apart. i was just an empty shell. with a uniform and a gun. very strong very courageous. but empty. i don't know if he's human being of sane mind gets used to killing. me if i never got used to killing.

sweden's parliamentary election strained the country's democratic traditions with candor this from a far right party claiming they've been attacked and denied. some

other stories that have shaped the we wash our way to decision on the act there's no one of its most wanted terror suspects from poland where he was detained on friday released. also brush and norway reach a milestone agreement on their borders in the energy rich barents sea putting an end to a fourteen year old dispute over water it's. also an r.t.s. spike in poverty in the us new figures reveal one in seven americans were living below the breadline last year the highest number in over fifty years of record keeping. a warm welcome this sunday to our to us weekly program and now way first this hour

sweden's holding general elections with the ruling coalition expected to win most seats in the parliament but a controversial far right party is so far winning most of the headlines this weekend democrats party demand immigration caught saying it will ease the pressure on the contours welfare system and with a real chance of them winning seats something like ten to this have been attacked and others denied their right to free speech and this war and that reports from the city of malmo. it's one of europe's oldest democracies but the lead up to the ac is election in. sweden has been anything but democratic candidates from the right wing sweden democrats have been harassed and bullied allegedly by young people from far left groups. there have been several cases which past with the now it's starting to become known we're a big part in 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's. 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 told them speaking arabic in a town like malmo where thirty percent of the population was born abroad the sweden democrats have attracted 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 of. doesn't agree with the message this week democrats are pushing out but thinks it's important they should be allowed to speak. here. pretty good it's. people. here in this country. sweden and 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 and what about. its people. there.

so. this weekend's election is likely to result in the sweet democrats winning first. it's likely to be a divisive. politics. the other party will have to decide. and 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 let in and see immigration policy play a role in governing some have already shown they don't know or at its own. sweet to. do with are to live from moscow much more ahead for you this hour here's what's to come. home to is underway in the afghan capital of reports of violence and fraud we'll bring you an update in just a few moments. plus gangster wars in the heart of moscow we bring you the story of

an attempt on the wife of russia's notorious mom here kingpin and we'll look at possible motives for the violence. gordon said to decide whether to extradite one of russia's most wanted terror suspects commands a cry of was detained in warsaw on friday on an international arrest warrant but later released. the reports from the polish capital. two days before i 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 hours after he landed in warsaw was apprehended by the police show for e.t.s. . was coming to attend a very high profile event the world. which is taking place in poland and it was impossible to ignore he would be making a public splash so therefore the poles had to act because they do have obligations

to their european partners to the systems legal systems they belong to and i think that's what they're answering to in detaining is a kind of the man himself seemingly 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 poland was not his enemy and that he wanted to find out for himself why he is wanted something few in moscow believed. we heard a car i was heading to poland to turn himself in to 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 soaring the improving relations between moscow and warsaw. poland has to consider where there's a 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 they have all the mess to contend and they can go. and definitely i think this is the 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 an elegant 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 moskos says it has proved it was one of the masterminds of the most 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 so will also review the basis of the decisions taken in the u.k. which granted him asylum and that asylum proved pivotal. 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 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 let's see reporting from warsaw in poland. to afghanistan now where at least fourteen people were killed in a string of attacks on saturday when the continent voted in parliamentary elections ballot counting is underway amid fraud allegations and reports of irregularities artie's correspondent paul us lier. 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 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 crossed 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 anti food 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 the voter id 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 as many people here say extremely low they say that you regularities are inevitable they say that the violence of the su was less than of was last year during the presidential elections and that 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 waste and sense of democracy the fact that so few people tuned out to vote

does not give legitimacy to the parliament which is due to take its seats the next year. or two suppose they are reporting in kabul there but the democratic process is failing in afghanistan that's the view of dr abdullah an afghan opposition leader who was hamid karzai as main challenger in the two thousand and nine presidential election he says his country must learn from past mistakes to avoid collapse. as i had predicted before the presidential elections last year but if the same situation frontin you the situation can only do to you date this is exactly what we are witness to in terms of governance issues of corruption rule of law and justice and security and as a whole so this is the these sort of sliding down all the the downward send. to an absolute failure i list a list we look into the mistakes of the past we draw lessons from the mistakes of

the past and we give the people up on us on their sense of direction so this is stage the african leadership the administration led by mr i can say it in itself is a misled leadership and then lost as of date action defenders of the national government cannot decide to do with more troops from outside sources from outside more energy and more support from outside this is the situation that afghans are to start with and the international community is also stuck with it. because i'm more stories on our website r.t. dot com let's take a quick look at what else is online for you right now find out what dangers lurking in the depths of politics see and the efforts being made to make the water safe. and archaeologists have found the remains of an eighteenth century russian emperor who was ousted from power in thailand had spent his life in solitary confinement.

