i think the agenda that comes through in so much so-called mainstream journalism is something that we can do without now 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 i'm staying 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. to 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 for something that told by authorities 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 not in forty five american foreign policy runs in a straight line goes up goes to the sideways goes down a little bit but basically that line runs that trajectory runs in. one direction and what the bombers stop 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 a 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 the same generals. running american foreign policy with a lot of help from people of like mind. another wars really

began in pakistan. also in yemen and somalia with other interests in africa. the bombers in has has accelerated bush's policies you say american foreign policy hasn't really changed since 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 vietnam 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 in 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 the resistance is the side. 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 was trying to do the same thing to me about america's increasingly complicated relationship 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 and if you look through all the international atomic agency reports of the last seven years they're saying basically the same thing you constantly go share with iran in the middle 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 look a wrong was. under the shah of 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. now 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 attacking iran 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 military 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 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 or is on the side squarely on the side of resolving this matter. and it's about again it's about a 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 an enormous broker. 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. russian relations u.s. russian relations are 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 withdraw some of these people they were was reposition. 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 except that i don't think it has except a bit but it's there thank you very much you're welcome. wealthy british soil. sometimes right in the.

market. to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines cons a report. a breath of fresh air of the torturous toxic small finally analysts from across moscow but the record he weighed doesn't these fueling hundreds of wildfires still burning in western and central russia. hundreds of volunteers from russia and abroad risked their lives to quell the flames and others help people lost everything in the fires by gathering in delivering essential supplies. civilian casualties rose by third of ghana stana the first half of two thousand and ten aborting when reports total of twelve hundred afghans were killed during this

period of time which one sided with the us troop surge. so they had a line sports news is next with me. another there will come to the support of the. company again let's take a quick look at what's making this headlines around the world. is david game in charge men are preparing to play their first met since one nil defeat in slovenia. and they'll move to the eastern conference the boston celtics officially introduce their latest acquisition. becomes a free agent again after an independent arbitrator rejects his deal with the devil . but let's get started with football where number of international friendlies will

be played on wednesday russia host indicative of a third game in charge. of reports. the friendly match against bulgaria was originally scheduled to take place in moscow but due to heavy small in the russian capital it was moved up north to st petersburg this shift though could be a blessing in disguise for dick advocaat who spent some of the best years of his career in st petersburg old faces are familiar in the current roster with all russian internationals present joining the team from england are on duty at a shop in a room on public janko you to cough and. and they have a shot and could miss the wednesday's match however as he is still recovering from an injury so i have to take place. as nuisance to break and. if you choose that you can play forty five minutes you can play forty five minutes advocaat invited twenty players for this match with moscow and st petersburg players dominating the roster although the russians are yet to play any official

matches under he's already being criticised for not introducing any fresh blood to the national team but according to the coaching self he's forced to work with what he has and at the moment he doesn't see any new stars on the horizon. unfortunately so floyd. believe me the chance of. russia's opponent bulgaria is far from that seen that in fourth place at the nine hundred ninety four world cup but although it now lacks the stars of. the relatively young age of today's players indicates that this is a team with a long term plan looking to reestablish itself as a major european football force so russia face their first strength against bulgaria on wednesday with three weeks to go before the start of the euro it's what it's all the qualification campaign. has very little time left its sides in the

lose and create a winning squad but again it could be first time lucky for the dutch specialist as his first game takes place right here at the stadium which is of course the whole st petersburg with him because it's one. and the russian side will want to call for forty in st petersburg. in the meantime england will take to the pitch for the first time since therefore one loss to germany in south africa the three lions face hunger at wembley for the couple is still in charge and knows he needs to learn the lessons from the disappointing world cup run. so. there's a good. not the. qualification because. when you. were world cup competition you have to. really good the physical situation. the game to be played. not

really. the mind of the players the mind of the player this is. the engine of. the game of the game. but it's. all and more the mind of the players are very important. a lot of meanwhile are preparing to entertain argentina without their manager giovanni trapattoni the veteran italian is in a stable condition in hospital after suffering from argentina are likely to include in their line up while the irish captain robert kane is looking forward to winning his one hundredth cap. means of sci fi i think probably the best in the war at the moment there's no question. the things you can do are footballers. believe it is.

