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deal struck with the us government. australian m. p under loyalty was among those who slums in washington for the overall situation. seeing an alarming example was said by dealing with the league squander on us to crate a price, and it was paid for the charging and conviction. public journalist for doing a job that is a really alarming priest. it's a sort of thing we'd expect you to know 3rd period to tell it harry and country written to the final hour of the opening round of snuff parliamentary elections and friends with regular twins and national rally, expected to come out on top of the president. look on the centrist alliance as seen as phone numbers for further, despite perhaps because of our as his willingness to central troops on weapons. the,

with the top stories from the past 7 days and rides up to the moment. developments as well. this is the weekly and archie, welcome. after an almost decade and a half long legal bottle, which he leaks fonder, julianna's son should be imprisoned into u. k. has returned home to us truly a on being reunited with his family. this, after a plea, deal was struck with the us government. the full i sondra is released, sparks celebrations across his native land. demonstrators and supporters gathered to praise the outcome of the court hearing in the us specific island territory on the side palm where he pled guilty to violating american espionage law. however,

as truly lawmakers are worried about the president, his case has i will, i will flags a one, allow me issue. and that is to die on us 2 or 3. i present it was 6 for the charging and conviction of a journalist for doing a job. that is a really alarming priesthood. it's a sort of thing we'd expect you to know 3rd period to tell it harry, in country. it is not what we would expect from the united states, or similar country loc and stria. well, i think it seems a chill down the spine of journalists world war that this president has been sick and it means out there is more work to do, to push for lady afraid it meant protections for journalist. so they can do they do all the well, despite the massive sense of relief and joy over his release,

the whistle blowers, lawyer sees the case, has had a shilling outcome with washington's pursuits of investigative journalism. as a crime, please, the mr. assign should reveal the truthful, important, and newsworthy information, including revealing that the united states had committed war crimes. and he has suffered tremendously in his 5 for free speech. for freedom of the press, enter to ensure that the american public and the world community gets fruitful. it important news where the information that is fall journalist of these cited states prosecuted that the dispos most precise will come with the 75 pairs of prison. that is what has a chilling effect today and a decision that it's time for mr. science to go home, that does have it. showing the fact is the united states pursuing journalism has

a fine. i think this is the 1st and last time. julie and assigned is a free man. now that he accepted a guilty plea and entered a guilty plea in the us federal court in the mariana island. now julian assigned his attorney, made clear that while he will comply with the requirements of the delete certain sensitive information, the work of which he leaks will continue 62 months in belmore together. this deals weekly weeks is for work we'll, we'll continue and mr. saw so i have no doubt the continuous force the transparency government use of power the ways so now in order for julian assigns to accept the plea, deal for time serves no supervised release in order to return to australia, a free man after 14 years of a legal battle, plenty of time and a british prison julian hassan had to formally admit guilts and, you know,

plead guilty to a criminal charge violating the u. s. espionage act. this is what was that in the tense moments in the u. s. federal court house working as a journal this time covers my source to provide information that was set to be classified in order to publish that information. i believe the 1st commandments protected that activity, but accept that it was a violation of the espionage statute. i believe the 1st amendment and the espionage act in contradiction with the child, the but i accept the would be difficult to reinstall a suitcase given all the circumstances. it's been 14 years so that you in a sanchez been facing off in a legal battle. and at this points, we see him on his way home after quite a bit of time, walled up in the ecuadorian embassy, quite a bit of time in british prisons along extradition battle. now around the world, many are looking on and seeing this is an example of hypocrisy on the part of us leaders who constantly lecture the world about freedom of the press,

the protection of journalists, freedom of speech, etc. let's review everything that has happened to julian assigned over the course of this 14 year saga. the . this appears to be the end of julius on his 14 year saga, but it's not the last of wiki leaks. we're awaiting a statement from julian to sondra about what comes next. but at this point, many around the world who rallied in support of julia sons',

protesting or making social media posts raising awareness, doing everything they could to highlight his case. and the danger is it pauses to it was information and journalistic protections. many people around the world are happy to see him free, though many are also worried about the implications of the guilty plea. he entered in the us federal courthouse now with elections for the french national assembly taking place today, president and money on my chrome finds himself in a tough spot as the popular. it's a of his centrist alliance. we may assault plummets in the pool woods, millions of citizens, how they're say today. ah said mister mcdowell, who himself call the snuff elections after his parties having lost his last month in the european parliament, follow his openness to sending troops to ukraine on to risk further escalation and not conflict for sharp criticism from the opposition that includes national riley leda marine the pin on the right of your screen there who voted in northern friends

