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on the syrian uprising the way it's being covered by the media all around the world this coming from a senior aide to the country's president. thank you. for saying that siobhan political and media advisor to syria's president it's great to have you with us here today what about i'm happy to be here so it's now official u.n. had of peacekeeping force has confirmed that syria is in a state of a civil war what do you say to that statement well i don't think that this could work and then they're put in the three we've put this statement saying it is not

really but it is sponsible to say that syria is in a state of civil war especially as we are fighting. terrorism i think the media in syria or some media has a war on syria that has a life or for its own well talking about media you know when you read stories on syria in the internet media they often end with a disclaimer saying that the exact number of the victims in this conflict cannot be known because the syrian government doesn't give access to journalists on the other hand syrian government also says that the western media is very biased especially on who they call terrorists. my first question is do you think there can be trust restored between the western media and the syrian government or this media war will only escalate while there are hundreds of journalists who came to syria during this

crisis it's true that we've done give access to foreign journalists hundreds of freshened written of the game hundreds of. foreign journalists from all over the world from india china. they were as from all over the world and so it's not true the journalists are not given access to syria. but also the that our. pens a pleased the channel whole made themselves part of the war on syria and citing sectarian wars fabricating facts about what's happening in our country but the media war itself can do some real damage or hands on it can do a lot of damage the media war because when you're. some religious man and fighting sectarian hatred among the syrian people there are many people who fall victim

to do this incitement unfortunately the media war throughout history could be very damaging. but effective so you feel like syria's government could lose this in this conflict because of media war no i don't think so i don't think that extent but it's definitely a cause thing. lives of our people costing us the harmonious way of life you know we often hear especially lately the syrian government pointing fingers to the others who are supplying arms to the unknown terrorist groups who are these others can you name the countries really the gnome but i would like to say to you that. the syrian government the issue is syria the issue is the unity and safety and sovereignty and prosperity of syria that is the issue here but you surely have your own version not official but your own version who made these people be who are helping the terrorists to kill peaceful people like you say i think even though

there were the you i know that say that very. different a group we don't know who these people are we've been not to who they belong to my leadership i mean. they were forces and they would say to you this is the most the problem in syria that you know. that is. the problem you know cooperation with the u.n. is critical for syria safeguarding it against a military invasion but with observers on the ground you know there was still hope for some balanced solution. but now that the units are abruptly ended the mission and they left how big is this threat of foreign intervention in syria while i think the observers have made many statements saying that the syrian government corporate with us they did not stop the mission this off spun the mission we all saw fear for their safety because the syrian people are. also afraid that some observers could

be targeted by the groups and we would hate that to happen all we hear in the western media is the possibility of foreign invasion or intervention how do you assess the chances for indonesia i don't think. that is possible in a sense because if you take what the sudan and prices and the rule. for the shan china with the double door twice and what would what this is with the stand off that it is the syrian people who should decide the future of syria i don't feel that. a military strike is possible and then if you look at what happened in libya yemen or you could see the consequences of what happened and i think the west is quite aware of where things are in the middle east and i hope

there are enough reasonable people in the were to weigh actions but it carefully and i feel there's no consideration for such a thing because of course you do have russia's and channa support as far as day here in security council goes but that didn't help much in the iraqi scenario. you know they want around the u.n. security council resolution and invaded iraq what other means do you guys have except russia well they live from and i also think that the of course of course countries learn from their experiences i have no doubt we all learn from our experiences i have no doubt that the west learned from afghanistan. and the from libya also that the military strike doesn't the old was come with the flowery result doesn't achieve the best result that they hoped for i think the world is the from now and i think. it's no longer one polar system i think russia and

china now have a safe and international adding to the relief of most people and the world because we have suffered from one polar system and we're happy with the urgency of the bipolar system with the emergence of the brics and i think the words changing but look what just happened in libya for instance i mean the us and their partners they have a perfect hundred percent track record when it comes to removing they had so foreign states that they want removed and i'm keeping in mind the result they have shown for bashar assad to go what makes you think that this could be different scenario and come to see how much russia has lived from by libyan to not know for example russia has to change. the political scene in the word by making an excellent stand in support of people who decide their future and is it democracy

to decide in foreign countries to move ruler i mean this is the way the more close it should look or is it the people who should decide i'm not the only talking about syria is it the look or see it to say to the british people you should move camera or is it. the british people who should decide why that doesn't apply to other countries is it because of the colin who got money over the other people is it because the west doesn't believe that a people are equal to western people in their right to choose their own system. at this is a question i pose a democracy means the people of the country should decide their future should decide who rules them and then what did the syrian people achieve throughout the sea it was both cutting roads killing they are not losing

their army and police people we are the ones who are losing it and when they talked about libya what did they say they said we didn't lose an american soldier but thousands tens of thousands of libyan people lost their lives. so that's another matter here talking about libya what are the implications of so much weaponry going into syria now what happens once the conflict is over and you have all this uncontrolled arms country full of arms what happened libya i think you can say that the conflict is over unless unless we all these arms are withdrawn from the street from the people that is what should happen these are part of the conflict and in fact those who are smuggling arms and money into syria are the ones what igniting the conflict there are these foreign and

