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. very pro-military especially those. unions that are involved in the arms industry but a really major turning point was entry into the european union. and european union as you probably know is in terms of foreign policy and military intelligence. and a subordinate to wing of 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. sweden was deafening its foreign policy to the needs of nato the interest of e.u.

would united states and so forth how does this all play into julian assange just and this saxon 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. colluded with the united states in ways that they had never before admitted it was often suspected. it's an especially delicate time for them to go out and openly cooperate with the next edition process and reinfeld as i understand the prime minister has apparently declared that this is not a political issue it will be handled completely through the judiciary and so on and so forth i think he is not entirely can. but 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 they should understand. whatever happens as a result of the trial the 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 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 then 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 limit its interest to you know 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 playing extremely 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 any. 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 sponsors 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 then they figure 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. so they say carefully that they have a fifty fifty chance something like that. then if he comes to sweden. most legal people that i know here in sweden when they look at what is known so far

about the charges against the sons think that there are absurd that he will be convicted on the available evidence so if he is convicted of something here it will most likely be something very minor then he will be either in jail for a little while or released. having suffered enough so to say and then it will be up to the u.s. to issue its request for extradition. and then i feel that will be largely a question of 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 the u.s. 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 that simple of course politicians in order to justify. the entry into the would claim just the opposite but i've documented the ways that the membership in the e.u. has affected. sweden's independence and essentially eradicated it. as we did is not an 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 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 for me. and made to officials have said sweden is better

equipped and performs better. in cooperation with us through. the 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. 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. closer sense of affinity with the united states government than they do with their own people that's the short answer and do you think that's we did and will eventually join the alliance i think it's quite possible. it is it is again it's largely a public appeal. question. what are the key factors here is what finland is if

finland goes into nato then that will create a lot of pressure here and then number two if the u.s. can somehow manage to conceal all of the terrible things that's doing around the world and they don't become so visible anymore as they now are in they have been in iraq and afghanistan and that they can do more things that look like peacekeeping and the press here has actually helped to disseminate that lie rather successfully for them now with the large i think a majority of us i mean this week the ship 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 u.s. that is and i moved here in one nine hundred eighty eight and that was because i was. very much i admired very much the swedish society as

a city just at that time and that started to deteriorate almost as soon as. the so you know way is came out of a historically interesting time because it's interesting that previous generations built up this wonderful society with this wonderful general welfare system and very wise foreign policy. which was the. inspiration for much of the world you know it could be many people in the old soviet union was the one they thought about what will we do next they look to sweden as an example of gorbachev this is a pretty good well that's free from has just been allowed to disappear through vitiate and to be gradually dismantled.

the more people we killed a happier our officers were it got to be like a game like to see who gets killed the most people and the different ways you can prove to me keep peace killed with me i can tell you no fears now if you brought back someone serious you know where have the most fears they would get the most fierce in-tray you should be reversed overnight you women children and five men around the circle over no awful automatically succeed. she was taken out of rape by six or seven people in front of her family. for most of the winter. when one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that have done not just human damage but damage the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by

napalm boy chemicals that whether it's sonic boom so factoring in mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in iraq or destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for 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 one has taken exception to that. is steve.

please.

the headlines on our t.v. renewed violence in the streets of cairo hundreds of thousands of pro and anti-government protesters clashed in egypt further stirred up by western calls for an immediate a transition of power. and the turmoil in egypt reaches of the u.k. where an islamized organization terrorists and some other countries takes the chance to promote its own course. and investigators tell russia's president the identity of the suicide bomber who killed thirty six in a blast at moscow's the busiest airport last month but dimitri medvedev there says that there's still work to be done to find the masterminds. more news in about fifteen minutes time but now the latest sports with you know.

