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to break the syrian deadlock. that's pushing for a buffer zone something russia and china strongly object to. heavy battles continue . to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery the beijing says eurozone states need to impose further cuts and. with another summary for your fifteen minutes from the mean time we talk to a nun who lived in syria for a decade and witnessed what people went through when the first sparks of trouble ignited the war in-depth interview next. well today we're joined by sister agnes mariam of the cross she's founded a christian community and i'm on a street in damascus she's been living there and working there for the last twelve
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years thank you very much a sister for joining us today my first question is you've been there for twelve years working in damascus in syria iran different areas has there been a difference in your work throughout those years and in the recent months that we've seen op rise in violence of course we have been facing. the n.p.t. evolving to get more and water but as you can pick you know it's really in the center headed. so for us it was new because we would. put it through this partition of the small nest thirty six nineteen ninety four and we really. appreciate. the security team in syria you know its security field chords which is imposed somehow. by regime
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which is very strong good and sometimes a kind of. again but never does unless the reality is that everybody was living in security. now were when the events begin. raise we were very happy because really also wanted felt that the that is a need for a chance but very very quickly. we got bad news. from. the weaknesses. in our biases in homs. and also from damascus in daraa where what to do is a weakness is civilians lose out any political. position and you know they were counting on us telling us stories and said what executive the contrary of what we
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were seeing on the television so we took position for. objective truth good information. and also for sunday that e.t. because only by the scope of the you had to help. a position where you had. people detained so you were also helping the opposition yes it's what we call opposition the civilian oh please you know position which is not under any party and that i'm not that. you have you have always been today peaceful demonstration ok. so we had. to free to set free people. also if there is a need of humanitarian help even we had
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a position meeting in our monastery and the first appeal for debate and old and very close relation was in our monastery and i'm sure you're very well aware of all the criticism that has been thrown your way what is your relationship with the assad regime. if you know i have no ordinations here. religious entity and a lot of footy is that religious it's not political. it's not even civilian you know we had mainstream reports that came to syria and for in one for a while i went with them on the scene you know but in the january. in december i asked to go to do a position. where the good leader would already implemented ok and so i could
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have an idea as an eyewitness and in the beginning we did not even know who were those people and we said said those people there were. identified back to the gangs you know we said we don't know who they are but they are spreading. these sort of the killings abducting and the many crimes you know of metal rods. to destabilize a country and all saw to implement a kind of punishment for a civil war for example they would kill. very targeted targeted for example they would kill a lot with i have seen. in homs. a flock of blood. because in the day before. people
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you know source and i did then defied gangs have been beheading nine i know with people just because they were i know it i have seen this with my eyes and i talked to the population of the sunni population who do you think has has perpetrated this they didn't know they said they were wearing like soldiers but do you think that it's their loyalty towards the what do you want me to do i kind of shut up if if if nobody is reporting this i feel as if if i know it and i do not report that i am helping. to continue is that a way and after even of human rights watch begin to talk about things perpetrated by. actual armed insurrection affiliated saying that it is affiliated to the opposition that we're doing sings against humanity and this is
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an improvement but we're talking about the syrians in general do they want regime change look i think that yes and said to do regime has fallen there is no more of this sort of jeem you will never ever have the same regime on what now. the commission they have been discriminated not because they are christian but because being commission they could not participate in islam is the most patience. and sometimes it i have to violence is against them. everybody says you know we had more than two hundred thousand coalition that had to flee out because of this big worse position that we have to hear. between exterior opposition you know in some of the leaders of the opposition outside of syria they never came back to syria since thirty years so they don't have.
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a popular ground ok they want to come to be able to come but with the help of. the foreign foreign intervention media thirty but you have the entire opposition. would do doesn't want this kind of foreign intervention. they want changes but we saw violence and we saw destroying everything when we're talking about a solution a third way as you mentioned earlier in this conflict how is that going to happen given that there are a lot of guns on the street how is the solution to work and what exactly can be done there is violence you know but. it's not everywhere in syria.
