sweden democrats sympathises a running around in the suburbs burning cars in a coordinated action to direct criticism of the suburbs population in the hope of favoring s.d. to make sure sweden can dodge any russian efforts to screw up its election stockholm has even splashed out on the media. so that they could wipe out the never ending thing. that was only to be hit by a wave of homegrown conspiracies before the police had at least something solid for the public ilya pre-trained co r t well swedish police say that similar attacks have happened in several towns in previous years but on a far smaller scale we spoke to swedish democratic m.p. cut off whose party has sparked controversy too with his anti immigration stance he says though that people are starting to realize the country is not as safe as they thought the situation in sweden i started to slip out in the international arena when people suddenly realise worse sweden is not a nice little same country thought it was but now realize what the hell happened to sweden and so this has been on for a long time and we have made your a

sweden democrats sympathises of running around in the suburbs burning cars in a coordinated action to direct criticism of the suburbs population in the hope of favoring s.d. to make sure sweden can dodge any russian efforts to screw up its election stockholm has even splashed out on the media so that they could wipe out the neverending fake news that was only to be hit by a wave of homegrown conspiracies before the police had at least something solid for the public ilya betraying r.t.e. . well swedish police things say that similar attacks have happened in several towns in previous years but on a far smaller scale we spoke to the swedish democratic camp a canned ecker office party has sparked controversy with his anti immigration stance and he says that people are starting to realize that their country is not as safe as they thought the situation in sweden i started to strip out in the international arena when people suddenly realize words sweden is not a nice little country thought it was but now realize what the hell happened to sweden and so this has been on for a long time and we

our top stories on our t.v. a wave of fire bombings hit sweden just weeks before parliamentary elections prompting intense speculation everything started the well organized attacks. also donald trump revokes the security clearance of former cia director john brennan citing his erratic contacts and behavior and threatens a number of other former officials with the same. armed gunmen stormed a military intelligence center and coupled with the city still mourning thirty four people killed in wednesday's suicide bombing at a school by islamic state and the economic standoff between ankara and washington gets worse to expand their anger by destroying their i say. you're watching us he international law is from moscow good to have you with us c'est more than one hundred cars have been set ablaze across sweden three weeks ahead of the september elections it's believed the fire bombings were coordinated as. takes a look at the at the timing of the arson attacks and how they are stoking tensions ahead of the electoral rates. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. the first

leadership of right wing turn into for sweden party with its vote. norden are meeting with the voters that every party has ahead of the vote but i have to say what is the party alternative for sweden is famous for ideas that so many can see there is too ready to maybe extreme for example they call on closing all the borders and send in a significant number of immigrants from sweden back to the countries they came from although the connection was never established a confirmed by the authorities or police. blames immigrants for high criminality rate in the country for burning cars throughout sweden and for several other violent incidents and they call on sending immigrants bag so you the came to this city of deval and they started talking about their program and their position and what they stand for and since there were many people with foreign bad rounds in the crowd gathered there things started boiling quite fast people started first shouting and throwing eggs to the party members and at one moment a youngster from the crown crowd attacked one of t

now more than one hundred cars have been set ablaze across sweden three weeks ahead of the september elections it's believed the fire bombings were coordinated in a prank takes a look now at the timing of the arson attacks and how they are staking tensions ahead of the electoral race it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. i the first train of thought the locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few moments later the erupt in sheer fury and they scream. their next thought is is it. unsafe to leave their homes now the hooded thugs smash up and burn mostly cars they know what they're doing they know how to do it the our team in the last few days there were almost identical scenes everywhere you see a flame i can swedish media say at least about one hundred cars are now burnt out pieces of metal police have made a number of arrests but basically the country still in the dark about who's behind the menace who was overthrown for it. you can. hear from there. in about three weeks swedes will be voting for their new parliament well now politic

turn into for sweden party with its vote the party of change it was sweden is famous for ideas that play many things neither is too ready to maybe extreme for example they call on closing all the borders and on sending a significant number of immigrants from sweden back to the countries they came from although the connection was never established the confirmed by the authorities all believe we responded blames immigrants for high criminality rate in the country and since there were many people with foreign backgrounds in the crowd gathered there things started boiling quite fast people started first shouting and then throwing eggs to the party members and at one moment a youngster from the crowd attacked one of the leaders of alternative for sweden one of my colleagues from alternative for sweden being attacked by an immigrant youth who attended to meeting him with screaming and shouting all over the meeting i was attacked to the i tried to protect my friend and colleague and this immigrant starting hitting false in the face that a few eggs are cool when we left the scene they ran a

