scope. and welcome to our parents are all treated this latest double veto from russia and china at the u.n. as they block a resolution supporting the use of force against the syrian regime that's as fierce clashes continue across the country with rebel fighters managing to seize on the four border crossings with iraq and one into turkey. angry crowds are met with rubber bullets and tear gas in spain as the public bends frustration at the country's policy of more cuts but dritte is trying to slash sixty five billion euros from its budget in return for bank rescue by the e.u.

. also the standoff between israel and iran breaches new heights as real now accuses iran's our wind has long hocking israeli tourists in bulgaria and killing six people. up next my colleague bill doll speaks to russia's ambassador to the u.n. and then exclusive interview with r.t. without going explains what was behind a veto of the resolution on syria and why the conflict could spread beyond that country's borders. mr churkin russia's decision to veto this latest resolution has caused consternation and widespread criticism of moscow's stance is russia supporting the assad regime. of course not about what needs to be done in order to settle the crisis unfortunately the strategy of our western colleagues to

seems to be to try to whip up tensions in and around syria at every opportunity and this time they took the occasion of the need to extend the mandate of the monitoring mission in syria and attached a number of unacceptable clauses to their draft resolution so we needed to talk together was china unacceptable draft to allow kofi annan more space to work on the document which was adopted the. foreign minister of a number of countries of the so-called action group which is that which calls for setting up a transitional national body and that requires of course dialogue between various parties so in this context to introduce a resolution which are only there in their pressure and almost inevitable sanctions on the syrian government did not look like a good idea to us at all and there were when they. blocked a decision which in our view was gone the counterproductive so most go not

supporting the assad regime but america britain and france say that russia has failed the syrian people today how how do you react to that. well you know you know you know. there are quite good and bad and loud propaganda i think what they have been doing in criticizing russia and china and some sometimes quite stridently today it was the british and the french. who went out of their way unfortunately all sorts of force force who is on the foreign policies of russia and china they should focus more on on the need to. help unfortunately they're done anything at all in order to set them train a productive and positive process in in syria instead they have been working. with the so-called friends of syria in fact. this is a group of countries who are enemies of the syrian government i wouldn't call them

enemies of the syrian people but certainly those who want to topple the syrian government this regarding the consequences which are extremely tragic which. inevitably entails because the government or president our side it's not simply one individual or a group of individuals they represent of course a certain segment of the of the syrian population a certain power structure which has existed there for decades so to break it would cause and is causing trying to break a considerable trouble and bloodshed to reform and through dialogue this would be a much more reasonable a line of action and this is what russia has been advocated dialogue hasn't achieved anything so far is that now an overwhelming global sentence is something has to be done to stop the killing of innocent people and what about intervention on humanitarian grounds is not acceptable to moscow moscow is very concerned about chapter seven i don't want to get into technical does it protect chapter seven

leading to perhaps military intervention but what about some form of intervention to stop the killing. well in a way the monitoring group which. is a way of of a sort of political intervention in trying to a practical intervention and trying to deter violence unfortunately it hasn't happened it hasn't been successful i mean you said the dialogue has not achieved anything the problem is that the dialogue has not started yet the opposition groups refused to enter into dialogue with this with the syrian government which says it is prepared for the org they should try that all four of the syrian government to enter into dialogue this is a major missing link a major impediment in the way of coffee and an activity you know he. military intervention unfortunately it only sounds humane but the fact of the matter is that any military intervention for whatever reason is inevitably going to cause more

bloodshed bloodshed and you know we know that those greatest humanists in the world u.s. and u.k. intervened in iraq for instance citing all sorts of noble protects in that particular case nonexistent weapons of mass destruction what of course is one hundred fifty fifteen thousand civilian deaths alone to say nothing of you know millions of refugees displaced persons and the whole dislocation in the country so don't be duped by committee in a few million communitarian rhetoric there is much more geopolitics in their policy in syria than of humanism and unfortunately the practical consequences of the of their policy is that that the conflict and bloodshed is not abating you mention geopolitics and understand that you mention the fact that what's happening in syria is actually a name don't what's going to happen in iran eventually can you explain that that iran is the eventual goal i don't know why. i did refer

to iran but in a slightly different context i wouldn't rule out that for them they will move move on to iran but i was not referring to that i was in my remarks of the stakeout earlier today in the united nations i was referring to their clear interest and this is a major motivation of the policy on their effort to topple president assad in curbing iranian influence. in the middle east and the region and it's also a major motivation of the other middle eastern the fight there is for the markets is saudi arabi and qatar who are concerned about what they see iranian interests of course in bahrain as well they claim that the she approaches there is a sort of iranian sponsored even though some observers including your colleagues journalists. who have experienced on the ground believe that it happens to be genuine protest. against a system which is not entirely democratic to put it mildly so clear

