rights led by marine lupin, now, judging by the polls, the macronists continue to lose popularity further. with the first preliminary results, our correspondent in france, anastasia popova. the owners of a store in the center of the french capital understood everything correctly; just in case, they covered their windows with plywood all evening, just in case. after the announcement of the result , the city is afraid of riots that could be caused by supporters of left-wing parties if the right-wing parties...

first of all, as a politician, i congratulate myself on such a high turnout, which gives special strength to the results of this evening. the french, by voting, made clear their desire to turn the page after 7 years of disdainful and corrosive rule. the leftists are gathering together in republic square today. what to celebrate, the results are higher than what the polls predicted, in the last days of the election campaign they managed to increase even more, in the end they get 28.5%, not so far from the leaders. it is obvious that the fight in the second round will be tough, and society will remain split in two. in such conditions we cannot have any other proposals, no other reasonable requests that we can formulate before our people, other than this, the new popular front needs.

provide an absolute majority because it is the only alternative, it is not just about voting against or creating a barrier, it is about voting for our future, where every person is respected and where we all live together. the first thing that worries the french is purchasing power; from tomorrow, gas prices will increase by almost 12%. the national rally promises to cut taxes, the left wants to reduce prices for basic products, while the economic on... macron is inflation, a national debt of over 3 trillion euros and a budget deficit of 5.5%. what will happen to napoleonic plans to defeat russia in ukraine and overwhelm the world with french weapons, the media are worried. macron called the election at the worst possible time, amid unrest in new caledonia over his voting rights reforms, just before the paris olympics. and during the july holidays, when half of france is away and many have to vote absentee. the president is also jeopardizing his promise to help. and this

after he became one of those who ardently speaks out in its support. macron didn’t even wait for the results; he returned from letuquet, where he voted with his wife, to paris, the filisi palace, 2 hours before the announcement of the results, he gathered prime minister gabriel, the former head of the presidential majority francois bayrou, and the former chairman of the national assembly, right up to until the twenty-second year of richard ferrand. journalists wondered whether macron's ex-prime minister edouard philippe, chairman of the right- wing horizons party, would appear at the meeting. presidential bloc, an ally who, however, has recently tried to distance himself from macron. the second meeting with the president immediately followed in an even narrower circle of supporters. the task is to develop an urgent strategy after the relative majority in parliament is lost. people, for the most part, vote for extreme parties and express dissatisfaction with the government. people don't like what's happening lately years. we've lost a lot and people are angry, i'm angry.

historically , fewer people come to parliamentary elections than to presidential elections, but this time around 20%. the frenchman deliberately postponed the holidays until later in order to put his ballot in the ballot box. as a result, a record turnout was almost 70%. approximately 35 million residents spoke out. they haven’t remembered such activity since 1981. the high turnout indicates how seriously the french took macron's offer to come to the polls and express their opinion on what is happening in the country. there's another one ahead election week, followed by a decisive runoff next sunday. anastasia popov leo bernatsky denis lesitsin. news of the week. france. a great event for world

journalism. juliana sange is free. we have a detailed report on this ahead, but the context is also interesting. the west continues to clamp down on freedom of speech; on june 25 , a ban on any broadcasting activity for three russian media outlets in the european union came into force. the ria-novosti agency, izvestia and rossiyskaya gazeta were subject to a censorship ban. in response, the russian ministry of defense issued a statement on retaliatory measures. the russian side has repeatedly warned at various levels that it is politically motivated. harassment of domestic journalists and unfounded bans on russian media in the european union will not go unnoticed. despite this, brussels and the capitals of the bloc countries chose to take the path of escalation with another illegitimate ban, forcing moscow to take mirror and proportional

countermeasures. mirror measures are a ban on eight dozen european media, including, for example, from germany spiegel, diezeit.

the us has succeeded in criminalizing journalism and extending its jurisdiction to non-citizens around the world. what does it mean to criminalize an activity? this means that those who will engage in investigative journalism, following assange, should already understand that they are committing crimes. writing about the shooting of civilians during the iraq war is a crime. the same goes for the outrages of the americans.

recorded this interview, no one could have imagined that the imprisonment of our interlocutor in london will last so long. the persecution of julian asange lasted 14 years, of which he spent 7 years in this building in central london, where the ecuadorian embassy is located, where he was allocated a small room from which he practically did not leave. then another 5 years in belmarsh prison in london, where especially dangerous criminals and terrorists are kept. from this prison in the early morning of june 24, a convoy of... police cars, accompanied by a helicopter, took asandzh to london stansteth airport. short procedure for completing documents landing a plane that was supposed to take him to the pacific island of saipan, which is under american jurisdiction. there, under the terms of a deal with the us department of justice, asansh

had to plead guilty to conspiracy to steal state secrets. only 25 journalists were allowed into the conference room. the twenty-sixth was the accused himself. juliana asanche, speaking before the court, said that he had previously been confident that he was guaranteed freedom of speech. while working as a journalist, i encouraged my source to provide information that was stated to be classified to be published. i believed that the first amendment to the us constitution protected this activity. there is an amendment, but freedom is not for everyone. asan was sentenced to 5 years for espionage, although he was immediately released because he spent this term in a british prison. to australia, where in 2006, together with like-minded people, he founded the wikileaks website. this brainchild brought him world fame and problems commensurate in scale.

