video on demand. mind. and. the palm of your. dot com. it's ten thirty pm thursday night here in moscow if you want to be our t.v. news channel i'm kevin owen and these are all top stories tonight award winning writer who shed light on corruption in norway's immigration system is facing deportation meanwhile those on the un terror list are being given asylum in this country country. fresh files from wiki leaks show russia's opposition turns to the u.s. for help but frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington. and chinese american leaders agree the two superpowers still differ and sensitive issues beijing's

growing influence in the u.s. is making people there look east. the inquiry into why the u.k. went to war in iraq will not draw on the private correspondence between former prime minister tony blair and former american president george w. bush the letters were thought to be able to shed light on exactly why the u.k. got involved with the invasion one of the politicians whose party was in power at the time now gives his insight an interview he gave to us today. today i'm in london with jeremy corbin he's a member of parliament with the labor party and also an antiwar campaigner we are here as tony blair appears before the chilcote inquiry for the second time jeremy cotton thanks very much for talking to r.t. now this as i've said is not the first time that blair is appearing before the iraq inquiry can you just remind us of what happened last time while he was very nervous

to begin with came into the room and was asked some questions of a moderately robust way about the evidence leading up to his decision to recommend to parliament that we invaded iraq and then the latter part of the year it turned into a sort of tony blair lecture in defense of his policies on what he calls humanitarian intervention and then went on to warn the whole world about what he perceived to be the danger from iran and i thought the whole thing was a travesty because this is meant to be an inquiry looking into the absolute details of the decision to go to war with iraq and it turned into tony of course and i'm quite pleased that he's been recalled to the inquiry and i hope this time the inquiry shows its mettle goes through again with tony blair. the legal advice he was given why he sought to second u.n. resolution if he thought the first one was to authorize an invasion and why he then

recommended to parliament that there was an overwhelming case of danger of weapons of mass destruction and why we should go to war and i think he's got a great deal to answer what are we expecting this time around i think the question is going to be more robust i hope so and i think so because the chilcot inquiry feel quite nervous about public perceptions of their role and their effectiveness in. so i think this time around it probably will be quite tough and blair is really their key witness he must be he's absolutely essential to the whole process because he's the only one that was involved in every single one of the decisions in every single one of the meetings he's the one saw the attorney general's apparently informal advice he's the one who decided what from the attorney general would be put in front of the cabinet he's the one who discussed with jack straw and with jeremy greenstock what went before the un security council and he's the one that

decided what he was going to say to parliament and what he didn't say to parliament so yes he's absolutely central to it but this is in a sense the last chance saloon for british public inquiries because we had the foreign office. committee inquiry we had the parliamentary process and then gordon brown agreed that this inquiry would be set up and indeed it has been set up if we're to have any reasonable standing as an effective democracy then this inquiry has got to go into some fairly serious detail about it and recommendations about what's going to happen next no it's not a judicial inquiry which many of us wanted but i get the feeling that a legal process could emanate as a result of the evidence that's going to come out and how impressed are you with the inquiry say far even do you think its depth and usefulness has been what you hoped it would be i have mixed feelings about it. i don't. denigrate it i think they have tried quite hard in many ways they have spoken to families they have

taken a great deal of evidence families of soldiers who tragically lost their lives in iraq and they're now taking evidence would turn in coming back but i remain slightly skeptical that it isn't going to just say there has to be improvements in the processes of government and there has to be better recording of meetings and all that sort of thing probably yes. maybe that's not the issue the issue is this country involved itself in what i believe to be an illegal invasion of another country we've lost a considerable number of british soldiers a much larger number of american soldiers and others have died and tens of thousands of iraqis probably half a million iraqis have died as a result of this and is the world a safer place no is the threat of terrorism there is no is this a good way forward for world international law no you mention that

a legal process might result from the chill cos inquiry. do you think that if tony blair was prosecuted for war crimes as many people want that would result in the world in fact being a safer place i think if a european politician former head of government in the case of tony blair was actually brought before the. international court in the hague and investigated the rest the world would have far more respect for the international process because the moment the most prominent people who have come before it have been. the attempts at arresting the president of sudan the current trial that's going on charles taylor from liberia and the past process on the loss of which the situation in yugoslavia but the perpetrators of this war. iraq

war are in the united states and in in europe and i think it would do an awful lot for the standing of this because there is a bit of a feeling around that ok you go off to big guys in small countries you won't go after big guys in big countries what do you think blair's legacy is and how do you think it will impact position of the u.k. in terms of the rest of the world well in politics it's quite possible to go from hero to zero and back again. blair became leader of the labor party in the one nine hundred ninety s. change the whole structure of the labor party and had a very easy innings with the labor party because. we were desperate to win the ninety seven election his government really had sort of three strange directions to it and they were actually sort of rather different if he was always and remains a market politician he believes in a market economy he's not a socialist in the sense of any kind of economic transformation. yet his government

