Image caption Anders Behring Breivik has said that he does not recognise the court 
 
 The man who killed 77 people in bomb and gun attacks in Norway last July has boasted of his actions in a statement at his trial in Oslo. 
 
 "I have carried out the most spectacular and sophisticated attack on Europe since World War II," Anders Behring Breivik told the court. 
 
 Breivik said he would do it all again and asked to be acquitted. 
 
 Although he admits the bombing and attack on a youth camp, he has pleaded not guilty to terror and mass murder. 
 
 "These acts are based on goodness, not evil," he said, adding that he had toned down his rhetoric out of concern for the victims. 
 
 As he closed his statement, pressed by the judge Breivik said that he acted to defend Norway against immigration and multi-culturalism. 
 
 After a lunch break, the prosecution began its cross-examination of Breivik. Topics covered include his choice of uniform and his claim to be a member of the Knights Templar group, which the prosecution has previously asserted does not exist. 
 
 Breivik insisted the group did have a few members, but conceded that the language he used to describe it may have been "pompous". 
 
 At the scene Think of the violence and horror of Breivik's crimes - the screams, the tears, the anguish. There couldn't be a greater contrast with the quiet, calm courtroom where the judges and lawyers are methodically going about their work. Breivik himself is also calm. He walked slowly to the stand, clutching the 13 pages of his speech. Asked after half an hour by the judge to shorten his remarks, he politely answered that he needed to continue, to explain why he did what he did. He smiled with satisfaction as the day started - as one of the lay judges appointed to the trial was dismissed for having expressed his view on a social networking site that Breivik should be given the death penalty. But there have been no obvious smiles since. Breivik is businesslike, determined to get across his message. 
 
 He also implied that he drew inspiration for his strategies from al-Qaeda and added that he had not expected to survive the day. 
 
 Cross-examined over his hatred of Islam, Breivik said he and a friend had once been attacked by Muslims and he had suffered a broken nose. 
 
 Earlier, Breivik's lawyers warned that many Norwegians would find his comments upsetting. Geir Lippestad also said that he understood concerns by victims' families that Breivik would use his trial as a pulpit, but added that Breivik had a right to explain himself. 
 
 His testimony and that of his witnesses will not be broadcast. His testimony is expected to last for five days. 
 
 The BBC's Matthew Price, who was in the courtroom, says that Breivik's evidence will be crucial in working out if he is criminally insane and psychiatrists in court have been observing him closely. 
 
 One of the questions at the very heart of this trial, which is expected to last for 10 weeks, is Breivik's mental state. He has already said that he does not recognise the court. 
 
 Despite repeated interruptions from the judge to cut down his speech, Breivik insisted that he had more to say, although he agreed to limit his comments to Norway. 
 
 Breivik's comments have ranged from vehement criticisms of liberalism and multi-culturalism to claims that he "supports the model in South Korea and Japan". 
 
 Our correspondent says his comments about Norway fit in with his belief that liberal ideals are ruining Norway and are the reason why he attacked the governing Labour party summer camp on Utoeya island and government offices. 
 
 "I am not scared by the prospect of being in prison all my life. I was born in a prison where I could not express my beliefs," he told the court, adding: "This prison is called Norway." 
 
 Breivik said he was speaking as a representative of a Norwegian and European "resistance movement". 
 
 Shortly before the close of Tuesday's hearing, prosecutors questioned what had led to Breivik becoming radicalised. He said the Nato bombing of Serbia in the 1990s and the attacks of 9/11 were "important factors". 
 
 Judge substituted 
 
 As the day began, the court was briefly adjourned and one of three lay judges dismissed for saying last July that Breivik should face the death penalty. 
 
 A lay judge is an ordinary member of the public who forms part of the judgement panel. Thomas Indreboe was replaced by a substitute lay judge who observed proceedings yesterday. 
 
