so where next for syria there are those that say that a foreign military intervention in the country is far from a foregone conclusion and i'm joined by one of those people right now professor going to mare from the university of mind thank you very much for speaking to me. so what options are still available in syria well first of all military intervention in syria is a nonstarter right from the beginning because this would be based on the international norm of responsibility to protect and this needs the approval of the united security council and it it's obviously that neither china nor russia will give approval they would definitely make

a veto is there still a role for the arab league to play the arab league is one of the main actors in the region especially saudi arabia and also both of them tremendously supporting the rebels it is in the interest especially of saudi arabia that the a wide government in syria is ousted it so definitely as a main route actor saudi arabia and the majority of the arab league they will play an important role for the future for the future settlement why should saudi arabia want the alawite south stood well it's the basic. in rivalry between the conservative sonny monarchy in saudi arabia and the shiite government in iran so.

if. a white house that in syria it would mean that the shiite xs from iran via the shiites in iraq syria to be shiite hizbullah in southern lebanon this axis will be destroyed which means also on the bed this will be a tremendous blow for the political influence of iran in the gulf region now you mention quite a few countries there is the risk of the crisis in syria spilling over into other countries but the conflict has spelled already in lebanon that there are quite a number of. tween. living in northern lebanon in

particular in tripoli and. sunni supporters of bashar but it. is also developing into a proxy war because saudi arabia massively supporting be sunny hariri clan in order to weaken the dominating shiite hizbullah in lebanon so the situation in lebanon is very tense and. the chances that even another civil war will take place here these chances. relatively high now kofi annan might have stepped down from his role as a peace mediator but is his six point plan still the best option for peace in syria . well i think it's the only option however right from the beginning especially the

united states but also saudi arabia qatar they were against it and they really made it a nonstarter it's quite clear that brahim in the fall or often on is taking over this same plan and it's also obvious that russia is still supporting the plan so if you really look for a peaceful settlement it would be the only chance but as long as saudi arabia is turkey united states u.k. france as long as they demand first the toppling of a sound there's no chance that this plan can actually put be put into reality in your opinion how accurate is the news coverage of what's been going on in syria being. like in every war there is propaganda from the from both sides for quite

a long time it was mainly the information from the opposition which was reported in the mainstream media in the west. or is information. from the south side was neglected and discarded as provide under however recently during the last few months it has turned out especially and that the atrocities the message committed by. rebels have it is such a dimension that they can no longer be neglected so we see a great deal more objective reporting on the situation down with quite a number of journalists in the country both. on the side of the rebels as well as on the side of the government are springing type uprising still

a risk to leaders in the gulf states there are definitely tremendous florent for all governments in the g.c.c. countries there are three tarion rulers mainly based on one family the greatest threat of course exists in the case of saudi arabia because we have a strong gap between rich and poor a higher rate of unemployment so there's quite a lot of the satisfaction with the saudi government so the saudi government has to do everything it can in order to secure its survival so saudi arabia is still very much at risk from demonstrators saudi arabia is definitely the country which has to feel the strongest opposition and this was also

the reason why the saudi government tried to quell any opposition by extremely generous projects for housing. employment for support financial support of its population harvard still the question is whether this will be sufficient to secure the monarchy in the long run switching focus now to the ongoing dispute between iran and israel do you think that we could see an attack by israel in the very near future it's pretty unlikely first of all there's a mess of objection from the american side so if israel were to take this really would be a blow for the relations between israel and the united states obama cannot afford it. during the presidential campaign actually to enter into a new war another point is that all generals all major.