well 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 barren sea and divided of disputed area roughly half the size of germany the deal was expected to boost offshore exploration in a region rich with reserves of oil and natural gas. russian in the region leaders aglow in from satisfaction with president dmitri medvedev and prime minister yen stoltenberg have achieved is a huge relief for the nations. 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 in 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 all and gas reserves profit has also been at the center of this peat but with unclear buddha no one could even start the series exploration circle in 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 always going to. need new fields and new big elephants to develop. these disputed area later. 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 is the natural resources have nothing to do with nato

it's a zone for economic cooperation and military presence will create additional issues here in the sun in cannes and it's rising tension between the five arctic states which also include canada denmark and the united states over. in this lucrative region. have showed how to return to feuds can be resolved very important from the point of view of. russian strategy which i would call to ease tensions russian borders the treaties 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 bering sea were tied as much as a quarter of the planet's seabed all and gas resources for three years due to political opposition see this treasure has remained there than buried now with russia in no way finally sinking their law running feud the two maritime powers are finally ready to make some headway what's been causing troubles for decades will

soon start bringing in profits. in the barents sea. well coming your way next hour here in our t.v. one step closer to a nuclear free. arms reduction treaty between russia and the u.s. heads for a vote for the senate we look at how america's in-house issues at hand are ratification . this week also saw another round of middle east peace talks with the israeli and palestinian leaders meeting for two days in sharm el sheikh and jerusalem the meeting was over saddled by israeli warplanes attacking gaza twice in response to palestinian rocket and mortar fire the talks continue to be so far israeli settlements in the west bank palestinian president mahmoud abbas had threatened to pull out of the goshi actions if israel extended the settlement building wherever he added that there is no alternative to peace omar barghouti from the palestinian

campaign for the academic and cultural boycott of israel says the middle east talks are doomed to failure because the rights of palestinians are being neglected negated rather. the entire settlement colonial settlement enterprise is illegal according to international law all the set them as have to be removed according to international law and this points to the main problem with these so-called negotiations and i call them negations not negotiations because they negate palestinian rights they negate human rights in general and they negate their reference to international law and therefore these talks have no chance of success there's really side is a belligerent occupier and an apartheid system that's denying the majority of the palestinians the refugees the right to return to their homes the palestinian side is too weak and lacks democratic mandate not to mention vision and other things so there is no chance for these talks to succeed well just over an hour for you are do reports on soldiers who listen to their consciences rather than their commanding

officers. sergeant of the israeli defense forces. during his service scorched the street fight. to fly in from the colonel of the chilean armed forces participated in keeping down a military revolt. camilo. a sergeant of the u.s. army. tried to become an american by getting part in the. ranks and reasons differ but one thing brings them together once they disobey. the white house is pressing ahead with plans to double u.s. exports in the next five years the report could generate two million jobs and that's hoped to help the country in its recovery from recession it comes as new figures reveal that the number of americans facing poverty is at

a fifty year high. welcome to silk city. this once was what the industrial revolution looked like in the united states. now this is what poverty looks like in this town more than twenty percent are poor more than seventeen percent unemployed it means for many here ninety m. is a time to go to work now and that is just something down it's time to head to the food pantry for charity that. they are low income folks are some of them have been unemployed for almost two years is what we're seeing but on average it's the underemployed if there are people who can't make ends meet people like jenny are going tomorrow and it's not enough you know it's just not enough to get all the need and the numbers are only growing and we saw in two thousand and nine

a fifteen percent increase over two thousand and eight numbers and we're anticipating that that number will go up by another ten percent at the end of two thousand and thirteen not only here but in the entire u.s. new statistics for two thousand and nine show forty three million people one in seven are living in poverty this is the most people who are in more than fifty years that's when they first began tracking these numbers here you can see one reason they wanted her to newbies are few and far between especially in the old urban industrial cities are paterson as in so many cities in the united states manufacturing used to power this one these were still factories that now are decrepit boarded up sitting in disrepair there are signs everywhere here of the u.s. manufacturing jobs that have disappeared or gone overseas factory work all of the low level jobs that these folks with mostly older sort of outlook. and leaving them lining up in droves for a little heat we now see prepare about twelve hundred meals

a day now it will be severing about four hundred. people. a free hotline some of the work around here some are at the homeless not surprisingly always on call been some may say there are twenty percent more mouths to feed here at avis kitchen than here are going to fly through you know we're now and some can't work like for one who has an incurable disease who is now for bills work or for so many of it used to be a truck driver yet he still can't afford lunch and experts say the needy are needier than ever are they more poor yes that i can say and here on the ground for from washington and wall street there is no sign of an economic recovery for these people in sight i don't see recovery. they have no thanks for their politicians i don't know what's going on with the color i don't know was the press the door. for me is not going there is no gloom read or. islam in the urban decay of silk

city gratitude is reserved for the help with recovery they do know. that we. don't use their you day account pretty lauren lyster our t. patterson new jersey some very real pictures there of course poverty will be one of the top issues discussed at the un general assembly session in new york next hour to ask people in the city what results they can expect from the gathering. really want a. chance to tell everybody hey we're here look we're doing and do nothing and in the meantime they take up a parking space the traffic for everybody congestion if we all stop believing in that what 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 that and 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 center of moscow witnessed a mafia clash this week the man thought to be the godfather of the most restless criminal groups was shot and seriously wounded artie's a corpse can all proportion from the scene. with a click of a trigger this quite insane street in the very heart of moscow became the scene of a gangster movie at around eight pm on thursday evening alleged crime boss. known by the nickname grand son was entering an apartment building with his bodyguard when suddenly the two men were entering a vis a door when the shooting began around the bodyguard went down first while witnesses say grandpa saw him actually tried dodging the bullet ended up getting one in his stomach both men were rushed to hospital and you have to announce the son had died

in the. back at the scene of the attack investigators found a kalashnikov rifle a sale in syria and he shows. the hitman was firing the shots from that window on the third floor it's right opposite the entrance at 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 needed to the hospital underwent surgery and are now recovering authorities said they give false reports on purpose to prevent a second disaster nation attempt grandpa has 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 tourist mafia boss assassinated last year was also shot in the stomach. and so far it's hard to say who ordered the latest attack but it's definitely the result of a war currently going on.