hello dana is there an alternative to external influence. there has to be an alternative even smaller countries than lebanon resist external influence a conflict also what do you think about the conflict between the shia and sunni as in lebanon. in one hundred seventy four and seventy five we had a conflict between christians and muslims in lebanon and this conflict was resolved we adopted a new constitution and achieved harmony it is possible that at some point lebanon will face the threat of being broken up into pieces and of course it concerns me look at iraq for example the us occupied the country then they withdrew their troops and what do we have now iraq is divided there is a danger that something like that will happen in syria to have the current situation persist if syria is divided this will directly affect lebanon. do you think the current syrian regime can protect lebanon. the question is not

whether this regime stays in syria or is replaced by another one the problem is that the insurgency of syria affects the situation in lebanon. who do you think is behind the syrian conflict. we have some global and arab interests clashing here and we all understand that what we don't understand is where this clash will take us in the end but we can say one thing with certain doubt 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 in africa the detention of saudi malawi who was later released into a pulley 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 but the big question is who stands to benefit from that. it's being done so that palestinians can become citizens of level. if lebanon is divided palestinians will eventually be able to

become lebanese citizens but one who is trying to divide lebanon. 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 when he is based on the current situation in the region and the information we have cannot point the finger at somebody and say that they 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 its president or has the spring ended almost the same thing is happening in tunisia and in yemen there's no fruit there's just this expression of the arab spring and i really think that what we see today is an israeli spring who will pose a threat to israel now palestinians dying every day and no one protests before even

if one palestinian was killed there 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 with my. mind was he had been as mr minister i'd like to ask you about the abduction of eleven lebanese citizens no doubt you follow the situation closely and you disgusted with the turkish colleagues during your own 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. well a lot of this was the syrian opposition involved again was said the day on. 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 on his is it true that has been law leader hassan nasrallah is the only person who can bring these people home. i don't think so but the secretary general of hezbollah did say that if his personal involvement is necessary to resolve this problem he would be willing to resolve it with them get a leg that none of the kidnapped individuals or has the law command days you know 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 syria's internal conflict but some say 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 us which we have a problem if it had been part of the people support the current regime in syria and another part support the opposition but we as a state pursue our own policy we recognize the syrian government so as the minister of internal affairs whom should i support if a million people in lebanon are against the regime the minister too should be against the regime whom the we as the lebanese republic cooperate with in syria we cooperate with the syrian government the u.n. 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 lebanon recognizes syria as a nation as does the u.n. we had a bet on how can clashes between the sunni and the law we in northern lebanon lead . to

a civil war in lebanon. it's not true that the clashes were only between the sunni and the alawi 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 the sunni and the allowing syrians did not support the we against the sunny you always have people standing up for their interests. the syrian ambassador to the u.n. bashar just far he has appealed to international organizations among other things offering evidence is the word terrorist on lebanese territory the lebanese president the prime minister and just south of you or 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 in lebanon could you please explain these differences in such an important issue. though 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 are present in our country but we don't have al qaeda camps or al qaeda cells in lebanon resettle of us mr minister why don't you make an official statement in the un and refute the facts presented in the sharjah far as a letter why don't you nonce officially that there is no terrorism in lebanon and that nobody supports terrorists. but there is no terrorism in lebanon no one can say for sure that it is al qaeda who is behind the terrorist attacks terrorism is a very wide concept no one can say that there are no terrorists in this or that country the terrorists may be everywhere in the us in an arab country recently. it

was a terrorist attack in front of a man from or algeria killed three or four children wasn't that a terrorist attack terrorist attacks happen all over the world and 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. 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. with the end of the war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared. the risk is not zero that something might be going off

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top stories this hour in r.t. deadly clashes in syria as u.n. officials admit their envoys peace plan is being broken on both sides dozens have reportedly been killed across the country over the weekend while foreign calls for intervention upping ram top of. madrid also the eurozone for one hundred billion euros to shore up its struggling banks and becomes the largest economy to seek aid so far this plan that spain avoid additional cuts imposed from the outside as happened in the case of greece ireland and portugal. also boosting trade and tackling the crisis in the middle east here asia's two biggest countries of cemented their partnership this week as russian president vladimir putin visited china. has proved to be a great weekend sport and with a run up of all the best sports action here's paul.

