but also reporting putting at risk the last remnants of stability in the war torn middle east britain puts the final touches on a plan to assist the u.s. in a preemptive strike against iran's alleged nuclear facilities. stories in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime sport is next with richard. welcome to sports great to have you with us at this point to get through so let's start with the headlines. must win game of being take on top of the hotspur in the europa league needing a wind keep their hopes of progressing alive. on top sackings kidshow champions and runners are part ways with their respective coaches failing to impress early in the season. and ready to rumble local who continues to live it is is a key the lights are going into his cruiserweight fights in spain american and james toney. will start with a ball in the room. in action against tottenham hotspur in what is a must win game for the russian outfits the match is in the dying minutes leading light that slim interest of margins is really midfield not sure her being in the second half effort to put little being in c

company at risk the last remnants of stability in the water middle east britain puts the final touches on a plan to assist the u.s. in a preemptive strike against iran's alleged nuclear facilities. while the ambitious russian experiment simulating a manned mission to mars will come to an end on friday and r.t. spoke to the head of the project to find out what's been learned that interview is coming up next we'll be back with some of them a new stores in fifteen minutes from. president used to merkel of thank you very much for being with us today so marse five hundred is your idea who are courageous and it's close to completion experimental members to walk out of whatever you are it how does it feel it's changed seventeen months are you nervous i've gotten home and of course i'm anxious we were more anxious though when they just walked in now we're looking forward to the end of the experiment of course such extensive isolation will require the crew to spend some time in rehabilitation will be hard work for us to analyze the results the very fact that he managed to stay the course is a s

and putting at risk the last remnants of stability in the war torn middle east britain puts the final touches on the plan to assist the u.s. in a preemptive strike against iran's alleged nuclear facilities our top stories this hour.

putting at risk the last remnants of stability in the war torn middle east britain puts the final touches on a plan to assist the u.s. in a preemptive strike against iran's alleged nuclear facilities our top stories this hour. international news in comment live from moscow we're with you twenty four hours a day good to have you with us this hour political uncertainty in crisis hit greece is dominating the g twenty meeting in cannes the world's leaders are discussing how to stop europe's economy being dragged down by greek debt and he said now he has more. the main session a is just about to wrap up i'm going to hear from nicolas sarkozy and merkel and all of the leaders will be giving a press conference and we'll be hearing more details about any perhaps concrete plans on how to save the euro it is expected that nicolas sarkozy will be praising the greek prime minister's decision to scrap that referendum obviously there was a lot of pressure put on him on the eve of this summit critics saying they don't think any concrete results will actually come out of this day and a half or so this su

and putting at risk the last remnants of stability in the water on middle east britain puts the final touches on a plan to assist the u.s. in a preemptive strike against iran's alleged nuclear facilities. international news in coming live from moscow with you twenty four hours a day the greek prime minister has backtracked on plans for a national referendum on whether to accept another e.u. handout to save the country from drowning in debt george papandreou his decision to hold a public vote over the brain out drew criticism from abroad and put his government on the verge of collapse but the opposition says it will now support the idea of help from the e.u. r.t. sarah firth has more from athens. of course we got the confidence they coming to work that's going to certainly be one that everyone's looking at now because that's going to be a more clear signal of the way forward and we had some strong words from the prime minister he was talking about unity about the country moving through this crisis together but of course the chill earth situation here in the country has been far from un

which it denied for years and we know it exists it's the only nuclear power in the middle middle east and britain of course the former colonial power provided the means to get those nuclear weapons all those years ago these are the powers which are blood in israel of course in power in palestine and in lebanon but britain and america britain america's involvement in iran goes way back to the one nine hundred fifty three when they combine to overthrow democratic government this is the remembered a radical government which had nationalize the oil industry was overthrown by a. cia coup which installed the shah of iran and i think people in wanted emotion of short memories but this has always been perceived threat from iran after all that's the argument behind the anti missile defense system currently being proposed for europe so surely there is some threat here and it's a credible threat. well britain and america seem to redefine what threats are for instance we had for all those years the cold war the threat was russia need to is no. building a missile shield it seems to be aimed at russia in part

the libyan scenario after its pivotal role in the overthrew gadhafi britain's become the new going when there's trouble in the middle east prime minister david cameron's hand picked his team captain for another libya country. group aimed at forcing president bashar al assad out to begin with it will be a diplomatic offensive russia piece it's an overreaction that could pave the way for military intervention. we suggested in order to put the arab initiative in place all countries concerned with a peaceful outcome of developments in serious demand not only from the syrian authorities but also from the opposition at least stop the violence the ongoing attacks of government buildings in syria looks like a civil war. at the moment there's no mention of military action from britain their offensive is purely verbal for now but that's exactly how the libyan intervention began and the timing is very similar to the opposition in syria is now militarized making it much easier to support and adds more weight to any international threats . from house for regime change and clearly provide. learn the lessons of. well the no. nato bombi

