this fantastic girl that everyone loves. this person that is not very popular to say the least is able to stay on the board woman whose book shed light on corruption in norway's immigration system is facing deportation while those on a un terror list of being given asylum in the scandinavian country a report coming up tonight plus fresh files from wiki leaks show how russia's opposition turns to the u.s. for help but frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington. and just chinese and american leaders agree the two superpowers still differ on sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people there looking.

hello this is r.t. it's no midnight here in moscow my name is kevin owen and our top story for you a woman who is voted norwegian of the year is being deported from the scandinavian country as an illegal immigrant born in the russian region of north korea really came to norway and really teens and published a book revealing corruption in its immigration system after that the order came for her to be kicked out his lawyer and reports. this is a girl who is now known as maria amélie but her original name was muddiness alarm of a she was born in cars the capital of north her family felt when she was quite a young girl that they had to leave russia arrived in norway around about two thousand and two where they applied for asylum but their application was refused the family decided that they would prefer to stay as illegal immigrants but what

seems to have happened is that she learnt to speak norwegian which is not a very easy language within a period of weeks and she was going to school here and she eventually gained most of his degree and then she wrote a book which she has now had published which published publicize the plight of illegal immigrants here in norway and she applied in her own right for asylum and the first that her lawyer and she heard that her asylum application had been turned down it was last week in fact when police turned up to a lecture that she had been giving a restaurateur outside that lecture so that's the first she knew of her application for asylum having been refused well it seems certainly from speaking to people here on the street and still of course to her lawyer that really all of norway is behind they've been turning out on to the streets to protest her arrest and to demand her release from detention that has now been achieved she has been released from detention and she was able to return home for

a short while and then here in norway there is also quite a gruesome paradox between. the person i've just described well integrated intelligence access for clever and another asylum seeker who also lives here in norway a man called mullah krekar now he is a former leader of a kurdish terror agree he's been declared a threat to state security by norway and he's also on the us and the un list of terrorists he cannot be to deported from norway because there is a threat that he might face the death sentence if you returned home to iraq i spoke to a lawyer. about this about this paradox that exists here and he told me how upset people in norway are about that the most popular political thing to say is we should get out of the country. and of course it's a terrible paradox for ordinary people to see. this fantastic girl that everyone loves. this person that. is. not

very popular to say the least a constant sort of nuisance to norwegian society is able to state this is part of a wider story really of the e.u.'s asylum policy which has come under fire recently for turning a blind eye to terrorist suspects and people linked to al qaeda in fact there was at the end of last year a europe wide investigation in twenty six people arrested in belgium and the netherlands and in germany in connection with a terror plot plot essentially raising funds for and recruiting for jihad and for a chechen terror group so really it seems desperately unfair in a situation like this that someone like maria amélie who has who is fighting to remain in norway the country that she has come to call home should be forced to leave where people like that are. turned a blind eye to in european countries but europe correspondent laura moat reporting

poppy cultivation in afghanistan has increased dramatically after foreign troops invaded the country in two thousand and one and its most rampant in areas that are under control of foreign forces that is the view of afghan president hamid karzai who gave us an exclusive interview with afghanistan was. incomplete. poppies were not so much but when the poppies were not that high when the left and the taliban came poppies went up but then there were crushed and stopped how come with the entire international community sort of canister would have so much talk of the war on drugs and all that there is such a rise in the cultivation of topics where we ought to charge. we have reduced poppies in twenty two provinces of afghanistan and some of to support this is completely eliminated place where we are not in charge we want to province where

there is taliban that would give us more foreign forces and in those provinces of course poppies of entries and that's a question all of us together ganesan of the size including russia in a very important significant way must help afghanistan get treaty and get in charge of its all affairs and to defend our own country and to run or own country so by twenty fourteen or we are not in need and there is no reason for the international forces to continue in afghanistan well cuz a here in moscow to say god help you to hold talks with dmitri medvedev later today russia is one of afghanistan's key allies in fighting drug trafficking in the country in october last year russian special forces help the afghan troops destroy several labs that produce heroin and other substances because i said he hoped afghanistan would be able to take charge of its own security by twenty four teams when u.s. troops are due to leave. the russian political opposition has many internal

squabbles but one thing we all have in common is that they frequently visit the u.s. embassy here in moscow and fresh files from wiki leaks published by the newspaper comes from the reveal they often requested financial help and political help too but washington's officials got tired of those constant pleas artie's an italian overcovered discover it. article talks about the inability of the russian opposition leaders through law be their interest on the domestic level and having to reach out to the third parties to achieve their goals in this case the third party being the united states of america now they believe that harsh criticism from the u.s. would ensure a healthy human rights ad most fear in the country but the response from one of the top ranking u.s. security officials who spoke to the opposition leaders was that it shows the incompetence of the current opposition in the country and that they have to learn to negotiate with their thirty's on their own in achieving their goals and that

