the news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing the coronation through today. russian art to you live from moscow our top stories this hour the libyan government says the coalition's airstrikes in that country have claimed more civilian lives after a third night of bombing for the troops loyal to colonel gadhafi a toppled rebel held city in the last. concerns rise that there's a hidden agenda on the military intervention in libya as british officials say colonel gadhafi could be targeted this contradicts the u.k. prime minister's earlier statement that regime change is not contained. and in

other news radiation levels around townsfolk assume a nuclear plant are reported to be over one and a half thousand times higher than normal as the figures rise so do fears around the radiations impact such as food and water contaminants sent. back starts to looks into the rise of islamophobia in the u.s. and how it's being justified that's coming up in our interview next. party's sitting down with award winning writer and journalist ian buruma named one of the top one hundred global thinkers by foreign policy magazine mr ruma is a professor of democracy human rights and journalism at bard college in new york sir thank you so much for joining us today thank you know your latest book is teaming the gods of religion and democracy on three continents so i want to start our discussion by asking you about the role of islam in the modern world how

significant is it do you see a certain level of. some phobia in the united states nowadays and you think it's just there's certainly a level of islamophobia or just the all over the western world it's difficult to talk about a lot of the role of islam because it's not one thing to millions and millions of people it's a faith but inside the world of islam there's also a violent revolutionary movement which is a minority of muslims who take part in it if you can sympathize with it but it's there and that causes problems and to the extent that people are worried about violence coming from those groups worried that worry is justified is that is alarm are we had war with islam no i would be very mistaken and dangerous notion are you seeing a certain level of phobia when it comes to. well yes you do you do occasionally

people who have bigoted opinions on it. i think it's one of the last forms of bigotry that is more or less respectable and you can't be happy satellites and be respectable but you can say that you can't stand muslims and you can you'll still get invited to dinner is that an acceptable double standard no not in my view but it's it's it's part of the mormon world from some of the things that have been coming out of the media but he seems like that is a sentiment they're trying to fuel i don't think so no i wouldn't blame the mainstream media for that at all. i think what it really is is that because of globalization. because of financial insecurity. fast moving developments in the modern world in which some people feel that they're being left behind and so on there's a lot of anxiety and it's always useful in times of anxiety when people have an

enemy to focus on immigrants in general good muslims in particular singled out as an object to fear. but. to come back to your question i don't think that the mainstream media are. the worst culprits of this who have been the worst i think some of them in europe some of the populist politicians who have used. in the united states. on radio cable t.v. and so on who. use this issue to stir up. or to exploit resentment now in one of your articles about china there is a place where you see nationalism is often fed by a sense of impotence and i want to ask you about this do you think that is a thing that could also be relevant to you modern day united states yes i think it's comes back to that same issue that people who feel they're not represented

they don't have a voice the not listened to they don't have a grip on public affairs. are very vulnerable to leaders who promise the earth as it were if you feel you are a lonely individual who has no influence on anybody and nobody cares about it feels good to be in a crowd shouting usa usa or. in the case america can be in china it could be anywhere in china what i meant by. chinese nationalism being a form often an expression of form since i didn't mean that's in the sense of the chinese government but where people have no political voice china is after all not a democracy. there nationalism can play the same role that religion plays in other parts of the world it becomes a kind of. substitute for political. participation the united

states is a democracy do you think it will have a political voice here certainly more than in china. but the role played by money for example has distorted the process somewhat i mean it isn't ocracy but like all democracies it has great flaws and one of the flaws i think in this country is that you have two parties and people who get elected only. can only get elected if there are. huge amounts of money involved and that leaves a lot of the population sort of out of the equation do you think is the real power in the united states or really leads the country at this point is it corporations you know still wall street is it really washington d.c. or is it the tea parties media it's course not one thing and the fact that it's not a dictatorship means that there is not one center of power well you corporations for example do you think they have

a bit more control than they should in making some i think probably have more control than they should but that's not to say that corporations run america be too simple they certainly have a huge influence as does the street as does the pentagon as does. congress is the. various voices in the media i mean they all have an influence some . of these groups institutions have perhaps more influence than water and that's because of the enormous role played by money i want to talk about china now. we talked a little bit about some of the fear mongering in the media do you think china is really a threat to the united states why is it seen as a threat by so many people and. is there a basis to that i don't think it's a direct threat to the united states certainly not a minute. they're competing and they have a comparative advantage of having

