the real danger for the stability and peace in this region for these regimes is iran not israel if there was a strike what would it look like are we talking about some kind of israeli aerial strike or what is will consider sending in ground forces or not speak of military option at all not in general not in specific terms don't think it's right i think

it's not helping us it may help the rain is not as i don't speak of it i'm very hopeful the sanctions. will work when sanctions just make it rain you nationalise close rank and support their government more thoroughly well is there another way to do this if you drop in from the you don't speak of the functions are not to be working what is the over option iran was half or all the security council not to enrich and the golan rushing along with the united states is building a missile defense shield in the persian gulf what would be the purpose of this if israel had to attack you when they want speak of an attack on iran israel and i'm not a spokesman for the american. the american defense establishment the american president but it's interesting that the americans and the arab countries are in full agreement about the development in iran and that it needs to be stopped is israel

preparing for any rainin attack or some kind of iranian retaliation if needs to defend itself is a never asked anybody to defend it. it is a living in area in which there were many enemies i think that we see very positive trend of arab countries leaving the camp of. denial negation and coming to the good guys came by presidents about of signing peace with us king calls in the jordan saying before the people who became rule is after them kept the agreement we wish and hope it would be kept longer there have been comments by leading israeli figures that the israeli population is not being told the full consequences of what an attack on iran would mean do you agree with us. don't think i should speak on an israeli attack on iran i think this is something israeli should not speak oh i'm sorry that some of my colleagues did speak of it or

hinted to it i think it's a mistake and i from day one said don't speak of it it's far from thing we'll speak for i think the clear the clarity of the object is very poor the objective simple iran should not be there should stop the enrichment in stop the building of weapons missiles everything go to the and how we do it how we get it we need to be very. balanced and strong and sophisticated when i think we thought when the israelis all those countries we just had a report on how the israeli public is not ready for an attack by event that there aren't any kind of shelters or awareness to get gas masks which begs the question why is the israeli public not being prepared for an attack if there is so much was coming from the government if the countries of the world who are interested in stopping iran from becoming nuclear power is persistent as you are in asking me questions about this we will swim no the is there a clear understanding of war. no doubt that there is. there are

things that are done against syrian nuclear capabilities by all players. from the worth of other countries probably is on the table for it under the table and things were going on not everything should be made public but i think that this is a serious better it's a very serious matter and i think it should be taken care of very seriously and this includes all sorts of actions and i don't speak of war here in the united states has said it's against of what event if this remains the situation what is will go it alone we've been used sometimes to stand alone and we stood alone when other countries who had to help us a problem so but didn't help us this was the case nine hundred sixty seven when we were attacked to give guarantees that nobody seemed to find the time and we had to fight for our own lives and we did it successfully we do it full time you time but

not our ideal or a deal is have many countries acting for the same goal and we as part of a big coalition they would not fight for us not stupidly but if they have the same interests as we have the saudis the americans or the french or the germans or the russians as it were two years ago if we have a broad coalition it's much better than to be on our own so of course america is an important player in this world as everybody knows and if america says and the president president obama says iran should not be nuclear will not tolerate a nuclear iran will not continue clear on who prevent iran from becoming the it's very important if we look at syria our developments there good or bad for israel first of all they're very bad for syria. although syria is an enemy they don't like us at all but we're neighbors and we all are human beings and what one sees on the

screen syria is horrendous. it's not our business to tell the syrians who should rule has a different perspective it's the one that you just spoke of iran syria is the only arab country. of iran and the axis that was built. between iran syria and hizbollah unholy alliance should i call it this is a very bad axis very dangerous axis. against our thinking thought the arab countries. in that respect this alliance between syria and iran is broken this is good for peace for better peace except if a more fundamentalist regime comes to power in syria. i don't know who comes next we have no influence on that. in prognostically we fully support somebody maybe it was the truman because the best thing for somebody you would be to we fight the jews so we are not taking part in that what about israeli egyptian relations

particularly in light of the terminations of the gas deal to the egyptian israeli peace treaty that has been fined thirty two years ago instead of three years ago in seventy nine was the most important dramatic change in middle eastern history it changed at least from a very warlike zone to a much more stable and peaceful area so whoever is in power in egypt after next presidential election we very much hope for the peace treaty is kept i think it's not only our interest i think it as well it is an interest and i think this is one of the most important goals that we have and we wish for the egyptians to have more free regime in a better economic situation and keep the agreement with dan meridor thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. thank you very much. right.

