this is archie with the week's top stories egypt's ruling military vows to clamp down on dissent or with an iron fist as tens of thousands in cairo protests against the generals these are live pictures of from turkey the square delayed results of last weekend's presidential poll are expected later on sunday with both of mohamed morsi and after already claiming victory. we could leaks founder julian assange as a nervous wait for their car door and government's decision on whether to grant him political asylum he's been seeking refuge at its london embassy since shoes day to

avoid extradition to sweden and possible transfer to the u.s. where he fears the death penalty. turkey maintains one of its military jets shot down by syrian forces on friday it was not spying but it was on a training flight before it was done without warning and is to report the incident to nato damascus insisted the action was purely defensive and not an act of aggression. up next to a candid perspective on the syrian uprising from a senior aide to the country's president but high in the political and media advisor to the syrian leader gives us the view from inside assad's government coming up next.

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 a 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 put this statement saying that it is not really but 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 and that has a life of 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 talking to syria during this crisis is not true that would then 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 all the journalists among 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 it do some real damage or hands on it can do a lot of damage the media war because when you have some religious men 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 hard morning as a way of life you know we often hear especially it lately to 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 meet these people the 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 the same leadership i mean. they were and forces and they would say to you this is the most the problem in syria that you know. adversity 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 that observers have made many statements saying that the syrian government corporate with us they did not stop the mission this 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 foreign intervention how do you assess the chances for and of any 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 or in yemen or you look would 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 and china 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 while they live from iraq also they link that scenario of course of course countries learn from their experiences i have no doubt we'll all learn from

our experiences i have no doubt that the west learned from afghanistan. and the from libya also that military strike doesn't always come with the flow or the result doesn't attribute the best result that they hoped for i think the world is different now and i think. it's no longer one polar system i think russia and china now hard to face and the international adding to that relief of most people and the world because we have suffered from one polar system and we're happy the mergence 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 scenario 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. or is it the people who should decide if it is not the only talking about syria is it the will curse it to say to the british people you should move camera or does it do. 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 boycotting roads killing they are not losing their army and police people we are the ones who are losing it and when they talk 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 does that not matter here are talking about libya what are the implications of so much weaponry going into syria now what happens once to 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 into syria is a huge part of the problem in syria but can you do something about this 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 plan 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 syria s. 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 they're in agencies but until now we haven't seen anything of the humanitarian aid arriving to syria we called it the absolutely fully with a human with it and so there's no problem so there's a humanitarian corridor open in homes right now there is no human if it included or i don't know where the negotiations are but there there is no need for humanitarian corridor 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 list of sanctioned syrian official state us

united states issued what does it feel to be like on a sanctioned list sanctioned by united states you mean personally for me it 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 and invitations of brookings and throw money institute the go on the give a lecture there i didn't because i don't like to be treated. at the american airport the way they treat people they probably treat 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 in 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 want 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 to be published in the united states so i thought this should be embarrassed the put my name on the side of true not me who should be embarrassed this should be about saying a shove and thank you very much for this interview thank you very much thank you. you know. wealthy british. with the. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two cars a report on our.

leads technology innovation all the moves developments from around russia we've got the future covered. this is our two with the week's top stories it egypt's ruling military involved to clamp down on dissent or with an iron fist as tens of thousands in cairo protests against the generals these are live pictures from the square delayed results of last weekend's presidential call i suspect in late on sunday with mohamed morsi and i think already claiming victory. turkey maintains one of its military jets were shot down by syrian forces on friday was not spying it was on a training flight before it was done without warning and is to report the incident to nato damascus and says the action was purely defensive and not an act of aggression. and. has

a nervous wait for the ecuadorian government's decision on whether to grant him political asylum has been seeking refuge at its london embassy since choosing to avoid extradition to sweden and possible transfer to the u.s. where he fears of the death penalty. with the latest action from the world of sports. hello welcome to business for the arts are you with me or i'm on call for event and let's get to the headlines right away. a brace to celebrate john. lorenzo scores twice to more his one hundredth cap for spain as his sense of the his men set up and iberian semifinal against portugal after knocking out france from your old ones it's well. and good and it's are they prepared to do battle in the last quarter final with the winners it's a call on the german powerhouse in the semifinal. and can he do three in

a row red bulls sebastian vettel grabs pole ahead of hamilton at the european grand prix you were his one the past two years. let's get rolling with football where the first semifinal pair for your oats once it's well was finalized on saturday night defending european champions spain claim that soon they'll win over france to set up the last four clash with portugal xabi alonso mark his one hundredth international cap for spain in style scoring both of his team's goals the first coming in the nineteenth minute following a stumping header for a one no lead and then alone converted the penalty in stoppage time propelling his side to the semifinals amazingly it's only the first time spain have beaten france in a major competitive match and they'll return to the boss arena in dunnett's on wednesday to take on or goal. while in kiev on sunday nights and will take on its way in the

last quarter final off year olds once it's wealth to decide who will play germany in the last four in a war so next thursday and here is our disease kate park ridge with a preview of. the olympic stadium in kiev will host the first competitive match between england and each of the fifteen years and only the second is a european championship but it's off to finishing unbeaten at the top of group d. england manager roy hodgson says the approach to this time i will be much like the others. in that is such a different mentality because she was. in the group stages you was there a little bit of no avail. if you didn't win your game or get a result in your game you could not get through to the final stages i don't think this could change our mentality particularly we must just like certain we prepare for the match that we're very for the much and when we go on the field we're capable of doing what we set out to the england all the only world cup winners

