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a democracy candidates see immigration policy. comes out of sweden goes to the polls in the countries general election. polish court will decide on the extradition of one of russia's most wanted terror suspects who was detained later released in warsaw. russia no way i agree to a deal which puts an end to a forty year disagreement over disputed waters in the energy rich parents. with the top stories of today this week you are with the live from moscow it is election day in sweden with the ruling coalition expected to win most votes but

a controversial anti immigration party is so far attracting most of the headlines the latest poll suggests the center right bloc will win although the center left opposition isn't far behind but for many observers this deal has been overshadowed by the growing popularity of the far right sweden democrats party it's seen as candidates attacked and says it's been denied the right of free speech. for the city of mali. it's one of europe's oldest democracies but the lead up to this year's election in sweden has been anything but democratic candidates from the right wing sweetened democrats have been harassed and allegedly by young people from far left groups. there. several cases which passed with a notice but now it's starting to become a big party nice was getting more attention it's horrible that it should happen during an election campaign it's

a threat to swedish democracy. this weekend democrats are controversial they believe the government's immigration policy in recent years has been a failure allowing large numbers of migrants to live in enclaves where they don't learn swedish creating tension between diverse ethnic groups and draining the welfare system the s.t.d. would severely limit immigration and encourage migrants who won't assimilate to go home that's led to them being branded nazis by left wing groups this is one meeting that was allowed to go ahead but in the days leading up to the election the sweden democrats were forbidden from campaigning like this with the police saying they couldn't guarantee their safety s. d. candidate nina cain says that's tantamount to the state guaranteeing free speech with one hand but taking it away with the other and she knows all about threats to her personal safety last week she came home to find just swastika daubed on her front door so of course. i'm not scare it.

makes me angry because it's one of the things that. we in this party. democracy. used to be you can say what you want. reckon she got. a fellow s.t. candidate in a scene reminiscent of a film was tortured by youths in his house held down the wall a swastika was carved on his forehead he told the police he'd heard them speaking arabic in a town like malmo where thirty percent of the population was born abroad the sweden democrats have attractive significant support among the swedish born population the latest polls put their popularity nationwide at seven point six percent enough to win twenty six parliamentary seats out of three hundred forty nine henning's

a political candidate in the nearby town. doesn't agree with the message this week democrats are pushing out but thinks it's important they should be allowed to speak . pretty but it's. people. here in this country. other political parties have said they won't work with the sweden democrats even if they do get elected to parliament so it's not just threats to their safety that the s.t. candidates have to worry about they're already work to do. to keep us out anyway. it's people. there.

so. this weekend's election is likely to result in the democrats winning. it's likely to be a divisive. politics. the other parties have to decide. how they're prepared to deal with this group they've tried so hard to ignore and ordinary people will have to decide whether they value free speech enough to. play a role. have already. there are many more stories heading your way this. counting is underway in the afghan capital. we'll bring you an update in just a few. mafia wars turned the center of moscow into a gangster movie a notorious kingpin but manages to escape with.

a polish court will determine the fate of one of russia's most wanted terror suspects. was detained in warsaw on friday under an international arrest warrant but later released. the chances of being extradited to russia. two days before arrived in warsaw the polish media was speculating over whether one of russia's most wanted terrorist suspects who was also on interpol's list would be detained just after he landed in warsaw. by the police. coming to a very high profile of the world. which is taking place and. it was impossible to ignore he would be making a public splash so therefore the polls had to act because they do have to their

european partners to the systems legal systems they belong to and i think that's what. the man himself confident of his immunity provided by his political refugee status made his own way to the prosecutor's office where he was detained he said. and that he wanted to find out for himself why he is wanted something few in moscow believed. we heard was heading to poland to turn himself into the prosecutor's office why he could go to the prosecutor's office in britain or any other country if he wanted to but he did it in poland so my theory is that it might be aimed at storing the improving relations between moscow and warsaw. poland has to consider whether to be extradited to russia and no matter how hard war so try to d. politicize this issue. the prosecutor general tells me they have no choice but to

