the syrian government is holding talks on reforms but the opposition and activists are boycotting the national dialogue they say they will not participate as long as the regime continues to crackdown on protesters next a syrian politician shares his views on whether a solution can be found. so you would like to talk about what has been going on in syria for the last three months keep please come in under us but i. want to know what. syria has seen complicated events in these three months when religious extremists started to destabilize the country's peace and security and undermine stability in syria of course the mass media have also done their bit to present syria in an unfavorable light as a country that is hostile towards its own people never in the history of modern syria as a country been attacked the way these armed bands of extremists are doing it syria is in need of reforms and we have had peaceful demonstrations in favor of reforms the syrian government and president bashar al assad responded to the demands of the people but as you may recall every time the government was ab

what you call biased recently reported civil and deaths is it sure that syrian turkish relations are threatened or not again it there are two aspects to syrian turkish relations first we think the turkish government fully realizes that good neighborly relations in syria will benefit both the turkish and the syrian people and syria is also well aware that friendly relations with a neighboring country which has a common border with syria of approximately eight hundred fifty kilometers should by no means be sacrificed to any extent or another aspect is that deployment of syrian military forces in this region is not directed against turkey not at all there are people on the syrian side of the border who try to take power by use of force and by killing innocent civilians therefore it is only natural that syrian military forces will move there in order to restore order stability and security in that region and it should not be misinterpreted as an attempt to provoke the other side or is a sign of to trying and security between the two countries it was directed against the armed groups of p

and other syrian provinces like many other citizens did been combin president of syria is committed to reforms and in two thousand he proposed a major program of reforms but events in the region that followed affected the implementation of the reforms that were gravely ill the us invasion of iraq and a potential threat that the aggression would sweep over syria after the american government made some tensions clear the turmoil in lebanon and the assassination of the lebanese leader rafik hariri the situation in the region changed in the state of syria is threatened the reforms were shifted to the back burner and defense of the country was made the priority task and has been the most important thing ever since today however the government is considering the implementation of the reform plan their predecessors have launched but not finished president bashar al assad has lifted the state of emergency and signed a decree that allows holding peaceful demonstrations in the country by doing this the president actually enforce one of the basic civil rights besides the draft law and parties wer

after the us will topple us you mentioned the national dialogue as a part of this framework the syrian government called a consultative meeting on the national convention schedule for tenth of july what was the opposition invited to join this convention and what was their answer to the invitation. to have a look that's true we were having consultations with members of various public groups and the opposition not only official public figures on the first round of preparations for the national convention that is going to take place on july the tenth its main objective is to set the framework for a national dialogue and make it work everyone will be able to join the dialogue and help tackle the problems we face peacefully and for the benefit of the country and its people fifty married was their position there has emigrated from the country all soon watch it to join the meeting. we won't draw lines between the internal and foreign opposition we're concerned about their ties to external powers it is important that their opposition activities should pursue the interests of syria and stay wit

. >> the syrian government, to a degree, blames the u.s. ambassador, robert ford, because he has made now a couple of public demonstrations of support. help us understand that better. >> yeah, and a lot of it really revolves around the trip that ambassador ford and the french ambassador took to the city of hamad. they went there on thursday, spent the night, then returned to damascus on friday. the syrian government enraged that such a trip had taken place. it's significant in that it has been the scene of some of the largest anti-government demonstrations, but last week the syrian military converged around it. the ministry of interior went so far as to post a statement saying that ambassador ford had met with saboteurs while in hama and that they were inciting the protests. >> would it be wrong to assume that any country where the security is so tight that this attack on the u.s. embassy could be payback? >> reporter: well, it is the natural assumption that one would draw, assuming that the syrian government did have a direct hand in it. i

hillary clinton says the syrian president basher al-islah has lost legitimacy. new allegations of malpractice by a return list working for rupert murdoch. >> east africa's drought, and a race against time. aid agencies say a way must be hat -- must be found to help victims in somalia. the cheeks of a world cup team tells the bbc they cannot buy their way to success. it is 9:00 a.m. here in singapore. >> is 2:00 a.m. here in london. broadcasters in america and around the world. >> the u.s. secretary of state has said syrian president-are al-assad has lost legitimacy with the diplomatic tension between the two countries. supporters attack the u.s. embassy in damascus. >> let me also add that if anyone, including presidents , thinks the u.s. will secretly emerged to continue its brutality, they are wrong. the president is not dispensable -- indispensable, and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power. our goal is to see that the will of the syrian people for a democratic transformation occurs. >> let's get more from our washington correspondent.