even though during the bush administration the us has shown support to the countries opposition the situation has changed nowadays it is up to russian activists to build up their relations with their administration with very true lying on america so much has changed in the relation between russia and the united states since the bush administration of especially after the so-called resets of the relations between russia and the united states had of the presidential election in two thousand and twelve russia's opposition wants the united states to side with that in order to lobby their interests but the response from the us ambassador to russia to that's was that it shows the fact that russia's opposition do not have the same understanding of democracy as americans do. investigative journalist webster tarpley told me the wiki leaks only revealed of the opposition movement in russia has no real political influence. what we see in these papers is the russia

director of the national security council michael mcfaul who is interested in grooming barbarous nemtsov as a candidate to stop putin from becoming president again in two thousand and twelve which both foule obviously thinks is is what's going to happen and it seems to me that the gaggle of people that they have working for them are not going to be adequate to the task folly as is someone who goes back quite a ways in russia his history in the in the one nine hundred ninety s. was to support everything that yeltsin did because the u.s. was supporting yeltsin it was shock therapy that was democratic it was sending tanks to shoot up the parliament that became democratic and now he looks at this this group of opposition which includes skinheads and national bolsheviks neo fascists in every way he says we're going to somehow get these people together

and do something in the two thousand and twelve presidential election thanks to the fact that we have weekly leaks and our songe on our sides just a word about them soft this of course was one of the young wolves of the chernomyrdin yeltsin era and if you look at what he did for every conceivable disaster in the in the book of economics and he visited hyperinflation a bubble a crash nomenclature tura privatization the coming of the oligarchs all of this is the handiwork of soft and who now thinks that he should make a comeback and really soft may be the only people who believe this is possible. for moscow his books online and i hope it's not at all calm. i think it first he created smoke and then if now those charges that are put forward in the card against vick to boot don't relate to those accusations that the american press was talking about from one in ten years you can find what i love who expects from the forthcoming trial of

a husband who's been extradited to the us for alleged arms deals he believes his case is simply probably her exclusive interview on our website are. also you feeling a bit of what can happen is that we've got on life you know good masterclass for you then you'll love this next part. of the tape and shake off the stress of a big city so good if you've got the time to do it r.t. dot com. is the chinese leader visits the u.s. the global powers can define their relations in terms of big partners or rivals with china on the rise american officials are getting nervous about losing their grip over global affairs but some say there's much the u.s. could learn from china rather than washington simply focusing on losing its role as global top dog to carry forward reports i went in to burger king with my son

and i think. i think it's a z h e. z z z h u z h u and recognize the that is chinese for some americans the word china elicits fear recognizing china's rise means recognizing america's decline and now we are getting. our toys and our things in our little happy meals which should be banned there so dangerous. not just our toys in the bag being made in china. but the image and everything else culture coming from china. or others china elicits feelings of inferiority according to the pew research center forty seven percent of americans think china is the world's leading economic power only thirty one percent think america. that's certainly the opinion among students at millinocket school in maine which will

welcome paying chinese students to close its budget gap next year i think the chinese are going to be total shock i think about high tech in a way more advanced than us but ten times more money alike and a better society and then you look at eisenhower like whore and nothing as hu jintao towards the u.s. capitol american officials are eager to quell fears about what a rising china could mean for the world's only superpower still some analysts say that the united states should be focusing on what it can learn from china rather than merely containing it china knows how to develop they're doing it we are expanding boring and consuming rather than saving and investing for the future a sentiment echoed by many we spoke to a lot to learn terms of productivity organizational resources and also having a culture that values hard work more than i think they're trying to develop their economy and share some of the wealth with the folks economically politically militarily china is on the rise and while the u.s.

put education on the chopping block this year china invested four percent of its g.d.p. in primary and secondary schools in poor rural areas chinese universities are mushroom all across the country and increasingly attracting prestigious foreign professors and even american students like philadelphia native zachary franklin seem. just a better decision to be in a country learning about economics where so much is happening economically getting a master's in shanghai doesn't mean crippling student loans chinese students themselves you know not paying absorbent amounts of money for an education in this country. china is also speeding ahead on high speed rail lines in massive infrastructure chinese officials say they will complete the first eco city by two thousand and twenty which will be home to three hundred fifty thousand as u.s. lawmakers squabble for years over who will foot the bill for every high speed rail link bridge or metro expansion ready to stab dreams so we've got to hold interstate