start extradition procedures but these procedures do not mean an instant extradition and the russian side shouldn't necessarily hope for a decision that will satisfy. experts knew from the very start the decision would not be free of mind games as you understand. they also have their own limitations but mystical and they can go to and definitely i think this is. a moment of truth for our relations committee has been one of russia's most wanted since two thousand and two it is now that he walks in the allegan suit but just a decade ago he was the leader of a chechen militant group and he is believed to have been involved in a string of atrocities in north caucasus from brutal killings to good things moscow says it has proved it was one of the masterminds of the more school theater siege in two thousand and two which led to more than one hundred deaths however in two thousand and three he received political asylum in britain and all attempts by

russia to extradite him for trial have been futile the polish courts as we all know considering the sex tradition request as they legally must will review that evidence also review. the basis of the decision was taken in the u.k. which granted him asylum and that asylum proved to pivot so forth after the polish prosecutor general's office filed a request to keep him behind bars for at least forty days or so as district court ruled that political refugee status meant more than the fact he is internationally wanted and he was immediately released on friday night that walked out the doors of warsaw as district court feeling like a free man the question is is whether he will be able to go home or will be extradited to any other country a polish court says it may take several more days to deliver a decision on the fate of one of russia's most wanted criminals alexey was.

reporting from warsaw in poland. this week russia and norway signed an arctic border agreement resolving a decades long territorial dispute the treaty created a maritime boundary in the energy rich barents sea and divided a disputed area roughly half the size of germany the deal is expected to boost offshore exploration in a region rich with reserves of oil and natural gas. russian in the region leaders a glowing from satisfaction with president dmitri medvedev and prime minister young still who don't have achieved is a huge relief for the nation's. it took us forty years to arrive at this agreement it's a long time but this event must certainly turn a new page in our bilateral relations the area which stretches over one hundred seventy five thousand kilometers in the bering sea has been a bone of contention between the neighboring countries since the nine hundred

seventy s. but this wasn't simply a territorial he'd containing vost oil and gas reserves prophet has also been at the center of this peat but with a clear border no one could even start the series exploration settlin this issue moscow knows late have done was been impossible for decades and that some say because they need to boost their coffers and reserves production both in russia and in norway is going to. need new fields and new big elections to develop. this dispute it is. a place just very promising demonstrating goodwill incorporating with a nato member russia's to openly opposed to the alliances military presence in the region for the most of which the natural resources have nothing to do with nato it's a zone for economic cooperation and military presence will create additional issues here the signing comes and it's rising tension between the five arctic states which

also includes canada denmark and the united states over who owns water in this lucrative region moscow knows they have showed how to return to feuds can be resolved very important from the point of view of. the russian strategy which i would call to ease tensions on the russian borders the treaty is yet to be ratified by russian and the region parliaments something the two leaders predict will be done by new year some experts estimate the waters of the barrier would hide as much as a quarter of the planet's seabed all and get three sources but for years due to political opposition say this treasure has remained there then buried now with russia in no way finally thinking their law rotting feared the true maritime powers are why they're ready to make some headway what's been called in trouble for decades well thrown the grid in profits. right ocean our team in the bering sea and turning our

attention now to afghanistan where at least fourteen people were killed in separate bombings on the day of the country's parliamentary elections and the vote counting is under way amid fraud allegations and reports of irregularities artie's correspondent paula slayer is reporting for us in kabul. overnight the afghan capital was quiet and there have been no new incidents of violence reported although as you say at the close of election day saturday at least fourteen people were confirmed dead the taliban carried out more than thirty bombing attacks in a statement an e-mailed it said it had targeted and hit some one hundred and fifty polling stations around the country we're hearing from afghan officials that a little more than a third of the voting population turned out to bridges to the vote and we're also hearing from the free and fair election foundation of afghanistan that they recorded some two hundred and twenty four incidents of serious intimidation they seem to have been problems particularly in the eastern provinces of afghanistan