from sweden. migration is also a massive issue for germany where an anti-fascist round he's drawn thousands in berlin it comes in response to anti migrant protest in the city of jam that up to twenty people were injured in the course of clashes there between opposing groups our europe correspondent peter oliver now reports thursday evening saw a small demonstration taking place just behind me here in the city of the group calling themselves proclaim that they have come out and said that they aren't happy with the current system now they were saying from the stage that was set up just behind me that there was a anger certainly towards what they described as the western media patrolling them is right wing neo nazis they said they definitely weren't. fit from the right wing or neo nazis what they wanted to say that they were always angry with the state officials here in saxony particularly the prime minister who they said was a disgrace. when we see what asylum seekers are getting compared with old p

ten days ahead of sweden's general election anger flares at a rally where a parliamentary candidate was attacked by a migrant. one of the german capital thousands rally against right wing extremism in the wake of anti migrant protests in the east of the country. and pendants activists in spain's restive catalonia region remove symbols of support for jailed opposition politicians. and the nobel committee says the prime minister should keep a peace prize despite a un report on the mass killing of the country's great engine minority. a low from in the team here the new center in moscow this friday morning on the world news this hour first to sweden where a parliamentary candidate claimed that he was attacked by a migrant at an alternative to sweden party rally in a town in the west of the country tensions flared during campaigning for a general election that seen a surge in support for euro skeptic right wing parties with more details his maria financial we've gotten used to pictures of shootings and car burnings from sweden called vulnerable neighborhoods but the upcoming swedish election

from sweden. the nobel committee has defended its decision not to retract the peace prize for myanmar as prime minister that's despite a damning report from the united nations that accuses the country's army of committing mass killing and atrocities against the rohinton minority claims the government denies he has artist all quarter. the treatment of the roe hinge a minority in myanmar equates to genocide that's the conclusion made by the un the mission has concluded that criminal investigation and prosecution is warranted focusing on the top tech metod generals in relation to the three categories of crimes under international law genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes with ethnic cleansing happening on the watch of nobel peace prize laureate aung sun suu kyi and despite public demand to rescind cheese award the nobel committee insists she should keep it. on. the un report demands me and marse top generals be investigated for crimes against humanity and also accuses misty of turning a bli

eleven headlines this hour a wave of fire bombings hits sweden just weeks before parliamentary elections prompting intense speculation over who started the well organized attacks. from the security . here is a former cia director john brennan citing his erratic behavior and also threatens a number of other former officials with the same measure. also to come armed gunmen stormed a really train teligent center in kabul with the city still mourning thirty four people killed in wednesday's suicide bombing at a school by islamic state and if the economic standoff between ankara and washington gets worse turks vent their anger by smashing up their i phone. hello welcome she's gone midnight here in moscow good to have you company you're watching international. now more than one hundred cars have been set ablaze across weeden three weeks ahead of the september elections there it's believed the fire bombings were coordinated. takes a look now at the timing of the arson attacks and how they are staking tensions ahead of the election so. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see thi

ten days ahead of sweden's general election anger flares at a rally where a parliamentary candidate claims he was attacked by a group. the nobel committee says the prime minister should keep the peace prize despite a un report on the mass killing of the country's for. you on the murder of russian journalists in the central african republic and serious security lapses in the preparation of that threat. the people in the white declaring war on yellow ribbons in the spanish city of we'll tell you why. thanks for checking in with the news this hour it's ten am on friday here in the russian capital i'm calling braille top story starts in sweden where parliamentary candidate claims he was attacked by a migrant at an alternative to sweden party rally and a town in the west of the country. well i think like five thirty five times i was sort of tensions flared during campaigning for a general election that's seen a surge in support for euro skeptic right wing parties. that we've gotten used to pictures of shootings and car burnings from sweden so-called vulnerable neighborhoods but the upcoming swe

like germany sweden abolished military service but unlike germany sweden is now reintroducing it one argument the growing aggression posed by russia and the annexation of crimea is sweden's new old way of building a military delivering what lawmakers have promised an example that these young people are undergoing military training in sweden's forests are being put into shape to defend their country. this year sweden introduced conscription lasting eleven months for every high school graduate and that means both young men and women. fighting to say thank you for me it's a matter of course it gives me something and i probably would have done it voluntarily he said mccain also. mean for me my family and friends think i should stay in it's most believe it will become my profession i'm not so sure myself but i really enjoy it. this year only about four percent of graduates and four thousand other young people will be involved in. the swedish government has reintroduced the draft mainly for defense reasons. when russia annexed as crimea when we have conflicts in ukraine and a military pres

