but as any so now we have found out stockholm may be far from impartial in this case . so we didn't a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the current foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relationship with the united states the country that gave us our flat pack furniture for dollar meatballs top models and lawn bombshells may not be so neutral after all american influence is everywhere from food to feature films but in sweden it seems to be supersized just the other day the deer hunter film was shown again on swedish t.v. for the. sixtieth time it's an awful film it's the worst propaganda in politics through the back door like sweden's times with nato you have the military and some politicians pretty intensively with the united states and with nato and the large mass of the population being totally unaware of the stuff going on but it's not just what swedes are taking in it's also what their leaders are ready to give from julian a son to terrorist suspects to nato support when america wants something they get it but why and what's in it for

and say there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him onward once he gets to stockholm with this is the last day of this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then will be able to appeal if the decision goes against him so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. but meanwhile douglas international lawyer says there are legal loopholes that the u.s. could exploit to get songs on its soil. there is a provision in the supplemental treaty between sweden and the united states that sweden could agree to quote temporarily transfer mistress on to the us to stand trial in the u.s. on u.s. charges and then at the conclusion of the at her saving that he would be transferred by to sweden based upon mutual agreement of the parties my reading of that provision of the supplemental treaty is that the u.s. could hold on to mr of songs if you use convicted in the u.s. so the charges lodged against them and mr saunders does use jail tim

stockholm sweden. still having the program of those in teens exposed on the race cars in the rush fueled by the lack of strange and laws to prevent youngsters from being able to buy booze with the need to show id and. since signing of the start treaty it is now the task of russia and the u.s. to minimize the threat of terrorism getting hold of a nuclear arsenal. as the u.s. president's impending budget an ounce with looms there are some who say it will slash the amount going to poverty reduction programs but with many u.s. cities running on threadbare service levels already it's a cut they can ill afford artist lauren lyster has more. than sometimes it's the reality america cannot escape with the city's roughly two hundred eighty million dollars debt more and more people are talking about bankruptcy news of debt like that hitting cash strapped cities and states all over the country altogether it could amount to two trillion dollars and a bill many may not be able to pay the problem of the state and loc

stockholm sweden. also had in the program here in our team building teens exposed underage alcoholism is becoming a big. problem in russia words never been easier for youngsters to bibles without id we sent in hidden cameras trying to cover the scale of the problem. now is the u.s. president's impending budget an ounce one looms there are some who say it will slash the amount going to poverty reduction programs but with manny u.s. cities running on. running out threadbare service levels already it's a cut they can't afford artie's lauren lyster has more. that's intentional it's the reality america cannot escape with the city's roughly two hundred eighty million dollars debt more and more people are talking about bankruptcy news of debt like that hitting cash strapped cities and states all over the country altogether it could amount to two trillion dollars and a bill many may not be able to pay the problem of the state and local debt is more serious than the real estate bubble serious because with milli

is in legal limbo waiting to see if he'll be extradited from london to stockholm to face questions over sex crime and his supporters claim it's washington's attempt to ensnare. with a look back at the top stories from the past week and the latest developments this is r.t. here in moscow the military supreme council in egypt has dissolved the parliament and suspended the constitution after president barack stepped down and handed power to the army for eighteen days of unrest across egypt the monitor thirty's have now begun clearing the makeshift tents in tahrir square that have been the epicenter of the protests for hundreds of thousands of people residents resignation friday was hailed by the u.s. president as a victory for democracy however authorities got to reports washington's long term support for the else did president has many questioning the sincerity of the bombing since. hosni mubarak out stepped from power is eventually departure not without the help of washington he had a phone call. from the white house that persuaded him to leave the former egyptian president left cairo ju

