the the it's a challenge for freedom, a supporters of judy now a sondra mingling outside the u. k. 's high court as his legal team makes a final effort to stop that was a blow from being expedited to the united states. that's what he faces. a 175 years in prison for exposing america's dodie and secret russian forces taking another frontline town on the battlefield. following this week's capture of, of the now it's pushing ukraine even further back away in the heart of san region. and scrapping the sanction the echo watch block of west africa. nations says it's lifting the boss which. busy of restricted measures against molly, but you know, fast, so i need air off to month. so rising tensions, it comes off with

a trio of state. so it's direction to put the car this the traditional sunday program here. and i'll see international running down the pop headlines of the week and all this on the face of a was a blow. but julian, a sondra does remain in limbo. the judges of the new case, high court have yet to make a ruling on his final appeal. against expedition to the united states when he leeks co founder is wanted states side for publishing, secret, military and diplomatic files and, and in from us video of an apache attack, helicopters gunning down civilians in iraq and cold blood. if convicted son's face is 175 years in prison, to the protest as crowding outside the court in london, demanding the immediate release of the 52 year old australian signed with a forklift feeling unwell preventing him from appear. and at the hearing on tuesday,

it's time the members joined to make shift stayed outside the building, highlighting he's being persecuted for simply revealing how per fedex in the u. s. paste is online the policy, they say don't questing these lines because that will defend our allies. they have to admit that what they're doing is criminalizing journalism is personalizing literacy and their persecuting the journalist who expose them. julia has ran out of a 4th of the news in one form of incarceration or, and of they used to, to advance all of julian's human rights suspended. are you good with you this afternoon

or these and steve sweeney was outside the high court in the british capital, where the appeal hearing was taking place behind not just closed doors, but also as we have to stand the smallest courtroom and the entire building. we've not reached the end of the 2 day co, henry entertaining us on this potential expedition to the united states where he probably said 175 years in prison under the espionage ok. now his defense team, his lawyers, all heating cold, say the judges in the original case have not taken properly into consideration a legit call cooktop in the white house. the with the say i to assassinate the service owns on the streets of london. they said that this call serious bounce over the insurance is given by the united states about his health wellbeing. should he be expedited these assurances have being dismissed by obviously international as

not worth the paper. that's a all written on. now there's being uh there is free to taking place now behind it from a, a range of a sound. you suppose? as we've heard about, the judges have deferred. that decision said not taking the decision, say so that verdict will be announced a late today to we're having so that could possibly be more so forth. but of course, we'll keep you updated with the latest using developments as we get with this hodges extradition, baffled now. it is final days formed by us intelligence officer and hosted that was something that was joining curiosity. it was worried. he says that the face of the we think it's co founder, might stop other journalists from exposing uncomfortable trans. and i think that the, that the role that assigns you and wiki leaks played in the, in the reporting the war logs reporting in afghanistan and iraq was positively heroic. we wouldn't have any idea what the american government was doing,

ostensibly, in our name, in the name of the american people, had wiki leaks not told us. we wouldn't know the details of war crimes and crimes against humanity that were committed by american soldiers and uh, and service men. so we, oh, we can't leaks it. a debt of thanks a debt of gratitude for telling us what our government was doing. that's why i believe that that julian assigned you and we can, each should be celebrated, not prosecuted, not targeted, not assassinated in broad daylight in the streets of london. this is something that all americans should get behind. it's perfectly something that all american media outlets should get behind and they have not yet done. so if juliet assigned is convicted, then every national security journalist in america is liable to be prosecuted under the espionage act. they're not committing espn osh, they're committing journalism. so what's the goal there is the goal to lock up your

journalists in direct contravention of the constitution. the justice department has become into vociferous candidates in its attempts to go after people that they deem to be lakers. now i think where the justice department is in danger of losing the case is they've also accused julian, a subject computer hacking. and there's literally no evidence that he asked anybody to hack into anything. i think it's clear that julian is a publisher and a journalist, and that's what's going to come out at trial sealed. i'm sorry to say that i don't believe anybody will be brought to justice. the decisions have already been made, for example, not to prosecute the, the army personnel involved in the killing of reuters journalist and iraqi civilians in baghdad in what became known as the iraq war video, the,

the, the killing video. now the statute of limitations has expired. similarly, for higher ranking military officials, people at the general officer level, they've committed war crimes and they haven't been prosecuted for those war crimes . now we've gone through another what uh, 3 presidents. if they haven't been prosecuted by now, they won't be prosecuted. meanwhile, the west and leaders have been crying the last of the russian political activist collection of alanine, claiming he's a hero. they certainly haven't shown any such sentiment towards julius, on the person who has essentially risk his life and continues to do so. for the freedom of the press, he bravely stood up to corruption, the violence, all the bad things if he had them arrested, prosecuted for forever good crimes. he says that the prison just held him nice solutions in prison. he was

a powerful voice for the truth. the alexia in the vall, knee has been a brave leader who stood up against corruption and a talk or sing. he died for which he dedicated his whole life freedom. the world has lost freedom fighter in alex said nobody was a reminder of the extraordinary brutality. as is government.