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hello welcome to the latest polls on day four of the french open and you know the headlines. talk four never talk of it continues his quest for a maiden french open title after beating blodgett kept in straight sets to go through to round three. while second time russia are held to a goal is true by lithuania in their second the three warm up matches for the upcoming european championships. and we've machine alexander ovechkin and his fresher teammates brought to their ice hockey world trade at an open top bus parade in central moscow. the first of the tennis in paris and world number one they've got djokovic charles become the first man to reach the third round as he continues his quest for maiden french open title the top ranked serbia was broken once by church of slovenia but otherwise was hardly troubled on route to

a six love six four six ball when djokovic is searching for his fourth straight grand slam title and his first at roland garros after losing in the semifinals three times before including last year at the hands of roger federer. as they are once again in line to meet in the last four stage as the swiss master dropped a set but still and this is a main artery and six three six two six seven six three. well meanwhile argentina's juan martin del potro came from a set down to outlast the french would. love verdict on the czech republic dispatched local veteran michael laudrup and crowd favorite joe will create sunday's pitted against cedric. from germany. while over in the women's draw took the victoria azarenka conceded just two games as the australian open champion crushed jordan. you know this is my hour six one six one then an hour but the

russian says live at the top is anything so easy. being number one. is a difficult job because everybody wants to want to get you know everybody want to move you from the smiles so you have to work quick number two and number three number four number one hundred two you know you still have to put in a lot a lot of work that nothing is going to come easy just because you're number one you know you actually have more people trying to more people more to really trying to be true. well elsewhere former champions that i like is that so that and both went through while the u.s. open will at some stories i needed just over an hour to dispatch american to read a file tony six one six four and see a strain is wary of next opposed. they had the better of the south african chin up check that's. now it is different you play it where you go to you know be ready she can play great she can have a huge say. and she's been at the top of the top of the game you know before so

you've got to be ready for her to be on. meanwhile on tuesday world number two you were a sure of that didn't drop a single game in her record that she's fresh remaining as alexander down to zero in less than an hour as the information to complete a career grand slam. however letting time a joined us arena williams was shell shocked by local hair when there's a need as. a hundred eleventh in the world the americans threw away a one set lead to go out at four six seven six six three zero said later it was her best ever victory which was also serene as earliest grounds with a visit in forty seven appearances thanks to. you i tried you know i kept going for my shots which you know always works for me so. it didn't work out today. i just wasn't i made so many hours a day which is a. game that i've been climbing in the past saw. its life.

now moving on to football and russia have followed up last friday's one one draw with uruguay with a goal a stalemate against if you am in the second of that three warm up friendlies for euro two thousand and twelve michael chang to reports. of the final two perpetration matches before heading off to warsaw to play euro co-host poland russia's game versus lithuania was by far the easier paper starting in place of the day of who played in russia's one one draw with uruguay was discussed stopper igor i can feel it but after a hectic start with both sides at the cross he was rarely troubled by lithuania's lethargic attack in the middle of the roman shirokov and he got the nice of will increasingly running the show with neat passing and calm work on the ball. alexander came close on a number of occasions as it had been but neither seemed to find a way through later when his stubborn defense half time came with russia clearly

