so what you want to live from moscow these are the top stories moscow moves the mediation forward syrian opposition groups are in the capital and foreign minister sergei lavrov is due to meet representatives of the syrian national council later on tuesday they reportedly want to persuade brush to get behind foreign intervention and. the british m.p. admits politicians were useless in uncovering the truth behind the barclays scandal while the bank of england's deputy governor has denied claims he gave barclays hands to manipulate lending rates in two thousand and eight. and russian sand the

basic necessities to their ravaged southern region of cross and are emergency workers and volunteers are trying to help those affected by flash floods. next we discuss russia's position on syria with the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament makes a push gulf. coast city think the events unfolding in syria are in line with the interested to syrian people. there's a civil war going on in syria and it's only the syrian political opposition that's benefiting from it because the opposition took up arms and use violence to achieve their goals i'm convinced that most syrians don't want to have this armed conflict it's a well known fact that the armed opposition groups persecute the christian community in syria thousands of christians were driven out of their towns and villages shia muslims

a minority in the country they make up thirteen percent also targeted by armed sunni radicals who represent a majority of the armed opposition minorities are killed as we saw in houla and driven out there is a town in syria called home market right now it is controlled by militants and there are basically no local residents left in hama they have either been killed or fled the city and in this situation the so-called friends of syria and hillary clinton tell us that the armed opposition is fighting for democracy the armed opposition is not fighting for democracy they are fighting for dictatorship and it will be a dictatorship of the forces that they are trying to bring to power to replace assad it's clear by now that it has nothing to do with democracy we can draw this conclusion from the way this armed opposition is acting they don't want any negotiations they don't want to comply with the amount plan they don't want to create a transitional government they don't want anything what they want is to have all the power in the country yet i don't quite understand how the u.s.

can support the armed opposition because these are the same kind of people who blow up american soldiers in afghanistan and iraq of the same kind of people who kill nato troops in afghanistan in the same country they're considered enemies of the united states while here they're treated as allies i don't think this insurgency would have any serious prospects without support but they have this external financial and political support and they get weapons from outside therefore it's not simply an uprising without a serious. future it's a civil war that split the country in half as a result of external interference. but what are these outside forces actually trying to achieve why would they want to wage war. the us in particular wants to topple the assad regime which has long been considered anti american i believe assad's good relations with russia have also played a role in washington treats any government on friendly terms with russia with

a degree of skepticism to put it mildly so they would never rather replicate it with a regime more supportive of the u.s. as for islamist a one harvey mana keys in the gulf like saudi arabia qatar or rain they seek to model the syrian regime after their own they would like to cover all women under black veils lock them up at home strip them of their electoral rights in case of dissent the government would follow the example of bahrain and open fire against his own people this kind of conflict is not unique to syria but with events in bahrain the us simply turned a blind eye because bahrain is america's friend the bit in other words these gulf countries would like the sunnis to take power and establish a religious state just like in the persian gulf and weaken the shias who have been ruling syria as well as iran which is currently regarded as syria's ally saudi arabia qatar and bahrain treat iran with much animosity and see it topple the assad as a way to weaken the shia iran this whole situation has little to do with freedom or

democracy neither saudi arabia nor qatar bahrain or the united arab emirates have any democracy or freedom and most of these states even lack a constitution because it would be ridiculous to assume that these are democratic states could bring democracy to syria or the sunni shia confrontation as a very important dimension to this conflict often ignored it plays a major role that you know just recently u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said. and i can wait russia and china will pay a price because they're holding progress in blocking it this is no longer tolerable what's your reaction to the statement. but all i see is that the us is paying a price for what it did in iraq for example the us has lost a lot of its glamour and trust in its foreign policy. i would even go as far as to say that the occupation of iraq prompted a crisis in u.s.

foreign policy at the moment even its staunch allies like turkey or egypt along with western european countries such as germany the u.k. france saw a drastic hike in anti american sentiment the u.s. is now paid a price for their occupation of iraq now russia warns against the occupation of syria russia says that it's syrians who should decide their own future hillary clinton may well the voice or opinion but it's no more than a fantasy i hear she's about to step down as secretary of state so this must be her farewell fantasy that. the us has clearly demonstrated that it's not going to back down i have syria how far is russia prepared to go. the conference on syria held in geneva in june adopted a roadmap supported by the us russia and china the countries agreed on the need to set up a transition government to launch a dialogue between the government and opposition the participants agreed that it

should be the representatives of the two warring parties that should start these talks this blueprint was backed by russia the us china and france almost every country present so it looks like a sensible solution but as soon as they put their signatures to the plan a war of interpretation broke out hillary clinton said that the plan implies that assad must go russia said the document does not even mention the name of a sad so it has nothing to do with his few. russia insists that the document aims to end violence and start negotiations and all this despite the fact that all the country said they had reached a common understanding it's really strange when five minutes after you reach an understanding that the parties appear divided indeed the countries did reach some common ground or bit fragile but again they tend to interpret it differently this means a political battle is going on also the rebels said they won't take part in any

