this is the w.'s line from valinor julian a solider voice extradition to be united states supporters of the wiki leaks founder of celebrate as a british judge finds little faults with the u.s. prosecutor's case says extradition to the u.s. would be oppressive because of the mental harm it would calls also on the program iran says it has resumed its uranium enrichment activities and it's reached 20 percent well beyond the threshold set by the 2015 nuclear deal. donald trump on tape trying to change the election results. and there's nothing wrong with that you

know. 2 if you reach out. to president trump press at the top production official in the state of georgia to find more votes but the trump still refuses to concede you know. i'm for gail welcome to the program. a court in london has ruled that wiki leaks founder julian assange cannot be extradited to the united states to face espionage charges as this would be oppressive and damage to some mental health mr song she was an australian citizen could face up to 175 years in jail if the us successfully appeals is lawyers have applied for him to be released on bail meanwhile mexico has offered to grant him political asylum. with the news trickling out of the courtroom

came chants of celebration from julian assange just supporters the static that after 10 years of legal fights they finally had some form of victory for. this protection from extradition in the united kingdom. but it doesn't protect you from extradition elsewhere around the world there isn't it is time for the united states to shut down this extraordinary prosecution which has massive free speech implications and i certainly hope that this will be the end of this case and. the earlier songes team began the day with low expectations. for. his fiance called on donald trump to pardon the father of her 2 children. as long as julia has to ensure suffering in isolation as an unpredicted prisoners of large prison and as long as our children continue to be proud of their father's love and

affection. the kind of celebration. people celebrated agent. inside the courtroom the judge dismissed most of the songes defense but she conceded that his mental health was such that to extradite him would be oppressive . this of when the legal battle began with a video that shocked the world the sondra least classified footage of u.s. apache helicopters killing iraqi civilians and journalists. more shade an understanding of what the past 6 years of war has been why. the u.s. accused him and wiki leaks of being enemy combatants for the past decade through thick and thin a songe always maintained that he was a journalist. the saga is not over yet the u.s. government has said it will appeal today's decision. let's take

a closer look at this with rebecca vincent who's director of international campaigns are reporters without borders. welcome to w. this is an odd sort of victory jewel of a soldier want to have been extradited if he'd been in better mental health. absolutely and so while we are relieved as reporters without borders that he will not be extradited which is good news for mr assad and his family the rest of the decision that we heard today was quite concerning all of the substantive points really the judge found overwhelmingly in the prosecution's favor she rejected key aspects of the defense including points that we firmly believe that reporters without borders such as the fact that this case is politically motivated and that it centers on journalism so we were deeply disappointed with that substance because that means that the door is that left open for possible future similar prosecutions of other publishers journalists and sources and so what is it about about this case

it's so concerned here because we must all of a the law even journalists. so the question with journalism is always if something is in the public interest defense right so in the you it us the as be an arch act under which 17 of the charges against mr assad stem from lax the public and just offense had he been sent to the us to face trial there he would have been unable to defend himself as with any other publisher journalist or source that could be prosecuted under those charges so that very law needs reform otherwise the door is left open for future manipulation against journalists and when you look at the substance of this case really not all of the misperceptions about mr assad not all of the other things that have happened in the year sense but what was actually being considered in these extradition proceedings he did not break the law in any way that the u.s. government sufficiently proved we have monitor it's the entire extradition proceedings here including the week of legal arguments in february and the 4 weeks

of evidence heard in september and so far we have still not seen any credible evidence from the u.s. government for the vast majority of the accusations it makes against mr assad he said that the u.s. government has not proved its case but surely that's what a court case is full. well not if the case is political and so that was one aspect of today's decision that we were most disappointed with is the judge dismissing that because this was absolutely politically motivated we firmly believe that mr sonner was targeted for his contributions to journalism for publishing information in the public interest that exposed work rhymes and other illegal behavior by the u.s. government now political offense and itself is meant to be a bar to actually dishing from the u.k. and that is one aspect that we really disagree with the judge's decision here today that in and of itself should have been enough to stop him being extradited but if the u.s. government contends mr saunders revelations put informants and lives risk then

