again this is. the headline. a top syrian official hints that president assad lies be prepared to step down but only as a result of dialogue and if it is the will of the syrian people some media outlets beyond a story to suggest assad's resignation could be imminent this comes as a deadly battles are raging in the country and spilling across the border into lebanon. u.s. attorneys say they are being banned from talking about torture and silence that's military tribunals that's gone ton of o. the prison that still running despite obama's promise to shouted down sure but legal restrictions is to be discussed at the pretrial hearings of five september eleventh terror suspects we cianci to begin later this week. after months of

protests over a failing economy report on how spain's recession has had not just its people but its animals too many of the country's horses are condemned to death by their owners who can't afford to keep them. up next it's our interview segment and today l.t. talks to the head only belgium based syrian friendship association a creasy. the main theme regional tension in the middle east and why the current conflict in syria is now at the center of it. today we're joined by christiane sen he's an adult lister specializing in the middle east particularly syria renia relations and he also founded the assyrian a friendship association here in belgium about four years ago thanks very much obvious for us for joining us today the first question i'd like to ask you establish the basis of your opinion you established this is so c.h.m.

syrian friendship does that mean you are considered pro assad as you had been portrayed in the belgian media i'm considering me as pro syria pro syrian people i'm convinced that the only way to get out of this crisis out of this bloodshed is by following the path of pretty for a lot to offer firelands so if i say i'm ready for him i don't see i'm pro sets. but if you look to the reality in the city and go from the mint who also is willing to follow this path or forum and you've written and said that the armed uprising in syria has been supported or started from be outside but do you also acknowledge the fact that the syrians from inside want change and one of what is the basis of your analysis on this i do believe is that the violence what we are seeing you know this has nothing to do with any forum this has to do with destroying the people. i'm also convinced. i have

a lot of testimonies from from people in syria that a lot of. what they call the rebels the members of the free syrian free army it's a matter of fact they are foreigners i mean this is not a forum in syrians who are not interested in this is syrian people out of very. peaceful peaceful people and they managed to live together for centuries since. we don't any. problem so the violence we're seeing no it's not a syrian products i went to data. which. which was the bit the year before where the trouble started. also that it's near to the jordanian border it's not a coincidence that the trouble started at the border there. at the border town

because this underlines once again the influence from abroad i mean. if the situation in syria was really. a syrian. or a city and problem. trouble would have started from. our homes a lot of. outside forces and governments are interested in the to destroy syria why because you have to remember the city has a very strategic position in the area in the middle east in the region i think the main targets as a matter of fact is. because iran is such a powerhouse in the region it's so strong. they know that to take out iran first they have to take out syria and i'm quite convinced if they would succeed to destroy syria the next door to it will be hezbollah in lebanon i wonder if these

two allies are taken out. they will concentrate one hundred percent on the you know who are you referring to when you say they i mean to my opinion the united states and their allies because they have their strategic interests in that region. also. a lot of people talk about oil but you have to know syria it's not rich in oil they have some oil but it's not rich but of course the real oil is in saudi arabia. but syria can be a transit country. you also have to know or guess reserves in the former soviet union. the central asian states of the former soviet union so they're for huge gas reserves and i think you have to sit in this context how do you confirm the identity of the rebel fighters as you claim that they are coming from the outside they're foreigners how do we have proof of that because they found

a lot of. proof of this like. when people die in homes. they find identity courts passports of foreign people. they captured people with a foreign accent you really are from mercenaries or doing it for the money but you also have no al qaeda which is active in. syria because they hope to find a new you know a new base to establish a new base over there let's just briefly look at turkey's role in all of this historically turkey and syria have had good relations what is the interest in turkey being rather aggressive now against syria what is the what lies in it for them to see unrest in syria as a matter of fact we're already seeing this because at this moment kurdish region in

syria or the people in accordance region in syria very already got a lot of. government from the government in damascus and of course turkey is not happy with this evolution why this change of mind why are they so. anti syria no i think there are different theories is can be true would that be still have this. dream aspirations to make of turkey again. powerhouse which it once was once was in the region. during the ottoman era. another factor is that. the factor of the muslim brotherhood so they're not really anti western because of the origin of the muslim brotherhood. they already what we call rick and. so they are interested in free trade with europe with the

united states with the western world i mean we see now in egypt the muslim brotherhood we know with that thirty governments also the president is also pro muslim brotherhood and maybe they are hoping to establish a new government in syria also pro muslim brotherhoods for economical economical reasons and also political reasons of course because you cannot really split this so you said that the ultimate target in this geopolitical story is iran what is and this is not the first time that this opinion has been voiced or what is your analysis on this where iran is concerned it's fairly clear to me not only to me to a lot of people that purpose is to destroy the iranian regime in the binion of the west through and warlords it's hostile regime hostile