at the same time did introduce quite important social legislation national minimum wage sure start children's centers and human rights activists and quite good things on that and quite libertarian in the sense of age of consent and issues like that then in foreign policy starting out from an ethical foreign policy and the robin cook we rapidly descended into being a total poodle of the bush administration in the usa and blair's legacy what ever else he says or does in his life is always going to be iraq was labelled bush's spoilt puppy by the british media do you think that the u.k.'s relationship with the us has changed at all since he left power blair associate himself totally with bush and the strange thing was after nine eleven which was a dreadful event. absolute condemn what happened on nine eleven everybody else condemned it but blair when. very strange speech about we have to pay the blood

price for the relationship with the usa it's went to war with afghanistan he associate himself with bush more than anybody else and i do remember at one parliamentary labor party meeting i asked him said well where's the benefits of our special relationship with the usa how much employees do you really have over bush and his reply was of i told you that the implants would form which. of us is going to cause a lot of people blair is a politician who has very high regard for his own ability has very limited respect for international law hence he would not have promulgated this idea of humanitarian intervention instead he would have worked through the un and international law i think that's his legacy the other thing is his behavior since he ceased to be prime minister is an obsessive touring around the world collecting very large fees for speaking going to it's reported in the press last week that he's made twelve million pounds since he ceased to be prime minister some fool to

money. made it clear that he wouldn't allow iran to develop nuclear weapons do you think if you were still in charge we'd already be at war with iran he seemed to me to be building up a case for action against iraq from very early on. i think we have to recognize there's a terrible danger in all of this absolutely condemned human rights abuses anywhere in the world are condemned under saddam hussein i condemn them what's going on at the present time the purpose of intervention in iran is not about human rights in iran the whole thing is about iran's position in the world iran is a powerful country has a great deal of oil it has a great deal of military it also has a great sense of its position the persian empire the riveters of it they also have a sense of grievance against the west for the coup in one nine hundred fifty two for the. protection of the oil for the imposition of the shah and also the behavior

towards the islamic republic and so i think we have to have a dialogue with iran they don't have nuclear weapons at the moment they are signatories to nuclear nonproliferation treaty they have withdrawn from the following three supplementary protocol i think we should be upping in gauge with iran rather than the sanctions policy and the isolation of iran engagement is likely to bring about improvements in human rights engagement is likely to bring about the prospects of iran working with the rest of the world and the gauge would actually strengthen the hands of civil society in iran as well. thank you very much you very welcome thank you. wealthy british science.

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stories martin ward winning right to shed light on corruption in norway's immigration system is facing deportation meanwhile those on the un terror list have been given asylum in the scandinavian country. fresh files from wiki leaks show how russia's opposition to the u.s. for help but frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington. also from r.t. tonight charlie's an american leaders agree the two superpowers still differ on sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people there looking. twenty two forty five here in moscow thanks for being with us and who's got the sports.

hello there thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes. good day for russia destroyed you know news now in hopes of a new year old and usually advancing. rude awakening can hold it high getting chechnya we cast our eye over the lenses for a manager to take the russia. and america make davis love the ryder cup captain charged with winning back the track. let's start there with the tennis for me is still flying the flag for his country he's the only russian left in the men's draw but make it through to the third round after a grueling five setter of a ten seed was pushed all the way by us levine is a blast chick usually producing some magic to put himself through this one coming

from two sets down to level michael usually two to decide the six one to set up a third round meeting with me last ryan. and rafael nadal showed why he's the top seed once again he found the american mind sweeting wrapped up a straight sets win in just over an hour and a half to set up a meeting with bernard tomic in the. i think a. few mistakes with the back and throw the serve i sort of myself a lot since. the first day i was suddenly well all the. to the right of. the sun was very difficult for a moment. and i sort of worked. so hard for the. and elsewhere top ten c. and the mary and david also advancing into the next round with easy

three set wins it's. well on the women's side to use the number two seed bit of honor has progressed after beating jova navasky she did have to come from a set down but the russian says this sort of match will make a sharper than her next opponent the czech photo of. her it is definitely get in better in that's what i wanted this kind of match you know where maybe you're not fully perfect drug the whole match and maybe a little bit inconsistent yet but you still get in through this kind of match and i really think that it will really help me to improve for the next one and i'm very positive about it you know and. maybe you know maybe not as sharp yet as i want to be but differently this kind of match will help me to be better next also through his father a russian ninety patrol over who beat alecia mollica muscovite reaching the quarter finals at melbourne last year but was made to work in the first set to eventually win it six for the second was easier if you took that six one and that sets up

a third round meeting your fellow russian katherina mcadam. and she beat that same cup from ukraine that also a good victory on thursday for almost six i'm just ready and open to you campion honest to see a public chunk of. the russians did loose a little club and over checotah the anchor olenka all on their way. meanwhile kim clijsters was again in dominant form this time against carlos watters navarro the third seed beating the spaniard six one six three and up next for the belgian he's never won the strain open title is france's elise corner. game says. i went out there with the intention to to stay very aggressive and to you know not let my opponent kind of play a game and that is you know try to really mix it up and you know play with a lot of spin and. know she can only do that when she has a lot of time and i think it was really up to me to try and kind of limit that from