from sweden. fresh revelations have surfaced which could potentially shed light on the mysterious murder of three russian journalists in the central african republic at the end of july with signs that their perilous trip was badly managed the journalists were looking into the alleged presence of russian mercenaries in the country russian tycoon and vocal critic of president putin. sponsored their investigation the reporters were found dead in a bullet riddled car in a remote location the speculation in the mainstream media that the killings were politically motivated with claims that the russian government was somehow connected with the alleged private contractors operations there too insisted the journalists were killed because of the investigation they were carrying out. do you have any reason to believe that these men were killed because of the work they were doing. in the book yes i think exactly that. however screenshots of text messages between the team organizing the trip and the slain jour

these young people are undergoing military training in sweden as forests are being put into shape to defend their country. this year sweden introduced conscription lasting eleven months for every high school graduate and that means both young men and women. for you for me it's a matter of course it gives me something and i probably would have done it voluntarily he said mccain i. mean for me my family and friends think i should stay in it's most believe it will become my profession i'm not so sure myself but i really enjoy it. this year only about four percent of graduates and four thousand other young people will be involved in. the swedish government has reintroduced the draft mainly for defense reasons. when russia annexed crimea when we have conflicts in ukraine and the military presence and activities at our doorstep in the baltic sea we have to make me ready. and that's why we need general military conscription. in militarily neutral sweden a return to conscription is taken rather likely muscular south but true i don't believe in a professional army everyone should be involved

the headlines this hour a wave of fire bombings hit sweden just weeks before parliamentary elections prompting intense speculation if you started the well organized attacks. polls say it's almost trumped revokes the security clearance of former cia director john brennan citing his erratic conduct and behavior and threatens a number of other pullman officials with the say. gunmen stormed a military intelligence center in kabul with the city still mourning people killed in wednesday's suicide bombing at a school by islamic state. the economic standoff between ankara and washington gets worse text dance there run by destroying their i face. and welcome to our to international i'm finished i think the wealth news updates. fessed up away more than one hundred cars have been sas ablaze across weeden three weeks ahead of the september elections it's believed the fire bombings were coordinated as it takes a look at the timing of the arson attacks and how the stoking tensions ahead of the electoral race. it's not even dark people look up their windows and see this. the first tree and it's gon

from sweden. british prime minister theresa may has wrapped up her tour of africa and it's been memorable not only on account of the impressive trade and investment promises but also for the kenyan leaders description of one former u.k. official and associate explains we all know that our former u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson is no stranger to causing offense except this time around he got a taste of his own medicine from the kenyan president who standing side by side with british prime minister to resign may had this to say last year you recall the foreign secretary then boris. or is it is. by school good or well known not only did this bicycle guy calm and make headlines but also cause the u.k. delegation to chuckle as well as brought a smile to to reset may's face now one of the reasons potentially that the kenyan president would have a bone to pick with boris johnson could be the comments he had made in the past among them saying things such as barack obama being described as according t

sweden is not a nice little country thought it was but now realize what the hell happened to sweden and so this is going on for a long time and we have you all seen. many of you that i just saw some fish sticks that. are still. in cars with intent. has gone up from twelve to thirty percent from nine hundred sixty seven to one thousand five hundred cases a year something that i mean it's been going up in actual numbers to. donald trump has revoked the security clearance or former cia director john brennan lashing out at him saying he exhibits quote erratic conduct and behavior and it's thought brennan is only the first in a line of officials who will suffer the same fate as american not reports. exercised my constitutional authority to deny mr brennan access to classified information sara sanders spoke to press and she said that the decision to revoke his clearance was based on his erratic conduct and behavior of defending the move as an effort to secure classified info from someone who has helped foment division in the past and clearly has very partisan leanings the most divisive pr

we are in central stockholm right now it's sweden at the gathering of the nordic resistance movement in the tabloids and nordic organization but here in sweden it's also a political party and they are running for the upcoming elections here in the country as sad that this gathering is a chance for them to make their message heard our message today is that we want to take back to conquer from a traitor seven often have a sense of who's known europeans twenty and thirty percent it's already too late for just stopped immigration we must take them back to politicians within the government today they are traitors towards our people because among many all their failings they open our borders sign for for a year millions of foreign jerseys and you're. holding the long wrong that will lead to your own doubts we will become a minority in our own the don't forget that even longer run that we will cease to exist as a supreme just meters away from where nordic resistance movement that is gathered there around there is another gather rancor. you can see there are just three things citizens who ca

