welcome back the headlines now president putin has made his first foreign toronto recent inauguration to europe's top heavyweights germany and france at the russian summit in st petersburg russia made it has brushed off western paul spiritual intervention in syria into it to stick to the u.n. that went to scale civil war. rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations a new massacre which at least one hundred eight people died the u.n. orders an investigation to find out the responsible. rock bottom for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak as he begins

a life sentence handed down against killing a bunch of the protesters last year the fierce writing follows in cairo crowds angry it's not an executed. time running out for doing a song for less than two weeks left legal team took part in a deal with loses his battle against extradition to sweden and britain supreme court. next our interview with serbia as a newly elected president almost that which he talks about the road ahead for his country as it faces economic difficulties and strives for e.u. membership. mr president thank you very much for giving your time for this interview international media see you as a nationalist and a right wing however you based your election campaign on good relations with the european union. that is those they are absolutely right i am a nationalist but i'm

a democrat as well and as far as european values go we will respect them because of our constitution the constitution the tadic can eat certain i wrote together i respect it sincerely i'd like to bring order to serbia the way that germany is organized probably a lot of time will pass until the western press accept me and treats me fairly as for many years they've written about me negatively now it's difficult to change that but after achieving victory in unacceptable conditions during an incredibly dirty media campaign it's more probable that the media will change their opinion too moreover i showed that i want to be the president of all the citizens of serbia i've resigned the position as head of the party that i found it only three years ago and i took it to the top of the serbian political scene i left it as if it was a child when now my objective is to make serbia a developed and successful country and for that i need the support of all citizens

not only members of the progressive party of serbia. aren't you afraid you'll support if your traditional day to save your european stone but your voice is at the thaw i'm not afraid because europe is a very attractive partner for serbia and our country should meet almost all the conditions that the e.u. imposes this process should stop only if they ask us to renounce part of our territory i'm referring to kosovo and talk here until now i've been open and sincere with the citizens of serbia and i'm going to continue cooperating with the people of the moment they impose such conditions i told people immediately i think that's why i won't lose my popularity you know in our country the dismissal of a president is almost impossible nevertheless my term will last five years only if the citizens allow it if they no longer want to see me in this position i will walk away right now i'm convinced that the politics that i've been representing are the only good politics for serbia. when you first statement after the elections you

said that serbia will not turn away from the european path and at the same time you've promised to hold a referendum where the citizens will have to decide if they want to join the e.u. or not we keep this promise. misuse of order so that the referendum is going to happen we agreed with the democrats that when all the conditions are fulfilled for serbia's entry to the e.u. we will go to the people with the question do you want to be in the e.u. and they will decide that's how they did it in croatia only a few months ago but only after they had fulfilled all the conditions and when the e.u. had accepted croatia then they organized the referendum i think it's necessary to cooperate with citizens a lot more than in the past but that doesn't mean that i'm resigned to the european way my only fear is that they'll impose conditions that i personally wouldn't accept but probably the citizens would say that's fulfill it too because we want to be in the e.u. i won with fifty percent of vote and i know that the other half didn't support my ideas that's why i believe that i should ask them to get to these. as i was and

come to britain i mean when serbia is in a difficult economic situation when the country's unemployment rate exceeds twenty four percent on the other side europe also has its problems and it's becoming poorer day by day so why do so still want to become members of the new aren't you afraid that the greek scenario could be repeated in your country love to go to queerness you know greece is another thing greece is a member of the e.u. which was spending more money than it could afford because then one day it came out that it didn't have anything left over the years it took advantage of the e.u. which is not a state but a union of states the trust one another one of the serbia is far behind any of the e.u. member countries who have had a meeting with the foreign affairs minister of slovakia who told me with much concern that unemployment in his country is ten percent i told him that we almost reached twenty five percent and that our debt by the end of the year will probably surpass sixty five percent of g.d.p. which would be a catastrophe for the state either that or most likely it's not the debt at large