his wife and father met him at canbera airport. the emotions at the meeting were understandable. latest for 5 years, assanche could only count on... he needs to recover, i ask you, please give us space, the opportunity to privacy, so that our family remains a family, before he can speak again at the right time for him. asanji's lawyers said that intensive negotiations on concluding a deal have been conducted over the past 2 weeks. why such a rush is not known exactly. there are various assumptions, including that the biden administration urgently needed something spectacular before the debate with trump. it seems that. right now the biden administration had to do something, because this is exactly what

trump would do if he returned to office, so why not do it now and make it a decision of the biden administration, given how much time has passed? assange had a choice of either accepting the deal or the prospect of sooner or later being extradited to the united states, where he faced an astronomical sentence of 175 years in prison.

in fact, there were no charges; this is the longest preliminary

investigation in swedish history. prosecutors stopped it three times, restarted it, finally stopped it because they didn't have enough evidence to charge osanju. united nations experts have repeatedly recognized the persecution of asanji as illegal, calling it psychological torture. but what is the un for the united states if american intelligence services shamelessly followed the general. the us ambassador was summoned with explanations, and an investigation into these facts began. this is very important

because the italian prosecutor’s office is very independent from the state, it has a huge experience in fighting the mafia, but what is even more interesting is that there was no reaction from pangemoon, neither he himself nor the united nations organizations said anything. in the same way, despite the noise in the german press, angela merkel remained silent. in the usa there was just a reaction. american intelligence agencies, eager for revenge, developed plans for the kidnapping. and even the murder of asanj. the embassy monitored him using hidden cameras and built-in microphones. the spanish company that served them transferred all records to the central intelligence agency. in the uk has a global human rights budget administered by the foreign office. £10,400 is allocated for this. the uk has already spent £14 million on the police operation to monitor me. it turns out that...

the journalist, activist, information anarchist will not completely fade away behind the walls. whoever assange was, he was not a spy, a publisher, had to admit to being a spy, to a whistleblower, an impresario, he played all these roles, but no one, not even the us government while he did not seriously claim that everything he did in 2010-11 was espionage, his actions coupled with draconian laws in countries

such as great britain and australia will undoubtedly have a chilling effect on genuine and legitimate reporting on the issue. national security, this will only affect the government's secret services, for the rest nothing much will change. the terms of the deal with the american department of justice do not provide for any restrictions on asandzh’s further activities. yes, to him entry to the united states is closed, but there, like in britain, he now hardly has the slightest desire to come, and there is nothing for it. and sanju will have to collect money to pay off his debts. for the flight from london via the island of saipan to canbera, the founder of wikileaks owes an australian. half a million dollars to the government, so he left a british prison not only with poor health, but also a beggar. all these years, while the fight for asandzh's release was going on, his supporters hoped that the united states would stop persecuting him, at least as a beautiful gesture, but it didn't happen. modern inquisitors needed a repentant sinner so that no one

else would take his path. alexander khabarov, ilya mardyukov and gleb napara. news of the week, london. iran held early presidential elections on friday, called after the tragic death of president ibrahim raisi in a plane crash at the end of may. iran is our reliable ally in the middle east and russia is important who will take the helm of the country. according to the voting results, none of the candidates was able to overcome the fifty percent barrier, so on july 5 the second round of elections, in which the representative of the spiritual will meet. iran's leader in the supreme national security council, said jalili, and reform advocate masoud pezeshkian. read more about the schedule from our special choir vitaly karmazin. chef musa calls for fresh kebab. there is chicken soaked in ayran with onions. there is lula - this is minced lamb. there is regular

shish kebab. they are accustomed to diversity, and therefore when they showed up for the presidential elections. the islamic republic has dozens of voting marks in its special book. from the very beginning of the revolution i went to the polls. this is our duty, which we fulfill every time. now iranians just need a card, an identity card. it is scanned and a ballot is issued. long lines outside , quick procedure inside. iranian voting with an oriental touch in mosques and

islamic centers. this site is an example of western sanctions against iran. they work, because sanctions are not only economic pressure, but also international isolation, and what kind of isolation is this if there are so many representatives of the world media here that you can’t count them, people of different ages are at the tables, social strata and confessions, given the tense relations between iran and israel, it was impossible not to ask, how do jews live in an islamic republic? the jewish community here lives separately from israel, we have been in iran for 2,700 years, you know, even...

he usurped power, tortured oppositionists,

did not like the clergy, and as a result, in 1979 , the people checkmated the iranian shah. pohlavi fled to america, ayatallah ruhallah khameini returned from exile to iran, and the country did something unprecedented: it made democracy based on on islam. islamic republic of iran khamini. he is revered here as a saint ; after his death, this tomb was built in just 40 days. ayatala was so popular that 10 million iranians came to bid farewell to him. the crowd, out of grief, tore his shroud into thousands of pieces, which became sacred relics. and for 35 years now they have been coming here with whole families and praying.