a huge population that can make things much more cheaply than people kind of the united states i don't think it's a huge threat it's perceived as such again because the rise of china as a serious power. with economic clout is has been is recent and has been very fast people are fearful for many different reasons and it's it helps them to be able to focus on something in the united states and seriously external enemy well why is that so often external and it could lead us to even more of a lack of knowledge what is what i think is something that's partly the history of the u.s. it's sort of a refuge from the dangerous outside world and one way to make people feel that they have something in common with each other that creates a kind of peace of innocent society because of course this idea that here we are in the united states and we will have to defend ourselves against this dangerous world

out there isn't the united states powerful enough to just stop worrying about an outside rationally you would have thought so but these things are not always rational and if there isn't an external there to get people off and events in the domestic one that's not just in america it's all over the place you mentioned japan having been seen as a threat to western economies decades ago where does it stand where you get what he says regardless of threat anymore very soon after people are making a tremendous farce about japan buying up the will there was a big recession. and is now seen as more or less a normal capitalist country with it is all not. know it's japanese to be fearful and they are very anxious about trying to want to ask you about bric a lot that is made up of brazil russia india and china some experts are saying that this block is going to really become. a leader in. the world's economic arena do

you think that's the case or is china we had a. china recently bigger than most other places and all these countries have a long way to grow. and are very dynamic for that reason because they come from a lower. base. tend to be industrious and ambitious and so although in a way that perhaps is less true in. a continent like europe which has been prosperous for an awful long time do you think they could become stronger than the united states in europe in terms of their. combined possibly but what are the stronger me in today's economies when. corporations very very often it's very hard will have their headquarters in one country but most of the factories in other countries and consumers all over the place and. it's become such an international economy it's difficult it's very difficult to talk in terms

of national strength the chinese talking about the way it's it's a nineteenth century. rather german way of looking. thinking about an economy. the american system of course is different if you are an american corporation and your aim is not to make the united states into a stronger nation state your name is to make a lot of money and make sure all the shareholders are happy how do you measure power. north korea economically is a complete backwater it's a little slum out there that nobody would pay any attention to accept for the fact that they have nuclear weapons and that makes it into a power that has to be taken into account in. its thank you.

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in the. party's top stories the libyan government says the coalition's airstrikes in the contrary have crime more than some bit more civilian lives after a third night of the bombing of the troops loyal to colonel gadhafi attack on bravo held city in the west. and concerns rise that there's a hidden agenda behind the military intervention in libya as british officials say colonel gadhafi could be targeted this contradicts the u.k. prime minister's earlier statement battle ensued change is not a game. and in other news radiation levels around and around for sima nuclear plants are reported to be over one and

a hostile thousand times higher than normal as the sprinklers rise so do fears around the radiations in substance crude and water contaminates. more details on all those stories coming up in about fifteen minutes time let's check in first though at the sports science i mean it looks like it's getting quite apa top in the russian premier league indeed it is only two weeks say no there are two clear runners up the charts meet under being there making all the running i should say we have more on that in just a moment. thanks for joining us this is sports today i'm you know movies are headlines. and it's to win it's messy meals on the final semifinal spot in the continental hockey league taking care of up on dollars in the deciding game seven. rising fast the need to

end the second weekend of premier league optional chalk alongside fellow pre-season favorites ruby. last time i promise that's the message from sea for president sepp blatter who confirms he will stand on in twenty fifteen if he wins another term in china. for the first ever time this year the current cup will not be raised a lot of the side feeling to make occasional semifinals the lineup of which was completed on monday evening that's not my game of course the last team to beat their birth with the sunday game seven going to go on bringing into life midway through the second period to lead flamenco humming the teller but the. whole flicks now the visitors slim advantage remains until the final minutes of regulation middle east and east baton off the mountain full advantage of often guards tactical swapping of their own tender with an extra like the mirror. choose your