 Breivik's Norway attacks 8 people killed and 209 injured by bomb in Oslo 
 
 69 people killed on Utoeya island, of them 34 aged between 14 and 17 
 
 33 injured on Utoeya 
 
 Nearly 900 people affected by attacks 
 
 On Monday, prosecutors played harrowing recordings of the events and described the fate of each victim in detail. 
 
 Breivik detonated a bomb in a van parked outside government offices in Oslo on 22 July, killing eight people. 
 
 He then travelled to Utoeya where, dressed as a police officer, he shot dead a further 69 people who were attending a youth camp run by the governing Labour party. 
 
 The 33-year-old Norwegian was found insane in one examination, while a second assessment made public last week found him mentally competent. 
 
 If the court decides he is criminally insane, he will be committed to psychiatric care; if he is judged to be mentally stable, he will be jailed if found guilty. 
 
 If jailed, he faces a sentence of 21 years which could be extended to keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. 
 
 The courtroom has been specially built for the trial to accommodate more than 200 people. Glass partitions have been put up to separate the victims and their families from Breivik. ||||| Story highlights Survivor says he owes Breivik "a punch in the face" 
 
 Breivik's lawyer says it is important to his client that he be seen as sane 
 
 Prosecutors play a recording of a call for help during the shooting spree 
 
 Breivik is accused of killing 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage 
 
 The man accused of killing 77 people in a bomb-and-gun rampage in Norway last summer said his actions were justified to save the country from multicultural forces as he went on trial Monday. 
 
 Anders Behring Breivik raised his arm in a fascist-style salute -- a symbol of "strength, power and defiance against Marxist tyrants," to quote the 1,500-page manifesto attributed to him -- as soon as his handcuffs were removed in court Monday. 
 
 "I acknowledge the acts but do not plead guilty," he told the court. 
 
 His trial on charges of voluntary homicide and committing acts of terror is expected to last up to 10 weeks. He is accused of setting off a bomb in central Oslo that killed eight people, then fatally shooting 69 people at a youth camp run by the ruling Labour Party on nearby Utoya Island. 
 
 Dressed in a black suit and sporting a jawline beard, Breivik listened impassively as prosecutor Inga Bejer Engh read the charges, describing how dozens of young people were shot to death. 
 
 Breivik says his rampage was meant to save Norway from being taken over by multicultural forces and to prevent ethnic cleansing of Norwegians, said his lawyer, Geir Lippestad. In his manifesto, Breivik railed against Muslim immigration and European liberalism, including the Labour Party, which he said was allowing the "Islamification of Europe." And in court, he called the trial political and objected to the judge's friendship with a former justice minister. 
 
 "I do not recognize the Norwegian court. You've gotten your mandate from political parties that support multiculturalism," he said. 
 
 "OK, we will make a note of that general objection," Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen said curtly. 
 
 Prosecutors played a recording of a terrified girl phoning for help during the shooting rampage, a recording punctuated by constant firing in the background. They also showed security camera video of the central Oslo bomb blast that killed eight people, images that participants in the trial watched with ashen faces. 
 
 Breivik sat in court without restraints, behind a bulletproof glass barrier set up to protect him during the six hours of proceedings. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg vowed to double down on Norway's traditions of liberal democracy in response to the attacks, and Breivik's trial appears to be no exception. 
 
 "He was so close to having a bullet between his eyes. The police were so close," said Jorn Overby, who rescued some 15 people from the waters off Utoya during the massacre. But Overby told CNN that he owes Breivik only "a punch in the face for firing at me." 
 
 "He will get the treatment he needs," Overby said. 
 
 Experts have given different opinions about Breivik's sanity, which will be a factor in determining what punishment he receives if convicted. Norway does not have the death penalty, and sentencing options could include imprisonment or confining him to a mental facility. 
 
 But Breivik's defense will try to prove he was sane at the time of the killings, Lippestad said Monday. Lippestad told reporters after the hearing that the defendant had his reasons, but would not disclose them. 
 
 It is important to Breivik that he be considered sane, Lippestad said after the hearing. 
 
