but the girl that everyone loves is. this person that is not very popular to say the least he's able to stay a russian born woman whose book shed light on corruption in norway's immigration system is facing deportation while those on the un terror list of been given asylum in the scandinavian countries we report tonight but. 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 the chinese an american leaders agree the two superpowers still differ on sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people aware look east.

hello this is r.t. it's one am here in moscow my name is kevin owen and our top story tonight a woman who was voted norwegian of the year is being deported from the scandinavian country is an illegal immigrant but one of the russian region of north korea came to norway narrowly teens and published a book revealing corruption in its immigration system after that the order came for her to be kicked out. reports. this is a girl who is now known as maria amélie but original name was muddiness alarm of a she was born in body cause the capital of an office that 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 as

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 a degree and then she wrote a book which she has now had published which published publicizes 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 lectures about 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 who the person i've just described well integrated intelligence access or 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 group 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 lot. 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 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 qaida 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 amalie 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 an european countries. europe correspondent reporting for us from

oslo. poppy cultivation in afghanistan increased dramatically after foreign troops invaded the country in two thousand and one and its most rump and in fact in areas that are under control of foreign forces that's the view indeed of the afghan president himself karzai who spoke to us exclusive interview with afghanistan was. in complete. poppies were not so much when the poppies were not but when the left and the taliban came poppies went up but then they were crushed and stopped how come when the entire international communities in afghanistan would have so much talk of the war on drugs eradication and all that there is such a rise in the cultivation of poppies where we are in charge. we have reduced poppies in twenty two provinces of afghanistan and some of those provinces were completely eliminated places where we are not in charge the one of two provinces

where there is the taliban are with us more foreign forces in those provinces of course poppies of entries and that's a question all of us together of garrison of the time i see including russia in a very important significant way must help afghanistan get treaty and get in charge of its own affairs and to defend our own country and to run or own country so by twenty fourteen. we are not in need and there is no reason for the international forces to continue in afghanistan and karzai is in moscow to seek that help is due to hold talks with dimitri preventive 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 aborad trees that produced heroin and other substances because i said that he hoped afghanistan would be able to take charge of its own security by twenty fourteen when u.s. troops are due to leave. the russian political opposition as many internal

squabbles but one thing they 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 komsomolskaya pravda reveal they often requested financial and political help but washington's officials got tired with the constant pleases artie's no telling overcovered discovered. but the article talks about the inability of the russian opposition leaders to log 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 per 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 learning 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 over the relations between russia and the united states but at 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 he believes the wiki leaks revelations really show the russia's opposition movement 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 boris nemtsov as a candidate to stop putin from becoming president again in two thousand and twelve which but powell obviously thinks is is what's going to happen and it seems to me the gaggle of people that they have working for them are not going to be adequate to the task mcfaul is 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 leaks and our son john our sides just the word about him soft this of course was one of the young wolves of the chernomyrdin yeltsin era and if you look at what he did every conceivable disaster in the in the book of economics you need visited hyperinflation a bubble a crash moment plethora of privatization the coming of the oligarchs all of this is the handiwork of softened who now thinks that he should make a comeback and really fallen limbs off maybe the only people who believe this is possible. more that conversation online tonight plus this. i think it first he created smoke and then a fine now those charges that i put forward in the con against stick to boot don't relate to those accusations that the american fast was talking about from one in ten yes. and she says she expects from the forthcoming trial of. he's been

extradited to the us for legit arms deals he believes his case is simply propaganda exclusive interview on our website r t dot com. do you feel like you've heard of relaxing we've got this for your mind tonight as well why not go to yoga bastard class the next part of the world retain a piece. of the big city although it's very. well big news of the day is the chinese leader visits the u.s. the two global powers can define their relations in terms of being 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 that the u.s. can learn from china rather than washington simply focusing on losing its role as

global top dog in forward reports and we're going to burger king with my son and i. think it's a z h e. e z h u z h u and recognize the that is chinese for some merican and the word china elicits fear recognizing china's rise means recognizing america's decline and now we are getting. our toys there are things that are a little happy meals which should be banned are so dangerous. not just our toys in the bag we 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. 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 in all across the country and increasingly attracting prestigious foreign professors and even american students like philadelphia native zachary franklin seemed. 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 pain absorbing 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 america just adds streams to rebuild the whole interstate highway system where you gigantic infrastructure projects in u.s. history the 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 us china state dinner but will the white house be equally eager to learn from its gas and ford r t washington d.c. i spoke to international affairs unless regrows off a bit early told he doesn't believe that relations though between the two giants will change overnight. i for one remain skeptical about whether a better state to state in geopolitical. interests between the united states and china are going to improve in the in the year there's too much at stake and i think washington is hasn't to give up what it sees as its dominant role in the western pacific united states which is going to talk to the good half dozen naval maneuvers