thank you very much bill welcome to the world of sports here is what we've got coming up the waiting game rafael nadal and novak djokovic will need to complete their french open final on monday as rain postpones play with the spaniard leading by two sets to was. ready to roll roy hodgson's england squad arriving gone yet scared about opening euro two thousand and twelve much with laurent blanc frogs . and investing in the future congress in central russia looks for ways to ensure the winter sports stars of the future are given the best possible chance to fulfil their potential. for us to the clay courts of the french open where novak djokovic john rafael nadal will need to return on monday to complete the historic men's final mixes play was postponed on sunday because of the weather the defending champion was leading by two sets to one is the rain came down in the french capital

at one stage of life being a one sided affair as the six time champion stormed into a two seven eight m was to have up in the third but a remarkable run of eight straight games from just rich gave him the third sat down for him right back into contention play will resume at one pm local time on monday . now at euro two thousand and twelve where group c. is taking center stage on sunday and spade have started the defense of their title with a one one draw with italy they had to come from behind in order to earn a point substitute antonio de taali scored the pay to make with half an hour to play the. man were not behind for a long while so in a sense he was playing as a makeshift striker leveled the schools just four minutes later the reigning world and european champions aiming to become the first country to win three successive tournament. but also in group say the republic of ireland the tasting told him approval for the first time in ten years that just picking up. against croatia in poznan in

a battle between the competitions to smallest nations the game is currently in gold . meanwhile england have arrived in don yet the head of their opening match with france they face france in group day on monday it will be a first competitive game in charge for manager roy hodgson and it's a tough one laurent blanc french side unbeaten in twenty one matches but hodgson says that will be irrelevant. to your facing your team as you are at least in action form and twenty one matches on beaten at any level of football alone international football is a reason for an achievement but. i think when you come to european championships or world cups to some extent having good form or bad form is it necessarily the factor which is going to be decisive it's how your team is able to play on the on the on the night saturday meanwhile yielded the first major upset of the tournament so far denmark overcoming the odds to shock the netherlands one nail beating the two thousand and ten world cup runners up for the first time in forty five years

a partridge watched the danes stunning victory and love. so here we are and eight zero zero two thousand and twelve in the second day is proving just as fascinating as the first denmark one the netherlands nil and few would probably have predicted that result before the tournament started with the dutch being the finalists in south africa in two thousand and ten in denmark they lost one as in nine hundred ninety two but it was the dutch she donated possession for the first twenty four minutes robin van persie normally so prolific russell couldn't find the shooting days and the robin to use the defense return to full minutes and it was the day to open simon close and making a run on the left hand side of his deflected cross somehow finding michael frayn delhi would be long gone the goalkeeper to make it one no the dutch peppered the danish goal three attacking substitutions was young huntelaar came on he managed to get a one on one with a keeper and he missed that had a shot for a penalty it wasn't to be their day denmark won hala nil and it's going to be the

danish side that take a one zero victory from group a group of death on the first day and they start down the gauntlet to germany in portugal. well also sitting pretty at the top of group a. manned base in portugal by a solitary of mario gomez headed out let's take a look at the group say germany next meet the netherlands on the wednesday the same night that portugal take on denmark. now i can just tell you the croatia have gone one nil up against ireland in the group see much just three minutes into the game. has put the croatians one lot against the republic of ireland not a good start for giovanni trapattoni man now to a major upset in the world of boxing with timothy bradley jr and big money packing our seven year between run in the ring and twenty eight year old scoring a controversial split decision in las vegas because i'm going to share of parkman's w.b.i. welterweight belt a rematch from november tenth is already in the pipeline despite landing ninety four pull punches in the philippines i was beaten off the two judges school about

