the u.n. nato countries warning they might simply bypass the security council. plus republican mitt romney except see this nomination as presidential candidate promise to show more backbone but critics say that that does not. mean that with another summary for in about fifteen minutes from now but in the meantime with the two presidential run is now officially named. talks to scholar and research ivan eland about the race for the white house that's next in our in-depth interview. what do you read into the g.o.p. . well conventions in the u.s. now are sort of a beauty contest they're not they used to be in the history they used to have a lot more effect than nominees actually chosen at the conventions but now we have a party primary and caucus system which does that so it's just sort of a coronation of the nominee of the particular party and they script them pretty heavily romney has complete control over the conference convention there observe you ron paul supporters that kicked up a little bit but largely even ron paul is playing the game inside the party so yo

turkey's pitch for a syrian intervention hits a dead end at the u.n. nato countries warning they might simply pass the security council. plus republican mitt romney except he's a nomination presidential candidate with a promise to show russia back but critics like that is not his greatest. online on screen international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow russian billionaire a man of. top of a high profile jewel with a london based compatriot in one of the most expensive cases in british legal history the judge dismissed the multibillion dollar challenge from controversial tycoon boris berezovsky and the trial which offered a rare glimpse into the lives of the super rich more in the case from smith and london the final verdict in this case found against a body so good results which means that he won't receive then all the more than five point six billion dollars that he was asking for. but i want to promote himself in court this morning. was he a relieved looking very upbeat saying that he had full confidence in the british legal system

u.n. leaving nato countries warning they might simply bypass the security council. plus republican mitt romney accepts his nomination as presidential candidate with a promise to show russia more backbone but critics night that's not his greatest asset. all right let's check out the latest sports news with paul. thank you very much carol and welcome along with to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up continental quest after a six nil aggregate drubbing avaaz it out mark find out by europa league group stage opponents rubino also involved in the first round to all. the beautiful games ugly side rational for teams again come together in an attempt to crackdown on the ever present issue of hooliganism in football. between a rock and a hard place our team mates the world's leading competitors in the sport of bouldering rock climbing without a safety harness pulled run. but let's start with football and following the draw for the champions league yesterday on friday clubs competing in the europa league found out their group stage opponents to a russian club

u.n. leaving nato countries threatening to simply bypass the security council. and wiki leaks also chips in on a serial actually an assault promises more revelations on western motivations the crisis and the last u.s. harassment of this whistle blowing web site. plus republican mitt romney accepts his nomination as presidential candidate with a promise to show russia more backbone but critics sniping that's not his greatest asset. hello and welcome to our t.v. this friday ending off the month of august on karen tara well our latest today russian billionaire and all modern abramovich has come out on top of a high profile court jewel with a london based compatriot and one of the most expensive cases in british legal history the judge dismissed the multibillion dollar challenge from controversial tycoon body speeches of ski in a trial which offered a rare glimpse into the lives of the super rich more on the case from artie's laura smith. the court decision found against. that means essentially that not a cent of the more than five billion dollars in retribution tha

u.n. leaving nato countries warning they might simply bypass the security council. plus republican mitt romney accepts his nomination as presidential candidate with a promise to show russia more backbone but critics like that that is not his greatest asset. online on screen international news and comment live from the new center here in the. russian billionaire roman abramovich has come out on top of a high profile court jule with the london based compatriot in one of the most expensive cases in british legal history the judge dismissed the multibillion dollar challenge from controversial tycoon buddies but it's all ski and a trial which offered a red glimpse into the lives of the super rich more in the case now from laura smith in london the final verdict in this case found again. which means that he will receive at the end of the more than five point six billion dollars that he was asking for. in court this morning. was he a brave looking very upbeat saying he had confidence in the british legal system but that it was being read he held his head in his hands. and