responsible people for the security of israel have to clear out and that an attack from israel against iran would be disastrous in addition to this we have to see that there's a tremendous threat and that be allies of iran especially and they're well hizbollah will attack israel this could be a devastating effect on israel and another very important impact would be and that oil prices would increase dramatically and this would be a tremendous blow for the whole economy of the world so there are too many objects and it's against the israeli plans to attack iran but

surely if israel attacks iran before the u.s. general election a bomb has to support them doesn't this is just what the american government doesn't want to do it all because obama has won in the last election mainly because he had promised we will bring bring back our boys from iraq from afghanistan and he had promised not to start any other involvement in the region so it would be extremely unpopular and also the increasing oil prices would be a major problem during an election campaign so would you suggest that beast threats from netanyahu are just saber rattling. it's a kind of save our us thing but it could also be just a brew laugh in order to get more than just the promise

from the united states that. in the american troops will support any attack on. iran by how important is the role of russia in the middle eastern region role which china and russia are playing is very important from the western point of view they are blocking any attempts to topple the syrian government through their veto in the un security council from the russian point of view they have been. for for decades the most important allies of syria and they have a naval base in in toulouse the only one in the mediterranean they have excellent economic relations and they are the main supplier of sophisticated weapons.

to syria and these points these circumstances it's quite obvious that. russia will do all it can to support the syrian government professor maya thank you very much for speaking to me you're welcome. the sun rises over what seems like analyst forest but here in the new directions cry for hundred kilometers north of life while stopped as much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. of. bloggers both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forest of the region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet

and the result could be an ecological crisis the world wildlife fund for nature makes regular trips to help local rangers do what little they can to stop the logging but it's not easy lager set up trucks making them hard to reach in an already rough terrain and have mastered ways to jump through legal loopholes this is a nature reserve were only sanitary logging of disease trees is allowed according to law and not a single berry can be picked but loggers like this use their sanitary logging permit to cut down absolutely healthy trees and sell the profitable timber over the border in china we are on the hunt for illegal loggers and it's not going to be easy to forests. and their chances are slim now for now we can stay in our dreams but as soon as we find solid tracks we'll have to drop our wheels and get out silently in order not to scare the loggers off alexander someone in ca has been

a ranger for over twenty five years he can spend weeks at a time tracking a single group of loggers easier to work when snow falls in autumn it's impossible to find human tracks and even transport tracks are hard to see after hours of driving we get sent in the right direction by word of mouth you can see that the ground. soft here which means that they have twelve the tractor trailers are very fresh which in fact means that we need to be quiet in order to not scare them off as we get closer. to. this team says they're legal but have no documents now xander can now call the police to take over his work here is done he's overwhelmingly outnumbered there are too few rangers working in the promote the region and the w w f says the government isn't doing enough to stop it i guess the government now is a start of the year for more whole forest legislation so since two thousand and so on we've got the new forest court and according to be a lot of. the guys in waltham in the in the forest through the still

exist so our forest courts deal doesn't work just you. know do it as no one tries to stop them in just five years the force will be gone they'll sell it all to china what will the people who live afterwards do but it's a question more and more people are aware of today climate change in the safety of our environment as a whole are being discussed around the world and perhaps it's those small steps that might be a start to people living in harmony with nature. locals

in the besieged libyan opposition stronghold of bani walid plead to the international community for help but says the u.s. proposal for a peaceful resolution nothing you want security council. sidelined by the mainstream media and barred from budging in between obama and romney the other candidates for the u.s. presidency get their voices heard right here on our teeth he warned americans will lose even more of their liberties which front runner wins the election. and forming questions are raised sounds brits are being let down by the country's public health care service with a number of its unfortunate flaws coming to light and leaving some patients in

shock. with the latest action from the world of sport. thanks karen hello and welcome this is for an artsy with me remark koester but here's what's coming up. off the mark sports talk fine that is secure their first points of this season's champions league campaign beating ben in game with three. ballots maria sharapova starts the w t a championship with a victory against iran and so are you saying that women's rankings top spot. battered and bruised discover how mountain bikers get their kicks in russia. and let's get going with football where spartak moscow have injected a life into their champions league season the red and whites winning their first