the syrian regime, unless the syrian regime will accept these conditions, none of the opposition figures will accept our roundtable. >> ok, thank you very much for your analysis. >> thank you for having me.. >> of former bosnian serb general ratko mladic was ejected from the hague war crimes tribunal after he had told the judge. he also refused to enter a plea and insisted on having his own lawyers rather than ago -- rather than a court-appointed 1. he is accused of genocide. he was arrested in may after 16 years on thehe run >> defiant from the start, ratko mladic seemed determined to disrupt his second court hearing. he put on icap and communicated with the public gallery, earning a reprimand from the bench. with only the court-appointed attorney president, rather than the attorneys he wanted, he refused to enter a plea. the presiding judge made several attempts to read out the charges, but was repeatedly interrupted. >> would do not interrupt me? under count one, you are charged with genocide -- >> [unintelligible] >> he continued he would not continue to listen without his lawyer. at

you really got to see this group a syrian delegation delegation of syrian opposition visited foster recently and we used that was not as unity which is to make our position heard and explain our position will move to the members of the delegation we were there with precedence right with the fact present meeting had taken place and the massacres because it's on the british banks which are in opposition forces the syrian opposition forces in syria. because we share in this welcome a solution and opinions were voiced their guides sensible ideas and propositions were voice there as far as we have heard and it is important to encourage those processes which is actually we are ready to do. and i'm sure this is in our common interests and i have felt that france and people who are in general shares this approach as well this is perhaps what i can say on this matter. with your permission a few words about syria. friend says looking for a political solution is given. in syria. the vicious program reforms. that has been proposed in syria. it's important for the program to be implemented on the basis o

we are told that the syrian military is in this area. it is too unsafe to stay out in the open too long. the security forces have tried to crush anti-government protest here, forcing more people to leave their towns and villages. we are taking to a cap -- taken to a camp in the woods. it is not much, but it is home. thousands of families have been forced into hiding. they treat strangers with caution. some have been here for months. they all have a story to tell it is remarkable how similar they are. terrorized by government attacks, living in fear of a late-night visit. what has life been like here for his wife and children? >> the syrian army and the secret police move around in the trees to check on the people. they want to check people with weapons on them. they accuse them of being criminals. they go into our houses and villages and damage them. this is why no one was set back to their homes. >> the syrian army keeps a watchful eye on the hill. unlike egypt and tunisia, they have taken sides with the regime. now, they have testimony

security officials have committed against lebanon lebanese officials that attempted to resist syrian rule of lebanon so just because fingers were pointed early doesn't mean that they were wrong and it doesn't mean that there weren't good reasons for it now as to the substance of the investigation i think it's way too early to be talking about evidence that was tampered with evidence that was removed from the scene all of that is until it's presented at trial rumor margaret and the international community has called upon lebanon and the new lebanese government under prime minister mikati to launch an investigation and then to serve the arrest warrants the questions of evidence are questions for trial not questions for rumor mongering and i'm confident that an international tribunal an international investigation from the netherlands which worked as long as it did has all of its ducks in a row and we'll see that the trial ever should to trial ever emerge now i think what i'm i think we all need is i don't want to live in a lot of mood rumormongering about this money if i'm going to you

iraq's government are part of a syrian regime has won all eleven on how mosques in gaza. some experts warn that if syria becomes too embroiled in the investigation and now break of sectarian violence in lebanon will be almost unavoidable and especially alarming prospect given the spike in the sunni share a clash of the arab spring presently lebanese authorities have less than a month to execute their arrest warrants and has a leader hassan nasrallah has sworn retribution for anyone who tries to do this russia china a across our team. ok to go to you first since you're in beirut this is been going on a long time and there's a number of people that are accused of this crime it happened in two thousand and five first it was being brains on the syrians a number of men were held they were late released then we hear it says below then people say it's around and then there are others that will say it's israel i mean is it gotten down to he said she said because there's a lot of people that can test a lot of the evidence in this case and there are many people expression in lebano

where they to this focus remains on the table and arab region as altie speaks to the syrian politician for his views on the way out of his country's crisis. britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world is saying its final farewell to its readers off to one hundred sixty eight yes it was axed by its media mogul owner when the phone hacking scandal public outrage flared this week those claims it was the journalists intercepted phone calls to minute victims and their soldiers' families and their minister who resigned as it has now lost his long standing immunity among britain's political elite. i think something changed this week you know for decades british prime ministers have been on their needs to the to the murdoch press because they knew that when the sun which is his main daily newspaper here in britain when the sun supported a british politician running for prime ministership you know they won it and then you find on the next day you find that prime minister reading the sun looking like an idiot saying well the sun got me elected i mean so you've got this demeaning of br

