i think the agenda that comes through in so much so-called mainstream journalism is something that we can do without now and the and the internet is certainly subverted that you have had a very long career in journalism do you think the world is a better place now than it was when you started yes look things. improve progress is made. in spite of. the. the imposition of unaccountable power. on our lives i think socially in the way that people leave their lives and make their own arrangements in my lifetime. there's been an enormous amount of progress that there is also an enormous amount of regression we live in an imperial age again. i mean that's quite extraordinary we have

a technological version of what it was in the nineteenth century with great powers vying for strategic place in the world resources in the world we live in an age of what they call in washington perpetual war and i'm quoting general petraeus permanent war i mean that's not progress that's regression and that we have to deal with understanding on that point what do you think is the best and most painless way for the u.s. and its allies to get out of iraq and afghanistan as so many critics have been calling for get out just get out. i mean this this announcement by obama. the be the end of the combat mission next year is nonsense and that's another example of the of the

media simply taking at face value something that told by authority in fact there's going to be something like ninety four bases left and sixty thousand troops and the surge so-called that is an increase in the number of mercenaries they call them contractors so far from getting out it's consolidating its position in iraq and that's what people really should understand. there's a great expression by a great irish investigative journalist called claude coburn never believe anything until it's officially denied we should apply that to all statements like that and what about the time since barack obama's been in power do you think that there has been a paradigm shift in america's foreign policy since the bush administration no. absolutely not there's been. i think we can put aside the word paradigm the paradigm hasn't

changed since nineteen forty five american foreign policy runs in a straight line goes up goes to sideways goes down a little bit but basically that line runs that trajectory runs in. a in one direction and what are bombers is simply pick up all the policies of bush and pursue them i mean for example for the first time in u.s. presidential history and hasn't happened before our president has taken the entire defense department bureaucracy and the secretary of state for defense from a previous administration discredited so we have basically robert gates in the same generals. running american foreign policy with a lot of help from people of like mind. another war this

really began in pakistan. also in yemen and somalia with other interests in africa. bombers in has has accelerated bush's policies is the american foreign policy hasn't really changed since one nine hundred forty five you were already reporting during the vietnam war what's the difference between the wars in vietnam in afghanistan in principle there is no difference they're both guerrilla wars. they're both resistances opposing an invasion. both becoming they but one became the viet nam vietnam became a disaster for the vietnamese people two to three million of them perished and a smaller disaster but a considerable disaster for the united states the same thing is happening in

afghanistan the same thing happened in iraq. i would have thought the closest analogy and your readers from your viewers would appreciate this as with the. the soviet invasion of afghanistan in one nine hundred seventy nine because the enemy is pretty much the same the so-called enemy of the resistance is the same. and. you know that. the world's other superpower could not. subdue afghanistan in ten years. surely the most in can doesn't lessen for the walls. surviving superpower which is trying to do the same thing talk to me about america's increasingly complicated relationship with iran that are now they've refused to rule out sanctions and that's talk of minute checks

and what do you think this is a nation to iran's nuclear program iran. doesn't threaten anybody it doesn't have a nuclear bomb if you look through all the international atomic agency reports of the last seventy is they saying basically the same thing constantly goetia with iran in the mid in the in the midst of this iran wrote to the iranian government wrote to the american administration and put a series of proposals they didn't even get a reply. a wrong was. under the shah iran was a pillar of the american network the american empire if you like in the middle east that was swept away in nine hundred seventy nine when there was an islamic revolution and it has been american foreign policy to get that back. at the same time israel which is part of the american. israeli and american base

is a part of american foreign policy. has tried to provoke the united states into a tacking a wrong it has absolutely nothing to do with so-called nuclear weapons the the the the nuclear power in the middle east is the force biggest myth. the true power in the world and that's israel that has something like five hundred thermo nuclear warheads it's never discussed what about the israel palestine conflicts can any more be done to result that from the outside i don't see it as a conflict actually i think the truth about that is that it's a military occupation and first of all international law has to be respected and the israelis have to get out of the west bank and and the blockade in gaza it's ending that military occupation suggesting it's a conflict suggests

a kind of war between two factions. it's international more is on the side squarely on the side of resolving this matter. and it's about again it's about negotiation this would have ended a long time ago or would have been resolved a long time ago had the most influential player the united states been on a spread or attempted to take. an impartial position and brought to bear its great influence on israel that hasn't happened and that's why it goes on and on and finally how would you assess this reset that we've seen recently in u.s. russia relations u.s. russian relations very interesting. it must be amused people in russia.

