free. loading video for your media projects free media. tom. this is a. quick recap of the week's top headlines. in greece thousands rally against cuts hitting the country's most vulnerable leaving even the most austerity. euro woes take their toll on the french. president francois hollande is watching his ratings blow by blow. it's a dead heat between the republicans and democrats in the race for the white house and both candidates looking to set a remarkably similar. structure with the asia pacific

summit economic and political ties with china growing stronger which could on the of the u.s. and its influence in the region. are up next to a nazi it's our exclusive interview with the russian president vladimir putin and so what we discuss russia's budding partnership with china among other pressing issues this is a. hello are you watching r t with me kevin know him a very pleased to say today that we're joined by the president of the russian federation of let him approaching mr president thank you very much for making the time to talk to us what i want to talk about first of all is the ongoing at the moment apec summit no way pick is primarily an economic vessel there's a lot of politics involved as well in the course of all the key players including you including american key players disagree on some very key issues and thinking

about syria and thinking about missile defense thinking about iran is there a danger that the politics may stifle get in the way of the big economic deals that the very same key player is hoping to sign at this summit or at least talk about science and if. that is true but in fact you just said it yourself a pick was originally conceived as a forum for discussing economic issues therefore we are planning to focus primarily on economic challenges transport global food security and the task of liberalizing the global economy as far as syria and other hotspots are concerned is using the currently in the limelight we will certainly address them in or deliberations of the forum in bilateral discussions or otherwise they wouldn't be overlooked or due to. a problem of sorts but you touched on another big subject in the headlines the reddest of vents that have been unfolding in syria over the last eighteen months now russia's position has been steadfast all the way along the line here you've

said this should be no foreign intervention and it should be the syrian people who do the deciding it should be done through diplomacy however that's a great idea but day in day out innocent lives are being lost on both sides is it time for something more than talking should russia be reassessing its position make me now from what i see it took a listen i put it to you so how come russia is the only one which is expected to revise its starts and don't you think our counterparts in negotiations want to revise theirs as well as we'll. looking back at the events in the past few years we'll see that quite a few of our counterparts initiatives have not played out the way they were intended to take the examples of numerous countries riven by escalating internal conflict the u.s. and its allies went into afghanistan and now they're all thinking about how they can get out of the no are you sure the situation will be stable for decades to come and look at what's going on in the arab countries what concerns us from what i want

to emphasize once again is the current hostilities in syria but at the same time we are just as concerned about the possible consequences of certain decisions should they be taken in or opinion the most important task today is ending the violence we must all the warring parties including the government and the so-called rebels the armed opposition to sit down at the negotiating table and decide on a future that would guarantee security for all stakeholders in syria only then should they get down to any practical measures regarding the country's future government system we realize that this country needs a change but this doesn't mean the change should come with bloodshed i believe that the first thing to do is to stop shipping into the war zone which is still going on but we should stop trying to impose an acceptable solutions on either side because it is a dead end and i think that's what we should do it's that simple understood mr president other question i'd like to ask you a number of western arab nations have been covertly to start with supporting the

f.s.a. the free syrian army in some of them doing it openly in a course the catch here is that the f.s.a. is suspected of hiring a known al qaeda fighters amongst their ranks so the twist in this tale is that a lot of those countries are actually sponsoring terrorism if you like in syria countries that have suffered from terrible terrorism themselves is that a fair assessment doesn't it to you know when someone aspires to attain and then they see is optimal any means will do as a rule they will try. and do that by hook or by crook and hardly ever think of the consequences that was the case during the war in afghanistan when the soviet union invaded in one nine hundred seventy knowing that tory mob hasn't put in the support of the rebel movement and then basically gave rise to al-qaeda that which later backfired on the united states itself today some want to use militants from al qaida or some other organizations with equally radical views to accomplish their

goals in syria this policy is dangerous and very shortsighted let's turn over to the united states the upcoming election we're all looking forward to very much of course now the reset button with russia was firmly pushed by barack obama over the last four years but. still that missile defense shield the headache for russia. of europe if obama does win a second what's going to define the next chapter of russia and america's relations and is it a chap that you can do business with. i believe the over the last four years presidents obama and medvedev have made a lot of progress in strengthening russia u.s. relations we have saw in the new start treaty to go with them backed by the us russia has become a fully fledged member of the world trade organization there are more reasons to be optimistic about our bilateral relations with these two you mentioned the u.s. missile defense system is surely one of the key issues on today's agenda because it