u.n. leaving nato countries warning they might simply the security council. plus republican mitt romney accept his nomination as presidential candidate with a promise to show russia but critics. america's role is the. up for debate. that's next. please. listen to. the lonely and welcome the cross talk on people about is the u.s. still number one in the world opinions differ sharply though there can be no doubt american supremacy is being challenged by a number of international players however if indeed the u.s. is in decline aren't all americans to blame. to cross out whether america is still number one i'm joined by bruce fein in washington senior policy adviser to ron paul two thousand and twelve presidential campaign and the founder of the link field group and american freedom agenda also in washington we have michael hughes he's a journalist and foreign policy analyst and in harrisburg we cross to jeffrey lord he is a former reagan white house political director and author all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime y

u.n. leaving nato countries morning they might simply. i passed the security council. plus republican mitt romney except nomination is a presidential candidate with a promise to show russia more back bone that critics like that's not his greatest asset. but i'll be back with a news team with more on those stories for you in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime let's check out the latest sports with paul. thank you very much bill welcome along to the world of sports pages what's coming up. drop captain andreae sharpen is a method from the russian scored by new manager fabio capello with two world cup qualifiers coming up next month. continental quest after a six nil aggregate drubbing of ours at alkmaar angie find out where you open the group stage opponents will be also involved in the first round draw. and chordates maria sharapova continues her quest for a second grand slam title in two thousand and twelve as she takes on the wild card mallory but that in the first round of the u.s. open. but first new russian manager fabio capello has named the twenty four man s

u.n. leaving nato countries warning they might simply bypass the security council. plus republican mitt romney accept his nomination as presidential candidate with a promise to show russia backbone critics night but that is not his greatest asset i'll be back with more news in half an hour from now with the news team in the meantime the u.s. and laura lister's capital account. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and we are on vacation and you see we've been broadcasting since october so that means we're a little overdue for a break but in that time and in just the last few months we've interviewed so many amazing guests from jim grant to mark to jim rickards even joining me as a co-host and we've covered so many topics that are relevant on any given day whether it's the bad or the eurozone crisis so we put together some of our very best and most popular episodes from the last few months for your viewing pleasure and the time while we're off and you can look forward to all the new shows starting september fourth so

u.n. leaving nato countries warning they might simply bypass the security council. and we could exhaust so chips in on syria promises more revelations on western motivations of the crisis and blasts us harassment of his whistle blowing web site . plus republican mitt romney except his nomination as a presidential candidate with a promise to show more backbone critics like that's not his greatest asset. online on screen international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow if you're just joining us very well welcome russian billionaire amount of overtures come out on top of a high profile jewel with a number based competitor in one of the most expensive cases in british legal history the judge dismissed the multibillion dollar challenge from controversial tycoon but as of ski and a trial which offered a writ glimpse into the lives of the super rich more in the case now for marty's smith the final verdict in this case found against bodies which means that he won't receive a cent all the more than five point six billion dollars that he was asking for.

france and all the sort of nato allies in terms of diplomatic strategy. well our u.n. chief thank you man has said that he's planning to use the visit to address the ongoing crisis in syria even as for the political developments in the country and how world powers can make the media withhold information they don't want to make public. now ukraine's highest court has rejected an appeal by former prime minister yulia tymoshenko against her conviction for abuse of power to a shank or was sentenced to seven years in prison last year for her role in agreeing gas deals with russia which the current government says we can get cranes economy reporting from kiev r.t. as i like said a chef skin. ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko who is now spending seven years in prison will not work for free this is according to the high specialized court of the country which rejected her appeal which had been running for several months now in fact it started in may and had been postponed on several occasions now look at what has delivered its decision and it believes that the in