today. posters have projected a majority when for her party years to take of part of space or to comforter peter richard marston. so one of the things that the french initially liked about a menu item back home was that he appeared to be keen to slip into the mindset of the former french president and world war 2 general shot. the good of the mindset of france being an honest broker between east and west refusing to go all in on either account. but the writing was on the wall when the ukraine conflict went red, hot and maximum was funded walkie around the eighty's. a palace in a dark hoodie that looked like he'd stolen it from his girlfriend, ukrainian president bly, mirror zalinski, posh gardener, fashion collection of the, the new vill, egoism. we have agreed on new deliveries on a long term basis, announcing the delivery of a 1st series on the raft, 2000 dash 5. and then this is a pilot training which will immediately begin instructing,

pilots and mechanics. we also proposed and decided together that friends would train and equip an entire ukranian army brigade as part of the effort to originate its forces. that's around 4500 soldiers. we proposed we decided together. well, that's nice. know who wasn't involved in any of that decision? making as part of that, we, the french people who needs effectively committing to fighting the war against russia. starting with sending in trainers. it's not like the law makers that french voters democratically elected and who are accountable to them, have never even declared war against russia. and the president isn't supposed to have that power if the russians were to break through the front lines, if there were a ukrainian request, which is not the case today, we would legitimately have to ask ourselves this question. i have a clear surgical objective restaurant can not win and ukraine, so teacher sped, not call, i certainly use all the right words the charm. the western level is the stablish ment, nato secretary general,

the end stilton for who's effectively just the chief populace. s p r guy for the western military industrial complex lobby because about. busy shed, i'm on the road and thank you for your warm will come on your kind words and thank you also for an excellent meeting this afternoon on that bill. so thank you for your store on a personal commitment to the concepts. i'm thinking hollins on to nate, though it has really been a great privilege to work. so falls through with you over all these years. but say i want to, i want our position to be clear to formulated, we, we support president microns initiative to send instructors to ukraine. and by the way, this simply shortens the past to learning french public generosity is really wearing st. at this point in light of macros attempts to effectively ease the french people into this conflict with the back of this boon. as the firm st goes 68 percent of the french don't think that he should have even

a vote. the notion of putting western troops on the table for you frame 74 percent of them don't want them on the ground over there ever. that is this choice in the french election. it's teen macola versus team pretend period. that that's hard insulting people's intelligence at all. it is a demonstration above all for peace against the spiral war into which mat, chrome, the european union, and nato are leading us. we are tired of others deciding and speaking for us. we are the sovereign ones. we're the ones who must speak for ourselves. we have a salary, but despite the salary, we called me till needs because we are in fact move in on dated with bills and we have almost nothing all 0 money left to live on. we are in perpetual survival. we'll put bucks if the economies of on that will be people who are looking for food and garbage cans. people who have housing problems. i think we are entitled to them on better to achieve, to who best of the history of humanity, the pollution of humanity,

people who are already financially struggling from that called blindly following the use economically devastating demands for ukraine. asking even domestic ministries like finance ministry to cut budgets, to pay for more funding and or weapons for your trade is just done by the leading figure in both the european and the national campaigns for the pens party and the most likely candidate for prime minister. if the party wins has at least been talking like he's thrown down a few boundaries, see the whole class. i think that this is fonts as well, that it should have plates to maintain this rich line between both supports and ukraine to lobbies, to hold the problems with the equipments needed and avoid doing the risk of escalation with russia. while the president of the republic goes so far as to say, we can send troops before the end of the year. we can possibly come to the 7th, the nuclear deterrence, with all your pain partners. i believe that she's crossing by lines. nothing defend

herself is also fire some warning shives over the back of the french president, not home over what he could expect to have her party wins this weekend's vote. chief of the armed forces for the president is an honorary title, since it is the prime minister who holds the purse strings? jordan has no intention of picking a fight with mister, i'm a cron, but he has said the red lines, the president will not be able to send troops to crane. so what she's saying there is that nicole may be president, but it's the french national assembly that controls the purse strings. there's been major debate here over the past few days about how much has already been allocated, how much can be called back, and to what extent macros prior ukraine deals could be real did. in any case, it's a reminder that the elections absolutely have consequences, and this one could certainly have significant ones for francis involvement. and you paid well, we spoke to several french nationals voting up the embassy in moscow today who

shared their expectations for the election. a deal with a ceiling fan on my mom, my hose that all relationship with russia will continue. normally. russians are all friends. we shouldn't be in conflict with russia. all. so every time, phone, stoles, against russia, it has loss. so it's a known interest to be side by side with russia to put them all say this always you might expect changes off to these elections. ok. the situation in front is already at a standstill. it's degrading. i can't say exactly what those changes should be, but probably economic social political is a sort of such sentence. it's complimentary elections always complex. you expect to lots of things with i don't think much is going to happen. unfortunately, the national parliament does not have a lot of power, but i still want to support a policy that i really like as the saying goes, expect nothing remain hopeful. special in any cap i screw uh, honestly about it's always delicate. we can't know for sure what will be done, but we saw what happened after the european elections. the assembly was dissolved and were voting. now,

