if you knew me a song from feinstein. startup t.v. dot com. you're watching our two year just in time for the headlines egyptians are waiting to hear who their next president will be as a result of the country's first post mubarak election had been already delayed twice crowds of demonstrators have taken to cairo as a revolutionary square. turkey denies spying existing its military jet shot down by syrian forces on friday was on a training flight as nato said to investigate zerah maintains it was just protecting its over india as a plainclothes into its territory. and the world's

a top whistleblower what is waiting for his fate to be decided by ecuador after the os bought side the mega country's london embassy at the end of may the u.k. supreme court rejected an appeal against julian assange his extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning over claims of sexual assault. up next a candid perspective on the syrian uprising from a senior aide to the country's president but on the political and media advisor to the syrian leader gives us the view from inside assad's government. thank you. for saying that siobhan political and media advisor to syria's president it's great to have you with us here today with that 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 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 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 who came to syria during this crisis it's true that we've been given access to foreign journalists hundreds of freshened written in the game hundreds of. foreign journalists from all over the world from india and china. they were as from all over the world and so it's not true all the journalists are now 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 to 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 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 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 may this people be who are helping the terrorists to kill peaceful people like you say i think even the observers of the un a little better say that very. different the 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 whole bit . 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 universe 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 off 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 that is possible in a sense because if you take what the sudan and prices and there are all. china would the door twice and what would what this with the stand off that 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 in yemen all i 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 word the way actions but it carefully and i feel that there's no consideration for such a thing because of course you do have russia and china support as far as stay 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 it are also they think that scenario 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 that military strike doesn't always come with a flowery result doesn't achieve 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 arena to that 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 u.s. 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 a change. the political scene and the word by making an excellent to 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 going to talking about syria is it the will proceed to say to the british people you should move camera or is it. british people who should decide why that doesn't apply to other countries is it because of the colin governing 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 all that's not 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 and syria but can you do something about this at this point or it's out of your control of the international community who should also do something about that because those countries who say that they support kofi annan the plan and kofi annan 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 homs is not possible is because hearing government is afraid along with the humanitarian aid will come

something else is that true that not through 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 call that absolutely fully with the humanitarian agencies there's no problem so there's a humanitarian corridor open in homes right now there is no human to fit in code 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 does it

change anything that we sanction 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 did them because i don't like to be treated. 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 to the united states and 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 anywhere and the word so their countries as many assets of the like because they don't have any of them my asset is the 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 sanctions 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 to put my name on the side of not me who should be there should be. saying i shall want thank you very much for this interview thank you very much thank you. you know. there hasn't been yet. it is. to get the maximum political impact. before the source material is hopes journalism on the real world. we want to present. something real.

rejection is all waiting to hear who the next president will be even as a result of the country's first post mubarak election have already been delayed twice because of demonstrators have taken to cairo as a revolution square. turkey denies a spy insisting its military jet shot down by syrian forces on friday was on a training flight as nato is set to investigate syria maintains it was just protecting its so even as the plane crossed into its territory. and to the world's top and whistleblower is waiting for his fate to be decided by after don't. find them at the country's london embassy at the end of may the u.k. supreme court today rejected an appeal against it in the songes the extradition to

sweden where he's wanted for questioning over claims of sexual assault. his entry with the latest action from the world of sports. hello there welcome to the sport where football still dominates coming up ready for battle even prepared to take on a depleted is lee in the last quarter final of the european championships. while defending champion spain beat france to set up an iberian semifinal with portugal. and driving out to be humored for sebastian vettel chase is when in rome valencia is the european grand prey gets underway. start there with the football and the european championships for england captain steven gerrard has urged his team mates to seize the moment as they prepare to face italy in the last quarter final these

durie have injury problems ahead of tonight's game but say they are ready for the glitch with the build up from kiev his cape partridge. the olympic stadium in kiev will host the first competitive match between england and italy for fifteen years and only the second is a european championship but after finishing unbeaten at the top of group day england manager roy hodgson says the approach to this tie will be much like the others to certain is such a different mentality because saying that. in the group stages you would have. not held involved because you realise 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 can change our mentality particularly we must just make certain we prepare for the match that we are 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 of the quarter final stage but captain steven gerrard says this young team can still progress the atmosphere has been in the squad the confidence and belief that you know it's just important that 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 believe 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 defender georgia and matilda tiago mata is a doubt. friendly is aware of hodgson staal to the englishman managed into milan prandelli what name his team until an hour before kick off as the aim to support england's tactics. we have watched all of ignorance previous games and know that