we are in central stockholm right now in sweden at the gathering of nordic resistance movement in the. nordic organization but here in sweden it's also a political party and they are running for the upcoming elections here in the country and sadly this gathering is a chance for them to maintain their message or message they want to take back to the traitors in the polemics between twenty and thirty percent. for two percent it's already too late. just stop immigration we must take them back to politicians within the government today they are traitors towards our people because among many other feelings they open our borders sign for. for a few millions of foreigners medium. holding the long wrong lead she won't lose we will become a minority in our own don't forget that even longer run that we will cease to exist as a subpoena just meters away from where nordic resistance movement that is gathered there around there is another gather ranko. you can see there are just three things citizens who came here to challenge to. protest. this shouting right now no not so now its streets oh oh oh

at an alternative to sweden party rally in the town in the west of the country. i defer i think thirty five to thirty five. tensions flare during campaigning for a general election that seen a surge in support for euro skeptic right wing parties as crime levels in the country are rising annually. we've gotten used to pictures of shootings and car burnings from sweden so-called vulnerable neighborhoods but the upcoming swedish elections has brought violence to an every day street one of my colleagues from alternative for sweden being attacked by an immigrant you who attended a meeting am with dreaming and shouting all over the meeting i was attacked too it was a i tried to protect my friend and colleague and this immigrant starting hitting both of us in the face both at a few eggs at our vehicle when we left the scene they ran after and when we had to stop going to the red lights they kicked the car. so we dished police never confirmed the attackers ethnicity but the party member referred to him as an immigrant but that is not all they blame immigrants for an over

with parliamentary elections looming sweden is rocked by a string of arson attacks across the country prompting intense speculation over who started the fires which of course to have been a coordinated attack. armed gunmen stormed a military intelligence center in cobol but the city still mourning thirty four people killed in wednesday's suicide bombing at a school and attack claims by islamic state. donald trump sleazeball most cia director john brennan exhibits erratic conduct and behavior and revoked his security clearance pressing a number of other officials with the same measure. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me in. the top story this hour a string of austin attacks has rocked sweden three weeks ahead of the september elections three suspects have been arrested one of them in turkey it's widely thought that the timing of the fires which appear to have been coordinated was not accidental speculation is rife faster who carried out the attacks and what impact they may have on the electoral race as artie's eally are trying to reports. it's not even dark

from stockholm in sweden. and another rally was held on saturday a march by way to see unions to find out more head to maria phenomenas twitter feed and for updates from sweden ahead of the election. but it's not only protests that have shaken sweden inflates a string of arson attacks have rocks the country with authorities describing them as organized and prepared to place ads up to one hundred cars were damaged or destroyed earlier this month most of them in sweden second biggest city of cough and beg. cash a. place of safety arrested three suspects although the motive for the attacks is not nine some media reports some politicians have blamed the social democrat party suggesting the incident would benefit the party's immigration stance. brazil's presidential election is about a month away but the man leading the polls faces a big head that's because lula da silva the former president is currently in jail medina caution of reports. brazil's presidential election is looming and the latest polls to show one cl

in militarily neutral sweden a return to conscription is taken rather likely. but so was i don't believe in a professional army everyone should be involved because i did military service years ago and found a good oh you must you have to defend your country i think it's good that girls and boys learn something before they take on further study thing and i bet yesterday. besides learning how to use weapons the young people also learn things they may not have learned at home. let's go to them we teach them how to make their beds and how to take care of each other the national so that's very different from today's culture discipline so here we are into vigils where a group get a band and the group is set to get larger sweden's army aims to increase the number it calls up in the near future. the swedish model that we just saw in that report is quite different to what's being proposed here and given the new and changing security threats facing jim in europe how can gemini meet these challenges. well of course here in germany you can still also volunteer to do milita

from sweden. the u.s. is accusing russia and syria of endangering civilians by targeting terrorists in the illegal province story much more coming up watch for two international. a parting of ways european leaders talk about a future without the u.s. what is in store for the transatlantic alliance and much much more on this edition of crossfire. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the old for bridge eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per circuit per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars ai industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember one one does not show you can't afford to miss the one and only. welcome back this is r t international the british prime ministe