an hour away in favor of the american promoter bob bottom says the decision was quote unbelievable that bradley who is now beaten in twenty nine professional fights says he's a worthy champion going to the last round the corner was telling me that i was you know i have to win the last couple of rounds i want to fight plain and simple you know my corner felt like i was going to fight i was a child in action i was using my jab manny like a safe. regardless of the punched out or whatever i mean like i said he missed a lot of shots and there are a lot of shots that you know everybody thought he was hit me it was a touch me you know you can look at my face you know still pretty clearly we now know the final two teams in this year's n.b.a. championship not softer the miami hate knocked out the boston celtics in the eastern conference finals on saturday night last year's runners up now face the oklahoma city thunder with the ultimate round of the playoffs beginning on choose day bron james his usual dominant self with thirty one points and twelve rebounds in game seven miami now aiming for

a better outing in the finals than last year when they went down to the dallas mavericks when you lose in a final you. do you know they come into this. you gotta forgive it but you get what you came for good in a sense so you know you play and you try to get back to this moment again for you can you know in a sense redeem yourself or since put yourself in a position again it exceeds of you know we're blessed that we were able to be here again and finally let's finish off with a winter sports to post despite the fact it's a congress reflecting on the season just gone on plans for the next one has been held in the main debate this year focusing on how to develop children sports as michael chiang kai reports. since two thousand and six members of the winter sports community with companies providing equipment or actual sportsmen and women have been gathering in order to review the state of a winter sport in russia common reoccurring topics have ranged from development of new training facilities to education or the engineering specifics of arenas however

this is participants focused on how to better develop sport for children. governments federations and people in general need to pay more attention to developing sports for kids because the benefits are clear is the promotion of being healthy we need to instill that into the minds of children it's better to spend money on being healthy rather than spending that money on medicines when talking about developing children sporting abilities naturally one of the most important aspects that come to mind is the infrastructure that's needed and although many believe investment stops in moscow and st petersburg it's places like the capital of russia's republic of. that's actually leading the way into short years they've managed to build this state of the art ice hockey arena that were far enough which is now home to the continental hockey league two thousand and eleven when as you live the team itself is leading by example boasting five i thought hearings including this one with which to train their younger players. now they've also

build this enormous biathlon sport complex so that young russians can further hone their skills in one of the country's most popular sport arts. this is a really great complex and has all the necessary equipment for proper preparation and training it can be used only around whether summer or winter which is good because i always learn something new made up of two different sporting disciplines it's most commonly known for the combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting although no way is the most prolific in the event russia is also no stranger. by athlone has always been a sport in which russians have excel to. no athletes have enjoyed many great results at international level of course now the sport has to share its popularity with other international sporting events like football but it's still appealing to all age groups the consensus is clear to win the kids off seeking personal glory

and rather to get them to better understand the physical benefits of simply doing sports but even though the adults are hoping to instill some humility in the kids with a spin toward staying healthy deep down there will always remain a desire to be the best. and i want to go to the world championships that's my goal and what aiming for which is why i'm here and training every day. much because franco oxy rush is republic of. well that is all the sport for now although i have more for you in a little under two hours time here on our take join me then why does next.

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evolving clashes persist in syria as the u.n. admits that peace plan is being broken by both sides moscow's stepped up efforts to find a diplomatic solution. a hundred billion euros of bailout from madrid finally admits it cannot save its belief that banks on its own becoming largest economy so far to seek aid from the eurozone. also boosting trade and tackling the crisis in the middle east russia and china strengthen their partnership as president vladimir putin visits beijing. look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on r.t. u.n.

observers in syria continuing efforts to determine how many people were massacred in hama province on wednesday and who was behind the slaughter top u.n. officials admit the peace plan is being flouted by both sides of the conflict dozens of reportedly being killed across the country over the weekend while foreign calls for intervention of being ramped up as reports. duquesne body is lain side by side we mean children among them death was indiscriminate and bloody the pictures from syria this week have brought shock around the globe and also a worry in sense of deja vu just weeks before another massacre came to light this time in the village of houla and the world was quick to pass judgement the american british and french push for military intervention in syria is absolutely enormous we've seen hague of course william hague the british foreign secretary calling for intervention we've seen the new french president saying the same thing the americans are basically taking the lead.