this is you know use a line from berlin justice catches up with julian assigns a british judge finds the wiki leaks founder guilty of breaching bail after he fled to london's ecuadorian embassy and twenty twelve police arrested him there this morning and say he'll fish charges brought by u.s. authorities also coming up the army seizes power in a suit on after deposing the president the defense minister announces the beleaguered president omar al bashir has been arrested and there'll be a transitional government run by the army for two years plus it's the biggest

election the world has ever seen indians are lining up at the polls in the first of seven phases of voting and nine hundred million people are eligible to cast their ballots they'll decide whether prime minister narendra modi will get another term in office. on lana her auckland you so much for your company everyone a judge in the u.k. has found wiki leaks founder julian assange guilty of skipping bail in two thousand and twelve while that's when a song sought refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy to avoid a swedish rape investigation but i could or would do its asylum to songe on thursday morning and a seven year game of hide and seek and allowing british police to apprehend this

radical publisher. the following year a british court ruled he should be extradited to sweden but

a songe feared this would be used as a pretext to extradite him to the us. i have not been charged with any crime in any country. despite the european arrest for its third restrictive that it prevents u.k. courts from considering the facts of a case in two thousand and twelve he applied for and was granted political asylum at the ecuadorian embassy in london on human rights grounds. i think president correia for the courage is shown in considering ending granting me political asylum fast forward three years later when swedish prosecutors were forced to drop the molestation charge after running out of time to question him in two thousand and sixteen a united nations panel ruled that assad was being arbitrarily detained but britain refused to budge on its stance the next year swedish authorities also dropped their

rape investigation but vowed to reopen it if they got access to a staunch meanwhile his relationship with ecuadorian officials in london was deteriorating and twenty eighteen of the accused is songe of violating the terms of their agreement and cut his internet access hasn't retaliated by threatening legal action against the embassy saying his fundamental rights and freedoms were being violated on thursday afternoon british authorities were able to enter the building and arrest him assad is now facing extradition to the u.s. he calls the situation a witch hunt. are less secure now or two were charlotte boston london she is in front of the courthouse where asuncion had his hearing a little earlier on the show but what did the judge say and how did a son strike you. as well as also arrived early and. afternoon giving the press a thumbs up seeming quite confident he pleaded not guilty to the charges but the

u.k. judge found him guilty of skipping bail this is an old charge from two thousand and twelve before assaults that went to live in the ecuadorian embassy for seven years so a socialist found guilty is sentencing hearing is going to be on may second and then the u.k. judge will also decide if a soldier is going to be extradited to the u.s. where he's facing charges of conspiracy and the judge in his ruling saying quite hosley. that it's also has shown a behavior naso says who cannot get beyond his own self interest a song just lawyers came out the hearing saying that this sets a dangerous precedent for john the lists in the u.s. and that they would fight extradition to the u.s. for a song. so this is what we know right now now i mean we had some dramatic footage

earlier today your sons' being dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy by british police after basically embassador invited them in because ecuador terminated his diplomatic asylum what's behind that. well the relationship between assaults and his ecuadorian hosts and the embassy have been deteriorating far a while we have to remember that a so much was granted asylum by a different by the foma ecuadorian president so the leadership changed and with that the attitudes towards assault changed so the new president moreno saw him as an unwelcome guest he cut his internet access he made us all to pay for his own food and assault apparently also being quite hostile to his hosts so what ball the moreno the most was that a socialist still engaging in political activity that wiki leaks was published. information about other countries that could have relationships. with other

countries and that is why in the end the ecuadorian embassy opened it is opened its doors and finally let london police arrest assault and the reactions here have been quite different on the quiet. we've heard from supporters that are celebrating assault as a hero of free speech and transparency but also the u.k. government celebrating this as a success with theresa may saying the prime minister nobody is above the law due to her charlotte pos reporting from london thank you. and earlier i had the opportunity to speak to diffuse washington correspondent helen humphrey i asked her if a son jordan now frees us churches for computer hacking as well. that's right the indictment was unsealed it in virginia not far from where i am here in d.c. it's a singular charge and it pertains to conspiracy that julian assange has worked with chelsea manning the former intelligence analyst to hock into