where there were virtually no female electoral staff and as a result women particularly in conservative communities were unable to come forward and cross their ballot in addition to the more than one thousand voting stations that were unable to open because of intimidation and threats from the taliban the foundation has also recorded a further one thousand five hundred and eighty four voting stations that opened their doors late because of problems in the whole mechanisms of organizing the selection we're also hearing and we've reported extensively on this on the and he fooled problems that we face primarily by the so-called indelible ink that could be washed off in many cases in just a matter of minutes and also cases of fake voter cards in one example there was a car that was found with one thousand six hundred fake voter cards so these have been some of the problems that are coming forward and will continue to come forward in the coming days preliminary results are expected on the eighth of october

although it will take several weeks for the final results to be tabled now the afghan government particularly president hamid karzai and his international backers have been at pains to point out the success of the selection but it depends according to what yardstick you measure success. based on the yardstick they've been using is many people here say extremely low they say that irregularities are inevitable they say that the violence of the su was less than of was last year during the presidential elections and they say that this election of the two hundred and forty nine parliamentary members will not be as corrupt or as difficult as it was last year having said that though there are many observers many analysts and a lot of afghans themselves who say that these elections cannot be called democratic in the western sense of democracy the fact that so few people turned out to vote does not give legitimacy to the parliament which is due to take its seats early next year. r.t. as policy reporting now the center of moscow this week became

a math field battleground the man thought to be the godfather of most of the c.i.s. as criminal groups were shot and seriously wounded but still managed to survive you go to prison off how small from the crimes. with a click of a trigger this cohen says street in the very heart of moscow became the scene of against a movie at around eight pm on thursday evening alleged crime was a slant in sajjan known by the nickname ground by sun was entering an apartment building with his bodyguard when suddenly two men were entering a vest a door when the shooting began around the bodyguard went down first while witnesses say. actually tried dodging the bullet ended up getting one in his stomach both men were rushed to hospital and the authorities soon after announced grandpa her son had died from the wounds back at the scene of the attack investigators found a kalashnikov rifle a silencer and empty shells but one was firing the shots from that window on the

third floor it's right opposite the entrance and such a short distance made it nearly impossible to miss as it turned out the leader of the alleged crime leader and his bodyguard both made it to the hospital underwent surgery and are now recovering authorities said they gave false reports on purpose to prevent a second assassination attempt grandpa her son is believed to be in charge of most organized criminal groups in russia and the c.i.s. and controls highly profitable lands in moscow and in southern russia very attractive for his rivals he used to be the right hand man of viewpoint and a tory a smart your boss assassinated last year was also shot in the stomach. so far it's hard to say who ordered the latest attack but it's definitely the result of the war currently going on between major gangsta clans in russia that's what since you point exists there have been various reports of gangster shootings and assassinations both in russia and in western europe including switzerland spain and

greece the police found dead bodies of men suspected of being members of this or that gang operating in russia or the c.i.s. but there's still no evidence grandpa his son is in any way connected. everyone knew al capone was they got far though the mafia never the less he was jailed for tax evasion a crime which can't even be compared to the horrible things he was involved in proving grandpa his stance criminal activities is just as difficult. as the gangster movies with shootouts in excess emissions have become cinema classics but as investigators now try to find the hitman and the organizers of thursday's attack the hollywood story lines of those terms are still just as relevant. you got the skin of r.t. moscow. the treaty between russia and the u.s. which would see both countries cut their nuclear arsenals is going to the american senate for approval however there are fears that republican politicians are

opposing the treaty known as start just to do damage to the democratic government. the start treaty got the green light from the senate foreign affairs committee and is heading for the senate floor this train it will make america more secure it will assist us in moving towards the goal of less nuclear threat and for that reason we're probably actually took today it's been a bumpy ride this five months of hearings and the resolution that the senators passed reflects that they put all their concerns in one package among them the time between offensive and defensive weapons senators clarified the treaty in no way is an obstacle for the u.s. plans to deploy defense systems american officials say at the same way it commits us to continue to develop the ability to be able to protect our people and to have a robust missile defense system but russians do take the time mentioned in the treaty quite seriously they see the new start as an agreement based on equality and

