talk about the headlines for you now here in r.t. . nato looms over syria as alliance member turkey claims the downing of its military jet. was an attack on the entire block syria says it did in self-defense by shooting down a bit to buy that in its air space on friday. moscow pushes for middle east peace following a present putin's talks in israel kissing on iran's nuclear ambitions and ongoing conflict in syria russian media now heads to palestine to promote dialogue between us and hamas movement. a crisis claims its fifth

victim cyprus asked for a multi billion euro bailout to rescue its people banking sector and finance its debts it follows in the footsteps of spain which saw twenty eight of its banks downgraded to madrid ask for financial aid. talk to syria's deputy foreign minister for the government's take on a solution to the ongoing crisis and his reaction to international efforts to mediate and in his view fuel the conflict. from the dr for itself general robert mood head of the united nations supervision mission in syria explains that the u.n. observer mission has been suspended due to an escalation of violence and the lack of peaceful options for resolving the conflict and the warring parties determination to strengthen their respective military positions in the thank you

for joining us. thank you but would you agree these were the main reasons for suspending the mission or was there a difference perhaps he did rationale behind this decision. when. syrian trusted the observers with capabilities and special privileges that one president did for such u.n. missions we were confident that this would help carry out their plan and therefore going tribute to the implementation of the kofi annan plan secondly there was never a time in the past two months ahmed when we would deny the observers access whatever they wanted to visit and inspect any area of syria except for places insurgents prevented the visiting now let me give you a short and straightforward answer we have identified three or four principles of interacting with the u.n. mission and we agreed to kofi annan plan however what i say i'm convinced that we have delivered a lot on the six point peace plan we do not agree and will not agree with many of

the statements in this regard especially those who always by parties that are known for their hostility to war because if you now secondly like i said we did cooperate with the un observer mission and provided it with every possible privilege. we ensured the observers personal security throughout their stay and in all of their movements around the country this is exactly what has enabled us to deliver on the peace plan in many aspects in the form we did not prevent the observers from moving around syria and going any place they wanted we're convinced and this is the opinion of the syrian government the only feasible solution for the crisis we're facing is political dialogue i am a supply me insurgents with any type of lethal weapon including communication equipment does nothing but impede a peaceful settlement and result bloodshed in syria. russia and the united states have expressed reciprocal concerns regarding arms shipments to syria russia is arguing supplying damascus with what it describes as exclusively defensive

weapons in accordance with the existing bilateral contracts and in turn moscow has accused us of arming the syrian opposition. i would like to point out that practically unlimited military aid that the us has been providing to israel which includes sophisticated hardware and even. as a nation currently under attack syria has the right to procure weapons that it can use to protect itself its sovereignty and its people of the countries that have been supplying the terrorists with weapons this is a proven fact that we have brought up time and again we are requesting mr kofi annan and those who support his plan to urge these governments to stop providing material and financial aid to the insurgents and supplying them with state of the art weapons and communication equipment in the united states and france and some of the gulf nations have been providing the militants with that one which in turn contributes to escalating violence in syria if they were to stop such military aid

to the syrians would be able to sit down at the negotiating table the very next day and launch a genuine dialogue for nationwide how the reconciliation in other words it would help the syrian people and resolve the dangerous situation that is threatening our region and the world wide in general. that it has been argued recently that the military in syria should take it from here and ensure genuine security for the public is there really a split in opinion between the military and the policy makers in syria over how to solve the crisis i mean. i think that people who say such things are simply ignorant about what is really going on in syria i believe this conflict can be resolved with peaceful means it is obvious that the so-called opposition and the armed terrorist groups and their sponsors are no match for the syria. then why doesn't the syrian army just wipe them out. first of all they are concerned about

the possible civilian casualties and devastation this might entail the possible destruction of privately owned homes public facilities such. methods what's in use so that was a long time ago i believe that the entire syrian public should put an end to the hostilities with every faction of society brought to the table regardless of their various interests and aspiration what the so-called opposition should sit down and negotiate because more bloodshed will only result in their own homes and families being affected by violence making reconciliation even more difficult at the moment that the international community has repeatedly addressed to the syrian government as the most influential stakeholder in syria capable of resolving the conflict what is the government undertaken recently to find a way out of the crisis whether some people like it or not we are indeed strong in the face of such challenges and we have conveyed this to international officials

