you. know what you are and there's breaking news story ukraine's high court rejects your too much and has appeal against a seven year son of stuff former prime minister was jailed for abuse of power linked to a gas deal signed with russia in two thousand and nine. with millions in the e.u. balancing on the edge of power and companies are forced to adjust it for do smaller and cheaper products for the struggling masses in the age of austerity. and a wave of mutual accusations by both syrian government and rebels follow a deadly funeral car bomb in damascus and meanwhile the mainstream media is blamed for sanitizing evidence of ogling tactics previously adopted by the opposition.

well that's a former french intelligence agent who served in the region hit by the arab spring share of views on what's happening there. well today we're joined by blood money to feed is a former member of the french intelligence services also an author and founder of the european strategic intelligence is a kurd center that's a brussels based think tank specializing on terrorism as security issues thanks very much for the somebody for joining us today do you spend a lot of time or the middle east so looking at the arab spring did you see it coming where you would suspect in this sense how much of it. is a product of people going against of the press of governments and how much of it as some governments claim as before from the outside would produce so things which are really pretty going to go right through the very book without. first of all no

we didn't see it arriving we knew clearly that there were so a lot of programs in. in the middle east and in the arab world in north africa from of poverty social problems into our province a problem of the you use has gotten pregnant and so on and so on and we knew that something was burning and. but we were much more focused on the probably on the risk of the musician down the risk of a so-called arab spring. when it happened. and we saw when we saw the mechanics we understood that it would be a large. and deep shock for not only for the oblong that's for all the world at the beginning very clearly was not towards it was exasperated a few people wanting to have

a normal life if you exhibit here in egypt for instance if you take the tahrir square at the beginning you very young people graduates most of them most of them had been supported by the united states some of them were trained in the united states were funded by the united states and someone with a very clear and very little idea of the future or the only sad thing is that it didn't happen in the west and all that but in and country where the political agenda was different and we had those people coming from the history but it was a keeper all view of the future and everything was like that at the end of the day by dishonest by the muslim brothers to see see this as a friend in the region where. ultimately this coming into power. i wrote personally you be thought a long time before the vision elections the. the only possibility is to have the

most embarrassing us first but if you've got a formation in egypt i mean everything else to us just in both because you have a very poor society. allows people who are just not able to read the newspaper we speak latin a number of months for number saw everything was in place predicts or missed in itself and not a democrat issue in the in the. in the same in tunisia. and just same from our c.n.n. yes we're looking at the syrian crisis it is complicated and it's far from over and we've heard the last of turkey talking about starting a no fly zone and we've also heard from the french defense ministry center france is willing to help in looking at this effort do you think this is where it's headed a similar reagan scenario is a no fly zone i tell you very clearly no one. of the western world the one the one to go in syria but maybe at one point it would be in both even to avoid the roads i

don't think so but it's possible if we go into syria i think it would be a nightmare. but we'll see. for the moment we don't see any clear. evolution in syria it seems that it's clearly the government going to two in. particular tools. so to look for the moment where the just kidding after killing and this. bomb stuffed up bombs. and no mercy for consideration because of the base of the problem you don't have the problem of of course you have a problem of democrats and so yes but it's not the main point the main point it's a problem with between the city and you know it's which i think percent of the population do. needing to contract for twenty years yes and the sunni which are

seventy five percent say no it's enough we don't want to anymore but indeed it's not stick somebody or it's not to be on the in the middle east. today in syria for the allow it's losing the war losing the grip on the poor means dying. i not sure that the two mediums i know it's already got to die so didn't ignore the choice of them keeping the power. with the support by doing of the questions you have to me on that i would see into the young fish from the christian very clearly and said yes supporting the power because the fear. if they fear to have some problems with the sunni will reign on the country like defend no christian in egypt is the mr brotherson them another. today and let us the police come

in here either today it seemed to be clear that you cannot be. in the midst of moving. i mean yes you can be a single christian and nobody probably would have to you cannot have a missed. organized community which is pretty. and with the possibility to have voted to go activity in the midst of the world today i mean the most in arab world today all despite the tough words of some of the western leaders allies have said from syria you still feel that they don't really want to go into syria on a full military still what do you think is holding them we know we think and they already duffing that syria could be watched and i think basically they are right because they need to get six million people in syria we have a. big. in seventeen eighteen and twenty minutes of people we have clearly

extremists the media is the border of iran is between iran and israel and you have believe been on. even one problem which is not so far so no one want to be involved the last time. we i mean down the armies were involved in the area i wish it were to be a just name and on and we leave the ribbon on the body back to for the little soldier. two hundred forty two american marines and sixty two french possible i was there the day i was remembering or my life would be back and it was not a very nice experience right i don't think we don't we want to have this experience again and if we go there we have the risk of this experience again. we cannot it's that again it's not the unknown he was moving with the good guy the good cover

