certain interests in sweden have been developing stronger and stronger ties with the 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 with 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 adopting its foreign policy to the needs of nato the interest of e.u.

and the united states and so forth. 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. colluded with 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 it will be 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 the united states will probably request that he be extradited for these crimes that they're trying to invent you know use 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 the next version process usually is first process by the immigration department and so i understand it then it can be appealed to

a court of law and then the government can get involved it's stated right there and 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 let its interest 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 us on 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. extreme a 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 for the last thing they want is. 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 songes 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 think that they have a seventy five to 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 sweden when they look at what is known

so far about the charges against the sons i think that the they are absurd he will be convicted on the field of evidence so if he is convicted of something here it will most likely be something very minor like then he will be in jail for a while or released having suffered enough so to say and then it will be up to us to issue its request for extradition. and then i feel that will be largely a question tonight public opinion if they are indifferent and if the media here succeed in their current 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 some accuracy that when sweden joined the e.u. it ceased to be an independent nation. it's that simple course politicians in order to justify. the entry. in just the offices but i've documented the way certain members of the. affected. sweden's independence and essentially eradicated or. else we didn't 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 the richer of the two remaining nordic countries that are another 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 first 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 former 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 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 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 this doing around the world and we don't become so visible anymore as they are now or. have been in iraq and afghanistan and that they can do more things that look like peacekeeping and the press here has actually hoped for so many that right ever successfully for them out of the large i think the majority of us i mean the swedish your population thinks that the afghan a school they afghanistan war is a peacekeeping operation and 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 admire very much the swedish society as to the gist of it 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 wise foreign policy. which was the. inspiration for much of the world you know it could be many people in the old soviet union who when they thought about what we do next they look to sweden as an example because the top celebrity. 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 it seemed like to see who could kill the most people and the different ways you could prove to me the peace killed would be i tell you no fears now if you brought back someone's ears you know where they have the most fears they would get the most fears in trade unions should be reversed overnight you women children and five men around the circle open up on full automatic for him sixty. she was taken and raped by six or seven people in front of her only. 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 battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemicals that whether it's

a sonic boom say 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 protocol one has taken exception to that. news today violence is once again flared up. in these are the images the world has

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how are they watching the sporting this is what is coming up over the next few minutes i was in front of a guard close in on my cape charles regulus things in championship. plus liverpool new boy suarez talks about life in english premiership after scoring on his debut. oh you sweet home sharana joins team mates in most as rush the passer that fed cup clash with from. the start with god have taken a huge step towards winning the regular season title a road trip when more putting them five points clear at the top with just three games to play the side and on coming from behind for wins three one putting daylight between themselves and second place you live also tonight welcome torpedo currently fighting for the playoff spot in the western conference but also in that

table scar. on the high points of playing second spots. for new striker luis suarez says life in english premier league is how we expected it to be beer and wine scored on his debut in the reds to know when i was stuck on wednesday night he was officially on by own in front of the media. along with the cold of a new attack and the powell saying he will have to adapt fast to the style of play in england how this happened who could live up to his fifty six million dollars price tag. and that's exactly what a mannish it would be like it's what i expected watching games back in the natural and the television it's not strong leak it's hard to predict when you need to use your chances of your goal but i think i learnt to adapt it's a time of game i'm looking forward to doing my best to that. it was a lot of money. i'm going to. do. to prove. the

money was worth it really only. increase the chances for the team. from their. travel to fourth place chelsea at the weekend and that we're safe and i know torres make his debut for the blues against his former boss said he was sad to see the spaniard leave the club but will not dwell on the past few broke or below knows that everything he possibly could. there was maybe. explain for someone else so let's solve the bullet would be the most important thing for those of the two people coming. because if you. think that you don't want to see the words a quick look at the results from last night much the seceded easing grant in the title race that cities draws me and i don't really pay the price go always enough just to see a flood of boats and ice falling victory over rock bottom bones and full of the

same good for and be paralysed by west ham not stop that first win in three at the expense of black holes. not prepared for another slice of the biggest rivalry in world football past florida. will meet in the copa del rey final after coming through the second leg semifinals unscathed on wednesday could have been forgiven for taking their foot off the gas against our media following a falling flail first like when but that's not the set golly i don't know why goal number one coming thirty five minutes in brazil a number the all night i being all self. this is double their advantage eleven minutes after the break. making his case for regular price after an eight minute involving dani alves i to thank for the time any slight society assistance paying off a sea of slaves to need what you put a hand felt like on the international makes no mistake bring it with a boss line up all night and on and.

