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more news today violence is once again flared up the phone these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule today . from. it's. this is the part that in the dead of the road is an immediate investigation into a car bomb in stockton russia which is injured up to twenty one that people knew

were bustling city center can't fade into it of course. private security companies in afghanistan have been awarded to end operations within four months the president's decision is expected to be met with resistance from naysay which one lives on them for many every day do you see. the popularity of plastic surgery grows in russia so does the number of disfigured victims being caught up in legal disputes with alma qualifying salutes. and russia as promised a visa free regime for the duration of the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup finals this fits of most of the the tournament inspectors are currently in most cases scrutinizing the bid which pledges a state of the old football stadia under school loud country. not a slide rule of progress when returning to an imperial society with the hunger for power and resources driving the agendas of major world powers than the current u.s.

invasion afghanistan is no different than the vietnam war will be these thoughts and more in our exclusive interview with veteran left wing journalist john pilger that's coming up next. today i'm in london speaking to joan poll just veteran journalist on the document she writes her he started his career cheering the vietnam war john paul just thanks very much for talking to now let's talk about more media in general first if you don't mind recently the website wiki leaks published tens of thousands of documents relating to the afghanistan war what do you think that is the biggest impact is that modern technology has had journalism well i think the wiki leaks exposed is. look like they might change journalism altogether if not change or wake it up. because what we think leaks has done is what journalists should have done. you know

here here is this dreadful litany of years of of disaster and killing in afghanistan and i'm in the wrong. and i don't think we've gotten a sense and they've got a sense of the disaster but i don't think we've got a sense of the real. the the political disaster the the behind the the human disaster in afghanistan that's what we call leaks is has given us. i think it says to journalists. separate us separate you know so from the word of authority and start becoming independent it's an extraordinary moment and what about the internet in general do you think in terms of new subclassing more traditional media like newspapers and document chains yes i

do and i mean it shouldn't subvert them but it is and is doing that which it really should compliment them. because you know the into my own journalistic habits every day of change radically i used to get up in the morning and read all the newspapers now i go to my computer and log on. because that's where the that's where this truth telling that kind of journalism. i think the agenda 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 and 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 said 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 i made sure 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. would 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 you know 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 the sideways goes down a little bit but basically that line runs that trajectory runs in honoring lee 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 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 war this really began in pakistan. also in yemen and somalia with our interests in africa. 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 wall 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 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 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 holes. 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 seventy 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. 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. the same time israel which is part of the american. is really an american base that was 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 morris 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 a 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. two except that i don't think it has except a bit but it's there just thank you very much you're welcome. wealthy

british style some time to explain the different. markets why not. come 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 in two counties report on . president medvedev what is the media's investigation into a car bomb blast in some of the rocks which is injured up to twenty one people busted says he sent a fake and he the courts. private security companies down a sound have been ordered to and bring shims within four months of the president's

decision is expected to be met with resistance from they say which relies on the many every day to see some. of the popularity of plastic surgery grows in russia so does the number of disfigured victims being cool top unequal to speak of falling says. the russia has promised a visa free regime for the duration of the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup finals if it's awarded the the tournament inspectors are currently in moscow scrutinizing the bid which pledges say to the all football stadia the sport country. speaking of wait till the latest next with the unit to go away. good to have you with us this is sports today i mean these are headlines football

for you for a world cup officials london russia to examine how the country shipping up in its quest to host either the twentieth or twenty twenty two finals. continental clash there's a champions league place at stake for is in meet later on tuesday the russian league leaders take on and serve in their first leg feels. almost their new zealand arrive in south africa and knowing a win would secure the all blacks a stunning fifth try nations title in six years. it's the greatest show on earth it could be coming to russia and either twenty a team or four years after that that's the hope of the country's top football officials after a fifa world cup delegation began a tour of the nation's prospective host cities this week six inspectors in all going sightseeing in st petersburg before heading south to moscow to inspect the luzhniki stadium they'll then make their way to swell as twenty eight fourteen winter olympic based soft cheek