but the g.d.p. of a state that is too low there's serbia should go on trying to form part of the e.u. which means much more than simply belonging to a union a well organized judicial system with human rights for. them of expression of the struggle against organized crime bribery and corruption of minority rights all these are achievements of the e.u. will serbia enter the e.u. i don't know first of all they have a crisis of expansion today it's clear that we won't be in during the next ten years at the same time they have the existential crisis the euro is a currency that's turning weaker by the day on the other hand it's a big question how long is germany going to help members of the union that's to say how long should german taxpayer support the countries in crisis i promise to guide serbia to a path where no one could say that we don't want to enter the e.u. but the truth is that the world is a lot bigger is a bit my victory is a victory of the ideology of both the e.u. and russia are not the e.u. or russia. doesn't or that was interesting you don't see that serbia will have to

she's between the e.u. and russia you think it's possible to keep the right balance between them. you have a call of the level that i prefer not to have to make the choice that i'd like serbia to be a home with two doors one to the west and the other to the east serbia simply belongs to the east as well as to the west we have a traditional and deep relationship with russia not only in terms of origin but also in religion with the history customs language we have complimentary industries of we've had exceptional economic relations since the second world war unfortunately we ruined our industry with senseless privatisation which led to people losing their jobs never the less we have the education we have the will power and natural resources to collaborate once again with the russian federation at a much higher level since two thousand serbia has moved away from russia until two thousand and eight when russia signed with serbia and energy it rewards allowing our country to breathe more easily now we're already talking about the construction

of south stream of large investments in hydro and gas power stations we should have done it earlier because the e.u. shouldn't think that it's our unique partner because this way they could impose really harsh conditions for the country should maintain its sovereignty and also have partners in other places and we shouldn't forget about the brics countries or the arab and african world that cooperate very well with serbia so when we open the doors of serbia to the world we do so for a prosperous future that's why i'll never choose between russia and the e.u. i know where my heart is and everybody in serbia knows that but i also think that we can be a good bridge between europe and russia and the best partner of russia in the e.u. but at the level of the. it seems like serbia is always having to meet conditions to become e.u. mendis the other candidates have to join nato what if they want to join a team. that is. going to serbia will never enter nato as this is the will of the majority of the serbian people and the e.u.

will never impose this condition because serbia doesn't have any reason to enter i don't see any sense in its existence but if nato become. as an organization which together with the collective security treaty organization would fight against organized crime in the world then we would have participated serbia is a small country surrounded by nato members there's no one serbia would start a war with we don't need nato to defend us we are militarily neutral and it will stay like that forever are you ready to maintain a dialogue with pristina and with its leader touchy just as they were at the purport of this that i'm ready for dialogue but not with hashem tattoo because there are suspicions that he committed crimes against the serbian people but he cannot negotiate until the investigation of his case finishes but i will speak with other representatives of that after the bombing of serbia in one thousand nine hundred nine we left nato in the territory of kosovo we gave them civil and military power but we have our administration in four communities in northern kosovo and the e.u.

has asked us to abolish these serbian institutions we responded that we cannot do that because we have a university that hospitals schools and colleges i just follow the constitution and in serbia the president is its guarantor of our constitution says that kosovo and metohija are parts of serbia that hooty that with both of. those that do you believe that it is possible to divide casa de in this case what would happen to the serbs living on the territory acquired by the albanians not as southers you're good at this moment and from the point of view of the constitution it's not possible and one of the citizens of serbia say yes in a referendum i don't know but the serbians who live outside these four communities in the north depend on pristina k. four will make a new legacy the international society especially the united nations should guarantee its absolute security and serbia should guarantee a good life and that's something that serbia avoided a bit and i will do my best over the serbs in kosovo can live from their work without waiting for assistance and depending on the institutions of pristina