highway system we've got a gigantic infrastructure projects in u.s. history a city more unified as a people are moving in a positive direction and i wish we could say the same president obama has plenty to put on the table as he hosts his chinese counterpart at the first u.s. china state dinner but will the white house be equally eager to learn from its gas and ford r t washington d.c. international affairs analyst rick ross or told me he doesn't believe that relations between the two giants will change overnight. this is a regime which is seeking to suppress human rights creates free expression by civil society political or position and what we need to do is to be seeing it so that was a wrong clip who brought you there it wasn't a rose off speaking to us that was an m.e.p. or spoke to earlier on all right now the e.u. parliament imposed sanctions against the better russian leader in response to a rigged presidential election last month and sanctions include not only visa

restrictions for officials but also economic sanctions including a freeze on the investments and bank accounts of taught by the rispoli tical and law enforcement figures who strictures come just ahead of the inauguration of the country's president who won the elections and made numerous violations in a brutal plant and thousands of protesters alexander lukashenko dubbed europe's last dictator has been placed under sanctions before but has continued his policies without change like this is the right gentleman now european parliament member richard have it told me that the e.u. could no longer sit by and that this time the pressure on the belarusian president will be much more intense let's listen in to what he had to say again. this is a man and a regime which is seeking to suppress human rights creates free expression by civil society political opposition and what we need to do is to be seeing to say that the european union and international community is will change that we will act and

the whether it's today tomorrow or sunday in the near future there will be consequences on this by the russian regime otherwise we are letting down the human rights groups and political prisoners who are suffering today in the past they were very blunt approach to start all over nothing you know what we are saying today overturned today a small sanctions financial sanctions against himself others in his regime were not at the moment signed with that should people on the family members were saying that the motive that true track should stay open we want. to be part of the eastern partnership with its neighboring countries and our local the european union but multilateral a three d. r.m.f. if you are poor to be cut off but yes there are these further steps that we could make in the future and we are putting personally on notice tomorrow is going to have a secret you know gross ration integration with no international gas there and

that's because the international community does not recognize the election results and will not stand idly by as innocent opposition members are imprisoned or beaten or tortured and civil society suppressed in this country we will not look the other way. richard how m.e.p. talking to me earlier on some world news in brief now south korea has accepted a fresh proposal from the off to hold high level military talks an offer by pyongyang earlier this month to hold discussions was rejected by its soul which criticized the offer as insincere tensions have been high on the korean peninsula since last november's deadly artillery exchange between the two countries also on thursday so welcome to the greyman between the u.s. and chinese leaders on the need to maintain peace and stability on the peninsula. the prime minister of ireland's announced that he intends to dissolve the parliament and call an early general election in march comes after four ministers resigned from the cabinet overnight bringing the total now to five in just two days and leaving the p.m.'s cabinet in chaos government say that support free fall since

agreeing to an international aid package for the deadly country last year. coming up former british prime minister tony blair is due to testify before the iraq war inquiry later today now ahead of that hearing artie's lorimer caught up with a british m.p. and antiwar campaigner jeremy corbyn who was with the labor party when it was in power under blair.

we are here as tony blair appears before the chilcote inquiry for the second time jeremy hope the tax 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 what happened last time will 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 know very few do rock 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 finite

details of the decision to go to war with iraq and it turned into only good 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 a second u.n. resolution if he thought the first one was efficient 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 and blair's 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 but this is in a sense the last chance saloon for british public inquiries if we're to have any reasonable standing as an effective democracy. and 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 so 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 on the judgment 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's no is this a good way forward for world international law no you mentioned it 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 in. to get to

the rest of the world would have far more respect for the international process because the moment the most prominent people who've come before it have been. the attempts at arresting the president of sudan the current trial that's going on of charles taylor from liberia and the past process on milosevic and the situation in yugoslavia but the perpetrators of this war in 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 blair was labeled 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 everybody else condemned it but blair went one step

further with a 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 is 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 influence would do him for which. of us is 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 and 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 iraq he seemed to me to be building up

a case for action against iraq from very early on and i think we have to recognize there's a terrible danger in all of this i absolutely condemn human rights abuses anywhere in the world are condemned under saddam hussein i condemn them what's going on in iran in 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 derivatives of it they also have a sense of grievance against the west for the coup in one nine hundred fifty two for the exploitation of the oil for the imposition bashar 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

voluntary supplementary protocol i think we should be upping in gauge with iran rather than the sanctions policy and the isolation of iraq engagement is likely to bring about improvements in human rights in gauge what is likely to bring about the prospect of iran working with the rest of the world and engagement would actually strengthen the hands of civil society in iran as well. thank you very much you're very welcome thank you.

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