external factors particularly the media war smuggling arms and smuggling money to syria is a huge part of the problem in syria but can you do something about it at this point or it's out of your can i think of the international community who should also do something about that because those countries who say that their support kofi annan the pla and kofi annan plan say and the first item stopping armaments and stopping violence from all parties in all its forms some skeptics say that the reason a humanitarian corridor for people in serious most troubled place homes is not possible is because hearing government is afraid along with the humanitarian aid will come something else is that true that not true or that we be incorporating with the human that that in agencies but until now we haven't seen anything of the humanitarian aid arriving to syria we called it the absolutely fully with the

humanitarian agencies there's no problem so there's a humanitarian corridor open in homes right now there is no humanitarian code or i don't know where the negotiations are but there there is no need for human with it and call it god but there are assistance that. this coming and being distributed through that of the cross and that of the cousin do you feel like the allegations about people being badly in need of food and medical aid is exaggeration. extremely exaggerated you are also on that black least of sanctioned syrian official state us united states issued what does it feel to be like on a sanctioned list sanctioned by the united states you mean personally to me doesn't change anything to be sanctioned no i refused to go to the united states in two thousand and five and they sent me money in the invitations of brookings and for the money institute the go on the give a lecture there i didn't because i don't like to be treated.

american airport the way they treat people they probably through all people like this but i don't like to be treated that way and i don't have to go through that and i see by the way they didn't sanction me they proved my assets and they know i don't have a single dollar not only in the united states or anywhere and the word so their countries as many assets of the like because they don't have any of them my asset is their love for my country and for my people and all these you know propaganda movements to put their name or so on to and to put my name on sanction means nothing to me books of mine are being sold in the united states i thought a duke university i thought richard and university a third book of mine is now accepted published in the united states so i thought this should be embarrassed to put my name on the side of truth not me who should be embarrassed this should be about saying i shove and thank you very much for this interview thank you very much thank you. you know.

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the headlines on. asylum british authorities are ready to detain julian. bail conditions blowers staying at the ecuadorian embassy in london while the country considers whether or not to accept him as a political future. egypt's former president hosni mubarak is said to be in a coma amid mounting tensions over who will succeed him in the presidential run. and the mainstream media goes all out against those opposing intervention in syria . imminent war games to be held in the country. those are the headlines now it's time for paul and his sports headlines.

thank you very much rory welcome to the world of sport here is what we've got coming up. then and there were eight frogs i'm england secure the last two quarterfinal places euro twenty twelve. from a chelsea to china didier drogba swaps the champions league winners for chinese super league struggles and big spenders shanghai sure no. last chance saloon russia's basketball squad gear up for an olympic qualifying event in venezuela their last chance to make london twenty twelve. before belfast where the quarter final line up euro two thousand and twelve is now known india and france shattering co-host ukraine's dreams by securing the two qualifying spots from group a partridge reports from kiev. so it's england and france to go through from group

d. our respective you play italy and spain in the quarter finals of euro two thousand and twelve well first up at the donbass arena internet skate was england won you cranial and a controversial victory at that he was an england man who was making his return wayne rooney who missed the best chance of the half back after two match ban and his mansion teammate ashley young found a cross on the left hand side that rooney tragically unchallenged could only had wide however three minutes after the interval i really swiftly made amends the cross this time coming from the right hand side from steven gerrard his cross-breed the goalkeeper who fumbled i really couldn't have got any easier goal heading in from one yard well after now the ukrainians i tried to fight back and it was controlled to see roger milevsky he had you know he had a free header and he missed the control as he came just a minute later marco he beat the defense and he just the hand of joe hart it looked like john terry had cleared the ball off the line however replays showed that the

ball had crossed the line all the. misstate and again raises the question of goal line technology is a major championships and it finished angel and won ukraine will roy hodgson he's now unbeaten two is brilliant and a draw and they go through as group d. winners and one next play italy so then we turn to kiev where france lost two nil to sweden swedish captains last anybody him of it said sweden they had to play for their own or after two defeats and they were already eliminated and after forty minutes all the toivonen need be made those words come true he managed to hit the post but stehman is off to the interval it was either him of it himself but the swedes one across from seven lawson was acrobatic you met by the ac milan with a sixteen yard volley as spectacular started to put sweden one nil up while france they've been content to sit back but they did push forward olivier giroud who is about to sign for arsenal next season seven minutes from time he missed a sitter he headed over to the swedes made him pay said last and turning from provided to goalscorer in the dying minutes christian wilhelms and he hit the bar