and anybody who approach this we are stronger because we work in the thick of the action and we have genuine power we lose our troops every day to terrorist attacks them and we knew civilians who were killed by militant for no reason simply because an insurgent instructed to kill a certain number of people in a specific area when armed rebels and intimidate shop owners into shutting down this stalls this is presented as an anti government protest where is it is really submission by business owners afraid of their property getting burnt down if they disobey there are no real protests the people of syria are still confident that the government will help them out and that the reforms launched by the government will help resolve the conflict and ensure security and solidarity of syria there as well as the entire middle east as soon as the armed opposition stop spilling blood and killing civilians peace and security will be restored in syria this will pave the

way for a nationwide dialogue and they willing the government to implement its intended reforms that will provide peace and stability for syria and the how. brushes. has recently called for a meeting that would include every possible stakeholder including all the neighboring countries and other middle east nations even those who support the syrian opposition as long as they are committed to providing a peaceful solution for syria do you think the opposition will embrace such an initiative that would such a meeting be successful. we believe that the russian initiative is a constructive while we know that russia's attitude toward syria is based on three fundamental principles respect for the un charter respect for human rights and respect for the principle of national sovereignty as opposed to the colonias mind set maintained by the united states and its allies such as france the u.k. and a number of other e.u. member states this also refers to some of the arab countries who act as minions of

america and the west and blindly follow their orders with regard to syria i believe that russia's initiative is in the best interests of syria and such a meeting should be helpful in accomplishing what russia sees as the purpose of such dialogue that such a meeting should involve every stakeholder no matter if they side with us or not but there must be one commitment that every party sticks to namely that there should be no attempt at subverting or undoing. all in all i'm very confident and optimistic about the future of syria. thank you and thank you for being with us.

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nato looms over syria as a launch member turkey claims that downing of its military jet by the mascot's was an attack on the entire block syria says it acted in self-defense by shooting down the plane which while it did its airspace on friday. moscow pushes for middle east peace president putin's talks in israel focusing on iran's nuclear ambitions the ongoing conflict in syria russian leader now heads to palestine discuss ways of helping the region's economy but more than half the population live in poverty. and the eurozone crisis claims its fifth victim cyprus asked for a multi billion euro bailout to rescue its people banking sector and finance its debts follows in the footsteps of spain which saw twenty eight of its banks

downgraded to madrid last financial aid. unit is here now with the sports news and a massive shock already at wimbledon yeah you have to go back fifteen years kerry to see venus williams losing in the first shrine in london at wimbledon but that's what happened yesterday more enough plus the rest of the day's sport right now. have you with us this choose the morning here in central moscow plenty of sport ahead including all this. moving on our maria sharapova does would be in this williams could not do on the first day of wimbledon when. the court it's celebration time for the miami heat as the n.b.a. champions are peeled out a parade in florida. leap of faith the high octane sport of cliff

diving gets its season underway in corsica with russian arch change the front runner for the global. let's get the ball. rolling with tennis for maria sharapova her place in the second round wimbledon the russian seeking bucked grand slams after winning the french open last month the new world number one not messing around against. winning in straight sets six two six three where ever there was an even more impressive victory for another russian on the day. sending five time champion venus williams packing in straight sets six one six three it's the first time in fifteen years that was lost in the opening round at the all england club. so he. obviously. didn't happen.

good day two for the pick of the other russians unfold in the first stage top twenty sees maria kirilenko another trooper with few problems and their clashes while viewers from the roof over a woman finalist two years ago must wait until later on tuesday to finish her tough day one clash with germany's monopod. however on the men's side of action russia's top ranking player is safely into the second round in london mikhail youzhny needing four sets though the sea of donald young twenty six a usually fighting back from a set done to beat the on heralded young. enough though he is all it's going down to germany's florian meyer in straight sets while another russian igor andre have had a tough fighting against britain all over golding but still come out the right side one six seven six seven six seven five scoreline no problems though for world number three roger federer giving just three games away spain's alberta ramos. top seed and defending champion novak djokovic didn't have too much trouble either

in response to the new one promise for zero in straight sets six three six three six one that finished in favor of the serve much to. football or with euro two thousand and twelve reaching its final stages games are now at a premium in fact after germany beat greece and get down to the last week the sole remaining match in poland will be the second semifinal on thursday richardson port fleet takes a look at how the tournament has been received so far in the country. it's the biggest sporting event to have ever taken place in poland. and it's helped to put the city back on the map once again. in the early eighties the place was synonymous for the solidarity movement the birthplace of which was the city's shipyards tankers and trawlers a still build here today and the cranes make it instantly recognizable however for the last few years has been the european championships but a bit on everyone's lips. but it's certainly given the city