he can come make everything around him quiet in the city getting just two or three bad guys and after they were the last at the end of the movie he kissed the beautiful woman the mother in their lives they have a lot of children it's not read since story it's middle east it's very savage war and after the swell. what there would be the good the winner would be the winner. after this well you were. there were about six months of cones killing. revenge killing and so on and we don't want to be involved there but from the intelligence circles can you confirm that yes smuggle of weapons into syria as well as the process of someone foreign secret service in the country very probably. coming from your four or the government and from so you're

a blanket from dividends that's clear i think everyone knows that. some indigenous services in some probably the british my six. maybe the french. maybe the americans are involved but they're living on the don't live on in the support of the opposition on the one hand you're saying that western leaders and their allies don't want a military operation in syria but at the same time you're also saying that it's very likely that there are foreign secret service agents in the country already but that is getting involved isn't it what's the difference between a military operation and having agents on the ground you can deny. you can deny when you send indigenous people even if they are killed in that you can say yes but i don't know you us authorities tell us of illinois and i don't know what i'm looking verb or use of the secret service the men prospect of you the to the secret

service and so good is the post possible to know i don't know them when you go when you go to his arms downs. brains you could've said no it's not my plane let's talk about al qaeda operating in syria is this true or not and if so what can the situation develop into it's probably very true what we know is that syria. at the time of the world. iraq syria swarm of the platform of action from. for al qaeda a lot of people coming from europe. from belgium from frost from germany came in to went into iraq through syria so it's clear that al-qaeda us at the time it's own. it's clear or so that's

a lot of people we don't know much but the lot of people who were involved in the iraqi war are today fighting with the opposition against the regime in syria for a very abuse reason. if you remember the people of al-qaeda in iraq were getting shots as well as so british and american soldiers. in syria the poor he says shit yellow it's a bunch of shiism so for the people if i gave up which are certainly a very strict obedience it's the worst enemy. to kill to kill or shit is better than to get a question for them. so. it's a good motivation for them and we have clearly people and we sort of saw some modus operandi. i don't think that we have people of al qaeda involved in one sense and the fighting through the fight and because doesn't make sense but we knew

we had the bomb the. center of the ball in damascus. a few weeks ago it wants. very likely an al qaeda job or i thirty for the moment nobody knows exactly what's the difference tendencies in. the. opposition. in syria because when you see for instance the people in powers of the committed us united states you know the mission of the syrian committee in. doubt very much on the very worst speaking very democrat and so on what you see the people from thing bomb the bomb thing because it's an adult it's some other thing so what is the truth what is the real power of the moderates and the democrats if they exist what is over for

the people of al qaeda what to do with both of the saudis nobody exactly knows and rude to see and we've been noids. after but no one will be just after nobody knows it could be tomorrow it could be in six months or in two years god medicaid thanks very much for your time i think you. wealthy british style like it's apparently last time to explain. right. after the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on our. shores.

breaking news here on our team high court rejected because of appeal against a seven year sentence the former prime minister was jailed for abuse of power linked to a gas deal signed with russia in two thousand and nine. with millions in the e.u. balancing on the edge of poverty companies are forced to just them produce smaller and cheaper products for the struggling masses in the age of austerity. and wave your flag position by both syrian government and rebels follow a deadly funeral car bomb in damascus meanwhile the mainstream media is blamed for sen izing evidence of tactics previously adopted by the opposition. a time now for sports and dating is here in just two days and we have had a major surprise at the u.s.

open they exactly right carlin was new york is tennis season rain has just gone from. worst to former world no one falling at the u.s. open at the very first draw and more all interest the sick. thanks for joining us this is indeed sports today and we have a busy old bulletin for you let's get right to it. again pain former world number one carline wozniacki suffers another first drawing ground slam exit this time of the vessel but. trouble is piling up the russian premier league's bottom club schofield to make it past the europa league qualifying stage of. global games london get set for the opening ceremony of the twenty twelve parlin banks later on . let's kick off with football were all schools european adventure is over for

another year the blue and whites losing three one on aggregate to german side stood guard in europa league qualifying following a one one draw in moscow on choose the evening after trailing to know from the first leg in germany it was always going to be a tough ask for dumper frisk use man for a goal as first forty five minutes of the khimki arena the goal scoring hero from the first leg. open for the visitors in the sixty fourth minute alexander cook or in level matters thirteen minutes later but it was little more than a consolation at rock bottom domestically after losing five of their opening a dozen. spartak moscow meanwhile are seeking to move into the group stage of europe's top club competition the muscovites hold a two one advantage heading into their second leg champions league battle at fenerbahce a new sports talk monitor you know i am really likely to be in for a very tense evening for. sure kusama called new home the tories for it's less than

pleasant welcomes the two teams on the opposite end of the win loss spectrum after their lives domestic munches fenerbahce beating design tap spot. for three nil up the weekend well spartak missed out on top spot in russia with a tough two on loss to turkey. meanwhile russia. goalkeeper of fear of has decided to retire from international football in order to raise his children the thirty three year old stating he wants to spend more time with this family following the death of his wife maureen in a car crash last year means open to the possibility of returning to the national set up over at some stage camp twentieth time since making his debut in two thousand and three mile affair played all of russia's euro twenty four games but was dropped for fabio capello's first friendly match in charge against the ivory coast. squad are gearing up for a final shopping spree ahead of the september third european transfer deadline the