a government computer to then release reams of american documents related to military involvement in iraq and death and in afghanistan in twenty ten we've just heard from the u.s. justice department and says that that charge could carry up to five years in prison if mr assad is found guilty here in the united states on that count so what is new in all of this is that mr saunders is being accused of breaking in to a computer essentially cracking the password to release that documents it's worth noting of course that normally in the united states a journalist is not prosecuted for releasing classified information but many people now are questioning mr song his role as a journalist there asking whether he's gone from being a publisher to someone who has partnered with foreign governments for example when you look at the twenty sixteen release of democratic e-mails and involvement with russia there aren't helena humphrey reporting from washington thank you very much.

and turning to our other breaking news story now the army has seized power in sudan's president omar al bashir has been ousted and arrested on today's dramatic developments bring to an end thirty years of autocratic rule in a televised statement to the country's defense minister announced a two year long transitional government run by the military it also declared a three month long state of emergency and said al bashir is being held in a secure place in the capital khartoum meanwhile to ends of thousands of people have been taking to the streets this shooting strong as departure comes after months of public anti-government protests. all right and joining me now here on the set is our own a he was been following closely this very fast developing story the shares out what has been happening since he's been the post so he the minister the minister of defense went on television after a much anticipated and announced address this morning outlining the plan for the

transitions it will be two years he announced the formation of a military council that would take over the country to spend of the constitution declared a three month state of emergency and a month long curfew that would start a time at ten pm today they've also closed all ports and airports ports and trees and exits to sudan for twenty four hours pending further notice so obviously the military is very much in control of the country now has taken power it doesn't seem like bashir necessarily stepped down voluntarily they have held him they said and i quote there because to that they have extracted him from power that is the word that the ministry of defense used to describe his removal so obviously quite forceful language language there there seemed to be a mixture of jubilation but also some signs of discontent among the protesters with

this with the current state. of affairs all right let's talk about that in a moment but first i want to know do we know what will happen to the share right now he's wanted by the i.c.c. what's the likelihood of him being extradited to the hague it's it's quite unknown but my imagination is that the regime might try to not do that because any implication of bashir is an implication of the regime that has also removed him he is by no means a civilian president he himself came into power in one thousand nine hundred nine as a result of a military coup and these people that are now that have now quote unquote extracted him from power were his allies and supporters in all of these in these decades so it's very unclear what will happen to him there is no clear information but i would i would doubt that an extradition to the hague is something that is on the books currently expert early are too early to tell let's talk about the people i mean we've seen months of protests mass protest this is evidently a victory like you mentioned there were some euphoric seas out in the streets in

khartoum but what i wonder though yes this is a change that they want it for bashir to go but it seems like i mean if there's just a changing of the guard is that enough or will they want to have a more profound meaningful change take place in sudan my instinct and based on all of the sources that i've been talking to on the ground is that this they see this as just a changing of the guard as as you as you put it but it was clear from the beginning that a change in the figurehead does not equate to a change in the regime and their demand is that he falls the clarion call for the protests was just go or just fall but a lot of people say what they meant by that is is there is regime change let me just read to you and already there are a lot of groups that have that have expressed their discontent with this and one of them is the sudanese professionals union one of the groups that was at the forefront of organizing the president both online and on the ground they've issued a statement saying that what the authorities have executed is

a military coup and with it they are reproducing this. same faces and the same institutions that the great people of sudan have revolted against a pretty clear statement therefore as to where they stand with this plan of transition this is such a pivotal moment in time for history for saddam because we've seen this happening in other countries in the region where the moment that a leader is deposed its fate is sealed and whatever happens next what does a peaceful power transition hinge on and sit on right now. i think for the military to listen to the protesters i mean i've been asked today a number of times is this the power of the people is this people's will in action said yes or no on the one hand the military never would have removed it without the protesters and at the same time the protests there wouldn't have gotten what they want had the military not stopped and so i think to ensure that peace remains on the streets of sudan there needs to be more reaching out from the side of the military to the to the crowds but also remember that sudan geographically is in the