controlling the game but without anything to show for it. dick advocaat up to to make some changes bring on four players including roman publishing co for courage of course. and the second half began pretty much as the first shot ended with russia camping in their opponents. was a little we knew this was largely a meaningless game having failed to qualify for the upcoming euros but as the game came to an end they managed to hold on to a well deserved draw dick advocaat was rather nonplussed by the end result but was happy lithuania had managed to frustrate his team package but who lives. last week to say. if you are not given a position if you are not in the right shape to do that then that is easy to stay diversified. for divorce first alexander on the other hand blamed the lackluster result a little when his refusal to play properly. i guess they had a different objects of then you're going these guys played football didn't do that

but roman shirokov put it down to a lack of width in russia's game i progressed implement everyone understood how they would play we concentrate too much in the midfield when we should have used our flanks so all of russia's early initiative ball positions this through and you did prove to stop and to break down. substations at half time also failed to make the necessary difference in the game. hitman andrea shahan who celebrating his thirty first birthday today also failed to find the killing strike to give russia the much needed win now russia only has one game left to prepare for the euros and that comes against italy which. not being easier test them being the two thousand and six. and this game will be insurrection on friday mark approaching me on its way towards. the end of the mean time alexander ovechkin was the star attraction as

russia's triumphant national ice hockey team showed off their latest world championship trophy as an open top bus parade through central moscow the washington capitals front man along with russia captain had a cool and how was the prize aloft rapturous crowd chanted thank you and well done to their heroes russia russia surprise package slovakia six two in the final earlier this month finished the championships and lay their hands on their third world in five years you're going to malkin was the tournament's most valuable player and i think he was also russia's first top accolade and a new coach isn't that a lot developed enough and as a team now targets gold at the whole winter olympics in sochi in twenty fourteen. the victory at the world championships showed the team's court this is the team we intend to build with its own character and recognition no one knows what will happen next but i'm sure the players will be able to claim the. money now moving on

to basketball and the san antonio spurs have become only the fourth team in n.b.a. history to hold a twenty game winning streak and extend into the playoffs after beating the oklahoma city thunder one hundred twenty points to one hundred eleven to lead the western conference finals to nil was on so here's a tiny part of top scored with thirty four thinking sixteen out of twenty one attempts while the founder replied with a combined eighty eight points from kevin durant's russell westbrook and james holmes but it wasn't enough to stop the top seeds getting to know a lot in the best of seven series. we're told he's been great all year you know he's he's. been really focused the entire season and. you know what he did tonight we've seen many times before. so it's not it's not a surprise but he was actually. me play dough fantastic game in a lot of ways. now just days after clocking outside ten seconds in his gold medal

winning one hundred meter run in the czech republic you saying bolt says he's still prepared to smash his own world record at this summer's london olympics co-sponsor of his preparation for the games that you make it is next set to start at the golden goal of meeting in rome on thursday and to promote this event the twenty five year old run up libya on both the usually busy main shopping street in italian capital while back on the track a bolt is due to face compactors a soft power as well as french hopeful christophe lemaitre andrey limping champion will be asked to prove his target of nine point four seconds it is within his grasp . is never a problem are never stress over things i just i think i will go into so much. truth so many things that even if i lose every lead not to live because they won't even bother me because i know that i have one focus and that's just to go there because they do great things and i'm confident in myself and my coach that we can

put together the program or the work we need to be a champion. and finally russia's current golfing heroine cost another has been welcomed back home after making history in ukraine last week don't you find your old became the first russian to claim a tool when after clinching the title in style of being or goal goal string ladies open event the first of its kind in kiev of course that produced a final round of seventy two finish for felt scared of overnight leader benedict. and since that victory acosta has emerged as russia's biggest hope for a place at the rio olympics in two thousand and sixteen but she says more young talent could yet qualify for those games. but i think with her we want to see her very a lot of young kids growing up in very deucalion we have very. good to my team of coaches with the russian goalposts lieschen and the track team very good. for a specialist as well and they've set up

a very very good are going to say should be the team of the coaches and players. and that's all sports news more into as i said. culture is that so much different and there's a huge musician apparently finding the mark when serious many players in the aftermath of an alleged massacre of civilians he was military is warning that continue to try cities in syria could make.

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