people have shown that enough is enough that they demand transformations. the government has already started trying to frighten people, talking about insurrections or something. can i just hope that people will react to the entire situation, especially those in the governments and so that they realize it can't go on like this. so above the, the home gary and prime minister, so he's, he's taking on the brussels. the link has a nice plans to form a new alliance, and the new parliament called patriots for europe. now we are creating a political group, which in my opinion, will be like a booster rocket and will soon become the largest political group in europe. what europeans want is 3 things, peace order and development. and what they are getting from the elite in brussels today is war migration and stag nation. the hungry is toys to take all 3

e u presidency on monday for the next 6 months back to oregon. say's austria's right wing freedom party. the check in no party have joined the group, but the alliance requires for more nations to be recognized by the parliament parties from at least a quarter of the $27.00. you states are needed to form a new political group or right wing and conservative party serge then popularity among voters in the recent e u. parliament elections and both france and the 3 populous groups of either surpassed or gained significant brand or candidates for mainstream parties. a strong defense of national interest is among the main attraction according to the list, which many voters say does not include propping up international wars or countries interests do not include with this tribute, seen and handing over our tax money to europe's data states. it is definitely not

one of them. one of germany's in here it's interest is that ukraine is not part of the european union. the greens have caused inflation and the industrialization by interfering in the war and ukraine, sanctions and economic warfare are harming our citizens. here in germany because free and peaceful trade with the whole world benefits our country. and we want to drill that out. well, let's go live now to budapest and speak to george zamarelli senior research fellow with a global policy institute. thing time, george, you're most welcome. is this a case by mister oregon or simply striking while the iron is hot and i think it is . um i think uh is obviously um, exploiting the uh, the move in europe as it was reflected in the uh, recent european uh, bottom entry elections. and he probably feels that the, the elections uh this sunday and next sunday in from will lead to

a victory for national. right. and maybe even the formation of a national riley of governmental. busy and then in the full, they're going to be regional elections in germany, which are likely to result in a good results for the alternative production and body. so yeah, he thinks that this is the moment which of the nationalist, the policies in europe are up to go to the tramps and what sort of impact could this new one gary lead particular lines if it does come together. what kind of making the european union, because there's going to be a lot of resistance where you're right, there's going to be a level of resistance and it's not immediately clear how he is going to be able to have uh get, you know, a full um, you know and national policies into this blog. i mean all the, all these candidates who could join them would be the alternative to deutschland

body. i mean, other than the national rally. but the amc has now been kicked out of the group, the bed and a member of the identity and democracy grouping. and so i don't know whether it's, you know, that they may be to toxic for anybody else to have them. um, so it's hard to see how it is going to be able to make this a, a viable roofing. um, now you can probably get some, some of the members from us like a he has very good relations with the robot fits so it is low but prime minister um, but it will be a little difficult to to, to build this uh, this alliance. i imagine he's watching very closely with the french selections today as well to see how that goes with the national rally. but how do agree it is both a member of the european union and nato. how do you expect victoria buttons and nice

but to go down with the country form of political and military allies because ties have been strained for some time? could this puts them in a way over the age and try to sideline him altogether. i don't think it will because she has already shown himself a while. he's very critical of e u, a foreign policy, particularly on the ukraine. and he has been critical of what nato has been doing. he has still been a team player. so when push comes to shove, ts rate is supported, you, but let's say when he came to sending money to ukraine, he did not offer any resistance. i'm saying with the nato, he just said, okay, fine, if you want to help you crane, you know, help them. however, we, we, i'm not going to send any of off horses that we're not going to allow our territory

to be used for transporting a weapon rate, the grades. so he is also have some resistance. but, you know, when, when the, you know, the, the crucial votes need to be made on the re, can be relied on to deliver the growth of those. but it could be gathering momentum because i put a to joyce that if trump picks up office in the oval office in november at ukraine is going to be looking nervously at that. and especially with the power of the republican told in the heis. then you've got this, if there is momentum in the european block with, with enough groups saying, you know, what are people simply don't want more cash being sent to key of to buy weapons, etc. whether or not or a bond, perhaps flip flops on this. it might go beyond him that you know, but europe and america are, are starting to, to turn. and then the question,

