thank you for joining our team at half past the hour for a quick recap of your top headlines syria's capital damascus suffers its fiercest fighting since the uprising against the government began as a special envoy kofi annan travels to moscow seeking president putin's support to end the bloodshed. immigrants in belgium feel insulted by a new starter explaining basic behavior even the don't his child would know. how to get away to rest or a place to decide the world's fate occupy protesters demand transparency earned

media coverage as the wealthy and powerful gather at a californian retreat. next artie's laura smith discusses britain's domestic and foreign policy with a controversial u.k. m.p. who claimed what some called the most sensational victory and british political history. today i'm in the parliamentary office of george galloway m.p. who around three months ago one surprise election victory in his constituency of bradford west george galloway thanks very much for talking to us today now your election your victory was a surprise to many possibly not to you what does it take to break a monopoly of these three ruling parties to win an election in british politics and everest of a challenge because first of all the big parties command almost all of the media attention and the media is the medium through which most people get their political

ideas and news and secondly because you usually like a critical credibility factor people are doubtful that they would be doing other than throwing their vote away by voting for a candidate who may be closer to their cup of tea but are unlikely to win it and therefore the voters in a way taking a self-denying ordinance and the choosing of the m.p. but if you have this critical mass of. delusion i mean i don't think that's too strong a word the derision felt in the country against the three mainstream parties often see if backside could have three cheeks these three parties are those three. the three mainstream parties are such that you couldn't slip a cigarette paper between them they all accepted that austerity is the medicine

some quibble about the dosage and the the timetable of the taking of the medicine but they all accept that the mass of the people must pay the price for the crimes and the mistakes of rich and powerful people secondly all of them support britain's role in going around the world invading other people's countries occupying them and dick spending billions in some cases hundreds of billions of hard earned money that the people have sweated for on on weapons and war. and so if you can come along and say we don't believe the ordinary people should pay the price for this crisis and we don't believe britain should be occupying other people's countries first in the ranks of those pushing for a new invasion a new occupation as mr hague is doing over syria for example at the moment we just

reject that we we are paradigm is completely different and it's like in the wonderful film dead poets society when the teacher invites the children to stand on the desk and see how different everything looks once you get people standing up on those desks they can see that actually the world looks very different from that and do you think that there's a why did disconnect between politics and the electorate the people the people hold the mainstream politicians in contempt they know that the mainstream politicians hundreds. many hundreds of them almost all of them. are looting the people's pockets in parliamentary expenses which was a huge scandal. we have actually a systemic failure in britain the media is on trial the bankers are on trial the politicians have been put on trial and found guilty long ago so i who was

untouched by the expenses scandal didn't claim any expenses at all. and who have has a track record of attacking the mogul billionaire mogul ownership of the media and is seen as an anti political voice in the sense of being anti the political system. bingo we won we won the jackpot and you said in the past that muslims like you because you protect them from islam of faith. we recently had the director of m i five say that al qaeda is using arab spring nations to recruit terrorists and potentially target britain is there a point to islamophobia therefore to people have other people justified in their fear of islam if you know like any for it is irrational exaggerated and paranoid but that's not to say the extremism does not exist of course it exists and

exists in britain and it gets more and more. oxygen. as a result of the policies that the british government follows you can't make endless war against muslims and muslim countries abroad and expect to have no resonance here at home but actually we are the antidote to islamist extremism because we say to the young muslims you are right to be angry but be angry with others who are not muslims in democratic politics so that you can affect change rather than blowing yourself and other people up in these kind of terrible acts of self immolation that we saw on seven seven five years ago here almost to the day. so. the truth is al qaeda exists it was invented by the countries no most concerned about it it was invented on the principle bankrupt moral principle that my

enemy's enemy is my friend the soviet union was the enemy of the west so they gave weapons and money and credibility to an islamist fanatic formation and they didn't read the novel frankenstein to the end if they had they would have known that when you make a monster it ultimately breaks free of your control so they have no one to blame but themselves for this phenomena. of islamist extremism it comes out of a swamp of hatred saun by western countries and their policies towards the muslim countries therefore the best way to solve this problem is to drain the swamp of hatred and bitterness by doing the reverse of what we did to fill it and there is a rise in islamist political parties there isn't that particularly in arab spring nations in the middle east and north africa what challenges do you think that poses for syria at the moment well a very large number of people in syria whether a majority or no i don't know are terrified of the prospects of victory for

the syrian rebels because there's a substantial christian population in syria for example which has the most or not the position of any christian group anywhere in the middle east. putting israel by the way. there are. minority islamic sects which are substantial in the minority in the state as a whole there are different ethnic groups kurdish people for example are terrified of the victory of a jihadist extremist islamic victory so that's undoubtedly one of the reasons why the syrian government is still holding on in the teeth of what is a thorough going and massive international conspiracy against them not because they're a dictatorship because the west likes dictatorships in the arab world saudi arabia