if your company is sports today i'm you know these are some of the stories we're covering this. sicko it's the dream final in spain with our tribal boss alone. 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 super bowl finale. but let's get started with english premier league where it was a case of. field after new boy netted for liverpool on his debut europe wind coming off the bench to score the home side second goal in that two no win

over stoke. join the reds this week with torres of course heading to chelsea elsewhere city were on able to put the minimum between themselves and second seeded arsenal after only drawing to birmingham early peter crouch goal was enough for spurs. bolton to the following victory over rock bottom wolves. on the carlists newcastle in the west their first win in three three at the expense of a block pool. 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 the web and say 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 venture i became three ten minutes after that say due to 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 just really no fighting for two simmering you side with the goals only coming in the last ten minutes mesut ozil cooley 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 money blasted home three no it's what i've said versus reality next.

to tennis we go where it's fed cup first drawn 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. honest to see a public chunk of us in our self and the quartet aims to successfully navigate towards a shift from the last time she up to the plate was in two thousand and eight and russia has won the event the team currently set third in the world standings son will be taking on the ninth ranked 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. by the rare subzero texas temperatures the packers enter sunday's clash as favorites but haven't raised the loss 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 there's deep breaths in there and 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 avi university gronwy the 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 the 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 the. job in terms of bold understand it is the deal is 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 head with you can twist both in attendance on the two knicks fans have their hopes high all the way before the big break the hosts wear the slower out of the box to turn 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. being high twenty seven points were not enough as an offer to grab control of the game in the third. go to the

german having twenty nine points eleven we ball and help them of their six when on the ball. and on the result to score thirty seven over the visiting toronto kevin durant's wrecked havoc for the city against new orleans forty three points ten rebounds on the night blake griffin thirty two points and thirteen rebinds for the l.a. clippers but they still lost at home to the chicago bulls. injured. and they went on to the feast and rockets. of margin. all right that brings us to winter sports now or cross-country skiing is called central cup has been held here in moscow constantine to top off went along to find out more. cross-country skiing in a park in the central russian capital it may surprise you but not citizens of the

european cities where such computers are usually the stars of russians key get to try old the course before the latest races maybe them that in fact true and bronze medalists not. winning the final in the spring and. now imagine. they usually just pick and tend to be very likely here to for me it was a hard freeze because i'm just trying to reach my potential to mean today. the men's final turned out to be a real. brands medal is that when you were 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 combination was held here despite there being less fans than say at a world cup event they're going to have to do 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 we

want to get the competition back after today's races we talked to ski federation officials and they approved your idea probably we will change the venue but for sure it will take place in moscow next year. after the competition international ski federation has 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 the habs even on red square can say about archie. speaking of world cups there's also been lots of drama at 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 can get sold on the partisan crowd were in high spirits after the first round. michael her mother 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 the over time and the swiss himself settling for bronze in this one. the first medals topping hundred i thought the freestyle world championships now on the way in the u.s. mogul was the opening events on a particular surprise and winner freshman and. leading a couple of comedians into the second and third place including the future of the champion alexander how to make do with silver had been out of sorts heading into the competition the emotion poured i'd say 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 kearney of the u.s. the title could be the last her a for

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renewed violence in the streets of cairo hundreds of thousands of pro and anti-government protesters clashed in egypt further stirred up by western calls for an immediate transition of power. and the turmoil in egypt reaches of the u.k. where an islamic organization terrorists in some countries take the chance to promote its cause. and investigators tell russia's president the identity of the suicide bomber who killed thirty six in a blast at moscow's busiest airport last month but the retreatment says there's still work to be done to find the masterminds.

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow well further clashes and heavy gunfire mark another day of upheaval in egypt it's part of an ongoing wave of violence between opponents and supporters of president hosni mubarak now five people were reportedly shot dead in cairo's tahrir square before dawn on thursday the total number killed in over a week of riots is estimated at around three hundred it's now thought the egyptian army which had previously not intervened in the clashes has now made some attempts to divine demonstrators egypt's prime minister ahmed shafik has apologized for the bomb attacks on anti-government protesters parties put asleep now has more from cairo. thousands of protesters continue to make their way to taffy a square both full and mubarak supporters we're hearing reports of buses loaded with protesters also coming they bringing with them packets of food packets of medical supplies.