to be told that they're being threatened by missiles from iran. that absurdity is justifying the placement of missiles around russia even though obama made some spectacle of withdrawing some of these people they were was repositioned. russia has its own sphere of influence following the demise of the soviet union. i think that when great powers start doing deals together at the expense of smaller countries then we have a problem and. i mean if if if russia. there is a place in the world for a powerful nation or culturally powerful nation. diplomatically powerful nation

or a source rich nation to stand up for the rights of small nations it seems that role is almost begging russia to accept it i don't think it has accepted it but it's their temple just thank you very much you're welcome.

for the. biggest issues. that breath of fresh air the torture is toxic small. from across moscow but the record doesn't ease fuel hundreds of wildfires still burning in western russia. hundreds of volunteers from russia and abroad risked their lives to quell the flames people lost everything. by gathering and delivering essential supplies.

to the u.s. troop surge in afghanistan coincides with civilian casualties rising by third according to a u.n. report outlining a bloody first half of two thousand and ten a total of twelve hundred afghans were killed during this period. also they have back at the top of the hour in sports update is next. i don't welcome the over the sports news thanks for what you want here is what's going on by the backstabbing and it's. really about your becomes a free agent again after an independent all the train tearing checks to stay away the new jersey devils. you say balls off let it season is over they jamaican sprinter castles participation in the upcoming twenty two out of as team to have the well back injury. and president obama made three names super bowl champions new orleans saints and the white house. but let's get started with

football where a number of international friendlies will be played on wednesday in russia host ball garia with a game taking place in st petersburg due to have a small dog here in moscow meanwhile england will take to the pitch for the first time sales therefore one loss to germany in south africa the three lions face hungary at wild boy fabio capello is still in charge and he mails in these to save their lessons from the disappointing world cup ron. so. there's a good but. not the same level that would play well if you because you were there but. when you play. well cup competition you have to arrive. really good business in. the game to be played. not the. least in mind of the players the mind of the. of for every frame. of.

the game which is the game. but it is in the game it's all and all and i understand more of the mind of the players are there. preparing to entertain argentina without their man a judge of. the veteran a taliban is in a stable condition in a dublin hospital after suffering from food poisoning argentina likely to include leonel massey in their lineup while the irish captain robbie keane is looking forward to winning his one hander it's kept. me safe i think i'd be probably the best in the world at the moment there's no question. you can be a footballer is a believe it is. the closest thing we've ever seen. you know in the way you play so . to play against. another good for you could.

you could see for you know how good it really is for me. to understand. you know if you can just do as good a job so you. stay with a ball where chelsea and portugal midfielder deco has finally returned to his native brazil after thirteen years of european club football the thirty two year old was unveiled as a new fluminense us signing and is expected to make an immediate impact for the side of the brazilian championship standings deco himself said he's always looking forward to new challenges. i like challenges and that's why i returned to brazil but didn't feel that what i was doing was challenging me anymore i'm now looking forward to proving myself all over again put in a lot of dedication. you have to try to be happy with what you are doing i didn't feel that way anymore so that's all i need. is back on the

free agent markets of the russian international has seen his seventeen year old tractor with the new jersey devils avoided an arbitration ruling the controversial one hundred ten two million dollars deal was initially rejected by the sad it would violate the league's salary cap rules would have been fortunate by the time the contract ran out the front though the deal irritated him a significantly lower salary over the his last five years three n.h.l. players association filed a grievance following the dispute off an independent arbitrator to van h.l. side in the mass the league's leading scorer since two thousand and one is said to be talking to the devils again los angeles kings new york islanders and peach els also it is but also battled to sign the start of the free agency period back in july. that's what it's now and he's saying baltar now stays putting an end to the twenty town season due to ongoing back pains

a decision to jamaica made with his medical team on tuesday and both will miss two upcoming diamond league meetings seen syria and brussels saying in his official statement he wants to also train all the next few seasons instead also latest one saw himself for a second period to see one hundred metres at the hands of american tyson came out spring to the jamaican by one town for the second to win gold in the stall called. now preparations ever got ahead of the p.g.a. championship at whistling straits and while full time champion tiger woods is coming off a his worst in a meant last week's bridge. all eyes are on the rest of the favorites those include two thousand and eight when the poor drake harrington and driving irish star rory mcilroy both say the toughest opponent will be the tricky course itself it company of irish links courses and the more traditional american goals than he is. you've

got to try colorful i know it's hard to compare so that's not so bad you know the course plays like a links so that's the way i was playing golf so i am looking forward to challenge and. hopefully match that challenge this week and i think there might be a little bit of an advantage to the guys are played a little bit more on links you know as i said it is still pretty soft so you probably won't have to play as many sort of bump and runs or are sort of one shot and i think you can be pretty aggressive with your with your shots and you'll be able to fly the most the way the pens. now president barack obama granted the two thousand and nine n.f.l. super bowl champions new orleans saints in a traditional white house reception the saints and the decades of frustration by defeating the indianapolis calls for this us to have a football championship obama also used the ceremony to hail the team for helping lift up a city that was devastated by hurricane katrina in two thousand and five. this team took the hopes and dreams of