game in three attempts at the expense of been at sense telfair a diligent here reading out the parts not getting the best possible start after just three minutes rafael carioca netting four one nil then think it would now be an equaliser after the half hour mark felt the scored built the decisive strike was the goal of the home swayed jarred cells on gold make it through want to spark and that's how it was then that the muscovites now climbed the bump in the cuts to the third place in group g. . the leaders in that group g. barcelona have managed to maintain their spots at the summits following a home that sorry all over celtic at the no camp the hoops opened the first thanks to the header by greek international year of course some of us about the home team equalised arrived before the break through andras in guess that before jordi alba finally sealed the win for barsa in the fourth minute of stoppage time to ensure the catalans one hundred percent record. you know see in the end if you don't

persist until the end you don't win the game playing up in their area the way we did had risks because they're very strong and powerful in their own area they could have scored a second goal we know it but if you don't persist until the last moment you don't get to win games like this one everyone says almost a fantastic going to the new camp a lot with your ground level and you haven't to work against a team as good as at the. there were brief. skinny models and really just thirty seconds more just to see it but they can take a lot from the game. but you just never can tell. and here are the rest of choose these champions league results in group shots are the nets scored one more than champions chelsea for the win while events and i have seen more songs could not determine the winner same score one goal between drove a inclusion serve his goal of the sarai in group h. wild man united made it three wins from three at home against braga who lives lost

their homes clash against buyer munich and their group of soldiers to lindsay are coming back from bellew's with three points and just as many goals. now the champions league action continues on wednesday with another tough test for the russian champions the needs are hosting on their legs and need nothing less than a victory to stay in the contest for the playoffs age now in the latest champions league outing the russian side had a clash against milan and it didn't turn out right for them as they tally and sealed a dramatic three two victory at the petrov city stadium well before that flu shot to spoil it is meant suffered at painful three nil defeats problem ali got so zero points midway through the group stage means that every next picture is going to be crucial for the needs but it seems that me feel their ego to the needs of is still excluded from the first team and will not be able to take in the match. and let's wrap up the football segments with the best that the russian prime maybe cats offer

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all right enough a football and senate's now where maria sharapova has started the year and

a championship in istanbul with a confidence victory over sara errani in straight said. it's the round robin surgeon featuring the world's top eight players competing in the group sort of two french open plan the list of twenty as well to head in the way with second seeded sharapova made an early break but he did and another one later on sick leave the opening set six great and her opponent failed at cern the match around in the seconds or a run in that sharapova produced two more unanswered breaks so six three six two to the russian was the outcome and she still has a chance to finish the world number one. in the white groups second match of the day you have to ask her a blond sky and petra bits of on their battle the czech not only claimed the last three corresponding fixtures but had also once once applied straight matches on indoor courts but her opponent proved this to to six just useless the fourth seed claimed the first set six three and never looked back the second. bonspiel broke or

opponent in the opening serves game and retained her advantage to snatch a six three six two win. elsewhere in the red group only one game has been played as u.s. open winner serina williams was taken on angie kerber of germany the first set was a tied affair with one gives making a decisive break at the end six four after that resistance was crushed away in trademark fashion williams powered her way to the second set six one to capture an opening win and though the american cannot finish the season as world number one the title and its symbol would be somewhat of a consolation. and finally last weekend saw extreme manson bikers braved the elements on the outskirts of moscow for the porches and swans its well of events it had its share of ups and it had its share of them as nicollette shows now reports. for lovers of extreme mountain biking is

a good place to be and for those of you that think that these guys are crazy who you probably wrote. with the many things to do in moscow on a saturday night over sixty adrenaline junkies chose to tackle the beast challenge and slope outskirts of the city with the aim of getting from the talk to the ball as quickly as they could move that was the plan. it's not dangerous it's interesting this is a technical kind of sport which implies being able to control yourself and to handle your bike so this is not just about knowing how to ride a bike but about emotions you need to have yourself well in hand.

to. stand. and. then there was a handful of riders could manage to keep themselves and live but under control getting to the top of the trick even if they picked up a few bumps and bruises on the way surprisingly there was no serious injuries to report with some valiant souls it's him to conquer the slope until well after midnight. moscow region. another update is less than a couple of hours away but you can get more at any time on our you tube channel at

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