libya is different than when nato attacked libya after the security they did in the u.n. and the security council get death he was almost a lawn fighting them but in syria it's different syria is a part of a huge alliance and for instance the iranians just last week made. clear that if any a foreign power tries to interfere in syria they will not just watch their strongest ally fall and. everybody knows their war against syria means a regional war and it will be a devastating war for everybody it's not of course the first time that the syrian opposition is called for intervention or the no fly zone is a sign that anti government fighters are getting more desperate you think exactly every time they call for foreign intervention they are just reassuring everybody that they cannot do anything on the ground they lost in the massacres they lost in aleppo moving in any port as we speak and as usual when ever the they find themselves in a pickle like this they call for foreign intervention and if if they claim that they have popular support as they have been saying for seventeen

nato decision to get involved. i believe you wrote that it was preceded by a vote by the arab league, requesting, and also coordination with the u.n, and also something that is probably on a lot of people's minds. if you could perhaps give us your view. why did nato find it opportune to become involved in libya, but have not, to date, done the same in syria? >> gaddafi didn't have many friends left by the end. he had some friends in africa because he had quite a few african states that he sponsored. the arab leaders really hated him. that is because he had a really annoying habit of trying to assassinate him. it just doesn't go down well, you know? [laughter] they were more than happy to get rid of him. he was seen as an embarrassment for the whole region. for western countries, there were a couple of issues. some think it is all because of oil, and it is to some extent, but there were other issues. others try to befriend gaddafi. there was a guy in benghazi at the time, the country fell to the rebels very quickly, and the rest do not. the rebels tried to go up the road to take tripoli and the others from gaddafi's hands. i will h

nato did the u.s. sort of britain and france did was get permission from the u.n. security council to protect civilians with a no fly zone mission which they almost immediately abandoned in favor of acting as an air force for the terrible rebel army and regime change against gadhafi this is what's more typical of nato pushing their way or to able to work forces things go for that for good reason. to learn the jeremy german mind agree with jeremy in london jump in. i have to agree on that with john on this point nato has given for itself the role of intervention afghanistan intervention in nato intervention where so ever it pleases that was the whole blair i agenda surrounding nato now nine hundred ninety the warsaw pact gave itself up and collapsed nato should have done the same at that time instead we have this massive global force has it made the world safer has it made the world more secure has improved the civil liberties all over europe and north america you all know the answer to that question we need to think very seriously about what this military alliance

minister william hague has said that name a nato enforced no fly zone over the country is not being ruled out they could possibly go rogue even without the u.n. security council do you think this is a possibility of course it's a possibility even mentioned france even mentioned this with respect to the refugee chaos that they're being demanded by turkey to be placed inside syria and run by the united nations that brant said of course if we do there will have to have a large about a military there to protect the refugees let's touch a been a bond that initiative proposed by turkey how safe is it to impose a buffer zone in syria where this is just a pretext for increase for military presence there it's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the current three years seeing the united nations as your vehicle. now if you look at the calls for foreign military intervention in syria they've become more vocal lately you just mentioned france and also the u.k. reiterating the words of the u.s. are we seeing another libya type situation here in syria. that playbook worked in libya they want to try the same playbook until it doesn't wo

u.n. secretary general in tehran while washington aims to downplay the meeting of states not aligned to the u.s. support nato. 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 abusing power. online onscreen international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow a number of tough choices facing the eurozone struggling southern states as they battle to stay afloat germany has praised italy's efforts to reform as the leaders of the two states met in berlin monti is seeking to help curb rome's soaring costs he's also praised germany for improving governance in the eurozone but more bailouts may be on the cards spain's leader is waiting for action from europe central bank before deciding whether to ask for help but one of its regions catalonia has meanwhile run out of money it's seeking five billion euros of rescue cash from madrid a journalist a writer and i spoke to him a little earlier he says the usually prosperous region is suffering the foreigners out of the country's unfair policies. the way in which the