the closest thing we've ever seen a problem maradona you know in the way play so. to play against prayers that. you know he could for he could for a large. force and you know how good he really isn't any message of tremendous tribal to have. our prayers in a team you know just as good as a job so we surely have to. staying with football where chelsea and portugal deco has finally everything and to his native brazil after thirteen years of european club football year old. was unveiled as a new laments is signing and is expected to make an immediate impact for this side current top of the brazilian championship deca himself said he's looking forward to new challenges. but as you put it i like challenges and that's why i returned to brazil i didn't feel that what i was doing was challenging me any more i'm now looking forward to proving myself all over again put in

a lot of dedication in football you have to try to be happy with what you are doing i didn't feel that way anymore so that only. tennis now where it's almost vertical after winning start in the to run to. get to hoff ski in his second round game bed each with a bite to the second round in toronto and was too good for his unstated ukrainian opponent winning in straight sets six two six for the seventh seed as good form on hard courts reaching the quarterfinals of the washington cross it was week and the final in miami earlier this year is now looking forward to the final grand slam of the season the soap and played on hard courts which begins to fall because i took a couple of. weeks off after wimbledon and just you know get back. some practice and just right now get a break for a hard court season somewhere in the states and yeah i feel quite fresh you know

but still these two to really stronger and i man's kind of like small preparation you know which leads me to the u.s. open where i just want to be one hundred person and then just play my best tennis. meanwhile david nalbandian not a tenth seed david ferrer out in the first round argentina three sets to play him a seven five six six three victory bendin who is on his way back from injury won the legg mason classic in washington on sunday while he was still brain topside the world's top hundred one. with this victory argentina back in the top two. now the boston celtics have officially introduce their latest acquisition chick fil a nail who left the cleveland cavaliers the veteran was given a contract where he will make around three million u.s. dollars in total the thirty eight year old former n.b.a. champion weighs one hundred fifty six kilograms and will be. sent to behind kevin

garnett's. rooms one moves are going. to be you wouldn't. know as do you remember. when i saw his back on the free agent market the russian international has seen his seventeen year contract with the new jersey devils followed it to an arbitration ruling the controversial one hundred two million dollars deal was initially rejected by the n.h.l. who said it would violate the league's salary cap rules chip would have been forty four but they signed the contract ran out the front loaded him at significantly lower cellar as his last five years the n.h.l. players' association filed a grievance following the dispute an independent arbitrator to the n.h.l. side in the matter the league's leading scorer since two thousand and one is set to be talking to the devils again. and. it is also

told to sign the start of a just a period back to july. third it's now and you saying bolt has announced he's putting an end to the twenty ten season due to ongoing back pains a decision to jamaican super sprints and made off to consulting with his medical team on tuesday it means bolts will may stop coming to emulate meetings and brussels saying it's official statement he wants to concentrate on the next few seasons instead hopes that it's four months old himself their second career a defeat in the. how did meet at the hands of american tyson gay sprinted to jamaica by one tenth of a second to go it's. ok up to date now almost all sounds from around the globe. weather thanks to.

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a bloody first half of two thousand and ten. watching r.t. coming to live from moscow with marina joshie moscow was breathing more freely. after overnight rain washed away much of the suffocating smog which has been tormenting the russian capital for days emergency services say the fire situation is easing but hundreds of blazes continue to burn across the country our season isa now is in the badly hit region of resigned two hundred kilometers southeast of moscow. well 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 the situation here

is very critical and in fact that's why on tuesday prime 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 end 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 a sort of reconnaissance mission for me build my car up with everything they could i'm going to seek out families need. to find them look at what the people brought

today that is valuable aid we've only got one small bag of things that we could be . real ready having things we need now medicines would to me and 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 artist laura emmett in the u.k. went to meet a formal fireman who wants to come to russia and step in this is a man who's sense of duty knows no national borders a retired firefighter daniel coleus all the reports of the florist blazes raging in russia and felt compelled to offer his help so he wrote to prime minister putin. i want to offer to volunteer to assist in firefighting operations and you win the russian federation vailable and request as a personal offer to your country with that in mind don't you.