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for her role in the green gas deals with russia. what next his promise to form a french intelligence agency in the region hit by the arab spring shares his views on what's happening in depth interview next. in the news. room. well today we're joined by claude many places a former member of the french intelligence services also an officer and founder of the european strategic intelligence and security center that's a brussels based think tank specializing on terrorism as security issues thanks very much for the same money for joining us today do you spend a lot of time in north africa 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 past of governments and how much of it as some governments claim as before from the outside would probably say things which

are most really pretty going to go right to the very book without. took the fall no we didn't see arriving we knew clearly that there was a lot of programs in. in the middle in the middle east and in the arab world in north africa run of poverty social problems with drug problems problem of the you use without and going on and so on and on and we knew that something was burning. but we were much more folks who was on the probably on the he's got he's a musician on the risk of a so-called arab spring. when the taliban. and with when we saw the mechanic we understood that it would be a large and. deep shock not only for the oblong that for all the world at the beginning but it really was just what it was exasperating assume

people wanting to use every normal life if it is if you're in a jigsaw instance if you take the toughest were at the beginning you very young people graduates most of them most of them into both of the united states some of them were trained in the united states were funded the united states in one which is a clear and very liberal idea of the futile the only such thing is that it didn't happen in the western world but in the country where the bodyguards in there were different and we had this people coming from the destroyed the people view of the feudal and everything was like it but at the end of the day by dishonest by the muslim brothers you see this as a friend in the region where newtown hopefully leaders coming into power in. iraq

personally you we saw a long time before the hearing for an election that. the only possibility is to have the most embarrassing us first but if you've got a formation in egypt i mean everything else was just in both of them because you have a very poor society. allows people who are just not able to read the newspaper we speak in a blind month 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 tomorrow in syria 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 minister he said the 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's clearly the government going to two in. particular tools. so to look for the moment you have 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 the demo of course you have a parliament democrats and so yes but it's not the main point the main point is

a problem with between the sunni and the you know it's which i think percent of the population do. and i would say our leading the contrary for twenty years the u.s. and the sunni which are seventy five percent say no it's you know we don't want to anymore but indeed it's not stick somebody or it's not friends on the in the middle east. today in syria for the other way it's losing the poor losing their grip on the poor means dying. i not sure 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 waits until the young fish them to question very clearly and said yes supporting the power because they fear. if they fear to have some problems when the sunni will reign on the country like defendo christian adelies the mr brotherson them another.

today and let us the person in iran. today it seem to be clear that you cannot be. in the midst of movement. i mean yes you can be a single christian and nobody probably will have to you cannot have a missed. organized community which it pretty. much same and with the possibility to have voted to go activity in the midst of the world today i mean the misting up world today well 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 to 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 here you know 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 the ribbon on. a given problem which is not so far so no one want to be involved the last time. we i mean west down the armies were involved in the area i with it which is the agent's name and on and we leave the ribbon on the body bags are 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 for us i don't think we don't really want to have this experience again and if we go there we have the risk of these explosions again. we

cannot it's not a game it's good to know he was a movie where the good guy the good guy by can come make everything happen in 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 the they have a lot of children it's but read since story it's middle east it's very savage war and our studies. what it would be to do we know would be the winner. after this were you when. 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 model 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 there are. hundreds that's clear i think everyone knows of. some indigenous services in some probably the british where my six. maybe the french. maybe the americans are involved but the level 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 u.s. authorities tell us of illinois and i don't know what i'm looking for news of the secret service the men prospect of you to the secret service and so good is the post possible you know i don't know them when you. when you go to his arms downs. planes 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 until 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's ok to

us at the time it's own. it's clear and so that's a lot of people we don't know much but a 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 is so 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 involvement for

instance and the fighting through to fight and die because doesn't make sense but we knew we had the bomb the. center of the ball in damascus. a few weeks ago it was. very likely an al qaeda job or i thirty for the moment nobody knows exactly what the different tendencies in. the. opposition. in syria because when you see for instance the people in powers of the. united show you know the mission of the syrian committee. down very much their own very worst speaking they are very democratic and so on when you see the people planting bomb bouncing because it's another sign of the free so where

is the truth what is the real power of the moderates and the democrats if they exist what is the real power for the people of al-qaeda what is the report of the saudis nobody exactly knows and we would see it moving noids. after but when will be does nobody knows could be tomorrow it could be in six months or your god medicaid thanks very much for your time i think you. download the official. language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. it's not required to watch our team all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time any of the. top

stories this hour on r.t. the euro zone's we can nations are striving for growth amid a cycle of. italy's prime minister is in germany to seek help. while portugal waits to find out whether it will get more you catch. iran is key in solving problems in the middle east so says the un secretary-general ban ki moon is taking part in the gathering of nations in the city in line with the u.s. washington has voiced criticism of the un chief visit to end of the gathering in general. and ukraine's former prime minister will not walk free as the country's high court rejects her appeal against a seven year sentence for abuse of power he was sentenced last year for her role in the green gas deals with russia. with a news team with more news stories in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime sportsnet sport is next with paul.