the i would argue that it's closer to me in the high tech terrorist massages and nurses who has created nothing of value to what lies on the dirty work of others to make himself famous. he has to answer for what he, how is it has done is this guy is a traitor, a treasonous, and i'm not for the death penalty. so if i'm not for the defense only way to do it illegally shoot the son of a the, the

russian and the forces are involved single, the battlefield and have now taken another key location in the heart of san region . that's according to the nation. so it depends minister in his report to the russian president. according to this issue, the village of cranky has been cleared and our forces are standing all along the river bank. it's not just an observation point. our troops are stationed there, operating at maximum efficiency, some individual enemy soldiers remain on the left bank of the deep river. we are working on that they are being offered a chance to surrender. well, that's come just days off. the rush or analysis had captured of this guy in the script, public city, which had been under the control of kids forces for almost a decade. the by hold for the strategic area to many months before a chaotic retreat by ukrainian forces. and as keeps troops left the city, they abandoned munitions, stockpiles and all the west and supplied weapons of war among them. uh, this uh, us made all my personal carrier, a trophy now being towed away by the russians. a 2 such vehicles at least have been

recovered so far in the most go says kia, i've lost nearly 3000 soldiers during its retreat. russian forces also to back the main water filtration plant which supplies the number of cities and the republic, including the original capital. don't you ask reporting from that with his exclusive report. all these eager to start off as this is the, the nets quote of filtering plots. and until early 2022, it used to provide fresh wood safe use to provide access to fresh water for the entire city. in early 2020, to kind of switch sides. it used to be in the grey zone, kind of the no man's land according to the mask agreements and the ukrainians. they were the 1st to gain a foothold here. the 1st thing they did, the 1st order of business for them here was to deny was to strip citizens of the nets of something as basic as the right as the access to tap water. the station hasn't been

a safe place for years. it's operating company would have to repeatedly implement shut downs to ensure work is safety. back then, all hopes were pinned on the o is see, and it's you and back to monitoring mission and it's piece making skills. now the station that provided water for over a 1000000 people looks like this. the you to call was that we took your of dave got reads the scripture on the wall left by the unit to enter the territory of the batted station. fast lose because we're

no significant battles here, but it's an interesting story. we're preparing for the salt and how to make our way through the tunnels. here. in the end everything happens so spontaneously, or drill and dropped leaflets, calling for surrender in the red, we will kill you and had the phone number of our division commander. they called and said that they wants to surrender. we gave them half an hour, so they jumped out of their positions and then a chain reaction began. them use fled from of they ask. that is there were no harsh clashes. they simply fled and were shot as they ran away, throwing their weapons, the 2 issues. it won't be sealed until this facility will be able to pump the water to people's kitchens and bathrooms. ukraine still holds hostage to the river of saber ski the next. the main water supply of the don't pass rusher has to claim control over its upstream too. so the issue, clues of black smoke rising on the horizon show that it is doing just that. how much is done every protein from the dog boss oxy?

well, as they are russian advance on the front line, so it makes its way through in battle towns and that one is republic. it's now and developing its offensive in the city of your gift. that is, that the imaging video showing russian artillery and strikes in the area against ukrainian troops. the 2nd drone photos are showing their kamikaze, drawing, finding its way into a garage as it did ultimately collapse structure or form a senior security policy ad was the defendant on michael maloof. he says, the loss of add, you could have a mock, a point of no return on the battlefields for ukraine. a, f desk, a is a turning point. it's the beginning of what i would see as a cascading effect of a russian offensive to finally route ukrainians. out of a areas that they've long held and, and they, they are totally on the defensive now. and if you hit in a number of areas, at the same time, it disperses their,

their concentration of forces even more. and because they're already depleted, and they claim to have little of every edition, this makes their task even more arduous. i think people are seeing that with the have the skill and everything else that they're just going to be throwing good money after bad. and, and, and they, that even the europeans are seeing this now, they're having hard time, even nato countries are having a hard time coming up with funds to give, to the, to do to buy equipment for ukraine. the congress isn't coming back for almost 2 weeks. and when it comes back on the 28th february on march, 11st partial is going to be a partial shutdown of the us government. because congress will only have 3 days to, to come up with any kind of funding if there's to be any before parts of the government shut down. so the congress, the, the,

