he's for instance on t.v. don't come. now a half past the hour here in the russian capital this is our t. hey come you headlines now syria's opposition says it will not engage in dialogue with the country's president hopes moscow will help to bring about a change in the current regime but moscow is pushing for the warring sides to sit down and talk with the violence in the country intensifying over the past two months. emergency aid his ascent to russia as a southern region of crush not over one hundred seventy people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after flash floods trying to tarion assistance is coming in from all across the country as volunteers try to help victims get back on their

feet. by the former boss of barclays bank gives up a twenty million pound bonus afterwards signing but is still in line for a tidy payoff fuelling claims that big bankers get rewarded regardless of the ledge to wrongdoing. right happy to stay with us here and we discussed russia's stance on the conflict in syria with the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament that of alexei pushkov. did he think he events unfolding in syria are in hindsight 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 are going to 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 make up thirteen percent also targeted by 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 join this conclusion from the way this armed opposition is acting they don't want any negotiations that will they don't want to comply with the annan 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 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 well 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 supportive of the us as for islamist or harvey mana keys in the gulf war 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 when we can the shias who have been ruling syria as well as iran which is currently regarded as syria's ally saudi

arabia qatar and bahrain 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 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 go 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 us or at the moment even its staunch allies like turkey or egypt along with western european countries such as germany the u.k. france so a drastic hike in anti american sentiment in the us is now paid a price for their occupation of iraq now russia warns against the occupation of syria russia says the 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. the us has clearly demonstrated that it's not going to back down i've 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 you know 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 history. 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 with five minutes after you reach an understanding that 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. forces. what does russia. russia insists on the agreements that have already been reached so that the sides should know that the rebels are against well if the rebels don't want to join and they go to the asians 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 transitional 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 assad 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 stones. 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 that 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. 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 the speculation seriously to me the issues of iran and syria are poles apart the masochists 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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headlines on r t syria's opposition says it won't engage in dialogue with the country's president and hopes moscow will help to bring about a change in the current regime is pushing for the warring sides to sit down and talk of the violence in the country intensifying over the past two months. emergency aid is sent to russia's southern region of cross in the dark for one hundred seventy people were killed and tens of thousands of made homeless in flash floods humanitarian assistance is coming in from all across the country as volunteers try to help victims get back on their feet. and the former boss of barclays bank gives up a twenty million pound bonus after resigning but is still in line for a tiny pay off it's fuelling claims of big bankers get rewarded regardless of their

alleged wrongdoing. are more news in fifteen minutes time for now those dimitri and the sport. hello there thanks for joining us this hour coming up in the bullets. girl power french open champ. is set to become russia's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony for the london olympics. you deal with roberto mancini agrees to stay and match the city for another five years and then speculation he's to become the russia's new head coach. aiming higher russia's hottest talent in extreme sports come to moscow to showcase their skills. to

become russia's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony for the london olympics are up front runner for the row after winning the french open last month with that victory the twenty five year old completed a reg grand slam of the four major titles and the current world number three will be looking to add an olympic gold to that collection at her maiden games you know almost four hundred fifty athletes will compete for russia in forty four sports as the nation targets a top three finish overall but they also know they'll be much work. to look back that would push a new process it's going to be tough for lympics because our rivals are very strong you see in china at the new favorite city but the host nation and many more countries will also be vying for medals still we expect our team to keep great britain and finish in the top three in the middle stable. roberto mancini has side a new five year deal to stay at the helm of manchester city it also rose out any

possibility of him becoming the new head coach the contract will see the forty seven year old manager estate with city until the summer of twenty seventeen telling coach guarded the clock to a fake up floor 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 remember cheney had been stronger linked with russia job after taking the car departure following russia's poor performance at the recent european championships in poland and ukraine. elsewhere new liverpool manager brendan rodgers says he would go at it is sending striker and dick carroll out on loan ac milan are reported to be interested but rodgers denies there's been an official offer in the meantime for what so once a boss has made their league lupul spirity the team finished outside the european places last season and rodgers wants to avoid any repetition. over school the

twenty five blue suit who 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 was the reality in the last three seasons the club has finished two six seven and the so we want to improve on them and build a movement which book. you're a player for liverpool football club the intention is to win. meanwhile former manchester united midfielder jason clarke. deal with q.p.r. saying he was impressed by the club's and bishan south korean sixty off season signing by the london premier league side and second from match united after the arrival of brazilian defender far but on a season long loan and. there are some offers to compare the q.p.r. then then you know the money's not important important in the future how are you going to do and there are you going to leave. your children. just me.

