he was speaking to our diplomatic correspondent james robins, who is traveling with mr. hague on his emergency tour of the region. >> now, this is the fear. i've said this is a moment of opportunity, and not fair. but part of the legitimate fair is uncertainty and change across the middle east can complicate still further making progress on the middle east peace process and that means there's a real urgency for the peace process. for the israelis, for the palestinians, for the united states, are usual in giving -- maintaining a leading role in pushing forward the middle east peace process. recent events mean this is an even more urgent priority, not something we set k set on one's side because we're so busy thinking about other things. and that's the case we are putting strongly to the israeli government and indeed in washington. >> the immediate reaction to the israeli government is the anxiety, fear that egypt seems it might fall apart. isn't it for israel something rather bold, some gesture to revive the peace process rather than retreat? >> this situation does require bold

seoul we expect the visit of mr rove this will be next week which is very important in the event mr hague was. in brusha you know the negotiations were very productive and we expect the visit of mr cameron this year i mean the embassy we're studying preparing this visit so the the texture of the political context a very important but i would like to say what is even more important that you know of course the. as you said the. the connections between the people and the russian culture is the probably this is the test for that and we know that a lot of events are going on in london a lot of people are coming russians feel comfortable in london we have thousands of them who doing business who just simply leave here and what is very important that the economic relations are going very well and the recent deal between the b.p. and the rusty after was just one of the examples but if you look at the in a broader sense what's going on the to the business this the good indicator is the level of the trade i mean we had maximum twenty three billion dollars before the crisis now we're around for teen

him to speak so i see but thank you very much first of all i would like to thank my colleague mr william hague for the invitation to visit london. so goes the diplomatic life meaning that yes yes although i have repeatedly been before to the british capital acting in my professional capacity as multiple events this is my first visit as a guest of the british government when it was to get them where this afternoon. the ships as you know i mean just meeting with prime minister david cameron was scheduled to go and i'm going to hand teamed with the russian president dmitry medvedev message but of course when you were just in the vehicle she too will confirm that invitation to dead cameron to visit the russian federation which are a lot of the leaders you have met a man that wants all your clothing to last yes let's go to the sidelines in korea and canada they discussed some of those in the process which are probably of different topics including their problems that still exist there is a great that they would discuss all the problems in a constructive way the you know the find mutually acceptable

. >> this was to be the day of the summing up in the hague of the defense lawyers for charles taylor, but they have been adjourned until friday, as mr. taylor and his lawyer failed to turn up. mr. taylor is accused of fuelling the civil war in sierra leone in the 1990's and is charged with 11 counts of war crimes. peter barnes was there to witness how the judge and the court deal with the snub. >> good morning. i take appearances, but before i do so, i note the absence of the accused, but, however, i will ask the principal person to speak. >> there was no sign of charles taylor nor his defense attorney. the presiding judge said she had received a document stating that mr. taylor had waived his right to be in court, thus confirming there was no medical issue involved. today had been set aside for the defense to present their summing up in this trial, but yesterday, the lawyer walked out and began a boycott because of disagreement over the late submission of this final written trial brief. >> this trial has already lasted over three years. the prosecution is trying to prove that the former president of liberia, charles taylor, which t

should anybody appear on the stand in the hague i think the americans and people like tony blair would be very very frightened of nicolas sarkozy or mr berlusconi of italy would be quite frightened about trial because then their. regime and the people that are still supporting him in tripoli in their bunkers will be able to tell all the stories about everything from well could be. american and british arms companies were involved in propping up that regime and there are a string of e-mail that have an e-mail trail i don't think the americans or london or brussels would very much want that to come out in court well any investigation into what has been going on in libya is some way of what is happening right now is a humanitarian crisis that's what it's being called on the border between sheen is the air and libya they are the red cross turning it a disastrous cage's disaster situation there humanitarian crisis the amount of people fleeing across the border to get out of libya increasing hour by hour the u.n. estimating well over one hundred thousand people of have had to leave the country so far now it's not just people leaving on the

hague. >> right at the start of proceedings, a testy exchange between the defense lawyer and the judges in the courtroom. >> it is our intention, but myself and mr. taylor, to leave court at this point. >> this trial has lasted three years, and the judges appeared in no mood to entertain further delays. >> if you continue to remain on your feet, and present council for the prosecution from speaking, then i will be obliged to consider you are verging on the intense. >> at that point, he left the outside, he explained his actions. >> we have decided not to participate in these closing arguments because as far as we are concerned, it is a complete farce, given that the judges will not have the foundational information enclosed in a written submissions. >> that inside the court, the accused saddam of listening to the prosecution of's closing arguments. the prosecution said that he was directly responsible for the campaign of terror in sierra leone. he had been the key figure, the godfather. his ultimate objective was to pillage the country's resources. after the first break of the morning, charles taylor failed thrift -- to return to court. >> i do

hague. during the thirteen year long manhunt for him nobody nobody even friends and close relatives knew the carriage undoctored of which were the same person. mr rather. the small town of twenty kilometers from boston is capital sarajevo. the psychiatrist relevant heritage settle down here in the midnight and sixty's. it received a thorough education in his home country and later in the one nine hundred seventy s. he attended columbia university in new york. he first met his wife liliana when he was still an undergraduate. i missed him so when i give birth to my daughter i was about twenty one years older. one was just under twenty two at the time because those reasons over together as we grew older together i mean the sometimes passed differently first try some of the early and then our daughter got married the margin was very cheerful rather one was a man and our kids could rely on is that it will be he wasn't very strict over his democratic plan is to raise all children not only to get him polly until the war we're going to go to. one thousand nine hundred ninety two a bloody civil war broke out in bosnia former part of the republic of yugo

hague. during the thirteen year long manhunt for nobody not even friends and close relatives you like heritage undoctored of which were the same person. mr rudd. the small town of power twenty kilometers from posen is capital sarajevo. the psychiatrist rather than carrots settled down here in the mid one nine hundred sixty s. . he had received a thorough education in his home country and later in the one nine hundred seventy s. he attended columbia university in new york. he first met his wife. when he was still an undergraduate. amusin says when it is the first time i don't i was about twenty one years old around one was just under twenty two at the time does this raise don't altogether and we grew older together policeman and sometimes passed before it the first president of the valley and then our daughter got married conversion was very cheerful thought we're going to be another one was a man and our kids could rely on as it will she wasn't very strict over these democratic matters to raise our children going to college together and polly until the war we're going to go to. one thousand nine hundred ninety two a bloody civil war brok

hague could be embarrassing to both of those countries. i think the americans and i don't know people like tony blair would be very fairy frightened of nicolas sarkozy or mr berlusconi of italy would be quite frightened about an i.c.c. trial because then at the end the regime and the people that are still supporting him in tripoli in their bunkers will be able to tell all the stories about everything from could be see how american and british arms companies were involved in propping up that regime and then have a string of e-mail that have an e-mail trail i don't think the americans or an under nora brussels would very much want that to come out in court you. well we heard the lockerbie bombing mention then that's just one of a number of incidents in a checkered history of relationship between the west and colonel qadhafi we also look at the one nine hundred eighty six bombing of a west german discotheque that was targeted killing u.s. soldiers have resulted in the u.s. air force sent and marine airplanes bombing the libyan capital tripoli however in recent years we have seen this rehabilitation of good southie in the west among western governments we've