someone should be accountable for that. well that is one area that the u.s. government systematically failed to prove they have not in time years showed evidence of a single person that has been physically harmed as the result of the publication of the leaks document and i'm sorry in 10 years and with the vast resources that the u.s. government has put into pursuing mr assad had there been any credible evidence of any of this farm they would have submitted it to the court for scrutiny but they did not and quite the contrary we heard actually in september evidence from those who actually the publication of the leaks documents are helped their own human rights cases in fact there was one case of the torture victims somebody who had been the result the oh the result of mistaken identity had been rendered and tortured by u.s. forces and so this is the sort of information that was exposed by the leak cables it is these acts that should be prosecuted not the publication of the documents

themselves thank you so much for joining us rebecca vincent from reporters without borders now to the u.k. where the chief medical officer has warned that without new measures there is what he calls a material risk of the health system being overwhelmed in the next 21 days without him body prime minister boris johnson is currently addressing a press conference in london which is expected to outline a return to nationwide coverage 19 restrictionist likely to include school closures and business closures across the country and work from home orders for all but essential workers we'll update you on those exact details very shortly. well meanwhile the 1st immunizations with the newly approved astra zeneca covered 19 vaccine begun in the u.k. today with its developers at halley their product is that cheaper and easier to distribute the alternatives the shot was developed in cooperation with oxford university of multinational pharmaceutical company astra zeneca. a milestone

for britain as it became the 1st country to administer the oxford astra zeneca vaccine more than half a 1000000 doses have been made available for the 1st 24 hours alone it comes as britain struggles with a surge in corona virus infections including a highly contagious variant this 82 year old was 1st in the queue for the jab. to more and more. normal. that's boris's term. and it was a proud moment for this oxford alumnus who was next in line. it's. good to be able to tell. people. quickly as quickly as you can. britain has called it

a scientific triumph the shot is less expensive and is easier to store than other covert 19 vaccines. but some are proceeding with caution it has yet to be approved in the e.u. and france's data for the jab is insufficient you spoke with a viral just in the u.k. who said the information has not been made available. to detonate the of rule for dyslexia is only belong to the government that is not publicly available and according to the government is like this that if the 1st nose is given the person there is around 70 percent of the casey and then if it is the 2nd those given that it will be around 80 percent of the terrible are actually months but that is something that we haven't seen the data so therefore all is in the air we don't really know how as a case this would it be particularly after the 1st dose. the european medicines agency has said it is unlikely that the astra zeneca vaccine will be approved for

the e.u. in january. here in germany the chancellor angela merkel will meet state premiers on tuesday to consider extending coronavirus lockdown distractions as infection rates remain high across the country schools are currently closed because of a lockdown which was due to end next week now parents are bracing for the likelihood of yet more home based on monday was meant to be the 1st day back at school after the christmas holidays but classrooms across germany remained empty most students saw their vacation time extended until january 10th well there is attended classes virtually calls are growing across the country 1st schools to stay closed even longer or to only open partially in berlin opinions on the matter very. thank you now that i have 2 children myself one in high school and one in elementary school i think schools should remain closed

a little longer even though it's difficult for us parents. on the other half so you can find a good balance with some learning at home and others allowed to be in school. i think that as long as the lockdown stays in place and i expect it will be extended children should stay at home. hope for a return to normal lives with the vaccine germany has so far administered almost 266000 jobs but the government is coming under pressure it's vaccination program has been criticized for being slow and chaotic. because the man who coordinated the construction of berlin 6 vaccination centers says he would like to see more doses available. we clearly don't have an effect scenes for all vaccination centers to be operational my whole poor my expectation is that we'll have a lot of vaccine doses soon on the one hand though it was also good to be able to

phase in the vaccination centers in phases one after the other but if you initial problems are to be expected germany is still under lockdown and will remain so for at least another week chancellor american will meet with the state premiers on tuesday to this site on the way forward new cases and deaths have remained high over the holiday period and the situation in germany is hospitals is very difficult all signs point to an extension of the current lockdown. take a look at some of the stories making news around the world not present for starr our shows to our data has been central african republic presidential elections that's according to provisional results announced by the electoral commission on monday and secured more than 53 percent of the votes in the election which was held on the summer of the 27th i was marred by a coordinated offensive by rebel groups who tried to disrupt the. 7th body has been found after

