support the enemy to ensure the full implementation of security council resolutions two thousand forty two and two thousand and forty created in which the security council will approve this plan. the deployment of. one measure i see very much you are serious for. the russian federation is a very important issue for the early convening of an international conference on the syrian leadership we are ready for consultations with the interested parties in order to implement the modalities with such a conference and for practical implementation of its result in conclusion firm position of the russian federation of political intrigue. political and diplomatic settlement and syria remains unchanged i think. party. well that was russia's ambassador vitaly churkin addressing the general assembly there in new york and we'll be crossing over to new york in about twenty minutes from now to get more from our correspondent arena portnoy on what vitaly churkin

had to say and the reaction to his statement there in new york now next an exclusive interview with a lebanese interior minister who gives his outlook on help the bloodshed in syria could impact the entire region. well again a swell of the lebanon is affected by internal tensions and we do not conflict or decisions related to security issues are made. by other countries so how can you talk about security in lebanon. had a little bit of lebanon security doesn't depend on lebanon alone politically and in terms of security and lebanon depends on external factors as well that when the people of lebanon have close religious and family ties with neighboring states. is that an alternative to. the corner and that has to be an alter what is going to

be even smaller countries than lebanon has just external influence occulted also what do you think about the conflict between the shia and sunni. for fitness and in one hundred seventy four and seventy five we had a conflict but i don't christians and muslims in lebanon and this conflict was resolved well if we adopted a new constitution and achieved holiday it is possible that at some point lebanon will face the threat of being broken up into pieces and of course it concerns me that look at iraq for example the us occupied the country then they withdrew their troops and what we have now iraq is divided there is a danger that something like that will happen in syria to with the current situation persists and if syria is divided this will directly affect lebanon. do you think the can see regime can protect lebanon. the question is not whether this regime stays in syria or is replaced by the problem is that the insurgency

affects the situation in lebanon. who do you think is behind the syrian conflict. we have some global and arab interests clashing and we all understand that what we don't understand is where this clash. take us in the end but we can say one thing with certain about if the syrian conflict is resolved one way or another this will affect the situation in lebanon. this is the recent events in lebanon the murder of two shakes the situation and after the detention of saudi malawi who was later released in tripoli all these events indicate that seven forces are not only trying to flare up a conflict they want to start a wave of violence in the country who want to understand it all but the big question is who stands to benefit from that and has started minute but. it's being done so that palestinians can become citizens of lebanon if lebanon is divided palestinians will eventually be able to become lebanese citizens but one who is

trying to divide lebanon you need a new custom i can ask you the same question external forces seek to control lebanon they seek to divide and weaken all the countries surrounding israel in order to ensure israel's security. is based on the current situation in the region and the information we have cannot point the finger at somebody and say that there are interested in this scenario more than anybody else and. i can put it this way we've all heard this expression of the arab spring but who has seen the fruit of the spring no one has egypt elected president what has the spring and did most of the same thing is happening in tunisia and in yemen there's no fruit there's just this expression if you have a cigarette out of it and i really think that what we see today is an israeli spring who will pose a threat to israel now and palestinians dying every day and no one protest before even if one person it was killed it was an outrage today three palestinians get killed or ten or twenty and nobody says anything there's not even any talk about

differences within the palestinian movement that i'm with my. mind was he had been this with mr minister i'd like to ask you about their doctrine of eleven lebanese citizen no doubt you follow the situation closely. and you discussed it with the talkers colleagues during your in prime minister's visit to turkey what is the current situation with these people who kidnapped them when will they return home to their families. with i can only give you a very general answer because we made an agreement with turkey not to disclose the details to the media the kidnapped people are on syrian territory two kilometers away from the turkish border we're working together with the turkish foreign ministry to liberate these people. out of this what was the syrian opposition involved general said that they are the kidnappers. yes these people were kidnapped by the syrian opposition but we don't know which group within the syrian opposition

is responsible the turkish authorities are looking into this. and i mean is it true that has been. is the only person who can bring these people home. i don't think so but the secretary general of hezbollah did say that as if his personal involvement is necessary to resolve this problem or he would be willing to raise a little about them. that none of the kidnapped individuals i have been knocking on days now if you know do you know how soon the kidnapped individuals may be freed quite soon it will happen this month. lebanon says that it will only realign itself in defining its policies and will not take into consideration series internal conflicts but some said that this is impossible as the geopolitical ties between the two countries are very strong when you think about that. let me ask you a question what will happen if lebanon pursues a policy that is based purely on its own interests where will such

a policy get and we have a problem but part of the people support the current regime in syria and another part support the opposition but we as a state are pursuing a policy that we recognize the syrian coverages. this is the minister of internal affairs and you know who should i support if i'm in i don't i believe in lebanon or against the regime the minister too should be against the regime. lebanese republic cooperate with in syria we cooperate with the syrian government and the un recognizes the syrian ambassador represents syria in the united nations what i'm saying is that we cooperate with the government of a country that if there is regime change in syria we will cooperate with the new government of lebanon recognizes syria as a nation as does the un don't have one clashes between the sunni and the lebanon leads to a seven. it's not true that the clashes were only between the sunni and the perhaps