a shattered city and placed them squarely on the shoulders and so these guys became more than leaders in the locker room they became the leaders of the entire region and the victory parade that we saw earlier this year made one thing perfectly clear that new orleans and the world and same store here to stay. and to engine power a russian leg of the european truck racing championships as just taking place they drive us battle the touting the city of a brand new track created by architect. known for his formula one designs for the neon reports. is legend has it truck racing story with three years he is away for long distance drivers. but since then it's become a professional sport where recent drugs would only be beaten by the best of sports cars. get up to two hundred fifty kilometers. however for safety reasons the next. speed for the trucks here is restricted to one

hundred sixty still quite enough to make many spectators fall in love with sports. so it was no surprise the european championships leg posted in the smallest region over the weekend became a great event for the locals who watched to a drug racer is made up at the so-called drug little russia through town at the new would be tread which meant the highest international standards track should use is very challenging i drive around at the smaller one of the drivers and it's a very interesting. and. the organization you work flatter. and you will usually impress what's. coming for exciting the first international track of the school side and. we go back to. the racers had one day to get ready and have practice lips certainly sound to get

behind the wheel for real. the first weeks of the day produced new surprises with the championship leader until you. claiming the first victory in the new circuit. having started a second race from pool position russia's most successful racer aleksandra was it a great chance to show an infant school well above with your own close to the podium place where the german confidently kept the lead to the end. and. i'm a little bit late on the. it's not just fail to fail but in it's wasting and you must look. after. it's. not so fail in the end it's not it's not. all it's more than it's a little bit all. it's

a very technological sport and sometimes it's not all up to the driver everybody fights everybody give their all to when i should have driven in a tougher manner and i've learned a lot for the future you. can get he's winning ways the next day preaching victory in which three this will help to second place in the championship table nevertheless it was the senate who proved his class in the end winning the final race of the event in style and keeping the all world championship lead very nice for. the first time. ever like this in russia so i'm very happy to be there we know the first winner of the circuit so pressure are not so i see that they make very good job in the last days to make a reality of this race and other races they were meaning that drugs need to be liquid back into shape and get prepared for the next battles in less than three

weeks the resource will have to czech republic for the six legs but the new and thirty central russian. that is the support for the moment coming up in a wild weather update followed by the headlines and you can always log on to our website which is our tweet up com slash sports.

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a good go international house. every. intel who. has moscow breeze freely for the first time in weeks hundreds of wildfires continue to rage across russia join me a new so no way to the latest. a burning desire to help hundreds from russia and abroad risk their lives to quell the flames are key talks of the retired british firefighter ready to assist after arriving to what. the u.s.

troop surge in afghanistan coincides with civilian casualties rising by there are it according to un report outline. bloody first half of two thousand and ten. you're watching r t coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshing welcome to the program now moscow was breathing more freely after overnight rain washed away much of the suffocating smog which has been tormenting the russian capital for days now the record breaking heat wave is still around and hundreds of fires continue to burn across the country. in the badly hit region of resign which just two hundred kilometers southeast of los. we've been trying to show you how much destruction these fires have caused across russia but where we are much of the forests here are still engulfed we're at the makeshift headquarters of the local emergency services who have been working around the clock day and night here for three weeks trying to

contain these blazes and they don't look like there's any sign of letting up but the situation here is very critical and in fact that's why i think my minister vladimir putin chose to come to resign region to get his hands dirty and do what he can and give some time to help try to contain the blazes there is a little bit of optimism in the air there is rain in the forecast we did feel a couple of drops this morning so mergence the workers here are certainly hoping that this might be the beginning of the obviously all the ministries and authorities are trying to do the best they can to contain the blazes but ordinary people are stepping in and trying to help as well many volunteers have stepped up just ordinary people in ordinary clothes with these blazes of obviously it's quite dangerous those who can't come out and physically help fight the fires are doing the best they can from afar to help those who have lost everything for us sort of reconnaissance mission for me you know did my car with everything they could i'm

going to seek out families you need. to find them you could. the people brought us today that is valuable we only got one small bag of things that we could use that we already have and. we need medicines water and. they're not just russians are trying to help people from around the world have been writing sending stuff sending their condolences about this crisis in fact archies laura in the u.k. went to meet a former fire man who wants to come to russia and. is a man who's knows no national borders a retired firefighter daniel coleus saw the reports of the forest blazes raging in russia and felt compelled to offer his help so he wrote to prime minister putin. i want to volunteer to assist in firefighting operations and you win the russian federation. quest.