top stories for marty tonight serious conflict spreads further beyond its borders as people flee the violence in the state fresh clashes between rebels and assad supporters in lebanon of left seven dead and dozens injured also headlining tonight guantanamo lawyers say they're being banned from bringing up alleged torture inside military tribunals and of pretrial hearings for some of the nine eleven suspects the notorious prison is still open despite president obama's two thousand and eight election promise. and ecuador's foreign minister exclusively tells r.t. spanish channel that his country will go as far as the hague to defend its asylum for julian assange he says this standing up to london and washington to protect freedom of speech. next r.t. here is how western countries feeling of the syrian conflict is soley to serve their own goals in the region.

today we're joined by christiane sen he's an analyst 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 i mr yassin for joining us today the first question i'd like to ask to establish the basis of your opinion you established this is that we see a sham 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 free for a lot of the ball to offer firelands so if i see 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 men's

who also is willing to follow this other 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 what 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 to people. and 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 syrian free army it's a matter of fact they are foreigners i mean this is not a forum in syrians are not interested in this the syrian people are of very. peaceful peaceful people and they managed to live together for centuries since.

we don't have any problem. so the violence we're seeing no it's not a syrian projects i went to daraa. which. which was the bets 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 cuban 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 order to get 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 of their strategic interests in that region. also do. 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 and syria can be

a transit round three. you also have to know that or huge gas reserves in the former soviet union i mean the central asian states of the former soviet union so there for you to guess reserves and i think you have to see it in this context how do you confirm the identity of the rebel fighters as you claim 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 who 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 be 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 the issue of 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 this change of mind why are they so. anti syria and no i think there are different theories is it going to be true that they still have this. dream these aspirations to make of turkey again a. power. house which it once was once was in the region.

during the ottoman era. another factor is that. the factor of the muslim brotherhood they are not really anti western because of the origin of the muslim brotherhood. they are what we call it 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 stupid also many times to 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. birth person is to get more of a nuclear weapon and then they told me why should we. need not be

a weapon i mean even if we managed to make one appear weapon. there is a difference between having a nuclear weapon and to be capable to deliver it 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 its. 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 opinions received 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 europa in the united states. they're not really aware they don't know what really the situation in the middle east what they know about it's based on cliche is you know like a very black and white picture of you know the good guys and the bad guys and even amazed that a lot of people don't 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's the origin of the bathtub or city it was socially sporty a lot of people say ok the president bashar al assad and his family dollar we force and 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 who are dump realize this thanks very much for your time it was a pleasure. to use it secret laboratory to mccurdy was able to build the world's most sophisticated robots which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach the creation why it should care about

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tonight from r.t. serious conflict spreads further beyond its borders as people flee the violence into neighboring states fresh clashes between rebels and assad supporters in lebanon that left seven dead and dozens injured. one time a lawyer say that being banned from bringing up alleged torture inside military tribunals which said challenging a straight trial hearings for some of the not a. suspects prepared to start on thursday the notorious prison still open despite president obama's two thousand and eight election. and that could also foreign minister exclusively tells r.t. spanish channel that his country will go as far as the hague to defend its asylum to julian assange he says they're standing up to london and washington to protect freedom of speech. twenty two forty five moscow time next world sport.

hello and welcome along to the sports headlines here is what we've got coming up for you italian job eventers manager antonio conte fails in his appeal against a ten month suspension meaning he'll miss the defensive you title. birthday bolt the six time olympic champion you saying bolt celebrates his twenty sixth birthday in style with a flight over the alps as he prepares for his first taste of competition since the london games. vicious cycle our team mates rushes only freestyle motocross star is here tends to inspire the next generation to follow in his footsteps. but first football and event his manager antonio has failed in his appeal against a ten month but his role in alleged match fixing the forty three year old had appeared in court this week trying to clear his name after being banned for not reporting alleged much fixing in two games involving his former club sienna in the two thousand and eleven campaign it means the international will miss the defense

of the title he won with you very last season he's expected to launch a second appeal to be heard in september. elsewhere after sparta moscow's champions league win over fenerbahce on choose day there are five more ties in the third qualifying round on wednesday the pick of which sees greek side panel tonight cos travel to spain to take on malaga game is just kicking off the spanish side first ever champions league campaign the club have been blighted by financial problems in recent years and have lost the likes of ruud van nistelrooy and santi cazorla to arsenal this summer but veteran coach manuel pellegrini says they have what it takes to progress over two legs. really are we have to be really stick about the players we have in the uk look for any excuses because we have lost good players we're going to join you in the game with the players that we have lived here all these games are just kicking off a bra girl hosting who denies in portugal and selects travelling to

a limit so then amazon grab going head to head with molly ball of bottled water softener ten in kiryat shmona. also just getting underway in the english premier league chelsea looking to make it to winter inter it was they host reading a few minutes into that game and it is still goals. meanwhile dynamic moscow have it all to do if they're to qualify for the europa league group stages they went down to nil to stuttgart in germany in their first leg earlier on wednesday there are better which scored twice in the final twenty minutes to secure the win for the home side the game logic is appointing started down to trust q.'s reign as manager of the group of whites the second leg is in the russian capital next tuesday. meanwhile i'm gearing up for their europa league play off first leg against dutch side ours at alkmaar on thursday it's unknown territory for the dagestani club as they bid to qualify for the group stages of europe's second tier competition michael genco has more. after pulling off an impressive one one draw with graham to