kind of talks and refuse to be part of a transitional government i think pro-rebel forces can easily do both signed the geneva plan and then tell the rebels to press on with the old ways that being their fight against the assad government with us. that's. what does russia. russia insists on the agreements that have already been reached so that the sides should know that the rebels are against the us well if the rebels don't want to join a negotiation what can we do about it we can't send in our troops and force them to do so all we can do is to work hard to persuade the u.s. to use their leverage in washington signed the geneva plan to set up a transition government and therefore the u.s. should now use its influence on the album position in syria to make them comply with it otherwise their policy would look hypocritical making official statements in support of the process of negotiation they in fact more sabotage we could also

work to persuade the cabinet not to renounce their support for negotiations and a transition government that was in fact the assad government has agreed to the plan and it is only the armed opposition the rebels who are against it the u.s. says the rebels are ready to join the negotiations only after a sad has resigned but this was never mentioned at the geneva conference we never signed any document that would say that syria must change its regime under the influence of the external players and we say syrians grass make their decision this is russia's stance russia cannot work miracles however it can and will maintain its stance. not. that many experts say that for the us a war in syria would pave the way to attack iran do you think this scenario is possible and yes. i believe there's been too much speculation on this issue personally i don't quite see how a possible military strike against iran is connected with syria's future amidst the

economic havoc and domestic hostilities syria is clearly out of shape to attack any of us allies in the middle east so should the us decide to wage a war on iran syria will have little to do with it. i think that state could be a strategic base but. there are many u.s. allies in the middle east for example jordan but nobody ever calls jordan a strategic base to attack iran i would not take these speculations seriously to me the issues of iran and syria are poles apart the mask is thought to be iran's ally so you need a regime change in syria in order to weaken iran but in my opinion this is all very farfetched right now syria can't be a fully fledged ally to iran too focused on its own domestic affairs it can either send its troops abroad will cause any trouble for america's allies in the middle east so the argument that the us needs to crush syria before taking on iran holds

little water you know that the issue of iran is not about its military expansion or aggression it's all about the nuclear weapons that iran may acquire this was a hot topic long before the syria crisis it's been on the agenda for about twelve years with the us strongly against iran going nuclear this alone is enough to prove that the issues of syria is very different from that of iran i would not link these two issues closely together.

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moscow moves the mediation forward syrian opposition groups are in the capital and foreign minister sergei lavrov is due to meet representatives of the syrian national council later on tuesday they reportedly want to persuade russia to get behind foreign intervention. a british m.p. admits politicians were useless in uncovering the truth behind the barclays scandal while the bank of england's deputy governor has denied claims he gave barclays hands to manipulate lending rates in two thousand and eight. and the russian sand basic necessities to the ravaged southern region of cross and are emergency workers and volunteers are trying to help those affected by flash floods. so they have lines here in our sports next with andrew.

hello good morning you're watching the sport here on r.t. and these are the headlines new deal reverdy man cine greece to stay at manchester city for another five years ending speculation is to become the new russia bob. chelsea an england star john terry defends himself in court over racism claims. dating high rushes hottest talented extreme sports come to moscow to showcase that skill. but first revert him and cheney has agreed a new five year deal to stay at the helm of manchester city and therefore ruling out the possibility of becoming the new russia coach their contract would see the forty seven year old stay with the blues until the summer of twenty seventeen the italian coach guided the club to f.a. cup glory in his first full season in charge last year and he followed that up with

their first league title in forty four years in may man cheney had been strongly linked with the russia job are to take up the cause departure flooring russia's poor performance at the recent european championships in poland and ukraine. elsewhere a new liverpool manager brendan rodgers says he plans to restore the club to its former glory the thirty nine year old took up the red hot seat after moving from swansea last month and he's already aiming high next season. over school the twenty five blue suit i hope i can conceive to be strong in every single competition the reality is we want to ensure that we we can improve on our league status that's the reality of the last three seasons the club is for next to six of them from the so we want to improve on that and build a bridge but palosi if. you're playing for liverpool football club the intention is to work. meanwhile former manchester united midfielder g.

soon parker signed a two year deal with q.p.r. saying he was impressed by the club's ambition the south korean is the six off season signing by the london premier league side and the second from manchester united after the rival brazilian defender five year disorder on a season long loan. some of. you know money is not important. in the future of how you're going to do and where were you going to leave. your two room. just me. there are two months in the future. for me is that so this sign now off the field chelsea and england star john terry has defended himself in court against claims he racially abused a fellow player prosecutors claim a chelsea captain it's using offensive language as quote a sarcastic exclamation while they also say terry was goaded by q.p.r. defender anton ferdinand the two came face to face in court as terry denied the

races in charge the thirty one year old could become the first english premier league player to be convicted of racial abuse during a game and he could be fined up to four and a half thousand dollars. now over in paris did it is shown says being made france manager is the highlight of his career so far the former world cup winner i'm our say manager was officially unveiled at the headquarters of the french football federation in paris he replaces ron brown who resigned after the country's poor performance you are a twenty twelve just your arms first task will be to unite and often divided squad and see them qualify for the twenty fourteen world cup in brazil not an easy task is there in the same qualifying group as world and european champions spain but the forty three year old is determined to make an impact. and it's agreed to honor for me to have this responsibility because. i'm white and red shirt this it is the best thing that has happened to me in my professional

