omissions from now with the palm of your. call. at eight thirty pm on account time these are the top stories on our creeping contagion the eurozone champion germany indoors ratings downgrade with fears the crisis is hitting the monetary union biggest economy. military maneuvering russia plans closer ties with china while america promises to move most of its warships to the asia pacific in the coming years. and protest peacefully or pay a fortune of russian lawmakers pass a bill that sparked some of the most heated debate and set a new parliamentary record. as well as the physical violence syria has been

fighting a so-called information war with conflicting reports about the situation there syria's minister of information og mahmud tells r t what he feels is really going on. then the arab league council has asked satellite operators are upside. down the broadcast of syrian satellite channels what do you think about this decision. this decision is an attack on free media and freedom of expression it's an attack on syrian media the purpose is to hide the truth about what is really going on in syria from people both inside and outside the country this is part of the smear campaign launched by certain satellite channels and supported by the gulf nations behind the decision contradicts fundamental moral and professional standards for

mass media in the arab world and globally it contradicts the rules and regulations for satellite broadcasting as agreed by the council of ministers of information and this decision with made by foreign ministers which means it was politically motivated it's part of the anti syrian political agenda we all understand that these plans are being implemented on political and economic level the mayor purpose of this decision is to silence syrian channels cover the role of some of these countries providing support to terrorists in syria when i financially and smuggling weapons into the country and they're also afraid of syria channels disclosing the truth about terrorist connection of some media outlets financed and supported by these outside players we have had a situation where terrorists acted as correspondents in foreign media that would have thought the very people or sponsible that filmed their crimes and sent

a fruitage to the media blaming my government for the atrocities of the syrian people and the ministry of information condemning this decision ministry considers it as its responsibility to provide satellite broadcasting the serious. satellite channels. how will the government organize satellite broadcasting for syrian satellite channels do you plan to work together with our upside and outside that since you have contracts with them. nor. considering the current situation of you and hysteria around syria we anticipated that a decision of this sort it would be made especially after the us in europe impose sanctions on syria media outlets and other also the us and canada took technical measures to stop syrian t.v. channels and radio stations from broadcasting in north america so we are prepared to help syrian satellite channels continue broadcasting through different

satellites in the same orbit slightly used by arab sat them. but we have the capability as for the absolute now sat satellites you know that arab sat is controlled by the council of arab ministers of information and that the head of the council is a saudi but saudi arabia was one of the gulf nations suggested slapping syria with sanctions if arab sat complies with this decision that this will constitute a violation of satellite broadcasting regulations this would be a politically motivated step of our organized by external forces that are attacking syria and the syrian media as for mass that it's a joint stock company some of the stock that belongs to the egyptian government some of the private investors and that's why we insist that not such should not comply with this decision should on its legal and contractual obligations to the syrian ministry of information which means continuing the satellite broadcast of

our channels. i want to assure all of our viewers in syria and abroad that syrian satellite channels will continue broadcasting without any destruction. there is no need to get new antennas or briefed. program your quit about today the daily satellite broadcasting of syria a sixteen hour many specialized information channels have not reached this level yet. the arab states and other countries as you say are waging an information war against syria does the syrian government media still provide balanced and unbiased coverage do they provide an accurate picture of the situation in syria especially considering that they were not prepared for this information war. and first of all it should be said that everything about what mass media is in fact down to the audience if we take polls around inside and outside syria we shall see that the audience of the syrian satellite channels has grown

a little and so has the number of viewers who perceive these channels as the source to turn to a live news coverage. syrian satellite channels provide live coverage sixteen hours a day and this includes both the official channels and the specialist and private. thus we can say that the official syrian media has taken the lead in the coverage of the syria has been forced into building and exposing the plans to undermine the strength of spirits by the syrian people i'm deeply convinced that the recent sanctions against our mass media came as a response to its increased impact that there be no such impact the need to introduce sanctions against on mass media the american and european sanctions a followed by those experienced by some gulf states at the recent arab league meeting only confirms that the influence of the syrian media has grown because of all that we will have to develop our informational policy and improve the structure

of the syrian media. the arab league sees to shut down some of the syrian channels but the annan plan actually calls for as many channels as possible to cover. in syria. of course it's very strange that we ask oceana and the un security council who will protect freedom of speech with democratic principles and liberties how can you shut down syrian national media when the annan plan calls for free accreditation for foreign media coming to syria to cover the situation here and we have one hundred eighty media outlets from all over the world represented in syria well are they not and over one hundred accredited foreign reporters permanently working traveling freely across the country to cover the event that we took and how can you shut down syrian satellite channels and at the same time allow foreign news services to