a positive boost has become much better also trams or so public transport everything got improved and i'm very sure ninety nine percent sure that is it is because of the tournament with poland departing the tournament so early this has seen a drop in interest around the country with the fine zones in all four host cities people pass through their gates. however the euro two thousand and twelve cohost time good times can particular can embrace the armies of travelling fans. in spain in the republic of ireland both play group matches here and the two countries sport an army of around thirty thousand fans each can my best memory our evening spent in softball to this day of the irish people in the spanish people and the day when they were singing the polish song so we were singing their songs they were inventing the new songs and. the big fun of the very good morning

everybody it is the best and perfect jokes from irish people i didn't know that having such a good sense of humor. it has been a real eye opener have a poles have taken to such large numbers of travelling fans on the doorstep as they have not had to deal with such an influx of visitors supporters of greece and germany were the last to descend on mass to get bands they only had good things to say about the city. the harbors firstly because we are from home of this world so we are from. we have to because we're going. to see the water this is what most of force from it's where organizing got. to create tournament. good winner not surprisingly tourism has surged over the last month in poland the city in the north of the country is a ready popular for its beaches a historical city center for euro's tourist numbers have doubled in comparison to two thousand and eleven the tournament is almost coming to an end with the last

game in poland taking place on the twenty eighth from warsaw however the hundreds of thousands of fans will leave this country with a very good impression. poland. following russia's disappointing performance at euro two thousand and twelve the country's football union boss has resigned a surrogate for saying informing president vladimir putin about his decision to quit and apologised for the team's early exit from the tournament after a confidence inspiring four one win over the czech republic dick advocate's men feel to get out of their group drawn with poland then losing to greece despite russia's poor showing the president thanks for saying first work over the last three years. nobody knew us to one of the thief executive committee members russia shouldn't lose seats. that's why i ask you to keep working class in the russian sports council and also thank you for all you've done for russian football

development. and turning stateside where it's party time at beach the miami heat fans celebrating only their second ever n.b.a. title last year is runners up breaking through in twenty twelve by finishing off the oklahoma city thunder on thursday evening tens of thousands of supporters on hand to witness the redemption of the bron james chris bosh dwayne wade and company wade out in his second bryant trophy he knew donna's haslam only had daughters. the two thousand and six championship winning squad well i mean for sweeter moment for james hird his first ever title winner on the individual finals m.v.p. award and made. constant media criticism the twenty seven year old coming a long way since deciding to move scythe from cleveland two years ago. was best. years ago. you know the state championships you know literally championship is where the case may be but you know this is my dream or. less and with

a splash the twenty twelve cliff diving world series got going over the weekend on the french island of corsica but although it was a new year it was an old heads who came away with a win us robert report. on twenty seven mirrors this might be looking insane with a little exception. but these guys it's something they cannot live without. it's a reason for season the cleat diving scream of the grove with their stunning skills on show. the first of seven stops for the red bull world series twenty twelve the french island of corsica. greece is a favorites the reigning champ gary hunt last season's runner up. and the two

thousand and nine serious winner are landed again in the spotlight. last year in injury forced the colombian legend out of the competition this is an opener and proved he was back in the game in force. with clearly the best performance of the day the thirty seven year old claimed the first stage win and the twenty twelve serious overall lead or longer the duke came back. in style i wanted to make a comeback at least the same level that i was last year but. even though i want to win i wasn't expecting it you know i know the level keeps going up conditions are really tricky and i was able to do to handle all that but you know just just really really happy i put a lot of time into preparing myself and i mean it looks like the results are are just coming back american still in libya his first world series podium was second place. was chip mikel number two edging no gear hound in the head to head round.

in early practice and doing a lot of mental training with that as you see it paid off as only a couple points behind orlando it's an awesome is an incredible me so just super stoked about everything and. it was a very location horse a good number of them did really well this first first competition and this year it's very difficult also like everybody everybody but i had to push everybody tried to push themselves they tried to do it i am really happy i finished third place rushes hundred one of those who try to find to his showcase in make it even more complicated adding one more twist to his famous arm standoff. this resulted in some mistakes during the so-called blind entry into the water and left the russian with only eighth place however a weak loose with a little reminder that it was soon to produce the most awesome high diving performance this sport has ever seen the twenty two year old claimed the highest

scores he's three to win last season's final stage he knew crane. now there's not too many people in the our team newsroom who would attempt thought but one that is carrie johnson he's here with the news and just a sec. well the. point is the magic of transforming airplanes into jet trains dirty diesels into clean rail dreams double down on profits by building up instead of out in a german swoop plays east for the summer knowledge up here on r.g.p. . we've got a. my

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