balance and that balance is shifted or disturbed they say they can't pull out. but both russian and american leaders are very eager to have this treaty in place they say it's an example for others to follow and the door into future cooperation in security something that the hands of defense of both countries reaffirm this wednesday when they mad in washington d.c. but some in washington say there are hurdles related to the ratification are not so much about the details of the treaty but about republicans trying to make a point to the democrats one of the problems is good old fashioned red meat politics the republicans don't they just can't resist this opportunity to say well you know the democrats are weak on national security and that's one of the real barriers that the obama administration faces here i have no doubt whatsoever if we had a republican administration this this treaty would be already ratified the paradox

is that the number of republicans who had testified for the. treaty outnumbers democrats on top of that the u.s. military officials are unanimous in their support of the deal something that many experts are pointing out here senators can express their concerns but they can't really change the trading they can either ratified or not and judging by what senators were saying this thursday they surely will the question is when i'm going to check out on our t.v. reporting from washington d.c. nuclear nonproliferation treaty is will be among the problems discussed by a global leaders in new york for the u.n. general assembly show jewels for the beginning of next week new york resident talks to people on the streets there and asks what they think about. the u.n. general assembly is opening a sixty fifth session here in new york city on the agenda that meant to be attended

by the world's most prominent leaders is that the world's most important meeting or just another annoyance for new york city this week let's talk about that too with the same thing year after year i was excited back in the seventy's when when carter was making his big you know push for everything and and then went back the same sort of thing and now everyone who comes in thinks that they can fix it from my experience in the computer say communiqué could look out for and it's never the same face to face. situation. if you. probably want to accomplish anything at all and it probably is just another chance to tell everybody hey we're here look we're doing here and do nothing. and in the meantime they take up our parking spaces are direct traffic for everybody congestion kind of stuff. by looking forward to it i tell you what do you think is important for them to talk about this year for me third country hunger i think as

well as. the boring climate change questions. why are those boring is not boring and just that it's. we never get anywhere and you're problem you're one of the problems. you think all the countries have equal say like they're supposed to do you know i don't i don't really think of mars that i think the united states of america why but that bad well they've got they've got all the power in the world have got the money they've got the influence money talks. and i don't anything i mean is i mean for the common people you know if by walking on the streets or whatever i mean what are they going to do for us you know it's just a more or less you know they get face time and i can. like oh yeah we did this do that or whatever but. if we all stopped believing in that water what's really the other option i guess i mean if martin luther king said you know it is the i have a

dream or the avenue i nightmare yet a dream so i think that what we all hope for is that we don't have that fatalistic view that we hope there's always a possibility to change the bottom line is that the un's agenda is important to the peoples of the world whether or not they're actually able to do anything about it remains to be seen until then we've got a lot of traffic. the iraqi government has agreed to pay out four hundred million dollars to americans traumatized during the kuwait invasion twenty years ago the decision has caused outrage among the country's population during the gulf war in one nine hundred ninety s. saddam hussein's regime had been torturing and using u.s. citizens as human shields but millions of iraqis who also suffered under saddam and later from the american military campaign are angry they've received nothing after

the kuwait war iraq was put on the u.n. sanctions which provided the legal basis for the presence of american troops on the question of reparations for iraqis and to. a member of the iraqi national alliance party who says there is cash in the country it just needs to be better distributed . a lot is not short of money by the way the publicly we see in iraq is code by a degree of mismanagement. on the government part huge corruption i think they should in iraq is not if there is money or not i think the problem is how the money is managed and why the how the government is in complete control of the iraqi state's money while they are like a government is extremely of a while they like people are extremely poor something very unusual i think in order to solve this issue as to how bad more effective government in the future specifically coming government that could transfer our wealth from the government

to the iraqi people. but the focus of financial development combating corruption in iraq often gives way to the battle against insurgency and so it is today twenty three people were killed by two separate car bombings in back down the first happened near the offices of a mobile phone for claiming ten lives another blast in the north of the city killed thirteen and injured more than seventy two police officers are among the dead the attacks and a two week period of calm after the end of the holy month of ramadan. powerful typhoon has battered taiwan bringing torrential rain and the widespread flooding thousands of villages have been evacuated from mountainous areas where there are fears of landslides a typhoon is now heading toward central china threatening to become the strongest one to hit the country this year. the group has pretty a.