you're absolutely right. everything hangs on what happens in the united states. and at the moment, nobody really knows which way. uh trump is going to go. um, while he was in the office of enjoying the from 2017 on he is, you know, was supportive of ukraine. and franky, he was the 1st to sign off on sending legal aid to ukraine. um, since leaving office, he is uh, express skepticism about the brand. on the other hand, he supported the $61000000000.00 package. that was a bipartisan package to your grand recently. but he is remain vague about what he intends to do. so if he does indeed say when he comes into office, you know, i don't want this war, i don't want this to be trumps. will i want to bring this to an end? then that will indeed cause an absolute earthquake in your ups because you're

always well as the united states. and then of course or bonds will be in a very powerful position as to say, yeah, i was right all along. this is a crazy policy. and now basic and with where, you know, the united states is adopting the policy that i have advocates it all along. yeah. but certainly some very interesting results coming out of europe and in the parliament on an individual countries as well. we'll talk about it again shortly. i'm sure george zamarelli senior research fellow at the global policy institute. think that thank you. okay, let's turn attention now to nigeria. we're at least 18 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a series of suicide bombings, allegedly, by females, suicide bombers. the majority of them as well in the countries north eastern state of borneo local correspond to timothy, obeys who has more on just what's known of the state's police and emergency agency has confirmed 3 blasts took place on saturday,

and the town of was in north is one state, one of the after centers of the 15 year long insurgency by both around and the split up group is allow me space west office of probing authority, say agents, people with cues and dozens, all those injured in want to talk a woman carrying a baby detonated an improvised explosive device at a wedding venue. i've already said i'm not a suicide bomber target at a hospital in the same town as i was, the last talk was later carried out of the funeral for victims of the wedding blast . no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. what's the thoughts be or the whole michael, terrible operating in the region for g is both around has in the past use the women and girls of suicide bombers. thousands of survivors are being treated in the hospital with varying degrees of injuries, including abdominal ruptures, called practice and live in front of the town of was,

i was see 5000000 times in 2014. what was taken back by the niger and military withheld from charging forces the following year, the group continued to launch a tax on the town from via high doubts. the price was, spreads to missouri, come a route and sat as well as the country's military alliance to $5.00 it streams to groups in april, a boon jeff holstead also got counter tires in summits and hondas of delegates, including the heads of state legs to work together and the support of terrorism on the continents. timothy is the material okay, from africa to the middle east again, were scores of ultra orthodox jews have gathered for a fresh protest in jerusalem. the her ready community is our great, just over recent ruling by the country is high court ordering young religious men to serve in the military. the move coming it meant the nearly 9 month long war in

gaza. scrapes a are scraps, excuse me, a traditional id. f draft exemption for her ready members. influential ultra orthodox political parties, oppose the decision. despite blocking the assault on the palestinians, critics claim the is really a religious community has become a safe haven for men who don't want to protect their nation, but they are ready. protestors themselves say they would rather go to prison them the army. last thursday is really police forcefully dispersed ultra orthodox jews who blocked a major highway for hours. the social turbulence is expected, the further impact prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose political standing, he's already faced. months of mind thing protests over his handling of the conflict . the. well, it's really true. try it out. a deadly attack into schools and gals, a city where display civilians helping sheltering children were among the fatalities. the idea alleged the building was being used by some last militants. a

warning, the following reports has disturbing images. this is adela felt to her mood school for the is really our strike is reported by local authorities to have killed more than 8 members of one family, including 5 children. the youngest of that was a central screen in 18 month old baby. one little girl was also alleged, has been pardoned. beyond recognition, another and girl, her body was melted. you're so surely official is just the 5 down to operation. these really are for struck to structures that were being used by mazda service. in shoddy interest of northern gauze, this trip, the terrorist operating side school compounds that were used by homeless as a shield, ford service to capabilities all civilians there continue to pub, died. they are bearing the brunt of such strikes. we heard from the bus ma, i'll cut down a refugee at the outrage comp in gaza city. she says, israel has not left a single safe place in gather. this quote is very crowded. it's contains about

$3000.00 the 4, most of them are truly green and then close to them spliced from that houses. so the one to the, to the schools, to be safe thoughts the, there was no safe, $45.00 people building the schools and most of them honors civilians, not the montana, as, as they said. you know that my husband treasure is hon is harmed, is here in this in this is for his arm now was know born. my father know also was taken. why is really my is there are any people so we can do anything without me and we go by ourselves to have water to have food. the situation is in gauze is

very hard. no clean water, no clean food, no need for many people. and many children for space from their homes and draws, and we're exposed to from being already or we also spoke to run them on a policy. i mean, journalist, an activist whose family is still in galvan. he claims the idea isn't specifically targeting come us, but rather anyone in areas they're seeking to please what is happening now is what's happened since a month ago? if i seem between, is it a alarm from us? the number of policy needed and citizen get 3 categories. i know, but the care of people inside. yeah. they're looking for that to sort of fees for you. but they have nothing to do or they are between from us and is really on me. the is very edit,