thank you very much bill welcome along to the sports headlines here's what we've got for you global games london gets set to welcome the sporting world once more with ceremony of the twenty twelve paralympics taking place later on wednesday. sudden death because of russia's female volleyball team is reportedly found hanging croatia at the age of forty three following a disappointing performance at the london olympics. and the goals go all week six teams deny moscow pick up their first win of the russian premier league season we recap the best of the action in goals galore. the first spot on moscow and looking to reach the group stages of the champions league the red and white have just kicked off in their second leg of their qualifying tie with fun about shane turkey

the game is only a matter of moments old no goals have been scored so far you know i am a days man had a two one lead following a home win in the first leg and there are four other second leg matches taking place all across europe all kicking off similar tenuously no goals as of yet among them demanded kiev host german side munchen glance back while french club near old taken actually copenhagen in denmark. now to tennis where later on wednesday maria sharapova continues her quest for a second u.s. open title she takes on spain's lot estimate as leno in round two after an impressive win over melinda sink in the first round sharapova will be looking to continue her fine form when she takes on the world number seventy eight top seed victoria azarenka had no problems against belgian kirsten winning in straight sets over dropped twenty two games in her win over romanian some on a header well flipkens compadres kim clijsters playing in her final of a grand slam event later takes on britain's laura robson. the man in the men's draw russian mikhail youzhny is in first round action against you. all of that has gone

to a fifth set usually won the first two but then dropped the third and fourth home favorite american john isner healy's belgians are v.a. molise as you can see by two sets to love four seats by a double for is into the second round after a straight sets win over south africa's kevin anderson and later olympic champion andy murray takes on corporations even. now there's less than a half an hour or so to go before the start of the twenty two of paralympic games in london team russia and all four thousand two hundred competitors have already settled into the athletes' village following a unique welcome in the english capital when crossroads has more. 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 the good but i think it's a great britain has already built a tradition of creating an environment without barriers for the paralympians sort

of we have a similar plan in place for so g twenty fourteen and we've implemented about seventy percent of it already but the russian flag of the national anthem were last but definitely not least in line leading the procession to time paralympic champion alex a bottle of who will also be the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony later on wednesday but i'm also a political prisoner 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 santa claiming their place on the paralympic podium among them beijing gold medalist swimmer they can 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 in twenty fourteen that she showed isaac and there's a huge difference between how i see how it's coming to the jean and to do it's difficult to explain but after those the pressure of the support which is really

making 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 integration 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 a twenty percent increase from the beijing again and hopefully the additional participants will help russia overcome the eight they. finished four years ago remark author of reporting for our team from the paralympic village in london. now to some sad news from the world of volleyball where the head coach of the russian women to national team. nico fans started the age of forty three he was reportedly

found hanged in his hotel room in croatia by his side than on a moscow were taking part in a training camp nico for his appointed boss of the russian national women's team in late two thousand and eleven he was in charge at the recent london olympics but it was ultimately a disappointing campaign with russia knocked out in the quarter finals to eventual winners brazil the manager of the russian men's team says that the failure in london after she calls it hard for you. now stateside the start of the new national hockey league season is in doubt owners and players are locked in negotiations over a new agreement with the current one expiring on september the fifteenth if no compromise is reached it could result in the second lockout since two thousand and four the league now upgrading its latest offer to the players' union in hope of resolving the crisis in order to move the process along and hopefully we can gauge the union in a way that would bring a bit in the goshi ation that had traction we tried to address or what we

thought the fundamental issues were that they were raising in a way that was structured to hopefully address in the way they were looking at the world of trying to get us on to the same page. elsewhere golfing pros from all over the world will be convening just outside of moscow in a week's time where they'll be taking part in the annual russian the challenge cup the event has been held annually since one thousand nine hundred six and was officially included on the european challenge two or six years ago the russian gulf association is stressing the importance of the card for further promoting the sport within the country russia's climate meaning top class courses are hard to maintain but regardless of the potential problems the association is confident golf can continue to grow in russia. admission that only of course there's still a big gap between international courses and those in russia but don't forget golf in russia has only been gaining popularity in the last twenty years which means there's only been twenty years of development so we're still young and are making

our first steps towards global integration but i can confidently say that these steps have been very substantial and we've already seen quite a few russian golfers reach podium finishes and finally to football once more game week six of the russian premier league saw plenty of action with thirty six goals scored in just eight matches that is a record for the russian top flight so now you can sit back and enjoy every single one of them this is goals galore. live

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some important goals that i'm there's been an important goal in the champions league as well i can tell you that spot on moscow already one nil up against fenerbahce in the champions league qualifier three one out he scored six minutes and so they got the vital away goal that as well that's all from the world of sport and now there's plenty more later here and i'll say. question is that so much given to you to be seditious clientele to mentors revolts revolutions occupations and regime change are among the most important elements that are making and remaking our world today.