same petersburg side continuing their pursuit of money chest united winger nani having met with the twenty five year old's representatives in this week the english club had been asking for around forty million u.s. dollars for the portuguese international f.c. porto have been getting calls from up north as well with the need hoping to buy their striker. there's only a few hours now to go before the start of the parra limpid games in london the team russia contingent on indeed all the four thousand two hundred competitors have already settled into the athletes' village following a unique welcome in the english capital. it could have been just a simple flag raising ceremony but the brits have once again al done themselves putting on a theatrical show to welcome the participating nations at the london to once it's wealth paralympic village living there you go but i think it's a great britain has already built a tradition of creating an environment without barriers for the paralympians or

sort of we have a similar plan in place for sort she twenty fourteen and we've implemented about seventy percent of it already of the russian flag of the national anthem were last but definitely not least in line leading the procession to the time paralympic champion. who will also be the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony later on wednesday i'm also it was it to me it's a huge responsibility to have the honorable distinction of being flag bearer for your country i feel completely fired up emotionally the russian national team has a number of athletes who will be making a second at sam to claiming their place on the paralympic podium among them beijing gold medalist swimmer they can a who is by the way also an ambassador for the next ones or paralympics to be held in the russian black sea resort of sochi next wednesday fourteen that. there's a huge difference between how i got to come into the gene and today it's difficult to explain but i feel both the pressure and the support which is really can me

eager to get into the pool the paralympics will be held until the ninth of september as the streets of london are about to get filled by thousands of athletes and fans from around the world for a spectacle of unparalleled will and strength of character says that this is the gratian of the soviet union a lots has been done in order to help people with disabilities and that's reflected in russia's paralympic medal count and the growing number of athletes as well one hundred sixty three of them are here which is that twenty percent increase from the beijing again and hopefully the additional participants will help russia overcome the eight they. four years ago cost reporting for r.t. from the garden big finish in london big night ahead in london let's talk tennis where the biggest upset of the u.s. open to date occurred on choose the formula former world number one caroline wozniacki going to be on heralded rumanian arena. in the first run to say it was

a shock would be going a step too far this year was not he also crushed died on the opening to have failed to win a title and saw her ranking pull from first tonight big full value for the six two six two when she steps into unchartered territory for her second run berth in new york city i. know williams meanwhile is returning remaining on course for her fourth title flushing meadows the thirty year old dominating compatriot cool vonda way six one six one in their first run powerful spa new maria martinez sun chairs the next two blocks on serenus. day at all for the only russian trying to clear an option on choose them reoccur confidently dispatching a south african chanel that she's in straight sets six two six one has never made the top of the fourth runs on the new york hard courts. over in the men's side of

action holder novak djokovic burley broke sweat and easing its way into the second run courtesy of a six one six six one win over italy's paulo leader and. you want me and i shine on the day meanwhile team really involved in a five set encounter. silva but it was the brazilian who came out the right side of four six six four six seven six three seven five scoreline to win on tactics on to . the fourteenth the world helicopter championships had russia this week i'm pretty much in the dark as you but thankfully nicholai chilled is not and he can explain more. one hundred kilometers south of moscow teams from eleven countries have come together to prove two of the best spots on the planet at the renowned a field of jerk you know as it played host to the fourteenth annual and equal to championships in front of crowds i think it's fantastic that to engage ordinary

people to see what helicopters can do and i think they enjoy watching the competition and the standard of flying is excellent so you want to see good flying this is could place to. using ten types of helicopters over five days of competition the pilots take part in five different events navigation precision friend of riggin and freestyle for the night here running russian pilots were aboard in the first four and they're very mean to take them because just to another level think the crash is trying to make this even more spectacular for example helicopter racing is not had official included in the compound through program of the world championships it was invented in russia with the aim to create more interesting events. meanwhile freestyle is considered as a separate trophy where pilots perform their robotics combined with understands

they share legendary world freestyle champion quinten smith returned to the competition after an eighteen year break and still shared top honors with a sacred schwartz and helped ensure britain finish behind russia on the podium with germany but in this case the taking part was as important as the result it's a much. family. film it seems know each other. we know each other the family the pilot. is a big happy family so after another my kitchen children with the spectators were also treated to a spectacular finale as russian military. it is made to give the appearance to be willing to know the is called the tissue hosting the world championships is not only for the russian organizes what's also a testament that the sport which originated from this country has still quite some also through to awful for the world of aviation nicolo it shows. moscow region.

and finally a four strong team of all round door thrill seekers from the u.k. have on the grueling final stage of the two thousand and twelve adventure race world series the squad completing the six hundred twenty kilometer course by running cycling orienteering and helping in up the start finish for the race with a difference well starting castle in scotland the winning quartet team started setting the pace to life at one stage they had such a commanding lead into a hotel had lunch on an eight hour sleep the team ending with an aggregate time of eighty five hours twenty nine minutes the win means they've been invited to take part in the world championships which take place in france next. i'll be back in just under two hours time with more weather next.

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