is fantastic everyone loves. this person that is very popular to say the least is able to sustain a russian born woman whose book shed light on corruption in norway's immigration system is facing deportation while those on the un tara list are being given asylum in the scandinavian. fresh files from wiki leaks show how russia's opposition turns to the u.s. for help but three gets the cold shoulder from washington. right u.s. leaders agree the two superpowers still differ on some sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making some people there look at least.

it's six pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story a woman who was voted norwegian of the year is being deported from the cat scandinavian country as an illegal immigrant or a north. maria amalie came to norway in her early teens and since then has been living there openly but without a visa after she wrote a book revealing corruption in the country's immigration system the order came for her to be kicked out or he's a lawyer emmett has more. are you relieved that you can stay in norway for one more day maria yes this was very good one day's good luck and one more day might be all she gets for russian born maria is due to be deported from norway where she's lived since she was sixteen she speaks fluent norwegian has a degree from

a norwegian university and even a norwegian boyfriend. the only thing i've wanted and she as well is for her to be with me and all of you it's a case that touched the hearts of ordinary norwegians enough to make them turn out repeatedly to protest for an immigrant girl who's made an effort to become one of them and it's created a grotesque comparison with another failed asylum seeker one mullah krekar former leader of a kurdish terror group cracka has been declared a threat to national security and is on the u.s. and u.n. terrorist list although he's now volunteered to go back to iraq norway won't deport him to a country that carries the death penalty the terrible paradox for ordinary people. this fantastic everyone loves. this person that. it's. not very popular to say the least and you say constant sort of nuisance to

norwegian society is able to stay born my dinner in blood cause i believe parents fled north etc when she was only twelve possibly as a result of a business deal gone wrong although well connected in russia i'm at least closely related to the last defense minister of the savior union. of the family sought asylum in norway and when they were refused decided to stay on illegally i believe reportedly learnt norwegian in a matter of weeks degree and race a book on the place of illegal immigrants in norway and at the tender age of twenty five was declared norwegian of the year by an old slave magazine the situation was very particular because she came here as a child. she had the next an ordinary sort of integration into norwegian society which is also very active in musical festivals and literature refers to was a sort of an extremely sort of active in the which knew for concern. and she had

lost she told me she hadn't even talked on the telephone with anyone in russia since she came to norway and this was all one ten years ago despite process the government standing firm ironically norway's recently the number of deportations in response to public criticism that treatment of illegal immigrants was too lenient in two thousand and ten it deported thirty eight percent more foreigners than the year before and the justice ministry insists the law must apply to everyone everybody who comes here and apply for asylum said. should get thorough examination of that asylum application. that is the case for each and every one applies for asylum. but the point is in this case and other cases is that if that asylum application is rejected. those who are suspected have to return we prefer of course that. they do this voluntarily but if they do not return or terry

they have to be sent to their country of origin by force but billy's lawyer insists she hasn't had a fair hearing in fact he submitted terrorists island claim to be authorities and the first he heard of it being rejected was when five police turned up to arrest her after a speaking engagement political party the christian democrats samaria really is a prime example of why the lord illegals must be changed there is a need. for taking into consideration. prioritizing what this best for the children we have to remember that child will come to no way. here in norway you see in the same situation maria was when she came to the country in this case shoulder to me the change in the way we treat. children but any change in the law is unlikely to help. mariam only she has to report to

a police station every day with a suitcase in case today's the day she has to leave her home the norwegian government's treatment of money i merely has brought its people out into the streets in anger and yes it would now take a humiliating state u. turn to allow her to stay in the country she grew up in and has come to cool home i'm a lawyer hasn't given up but it seems for the norwegian person of the year time left in no way can now be counted in days not weeks nor abbott's. poppy cultivation in afghanistan for drugs has skyrocketed since foreign troops entered the country in two thousand and one and it's most rapid in areas controlled by foreign forces that's according to the afghan president hamid karzai in an exclusive interview with r t that's coming up later here's a sneak peek when afghanistan was. in compete on arcade. puppies were not so much but when the idea of the puppies were not the tie window

left and thought about it came puppies wind up but then they were crushed and stopped how come when the entire international communities in afghanistan would have so much top of the water on drugs and all that there is such a rise in the cultivation of poppies where we are to charge the afghani colony we have reduced poppies in twenty two provinces of afghanistan and some of too small this is completely eliminated. where we are not in charge of one of two provinces where there is taliban or with more foreign forces and those provinces of course puppy's of entries and that's a question all of us together afghanistan in the size including russia in a very important significant way must help of can this time get treated the and get to charge of its own affairs and to defend their own country and to run your own country so by twenty four teen we are not in need and there is no reason for

the international forces to continued stayed in afghanistan karzai is due to hold talks with dimitri medvedev in moscow later today russia is one of afghanistan's key allies in fighting drug trafficking with the two leaders meeting three times last year in october russian special forces helped afghan troops destroy several heroin production plants in eastern afghanistan cars i said he hopes his country will be able to take charge of its own security by two thousand and fourteen when nato troops are set to leave. the russian political opposition has many faces but something they all seem to share are frequent visits to the u.s. embassy in moscow new wiki leaks revelations published by the newspaper come small sky are proud to show just how often they requested financial and political help from the us or he's an italian overcover reports. but the article talks about the inability of the russian opposition leaders still lobby their interests 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 it's all poor 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's 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 tree lighting 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 ever 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. michelle shows as asking from the center for research on globalization tells r.t. it's no surprise russian opposition party has come knocking on the door of the u.s. embassy he believes for years the u.s. has been supporting such movements across the world to destabilize governments the involvement. of u.s. officials. with opposition. parties against the russian government should come as no surprise that the russian government is a government which. states its points of view if the united states doesn't like

this point of view they will attempt to weaken or destabilize. the government existing government and contemplate the possibility of a regime change as they have in numerous countries around the world and how do they undertake a regime change the established links with opposition political parties and it all and of course these opposition opposition groups often finance director louis by by u.s. foundations including the national endowment for democracy the freedom house. the national endowment for democracy is really an outgrowth of the cia in fact. one of the former directors of the national endowment for democracy said we are doing legally what the cia used to do it's really the a b. c.