stockholm sweden. well the head of the u.k. is part party laws kay says sweden may become just a brief transit stop before a challenge is handed over to the u.s. the extradition case is going to be used as an as a pretext by the united states to get hold of judy sarge. we think there is a very real danger you're going to be taken to the united states even possibly detained in quality time in my day and actually basically pursuit of some kind of espionage charges it's going to be impossible to see any kind of fair trial or just is happen if if june in the song is going to be extradited to sweden and i was what i'm saying in terms of how people are spawned into the wiki leaks is that actually people overwhelmingly support the the freedom of information we can see how the free flow of information has been absolutely crucial to democracy. well yet another legal battle looms for julian assange you can find out about the bitter breakup between the former bedfellows the u.k.'s guardian newspaper clashes with its ex collaborator wiki l

julian assange is in legal limbo waiting to see if he'll be extradited from london to stockholm to face questions over sex crime allegations his supporters claim it's washington's attempt to ensnare him. with the week's top stories here with r.t. well eighteen days of unrest across egypt finally came to an end as the country's president eventually surrendered his powers to the military the army has since formed a supreme council and begun taking down the makeshift tents rather in cairo's tahrir square all of this in an attempt to return things to normal the council has now dissolved the previous parliament and suspended the constitution the president's resignation on friday was hailed by the u.s. president as a victory for democracy however. nature can report washington's a long term of support for the ousted president as many questioning the sincerity of obama's sentiment. hosni mubarak out from power is eventually parcher now without the help of washington he had a phone call from the white house that persuaded him to leave. the former egyptian president left cairo just hours after he

and so there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him onward once he gets to stockholm now with this is the last day of this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then will be able to appeal if the decision goes against him so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. waiting swedish academic dr brian palmer told r.t. that the chances of julian assange are being handed over to the us or much higher if he sent to sweden because of the close relations between the two. would be easier to get into the u.s. from sweden then from britain the swedish government has shown itself to be more apply and then the british surprisingly given the so-called special relationship of trust between britain and the usa the the once very progressive sweden has become something of a voluntary. apprentice state some would say vassal state of the usa. and we've got that full interview with dr brian palmer in a little over twenty minutes for you now

bloodroot and songs must wait until later this month to see it will be extradited from london to stockholm over sexual assault charges his supporters claim down to gauge those which were previously trumped up and it's common motivated to save to go out and fix it transfer the trial. welcome to the program this is also the weekly review on. main story now taking power out from deposed president hosni mubarak of egypt for the supreme council has dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution under which the country was ruled by martial law for nearly three decades the military has begun clearing eighteen days worth of debris including makeshift shelters and burnt out cars from tahrir square in cairo has been the epicenter of the nationwide uprising that brought hundreds of thousands of egyptians on to the streets demanding change after nearly three weeks of protest embattled president hosni mubarak resigned and egyptian paper is now reporting that. he has slipped into a coma and his results at his results home in charlotte shake u.s. president barack obama called the trust postpone a gr

and so there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him on woods once he gets to stockholm now with this is the last day of this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then will be able to appeal if the decision goes against him so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. with our team live from moscow coming up not so a neutral switzerland morganfield than in any other european country many swiss are wondering if it's time to finally say a farewell to arms. and specially farmed animals like rabbits are making their contribution towards the treatment of diabetes and cancer find out more later in the program. two weeks into their street campaign protesters in egypt are still refusing to back down until president mubarak quits thousands are in cairo's to hear square but their lines are being pushed by. by the army to get traffic moving banks and some businesses are opening but schools remain closed and the curfew is still in

sure that our songs must wait until later this month to see if he'll be extradited from london to stockholm overt sexual assault charges his supporters claim that the geisha is a which were previously trumped up politically motivated to assist the seek his transfer for trial. learned welcome to the program the weekly review. the main story now taking power from deposed president hosni mubarak egypt's own forces supreme council has dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution under which the country was ruled by nearly three decades the military has begun clearing eighteen days worth of debris including makeshift shelters and burned out cars from square in cairo it's been the epicenter of the nationwide uprising that brought hundreds of thousands of egyptians on to the streets demanding china after nearly three weeks of protest and bottled president hosni mubarak resigned and what u.s. president barack obama called a great victory for democracy but it's also he's got an education now reports thirty years of crucial financial and political support for the mubarak regime has raised ques

