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 and. 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 and 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 a face for something that told once already 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 nine hundred 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 honoring les 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 in 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 our interests in africa. bombers in has has accelerated bush's policies is they 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 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 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 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 which is trying to do the same thing talk to me about america's increasingly complicated relationship with iran that are now that 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 are wrong. doesn't threaten anybody it doesn't have a nuclear bomb. if you look through all the international atomic agency reports of the last seven is they saying basically the same thing constantly go she should 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 and 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. is really an american base it's 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 myth. tree 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 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 on a spread. 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 scientists it's time to rise. the markets find. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports on our team.

would be soon much brighter if you move the song from funds to christian. stunts on t.v. don't come. up breaths all fresh air the torture of small finally lifts from across moscow but the record heat wave doesn't east fueling hundreds of wildfires still burning in western and central russia. hundreds of volunteers from russia and abroad were spared lives to quell the flames others help people who lost everything in the fires by gathering and delivering essential supplies. civilian casualties roza by a third enough gonna start in the first top of two thousand and ten according to

a un report a total of twelve hundred afghans were killed during this period of time which coincided with the us troops so. i'm talking off the sports with dmitri. that they were going to the support. of a company again let's take a quick look at what's making this headlines around the world it's. his debut game in charge men are preparing to play their first met since their one nil defeat in slovenia. and they'll move to the eastern conference the boston celtics officially introduce their latest acquisition. becomes a three agent again after an independent arbitrator rejects his deal with the

devils. but let's get started with football where number of international friendlies will be played on wednesday russia host dick advocaat first 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 all 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 schenkel cough 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 the 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 dick advocaat 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 . is unfortunately so flawed. believe me if i have to chance to. russia's opponent bulgaria is far from that scene that finished 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 in the case that this is it 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 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 home one. and the russian side all. forty in st petersburg. in the meantime angle and will take to the pitch for the first time since their fall one last judgment in south africa for alliance face hunger at wembley. still in charge and now says he needs to learn the lessons from the disappointing world cup run. so. there's a good. not the same level that would play political but. when you. were world cup competition you have to. really good the physical

situation. for a show like. the game to everybody. not really. the mind of the players the mind of the. ingenious for. the game of the game. but as you know against all and all and more of the mind of the players are variable. 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. a likely to include in their line up while the irish captain robert kane is looking forward to winning his one hundredth cap. the armies of sci fi i think probably the best in the war at the moment there's no question. the things you can deal with footballers. believe in

and. the closest thing we've ever seen a problem arizona you know in the way place of doing to play against players that. you know we could for we could for. you could see forced and you know how good it really is a. message of two hundred to have a little of our players in a tin. can dish to as good as the jobs of. staying with football 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 signing and is expected to make an immediate impact for the side current top of the brazilian championship deca himself said he's looking forward to new challenges. as you put it i like challenges and that's why they returned to brazil

i don'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 in football you have to try to be happy with what you are doing i didn't feel that way anymore so that i want to make. tennis now where tom was better go after winning start in the wrong to. get to hoskin in his second round game bed it had a bite to the second round in toronto and was too good for his and city ukrainian opponent winning in straight sets six two six four the seventh seed chad has got form on hot courts reaching the quarterfinals of the washington classic last 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 just i took a couple of. weeks off after wimbledon and just you know get back.

some practice and just right now get back for the hard court season somewhere in the states and yeah i feel quite fresh you know but still this to to really stronger and islands are kind of like small preparation you know which leads me to the u.s. open where i just want to be one hundred per santa and just play my best tennis. meanwhile david nalbandian not tenth seed david ferrer out in the first round argentina three sets to play him a seven five six six three victory the bend in who is on his way back from injury one the legg mason classic in washington on sunday while he was to bring topside the world's top one hundred this victory to argentina back in the top fifty i know the boston celtics have officially introduced their latest acquisition should kill a nail hole left to cleveland carroll. is that certain the was given a way he will make the rounds they made and u.s. dollars in total that fell to eight year old former n.b.a.

champ and weighs one hundred fifty six kilograms and will be a boston suspect behind came and got it. were drawn the rule is only of seven hundred thirty days left in this game and i just want to be would group of guys are you know like the we're in you know as do you you're going to play over experience . when i saw his back on the free agent market the russian international has seen his seventeen year contract with the new jersey devils folded after an arbitration ruling the controversial one hundred two million dollar 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 significant the lowest salary of 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 the league's leading scorer since two thousand and one is set to be talking to

the devils again los angeles queens new york and. it is also told to sign the start of the agency 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 that jamaican super sprinter made after consulting with his medical team on tuesday it means bolt will may stop coming to an elite meetings and brussels saying it is sufficient statement he wants to concentrate on the next few seasons instead statists almost sold himself a second grade defeat in the one hundred meters at the hands of american tyson gay who sprinted the jamaican by one tenth of a second to win gold in. ok up to date no more sports news from around the globe as time weathers thanks to.

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a third according to a un report outlining a bloody first haul of the. live from moscow this is r.t. it's good to have you with us moscow is 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 in eastern hour he is in the badly hit region of resign that's about 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 sort of reconnaissance mission for me their knowledge of my car with everything they could

i'm going to seek out families need. to find them look at what the people who brought us during all of that is going to leave with me we've only got one small bag of things that we could you know really have enough 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 former 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 colia saw 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 a new way in the russian federation the nam vailable require and.