a total of thirteen russian cities are aspiring to tear apart the big decision will be announced by faith on the same bird the second england australia in the united states and joined from spain and portugal belgium the netherlands are the competition. but let me teach them way in which you were very eager to invite the two thousand and eighteen world cup to russia and we're confident in our bid we will do our best to provide the inspection commission with as much information as possible regarding our bid so they can gauge the readiness of our potential hosts to the. simpy just berghaus their own mission ahead tonight and that's to qualify for the champions league proper the premier league table toppers host in their first leg playoff. it's all been going swimmingly for this man by letting his side domestically over halfway through now need to hold a hefty seven point advantage at the league summit but in europe's top club competition they really want to make their mark strengthened by recent signing

portuguese international defender the rule out of a is the need to haven't lost the game all season and will enter the game favorites they also enter the match injury free. old zero also finished third last season and their league but france hold higher rating than russia they only need to get through one qualifying run russia and to playing in russia hasn't always been the most pleasurable for observer their most recent experience was a foreigner. in the two thousand and four u. half a cup hole in form of late also being locked in a certain quad the burgundy club draw in their opening two games of the league one season. for four games all for consideration on choose the evening with the pick of them probably i axes visit to kiev. the goal scorers this week. for the dutch giants while i'm going to shift will lead from the front for the

hosts early favorites tottenham take on young boys of byrne it's a scandinavian. copenhagen meets. the first leg ties. or at manchester united have kicked off their english premier league season with a win the reds easing to a three no victory over a newly relegated newcastle harbor to offset the loans on thirty three minutes was followed. by another close range effort this time from darren fletcher ryan giggs will he then roll back the years five minutes from time the welshman playing in his nineteenth season at old trafford volleying home and style so united move top alongside champions chelsea blackpool aston villa and wolves who all sit on marksman points after the opening weekend. the scandal which the french national team of the twenty ten world cup in south africa isn't done with just yet

the brazilian culprits of the team strike against then coach grim and dominic have been summoned to a disciplinary hearing by the country's football association but evra nicolas anelka. river ian germy to alarm the man called up the entire team refused to train at one stage well and now two was sent home after a perfunctory written tirade against dominate every it was then seen arguing with their fitness coach the side began to implode prior to a friendly with norway last week new manager long long suspended the entire squad all the f.f.f. already would held world cup advertising bonuses which were to be paid to the players. we'll keep you updated on that one let's move to golf where it would have been almost unthinkable a year ago but tiger woods has not yet made the u.s. ryder cup squad the world over one finished tied for twenty eighth at last weekend's u.s. p.g.a. major meaning he must now rely on the country's captain to hunt him one of the four

wildcard spots for a tour which event his number one player in the world you know that's a pretty good pretty good pro. you know obviously concerning him highly. no doubt about it. you know he's playing better. i think we've all seen that he wants to play he wants to be part of the team. but it's going to be my judgment you know whether i pick them or not. i don't think there's any comms that brings us to rugby union where new zealand say a point away from securing their fifth try nations title in half a dozen years on the all blacks can make that happen on saturday against south africa both teams have been training in janice berg ahead of the big clash new zealand are coming off a thirteen game winning streak including their latest hard earned victory over st while the springboks in contrast have suffered three straight losses and cannot successfully defend their title with two teams to go sunday's match whatever will

see eight hundred thousand mainly south african crowd attempt to see if the hosts can at least regain a semblance of pride. over to the hardwood where things are going to plan so far for team usa head of the twenty ten feet world championships in turkey the americans annihilating france in an exhibition game in new york with a century the u.s. is d.t.b. asserting their status of early favorites the americans missing the n.b.a.'s top stars for this one with more young talent filling in one of the mean young talents of the game kevin durant's with the flush their team usa began to find the rhythm after a slow start to runs considered to be the go to guy in the u.s. team and had fourteen points it rebalanced the hosts on cruise control from their own with a modest and square garden froid cheering on even six fifty five when the current thirteen month squad will travel to europe one more cuts will be made before the

tournament starts. an exciting twenty eleven moto g.p. season lies ahead for team to katty after nine time world champion valentino rossi announced he's going to be moving to his native tully in stable next year rossi leaving yamaha in his words an influx of world class riders so from next year i research from the country for the next two years and great that i'm a. very cool and very motivated therefore these new talents i think would be very interesting this retains a lot the yama had to deliver this edition from the from two thousand and four. maybe the best images of the event every day that i did so looks like they don't need to be any more. ok let's finish by moving back to football on by taking a look at the pick of the strikes which were binding over the weekend in the russian premier league and by the end of the mall it still is

a neat some petersburg they said pretty with a big lead at the top. that's

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