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as chinese president hu jintao visits the us the two global powers get a chance to define more clearly their relationship with china on the rise so americans see the eastern power as something to be feared but it's very important to reports others are taking the chance to cash in. new york city's chinatown is a go to for many things authentic meals designer knockoffs manicures massages and now money the bank of china one of the country's main estate on lenders has unlocked a particular door to u.s. citizens american customers are now allowed to come to this bank and open up an account trading their u.s. dollars for the chinese who won a currency bet some experts believe is worth making a currency exchange of up to twenty thousand dollars per year and while plenty of u.s. banks try to entice new customers with special offers the bank of china might be

offering something irresistible today growth experts say china's currency is likely to go up as the country remains a manufacturing powerhouse the chinese have been saving and investing over thirty five percent of their income in the united states we've been saving and investing two percent of our income we've been borrowing in consuming they've been saving and investing the world's largest export are currently coasting with an enormous trade and budget surplus while the us is hardly treading way down by a crushing fourteen trillion dollars national debt so are americans ready to give benjamin franklin the push us dollar. for me they're evil we're interested in investing in anything anything but how come not the u.s. dollar. bill goldman sachs already owns that and instead embrace now is a dong if you find surprising that americans are swapping dollars for you know american currency chinese currency you know what isn't right because it puts all of

the papers out trying to you know if you take over and is doing so well blah blah blah if holding china's money becomes as trendy as holding the i pods it manufactures economist max wolf says the yuan may eventually become a. force to be reckoned with if wealthy people around the world or in the us begin to hold their money in chinese currency renminbi guan and they associate it with wealth and they associate with a good investment it legitimizes and jacks up the usage in the acceptance of the chinese currency. as with any gamble banking on the you won does have its risks us private consumer takes one side of the bet the bank of china takes us i bet it fair the only thing is the bank of china makes a decision on how valuable you want this. so as more americans flock to china town some may be looking to satisfy an appetite for session one pork or peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency marina port r.t.

new york. european parliament has voted for even sanctions including travel restrictions to be imposed on the regime in bell routes and he's also on assets to be frozen in retaliation for the conduct of presidential elections one in a landslide by president alexander lukashenko that air national observers say were rigged the vote comes just before his inauguration and is also in response to a brutal crackdown on protesters that followed is when european parliament doesn't have the power to impose the science itself but awaits a meeting of the e.u. leaders at the end of the month among whom support is growing for action movie shango who is dubbed europe's alas the dictator has ordered retaliatory measures be prepared should be used against his regime while restrictions have been placed on the belorussian leader before british n.e.p. richard howard says 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 it will we need to do is to be seen to say that the european union and international community is for change that we will act and that whether it's today tomorrow or sunday in the near future that we will be consequences on this by the russian. otherwise we let him down the human rights groups and political prisoners who are suffering today in the power so i was very blunt approach to start all over nothing you know what we have seen today over a tune today sanctions financial sanctions against himself or others in his regime we're not at the moment saying that that should be put on the family members we're saying that the moti that true track should stay open we born by the race to be politics the eastern partnership with its neighboring countries and our local the european union but mostly that trade through the i.m.f. is the peretti report to be cut off but yes there are these fed steps that we could make in the future and we all put saying. it's the late one nine. yes tomorrow he's

going to have a secret you know grocery should 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. so you look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe south korea excepted of opposable from the north to hold high level talks to cool tensions over nuclear weapons and recent live fire incidents telling yang made several proposals earlier this month for discussion but while were jacketed by seoul tensions have been high on the korean peninsula since a northern artillery attack on the south killed four while seoul carried out large scale war games near the border shortly after on thursday south korea welcome this statement from the u.s. and chinese leaders urging peace and stability on the peninsula. ireland's prime

minister brian cowen has announced elections in early march that polls suggest to lose heavily but it was announced after five ministers quit but his green party coalition partners refused to back their replacements opinion polls suggest the government is the most unpopular ever after ireland was forced to take a. bailout last year cohen's recent troubles stem from the revelations he played golf with the head of a bank weeks before its huge debts triggered a multi-billion euro state banking bailout recognition of finances. and says he never discussed the banks by national affairs during the game and the dinner afterward. more than one hundred twenty people have been arrested in the largest mafia crackdown in u.s. history they're accused of crimes ranging from murder and extortion to drug trafficking f.b.i. agents used wire taps and intelligence including assistance from more than a thousand informants this whoops targeting new york's five main crime families took place in the city and elsewhere in the northeast u.s.

. former british prime minister tony blair is due to testify before the iraq war in korea later today ahead of the hearing artie's laura caught up with a british m.p. an anti-war campaigner jeremy corbin who was with the labor government when it was in power.

we are here as tony blair appears before the chilcote inquiry for the second time jeremy cope in talks 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 but we know very few to 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 tony put

it 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 sort of 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 . the 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 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 on the judgment slightly skeptical that it isn't going to just say there has to be improvements in the processes of government and the 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 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 a legal process my. results 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 of 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 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 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 we 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 influence 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 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 iraq from very early on. i think we have to recognise 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 in your book 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 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 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 prospects 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. for sure is that so much simpler to teach music on the mark when it didn't seem to have inspired similar demonstrations elsewhere in the region often just fine with. wealthy british style.

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