involves russia's vital interests. as an expert understand that a unilateral solution will not in hans global stability in essence the intention is to upset the strategic balance which is a very dangerous thing to do as any involved party would always strive to maintain its offensive capabilities and the entire thing could simply trigger off a race is it possible to find a solution to the problem if president obama is reelected for a second term i mean principle yes it is. but this isn't just about president obama for all i know his desire to work out a solution is quite sincere but almost before this my feeling is that he is a sincere man and that he sincerely wants to implement positive change but can he do it will they let him do it if i mean that there is also the military lobby and the department of state which is quite conservative let's imagine for a second we have all the solution the means from now on we jointly assess missile

threats and control this defense system together this is a highly sensitive area of national defense i am not sure that our partners are ready for this kind of cooperation got to the national so we think you can work with barack obama if you get in one of the if mitt romney gets in a couple of quotes here from just a month or two ago this is the man that if he makes it to the white russia is without question our number one geopolitical foe they fight every cause for the world's worst actors he went on to say russia is not a friendly character on the world stage could you work with him said. fortune yes we can we work with whichever president is elected by the american people but our effort will only be as efficient as our partners allow it to be as for mr romney's position we understand that this is to a certain extent motivated by election campaign rhetoric but i also think that he was on his legal wrong because such behavior in the international arena is the same

as using nationalism and segregation as a tools of us domestic policy its effect in the international arena is the same when a politician the person who aspires to lead a nation especially a great country like the us declares someone to be enemy a priore and by the way this brings something else to mind when we talk about the missile defense system or american partners keep telling us this is not directed against you but what happens if mr romney and believes us to be america's number one photo which is elected as president of the united states in that case the missile defense system will definitely be directed against russia as it is technologically configured exactly for this purpose i'd like to talk about the trial and jailing of pussy riot punk group and there's been much criticism of the sentence handed down was too strong was too much and the whole case was just made to big a deal of fat actually backfire that's brought all people to their cause with

a publicist with hindsight it was a beautiful thing but with hindsight you think the case could have been handled differently i have always felt the punishment should be proportionate to the offense no i am not in a position now and would not like in any way to comment on the decision of a russian court but i would rather talk about the moral side of the story. first in case you've never heard of it a couple of years ago one of the band's members put up three effigies in one of moscow's big supermarkets with a sign saying that jews gays and migrant workers should be driven out of moscow i think you're thora he should have looked into their activities back then. after that they staged an orgy in a public place of course people are allowed to do what ever they want to do as long as it's legal for this kind of conduct in a public place should not go unnoticed by the or thirty's then they are loaded video on the internet then they turned up at your lock of a cathedral here in moscow causing unholy mayhem look at that and then went to

another cathedral and caused mayhem there too you know russians still have painful memories of the early years of soviet rule when thousands of orthodox muslim as well as the clergy from other religions were persecuted and so in general i think the state has to protect the feelings of believers or if you're doing i will not comment on whether the verdict is well grounded in the sentence proportionate to the offense these girls must have lawyers who defend their interests in court they have the right to file an appeal and demand a new hearing it's up to them it is just a legal issue we've got you with us let's get your thoughts on the ongoing julian assange case in britain i'm sure you've been watching it is a legal battle with britain and with a number of other countries as well but equally his attempts to get asylum in ecuador is no god he's holed up in the ecuadorian embassy what's your opinion that britain at one point was talking about. revoking the embassies diplomatic immunity if they could actually go in and get him that kind of sounds

a bit odd when of course you think as well that russia has a number of suspects that russia wants to talk to britain as a kind of topsy turvy situation isn't it but they give him safe harbor in britain. this certainly is an unsettling factor in our relations with the u.k. i used to tell my previous counterparts and friends in the british government not those holding office at the moment the britain happens to be harboring certain individuals who have blood on their hands having waged a real war on russian territory and slaughtered people do you know what i was told in response should come put that's exactly why. the soviet union used to do aiding people like that first of all i'm a former soviet secret service operative myself but i don't know whether the u.s.s.r. used a this sort of people or not simply because i never had anything to do with it but even if we assume it did that was back in the cold war era you know there has been a cardinal change in the settings the soviet union is history and what we have

today is a new russia how can we allow ourselves to be dominated by our old phobias and outdated perceptions of international relations and the kind of relations between nations it's time to let them go but if we are constantly lectured about how independent britain's judiciary is it makes its own decisions and no one can influence it the one about judy in a song they ruled him to be extradited what is that if it's not a self evident example of a double standard i won't make a definitive statement but as far as i know ecuador has requested guarantees from the swedish government sweden wouldn't hand a soldier over to the united states through no guarantees of being forthcoming at the very least this suggests that we are looking at a politically motivated trial. i