career was i'm not here to threaten anyone as you know i'm a very demanding i give all my trust but to do french football situation with all that has happened in the past i think we'll agree. that video shows occulus well in cycling bradley wiggins has taken a massive step towards his maiden tour de france title the briton securing his first stage victory to open up almost a two minute advantage at the top of the overall standings the thirty two year old led team sky's want to win the stage nine time trial the yellow jersey holding the elegy holder beating chris froome by thirty five seconds after the forty one point five kilometer ride five in country lara was the third fastest while defending chanting to eleven struggled crossing the finish line into sixty straightly and now trails we can inspire one minute fifty three seconds overall rushes dennis menchov is fifth in the general classification three minutes back. but

a major sports russia up and come out at my death has won the second stage of the silk way rally in southern russia that came as driver who also made his debut at the dakar rally earlier this year prevailed in the trucks category and he wished. miss in eleven seconds faster than teammate and former winner at quad nikolayev but nick alive keeps the overall lead vet is rules the roost in the car standings the argentinian going to hold after his third place finish in volgograd. france and ukraine's bloody may have a city have came home first and second respectively. now one of the all time great olympians carl lewis says there is no guarantee sprinter usain bolt will win gold at the upcoming london games louis one nine limp it goes during his glittering career but says american sprinters tyson gay and justin gatlin shouldn't be dismissed in one hundred meters they've not run as fast as world record holder bolt for his jamaican compact go home plate this year but lewis believes other athletes

could benefit from being out of the spotlight britain could also spring spring a surprise. anyone could be beat and that's why you have to run the race that day i wish that i could have just mailed in those my gold medals dissolute it's ok on the field with me give it to me you have to remember everyone can be maybe what you want i think united states always has a strong team america team i think will do well in the hundred meters and in the relays hundred two hundred in the relays and that's where i think people forgot that united states always been very very strong but let's not throw out the british team because their home couple of years ago they won the gold medal couple games ago to win the gold medal i think to do better people think. that one driver lewis hamilton has given the olympic torch a helping hand as it makes its way around the former world champion carry the flame in the town of lived in the east of england and loved every minute of it. first phenomenal. the response and the reception here so early in the morning and to

be to be nominated to be to do this is a real honor honestly i never in a million years thought out a chance to do it so i enjoyed every single second of it. and finally when it comes to extreme sports russia is catching up fast with the west in the summer season sees a whole host of events across the country they include the adrenalin games in moscow which has attracted some international stars with more is my career change. it felt like the seventh annual general in games in moscow had a statement to make that the world should be paying more attention to its budding skaters and be a mix right as indeed since the collapse of the soviet union russia has been playing catch up with the world in a lot of traditional sports especially those of the extreme kind but you wouldn't think that the country was far off now judging by the number of young athletes showcasing their talents lie shows like us and russian skaters have every chance to succeed in international competitions thanks to such organizes who keep bringing

the level up high it's especially beneficial to our skaters but russia has every chance and if we train and show we really want it we can achieve anything even though the event was obviously dominated by such russian hopefuls there were plenty of foreign talent attracted to the event you too it's lofty status most with some of the visitors and i really like moscow the city is really beautiful i also like the atmosphere here the people have done a great job with the skate park to them definitely coming back next year the b m x competition also had plenty of showman that wowed the crowd five time x. games winner reynolds also had only warm words to say about russia russia for us or so that's my first time actually making out yeah i see some a dude videos but it's like it's way second to someone talented players like jay boarded the bike riders are down on the same other than us that's a really awesome to see that the mariners are again awesome bad super fun force to

the run and not have i give you good time i haven't been real by the makeshift today carnival certainly made the most of the mast young crowd with lots of many attractions and events to participate in one unusual attraction have the aussie crew especially interested people coming here to the general games can only not only check out the world's best state borders and b.m.x. riders but they also get the chance to test drive their own jeep on this rather difficult obstacle course. as you see right now which i'm trying to tackle but it's all fun and games as you can see the sun is shining and i've just managed to finish it so many spectators turned out to be curious passes by as moscow's famous gorky park is usually packed with people on the weekends it's the worst i came to spend my often on in great key park and saw that these games were on i think it's really great and i'm enjoying myself here but there were of course plenty of hardcore skateboard and be a mix stands on hand and the others that every year it gets better and better they

constantly building new skate parks of course it's all more developed in europe and the u. house and i think in a couple of years everything will be a schoolish thing it is truly amazing to see the skate scene and to be a mixed scene evolving as it is here in moscow and in russia as a whole now this skate park behind me was purpose built although generally games which also shows that moscow is fast becoming a real hot spot for summer sporting events and of course with this turnout that we're seeing today moscow will be giving other more traditional sporting cities a run for their money in the future like approaching r.t. moscow. brings us to the end of the sport we're back again in us.

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