the funding of ukraine is not the highest priority right now in the us congress. india now, where ships from russia is or maybe pacific fleet arriving to take part in the multi lateral navel drills. when you scream, starting out, will show us some of the whole ships talking at one of the india's ports set to take part in exercise is called midland 2024 for the visit of the russian site is or fourthly, last week. moscow was sent a couple of ships, the list engine sanctions, a soft on malia and, but again, a fast so by the eco wash group of west african states have suddenly been lifted. the block had recently made a similar concession tools naija while leaving some southern place. now old comes off to the trio of nations, have threatened to quit the echo by square. the people on the streets of nature as capital was seen to celebrating the decision by echo with the routing goes into

effect immediately. however, the block maintained that sudden political sanctions are still imposed on the chair after a to offend to the leadership in the country. last year, local john list to timothy over the age of us details. we have 40 of heads of state and government, of course said the decision to the lift economy stacks was imposed on these air was based on humanitarian concentration side of the house imparts of assumptions on citizens and regional economy. f was suspended the closer of latin airport as between its members states and major. the freezing of assets and all service transactions, including utilities and for travel ban on government officials and their family members, and reversed the suspension of reserve from regional financial assistance and transactions. for the regional upsets target individual santos and political sense is like limited access to airport summit and minister of sessions will hold firm.

political sanctions has not been lifted. for the proposals have been lifted, the commercial sanctions have been lifted. but the target that functions as well as political sanctions that can be made in force, of course, also called for the immediate and on conditional release of aspect, missouri and presidents mohammed pursuing the actual nurse summit pumps based off a general. yeah, people got one materials for my head of space and one of the founding fathers of the regional block made of lead to the block to reconsider its measures to restore constitutional order in the region for the sake of regional integration. but the decrease on the lips, the band comes at a critical juncture, for it posts on january the 28th, the newly formed allows us to hell, which includes molly and these are and for jennifer also announced with toilet from

the bluff on the grounds at the airport had viewed it from its founding ideals and was found the range of far inside was airport as denies these allegations, my dear in president paula suitable, who also doubles as eric was chair said the commission is put in its citizens 1st and fed, missouri. molly and also also with not perceived the commission as the enemy demo. chris is nothing more than the political from work on the past. so addressing the basic needs an aspiration of the people. this is why i would moss the exam in the course to approach to request for post solution uh for that info of i mean by states as you have full arch in total close to that the vision of these 3 dishes to actually the notes to fi save

and nice ation. as the n e l course was created in 1975 to promote economy prosperity among member states. but it has been struggling to deal with a wave. of course, in recent years, the block was criticized for being heavy handed on these are of the july officer president assume. last week the alliance of the house. they said it was working to create a confederation and may soon welcome a new car and see no one ask us a house. but for now, it is not clear what may happen next or with the lifting sanctions can restore the trust in the regional block, which may have been broken. timothy or peasy archie of whom john my jury. let's have this conversation further. now of course i will have to add him. oh god about the 2nd, the full my january and the presidential hopeful joining us here live on the program and a variable welcome to you. so it is amazing development really. when you think

about the months of tension and the thought of the echo was, has been around since 1975. and what do you think? honestly, adam is behind this decision by echo was to suddenly lift most of the sanctions against the 3 west african states. what's going on? yes, um uh, thank you for holding the the, the middle challenge here is dodd, this going through uh duplicate and told me to get um i use tony co dies by called charles and the language especially in terms of language. one of the largest spoken language between within the us i have region is how far on the house are long, which is pretty domain entry isn't in general. so when you look at this infiniti pro gun, i am proud to money. i'm proud to some guy on file on this list is to be 1.3 without. when you remove the colonial bond that was defined of tried to binding concerns. so up to impose your assumptions. in this case, it is usually is going to require tim for what do to start from all sides. you know,

like to know general side is why do now from dallas i to these by 2. so at some point in susan, just just from showing you trouble to achieve it for, to start the object keeps by pushing down the, the, the piece we're putting that is, you know, circular time we've been doing the come build. i think if i tried the right time to actually drop the grams funding and allowed you prepay all the term virtual on through these computers, wherever we are very long. but if i play with new dryer, we shall be 1000000. well, while we're about to one place, you said you don't want me to uh, $41.00 is under the can let me does a border. so it just doesn't make sense. i, as i'm trying to move forward as long as you continue, or do you want to do any dates because we all do one during this is the challenges, trips to mobile. i mean, i'll take the for many or the intelligence you use has been affected because of this. so i do for you have to function even though committed to there. and grove is