on it's the only enemy who'll be waiting for them and i think trying to follow real madrid booking their passage would like to know when i was defending champion severe enough and thing for judging ring outside i would go with only coming in the last ten minutes as it also clearly netting the first after some period three ball from fellow german sammy data by the time i was put to bed four minutes into stoppage time when to day out signing emmanuel adebayor will blasted hindsight bring on. school and. country of the first time in three years this weekend she's part of the russian team that will face france in the first round of the fed cup in moscow the three time major winner is currently training in the capital with christmas so to say in public and in our soften hoping to win the world crying for russia for a fifth time favorites for the tie. in the standings while front and ninth in the

rankings russia to place in the top twenty. is ranked twenty nine of the french team are in the top fifty. preparations are underway to see if the biggest sporting event in america super bowl forty five all the rest subzero temperatures in texas of course in green bay and pittsburgh some problems are growing by taking up residence the local high school in arlington as the snow storms right side the packers and the sunday's clash as favorites but haven't raised a lot of vince lombardi trophy since one thousand nine hundred seven and whether or not they light up the cowboys stadium will depend a lot on this man. everybody i've talked to this week this former player it's pointless games talked about. you know his deep breaths and getting over the first few plays of observable. 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 start up again and try to next door to them at the university granted the sport's most successful. record six single ball wins quarterback ben roethlisberger has been in starting form recently with a third super bowl ring very much within the sights while coach mike tomlin led them to that like this guy and he's hungry for more. i'm very conscious of the legacy that is the pittsburgh steelers i simply want to do it. you know that drives me on a daily basis. i got course big respect for. this job before me and all i want to do. the job in terms of understanding that is the pittsburgh steelers. stateside russian timofei most of sorries new york knicks lose out to the dallas mavericks in the latest round of the pop sensation justin barber. and make

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still lost to the chicago bulls. and went down to the rockets by the narrowest of margins home wins to denver on three minutes and chicago enjoys that time away from. twenty sports now where cross country skiing is continental cup has been held in a remote sky and coasting along a path that will. cross-country skiing in a cherokee nation captain it may surprise you but not citizens of the european cities where such computer issues are usually occasions the stars of russian ski get to try out the course before the latest races maybe them that if you actually win big brands manolis not palekar still know what winning the final in the sprint was found in magic cities they usually just pick teachers and tend to be very likely here to for me it was a hard freeze because i'm just trying to reach my potential said to me today. in the men's final turned out to be

a real record. brands medalist and who are twenty eight sam was the first to cross the medic race after his main rival lost his balance marxist or is this combination was held here despite there being less than say in a world cup event. happy with the date turned out. has been desperately trying to push to make it didn't work out in this country scheme and the good news is the city has now won the right to host it in soviet times we always host of the world cup and once you get the competition back after today's races we talk to ski federation officials and they approved your idea probably will change the venue but for sure it will take place in moscow next year right. after the competition international ski federation parents wanted to verify if my school was able to host an event of the highest caliber and they passed a test so next year they get to see the world miscues recently so when that for a week be happy even in red square can say multiple archie. speaking of

well cup has also been lots of drama they like to ski jumping event in germany camel stop of poland climbing his second victory of the season it was a night time show in the border town of prudential and the potters and crab were in high spirits after the first friend local hero to see amongst them a pair of one hundred forty six point five eight is set a new hell record and send the fans into that but that throwing was primate you're only second attempt but a shadow at his knee mark while stock was consistent in and celebrated his second world cup win in the process austria photographer of instant took silver increasing his eyebrow and i refine mine dismissing south africa grabbed this one. so that is the sport for my own so we've got more bit later on.

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renewed violence in the streets of cairo hundreds of thousands of pro out around the government protesters clash in egypt further stirred up by western calls for an immediate transition of power. in the u.k. protests provoked by the turmoil in egypt are used by lewd lamas to organization outlawed in many nations as cover to promote its call bits. and investigators tell russia's president the identity of suicide bomber who killed thirty six in a blast at moscow's busiest airport last month but to be rivetted says there's still work to do to find the mastermind.

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice hebert egypt's vice president has addressed the nation as clashes and heavy gunfire continued in another day of our people he says a roadmap for political reform is being put together and presidential elections could take place as early as august well there has been an ongoing wave of violence between opponents and supporters of president hosni mubarak five people were reportedly shot dead in cairo's tahrir square before dawn on thursday the total number killed over a week of rises estimated at around three hundred it's now thought the egyptian army which is previously not intervened of the clashes has made some attempt to divide demonstrators a poor asli is keeping across developments in cairo a short time ago the vice president almost suleman held a press conference that was covered live and state television in it he said that there were political force.