is the grimmest dictatorship of them all and is the best friend of the west not because it's one family rule because of course all these arab dictatorships are one family rule in saudi arabia the families even given its name to the country even kim jong il didn't do that so it's not because of dislike of dictatorship you know it's because the syrian regime refuses to follow western orders and has always refused to follow western orders that's why they want to bring them down they're all mixed signals they want the thermostat he seems to suggest that he will step down that he won't what do you think will happen and as far as i know he has no intention of stepping down there are people who fly kites in the western media russia's about to change its position china is about to change its position ourselves about to go on a plane this is i think largely dissent formation but undoubtedly the syrian regime has a massive problem it has democratic deficit in its country it is

a dictatorship the era of dictatorship must be coming to an end in the arab world and should come to an end should have long ago come to an end but there are many dictatorships in the arab world who are not being targeted by this international conspiracy indeed. a vital. important part of the conspiracy mrs clinton declared the friends of democratic syria but within three days even she had realized the resume billeted of that moniker because its core included saudi arabia and qatar were there is no democracy of any kind whatsoever you mention these ethnic groups that are just fling for position in syria do you predict a full scale slide into civil war and if so do you think that person will be gunning to get involved well i think there already is a civil war in syria the massacres that are taking place are

almost entirely demarcated by sectarian division. the. if you like the dichotomy that exists in the country it's not just between those who are with the regime or against the regime though that exists between different ethnic and confessional groups and that's a powder keg if ever you want to find one that's why i said to i said last night to a british foreign office minister what are you doing in syria have you any idea of the virtual nuclear explosion in the us critical area that you are helping to bring about did you learn nothing from afghanistan did you learn nothing from flying osama bin laden to afghanistan to fight the red army. this is even more dangerous because it has course front here with israel it's on the shores of the mediterranean so close to europe itself and

it is part of if you wanted to drop that way an arc involving iran iraq with its big shia majority. the syrian government and the people who support and of course the. national resistance movement in lebanon hezbollah that's a very powerful arc with a lot of firepower and one of the characteristics of she is a witch the foreign office minister that i talked to last night appeared oblivious to was the shiites are quite ready to fight to the death and what role do you think iran should play in bringing peace to syria well iran is a critical component in the region as a whole it's critical in iraq it could end in an afternoon the all remaining traces of western occupation of iraq in an afternoon if they gave the war

to do so and of course you cannot talk about the. of the region with bringing iran into it and russia and coffee and on are both correct in saying that iran is indispensable in any solution to the us the only possible solution is the coffee plan which is supported by everybody in the world except the people whose plan it ostensibly is the united nations is supporting it the rope supports the hanging man the arab league appointed coffee and on the first place is busily supplying weapons to the rebels to do it but any sensible person in the world wants the plan to succeed and the plan is to buy dialogue and transition and dictatorship in syria without having to spill an ocean of blood in order to do it and destabilize the region and therefore the world i thank you very much thank you.

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syria's capital damascus suffers its fiercest fighting since the uprising against the government began a special envoy kofi anon travels to moscow seeking president support to end the bloodshed. immigrants in belgium feel insulted by a new starter explaining basic behavior even though nobody is child would. take it away from press or a place to decide the world's fate occupy protesters demand transparency and media coverage as the wealthy and powerful gather at a california retreat. and is here next with the latest sport.

hello there thanks for watching and let's start with the headlines because it's former england boss fabio capello is set to become the new coach of the russia football team. charged down the first saturday to arrive in london for the start of the fast approaching summer olympics. and rough ride golfers get their pages beaten legible royal lytham course head of the championship. now former england manager fabio capello is poised to become the next russian coach the sixty six year old is expected in moscow in the next few days to sign a two year deal that is being reported he could earn up to twelve million dollars a year and would be tasked with taking russia to the twenty fourteen world cup his first game could be a friendly against ivory coast next month and that would be followed by world cup qualifiers against northern ireland and israel in september capello resigned as england boss in february after four years in charge while his biggest success came

at club level where he's won league titles in spain and italy capello also guided ac milan to champions league glory almost two decades ago. now there are just ten days to go until the start of the lympics and thousands of athletes are starting to arrive at heathrow airport russia's sailing team were among the early arrivals on what was dubbed the prettiest day in the history of heathrow airport but they won't be staying in the capital it's a headed for their final training venue sailing venue in weymouth however it did not go smoothly for everyone a bus driver got lost while taking american athletes to the limping village in east london and their journey which should have taken an hour took nearly four according to the u.s. team it's probably didn't apology from the mayor of london and the head of london transport although they do stress it was an isolated incident. my message is obviously people have been inconvenienced then clearly we're sorry for it but you