and lawson was there with the rebounds to make it to you know france's twenty three match unbeaten run comes to an end they finish second in group day and were next play spain. meanwhile the way for have been taking the opportunity to make sure that those who suffer the consequences of ukraine should noble disaster get to enjoy the game of football like everyone else you wait for president michel platini inviting one hundred fifty children affected by the one thousand nine hundred six accident to watch sweden defeat france last night more than five million people still remain in what became contaminated areas in ukraine and belarus with many suffering from chronic illnesses and disabilities and members of the younger generation got to forget their difficulties for a day by watching the game and getting up close and personal with the official twenty twelve mascots the way for had previously been criticized for not making a charitable donation to the chernobyl cause as part of its social project the organization most certainly making these youngsters day. it was the president's

mission to remember the tragedy of chernobyl and the way to do was to invite children who are still affected by this nuclear old fall. to see one of the games euro two thousand and twelve. well elsewhere didier drogba has left chelsea and joined chinese superleague side shanghai show the ivory coast striker signed a two and a half year contract with the big spending club reportedly earning up to three hundred thousand u.s. dollars a week the thirty four year old spent eight years at chelsea scoring one hundred gold in two hundred twenty six appearances he went out on a high scoring the decisive penalty in their champions league final victory over by munich last month. now to basketball where the heat are one win away from securing their second ever and be a championship the star trio of lebron james twain wade and chris bosh all making big contributions in miami's game for victory over oklahoma on tuesday james turning in a gutsy performance with twenty six points in twelve assists the reigning in the

gambling pay shaking off neck rams to hit a crucial three pointer near the end of the fourth quarter the thunder now with their backs against the wall no team in history has the coverage for. three one deficit in a best of seven series. all the whole work there was put into the mix as a complete team you know we need we need to perform performance from everyone you know we understand it myself and do a distributer lot of person but you know what you know the sacrifices and you know all the commitment from our other guys now we will be in this position. now there are less than two weeks to go until one of the toughest insurance events in world sports gets underway the twenty twelve total france begins in belgium in ten days time the favorite this year is teams guys bradley wiggins who has been preparing from a training camp in spain thirty two year old wiggins is aiming to become the first ever british winner of the event and says it's something he's dreamed about since he was twelve years old however we can says defending champion that's australian condell evans is the one to catch the. bus still think.

he's the winner last year he could tundra could climb wind sprints and small mountains so he without doubt he's still the man survey for this year's tour and he wants a fight so don't never gives up. so for me it's the name. now athletes from the birthplace of limpid competition will see action after all at the london games this summer greece confirming they will be sending a team to the event despite the country's huge financial troubles the greek athletics federation went as far as suspending all domestic sporting activities in april saying they lacked funds to pay coaches in staff but the annual panhellenic track and field championships still went ahead a very low key event it has to be said that the site of the two thousand and four olympics just over one hundred medal hopefuls will go to london compare that to the one hundred fifty one athletes the country brought to beijing in two thousand and

eight and the four hundred thirty one at their home games eight years ago. war. funding was reduced quite dramatically this is. going to mean you know every now. gratian of the athletes. despite that we managed to get private money from sponsors many coming from outside greece series so today we're very fortunate that we have a team comprised of more than one hundred deaths. now with thirty seven days to go until the start of the olympics athletes from across the globe are finalizing their preparations venting team may have more global media attention than most stars because of the presence of queen elizabeth the second is granddaughter so our phillips has been selected in the five strong squad but refused to comment on whether the queen was her biggest fan. obviously. very proud been

right behind me and you know it's great. basically acted software but you know we still you know. got to get there and we you know the next few weeks is working really hard to make sure that. with the best performance ever. i'm just myself very lucky to be riding a team with these guys. now finally the russian men's basketball teams last chance at olympic qualification is fast approaching the squad set to travel to venezuela to attempt to book their place at the london games michael craft caught up with them at their final training session in moscow. one win and one loss that's how the russian national basketball teams played out the two recent friendlies against macedonia and greece but russia's coach feels the results are the least of his

worries when playing in practice matches the results to me or less important you know i've never been a big practice game guy in terms of. the results and it's always proven to be the case that we do better in the in the actual tournaments than we do in practice games and i hope that continues team captain andrei kirilenko who's had some highs and lows in the past season losing out with tears. in the europa league final but snapping up the most valuable player award for twenty twelve also reiterated his coach sentiments saying recent friendlies were not about getting a result but really trying a different set of different combinations and different rosters on the four line ups and i think very telling what he knows what he's doing and we definitely fighting to win the game but i don't think it's a big issue for us you know to be very you know cancer to result right now friends and family with a few allowed in to watch their loved ones train one more time before their next

stage of preparations. and even sports minister of italian would cool found the time to pop in to meet and greet the coach and play as the minister of sport was very kindly and gentlemanly as he always is and let us know that he expected us to qualify. which is which is understandable and what he's what he should be also said to him speak so he wishes this good luck to him and we hope to make him and all of the russian fans happy this training session concludes with russia's national basketball teams preparations on home soil they will now fly off to the u.s. where they'll play another three friendly games twice against great britain and once again that's the way new before heading out to. the olympic qualifying will begin on the second of july michael schenker moscow. well that is all from the world of sports rory is next with the headlines. for.

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