because this would start the indirect recognition of kosovo's independence of the more assertive you had with her they were the. so. all the cities in russia as well as in serbia you hear very often that the hague tribunal is unfair to the serbs do you plan to continue their cooperation with the chinese be you know initiated by the democrats. i've been the team leader who defended voice live show and i struggled against carla del ponte a for many years even personally in strasbourg we had a very difficult conversation in the presence of many parliamentarians of the european council the hague tribunal will exist until the situation in the world changes and people have been convicted their people are dying there but the tribunals has the support of all countries and so far no one has launched a process to stop it anyway it will be closed soon because there are only a few processes left and it will close in a fairly negative way for the global justice system as the former president of serbia died in the hague of the presidents of croatia and bosnia have not been

convicted yet it is discrimination of the serbian people began long ago and today nothing has changed in segregation continues with obviously it's not fair but the serbian government adopted a neuron cooperation with the hague tribunal and we have to respect that lauren stand by it like we've enjoyed many injustices in this world. well thank you thank you. wealthy british style sun. spot on the right. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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putin has made his first foreign tour after his recent inauguration meeting europe's top heavyweights germany and france the head of the russia e.u. summit in st petersburg russia neither has again rejected calls for military intervention in syria and reiterated his view that the u.n. peace plan is the only way to prevent full scale civil war. that's rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations over the massacre in which at least one hundred eight people died the u.n. ordered an investigation to find out who's really responsible. rock bottom for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak said begins a life sentence handed down for his part in the killing of hundreds of protesters last year a fierce rioting follows intolerant crowds angry he's going to be executed. in

time running out for julian assange less than two weeks left for his legal team to follow the peel off the whistleblower who says his battle against extradition to sweden britain's supreme court. type of sports news now arundhati. i welcome to the world of sports is what we've got coming up. progress russia's maria sharapova easy's into the last sixteen of the french open with a straight sets win over china's sway. the italian job russia it's only three nil in the final warm up game and if you are twenty twelve which begins next week. pacemaker showing when you say in pole two eyes in london with two months to go before the olympics was his rivals he's getting better all the time. to the clay

courts of the french open tennis where not one russian male has made it through to the last sixteen after mikhail youzhny lost his round match to daven for a in straight sets the spaniard a clay court specialist was just too strong for the twenty seventh seeded russian from start to finish dropping only four games on his way to a comfortable six love six two six two victory youzhny was so disappointed with his display at one stage to scratch the word sorry into the brazilian clay. meanwhile fourth seed andy murray showed no signs of his recent back injury as he claimed a straight sets win over colombia sunday are those other i'll go to it's the last sixty eight seed young coaches out of a child no problems again julian bennett i've also securing a straight sets win over the frenchmen sprains nicolas almagro was equally as dominant as he beat argentina's leonardo mayer. in the women's event russia's maria

sharapova continued her fine form she's only dropped five games for a week of the tournament after a six two six one win over chinese put the french open is the only grounds around a twenty four year old yet to win in the last sixteen she faces qualify all of us. meanwhile nina brought out the unseated russian post wimbledon champion petra correct about all the way around march twenty sixth one second set for how czech opponent turned on the gas in the side six two four six six one the final score that was. well honest as the publisher and covert is also out of the russian went down in two sets to the czech republic car as part of a now faces her up of the defending champion hours through to the last sixteen after a three set win over american christina taylor. now the failure of any russian men to reach the last sixteen in paris highlights the problems with russian tennis

right now with the recent glory days seeming like a distant memory which of important examines whether upturn in four changes june or whether it's game set and match for the foreseeable future. a lack of motivation and a lack of funding that's what's affecting russia's male tennis players according to davison fed cup campaign. with the likes of mikhail youzhny and nikolai debbie dingell in the twilight of their careers there's no new generation coming through to replace but. there aren't enough specialist tennis centers in russia at the moment if these centers are built things will certainly improve our juniors are performing well on the tour and if they will have access to top facilities in russia then i'm sure we will have no shortage of top players in the country who will class figureheads like no i joke of age and rafael nadal don't grow on trees rusher been lucky over the last decade and a half the vote had a steady stream of class such as marat safin a nickel i'd have