 Prosecutors outlined Breivik's life before the killings, showing a photo of the messy room where he lived at his mother's house, listing his six failed businesses and referring to his many hours playing the online game "World of Warcraft." Prosecutors said he had "no job, no salary, no money from the government" and was "living off his savings." 
 
 The defendant smiled briefly when his "Warcraft" character was shown, one of the few times he showed emotion on Monday. 
 
 He also appeared to be overcome with emotion, fighting back tears, when part of his video manifesto "Knights Templar 2083" was played in court. Lippestad declined to say why Breivik wept, citing attorney-client privilege. But lawyers for the victims said: "No one thought he was crying for the victims." 
 
 A survivor of Utoya Island, Tore Sinding Bekkedal, said he was surprised to experience "a strange feeling of relief" when prosecutors switched from listing the names of the dead to those of the wounded. 
 
 "It was an intense gratitude, Bekkedal said during a break in the proceedings. "It took me by surprise that I felt it, that these wonderful people are still among us, that we managed to save these ones at least." 
 
 Breivik is to begin testifying Tuesday, and asked Monday for his testimony to be broadcast, claiming it as a human right. Most of the relatives of the victims do not want that to happen, according to lawyers who represent the families of victims and survivors. 
 
 "It's going to be 10 weeks of hell ... to hear this man, to hear his explanation of why he did it and how he did it," said Trond Henry Blattmann, whose son was killed on Utoya Island. 
 
 In November, prosecutors said psychiatrists had determined that Breivik was paranoid and schizophrenic at the time of the attacks and during 13 interviews experts conducted with him afterward. However, the court sought a second opinion because of the importance of the question of sanity to Breivik's trial. 
 
 In a report released this month, two court-appointed psychiatric experts said Breivik was sane at the time of the killings. 
 
 The victims on Utoya Island were among 700 mostly young people attending a Labour Party camp, the same camp Stoltenberg said he had attended every summer since 1974. 
 
 "I think that one of the main messages from Norway after the tragedy ... was that we were going to protect our democracy. And part of our democracy is the divisions of responsibilities between the government and the courts. It's up to the courts to decide whether this man is going to be sentenced or not, whether he is insane or not. It's not a question which is going to be decided by politicians. That's part of our democratic society," Stoltenberg said. 
 
 Tore Bjorgo, a terror expert and professor at Norwegian Police University College, said Breivik appears to be overly concerned about his self-image and sees himself in the role of a "fantastic, great person who will save Europe." 
 
 "It's we who should decide what kind of a society we want; it's not the terrorists," he said. "And the logic of terrorism is to try to provoke responses to get people to act in ways the terrorists want, and it was important that we didn't do that. We didn't go down that road, and that was, I think, a big victory."
– The second day of Anders Behring Breivik's trial began today, and the accused Norway terrorist took the stand for what was supposed to be a 30-minute statement explaining his actions. Instead, Breivik went on for 65 minutes and was interrupted four times by a judge who asked him to shorten his 13-page statement. Breivik ranted against liberalism, immigration, and multiculturalism, and compared the Norwegian Labour Party's youth camp that he attacked to the Hitler Youth, but claimed that he "lowered the rhetoric out of consideration for the victims." Excerpts, per the Telegraph and the BBC: "I have done the most sophisticated and spectacular political attack seen in Europe since the Second World War." On the US McCarthy witch hunts: "McCarthy was far too moderate. He thought about deporting all American communists to the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, he did not do so." "Were [Sitting Bull and other native American chiefs] terrorists because they fought for indigenous rights? Were they evil terrorists or were they heroes? In the same way militant nationalists in Europe are seen as evil because they fight for the same ideals." "These acts are based on goodness, not evil," he said of his attacks, adding, "Yes, I would have done it again. These were not innocent, non-political children, but these were people who actively worked to uphold multicultural values." "I cannot plead guilty. I acted in defense of my culture and of my people and so I ask to be acquitted." Later, Breivik said he admires al-Qaeda because it is the "most successful revolutionary force in the world."