middle east. it's trying to acquire nuclear weapons capability. britainuntries standing up and this is their retaliation. >> how close is the world to seeing a major escalation, even a military escalation, involving the west and iran? >> i hope very much that we can keep this diplomatic rather than moving it to any question of military action, but the fact is, the iranian or the regime, keep on behaving in this way. the fact is the international community has made its position totally clear on the unacceptability of the nuclear weapons capability and what they're doing and i spend a lot of time in the middle east. what they're doing in terms of trying destabilize the situations there in iraq and ales tine and elsewhere the clear. i think they're making a huge miscalculation here. if they carry on behaving in this way, there is an escalation because it's not acceptable. they can storm the british embassy and put ordinary civilians' lives at risk, they can do that, but the impact is simply to confirm people in their view that this is a regime that doesn't u

in the middle east and north africa, they may disagree strongly with some of our policies. at the end of the day, it is no coincidence that our closest allies from britain to south korea are democracies. we do work with many different governments to pursue our interests and keep americans sick. certainly not all of them are democracies. as the fall of mubarak in egypt made clear, in cooperation ec will be difficult to sustain a without democratic legitimacy and that public consent. we cannot have one set of policies to enhance security in the here and now and another to promote democracy in a long run that never quite arrives. so for all of these reasons as i said back in march, opening political systems, societies, and the economies is not simply a matter of idealism. it is a strategic necessity. but we are not simply asking in our self-interest. americans believe that the desire for dignity and self- determination is universal. we do try to act on that belief around the world. americans have fought and died for these ideals. when freedom gains ground anywhere, americans are inspired. the risks posed by transitions will not keep us from pursuing positi

in the middle east and northeast -- and north africa, they may disagree strongly with some of our policies. but at the end of the day, it is no coincidence that our closest allies, from britain to south korea, are democracies. we do work with different governments to pursue our interests and keep americans safe. certainly not all of them are democracies. but as the fall of hosni mubarak in egypt made clear, the enduring cooperation we seek will be difficult to sustain without democratic illegitimacy and public content. we cannot have one set of policies to a advance security in the here and now, and another to promote democracy in the long run that never quite arrives. for all of these reasons, as i said back in march, opening political systems, societies, and economies is not simply a matter of idealism. it is a strategic necessity. but we and not simply asking in our self-interest. americans believe that the desire for dignity and self- determination is universal. we do try to act on that belief around the world. americans have fought and died for these ideals. when freedom gains ground anywhere, americans are inspired. so the risks posed by transitions will not keep us fr

middle east and north africa to may disagree strongly with our policies. but at the end of the day it is no consultants that our closest allies from britain to south korea are democracies. now we do work with many different governments to pursue our interests and to keep americans safe and certainly not all of them are democracies. but as the fall of hosni mubarak in egypt made clear, the enduring cooperation that we see will be difficult to sustain without space legitimacy and public consent. we cannot have one set of policies to advance security in the here and the now and another to promote democracy in a long run that never quite arrives. so for all these reasons as i said back in march, opening political systems, societies and economies is not simply a matter of idealism. it is a strategic necessity. but we are not simply acting in our self-interest. americans believe that the desire for dignity and self-determination is universal, and we do try to act on that believer of the world. americans have fought and died for these ideals. when freedom gains ground anywhere, americans are inspired. so the risks posed by transitions will not keep us from pursuin

middle east and north africa they may disagree strongly with some of our policies. but at the end of the day, it is no coincidence that our closest allies--from britain to south korea--are democracies. now, we do work with many different governments to pursue our interests and to keep americans safe--and certainly not all of them are democracies. but as the fall of hosni mubarak in egypt made clear, the enduring cooperation we seek will be difficult to sustain without democratic legitimacy and public consent. we cannot have one set of policies to advance security in the here-and-now and another to promote democracy in a long run that never quite arrives. so for all these reasons, as i said back in march, opening political systems, societies, and economies is not simply a matter of idealism. it is a strategic necessity. but we are not simply acting in our self-interest. americans believe that the desire for dignity and self- determination is universal--and we do try to act on that belief around the world. americans have fought and died for these ideals. and when freedom gains ground anywhere, americans are inspired. so the risks posed by transitions will not keep us