a dingo. but another member of my golden generation you'd give me coffee because he's not too pessimistic about the future then is so was always going on that one or the piece. obviously you know. it was late ninety's early two thousand and one. players are winning majors they're winning the gold medals but the. piece of music about i know that they will come around the question is why and you know there are a lot of for young talents for you know possibly rove. will be on the spotlight very slowly five years ago russia's davis cup team was one of the best in the world however the scientists from battle in recent times and faces a constant battle to stay in the top ranking group have a cafe because the trophy in two thousand and two frustrating times we've been pouring that problem in the federation we're trying to do everything just to turn it around and i'm sure you know it's it's not. up to me you know i can't go into

his court and play myself but we should go i wish i could but anyway to keep the kids i have which is which is the most important thing and i'm sure a lot of this will have or you you know grandstand winners and if you go for the red in this situation on the inside is slightly better with maria sharapova always among the favorites to win grand slam titles however i'm inside it seems both things will get worse before they get better especially with the likes of youzhny and of a dingo likely to hang up their brackets in the next couple of years which have been fully dancey. meanwhile in football russia will enter next week's european championships in the most confident of moods not off today because men have been out of sorts italy in their final friendly before euro two thousand and twelve it's simply a team in disarray right now the country can go to main much fixing scandal which led to players being dropped from the squad including sending something to the

minute to tell me that for missed his tonight alex has a cough open the scoring in zurich right on the hour mark a defensive mix up would result in goal number to another as any man or woman should of course marking up the mess in the italian box i grew up. second on russia then put the icing on the cake a minute from time. of the side that won the world cup and to see russia on the other hand will travel to play for a high in confidence. from italy are far from an amateur team and created plenty of chances against us they kept up the tempo by making timely substitutions throughout the game while it was physically tough for us to close out the match and we didn't play nearly as well as the final score indicates and everyone in the changing room realizes that. meanwhile over in england premier league side aston villa have confirmed but is their new manager lambert pictured here was working for

his former club at norwich city has signed a three year deal of villa park and guided the canaries to a respectable twelve place in the top flight last season after consecutive promotions resigned after being refused permission to speak to the former european champions the forty two year old replaces fellow scot alex mcleish he was sacked after villa finished just two points above the relegation zone. now in the n.b.a. boston have four in the eastern conference final series with miami the celtics winning game three and now trail two one in their best of seven series kevin garnett notching twenty four points on the eleven rebounds. i also added. ten points when the turning point coming when the celtics outscored miami fifteen zero in the second quarter turning a six point deficit into a nine point lead for take place on sunday night also in boston. i just started as a very good

a rebound and was terrific in stretches. back to the slips to the basket in the rose to the basket like they did in game two in the second half and so it was in a lot of ways and i saw a game for them. and you know they missed shots but it was i so contested that's all we had to do. now with three months to go until the start of the olympics jamaican sprinter usain bolt is gearing up nicely the twenty five year old has stopped off in london to promote jamaica's kit for the games he recently failed to break the ten second barrier was competing in the one hundred meters i think diamond league meeting in public but practical the season's past this time of nine point seven six seconds in rome a week later and the triple in pick champion says it's hoping to peak in time for the showpiece of. the first. experience as you should.

just. finally boxer floyd mayweather jr has begun his ninety day jail sentence for domestic battery the undefeated five division champion turned himself in on friday in las vegas pretty boy as he's known was given the three months after pleading guilty in december to attacking the mother of three of his children back in two thousand and ten he could be released for good behavior after two months as a high profile inmate is told he'll be kept away from other prisoners his time. put in further down the chance of the much anticipated super fight with welterweight champion manny pacquiao. well that is all the sport for now but there's plenty more later here are today.

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