wiki leaks founder julian assange will have to wait to hear his extradition fate if the adjournment told the lakes it's hearing into whether he'll be sent to sweden on sex crime charges. however sweden may be just a short stop for a falling asleep cable of want to cover an american agenda behind a swedish wiretapping law that might allow washington to press espionage charges on the whistleblower. and egypt bracing itself for the heart of protests since antigovernment andress began two weeks ago president mubarak has reiterated he won't step down until the time and the country's military has vowed to support him . although russia warns japan against pushing forward if tougher stance on the

grill island territory tokyo is wanted back since the end of world war two. it's five pm in moscow this is coming to you live on the nice and not way first up this hour the verdict in the high profile case of the wiki leaks founder has been adjourned for two weeks doing the songs appeared in court in london friday as he continues his battle against extradition to sweden where he faces questioning over sex crime allegations he claims the case was fabricated so the u.s. can use sweden to hand him over on espionage charges live now to our floor and outside the court for us so the hearing adjourned i guess now we wait for a verdict. that's right all we're waiting for now is the verdict and that is due to be delivered we now know on the twenty fourth of february so in

a couple of weeks' time we were hearing today the closing statements made by both the defense and the prosecution and now the judge is going to presumably retired to his chambers to two weeks to think about the evidence that he's heard and then come up finally with a verdict today on the twenty fourth of february we're not expecting that to take very long literally everyone will just gather here and the judge judge will tell us what he saw you said in terms of what we've been hearing on friday morning we essentially heard summaries of the evidence from the prosecution and from the defense the prosecution has maintained all along and maintained again today that there's no reason why a song shouldn't go to sweden to article questions and it also says that the defense was trivializing these charges of rape that have been made we heard some quite graphic details from the defense about these alleged assaults sort of almost making light of the of these allegations as the prosecution said talking

about these sexual encounters that took place with two women in august and we also heard an angry statement by the defense solicitor about comments that the swedish prime minister has made recently about julian astonished the defense called that a devastatingly prejudicial attack and said that the swedish pic prime minister had spread malicious lies about julian assange suggesting that he believes that women's rights are worthless and also suggesting that he's already been charged with this this rate which in fact is not the case at all so that has. made a brought in a rather worrying political element into the case obviously we've also heard from the defense that these charges would not constitute rape pier in the u.k. and in fact the defense maintains that the essence of the charges wouldn't call to rate anywhere else in the world apart from in sweden i spoke earlier to go run ruffling who's the swedish range campaigner and he told me about the bizarre way in

which this investigation has been conducted from the very beginning that's what he said. it looked like julian was declared innocent by one prosecutor and then you have to immediately find out ok what's the truth what's his side of the story what they did instead was trying to collect evidence. and they interviewed all kinds of witnesses in another way which was something very good to try to build a case against him it's like what there was it's like prejudice. like you say. he's guilty let's get him in and there are thirteen people interviewed by the police three or four tape recorded only three julian this tape recorded on the thirtieth of august the two witnesses that could speak in his favor are tape recorded all the other witnesses are just summary interviews sometimes

accused to change their story and if we don't have that story we can compare it to the suspect story it's impossible to investigate. this is tended to a hugely high profile case and every time julian assault appears that belmarsh court or indeed anywhere else there are media organizations from all around the world represented i don't know how much you can see of what's going on behind me but all sorts of camera crews hundreds of hundred at least representatives of the media here but this is also a case that has descended at times into farce and today is no exception there's a new book out by a man called daniel don't cite but who used to work with student ourselves at wiki leaks and he has essentially written a book about our son and his relationship with him he says that as always has an emperor a complex that he wants to be the king and the all powerful person in everything and he also alleges that a son has turned into the sort of man that he used to hate the sort of man that he used to want to bring to justice but the most bizarre thing about the allegations

that has made something to do with his cat is that our sons lived with him for a while invest garden in germany and. has a cat which julian and sit into a war of suprema see where the senshi attacking the cat and then pulling back seeing who would win sometimes the cat one sometimes i saw one and he says that that shows that ourselves is some kind of power hungry maniac so really a lot of people trying to jump on this bandwagon take advantage of us on his fame or infamy depending on which way you look at it more who would have thought when this week a leak scandal unfolded that a cat would be brought into it by doing a find himself in all seriousness have been saying that he may end up in a us shell if the court decides to extradite him to sweden has there been any evidence supporting that claim. well we heard earlier in the week from a former swedish judge she was giving evidence for the defense and she said that the rule of law in sweden has been deteriorating since the mid one nine hundred seventy she said that the prosecutor had a grudge against against men she was

a radical feminist so it's not clear although the swedes maintain that the judiciary is entirely independent and entirely independent of their political system it's not clear what kind of a trial it would get there we haven't heard any more about the espionage charges that the u.s. is said to be preparing against julian astonished but we do know that politicians and other people in the u.s. have come out very much against him some issuing death threats saying that sarah pailin particularly said that he should be hunted down like al qaida so if he was sent to the u.s. it's really not clear what would happen to him in terms of the relationship between sweden and the u.s. which is of course what all this hinges on essentially if you look at it from that perspective we at r.t. have had access to some wiki leaks cables from the u.s. state department they told us some very interesting things about the relationship exists cozy relationship between the u.s. and sweden i prepared this report on the subject. bugged and wiretapped at the