know hundreds of buses have gone through. in very very short order go to the. to the park and i think the finding fantastic facilities that there are many many thousands of bus drivers in london the twenty four thousand of them running an old bus service there are three or four thousand coming to london from all over the country to run services from on the twenty two old it wouldn't surprise me if one of them got lost it would surprise me for the cost for what believe it's a great exaggeration but i'm sure a lot of the trying to throw a looking as a source. heading to the lympics for the first time off a mailboxes that sport is making its debut at the games in russia has high hopes of making the podium with more down yet. they've already made history with the women's boxing set to make its olympic debut london these are the three russian women who have fought for their right to represent the country on the biggest stage

of all. the fear to go over holder of two world and european gold medals as proof term a term again she has what it takes although an olympic medal in the sixty kills category would top all her previous achievements sample totals to be faster than your opponent to reach your mind to neutralize her to be virtually untouched a ball in the ring that's the greatest feeling you can experience in the sport you can't always be in such but when you're richard that's what i enjoy most in boxing i mean killed he often turns out to be the key factor of big wins and dramatic fails rush is hoping the heaviest olympic class under seventy five years adorable are listed as paramount comes with mental training this is where i believe i can improve on a psychology plays an essential role in any preparation even my coaches now and then say to me come on you're the european champion i still have to gain some confidence i need to step in the ring cool as always as for me even when i make

some technical mistakes it's all down to mentality it's all in here with a woman find a way to do better in the olympic boxing ring you're going to seville ever expect london quite well to be simply a cold room you know i think women are driven by anger in the ring more often than men competitive anger women's boxing is also more emotional sometimes guys from the russian man steam say hey you're emotionally overwhelmed you should calm down but of course that voice is great but getting firsthand experience is crucial but these women the talk is made real when they get in the same room with men we use them or team has been training with men for quite a long time three times a week it's common practice for us especially you have big events and every wednesday the girls even. with man at first the guys didn't take it seriously but after a while it became very real and it's really paid off as that training sure helped win the battle for olympic glory it's up but regardless of reaching the podium or

not having already secured their berth in boxing history is something that can never be taken away. or. the main olympic stadium in london is one hundred percent ready for the games but its future after the lympics and paralympics is still unclear the venue called the ball is able to see eighteen thousand spectators the london legacy development corporation who are tasked with finding a future owner for the venue aiming for a decision by next october but what is known is that the stadium will host the twenty seventeen. ships. it seems quite likely that the stadium is an eighty thousand seat stadium probably with multiple uses. obviously used for thirty six people also useful for probably concerts as well.

as a rest day on the tour de france and french been perique fed three go will fail it's well and after winning stage fifteen the former national rate champion got himself into a breakaway early on and then i explain to the american christian van de velde in the final dash britain's bradley wiggins finished in the main group of riders to keep believe this yellow jersey he is well he has a two minute lead over compact created and sky team mate chris for italian can change in the least a few seconds behind him in the pending champion cadet evans all three minutes and nineteen seconds down there are two more landing stages before the race finishes in paris on sunday. else where tiger woods has been getting his first look at the course which will host the open championship from the former world number one started practicing at the royal lytham and st annes course just hours after flying in from florida by private jet woods has won the open three times the last back in two thousand and six and studiously made notes on the lancashire course which will which by all accounts is very unforgiving. while other players took some time out

to watch a documentary at the golf course on monday evening it was called inside the right spot with the rough so brutal it was with them and most places they will be trying their hardest to stay on the fairway. it's tough it's very narrow very very. green from what i can remember in the past from the forecast that we're been given this week is going to be with a little bit of rain and so it's going to be a very very stern test as part of the show here it's the barker you know so it's very good. you're. good to go but. you know it's different. here a lot of drivers are you know it's. here i'm not had a lot of drivers some guys probably will you know. just you know try to do get around you know. maybe just over this block or so and stay

short of the aisle of the. really crucial to hit fairways here. because the ropes the rougher since you darling it's brutal. so you got to you know you got to keep your ball over ground and keep it keep it on line. now boxing champion vitaly klitschko says his vast experience could keep him the edge in his next title defense against manuel cha the two have always will square off in moscow in september but they didn't come face to face in a press conference to promote their w.b.c. bad as the syrian born german plane visa problems for his absence is not twenty seven and i'm dating and twenty one buys klitschko will turn forty one on thursday and could soon with time to become a politician however the ukrainian but it's a formidable record of forty knockout wins and just two defeats in forty six fights and he says char should take care of his take when they come to a place. in charge compared me with a piece of meat and said he's

a young lion that is being let out of the cage but he must have forgotten my nickname on feast and my face can meet his teeth and he can lose some of them so he should pay attention to me. in the meantime one of the best tennis players of all time roger federer has broken yet another record the swiss master holding the world number one spot for none precedented two hundred eighty seven weight and counting this is one more than the previous mark set by american pete sampras thirty year old federer returned to the top of the a.t.p. rankings after sealing a record tying seven for the title earlier this month and he's also emerged as the favorite to claim his maiden singles gold at the london olympics. so that is all sport for the moment we've got the weather coming up next.

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