is in hot water is you have libya on its border south sudan where there is unrest so if there is no dialogue between those in power and the protesters that potentially put them in power. there are chances that this this could turn into more violence. for him reporting thank you so much thanks for so was this and inevitable for the man who ruled sudan with an iron fist let's look back now at omar al bashir has thirty years in power. under omar al bashir has three decades of all thora tarion rule sudan has suffered devastating famine civil war and seen its territory divided democracy was just starting to blossom in sudan in one nine hundred eighty nine when bashir ousted a young civilian government in a military backed coup. he resisted multiple attempts by the west to weaken his power including being added to the united states list of terrorism sponsors

a crippling drought in the darfur region led to a prolonged famine and fueled a rebellion. bashi is crackdown was brutal the international criminal court in the hague issued a warrant for his arrest it accused him of leading a campaign of rape hunger and fear that led to the deaths of over three hundred thousand people and left millions displaced in refugee camps. despite bashes attempts to prevent it the country split in two in two thousand and eleven when south sudan declared its independence from the north but she was a friend to death spots the first arab leader to visit syrian president bashar al assad early in that country's civil war. to multiple elections that returned bashir to power again and again were dismissed by observers as illegitimate. but it was the rising price of bread and fuel that pushed sudanese people out onto the streets in late two thousand and eighteen demanding an end to the decades of

suffering bashir attempted to respond to that the whole country is going through difficult economic circumstances it's hard to last portion of our society due to internal and external causes that you are aware of. what that. but it was too little too late for months of deadly antigovernment protests culminated in six days of mass demonstrations i. have to thirty years in power it was forced out through military intervention. protesters are celebrating for now but with the military in power democracy may not yet be given a chance to take hold in sudan and. the sino about some of the other stories making news around. the british prime minister theresa may has addressed parliament defending her decision to delay briggs it also urged lawmakers to come together behind

a compromise exit plan with the opposition labor party with all this after the e.u. agreed to delay the u.k.'s departures. second time but now has until october thirty first or proveable draw a deal on a single unified approach to the. south korea's constitutional court has overturned a decades old ban on abortion to mixed reaction or to the course decision the country had been one of the few industrialized nations in the world where the procedure remained illegal and something cases of rape incest and when the mother's health was that lets. us send filipino marines to have carried out a joint and fifty u.s. beach raid in the disputed south china sea while the drill involved hundreds of troops from both countries and as part of an annual exercise known as the time the u.s. routinely conducts freedom of navigation operations in the south china sea to challenge china's assertiveness in the region. japan has appointed show

nicci suzuki and as the country's new minister in charge of the olympic games which japan will host next year he replaces yoshi talk a second radha who quit a day earlier over remarks in defense of the survivors of the twenty levon tsunami . so many. and indiana voting is underway in the world's biggest parliamentary election on the early night hundred million indians are eligible to cast their ballots voting will take place in seven phases across different regions from now until may nineteenth and mammoth one million polling stations are being set up to reach even the most remote areas by the election is said to be closely can step stood between the country's current leader. and a resurgent opposition let's take a closer look now at the candidates to rule the world's biggest democracy. for many in india the elections are a referendum on this man prime minister narendra modi. modi came to power

in two thousand and fourteen after a landslide victory but this time around things might not be as clear cut. although polls suggest the fiercely nationalist modi will hold on to the premiership the main opposition party led by rahul gandhi is in the ascendancy. after a disastrous general election result five years ago gandhi's congress party was jubilant recently after winning back three key states from modi's b j p in regional elections. and they have promised to prioritise the single biggest issue for voters the lack of jobs there schmidt in this country and in every state young people are searching for jobs wherever you go and ask a young person what they're doing they reply i'm not doing anything that they look at the question he got there. it's

a giant challenge while the indian economy has gathered strength under modi and has struggled to generate enough jobs especially for the country's young people. more than half of indians are aged twenty five or under and some twelve million enter the workforce each year. the recent spike in tensions between india and pakistan in kashmir however has put in the issue on the agenda national security and that may well play into the hands of noor and remote and his hindu nationalists. the prime minister has started himself as the watchman protecting his country by being strong on defense tough on terror in the army no longer to be blair's in the brig up down are these nor india this year are dark returned to their marriage down but. really there's. if the