a hillside collapse in the norwegian town of ask that wednesday the search for 10 missing people began after the earth gave way and several homes slid into a pit the noise king and queen visited the site on sunday. saudi arabia's planning to open its sea and land borders with qatar it's a 1st step towards ending a diplomatic crisis that is deeply divided u.s. allies in the region since 2017 the lifting of the embargo paves the way for qatar's ruler to attend tuesday summit of gulf leaders in saudi arabia iran says it has resumed enriching new you radio up to 20 percent well beyond the threshold set by the 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions that deal required iran to limit its production to low enriched uranium suitable only for civilian use since president trump withdrew the u.s. from the deal in 2090 and around the incrementally violated the limitations the

latest move it coincides with increasing tensions between iran and the u.s. and is expected to complicate efforts by the u.s. president elect joe biden to rescue the 2015 dealers. will take a closer look at this with trita parsi who's an expert on the u.s. iran relations at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft that's a washington based think tank welcome to d.w. does this latest breach of the 25th the deal matter i given that it appears to be dead. one i don't think. is dead i think there is a decent chance for it to come back on track once biden becomes president later this month but this. reduction of iran's obligation this breach is highly problematic this was a very central tenet of the way it was critical to make sure that the iranians would refrain from enriching up 20 percent and certainly stockpiling 20 percent you

and but at the same time it is an easily reversible decision the iranians can very easily stop doing this and they can very easily ship out whatever small amounts they may enrich to that level and the iranians have already indicated that that is what the intent to do if the u.s. under biden comes back into the deal without any preconditions so to serious that this may have been some posturing ves of the biden administration i'm sure they're not happy about it but this could come much worse if the by administration doesn't go back into the deal because then this will be a trend rather than an instance so yesterday was the anniversary of the u.s. drone strike that killed the iranian general custom soloman the donald trump is a president clinging to power how much do you think those thought influenced iran's move. i think they are connected because what you have is that inside of iran

there's been a lot of criticism against iranian government an argument that the rouhani government has not responded to many of these different measures by the trumpet ministration that the iranians view as highly provoke provocative such as the assassination of celine mani this estimation of fact resulted by the israelis and their argument is that the rouhani government's restraint has actually invited further attacks so it could have been a move that is primarily driven by domestic iranian politics a measure like this in order to appease those voices while at the same time not provide the trumpet mr ition with a pretext to escalate matters further and certainly not to drag this towards a military confrontation so what does joe biden have to offer to reassure iran a given that president trump seems to have demonstrated that the that the us word isn't worth anything. well biden i think has been quite clear he is seeking

a clean compliance for compliance meaning the u.s. goes quickly back inside a deal and so do the iranians there are some technical questions because there's a lot of sanctions that trump has imposed that need to be lifted in order for the u.s. to be in compliance with this deal and the united states is not particularly good or efficient when it comes to sanctions relief it's quite good at imposing sanctions lifting sanctions have been a different matter altogether so mindful of what the u.s. has done i think the iranians are rather suspicious of what biden may do or is trying to do whether he will truly go fully back into deal and this may be partly motivator of having some leverage of ease of the him but i personally think that the by its investment cry clear in signaling their intent to go back into deal after that it's divided the it wants to have negotiations on a whole set of different issues as add on agreements to that. as very clear thank you for joining us trita parsi from the currency institute from his home state

craft thank you were recording as donald trump apparently pressuring state election official to have changed the outcome of a november vote in georgia the washington post has released audio of a phone call in which president trump expresses his frustration of what he calls voting irregularities and then tells georgia secretary of state he needs to find more votes well the president trumps the democratic rival president elect joe biden won the state of georgia by a slim margin. 2 months after his election defeat donald trump is still hoping to reverse the voters' verdict the us president has long refused to concede the race citing unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud now there's evidence the trump pressure to georgia's top alexion official to alter the state's results. so lucky all i want to do is as i use one of.