something like that did happen but not on a large scale but back in those days when the syrian army was in lebanon including tripoli and there were certain conflicts but we never had clashes between a sonny and they allowed we. did not support their love me again. you always have people standing up for their interests and. the syrian ambassador to the u.n. but far he has appealed to international organizations among other things offering evidence terry on lebanese territory the lebanese president the prime minister and just south of deny these allegations you say that while the ideas of al qaeda may be present in lebanon there are no grounds for terrorism or terrorist yet your defense minister says the terrorists including al qaeda cells may be present. could you please explain these differences in such an important issue. then i have personally met with the defense minister and we've cleared up this situation there

was some misunderstanding regarding terminology what the president said on the issue is correct we meant that there are no al qaeda cells in lebanon but it is possible that individual members of this international organization present in our country but we don't have. to camps or al qaeda cells in lebanon. mr minister why don't you make an official statement in the un and the facts presented in other sergeant. why didn't you know and sufficiently that there is no terrorism in lebanon and that nobody supports terrorism. there is no terrorism in lebanon no one can say for sure that it is al qaida who's behind the terrorist attacks terrorism is a very wide concept no one can say that there are no terrorists in vessels that come out of the terrorists maybe everywhere in the us in arab countries recently there was a terrorist attack in front of a man from two new zealand or algeria killed three children wasn't that

a terrorist attack terrorist attacks happen all over the world the best way to address this problem is to consolidate to the people of lebanon. mr minister part of the repercussions of the syrian crisis may be avoided by demarcating the border between lebanon and syria. or a bit of the demarcation of the border will not stop terrorists from crossing over into another country but the situation will be more transparent that's true the situation will be more transparent we should have had a proper border a long time ago.

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top stories this hour on r.t. a new massacre reported in syria however estimates of casualties vary dramatically as the timing of the slaughter just ahead of a briefing to the u.n. security council raises suspicion. at the u.n. general assembly is meeting right now these are live pictures from new york and some strong statements are being made as the u.n. chief called syria's president assad illegitimate. global political focus shifts to the east this delicate iranian that gun issues are discussed. and met with the country's leaders. and increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square revealed the plight of female protesters hopes for democratic change is a fading. strive to take a grip on power. but with those stories in full fully fifteen minutes from now in the meantime anders next with the sports news.

hello there thanks for joining me and these are the headlines double whammy of the bids to reach the french open final for the first time i am becoming you world number one. euro countdown russia plays get a clean bill of health ahead of the open with the czech republic on friday. and hundreds of russian fans head out of moscow for poland as the excitement builds for your twenty twelve. that is bidding to reach the french open final for the first time this afternoon she is taking on the current wimbledon champion patrick of in the semi's at roland garros your wrath of that is never reached the final running hours before news just won the first set six three and he's tied at one a pace in the second awaiting for the winner is this really sad irony she got a stunning victory over the usa champion sandstones that took twenty one. become in

the sixty's two sets to one of the four only did that she booked her place in the women's doubles finals in paris she and part of their ability to eventually play russians curricular lanka and many of the driver who won their semi beating checks and they have a cold. two sets to one. we modify ending man champion rafael nadal stays on course for a record seventh french open title he fellow spaniard nicolas almagro in straight sets yesterday will play another spaniard in the last four on friday roger federer will face novak djokovic a repeat of last year's semi in the other tie but i don't says competition in the men's game is so fierce now it's difficult to predict who will win. you know that will be the one who's going to play best day after to morrow what will we do you can't. these are matches in which the best players in the world are very close who would have said last year that federer would win his match was drunk i mean this is

a sport in which you can't make any predictions it's just impossible. now let's switch to football and spanish side villareal have been left stunned by the death of their newly appointed coach manuel percy otto suffered a heart attack on thursday a day after the fifty four year old had signed a one year deal with villareal but i see i was a former player with several clubs including racing santander team he went on the coach along with fantasia and sporting deal. now there is less than twenty four hours to go before football's european championships begin and russia coach dick africa says he has a fully fit sport to choose from ahead of the side's opener against the czech republic on friday strike of roman public chain care and goalkeeper ego i confess have suffered with leg injuries but both were back in china with the rest of the team on wednesday as all twenty three players went through their paces at their base in poland they also played a training match that saw public change their find the back of the net he was russia's top scorer at the last european championships and is competing for a starting place with alexander pavel pogrebnyak and. meanwhile

hundreds of russian fans are heading to poland for the euro is by train they left moscow's better route sky station today after russian railways laid on a free service to routes love where russia will play their first game tomorrow night not great weather in the russian capital where they found seem to think that will bring them good luck. this spirit is greet people say that if it rains when you're living there it's a good sign i think that since the weather is so marcie that's really a good sign for us i think we will definitely win we will progress from the group that's for sure will progress so i think we'll play in the semi final in donetsk that's for sure you can say now the euros are where the manager is trust and take out the car is the right man for russia according to former neverland's defender atheneum and he knows the dutchman better than most and he spoke with r.t. . before the team left the poland. these are nervous times for dick