never to have won the euros and lately have the habit of getting knocked out of big tournament at the quarter final stage but captain steven gerrard says this young team can still progress the atmosphere has been superb in the squad and the confidence and belief that you know it just dimple not all the players seize this opportunity in this moment because you know from experience they don't come around very often so it's important that we will leave everything out there and we keep shown to everyone a lot out as an architect out there that we are good enough to compete with that subsumes at this level the italians are also undefeated but miss key defend georgia killing a and matilda is a doubt. delhi is aware of hodgson staal to the englishman managed into milan friendly what name his team into the now before kick off as the azzurri aim to support england's tactics. we have watched all of england's previous games and

know that they are one of the most organized european sides to play with in forty yards and we need to stop them playing they play to high tempo and like to put the food we need to set the tempo from the start. while england could face a familiar opponent in managed to city's mario balotelli the unpredictable strike a scored a stunner in the two know when overawed and and he's relishing the sort of facing some of his club nights i hope we're going to be a good match. i think it's going to be fun to play against my team mates. they know me and i know them. i just hope we're going to be nice and. we're going to win because i want to even if they're on my team is. going to lose hodgson may bring on big strike at andy carroll italy have targeted wayne rooney is ignorance danger man if he and dallas tell you repeat their domestic rivalry it

could go down to the last minute not that the english and italian fans that started arriving here in the capital would mind a tool. kiev ukraine. and let's stay with football because they are no messi has marked his twenty fifth birthday with yet another hat trick in a charity match in miami the barcelona and argentina striker just playing his goalscoring for hours despite rainy conditions in florida many of the world's best gathered for an all star match to help the fifo player of the year raise money for his foundation so messy had to share the spotlight with the likes of former chelsea striker didier drogba barr and in tears. both played in missy's black masses scene while louis suarez their opponents the red stars the liverpool man also with a hat trick to his name as the football spectacular and in a seven old role it was the third and final stop for the all starts or after gains in mexico and colombia. in formula one defending champion sebastian

fed so will start in pole position for sunday's european grand prix in valencia the red bull driver has won in valencia for the past two seasons and was quickest in qualifying for a third straight year alongside him on the front row will be mclaren's loz hamilton while pastor maldonado will start in third afterwards that's all was quick to praise his team. in the last qualifying i knew that going at the end of the truck comes in a little bit more and talking a lot together than yeah should be good enough maybe to to have a low. at the pole in the end it was. yeah surprising but all in all i felt very well this weekend the boys have been working incredibly hard in their garridge all the people in the factory as well to make sure that we bring a couple of new parts to the car so they seem to work and obviously i'm looking looking forward to the race tomorrow elsewhere in motor sports

a time defending world rally champion sebastian lopez triumphed in new zealand to claim his third straight victory and further stretch his lead in the driver's standings the frenchman did not win any of the seven special stages on the final day but he was still almost thirty seconds faster overall than his citroën c made me go here but in a village more weights. completed the podium on his ford twenty one year old russian you get in the vehicle fell short of what would have been only his second ever podium finish coming in for it was victory number five for lope so far this season and he now leads perennial rival here but in thirty eight points with another six stops left all the w.r.c. calendar. tennis now and french open champion maria sharapova is targeting a second straight major title at wimbledon getting underway next week however the new world number one admits it's self switching to grass after dominating the clay

court season i think it's the toughest back to back grand samwise no doubt especially if you're coming up for you know french open when our finalists it's the toughest turn around because you know as much as you want to so braving enjoy it. and. you come here and it's a whole new ballgame but i think that's the beauty of tennis is there's so much out there to do and achieve and it's it always seems like it's back to back. and finally the looming in london olympics will be the first summer games for russia's open water swim there. she surprised many by making the squad after bigger names fail to qualify but she has that servants to prove her worth a lot of time to go dance reports now. with only five weeks to go until the olympics or took part in a lighter training session this week and this open water event in most regions allowed to choose to swim alongside the stars it was a bit of relief from

a grueling schedule but says she was hoping for a podium sport in london. so i was very very happy to earn their right to compete in the olympics it's a dream for any athlete i think as well my expectations out really hope for the best in london and i'll try to make the podium and to get a good result there's a lot of expectations on her shoulders there woman swimming marathon made its debut to the olympics four years ago. and russia's larry said. she since retired to do so is determined to take up the mantle and believes her preparations will put her in good stead i have already tested the olympic venue wines and it was quite all right but it always everything will depend on the write down the water may be colored that but i have experience in such conditions and have competed in cold water before while those joyful there's heartbreak for a fellow russian swimmer you could serenus a liver so i was also taking part in this weekend's event she was one of the

favorites to represent her country in london but failed to qualify during trials in portugal two weeks ago and it still hurts. unfortunately the what in portugal was very cold of course we knew this in advance and tried to prepare for it but my muscles just couldn't cope with the conditions so it was a big disappointment for me but i need to look forward and come out of it stronger . while her presence was definitely appreciated in the more secure region. keen amateur a swimmer makes with professionals in an event designed to combine sports and entertainment what brought me here is we've got a fantastic opportunity to do well to swimming so i come every year it's an important part of my my swimming calendar a. fantastic event absolutely fantastic event more. good organization lots of other swimmers swimming has always been a popular and successful sport for russia with the last summer games in beijing and

a country only claimed for medals of more than one hundred. and events like these a whole can to encourage more to take up the sport and perhaps achieve the highest level in the future. we're going to see most can reach in. and reform or we'll bring you up to date less than a couple of hours from now but our you tube channel is available at any time so you can find it at r t sport news so take a look when you get a chance and thank you for watching.

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