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violence that is reside needed by the board of this. and is following a special plan but in a country. you have a large pieces of people. ground of lands which is not on the violence. and also even in the cities where you have violence they have so much space that. what would be. kind you know for a country like iraq completely destroyed that many of the opposition and begin to think and to say it's not the way the value and it's not doing so since one year we have been one more than one thousand people have been invited to. the complex to think about the way and said way
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the name of the survey it is most on the high initiative is the most on the high initiative does not come from the opposition does not come from under the it comes from is a silent majority of the city and people from believe that as of families of tribes of clans and also from a delicious need this day meet together and they were very active. when there were the challenges that nobody could solution it but there for example in homs. you had many families completely trapped the. streets. they were controlled by the opposition but it was going to bomb them and so they were on the high danger they were trapped for more one month nobody would
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know how to do it so must try to hide in that having you know. they have cousins inside the opposition for example and the good relations need to have their own people believe. so they made negotiation secretly and slowly by slowly everybody could go out well there are also other christian or catholic figures aside from yourself we're also making comments on the syrian conflict and there are some of them who don't agree with you who say that the syrians need outside help they need intervention yes you're both all from the same community what do you say to this what do you think of this i want to say is that the syrian people has to defy by itself we itself what they want and my claim is that the syrian people are alone and the
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majority of the syrian people they want change but the change will be in peace in dialogue and reconciliation i hope he said. syria is so strong. they will make they are doing a new social pact. new basis result if you want. part of the political party and it will be stronger it will be better and it is open to and you future full of you know more contemporaneous achievement and i hope with the blessing of the party out to kill the last i respect and give him all my side with a sharon as i believe a sister i guess and i am thank you very much for your time.
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unpunished. top stories this hour on r t syria's delegates walk out of a meeting of states not aligned to the u.s. taking place in tehran. leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive. while he departed un security council tries again to break the syrian deadlock turkey was also invited to the ministerial meeting it's pushing for a buffer zone something russia and china strongly object to that says heavy. plus chancellor merkel is in china to drum up business to convince beijing that the
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euro is on the road to recovery but beijing says we care eurozone states need to impose further cuts and reforms. in the news team with more news stories for in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime paul is next with the sports. thank you very much bill welcome along the to the world of sports here is what we've got coming up european tool the draw for the champions league group stage has just taken place with zanny and spot finding out that continental opposition. splashing up the cash bond munich breaking windows legal record by signing spanish midfielder javi martínez for fifteen million dollars. and on the way the paralympics officially kick off with twelve days of competition ahead and events as diverse as wheelchair fencing and blind football. and we started out with football
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where in the champions league rushes to representatives next season well this season i should say have just found out their opponents in the group stage the draw has just been concluded in monaco are russian champions and they are in a group c. with italian john say c. milan and so belgium on the leader of the malaga sunday morning honest but i think man will be hoping to progress. last season's runners up spot on moscow meanwhile will play against european powerhouses barcelona besides friends and scottish champions celtic. and it's really just being made in the last few moments meanwhile in the euro plates s car moscow also hoping to reach the first round proper the army men hold a one nil lead i recently decided a i.k. heading into the second leg of their qualifying tie in the russian capital later on thursday causing people top off previews the action. after starting the season with
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two disappointing defeats in a row to sky b. to be back on track with force through a two week tour is scoring eight goals and conceding none and they're eager to continue their run it is they who sweden's ai came the second leg of their europa league qualifying tie after securing in narrow away win in the first encounter after people chose to get up and played confident to ever beg during those games but the reason we want four matches is that we had most of the possession and tekken play improved. has come management a confident of reaching the first round brought but it will be relying on a swedish international to do so recent signing russell's al will have a key role in the midfield battle element maybe too much based on last hour in sweden he is a skilful player when you don't get pressure on him and he did a good game there for so that was not good for us however to his guys the fans are wary of the thread. and know they have
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a battle ahead if they're to progress which is the money i.q. are a strong team used there especially physically it is hard to tackle them and play against them and set pieces we have to be careful near our own goal. meanwhile the eleven time swedish champions who are ranked two hundred second in the u.s. for standings come into the clash with nothing to lose the seat for the after twenty matches in their domestic championship and elms man will build looking to put pressure on says goes the fans and look to capitalise on any mistakes at the back i think we had a good thirty minutes in the last game to stop where we've seen we've seen how. is defending and they've got some weaknesses but you also we also need to defend ourselves they're really really skilful with the passing game after suffering a one home defeat in the. first leg aka have outside hopes of reaching the europa