. really be aggressive when i was out there and i did well there was a shock in melbourne seven sigil in a yankovic's went out to be unseated shy of paying the chinese went to set up after winning a tie break and then strong through the next six three afterwards paying said her secret was keeping calm while yankovic's was honest enough to admit she wasn't good enough on the day. just tell myself if i don't try to run a space myself you know and just look at the ball and chain fire to every point you . think it's a matter of fitness just so you have a better selection of shots at the wrong times i. hope cooler for. the air is that only a. crucial part of the. top of the road and it's tough to do or sometimes accept those.

times oh cool you believe i hope you can do that then why are we doing but it's you know it's there it's. just you have to pause to. keep working hard and hope we come back over to be kontinental hockey league now with tears in moscow trying to make the final push with the playoffs approaching fast the army men got in the way when beaten by four but they're still a long way from making it thirteen points behind a place in armory a place i didn't get in the western conference playoff picture and speaking of the not slowing their role in the their three one win. normal moscow. will be arriving in chechnya on saturday as manager of premier league side ted it growing any other club wants a top five finish in the dutchman's first season in charge and also hopes to win the champions league in the future but what are their chances russian football writer mark bennett says who it will be up against it. i think you have

a lot of problems in chechnya because. basically he doesn't speak russian and i don't know i feel a massive cultural shock when it comes to you know i don't know terrible promising they're going to attract world class players in the side i think that any amount of money will be very difficult so more players even to russia live from chechnya which is on the side of the brutal fighting and the recent recent years in terrorism are we more just on the publicist side the p.r. side of things around actual support side because russian the russian foreign minister really do very well with the exception of he didn't come out because i think he said he wants them next year to get in the top. and getting europa league place which means top five which is i would be a major achievement if we can get him to the i think saying that he wants them to win the champions league it's going to put a little bit too much pressure on the guy hasn't started the job is not going to be a miracle if they win it but anything's possible of course it will be interesting now in england manchester city boss roberto mancini says he's satisfied with the

position his team is in after a hectic period of fixtures city are level on points with manchester united at the top of the premier league heading into their next game against aston villa to be fair city have played team all games then you know i shouldn't have been conceding a few ghosting three and i think. more and the f.a. cup win over lest you tell your mates they need to be better back he's happy with his attack signing strike and being. played very well like the players i think that. i think that the. like you or the other players that come from. really needs a floor for the games to understand. because for me because this is the feeling from the championship. elsewhere liverpool travel to wolves who beat them one middle and field recently new boss kenny dalglish says it's a game they plan to win but it's remain tight lipped about possible transfer

targets. and given the names of model going to be christian this answer the an individual i myself you know going to talk about sums of money i think. chancellor merkel has been responsible to continue. the club's morning. spend more. look at the rest of the games on saturday leaders manchester united are entertaining birmingham tassel who are third base wigan and spurs are away newcastle and could go forward with a way. that champions again with a ten that are rally title in hand a new bunch of record set because it could be come as chuck team have arrived back in moscow a flight from madrid bringing home the victorious koreans who managed to occupy the entire podium in the truck category planning which again claimed a seventh title to set the record for the most victories at the event meanwhile bit

off and eduardo nikolayev finished second and third respectively with the idea of watching his team mates back in for position the team's young hopeful nick alive confessed that his initial priority was just to make it to the finish line but he was gaining confidence stage by stage. i didn't see before the really that we would first just to please the route although i added that we were not going to hold back and soon as the police was good enough to make it to the podium it worked. in other news america have been urged davis love the third is their new ryder cup captain he's a twenty time when on the p.g.a. tour played in six ryder cups and so says he knows what it will take to win back the trophy from europe in chicago next year players captain if you can. term it that way that i'm going to try to get them what they need to be successful and then obviously i'm not going to tell the best players in the world how to play golf i'm

not going to read their parts i'm going to stay out of their way and let them show their talents and i think. a good leader knows he's got a great team and just gets them prepared and lets him go play well the latest event on the european tour is taking place and not be darby and it's chelsea or phil here who has a one shot lead at the h.s.b.c. championship guarding a sixty four during his first round and that keeps him just ahead of the portrait harrington the argument also showing great form and eagle for him. on the seventeenth. and finding the super welterweight champion has gone face to face with his next opponent. a simple way to call welterweight champion will put his belt on the line against. a march twelfth in vegas and even though my old guy is just a couple of inches taller than he didn't hesitate to make fun of his opponents size at a press conference any minute actually i began when someone you. first are going to

fight someone. is a small as a kid. do they report that. i think that was funny and how it's all a sport for them and we'll have more sports he likes her. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on r t.

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