actually the right thing to be done on a junior cause. it should be commended, or we hope that the service that we want to come back into your boss, i get part of this is, this is what i want to ask you about a move on basically. so, yeah. so echo wasp lifting sanctions against new jab body and bucking it fast. so it's a, do you think now that trio will change their minds? yeah, hopefully we may, you know, but the mentor lynch. yeah. is the formation of your quote to solve. the problem was to be the corner me for me, wanted to pick up. it's so difficult to be economic integration, just window shop part of the window show on the market. we're not sure if someone ever seen the movie i was have used to do by the really the bread. what is or the why is it related to the best solution? this is the happy with the phone or the cost to remove the you know, handle that if that is going to be driving the airport system and bring it. but you

don't need to come always come movement. one of the drums support the new drive that is coming into the system that will drive public kind of spiritual to into the new order. so just imagine, yeah, it's great point there. i didn't, i appreciate you saying that the multi part of new order, for example, the new world order of multi plan, which is a uni centric world, is foss fading away. but that being said, i to move this fil a lot of power being wielded by the west, a full months. let's just say the form of colonial powers. i mean, how would you assess the extent of western influence in west africa and in africa in general? today, i mean, do you think there are any external actors who have any influence on the board of echo us, for example? yeah, they used to have this influence. what, as you can see, the fluid is completely 50 no way the top the we have induced ford f one which is a direct but a push on to the west and hung over one division,

especially differential authorities. but then you'll see what's happening for them to infinity go a little private then because of some of the decision of the doctor can do the people. so people, i say, no, we're do not want to be towed or can we buy a power that is central to us? we want to take our defendants into our hands. so with this actually i'm, you've been doing, but some of the functions on time, the f one, severe 3 and um, what are 2 outputs to fix the problem? it shows clearly that wisdom in fluids is true. you know, way especially differential fluid. yeah, i'm yeah, yeah, we can create a way of internal activity between these countries so that we could have bought a new system. that is going to think what is 20. 0 us. yeah, that's a great, that's a great point. i appreciate you. you're getting the, i mean, you talk about from, for example, you talked about former french colonies as well. i mean, um, you know, friends had, it's what, 10 year operation in this a hell they said they was operational. okay. and they said they were fighting

terrorists, adam, who is that? what front was doing all those years are totally open or somebody can was a complete fellow. it's open or somebody came of the team is to give life to territories. what you did. because prior to the beginning of oppression, but to that is very much less total. it is activities in this i have read you. what do you mean? i have no personal monitored and started. you know, you'll have said what i'm with of self care, what he's in different names with different times. women with high position were so the older jeanette didn't do area within 2010 in all different. you'll see. so when you look at this, you'll see the bucket is actually, if you're not doing anything, it's helped to investigate the situation in grid more to 20 minutes ago. so i believe it's a conflict at all, and that is what you see. the new changes. imagine within the cartridge. yeah, i mean, you know, when you, when you, when you basically open out the box, the pandora's box of the whole us. so with the western war on terrorism,

basically it's a case of create a problem and then create the solution. tell me something here. i remember before i let you go. um, it was earlier earlier last year that was at the africa, a russia, somebody since in petersburg. and i had 3 really great pleasure of meeting a number of high delegations from all across your continent. and it seemed to be an over whelming theme from those who were attending the russia africa form. and that was the people in africa becoming more confident. some of the leaders they sounded in bold and they seem to recognize that africa is on the front line of this multi polar world with the whole global south. they were excited. they said there's a momentum for the future of africa. i'm so equal 30 seconds out of tell me what they were talking about please. there are 22 can about the fact that the multi point out for the previously we helped talentwise the smoking west consumption. you a new get out of the system. what do do the news of google or something the

additional funded eucalyptus? well, function is impulse and worship. i mean you have to watch somebody come just turn the corner and defend mural point. don't give life to so many of the week i've actually been without work on the ship. so he just did off what would you think of what you're telling me that it's giving us more freedom done to stay in that area? well, well, what i mean is going to, you know, some this, but i'm glad to know it's a great comment to wrap up this conversation adam, oh god with the 2nd full. but nigeria in presidential hopeful joining us live here or not, you international. it's always a good chat with you, my friend. thank you very much. thank you very much. really elizabeth time to talk to you too. thank you. thank you for joining us here on. i think it's enough on you don't use it for a tony at the top of the

look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except we're so shorter is that conflict with the 1st law show your mind, anticipation. we should be very careful about visual intelligence at the point, obviously is to great trust rather than to the various jobs. i mean, with the artificial intelligence, we have so many in the theme and the robot must protect this phone. existence was on the exist who modified

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