and then there are two months that in the future this. for me is there to create things so this sign. over in paris is being made a france manager is the highlight of his career so far the former world cup winner and my say head coach was officially unveiled at the headquarters of the french football federation places and blunt who resigned after the country's poor performance at euro twenty twelve champs first task will be to unite and often divide a squad and see them qualify for the twenty fourteen world cup in brazil not an easy task in the same qualifying group world and european champions spain but the forty three year old is determined to make an impact. i'm very proud and it's agreed to honor for me to have this responsibility because i'm very. white and

red shirt it is the best thing that has happened to me in my professional career i'm not here to threaten anyone as you know i am a very demanding man i give all my trust but today the situation with all that has happened in the past i think will agree smuggler's cannot fail within a short occulus. playing bradley wiggins has taken a massive step towards winning the tour de france or britain one monday's time trial to increase his overall lead in the race to nearly two minutes the thirty two year old finished with forty one kilometer route forty five seconds ahead of the sky team mate crease froome and a commanding one minute forty three ahead of defending champion cadel evans this year the now trails wiggins by almost two minutes in the journal pacific nation rushes in its mission of its fifth overall then it's back today is the rest of that with action resuming on wednesday in the mountain. over to third it's now one of

the all time great olympians carl lewis says there is no guarantee jamaican super spring to st paul two will win the one hundred meters in london lose one nine golds during his glittering career but says the chances of him. american sprinters tyson gay and justin gatlin should be dismissed they have not transpose fast as well to record holder bolt or his jamaican to make your own blake this year but luiz believes the other athletes could benefit from being out of the spotlight while host britain could also spring a surprise in anyone could be and that's why you have to run a race that i wish that i could have just mailed in those gold medals dissolute it's ok i'm the favorite to give it to me you have to remember everyone can be meeting with king which i think is united states always has a strong team america team i think will do well in the hundred meters and in the relay 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 christians

because their home couple of years ago they won the gold medal couple games ago he won the gold medal i think to do better than people think. and finally when it comes to extreme sports russia is catching up fast with the west and the summer season seems a huge range of events across the country they include the adrenaline games in moscow which has attracted international stars with more haze michael kraft chank oh. 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 being mix right is indeed says 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 of the country as far off now judging by the number of young athletes showcasing their talents like yours they got it like you said russia skaters have every chance to succeed in international competitions thanks to such organizes you 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 due to. lofty status most recently because there's a rule like moscow the city is really beautiful i also like the atmosphere here the people have done a great job with the skate park and i'm definitely coming back next year the b m x competition also had plenty of showmen that wowed the crowds five times x. games with reynolds also had only warm words to say about russia russia for us is so is my first time actually making out yeah i see somebody do videos but it's like it's way second to see someone's talent i said like say boarded a bike riders are down on the same level and give us that stuff really awesome to see that dude from everywheres really get good awesome and super fun force to the run and not have like give you a 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 skateboarders 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're seeing 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 just managed to finish it many spectators turned out to be curious passers by as moscow's famous gokey park is usually packed with people on the weekends it's the reason i came to spend my afternoon and work you park and saw that these games were on and i think it's really great and i'm enjoying myself but there were of course plenty of hardcore skateboard and be a mic stands on hand and it was the every year it gets better and better constantly building music a farce of course it's all more developed in europe and the u.

house and i think in a couple of years everything will be going to school as parents it's 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 the summer sporting events and of course with this turnout that we're seeing today moscow will be giving all the most additional sporting cities a run for their money in the future. go. ok up to date now back into us time with sports news for you from around the globe where there is next stay with us.

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