a geopolitical dimension is there in the policies of a number of countries who are extremely aggressive these are the syria and it is nothing to do with the interests of the syrian people because a cowardly sealskin who need to find yes can i ask you though what is the worry for moscow all these geopolitical implications which explains clearly why it is more that we are not in well not in what way could moscow be affected we are not what are the about. well we're not what are the geopolitical implications of sort of that particular saying even though we believe that the greater confrontation with iran is hurting. is unnecessary and of course we are directly involved in efforts to resolve peacefully the problem of the iranian nuclear program and the . growing tension between iran and the west and it is

it is not it's not it's not helpful our concern is that the syrian people have to suffer the consequences of this geopolitical geopolitical struggle and our concern is that the focus of everybody's policy must be the benefit of the syrian people and the only way they can put an end to this tragic conflict is to get to the negotiating table and the risible ground there is a document which you which was a consensus document adopted by the group of action foreign ministers in geneva two and a half weeks ago which says that at the incisional national border needs to set up to be set up and it cannot be set up by by sanctions it cannot be set up by more pressure on just one side of the syrian government which is claiming that it is ready for the locals there isn't a that it's a representative for such a dialogue but so far the interest from the opposition is not there and we see extreme opposition groups are in the position groups resorting to more and more violence and even terrorist attacks like the one we saw yesterday in the masters

this is not to say. the syrian government has not exhorter it has not resorted to excessive violence of the times or made very serious mistakes and blunders over the months but the time to end that unless we wanted to continue for years is to enter into dialogue. russia has really stuck by its principles of intervention is it not there. in danger of being isolated bearing in mind the continual vetoing of the sanctions in the un security council and of course the supplying of military hardware to syria all the most of course says that this is not being used against civilians but this what's it do for russia's reputation and indeed its relations after this crisis is over. well we'll see we'll see i think doing the writing of the right seeing are not simply following somebody is

a. catastrophic policy is something which makes makes me proud is something which eventually will be borne out of the right course of action on the right policy. under these very difficult circumstances and. if i'm not mistaken the united states is sixty vetoes on the palestinian issue alone so why don't you. question my american colleagues about the impact of the image of the united states in the middle east of the continuous veto sometimes even between their own presidential and secretary of state public statements so you know veto is a part of the u.n. charter there is nothing wrong about casting it when you feel the need to do so can we talk about what happens next now no agreement in the u.n. security council but russia has said that they would like to see an extension of the u.n. observer mission to syria but at the monitors in a visible impact so far what is the point in keeping the mission alive when so far

it's failed. what the world would be the point of the other part was saying that at least we have a more chance to get objective information if it's there or if the situation we have to improve there will be on the ground already so they will be able to participate more actively in the political process of the year in dealing with a humanitarian situation so pulling them all to is going to entail negative consequences and one to avoid that unfortunately now here and we seem to be entering another sort of little diplomatic battle now we're going to have a discussion of making it the technical without loading it with political conditions and implications thank you very much indeed we will leave it there vitaly churkin we really appreciate you sure i'm russian ambassador to the u.n. thank you very much indeed for explaining the situation during this crisis now thank you.

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thank you very much karen welcome along with to the world of sports here is what we've got coming up in taiwan or russia's manager in waiting fabio capello is expected in moscow on friday as he prepares to finalize his contract to watch a number of matches on the i mean we can have the new russian premier league season . not in new condition rafael nadal says injury problems will prevent him from defending his olympic title at the london games. on your mocks team continues to build up to those fast approaching games by taking a look at russia's athletic squad. but first with the russian premier league season kicking off later on friday fabio capello is expected in moscow to finalize the contract that will see him take over the national side he's also expected to

watched as much with that's the last of on saturday as well as any clash with on call poem on sunday meanwhile the former manager of the national team says the italian is the right man for the job for russia were good with words for be a very good very experienced coach and i think around him there will be very experienced the russian coaches you can give a lot of information to him. but if you look at these c.v. then it's one of the most successful coaches ever in the world for the last decade . friday marks the start of the new look a russian the premier li brand new tournament beginning in july and finishing in may take software the clash between more of the locomotive over the host debut in the premier league after finishing second in the f.n. al last season. meanwhile in the europa league on thursday evening angie got back

on. going off to a winning start with a one nil home win over and get inside absolute hot bed but affected utilize shot giving the doctors downside of one their advantage heading into next week's second leg. meanwhile former presidential candidate mohamed bin hammam has seen his lifetime ban from football overturned by the court of arbitration for sport cast saying there was insufficient evidence to support feed his accusation that been attempted to buy votes ahead of last year's presidential election the sixty three year old ran against the eventually reelected sepp blatter last year the qatari was banned for life from taking part in any football related activity on a national and international level been a man's initial appeal was rejected by fever but the court of arbitration for sport eventually overturned that decision officials in switzerland stressing that they lack sufficient evidence to uphold the ruling although stating this was no affirmative finding of innocence in relation to been a man. meanwhile liverpool say they will only sell striker andy carroll if they and