to the. western world i don't think this is true because i feel safe that also many times you run and i can assure you that the ukrainian government is a very rational government spirit and government always stated a nuclear program. is a civilian program. while in the west they say no. buses to get to not only bomb or a nuclear weapon and then they told me. why should we need to not be other weapon i mean even if we managed to make one the prettier weapon. there is a difference between having a nuclear weapon and to be capable to deliver its so there is a big technical step between these two phases and they see even if we have one nuclear weapon and they think we're going to use it's. the american government and their allies there will be almost to the middle ages so they have no interest in

going to being destroyed it's so they are much more rational than most people here in the west think now all the opinions you voiced today it's contrary to the general narrative that we find in a lot of the press lot of the analysis here in belgium or in western europe how is your work and your opinion is perceived in this part of the world unfortunately. most people. here in belgium but i can also. see maybe a broader picture of the western world to your op ed in the united states. they're not really aware they don't know what's really the situation in the middle east what they know about it's based on cliche is you know like a very black white picture you know the good guys and the bad guys and even amazed that a lot of people don't really even realize. she goes through at the chicken location

of it and for them it's somewhere over there in the middle east and the same with syria i mean a lot of people don't know that the origin of the bathtub or street it was socially sporty a lot of people say ok president bashar al assad and his family to allow we are so this can be true but this is not. how can i say this is not the main factor in syrian politics the main factor is the origin of the baath party the socialist party where all religions lift together and city as one of the few. maybe the only country in the middle east where you have all these denominations christian but also get only christian orthodox christian because of the matter and need. living together for hundreds of your very peacefully. but most people here don't

realize this for them chris hansen thanks very much for your time it was a pleasure. wealthy british style. that's not on my list. of. the markets finance scandal find out what's really happening to the global economy for our no holds barred look at the global financial headlines join in to cause a report on. the news that sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new its most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and worry that this is why you should care watch only on the r g dot com.

magine assets that the home watches young every single month. and waiting for you to stumble. i saw a man with a video camera so i moved over and he followed me with you know we realized that we're following everyone from early in the morning. the only chance to get rid of him. is to reveal him. me devil operation on archie.

store to hear. you're going global and it's fire. log you. choose your slave. trade your stuff. to. make your statement. spread the word. coupons through. gritted teeth free storage charge a free. lunch free. three stooges free. gold free blanquita cullum video for your media project

a free video dog r t v dot com. the headlines on all see at the top syrian official hanes that president assad must be prepared to step down but only as a result of done all that and if it's the will of the syrian people some media outlets fund a story to suggest the signs of resignation could be imminent this comes as deadly bottles are raging in the country and spilling across the border into lebanon. u.s. attorneys say they are being bombed from talking about torture and sonnen states military tribunals have gone tunnel or the prison that still running despite obama's promises to shouted down they should have legal restrictions is to be discussed at the pretrial hearings of the five september eleven terror suspects to begin later this week. and after months of protests they in economy were put on house pays the recession has paid no interest at speed. but is animals too many of

the countries horses are condemned to death by their own is it can't afford to keep them. and those that have minds for units to bring is a bit of forcing action and so far so reasonable you know for spawn talk most on the european quest i think that's pretty spot on summary yes indeed they need to beat federer to get into the champions league they're in qualifying over two legs they've won the first so far so reasonable as you've seen more not right now. thanks for joining us this is where today and we've got plenty head few this hour including. capital gains spartak moscow beat a two one of home in the opening leg of their champions league qualification tie. court date adjourned and double grand slam champions for atlanta could meet so is

set to miss next week's u.s. open as the russian continues her recovery from a knee injury. take your pick we wrap up the best of the strikes that mattered last weekend in the russian premier league. but first it is advantage in their champions league qualification tie with turkey's fenerbahce the red and white swimming to on home turf and choose this first leg sports icon fallen out the final qualifying stage of the competition for the past two years but the trend moved towards being booked twenty m. on you and the nikkei netted right before the hour mark but the spy dominating the game the hosts saw the score line level through former liverpool court just half a dozen minutes later sportbike the word to have the final say to me to come borrow volleying home aiden mcgeady payne point corner. the russian side the us has next week to istanbul with a two on advantage knowing anything other than defeats will see them into the