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the headlines on the rise against austerity in greece thousands rally against cuts feared to be targeting the country's most vulnerable leaving even the most austerity hardened greeks incensed. euro words take a toll on the french with freshly elected president of the watching his ratings plummet blow by economics. it's a dead heat between the republicans and democrats in the race for the white house with both candidates looking to. other similar platforms. plus russia tons eastward at the asia pacific summit economic and political ties with china growing of a strong which could on the of the u.s.

senate's moves for influence in the future. why with the latest on the ground. which. and i welcome to the latest sports here's what's coming up. front runner charles lewis hamilton holds up sergio perez to win his first ever italian grand prix from all that second in the overall standings while a cutoff of heavyweight champion batali kitch stops manuel shot in the fourth round to retain the w.b.c. around here in moscow. and gone with the wind u.s. open champion no one joke of each prepares to resume his sunny final against avid farah following a tornado warning i flushing meadows. but first of all no one where mclaren's lewis hamilton has won the italian grand prix for the first time from pole to clinch his

twentieth career victory and go second in the overall standings this was a dominant performance from the britain who held off the threat of sergio perez late on the mexican also enjoying a brilliant rice touring his way up from twelve on the grid to make up his third podium finish of the season for saga however the two had to share much of the spotlight with fernando long as i as this fine is stated his ferrari to third place at that and now he's the championship by thirty eight points ahead of commons and with seven races to go returning to me reichen is a point for the back off to coming in fifth all of the title contenders hopes took a blow including the red bull jewel of sebastian vettel and mark webber who failed to finish along with jenson button. but in the meantime heavyweight boxing champion of italy kitsch co has successfully defended his w.b.c. crowd here in moscow after the ukrainian stopped jameis manuel chill in the fourth round of the olympic skier enough to stop the fight off to a kitchen punch opened up

a cut above his opponents are like cocaine he won all four rounds of the contest but afterwards just said he felt he could have carried on one and then asked for a rematch he was told to he. might have greater respect for you and i want you to give me in there a jones i'm sure fans in moscow and germany and all with the world would like to see one more fight between men and i'm sure you will accept my challenge. when you were i understand your great motivation to fight me once again the problem is you're not the only one who wants it there's a lot of worthy contenders who are waiting for their turn to get a title shown you've already had your chance tonight you've proved to have a great heart and fighting spirit but you need to be patient. and tennis now andy murray is waiting to find out who he'll face in the decider of the u.s. open asshole the novak djokovic and david ferrer are about to resume their semifinal off it was halted because of fears of

a tornado but before the weather did get worse farah had raced to a five games to two late against the serbian second seed however the delay means the u.s. open will finish all monday for the fifth consecutive year. well the weather wasn't ideal when mari was on course either and it was burdick who at first seemed to deal better with the strong winds the sixty eight roger federer in the last names took the first set seven pro-life but then murray found his rhythm and won the next six to level the match and then took out right lead after cruising through the surge six one zero but it did show some resistance in the fourth and was five two up in the time break but murray who want a little bit gold last month stormed back to win it nine seven take victory in three hours and fifty eight minutes the twenty five year old will also replace rough on the dollar as well number three when the latest rankings are published on monday. there's been this big growth. you know obviously beginning of

this storm as well actually played great so far so it's just you know some of it's just the way to get through. to be in the photo and get a chance to play. you know that you know. this is you know probably a. big show but if you look at what i mean of course right now it's it's of course i don't like to i don't like to lose them to move them. in the series which which i thought that i had a i had a pretty good chance but you know i would say that the best or the wind blew it away from me. now into football and they fully fit russian's court upheld a training session here in moscow before flying to tel aviv for their second well cup qualifier against israel however the twenty three players spent less than an hour on the pitch after the session was cut short by rain fabio capello's men outlaws northern ireland to know if they looked