got one ended mesler take the series for three meaning the interface all about you live in the west final cell about teen jump talk to a real reigning champions are going to earlier the battle for eastern dominance centers on local t.v. and lance meanwhile boxing gets underway. premier league football now where three games fruit juice runs up the second weekend of action on monday but inclement weather shortened not to just to clear out of home game the system a school postponed due to a waterlogged pitch holders and a twelve there were an auction on the joint rubina league summit following victory over the road carlos and his team mates become. shah rukh off starting things off or did she honestly let his men six minutes in zero eight then double their only through a don't call a loss of pitch free kick shot right before the break a superb effort to mill hands. and spartak

moscow have points back from their shocking opening defeat to our stuff last weekend with a normal win over new boys will get nizhny novgorod brazilian striker well it's on with the only group of fifty. staying with purple were set blatter has stated he intends to step down a fee for president in twenty fifteen if he's reelected for a fourth term in june the seventy five year old who's been head of world football's governing body since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight is being challenged by asian confederation chief mohamad been a mom blogger took over the post in ninety eight with the most recent challenge to his kingship coming nine years ago his rival has promised greater transparency and to spread freedom is not super wealth more evenly across the globe if he wins the votes on the. and we're just hearing that michel platini how it's being reelected for another four years. chief the friend former. international star standing unopposed winning the vote of all fifty three participating nations platini

pledging to tackle quote the scourges of violence in stadiums and much of it some during his new term can moving on alexander bullshit cough he's the reigning k. one european champion on the twenty seven year old is aiming to clinch the world title next archies constant attack off talk to russia's hottest martial arts prospect is following in the footsteps of one fewer. russia has been synonymous with producing world class fighters for many years now various disciplines in various martial arts seen russians dominating math and octagon but the hasek of his one side where the undisputed walking boxing champion was recently invited to the british tea just a one world series after winning every bell he had fought for. and not a reason expired legend fillery million in the thirty four year old last emperor may be in the twilight of his career now after losing two consecutive ballots but he is still on doubt he one of the greatest whiter is blank history today he really

on his form a cautious line again it believes the next global star of the college game in his corner like sound will sheinkopf is a thought walks away to finish on but he's ready to knock down the key one door. i've been training bolcik of who more than a year of good people deserves a good coach and vice versa when i started to train him i had to change his technique a little but his punching and kicking style is now as good as anyone's it's so powerful that sometimes after training i can feel my hands want to know when chuck has had a lead in k.y. qualifying bouts winning ten of them and one draw with if when she started featuring flying using kicks the twenty seven year old outclassed the completion to claim the european court of last year and world crown now top of his agenda. first of all i want to become the best in the planet and then we'll get an ever did all the title defense white in russia because if you win you dictated to us and

hopefully that will happen but echo has been addicted to martial arts since he was ten each year making impressive progress with regional and national titles at it around his waist but for almost a decade it's been all boesky one for the st petersburg native he said if the us in germany and the netherlands for example flyers are paid by their federations that's why we don't have a lot of athletes as all of them have to earn money so instead of training they seem. in the office. honing their skills i hope my success will help to stem a section of the one here at russian buyers will get lots of opportunities that well the policeman who specializes in drug enforcement stating if a new ration actually starts up in his native country his rise to the broadway one ranks would happen sooner rather than later and that is sure to be a very important step in developing the sport in martial arts crazy russia his name but out of our team. on to watch out for their well let's move to the n.b.a.

were meant for sure doing their best to clinch the final clay off spot in the west as they overcame conference rivals utah and the pick of monday night's action grizzly started brightly eventually leading to an eight point lead by the end of the first quarter home and daddy making a twenty one twenty one here converting his own rebounds with a left handed. male with an out of the three pointer from the corner right before the half time break for inclusion memphis leads to a dozen points zach randolph out again hi nineteen me out of thirteen rebounds on was one of seven memphis players he finished and double figures on the night of really sending off one three eighty five in front that he ends up meaning utah dropped three games behind them for the final playoff spot with only nine games to go. i would go back to the pitch finally for a recap of all the strikes the port injuring week two in the premier league and eight student teams to catch at the moment check out the way they move top and all

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