and said there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him onward once he gets to stockholm now with this is the last day of this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then will be able to appeal if the decision goes against him so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. ok. paranoia t. not saying neutral switzerland with guns but in any other european country pretty swiss so i wonder if it's time to finally say i'm going to go to one of those. does absence make the heart grow fonder take a look at how american soldiers into remember former president ronald reagan. egypt's new cabinet is increasing pay and pensions for public sector workers in an attempt to quell two weeks of unrest but protesters are still refusing to back down until president hosni mubarak quits meanwhile the country's vice president who is meeting talks to create a new government has been courted by the u.s. with washington consider the question of medi

washington he's from the teal group corp an american aerospace and defense consulting company in stockholm we have paul holt i'm he is a senior researcher with the stockholm international peace research institutes arms transfer program and in oxford we go to d.p.i. in bass or a he is a policy advisor for oxfam and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen this is cross talk means you can jump in anytime you want i to go to very broadly and then go very specific to the middle east and i'd to go to joel first the united states accounts for two thirds of all. exported arms in the world are more arms creating a more stable world or a more destabilized world or you don't have it you don't see a direct correlation between the two well i don't see particular direct correlation i would that would note i know one of the common arguments is gee sometimes you supply both sides well where we have such as greece and turkey we haven't had conflict between greece and turkey since world war two which is basically when we started working with both of their militaries simi

and say there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him on woods once he gets to stockholm you know what this is the last day of this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then will be able to appeal if the decision goes against him so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. in other news as anti-government protests in egypt enter a third week president hosni mubarak has taken steps to reform the constitution to diffuse public anger but thousands of demonstrators remain in cairo's main square keeping up the pressure on the president to resign but across an hour to you to vision council where our correspondent paula so we're is standing by paula if the fifteenth day of demonstrations the political future of egypt obviously remains unclear what's the situation like now on the streets. what we've now entered week of and mubarak demonstrations and numbers on. the streets just keep growing testy a square still remaining the fo

extradition to sweden in a london court for a second day songes lawyers say he'll be tonight just to spy stockholm and handed over to the u.s. he fears persecution for revealing secret american diplomatic documents to the world. sports is next here in r.t. let's check in with him and i understand there's some good news out last performer the once driver robert yeah indeed he was involved in the bottle crash of the weekend but his doctors say he's improving and he may well risa get such great news i would have more not after this present. if you. download the official ante up location your only phone on pod touch from the dumpster. on the go. video on demand. comes and feeds you now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com. thanks very much for joining us and this is sports today i'm you know these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. phoenix rising mark wilson secures the second p.g.a. tour a win of the season after martha in session in arizona. too early to tell the career all former one driver robert qubits remains up in the air a following a crush over the weekend but doctors

tradition to sweden but many fears stockholm's cozy relationship with washington means he could be an easy pawn to be traded with the u.s. . and between default and devastation local governments in america are opting for more budget cuts to pay off the nation's trillion dollar debt with ordinary people bearing the brunt by losing essential services. to live from moscow with memory and joshua welcome to the program now with street protests in egypt showing a little sign of abating the dispute is now moving to a political battleground the government is holding talks with the country's main opposition groups and already agreed reforms to try to hand the uprising over the last two weeks against president mubarak but the opposition says this is not enough to and the standoff artie's post reports from cairo. the talks are progressing slowly which is not a surprise to anyone here because they really are a lot of issues that need to be discussed and a lot of players who are putting their future or their reputation on the line what is significant is that it has been agreed that a commitment st

to sweden stockholm wants him on accusations of sexual wrongdoing something a song she denies and says they are politically motivated. that is outside the court for. this is the first day of a two day extradition hearing the proceedings which you to start at ten o'clock this morning and at nine o'clock we thought you did not cause arriving here to willits crown court where these proceedings will take place and as you say he is wanted for questioning in sweden over allegations of rape molestation and norful coercion and those were.