a lot of stadium on friday and the top of group bath ahead of portugal on goal difference but star striker alexander courage at all who assisted in one of russia's goals and hit the post in that opener believes cheers days match will be a lot tougher. to morrow when a team is playing at home they're always more difficult to play against i'm sure when we have to play northern ireland and bell first will find life much tougher we understand a game against israel will be very difficult for us but we'll be going there to win and get all the points. while elsewhere scotland and serbia opened their bids to qualify for the world cup with a goal of straw in glasgow alexander come out of went close for the visitors early on then robert snodgrass had a chance for scotland midway through the first half when the best opportunity of the game fell to his teammate steven naismith but his effort and past the post. and just like the last day nothing could separate denmark and the czech republic in the only other qualifying match on saturday both sides of the top two include bay

where armenia are the surprise leaders of the euro twenty twelve run as italy. now at the paralympics russia are on course to finish second in the medal table with just one day of competition remaining after three goals on saturday gave them a tally of thirty five to more than host great britain while china away out in front with an impressive ninety five goals but victory for your lane at the no one in the women's one hundred meters and gold in the pool from upset because even made russia take second spot with almost double the number of goals they won in beijing so a successful games for the country when i focus on their own winter olympics in sochi is more is from lancaster. if you expected them to triumph in such fashion but with the whole winter games in sochi looming it seems only natural that russia had no option but to storm the paralympic told you that those credits i'm doing my best to

visit kids with disabilities to speak to their parents because you should never give up in any case you can bring your kid to the swimming pool or any other type of sport the main thing is not to give up have a go and go for it and you will definitely reach it the london games have revealed that like many other nations britain also needed a push towards greater acceptance of people with disabilities and the local spectators demonstrated just that by buying up almost all the tickets available that probably. the question to the international paralympic committee whether similar exposure could be achieved come the next winter games in sochi i'm confident that we will achieve similar levels of. spectators and also a presence of media as you said the winter sports is not as extended like summer one consequently we need to compare to who is interested to who could be interested but there is no question in my mind that all the big countries that you have here

have winter sports on all of them out of going to also have a lot of interest because. we have had here has been very important multiple paralympic medalist. will be travelling home with the gold silver and bronze is also the ambassador for the twenty fourteen winter games in russia's black sea resort city of sochi so it's probably safe to say that for her the work is far from over as she is about to switch and to being the country symbol. you want is to feel all the stadiums because the paralympic games are not only the greatest event for people with disabilities but also an example will. people not only in sparta and after the london games i think the interest in paralympic sports will increase . the closing ceremony will be a landmark for the global paralympic movement and salty which is the next capital

of the winter games is ready to pick up where london left off and that's continuing to promote limited mobility and universal acceptance for people with disabilities calls for a four to see you from the headquarters of such it's one of the fourteen here in london. well to go through now and phil mickelson signed ten bird is to share a one shot lead with a.j. saying head to the final day of the b.m.w. championship in indiana the californian left hand they called it a sixty four to charge up the leaderboard and goes into the final day and sixteen on the par along with saying well the phrygian found himself in trouble on occasions but he got out of it in style here at the pa five fifteenth and went round in sixty nine while the one rory mcilroy is one stride further back on fifteen under along with lee westwood who chipped in for birdie here attends. tiger woods is three shots off the pace after the world number three turned around a sloppy start to finish with a one under par seventy one. i played well today and i had

a lot of good shots i was really pleased with the way the round when i was it felt great to make some parts and see the ball roll in i played very similarly yesterday but a lot of parts went up to the lip and just didn't quite ball whereas today they seem to go in one finally to a story that proves that you should never give up or celebrate before crossing the finishing line as the moscow international peace marathon ended in a dramatic draw this sunday after running neck and neck for the whole race as the rain pelted down in central moscow russia's fed don't shoot off pulled away from compatriot become cool top off and with the finishing line in sight he raised his arms in celebration only who were told to burst through to clinch a photo finish to shed gold medal well the funding range didn't deter thousands of runners from taking part but my to prevent a shoot off from hearing his rivals approach though the athlete believes the weather is

a blessing in disguise. but i think having the reindeer in the marathon only helped us and thanks to be hailed we worked together and got a great result and i'm very pleased with today's race. and that's all from this post i said. so. we'll go to the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future are covered.

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