goods to see the scope of the syrian delegation delegation of syrian opposition visited moscow recently and we used that. opportunity which is to make our position hurt to explain our position will in the to the members of the delegation we were quite satisfied with the fact that a meeting had taken place and damascus has its own the political opposition forces the syrian opposition forces in syria. but as we showed in this group with solution and opinions were voiced their resume quite sensible ideas and propositions were voice there as far as we have heard and it is important to encourage those processes which is actually we're ready to do those who then i'm sure this is in our common interests once and i have felt that from france with people who in general shares this approach as well this is perhaps what i can say on this matter . with your permission a few words about syria. ryan says looking for a political solutions. in syria. the ambitious program reforms. that has been proposed in syria. it's important to the program to be implemented on the basis of the wishes of the syrian p

obviously the syrian people knew he was there. that his presence there would be well known to the syrian government. so now it's a little bit of a tit for tat and it's really raised a big diplomatic incident between the two sides. >> thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> all right. the june unemployment numbers may have many people wondering if any companies out there are hiring. the steps you need to take to survive, straight ahead. one little smile, one little laugh. honey bunny. [ babbles ] [ laughs ] we would do anything for her. my name is kim bryant and my husband and i made a will on legalzoom. it was really easy to do. [ spits ] [ both laugh ] [ shapiro ] we created legal zoom to help you take care of the ones you love. go to legalzoom.com today and complete your will in minutes. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. so, you're looking for helpand complete your will in minutes. with your mortgage, worried about foreclosure. we can help you keep your house. all we ask for in return is that you submit to our plans for

it's going to continue the bloodshed unfortunately and this is the price that is being paid by the syrian people and this is the prize journeys became paid by revolutions because the relations require this this bloodshed but at the same time the interference of the outside world in my view can be counterproductive unless it is directed proper rather than just making these statements like for instance the usa would decide whether the president of syria was next in the sea or not everybody is asking why do the americans have to put this question anyway let alone deciding it but they seem to be doing this selectively develop with syria and libya but by the same. down there i'm not then it will be him and i have not done it with other places where there is uprising including rain forest oaks i think the world can play on all but i think the present moment it's not clear but i can see one of those reforms promised by president assad earlier on the promise is that things would change despite the fact we're still seeing tanks on the street why was there no headway made there because the changes

white spirit harm of syrians in march two thousand and four and it has basically shown the willingness to behave in a civilized fashion and into including to a corporation of independence and know this so honestly and your mission is there to facilitate their independence contrary to international law and use the rules so obviously it is a message here so making it is a mess that the europeans and nato. basically made it need to fix. brief least eleven people have been killed in a blast of police headquarters in southern afghanistan the taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide car bomb attack in the city of glasgow local authorities say most of the victims were police officers it's less than a fortnight since nato led forces formally handed over security in the city to afghan troops. now the volcano on the italian island of sicily is making its presence known have been for eruptions already this month and this latest is the biggest yet with flames and burning are shooting two hundred fifty meters up into the sky the flare up again on saturday morning and continued into the we

>> well, there's no direct evidence that the syrian government was directly behind this attack? u.s. has, however, been very critical of the syrian security forces, saying that they were slow in responding. they appear to be sitting back watching while anti-u.s. demonstrations take place, allowing those to go forward. most certainly, if anything, we do know this is a regime, when it choose to do so does have the capability to clamp double play on demonstrations fairly quickly and fairly violently, wolf. >> you're there back in damascus for what the government is calling a national dialogue conference. but is it fair to say that there are any real opposition figures participating in this so-called dialogue? >> well, wolf, most of the prominent opposition figures have boycotted, and there's absolutely no representation of the street demonstrators. those opposition figures who were present were, in fact, voizing the demands of those who were absent. they were saying that for this type of dialogue to even begin to succeed, the violence against demonstrators has to stop. they were ve

also in the troubled middle east the syrian government is opening talks with opposition activists to discuss the possibility of reforms but some leading rivals and prominent campaigners are not that in the meantime mass demonstrations erupted across the country on friday killing at least thirteen people tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets calling for president bashar al assad to step down so the protests began in march a government crowds have killed more than seven hundred demonstrators syria's deputy foreign minister told r.t. that any interference in the country's affairs from the west would end in disaster . syria's position has been clearly articulated and the global community is aware of the military forces syria hands so even if the west is thinking to be seen we would advise them not to syria is the key to the balance of the middle east and eventually the symptom is here to drive this region to disaster western countries are well aware of this have never been asked to keep hating arabs in syria in particular was a little startling i was really kind of it becau