the russian premier league leaders and it's in petersburg last weekend if the anzhi makhachkala is now focusing on the first leg of the final hurdle to the group stages of the of the league i don't consider your league as a burden but but of course we like to be in champions league and i was also. used to playing champions league you can bury did burden on the condition that the . squad are not just a ten feel players plus goalie but that this is a quality wise more broadly and there i have my concerns although losing players through an overloaded schedule is inevitable hidding must be elated knowing he'll have nearly all his players at his disposal for the game including africa struck do a similar unless you know who have both been absent due to injuries he will however be without influential midfielder who suffered a knee injury meanwhile and he's ever present rock in defense christopher sam was

only too aware of the threat posed but was quick to point out why the mood in the dressing room was confident it's a final you know so we know the importance of the game. of the game. and make a very difficult game we really confident you know we show in the previous game quality in the squad i'm sure that we can compete in the end because. it's going to go this way and to feel. in the past many managers have spoken out against the europa league branding it a burden teams could do without and although hitting believes that there's some truth in that he believes participation of russian teams in europe can only be beneficial to russia it would be a good achievement for a club growing club in there in russia in outside russia to be in. in the group stage in europe the further you're come the more difficulties we will face.

with a team. not all this team but having some experience and. some experience playing in europe they may be only two games away from the competition is group stages but they face strong opposition days it reached the quarter finals in the competition last year and has a habit of doing well in the competition and you will also be having one eye on next weekend's match against premier league new boys mahdavi a silence which could show whether the club has the depth needed to mount a proper challenge in europe michael thank you marty. now six time olympic gold medal winner you same baltar celebrated his twenty sixth birthday in style the draken took to the skies over the alps fresh from his unprecedented success at the london games where he successfully defended his one hundred and two hundred meter titles as well as once again winning in court by one hundred meter relay gold with

his teammates he's in switzerland where he's due to compete on thursday is his first taste of competition since the olympics and he's already turning his attention to rio twenty sixteen. but without the dodo to be here as long as i'm fit and i'm ready i'll be there it's just about making different roles a lot of different things i can do in the sports my coach wants me to do going to want to try long term you could always try to aim for the records again so it's different if i'm doing good after the season to decide what we want to do and work on that next week now to turn it around the murray continues his quest for a first major title next week at the u.s. open having beaten roger federer in the olympic final and with the rafael nadal having pulled out injured two separate major winners this could be the scots chance to win his maiden grand slam. 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 a forehand side especially in these ready. with the rough or with. enough so he made the five so he'd be truffled before in the. benefits of. community. now over to one of the most eye catching on risky extreme sports on the planet i'm talking about freestyle motocross alexy kolesnikov is russia's only man in the sport's a late and he's hoping the next generation will follow in his footsteps as robert downey and explains. because of gravity risk. fear the dead devils of free selma cross take them all on and when proving impossible is no more than just

the ward the only russian currently whose got all it takes to do stunts like this isn't exceed the two thousand and nine world championships bronze medal winner he's also the country so in besler to the sport's most elite competition red bull exploiters although he may soon be joined by others a special training camp in the moscow region bust week saw twenty five amateur riders from all over russia and ukraine come together to show of their own skills and learn more from kolesnik of and his colleagues i could spend my entire life writing by myself i learn nothing new but under the guidance of these poor writers i can improve a lot kolesnikov rebuilt his training camp to lead both rupees and skilful riders use it why have days filled with practice and theory five days of hard training and even painful failer time paying off with hopeful success and at the very least

sizable progress however it was not only a school but a contest as well with a jury watching and selecting the gifted few a couple of months out with targets injured last time was sword learned for almost a year and was buckled only a week before these come started and probably saved a lot of energy each of them have their own unique style both week and strong point so it took is pretty long to pick out the best and this is a great example to follow for all fans of the sport if you work hard you'll succeed i hope next year our task will be even tougher russian riders has never made it on to the podium of the toughest freestyle and one across competition in the world red bull expires but the odds are one of those who either is from the kolesnikov stable will hit the heights sooner rather than later. robert virginia r.t.

now finally one woman's dream of becoming the first person to swim from cuba to the united states without a shark cage has been dashed for a fourth time sixty two year old the on a noida region he made the atlanta nine hundred seventy eight and also failed twice in two thousand and eleven her latest effort was hampered by poor conditions and jellyfish stings she had been in the water for just over seventy two hours before giving up and on the eve of her sixty third birthday the insurance i think reluctantly all but ruled out a ten. this is history out here no one's ever done it and really in this day and age the earth got to be a pretty small place oh my mouth was a drink wine all the deserts have been crossed. but this piece of ocean has really been done by swimming. and that is all from the world of sport for now although there's plenty more later here in the wild whether it's next.

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