headlines an r.t.a. a wave of fire bombings hit sweden just weeks before parliamentary elections prompting intense speculation over who started the well organized attacks also to come this hour donald trump says former cia director john brennan exhibits erratic conduct and behavior revoke his security clearance threatening a number of other officials with the same measure and armed gunmen stormed the military intelligence center in kabul with the city still mourning thirty four people killed in wednesday suicide bombing at a school in wife makes states plus also to come as the economic standoff between and from washington gets worst the citizens vent their anger at u.s. terrorists by smashing their i phone. hello there it's nine pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now our top story this hour more than one hundred cars have been set ablaze across weeden three weeks ahead of the september elections it's believed the fire bombings were coordinated. takes a look at the time of the arson attacks and how they are staking tensions ahead of the electoral race. it's not even dark p

with parliamentary elections looming sweden is rocked by a string of. the country prompting intense speculation over who started the fires which are thought to have been a coordinated. says former cia director john brennan exhibits erratic behavior and revoke his security clearance threatening a number of other officials with the very same measure. currencies around the world take a pounding as the economic standoff between turkey and the us. is the sixteenth just off to eleven am here in moscow welcome to the program international. a string of attacks has rocked sweden to three weeks ahead of september elections now three suspects have been arrested one of them in turkey it's widely thought the timing of the fires which appear to have been coordinated was not accidental speculation is rife as to who carried out the attacks and what impact they might have on the electoral roll race. reports. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. the first train a staunch locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few momen

international sweden is a rocked by a string of awesome attacks across the country it's thought the fires were coordinated with dozens of young people involved. financial markets around the world as the economic standoff between turkey and the u.s. escalates. also donald trump provokes a storm of criticism of the revoking the security clearance of several high profile figures that includes the former cia director john brennan. so well plenty of news for you on this thursday morning program not just off eight am here in moscow let's get into it sweden has been a rocked by a string of boston attacks with over eighty vehicles set on fire across the country in one night and with september elections looming the incidence of crimes such as vandalism rape and murders is on the rise. now looks at what impact this might have on the upcoming vote. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. the first train local searches completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few moments later they erupt in sheer fury and they scream. that's. their next on is it even safe to leave thei

from stockholm in sweden. and as mentioned there another rally was held on saturday to a march by workers unions to find out more to go to his twitter feed and also for updates from sweden the head of the election. but it's not only protests that have shaken sweden of late because the string of arson attacks rocked the country with authorities describing them as organized and also prepared police said that up to one hundred cars were damaged or destroyed earlier this month most of them in sweden second biggest city of gothenburg. thank. you well police have so far arrested three suspects over the motives for the attacks is not known some media reports politicians to blame the social democrat party suggesting the incident would benefit the party's anti immigration starts. while brazil's presidential election is about a month away but the man leading the polls there does face a big hurdle that's because little silver the former president is currently in jail with more on this is within a quarter of a. brazil's p

sweden democrats sympathises of running around in the suburbs burning cars in a coordinated action to direct criticism of the suburbs population in the hope of favoring s.d. to make sure sweden can dodge any russian efforts to screw up its election stockholm has even splashed out on the media so that they could wipe out the never ending fake news that was only to be hit by a wave of homegrown conspiracies before the police had at least something solid for the public ilya betraying co r.t.e. . swedish police and note that similar attacks happened in several swedish towns in previous years but on a far smaller scale and we spoke to swedish democratic m.p. can't his party has sparked controversy over its anti immigration stance he says people are starting to realize sweden is not as safe as they thought it once was. this situation in sweden has started to seep out in the international arena when people suddenly realize whoops sweden is not a nice little country thought it was but now realize what the hell happened to sweden and so this has been on for a long time we have made your arse a

a wave of bombings hit sweden just weeks before parliamentary elections prompting intense speculation over two started what would describe i think strictly organized attacks. gunmen stormed a military intelligence center in kabul with the city still mourning thirty four people killed in wednesday's suicide bombing at a school and a time claimed by islamic state. donald trump say's former cia director john brennan exhibit erratic down behavior and revoked his security clearance questioning a number of other officials but this thing measure. is the economic standoff between ankara and washington escalates turkish citizens vent fury of u.s. tariffs by u.s. terrorist by filming themselves flushing that i. a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me becky aaron top story this hour more than one hundred cars have been torched across sweden three weeks ahead of september elections it's believed the fire bombings work toward a native the trying to take a look at the timing of the arson attacks and how they're feeling tensions ahead of the electoral race. it's not even dark peo