and other war games in the journal neighborhood of china since late last july you might be accused of being militarily more assertive and aggressive in the region defense secretary robert gates who when he was in tokyo on the thirteenth of this month stated that a continued u.s. presence in japan was necessary to contain it in so many words to prevent increase chinese aggression as well as being used against north korea and to promote of the concept of selling japan advanced u.s. jet fighters i would say if i were sitting in beijing i'd be a bit nervous about the u.s. engineering some equivalent of what's been called an over the last decade and asia nato to contain china rows of well china in the west vive for the world's resources wall street isn't sitting idle my skies are in stacy head but explain how those beyond the u.s. financial crash of two thousand and eight read it again this time with government help the cause report on air in fifteen minutes. but wall street you've got debt

maniacs they like to destroy things with debt and they like the price of debt to be as cheap as a pack of matches and what is the obama administration doing they are giving the pyromaniacs and the arsonist more starting fluid more lighter fluid more matches whatever they need to destroy the economy so we have to ask the question is obama in the pocket of the financial terrorists yes he says. the european parliament has voted for sanctions including travel restrictions to be imposed on the regime in better any piece also what assets to be frozen in retaliation for the conduct of presidential elections one in a landslide by president xander look at which international observers said were rigged the vote was just before his inauguration and is also in response to a brutal crackdown on protesters followed is when european parliament does have the

power to impose sanctions itself that awaits a meeting of the leaders of the month a man who supports his drawing for action. was dubbed europe's last dictator has ordered retaliatory measures to be prepared should the e.u. strike against his regime while restrictions are being placed on the by the russian the default british m.e.p. richard howard believes the pressure on him this time will be more intense. 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 seen to say that the european union and international community is watching that we will act and whether it's today tomorrow or sunday in the near future there will be consequences on this progression. otherwise we are letting down the human rights groups political prisoners who are suffering today in the power so i was very blunt approach to start all over nothing you know what we are saying today or writing on

today sanctions financial sanctions against himself or others in his regime we're not at the moment saying that 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 into our local the european union but multilateral through the i.m.f. if you are poor to be cut off but yes there are these further steps that we could make in the future we are putting personally on. notice tomorrow he's going to have a secret you know gross ration you know gratian 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. it's one nineteen am moscow times for international news in brief south

korea's except for the first proposal from the north to hold high level military talks on off early this month old discussions was rejected by seoul was criticized the offer is insincere tensions have been high on the korean peninsula since last november's deadly artillery exchange between the two countries also thursday agreement between the u.s. and chinese leaders on the need to maintain peace and stability on the peninsula the prime minister announced that he intends to dissolve the parliament and call an early general election in march it comes after four ministers resigned from the cabinet overnight bringing the total to five in just two days and leaving the p.m.'s cabinet in chaos brian collins government support free for international aid package for the debt ridden country last year. former british prime minister tony blair as you testified before the iraq war inquiry now ahead of that hearing are caught up with british m.p. an antiwar campaigner jeremy corbyn who was with the labor party when it was in

power under blair that charge next. we are here as tony blair appears before the chill court inquiry for the second

time. jerry cope in 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 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 a pardon my but we invaded iraq and then the latter part of the year 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 a totally of force and i'm quite pleased that he's been recalled to the inquiry and

i hope this time the inquiry shows its mettle and 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 fissioned 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 that 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 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 feel. when the 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 in 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 more 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 a world international law you know 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 investigated the rest 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. lead

. temps that arresting the president of sudan the current trial that's going on charles taylor from liberia and the pass process on milosevic and 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 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 going 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 would in four which may give us 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 iran he seemed to me to be building up a case for action against iran from very early on. i think we have to recognize there's

a terrible danger in all of this absolutely condemn human rights abuses anywhere in the world are condemned under saddam hussein i condemn them what's going on in the present time the purpose of intervention in iran is not about human rights and 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 kuwait 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 engagement 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 very welcome thank you. for such a team has been to the employee. of the land developed by cossacks in ancient times . now watty goes to the center of russian defense production. with christianity and shamanism existed side by side for centuries. people in remote villages across all from the basics we take for granted. like russia close up on r.t. .