uppercuts he has the weight of a nation on his shoulders as he prepares for russia's first match of the euro two thousand and twelve finals against the czech republic however he believes russia with a good chance of spring a surprise in poland in ukraine and one man who knows him better than most having played on his fellow dutchman from the majority of his career says he's a fantastic coach i know him for twenty years and he's never changed he's always said. he's always focusing the full well he always keeps one of the ten percent actually to get all the silt. you can see this well over the last couple of years he's doing well and also a country. is one of my favorites. because he's always focused on football. try to do to get the best out of his players advocaat is a ready one trophies of benevolence scotland and russia where he won the u.a.e. for cup of domestic championship was the needs. he's managed to form

a strong bond with the players especially those who played under him in some petersburg and newman believes his mentality is second to none technical modification as well. as discipline right mentality and i think the right place you know this as well russia had few problems in qualifying for the euro two thousand and twelve finals and despite an early hit camp david actually finished top of a group and newman believes the russians can do well at the european championships is always difficult because sometimes you think teams were doing well and then all of a sudden they don't perform and also some surprises we haven't come to but we know that they have a very good team. players players who can score calls can make a difference but it's always interesting especially. because it will be tough but it's possible we'll soon find out how well russia during the euros and they will start a strong favorites to win the group having been drawn with poland greece and the

czech republic to go back out as a really good russia for the euro two thousand and twelve finals however that was beezy parts and now comes the hard part as he tries to pick his wits against the top coaches and players from around the continent whether this will be the judgments final tolerance in charge of the russians and he'll be determined to end it on a high ridge bump or fleet r.t. moscow. elsewhere france says his team will need to be strong when they face england in their first game on monday the two sides are considered the strongest thing group d. which also contains ukraine sweden and blank this morning a defeat england for still be hard to beat when they go head to head in the nets. i can tell you the english team is going to give it their all like everyone they want to do well in the championship and even more so when they play against the french so we will need to be strong they would defend well and they have good food to match against england will be a difficult one it's never easy to play against england. meanwhile players will get

a yellow card at the euros if they walk off the pitch after being racially abused the warning comes from u.a.e. for president michel platini however the head of football's european body also said referees have the power to stop games if racial abuse occurs his remark comes after its leaf ordinary a better tell they said he would walk off walk off the field if he became a victim of racism or they're pretty neat hopes italy's coach sees or planned delhi will stop the striker from carrying out the threat. referees have the authority to stop the match with their problems and they will do it because racism is above everything else i hope that mr bode tell you will be empowered by jews out of beer and daily that's not my problem that's a problem for italy then of course he mustn't leave the page because there could be a yellow card if you have the match people want the basketball where oklahoma city have become the first team to reach the n.b.a. finals they beat san antonio one hundred seven points in ninety nine to win the

western conference finals series fourteen kevin durant top scoring there with thirty four points as russell westbrook and james harden combined for forty one. was exciting it was exciting. it was our first real at this stage you know we knew we had a great opportunity coming into the game to try to close it out just for good for good for the city and or you know where we came from and are we work so. we're just going to keep your keep keep believe it. or see how does next. and finally there has been plenty of bravado ahead of this weekend's title fight in las vegas manny pacquiao defenses that will be a well to white belt against the american team bradley on saturday by giving it some of their final press conference the head of the bat that was the paki pocket over twenty million dollars however his opponent is already predicting the filipino will want a rematch. all year and explained this to you guys. so

take it right here. all right for the next fight nov tenth. i'm already predicting the future guys right here well pacquiao only just beat his last opponent on marquesa on points not prompted remains the boxing great he's no longer in top shape but he's ready to prove that diet is wrong. we did our best because. bradley's hungry fighter in this young and i know what he's feeling. that's why i train like i was i feel like it is it just all. and that is all the sport for the moment got the weather coming.

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a new massacre reported in syria however estimates of casualties vary dramatically as the timing of the slaughter just ahead of kofi annan briefing to the u.n. security council raises suspicions. and the u.n. general general assembly is meeting right now here a live pictures from new york and some strong statements of already been made as the u.n. chief said syria's president assad has lost all legitimacy the russians envoy said it was too premature to label a man's plan a failure we'll bring you the latest in a few moments from new york city. global political focus shifts to the east where delicate iranian and afghan issues are discussed in beijing about imputing meets with the country's leaders. and also reporting the increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square revealed the plight of female protesters whose hope for democratic change is a fading as islamist strive to take a grip on power our top stories this hour.

around the clock around the world international news and comment live from moscow good to have you with us this hour it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre in the hama province there are however conflicting accounts as to the number of victims with estimates ranging from nine to several dozen it's also unclear who was behind the atrocity as an ocean explains from syria you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. there is even more confusion about this latest massacre here in syria than all of the previous ones and a lot of the details of alleged witness accounts and video just don't match so far the most extreme death toll. stands at almost one hundred dead and this is the figure that's been picked up very quickly by a man.