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league group stages however it was so much at stake this we dish site will surely go all out to some european glory consonant r t moscow region. by kicking off in around ten minutes time also in the europa league liverpool will be looking to make it through to the first round proper at the expense of scottish side hearts of middle of the i don't go from andrew webster twelve minutes from time in the first leg when john mccain's heart struggled one male having one failed the s.p.l. side make the trip south of the border and find liverpool an inconsistent form a three year old if into west brom on the i mean day of the premier league season was followed up with a two two draw against champions manchester city last weekend but manager brendan rodgers insists his side are favorites to progress. listen to. things with good top players and we have. to beat every team that comes to. the advantages with their serves us through other to nothing simple. make sure that
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we believe. good luck or socks off working extremely hard to get the ball we don't panic when it reaches a keeper zation we don't get a weaker than we do not will be. on the ball night. also in the europa league on thursday crusading sanjay mask logged on to the netherlands with the one. that outlaw newcastle host at the moment toss following a one zero draw and grace collins of milan have a comfortable to go advantage of remaining inside that's a faster way going into their home leg. while the latest chapter of the footballing saga between real madrid and barcelona has gone the way of the galactica marine air finally ending their seven game el classico losing streak and if the club's first spanish league cup since two thousand and eight but also held a three two late from the first leg but railway said little time wiping out the deficit once all it why i am taking advantage of a public hospital defensive mishap trying to score the eleventh minute gerard piqué
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the next boss a defender to show a lapse in concentration a brilliant flick by christiane in ramallah by putting him one on one with goalkeeper victor bell this vaccine for eternally among the visitors was continued menagerie and i was sent off for hauling down when i was he was in full flow. you know messi gave barcelona height with a stunning free kick right before the break but he won was how it finished on the night for not to get the first trophy of the season all the way goes. now with the clock ticking until the closure of the european transfer window german club munich have smashed the national record science spaniard having martin as the central midfielder arriving from little league club athletic bilbao for a fee of around fifteen million dollars for just over thirty six million pounds the twenty three year old was a member of spain's two thousand and ten world cup winning squad and also helped his country defend the european title this summer martin as
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a county had other options but elected for a move to the foot in this league i. still think he will at the end of last season given all the options there was one that stood out amongst the rest which was coming here this is one of the three best teams in the world historically and currently when they told me it was an option i quickly focused on coming here people have spoken well about the city the people and the lifestyle. now to the u.s. open tennis where russian nicholai diver denker is looking to reach the third round of the final grand slam of the year the unseated russian takes on local favorite as twenty thirty mardy fish world number one and top seed roger federer plays beyond foul of germany or france can joe wilford song goes up against one seeded martin climbs on of stuart vakeel around two in the women's draw so fourteenth signal regular length of beat in straight sets olympic champion serena williams later plays maria jose martinez sanchez of spain for second seed out restaurants got
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poland and there is another spaniard in color suarez not far right. now cyclist lance armstrong maintains he's still a seven time tour de france winner the american was stripped of all the titles he's won since one thousand nine hundred eight after saying he would no longer challenge the u.s. anti-doping agencies drug charges against him however he says that is not an admittance of guilt my name is lance armstrong. cancer survivor i've been asked to come up here and talk about my story of survivor ship i'm a father of five and yes i won the tour de france seven times now to boxing where canady golovkin a set to put his unbeaten record on the line this weekend the w.p.a. and i.b.o. middleweight champion faces poland's greg goss prox are in new york on saturday but for a fight was can just press a possible super fight with russian to me is not currently on the agenda. presently dimitri put all doesn't really mean anything to me even though he is a w b o champion i am not really interested in him i'm about to fight proxy on
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september first so beautiful it isn't in my head at all. finally the first gold medal of the twenty twelve paralympics has gone to china john sure paying setting a new world record in climbing gold and shooting it comes after the games began in spectacular style on wednesday with wednesday's i should say as roman cost of reports. that for no stage of the paralympic torch relay saw some of the world's most acclaimed stars usher the flame through the streets of london among them top international model and mother to three children. who also happens to be the ambassador for the next winter games in russia's black sea resort of sochi in twenty fourteen. right after i want to use the resources that i have been rushing to brought to help me parnell in pick movement alone pins are already getting plenty of support. on contributing to that partly because instead of london twenty
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twelve organizers have pulled out all the stops in order to achieve a record breaking ticket sales that's certainly something to live up to when the next winter paralympic capsule of sorts she will pick up the bats and our group was lucky enough to also catch up with thirteen time paralympic champion remotes all over the russian state duma deputy participated in six games herself but admits that it's a completely different experience so right here as a fan. i've never attended the opening ceremony of the games in my six paralympic outings as an athlete because i usually had to prepare for competition during that time so this first time experience is like a holiday for me and from the streets on when the torch to the stadium where thousands of international spectators made their way to the opening ceremony. so that's when his well paralympic games have officially begun over the next couple
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of weeks after lee's from hundred sixty six countries will battle for the gold medal in twenty one different sports and these games are promising to be the most watched paralympics to date. from on koester of reporting for artsy for going to the logs and. that is all from the world of sport for now although i'll be back with up on some more in just under two hours time a renault a journey that. will include the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british style. but on the.
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