i quote worthwhile offer is received for the twenty three year old liverpool splashed out around thirty five million pounds of the england international just over eighteen months ago he struggled to downfield scoring only six goals in that time new manager brendan rodgers is against letting him out as had initially been suggested his former club newcastle are thought to be their next move after and the initial bid was rejected. now n.b.a. jeremy lin has been unveiled as a houston rockets player a twenty three year old point guard has agreed a three year twenty five million dollars deal with the franchise after becoming a free agent following his ascent to stardom with the new york knicks. it's been an unbelievable ride just a lot of. things that i expect to happen and in terms of just the way last season when and you know i still have to kind of remind myself that this is this is

actually happening sometimes but it's a huge blessing from god and i just i can't believe how it all shaped up in for me right now jeff we excited and thankful. now tame a usa appear to be in good form as they prepared to defend a limb pick a basketball title a took on great britain in a warm up match on thursday secure and comfortable one hundred nineteen seventy eight victory some of the game's biggest stars were on the show at the manchester evening news arena on the us doesn't handling ability to create that basket as kevin durant's took it along the baseline for a dunk the lake has gone dry and then put the visitors eleven six ahead. later in the first quarter of the all day great britain back within touching distance as his layout made it fifteen points to twelve but is the much more on the gold medal winners from beijing four years ago showed that quality this dunk from

the bron james gave them a twenty nine point lead one hundred eighteen seventy eight the final score. was just a really good night for basketball in great britain. standing i think great britain has a chance you know to do to do some damage in the olympics and men's basketball. i think they're it's often they're well coached. and was a great player and what he's done for his country and his commitment to this program is really sensational. well rafael nadal meanwhile won't be defending his olympic title the spanish tennis star was due to be the flag bearer for his country in london the world number three one gold in beijing four years ago but he won't be defending his title this summer because of fitness issues darl stated he was not in condition to compete the twenty six year old hasn't played since losing the second round of wimbledon to the then one hundred ranked. well elsewhere let's continue

our look at those russian athletes best place to bring home some silverware athletics has long provided a stream of success for both the u.s.s.r. and russia at the games but how is the current crop shaping up michael crabtree anchor reports. with forty seven sets of medals on offer from athletics disciplines at the london olympics it's no wonder russia is counting on the athletics team for success they'll be heading to london with one hundred nine strong team three more than in beijing four years ago and they'll be accompanied by forty nine coaches and staff chances today explain to you the teeth of chances and approximately sixteen of. the suspicion in the wins so to remembrance rising star because he. also be heading to london after some truly surprising results. and despite being modest because arena is as excited as anyone heading to their first olympics the button drop course i'm thinking about it i'm

also still very young and my opponents will all be so mature and experienced but i'll be trying my best but i think many eyes will be on the four by one hundred meter and four by four hundred meter relay races russia managed to win gold and silver respectively in these two events back in two thousand and eight and despite the added pressure some are still just happy to be a part of the bus and at the it's a celebration for any athlete to be a part of history a part of the olympics and to return from that with a medal well that's probably what not just any athlete would wish for but any person but well see. that lead expressen was however keen to point out that there were other events russia would have a good chance in very strong words like four before call it made his race stronger and stronger winds. and destroying because good chances in jumping events especially high hopes will lie

mainly on recently crowned russian high jump champion even a good deal she didn't want to jinx us of prior to the games but a sparkle was in our eyes i'm not saying anything is a secret secret but you are expecting a breakthrough. again. i'm really really hoping for one yes so the mood within the political team is upbeat and with a shiny new kick to the film and will be sure to dazzle the crowds at the biggest sporting event in the world marc rich r.t. . now to the tour de france so our hands very valid verde of spain was fastest in the seventeenth and last climbing stage of the race but it's britain's bradley wiggins who has moved a step closer to overall victory the thirty two year old team sky rider had a two minute advantage heading into the stage and with the final day of the race on sunday we continue with the avoided mistakes then he would move

a step closer to becoming britain's first winner in the event's one hundred nine year history the current leader came home behind his compatriot in teammate chris froome the result keeps him in the jersey two minutes and five seconds ahead of froome meanwhile spaniard evolve very celebrated this stage victory to mark his return to the race after a three year absence. finally in ice hockey and last year's k.h. are runners up haven't got on traded one finnish coach for another the hawks parting ways with romo suman replacing him with compassionate pet three much to kind in the forty five year old taking over an impressive squad which last just two postseason contests on route to the garden cup finals last year olds eventually coming up short in the nail biting seven game series before mike finland national team assistant coach but we have to go one better this time around the team head into their first pre-season training camp next week. while it is all from the world of sports now there's plenty more later here on r.t.

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