streets to united states in the nineteenth century they created a kind of reservoir of goodwill an interest in all things and then underneath this all the time certain interests in sweden have been developing stronger and stronger ties with united states and that is especially true of the military conservative elements of society helping out a number of also been conservative elements in the social democratic party who have been very pro-u.s. for military especially those. new units that are involved in the arms industry but a really major turning point with entry into the european union. and european you should probably know it is in terms of foreign policy and military intelligence. and a subordinate to the united states really nato is completely infiltrated you know so as soon as the social democrats announced that they were going to lead the

country into the european union you started to see very clear signs that the street was a daft thing its foreign policy to the needs of nato the interests of the you would notice it's all for. how does this all play into julian assange and the sacks and spy probes and the push alternately for his extradition it's a hot potato as you can understand for the government here and now that they have been exposed through various wiki the leaks. as having you know it was concluded it was of the united states the ways that they had never before admitted over it was often suspected. it's an especially delicate time for them to go out and openly cooperate with an extradition process and reinfeld as i understand the prime minister has. apparently declared that this is not

a political issue we have a completely through the judiciary and so on and so forth i think he is not entirely candid there. do you think that a staunch if extradited to sweden will receive a fair trial. well the trial is one thing if he's tried it will be because of these accusations of sexual misbehavior. then extradition is a completely separate process as you understand. whatever happens as a result of the trial united states will probably request that he be extradited for these crimes that they're trying to invent you know he was in the united states and that would be a separate process and it will be reviewed by i haven't got all the details yet actually and when i called the justice department to try and get clarity on this matter the people there weren't too sure about how it would work either but next

the process usually is first processed by the immigration department and as i understand it then it can be appealed to a court of law and been the government can get involved it's stated right there in the legal procedure so there is room for political decision making in this matter. and then of course there are also many informal ways for the government to get its interest to be known to the people underneath. what do you think of claims by an american blogger that america's most notorious right wing strategist karl rove could be involved somehow in the push for a song just extradition i'm very skeptical about that for a couple of reasons in the first place it was bush that he got into the white house not obama and he is anathema through democrats because he is famous for. really

dirty tricks on them that's one thing. the second point is you don't need karl rove to get the united states interested in extradition they're interested in that anyway and they have their normal channels quiet invisible channels for arranging these things the last thing they want is a high profile political figure rove to get involved in this and draw attention to it and do you think that he will be extradited to sweden. i can only tell you what . his scientists british lawyers have said to me about the british case in terms of the law they have a very strong case and if it were only. a question of the law and they think that they have a seventy five eighty percent chance of rejecting the swedish request for extradition to sweden then the question is how much how much politics and so they say carefully that they have a fifty fifty chance something like that. then if he comes to sweden.

most of the legal people that i know here in st louis when they look at what is known so far about the charges against the fonz think that there are absurd that he will be convicted. and it's so if he is convicted of something here it will most likely be something very minor like then he will be either in jail for a while or released having suffered enough so to say so and then it will be up to us through issue it's a request for extradition. and then i feel that will be largely a question public opinion if they are indifferent and if the media here succeed in their apparent efforts to give. a bad name to give them a bad reputation then the government will have a lot of political freedom. to. submit to of us request sweden is

regarded as a neutral and independent country do you agree with that you can say. with. accuracy that when sweden joined the e.u. it ceased to be an independent nation. so it's a simple course politicians in order to justify. the entry you are saying just the opposite but i've documented the way several members of the has affected. sweden's independence and essentially eradicated or. else we didn't is not official member of nato but there are anti nato movements that are growing here in sweden in finland why is that well there's always actually there's always been in sweden and finland of which are the two remaining nordic countries that are not in nato there's been a strong opinion against nato membership but essentially now through part of the

so-called partnership for peace sweden has become a de facto member. made through official said sweden is better equipped and performs better. in cooperation with us through. partnership for peace than many of our formal members do and that's true. and already in your thousand five hundred believe it was an official of the defense ministry here that. we are already so deeply involved in nato and participate in so many nato activities that the only thing that's missing to become a four member is the signature on a paper why does the political elite want to be in nato what's in it for sweden well i think that they have. a sense of affinity with the united states government than they do with their own people that's the short. and do you

think that's we didn't will eventually join the alliance i think it's quite possible. it is it is again it's largely a public opinion question. because. one of the key factors here is what symbols your feeling elicits a need to then that will create a lot of pressure here and then number two if the u.s. can somehow manage to conceal or terrible things this story around the world little becomes of this ability or is that now or. have been afghanistan and that they can do more things that look peacekeeping in the press here has actually helped to disseminate economic ever successfully for them now with the large i think the majority of us i mean the swedish your population thinks that the afghanistan war the afghanistan war is a peacekeeping operation i've seen you referred to as an x.