his legacy for the iranians is undeniable; for russia he was a reliable partner. raisti tried to have deep, even strategic, relations with russia. economic relations and safety. his relationship with president putin was not only political, but also friendly. they opposed the powers that imposed sanctions. relations between

iran and russia are strengthening every day. we have no doubt that soon there will be several influence policies in the world. one of the strongest policies will be iran, russia and china, and india will join them in the near future. together with iran in brix and the sco, we are implementing a large north-south logistics project. on the verge of concluding a comprehensive agreement cooperation, in general, the course towards continuity prevailed here, work on the agreement continued, at present it is, well, actually at the finish line, this is an agreement that covers almost all areas of cooperation. two made it to the second round, a conservative and a reformer, although this is a division. conditionally, the reformer, former minister of health pezeshkin, promises new jobs, a fight against the emigration of iranians, while being proud of the production of iranian drones and missiles and demanding the opening of

trade borders for iran. we have huge economic advantages, there is oil, gas, geographical location, we could become a transit country between east and west. the conservative, former head of the administration of yatala dzhelili, defends the rights of village residents and talks about inappropriate spending. when they talk about seizing an opportunity. economy means that we need to develop relations with other countries with which we have common features, although all candidates talk about reforms, reforms in iran do not mean bowing to the west, in this matter the iranians, for whomever they did not vote in the second round, they are united. vitaly karmazin, mikhail devyatkin and tatiana koroleva, report for weeks from tehran, islamic republic, iran. 110 years ago, on june 28, 1914 in sarajevo i called.

european history has remained the same over the past few centuries. you can imagine what sarajevo looked like more than 100 years ago here, in the bascarshaya area - this is the oldest part of the city, it was built by the ottoman turks in the 15th century. bascarshaya means the main and largest intersection. here the paths of the heir to the austrian throne, franz, converged ferdinand and a group of revolutionaries from the mlada bosna organization, which fought for the independence of bosnia and herzegovina from austria-hungary. he was among them.

europe, we had it in bosnia and herzegovina, and he is a hero, was a hero, and will be a hero. the archduke, franz ferdinand, was inspector of military exercises in bosnia and arrived in sarajevo on the morning of 28 june. the program of the visit was known in advance, the six members of bosnia took their places along the route of the motorcade, but the plan failed at the very beginning. one of the attackers, nedelka chabrinovich managed to throw a grenade, but she... jumped from the ertz-duke's convertible onto the road. shrapnel killed the driver of the security car and injured about twenty people. chebrinovich swallowed a pill with saanium potassium and jumped into the river, but the poison turned out to be expired, and the river became shallow. chebrinovich was severely beaten by the townspeople and handed over to the police. gavrilo princip by that time already knew about the unsuccessful attempt and moved to a new place on his own initiative. the fate of world history was decided by chance. a fatal event for the entire

planet. happened here near latin bridge over the melaska river, hertz-duke ferdinand's car turns right. at this moment, gavrila princip is on the corner of this building, he shoots from a very close distance, here only one and a half to two meters. the wounds turned out to be fatal. franz ferdinand and his wife sophia died within minutes of each other. princip also wanted to commit suicide and chewed the ampoule, but the poison turned out to be from the same expired batch and only caused severe nausea. the eyewitnesses beat the prince so badly. that in prison he had to have his arm amputated, further events developed rapidly and a month later led the world to the first global war and a new historical era. austria was primarily interested because it used this moment to attack serbia. she had been preparing a campaign against serbia for a long time and was waiting for an opportunity to start this war. immediately after the assassination attempt , a massive anti-serbian campaign began in austria-hungary and germany. here,

for example, is one of the cartoons of that time, serbia must die, clear evidence that the assassination of the erz-duke was for the austro-hungarian and german ruling circles only a pretext for aggression against serbia. vienna immediately blamed belgrade for organizing the murder and presented him with a humiliating ultimatum. there is another document, a letter from the chief of the german general staff to the chief of the austrian general staff dated february 1913, where he writes: the following: my position now, as before, is that there must inevitably be a war between the germans and the slavs, which must be mobilized all peoples have a germanic spirit, but it would be good if the initiative came from the slavs. historian miroslav peresic managed to prove that vienna knew about the impending assassination attempt, there are many versions of who exactly

organized the murder, for this... both the german general staff and the serbian officer organization black hand and its leader, colonel dimitrievich under the pseudonym were accused apis, however, now these versions are recognized as unsubstantiated, the director of the national archives of serbia shows us a unique document written by an austrian secret agent. agent reports threat security of franz ferdinand during his stay in sarajevo. he writes that some people left barefoot. the shot of the principle was perceived there as a signal for an uprising against the austrian occupiers to create a unified yugoslav state; already in 1920 in sarajevo , the chapel of heroes was opened in the serbian orthodox cemetery of st. michael, where the principle and his comrades were buried, in

1930. the bovar regiment during the first world war . today, at the site of the assassination attempt there is a new, fourth version of the memorial plaque. official sarajevo today considers the principles exclusively to be a murderer and a terrorist, but if you go to the eastern part of the city, where the serbs live, there is a completely different attitude. we still honor them as heroes, as people who fought.