operate freely this will result in i asked coverage of all this is part of the information more ways to get syria but we know that eighty percent of the satellite channels dedicate thirty minutes of their news hour to syria today and a recent study shows that ninety percent of satellite coverage of syria has nothing to do with the actual situation in the country it's all lies and fabrications about this again that there's a real information war waged against syria with real facts being substituted with fabrications these lies and the only way for them to achieve their objectives in their war against syria that the head of the houla massacre is a good example of that as soon as the first pictures of the massacre were released everybody started accusing the syrian army and security forces but we all know who was really behind this trying. to tease used against the syrian people as well as

the sanctions introduced against the syrian government media that have revealed the true nature of those waging a war against syria that today the people of syria a targeted by terrorists armed a spy. i'm saved by regional powers like. saudi arabia and turkey. as well as by western nations such as the us my the how those who often talk about fighting terrorism joined their forces today to support terrorists attacking syria hubby and. i want to thank you very much for being with us today mr i don't much want syrian minister of information.

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party's top stories creeping contagion in the euro zone champion germany endorsed ratings downgrade and fears the crisis is heading the monetary union biggest economy. military maneuvering with russia plans closer ties with china while america promises to move most of its warships to the asia pacific in the coming years. and protest peacefully or pay a fortune on russian lawmakers pass a bill that sparks some of the most heated debate and set a new parliamentary record. sport is next here on r t with andrew farmer.

hello again thanks for watching the sport and these are the headlines into the semi's russia's maria sharapova and rafael nadal reach the last poll of the french open. plus a man rushes first choice to keep the eagle act in fear dispels fears over his fitness ahead of the euro two thousand and twelve showdown with the czech republic . and will move on g.'s to. strike in the senior tour all right in the first signing of the summer. the first richie rafa has reached the semifinals of the french open powering past the stonies khai in straight sets six two six three the school there drop of a will at. victoria has a rank as the world's number one if she reaches the final and if she wins that she will complete a career grand slam having also won wimbledon and the u.s. open well in the last four the russian will play kerguelen champion patrick of eight over the czech beating kazakh qualifier. in three sets meanwhile the

defending men champion rafa nadal is also into the semi's a short time ago he beat fellows found nicolas almagro in straight sets amazingly has only lost once in seven years here roland garros britain's andy murray was a set down against in the quarter final but it's just levelled that match on the tie break. later on this plenty of russian interest in the doubles maria kirilenko . are up against checks. and lucy had to dress in the women's semifinal while fellow russian. and he and the pace from india have just started their mixed doubles semi they are two one up against cloudy advances in the cheek and santiago consolidates others could use for russia ahead of their game at the european championships first choice keeper in fair is back in training with the main squad after struggling with a nice strain he had developed fluid around the joint but looks set to be fit for the first game against the czechs on friday and was going to was doing the same

training is the other goalkeepers in the squad on wednesday fear of currently then the only slight injury other than that has a fully fit squad to choose from the all but one of the czech squad who are in training writes love on wednesday sitting this one out become a task right striker has a muscle problem in his leg but should be fit enough to resume training tomorrow the czechs have played russia only once before that was a euro ninety six and saw the czechs come back from three nil down to snatch a draw and qualify for the quarter finals and they believe friday's game will again be crucial. i'm not sure if it's the hardest one but it's certainly the most important man. as it's the first one we don't really know where we are in terms of how good we are but i think russia doesn't know either they've had a better build up unfortunately we lost ours but things are going to start from zero and we will see who is the better team. meanwhile spot at moscow when aiden mcgeady was put through his paces with the rest of the irish squad in begin yet he

says his team mates were a bit jaded after their goal of strong against hungry on monday but coached here vanny trapper tony dismissed days worries even though he rested goalkeeper shay given for this session the republic of ireland are increasing with spain and italy but will kick start their you're a campaign against croatia on sunday. a very good save you know a lot cause who plays in technically very good. you know you're a star so well there and probably out of the three teams you probably would want to create a system to start the storm and there would say so and so involved they would also start the tournament. elsewhere in poland manchester united winger nani sat out portugal's training session he picked up a knock in a friendly with turkey early this week but should be fit for their first game against germany on saturday in the group of death that also contains and they're the ones who played their first game against denmark and sweden finished their