u.n. secretary general to turn around while washington aims to downplay the meeting of states not aligned to the u.s. or nato. and ukraine's former prime minister will not walk free as the country's high court projects her appeal against a seven year sentence for abusing power. online on screen international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow a number of tough choices are facing the eurozone struggling southern states as they battle to stay afloat germany has praised italy's efforts to reform the leaders of the two states met in berlin italian prime minister mario monti is seeking help to curb rooms soaring borrowing costs he's also praised germany for improving governance in the eurozone but it's not talk to journalist and writer miguel and your manado. going to merkel monti they certainly make sure to praise each other when they but key issues such as joint boring for the eurozone and austerity measures remain unresolved so is there really good reason for them to pat each other on the back well i don't think so i think that we haven't really tackled the problem with the euro so we jus

block such as nato one hundred twenty states are represented that's around two thirds of the un's members and washington and israel have called on the international government officials and the u.n. secretary general himself to ignore the summit they say that is hindering the diplomatic and economic isolation of iran which they accuse of attempting to create nuclear weapons well it deserves a bigger conversation than what i have for you let's head over to patrick henderson a geo political analyst from the web site a u.k. call and live in london such a pleasure to see you today there certainly some talk of this gathering being an opportunity for iran in what ways patrick do you think it could be beneficial. for i remember this gives them a diplomatic stage it puts them on equal footing with other competing nations that enormously and diplomatically they're not afforded this sort of stage in new york city. the united nations is dominated by these sort of nato countries and the agenda is always a military one. you know so the barracks. were and as you say it's a good opportunity for iraq to get some attention on the global stage as you mentioned they're not welcome at the u.n. i re

including nato and the summit of aligned states is the largest international event to have ever been hosted by the islamic republic with one hundred twenty nations taking part equaling two thirds of all u.n. members the u.s. and israel have openly disapproved of the conference and even the united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon to ignore it however he still decided to attend despite the pressure and media campaign aimed at playing down the importance of the summit asia times correspondent pepe escobar believes no western attempts to undermine the gathering of that any point six. just look at the map it's very simple who is into round at the moment this is the real international community trying to find solutions to pressing problems. such as the runnion nuclear dossier and the war in syria and the coverage i have to talk about journalism here as a journalist to cover it in american mainstream media ranges from the hectic to the upsurge in the only talk about iran trying to use credentials and show that it's not isolated it was never isolated in the first place this is a figment of the imagination of the obama administration and the european goals the allies and the g.c.c. but your

of nato at the summit of nonaligned states is the largest international event to have ever been hosted by the islamic republic with one hundred twenty nations taking part equal in two thirds of all u.n. members of the u.s. and israel have openly disapproved of the conference and even the united nations secretary-general ban ki moon to ignore it however he still decided to attend despite the pressure and media campaign aimed at playing down the importance of the summit let's get some more on this now joined by our joys of chairing a political analyst from hong kong city university good to see you today sir the name itself of normal life it's just a certain amount of neutrality but the summit seems to be turning into a counterbalance to a particular global force would you agree. yes. well as we all know the movement started by small countries which did not want to be long to denmark and nor to dissolve it during the cold war era and they believe. by coming together they would like to have more room over but so does small or neutral countries and a moment of cause they certainly see they have been threatened by the letters m of the united states or swell as pie is sole superpower statu

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they said we had to step in there because of the nato forces and atrocities were going to be committed on a mass scale. and you see this report from the u.ndicate they have already been committed in syria. >> we were preventing them before, now we see them happening, we know they are happening to civilians. we shouldn't under state this. to an enemy of the united states in syria and iran not only killing our troops on the battle feed but wanting to wipe israel off the map, it's pretty clear. what kind of pandora box are we opening when we invite the rebels in to lead. i want to know more about the makeup of that group. bashar al-assad is not our friend and he's got to go. martha: this comes up in this u.n. report, pete. they are saying that we believe that the actions of the government in syria are more egregious but that the rebels have also carried out torture and some of their own atrocities as well. who -- can you align yourself with them in order to help overthrow this government in think way? >> yeah, it's no good options. and no one is arguing this we should be throwing the 101st airborne on the ground. but the question is can we t