or a former american citizen why is that yes i was the us that is and i moved here in ninety eight and that was because i was. very much i admired very much the swedish society city just at that time. and that started to deteriorate almost as soon as. the so you know way is it came of the historically interesting time because it's interesting that previous generations built up this wonderful society with this wonderful general welfare system and very well its foreign policy. which was the. inspiration for much of the world you know because many people were old so. what made you do next to go to sweden or from example. called the top of the. well that's free from has just been allowed to disappear to vitiate and to being gradually.

the more people we killed a happier our officers were it got to be like a game like out exposed to see who could kill the most people and the different ways you could prove to me keep you killed looking i could tell you no fears now if you brought back someone serious you know where they had the most years they would get the most fierce in trade unions should be reversed overnight you women children and five men around the circle open up on full automatic where there are sixty. she was taken and raped by six or seven people in front of family. the most of those. well when one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of

damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the one that we feel takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemicals that comes whether it's a sonic boom six tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in iraq or destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for landing purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that there shall be taken in war to protect the involved against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions protocol one has taken exception to that.

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in age of the army have reportedly started arresting anti-government protesters and the tour of oil in cairo acros in many other countries with terrorism related groups calling for the creation of an islamic state hitting the streets of the u.k. the country of werther a radical organization partly responsible for the egyptian rest was created. at the new york times under fire for its treatment of we can weeks founder julian assange the paper made a fortune off the back of stories coming from the cables leaked to it but has distanced itself from a song after the launch of a criminal investigation. and russia's first mass produced passenger jets in soviet times gets ready to soar into high flying market after overcoming several delays the super jet one hundred is about to be approved to perform a commercial flights in russia and the c.i.s. . time now for sports if they didn't is here with us in the studio to union and

here in dow the derby that trumps them all is back for another chapter officially excited it is barcelona versus rio once again the last time the met it was five millibar so will it be the same in the cup final which is coming off the way to see got more coming up. good to have your company in sports today i'm you know these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. it's the dream final in spain with our tribal barcelona reale madrid yet another swipe at each other. on home soil the last time maria sharapova appeared for russia in the fed cup they wanted expectations are high once again with the return of the three time major champion. texas temperatures freezing weather

forces green bay and pittsburgh indoors head of a super bowl finale. but let's get started with english premier league where it was a case some for number who feel after new boy lewis suarez netted for liverpool on his debut europe wind coming off the bench to score the home side second goal to no win over stoke. undy karo joined the reds this week with torres of course heading to chelsea elsewhere city were unable to put the minimum between themselves and second seeded arsenal after only drawing to birmingham early peter crouch goal was enough for spurs to. bolton to the following victory over rock bottom wolves. on the carlists newcastle in the west their first win in three things at the expense of a block pull. for perth for another slice of the biggest rivalry in world football

barcelona on the real madrid will meet in this season's cup at the decider after coming through their second leg semifinals on skids on wednesday well barcelona could have been forgiven for taking their foot off the gas against algeria following a five minute first leg win but that's not the sept guardiola way goal number one coming thirty five. minutes in brazilian. doing it all themselves i know this is double their advantage eleven minutes after the break the i go making his case for a regular basis for moving down the aisle vege i became three ten minutes after that say dude hate his persistence paying off he takes the ball on the offloads to new boy for him a fellow a on the dutch international makes mistakes three no ninety eight and. it's still the enemy will be waiting for them in april twentieth final real madrid booking their passage with a two no win over defending champion sylvia jittery enough fighting for to simmer

a new side with the goals only coming in the last ten minutes mesut ozil coolly netted the first after superb three ball from fellow german sammy. the tie was then put to bed four minutes into stoppage time when to deal with signing and. blasted home. yeah it's true i'm also versus reality next. to tennis we go where it's fed cup first drawing time this weekend russia france and moscow in a clash which will see the return of maria sharapova to the squad the three time major winner will join up with kuznetsova honest to see a public chunk of us in ourself and the quartet aims to successfully navigate towards a crime the last time show up the plate was in two thousand and eight and russians won the event the team currently set third in the world standing in the sun will be taking on the ninth run french for the night time the two players in the top twenty

that they shop of a. while kuznetsova is ranked twenty third new france participant although resides in the top fifty. that brings us to the biggest events in american sport this year super bowl forty five preparations continuing apace in arlington for green bay and pittsburgh the. spite the rare subzero texas temperatures the packers enter sunday's clash as favorites but having raised a lot of that vince lombardi trophy since one thousand nine hundred seven green bay taking up residence out a local high school in arlington the snowstorms ranged outside whether or not they light up the carboy stadium will depend a lot on this name iker are in rogers. everybody i've talked to this week this is a former player it's playing this game is talked about. you know as deep breaths and then getting over the first few plays of of the super bowl. i'm hopeful that. there will be an issue with me but i'm sure they'll be a lot of excitement and. a little bit nervous maybe starting to get training next