pool of nationalism proved strong enough in this election the supporters may well be celebrating come the twenty third of may. cross over to new delhi word of use sign off on the car is standing by good to see you sunny how was the turnout of the first phase of voting today. well it was a pretty enthusiastic turnout in some places among those twenty states that voted today we saw some long queues in front of polling stations however there were few hiccups too you know that we've been getting reports of the few glitches and malfunctioning of electronic voting machines that are being used in this election there were also few reports of sporadic violence especially in the eastern state of chad this garda where a blast was reported though there were no casualties this state has been in the grip of the maist insurgency and the government has been fighting but the violence really hasn't been intense enough to really tighten the talk of process now prime

minister modi i came to office on a platform of good governance but he's not been able to deliver on critical issues like job creation is that likely to be reflected in this election. well that is a big issue in this election even more the storm to power promising accelerated economic growth and promising to create twenty millions of jobs and that hasn't really materialized and what does make things worse is that his government also stands accused of suppressing a major jobs report earlier this year or which basically showed that the unemployment rate of india has reached a forty decade high so that certainly remains a huge concern here as india's population you know when the hoff its population is below the age of twenty five what will has internationalism played in the run up to the selection because moody's critics have accused his party of carrying out a very divisive campaign that's right i mean it certainly is a big factor his party is really definitely makes nationalism and patriotism to really

make national security the number one issue in this election campaign you know on this campaign trail more the has really conduit against pakistan he's talked about this unprecedented strike that he carried out a year the cia against pakistan he's talked about the sacrifice of soldiers he's attacked the opposition for being too soft on terrorism and all this i think has gone down really well with a very receptive domestic audience here that really believe that this tough action has improved in india stachel on the world stage so i think this has really kind of boosted more these popularity and reinforced his image as a bold and decisive leader d.w. son yes on the car reporting from delhi thank you. now with the u.k. poised to leave the e.u. the irish border question still has no clear answer and is lots of confusion over the fate of northern ireland because the return to a hard border with the republic of ireland could threaten the promise is hard won peace and ever since you case for exit referendum german photographer tony binder has focused his attention on belfast and the fragile pound balance that is daily

bread for its use. teenagers in belfast after the good friday agreement they have not experienced the sectarian violence of the past still these images show that the deep divisions of a troubled past still resonate. with. the relationship between protestants and catholics and discovers that even after decades of peace that relationship has not fundamentally changed. people live side by side in peace but they don't live together in pace and the every day of the individual communities takes place completely in their own neighborhood there were times i got a lift in a car and with a car this will be a short trip but some people don't even want to drive through the other neighborhoods they'd rather take a long detour and be sure they remain in their own communities communities and. the story is not over. high walls and barbed wire still separate catholic and

protestant neighborhoods these walls. troubles went on for longer than thirty years and cost more than three thousand lives the sectarian conflict is see it deep into the consciousness of those living here even after the good friday agreement of nine hundred ninety eight the mood remained extremely aggressive. the center of belfast away from the catholic and protestant neighborhoods here the economic boom the city enjoyed following the pain . graham it is plain to see but what will happen when breaks a comes if indeed a hard border between the north and the republic of ireland were to be erected again. and what would a heartbreak that mean for the youth of belfast the first generation to have grown up in peace time and. would they be doomed to repeat the mistakes of

their fathers the same mistakes that have caused so much suffering on both sides. before them before or after one after the idea of the book is to simply show that the similarities between the two sides are much greater than they are willing to admit that the kids have the same tracksuits they have the same hairstyles drink the same drinks they take the same drugs they have the same daily routine so you really wouldn't be able to tell the difference. of the bandwidth and. toby bindles photobook lets the viewer experience something of how the young people of northern ireland surrounded by propaganda and threats of violence try to hold their lives together his work shows how fragile the peace really is and how uncertain the future looks especially after breaks it. and watching it over you

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