due to the soldiers in legal limbo waiting to see if you will be extradited from london to stockholm to face questions over sex crime allegations that supporters claim it's washington's attempt to snare him. all those stories in detail to come at the top of the hour but first let's cross to kate on the sports. now i gather it's been a disappointing night for russia's ice hockey team tell us more yes well that's right well just a little bit disappointing but it wasn't totally unexpected russia did beat the czech republic but needed finland to beat sweden by at least nine goals what happens that's coming up next. hello welcome to the thank you for joining me and here's what we have coming up. on calling brazil's walls cup star of call ups is on the verge of joining southern russian. top flight striker white really healthy. as the best of his career while bolton his former club everton in the english premier league. spain talking plasters loses the paris open final in straight sets to patrick will still be named world number one on monday. and. russia's mixed martial art supremely. news

then a song which must wait until later this month to see you will be extradited from london to stockholm the sexual assault charges which he says the political bribes are rated. as the headlines up next all season is the situation that talks to american political activist and one about public anger at the extent of the u.s. government's control of the many areas of life. actually sitting down with m. one from underground political hip hop duo dead prez and one thanks so much for joining us today thank you i want to get started with a topic that you touched upon a lot in your lyrics and that's corporate ownership of the media in the united states for three arise how does that affect what americans see on t.v. and why is that a bad thing often it's on because the people who have the most interest and or the people who are the corporate ownership itself their interest. conflict directly with where the reality of the majority of the masses of the people are so you have this very popular song called propaganda and there's a sentence in there that reads you can't fool all of the people all of

and said there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him on words once he gets to stockholm you know what this is the last day of this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then will be able to appeal if the decision goes against him so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. meanwhile. dr brian palmer from uppsala university believes that it's a dream that soldiers say for the u.k. in sweden. i think quite right that it would be easier to get into the us from sweden then from britain the swedish government has has shown itself to be more pliant then the british surprisingly given the so-called special relationship of trust between britain and the usa and the swedish press has been and swedish public intellectuals have been less vocal in defending we can leaks than many people and many papers in britain so i think he's safe the the once very progressive sweden has become something of a voluntary. apprentice state some woul

from the united states of sweden america and let him keep blowing his whistle and he's now i r t stockholm sweden meantime head of the u.k.'s pirate party laws kay says what it may become just a brief transit stop before a songe is handed over to the united states the extradition case is going to be used as an as a pretext by the united states to get hold of junior sound which. we think there is a very real danger julian assange could be actually taken to the united states even possibly detained in quantity. and actually basically pursuit of some kind of. charges it's going to be impossible to see any kind of fair trial or just is happen if if june in the sand is going to be extradited to sweden and i was what i'm seeing in terms of how people responding to the wiki leaks is that actually people overwhelmingly support the the freedom of information we can see how the free flow of information has been absolutely crucial to democracy. in just a moment as we're going to be talking about. bedfellows. with . wiki leaks. with. web site that's coming your way next hour long with. a rock look at t

it's organized on university campuses including luton which was attended by the stockholm bomber and although the organization claims it doesn't advocate violence the links are there for all to see she bomber richard reid influenced by his but terror preaches to british suicide bombers who attacked a bar in tel aviv in two thousand and three had contacts. who tried to detonate car bombs in london and glasgow in two thousand and seven influence by his but terror in members while studying the government's policy on radical islamic organizations while they operate inside the law in the u.k. . dialogue and debate groups like his butt terrier are allowed to demonstrate so you can really hear calling for an end to democracy and the instigation of syria law but the violence in egypt has already spread to the u.k. in the form of demonstrations here at the embassy and the question now being asked is whether every voice with an opinion on egypt's future has the right to be heard nor emmett's r.t. . you with still to come on the program preparing to take on. russia super just one hundred receiv