$11780.00 votes which is one more that we have. because we want to say the people of yours you're angry at the people because you're angry and there's nothing wrong with saying that you know. 2 2 2 that you've recalculated well mr president determines that you have is the day that you have a legal trump suggested that profits parker a republican could face prosecution for refusing to cooperate. you know what they did and you're not reporting and that's as you know that's a criminal that's a great offense and you know you can't let that happen that's that's a big risk to you and your ryan your lawyer and that's a big risk trust comments drew swift condemnation from the incoming administration and.

most certainly then and it was. oh. views of how and why the president and the 9. hours of trumps potential meddling comes at a crucial moment for the state of georgia and the nation on tuesday millions of georgians will cast ballots in 2 lawful actions that could decide which party controls the u.s. senate and with polls showing a close race trumps comments could have a significant impact on the eventual outcome of those contests. well let's pick this off with mary ziegler who is a legal historian and professor of law at florida state university welcome to b.w. that call lasted about an hour as far as you can tell has president trump done

anything illegal in trying to pressure brad ruffins brother in this way are you believe yes there are i think 4 laws to little bones federal and state that trump are hugely violated whether a prosecutor can prove that beyond exclusion of any reasonable doubt is a different question simply because laws require that trump intended to invalidate the election knowing that he would be overturning the democratic result rather than buying into the conspiracy theories he's been trafficking on u.s. airwaves but i certainly think there's a pretty strong case to be need that president from violated federal laws and charges state law in trying to overturn the election in this way and so if that case was made what sort of consequences would he face. well these are for the most part these are felony statutes and they would involve prison time of course how much prison time would depend in part on. how what it cheri would believe and what

specific facts can be proven but these are not misdemeanors of these are not minor charges these are the carry a prison sentence so who would be if this was to go to court who would need to bring an action well and united states there you would need to have a federal prosecutor so it's after joe biden begins his term i'm hopeful never he would appoint to leave the justice department we don't know who that will be yet either this prosecutors would have to decide to bring charges and then similarly if we're looking at georgia state law on overturning elections we would be looking to see what prosecutors in the state would do and so that's ultimately a matter that would be left to the discretion of prosecutors both at the several state level and so i was going to say you're given history but the so much of what this president does is unprecedented what do you think is likely to happen. well i think the biggest obstacle in many ways to prosecution trump beyond what i was

saying about not being able to read his mind is simply that it's seen often a sort of undemocratic for especially i would say. federal officials to prosecute a former president that some would say that's a certain and a republic that is one of the things that need trumps original sort of locked her up chance that you popularized in the 26 year old us against hillary clinton so unseemly so the challenge i think on the one hand is that it seems fairly clear that translated a lot including several lost on the other hand i think especially for someone like joe biden who's promising a kind of conciliatory i don't reach across the aisle sort of presidency criminal prosecutions of trouble at least at the federal level may read as politically risky so there are a lot of different factors subtle way into whether mr trump actually faces criminal charges for this phone call or not very interesting thank you so much for joining us professor mary ziegler from florida state university thanks sports

soldered football with some of the blunders league on sunday dortmund beat vols but a good 2 nil to move up to 4th in the table stuff striker having holland was back from injury but it was manuel kandji who got to dortmund going of the 66 minutes the swiss defender benefited from a corner by jaden soncino such a late to school board as well when he burst through to get his 1st one does lead to go since may. and by a munich avoided embarrassment against the 17th place team in the league after training at half time the bavarians that rallied against minds to regain the top spot. on paper it should have been a routine victory for the reigning champions who faced a mine side that had won just once so far this season but for the 8th time in a row by and conceded 1st time book cards netting in the 32nd minute by jerome poet tang felt he had been fouled in the build up but the goal

stood and just before half time mind doubled the lead as alex on the haka was left on mocked and noted into send by and into the break down but the record champions bounced back a us work him a header got by him back in the game and then leroy sent a level discourse off to drifting inside from the wing with the mind's defenders allowing him time to set up his shot. 3 more by on goals followed the pick of which was robert levin dusty's effort to seal the 52 and present. by and reclaim top spot while mines still 2nd from bottom were left to rue their wasted lead. just a quick update on the address the u.k. prime minister barak's johnson has been giving since we've been on air and he's ordered a new nationwide lockdown for england until at least the middle of february to come

back to fast spreading a new version of the coronavirus is in johnson said the country is at a critical moment with cases rising rapidly in every part of the country. as if you're up to date all of your world is a top of the hour state shit i'll be back in just a moment with the day with more analysis of today's tops and of course you can always get the latest on our website around the clock e.w. dot com have a good day. the

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