preparations for the tournament with a two one win in a friendly over serbia all are taller than and maybe one nil to sweden from a corner midway through the first half however never in its fifth equalized heading home but also from a corner kick. the ball in and then earned a penalty for sweden soon after the restarting kept in latin anybody himi that stepped up to convert it clinically sweden opened their campaign against co-hosts ukraine on monday but ukraine do have major problems at the moment ten of their players came down with food poisoning just before their tune of defeat to in a friendly last night ukraine kavin and italy to shoot among them elsewhere france looking strong they got a solid four new victory over stonier in a friendly last night karim benzema scoring twice. if you are unsure who might win the game against poland or between poland and greece why not trust the judgment of an elephant this one is called seat a base that is doing and has become the official mystic animal of the tournament he

correctly predicted chelsea would win the champions league by choosing the right melon and this time for the fruit representing poland much of the joy of the local crowned. world in other football use big spending angie have made their first summer signing they have bought striker seen it all day from fellow russian premier league side could ban the fee the fee is thought to be around eight million dollars through a school board eighteen goals in thirty eight appearances last season and he will partner samuel eto up front as the dagestan club compete in the europa league for the first time in a decade. youngsters are looking good for next year's under twenty one european championships they lead their qualification group and one choose day got a convincing win over england in another cup tournament in moscow with more his role but the down yet. on friday russia will have their first test at euro two thousand and twelve against czech republic meanwhile the russian used team is still on the way to their own ground for knowing that twenty thirteen european

championships. of six on tuesday the young hopefuls got a chance to fine tune their skills on how soil representing the country in the international challenge throw it to your a competition for missional under twenty three teams. rushes opponents in the night england c scored a presenting low eeks it didn't take long for the hosts to prove their class with the goal scoring chances going out of their undisputed possession advantage however it was the visitors mistakes rather than russian excellence that resulted in two million by the break. with discipline because. we made it. so we felt that we came in at half time having presented to. the service man kept dominating the game all through the second half and added two

more to set the final score for lille. i like the way my men played they were focused motivated and far from underestimating the opponents despite the fact that our class is high and we scored four goals and it's a very good result as it's always a tough task against a defensive team and impressive result for the russians head of their next qualifier against albania which will take place on the same page on june the twelfth wish them the very best for the next for the future of the other twenty one tournament. i would think that. with the world cup to add to. that they've got to have a very good team around. here. we're in the same boat as a national team. we're there back up and any of those who played tonight have a chance to represent the country at the highest level in the very near future margaret was dying of was a candidate for the euro twenty twelve squad xander kerkorian is already there and

we wish our senior team luck to make it to the finals but. marty my security and now some sad news one of the soviet union's greatest ice hockey players fell to me a clue to office died at age fifty two he died on wednesday after being taken to hospital several days before we stomach bleeding creator of helped lead the soviet union to gold at the one nine hundred eighty four and nine hundred eighty eight olympics and was one of the first russians to play in the n.h.l. when he joined the vancouver canucks he also coached his scar for one season in two thousand and one and two thousand and two. another news that american boxer timothy bradley says he intends to knock out manny pacquiao in this weekend's title fight in las vegas parky i was defending his welterweight crown and has won fifty four of his fifty eight fights which included victories over. ricky hatton and antonio margarito bradley though hasn't lost any of his twenty eight professional bats and says he's after his thirteenth career knockout. i think at the end of the night i

think i'm a winner i just like to say what every other fight i'm always going to fight you know in this country so it's the same thing you know i'm expecting i want to i want to go absolutely and i want to just go some way somehow i mean it's been a couple of couple of fights he hasn't been down in a very long time so i want to be the first guy to put him down and finally it has been announced some of formula one's top stars will come to moscow for next month city racing show for a test driver john karl if you care i was in the russian capital today he says he will be joined by mclaren's former world champion lewis hamilton for the f one show event and that will see f one cars tour around the kremlin and city center giving spectators a chance to see the machines up close the world rally championships will also be promoted by the appearance of three time runner up he could have been in finland and according to physically the drivers are looking forward to it as much as the spectators. for us. it's

a great feeling of. a different situation before atmosphere from the weekend it's much more see police much that it's much less pressure. but it's it's fantastic because driving with a four one. square it's just greed. and that is all the sport for now the weather is coming up. well the first science technology innovation hall the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british style. that's not on the title.

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