from the united states of sweden america and let him keep blowing his whistle and he's now i r t stockholm sweden. meantime journalists are wrong or right now i believe that both sweden and the u.k. will face heavy pressure to comply with washington's interests in the case the world should know that the united states is the world's greatest terrorist in all the wars that they conduct the torture they conduct so many horrible crimes have been revealed already in the united states continues with the same policies they make some excuses here or there and their former president it makes it in his own autobiography that he gave orders for torture so i'm skeptical that just because one knows how bad the the devil is that that will curtail them from from prosecuting. on the other hand sweden of course or great britain if they if they delivered him that would be bad propaganda for them the people would be very upset and most people i think would be very upset but again that's not the only determining factor for a government to make a decision as to whether or not they can. the united states i mean

stockholm sweden. still ahead for you here in the program on our t.v. teams exposed under a drug a holism in russia fueled by a lack of stringent laws to prevent youngsters from being able to buy booze without the need to show i.d. . the president has signed a bill which will fundamentally overhaul russia's law enforcement agencies the force will undergo a complete rebranding new service standards will be implemented that has come off multi-user cut in which you can bring us up to date on the developing story here and hi to you kathy yes so the force has been badly tainted by corruption bribery and abuse of power scandals in recent years are these the reasons behind this ongoing reform. oh indeed it's a long way to feel it's a key plank of president but it's reform with challenger as a whole these lords police covers. and rides up police officers and is aimed of course in the first place the changing the infamous image of russia's new leadership which will soon be renamed aid to police and opponents of these small though say that many of the mountains f

the united states of sweden america and let him keep blowing his whistle and he's in no way are to stockholm sweden. what makes sound a journalist songes also said for another high court battle has accused the guardian newspaper of malicious libel of its tell all account of the online whistleblower the british daily is also being blamed for just adjusting wiki leaks diplomatic cables to fit its editorial policy oh she's a lot of it has worn the rift between the x. friends. they wouldn't have been exposing u.s. embassy secrets to the world but now wiki leaks and the guardian have rapidly fallen out of love and it's turning nasty in the original agreement between wiki leaks and its partner publications the partners were to help publish cables on the whistle blowing website blocking out names to protect the innocent was allowed but sources close to wiki leaks maintain the guardian went one step further accusing the newspaper of redacting the cables to suit its own political and editorial agenda something the guardian denies one of the alleged missions focuses on iranian dissident politicians an

and so there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him onward once he gets to stockholm you know what this is the last day of this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then will be able to appeal if the decision goes against him so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. as antigovernment protests in egypt and a third week president hosni mubarak has taken steps to reform the constitution in an attempt to diffuse public anger but thousands of demonstrators remain in cairo's main square keeping up the pressure on the president to resign support of the latest from the capital. what we've now entered the third week of and mubarak demonstrations and the numbers on the street just keep growing of his square still remaining the focal point here in downtown cairo hundreds of thousands of people on the streets as we speak and also the city of alexandria with you off the course of the day tens of thousands of people have been comi

here stockholm put some on to u.s. prosecutors. russia's most wanted terrorist doku umarov claims responsibility for january's bombing of a moscow problem a moscow airport that left thirty six dead more than one hundred injured made claims of a video message on an extremist web site. egyptian officials try to woo the defiant opposition with concessions hosni mubarak's regime has held on precedented talks with the muslim brotherhood movement which is bad of the country about their fortnight of rallies demonstrators in cairo say they won't leave the streets until the president resigns. russia's police force is in line for a massive overhaul after the president signs a bill to have them rebranded and reform changes or even fighting corruption and abuse of power by all sorts. coming up as lithuania takes its turn to head in the organization for security and cooperation in europe talks to the country's foreign minister about the challenges that lie ahead spotlight coming your way in a few moments. we'll. bring you the latest in science