they are one of the most organized european sides to play within forty yards and we need to stop them playing the 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 over island and he's relishing the sort of facing some of his club nights i hope is going to be a good match and. i think it's going to be fun to play against my team mates. they know me and i know them and. i just hope we're going to be nice and fun by then us by laughing i just hope we're going to win because i want to win even if they are my teammates i hope they're going to lose in may bring on big strike at andy carroll wall italy have targeted wayne rooney as england's danger man if he and ballots tally repeat their domestic rivalry it could go down to the

last minute not that the english and italian fans that started arriving early here in the capital would mind at all. kate partridge r.t. kiev ukraine. well the winner of tonight's game or face germany in the semi's while defending champion spain beat france to nil on saturday to set up a loss for clash with portugal. is hundredth international cap for spain in style scoring both of his team to go in the first coming in the nineteenth minute with a thumping header for a one in their late and then a long as i converted a penalty in stoppage time preparing his side to the semifinals amazingly it's only the first time spain abating france in a major competitive match and a return to the donbass arena is on us on wednesday where they will take on four to go. so spanish found that can't wait to wear white to make the return trip their joy for them after the game they celebrated long into the night while there was disappointment and frustration for their friends. spain is

moving forward in this tournament on wednesday we will be back here to play portugal and we're hoping to. the home as well and to play in the final on the first of july. but these people that is going to do it you see it's not really a team just a bunch of individuals everyone plays for himself i'm completely outreached i'm sure we could have played an actual food would have been i think that with the merger between spain and portugal we will finally see some real football there is some action in the locker room but not on the pitch i'm so disappointed away from the football and a new world record in the decathlon has been set in the us and in picture trials ashton eaton beating the previous mark by thirteen points however running a limp dick champion bryan clay failed to finish in the top three and that means he won't be on the plane to london. so i just i feel very fortunate to be in this

position. i don't want to be like. treated super special or anything like that because i think it's just in large part because the guys you compete with next you work in a long time to come out and try and put something together and i think there was a lot of a lot of hope and expectation there and when you see that kind of all go out the window it's pretty disappointing now the london olympics will be the first time a game to russia open waters from an abusive or she surprised many by making the squad after bigger names failed to qualify but is determined to prove her worth. as the story. with only five weeks to go until the olympics who took part in a lighter training session this week and this open water event in most regions allowed kima choose to swim alongside the stars for goose away it was a bit of relief from a grueling schedule but says she was hoping for

a podium sport in london close in the source i was very very happy to and the 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 they woman swimmin marathon made its debut at the olympics four years ago in beijing and russia as larry said i won gold she's since retired but looser 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 there's joy for her there's heartbreak for a fellow russian swimmer he could tour in a silver suv 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 when 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 . well hell presence was definitely appreciated in the more school region keen amateur a swimmers makes with professionals in an event designed to combine sport 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. fantastic and absolute for. passed to give him more water good organization and lots of other swimmers swimming has always been a popular and successful sport for russia however the last summer games in beijing in the country only claimed four medals out of more than one hundred or more for

and events like this are hoping to encourage more to take up this sport and perhaps achieve the highest level in the future. gregory and hearty most screeching meanwhile in tennis french open champion maria sharapova is targeting a second straight major title at wimbledon which gets underway on monday however the new world number one admits it's tough switching to grass after dominating the clay court season. i think it's the toughest back to background 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 celebrate and enjoy. and. you come here and it's a whole new ball game but i think that's the beauty of tennis is there's there's so much out there to do and achieve and it's it always seems like it's back to back. now as i speak the european grand prix in formula one is just reaching the halfway

stage and it is red bull sebastian vettel who leads in valencia at the moment jan is second in his lotus while lewis hamilton from mclaren is in third vettel of course and started in pole position is after his third win in a row on the circuit now another motor sport new sebastian loeb has won the rally in new zealand this is third straight victory and fifth of this season and stretches his lead at the top of the drive is standing to thirty eight points from citron teammate you could have been in a low did not win any of the seven special stages on the final day but he was still almost thirty seconds faster of the overall than have been in the finland norway to put a sahlberg complete at the podium in his sport and the twenty one year old russian getting off because ward's four or six stops there on the world rally championship calendar. and lastly there is a two way tie for the lead going into the final day of golf's travelers championship in connecticut englishman brian davis an american run in fact share a two shots clear at the summit they're both players looking for their first win on

the p.g.a. tour davis carting a sixty nine on the penultimate day which puts him on twelve under overall. and alongside him at least that year who hit a five under par sixty five this chip to set up birdie typical of his short game on saturday. so that brings up to date more sports into that.

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