door to them ah but you know versity growing with a sport's most successful team the pittsburgh steelers they can boast a record six super bowls quarterback ben roethlisberger has been startling form recently with a third super bowl ring very much within his sights while coach mike tomlin led them to their latest title two years ago and he's hungry for more or i'm very conscious of the legacy that is the pittsburgh steelers and i simply want to do it . you know that drives me on a daily basis. i got course big respect for them in the head this job before me and all i want to do is do the job in terms of bold understand it is a business. ok let's stay stateside russian rookie team a famous golf so his new york knicks lose are to the dallas mavericks in the latest round of n.b.a. action pop sensation justin bieber and new york rangers goaltender and with leading questions both in attendance on the two knicks fans how their whole time all the

way before the big break the hosts where the slow were out of the box but turned the tables looking for her most golf kneeling to the smallest four points to help the next away it was a far cry from the twenty three points the russian posted last time on its italian gala nori did the most for the home side. even his team high twenty seven points and you know enough of the markets grab control of the game in the third. the german having twenty nine points eleven rebounds help them up their six when. the result two score thirty seven to lift a glance over the visiting toronto kevin durant's ready for the city thunder against new orleans forty three points ten rebounds on the night blake griffin had thirty two points and thirteen response to the l.a. clippers but they still lost at home to the chicago bulls. injured and

they went on to diffuse the rockets. of margin. all right that brings us to winter sports now where cross-country skiing is called central cup has been held here in moscow to top off went along to find out more. cross-country skiing in a park in the center of the russian capital it may surprise you but not citizens of the european cities where second petitions are usually this stars of russians got to try out the course before the latest races maybe then that effect during the olympic bronze medalist not. winning the final in the sprint was a lot of the. spectators tend to be very likely here too for me it was a hard freeze because in. potentia. today. the men's final turned out to be a real crack at the home of bronze medal is that when who are twenty eight sam was

the first to cross the line in the dramatic race after his main rival lost his balance. is great that this company was held here is by there being less than say at a world cup event they're happy with how the day turned out moscow has been desperately trying to host a lack of the world cup in cross country skiing and the good news is this city has now won the right to host it in soviet times we always host of the world cup and once we get the competition back after today's races we talk to ski federation officials and they approve your idea probably we will change the venue but for sure it will take place in moscow next year. after the committee international ski federation hants wanted to verify if moscow was able to host an event of the highest caliber and they passed the test so next year the capital will see the world's best skiers racing somewhere not far away perhaps even on red square constrained by the r t. speaking of world cups there's also been lots of drama of

the latest ski jumping event in germany stock of poland claiming his second victory of the season it was a nighttime show in the border town of clinton gets all the partisan crowd were in high spirits after the first round. michael shermer to sing a monster early one hundred forty six point five meters to set a new pill record and send the found in true ruptures but there's always premature berman second attempt was but a shadow of his new mark while stock was consistent in both and celebrated his second world cup win in the process austria's thomas morgan sterne took so ever increasing his overall lead over simon the swiss itself settling for bronze in the sport. the first medals have been hunted out at the freestyle world championships now on the way in the u.s. more gold was the opening events on the produce the surprise and winner of french open and good ball. leading a couple of millions into his second and third place including

a champion alexander of how to make do with silver had been out of sorts heading into the competition on the emotion port ice when he finally realized he had done. more luck for canada in the women's mogul two thousand and six olympic champion jennifer heil winning by her breath and reaming olympic champion and a kearney of the u.s. the title could be the last her a for a high street tire at the end of the season another comedian christy richards completed the pole we all know and i was all your sports and i will weather is coming up in just a tick. if

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the violence in egypt shows no signs of letting up as molotov cocktails were thrown into the college and guns all fired join me point to you in a few moments for mold. and. also the term on cairo acros and many other countries with terrorism related groups calling for the creation of an islamic state hitting the streets of the u.k. the country worth the radical organization partly responsible for the egyptian unrest was created. a romantic really you know down bitter breakup of the new york times under fire for using join us to boost its profit and popularity but then ditching game after the launch of a criminal investigation. russia's largest lenders very bad plans to buy almost the whole of two of the dialogues the bank of set itself the task to create a full fledged investment business that and more in the business bulletin at twenty two in twenty minutes.

watching r.t. live from moscow one pm here on marina joshie welcome to the program they gyptian our. he has been arresting anti-government protesters in the center of cairo with marks a change of approach by the military which previously wasn't intervening in clashes between supporters of president mubarak and anti-government demonstrators five people are reported to have been killed in a morning gunfight in cairo's tahrir square that follows a day of heavy violence in which hundreds were injured the country's braced for more trouble in its temp day of unrest well for the very latest we're now joined live from cairo by our correspondent paula sleep. paula to tell us what's going on there it seems there is little side of the situation letting up well they certainly little sign of the situation letting up as i'm speaking to you would.