champions league proper words you know mickey have a clue each on celtic goal look to their respective feet into the group stages after securing away wins well if the copenhagen edge little one will in the danish come. the first el classico of the season is almost upon us and barcelona taking on real madrid for the spanish super cup on wed and state bar so will have a new man alex song available for selection following his move this week from arsenal he's predicting success. i know that bar sees it seem that has won every thirteen but i also know that it's a team that is prepared to keep winning and because of that i'm very happy to have arrived here and i'm convinced that we can we everything everyone and i mean the perfect team to achieve that aim in tennis russian time grand slam champion. has pulled out of next week's u.s. open the final major of the year the twenty seven year old who won the tournament

in two thousand and four has missed several weeks of the tour with a knee injury because the it's over also saying flushing meadows is one of her favorites nama vent continuing her recovery is more pressing the plane can f.p. and flavia pennetta have also withdrawn. sunday murray's tennis stock is on an all time high after beating roger federer to win gold at the london olympic games samir rafi a little absent from next week's us open to grand slam winners from times gone by are penciling the scot in to claim his first ever major in new york. andy murray is my favorite. i think he proved something to himself and to the other guys winning the olympics at wimbledon i think that he's. he's becoming a better player all the time physically he hits the ball a little bit better i think the forehand side especially these ready. with the rough probably go to of.

the phone so he'd be to a full. benefit to. communities . time will tell london's relationship with america's most popular sport is set to move up a gear american football franchise the jacksonville jaguars announcing their to play one home game at wembley stadium in each of the four seasons after twenty eight thirteen the historic london grand has already hosted one n.f.l. k manually since two thousand and seven and the fans will get a chance to form a more personal bond jacksonville is conquering novel territories under a new owner shot can the team have been struggling to win fill seats back in florida the side of missed the playoffs in ten of the past dozen seasons while their top star merissa jones drew looks set to leave to a contract it's. well the n.b.a. is also no stranger to showcasing its talents overseas the league's reigning

champion on the london olympic gold medalist le bron james making his seventh trip to china this week the twenty seven year old silence critics by winning his first ever laureate brian trophy along with finals m.v.p. hardware this summer chinese fans will get to witness the reigning king in action soon enough with the miami heat playing two preseason games in beijing and then in shanghai in october. probably wiggins is most certainly having a summer to remember the thirty two year old following up july's tour de france win with his fourth olympics in london and while we're going first goal came back in two thousand and four the prince's winning at his home games is what gets them recognised in the street. this is more fulfilling picks is it one of many murders before and. it. always come sort of recognized really even though a successful olympics in the past and. always certainly seems like this one is just really attracted the attention of everybody in the country really latched onto it

for a few weeks and i think it exceeded everybody's expectations for the athletes anyway as to how people are going to react to it. it's not just wakens who is basking in the afterglow of the games versus synchronized swimming gold medal winners natalia shanker. also getting used to life as a live picture and. it was the first time in recent competitions when our margin of victory was that big but we really wanted to demonstrate a brilliant performance along with winning the gold medals and we think we managed to do that. extraordinary summer for them baseball legend roger clemens is back in the sport the fifth year all signing for an affiliated texan so the sugarland skeeters clemens was acquitted in june of charges of lying to congress after denying he was performance enhancing drugs and has not played since two thousand and seven. not at all i don't like roger clemens would participate in anything like

that. going to. the skaters generally so a lot of very close to what i'm sorry united for going to draw five hundred thousand or close to it on the season it's not a publicity stunt roger clemens wants to prove he can but let's return to football where it came week five in the russian premier league plenty of bursting action for the pick of them here's our weekly feature.

this is my. great strikes not finally most of us at one time or another felt like taking out our frustration on a miss working mobile phone or two but for the following athletes tossing their cell is a matter of winning or losing paedophilic side scenery playing host to the twenty twelve throwing world championships in the signal reception perhaps not great out in the finish wild but it doesn't really matter this year's tournaments proving

that fancy throwing technique isn't always the answer in the highly charged environment local a favorite to every card a yarn and then showcasing his the stain for technology by tossing a mobile phone a mass of one hundred one point four seven meters beating your old thus becoming a world record holder but how is he going to call for a taxi. is the question and that is your sport be back in just under two hours time .

my name is richard davis i'm an architectural photographer from london and i've been traveling in russia for the last ten years on a project photograph wooden chair choose obviously i fell in love with the tragedies they are extraordinary old kids so beautiful opiates and the church is is a religious monumental obviously but it's also an object of wonder you know it's something that people can look tense and it opens their eyes that their chairs what can be achieved by using your imagination. blind rush is going to be so much brighter if you only bounce sound from finest impressions.