behest of the u.s. swedish intelligence service the a has the power to monitor and intercept all internet traffic in the country and thanks to leaked u.s. state department cables we now know the controversial law was adopted after pressure from washington and the security services were deliberately kept out of it to reassure the swedes there was no funny business force to operate under strict data storage and protection to citizens concerned that the public may perceive their involvement as a new term to work a room these restrictions by using a foreign intermediary knows poisoning any chance for success the u.s. interest is clear eighty percent of all the internet traffic from russia travels through sweden. and from there to america but most men from by and by government representatives that now know that the purpose is not to spy on swedes it's the morning monitor among other things russian trying to traffic but what kind of

information all they are. i think the information that is made accessible to special services by this law is of course sensitive and there are ways it can harm russia's political interests well that was the law has been slammed by some as the most far reaching eavesdropping plan in europe and prompted widespread protests ahead of its implementation cables also suggest the swedish government was colluding with the u.s. to avoid involving the public at all costs ha ha. the agreement may have to be presented to parliament under a vague constitutional requirement for matters of great importance if so the process will take considerably longer and be subject to public scrutiny something the government of sweden will want to avoid as the ministry of justice continues to analyze the proposed text it is also considering how to craft in a range meant that will avoid the need for parliamentary review there is no parliamentary control of what they are for us. and of course the general public in

sweden has even less control much of the pressure coming from the united states and from the copyright industries it's being in the swedish government is more than happy to. well to to do whatever the american corporations. ask through the american government judging from the date on the leaked cables while sweden was debating whether to pass the bell the americans were already negotiating with the swedish authorities on what kind of information they wanted they see the twenty third meeting as an opportunity to seek precise details on the type of information the united states wants and overall aim of the agreement and it's clear the u.s. ended up getting. it was after at least in terms of information on the eighty percent of russian internet traffic that passes through sweden our intelligence cooperation with sweden on brusha is excellent do you need to erect to lift

a new general burgess who'll be here next week for exchanges with the swedes on russia and of the topics now it's not just information on russia that the us is off to it's reportedly carrying out its own investigation into wiki leaks founder julian assange on the still most of all this information to see if it can bring espionage charges if it can and applies to sweden first on his extradition all this close cooperation that we've seen may mean his feet won't touch the ground floor and it's r.t. london. to egypt now where the army has announced in siding with president mubarak and in official statements that it supports the peaceful transfer of power and fair elections later this year the move has only intensified demonstrations with thousands of egyptians flooding the streets with protesters valuing an unprecedented rally people have gathered a key sites including the presidential palace angry at the president's thursday night t.v. address in which he again vowed to remain in office until september in the

statement if you promise to transfer some power to his vice president but not step down himself david two year old also cited his reluctance to international pressure something many believe is done on a regular basis are just going to actually carry around from washington d.c. . the u.s. wants an orderly transition as they say president obama said hosni mubarak statement on the transition of authority it was not clear and needs more explanation mubarak basically said in his address that he was not going to run for president in september and egyptians will have the chance to elect whatever leader they choose but in the meantime he said he was not going anywhere we spoke with senator ron paul earlier and he thinks mubarak is following washington's plan we have a lot to do with. being in power and staying in power like we subsidize and we oh no these are puppet dictator he does what we tell him because he gives so much money he's gotten probably sixty to seventy billion dollars and i understand his

family probably has sixty or seventy billion dollars stashed away in swiss accounts and other places around the world washington can hardly be considered to be impartial when it comes to power struggle in egypt it's a strategic location for the uighurs mubarak has been a close ally for thirty years the u.s. has been pumping billions of dollars into the egyptian military and they certainly don't want to lose that whoever is in power there is a great chance that they won't lose that although the position is it's up to the egyptian people to choose their next leader washington is apparently killed. some strings the man who will sort of charge during this tumultuous transition and who is seen as a possible alternative to mubarak is a big cia friend it's all marsalis he has reportedly orchestrated the brutal interrogation of terror cells suspects abducted by the cia also in the run up to the u.s. invasion of iraq in two thousand and three the cia rule i don't mean to beat confession out of a detainee who said that and hussein had connections with al qaeda something that was proven to be false but back in the day was perfect for the americans who

desperately needed an excuse to invade iraq so he's an old friend not hostile to israel at that that's basically all the u.s. wants from a future leader of egypt in official statements of course u.s. officially says. the u.s. officials say they want to see a leader who hears his people's grievances but there certainly progress to here just a year ago when asked about human rights violations by the egyptian government i remember obama's response was edge of this our close schools ally and it's not the job of the united states to a lecture egypt on democracy and human rights rather recruitment has changed in recent weeks the u.s. took up its is old the role of democracy preacher but if you watch american t.v. listen to american politicians it's all about us interests not really about egyptians they want democracy for egypt but it democracy that will be ok with the united states where protesters are valid to make friday the largest of the eighteen

days of demonstrations so far former cia officer neil nominet said mubarak's reluctance to go is making the situation dangerously volatile. now that the president mubarak that years as said he would not leave i'm afraid that they are going to expand their religion and take it beyond. the way our government buildings as we see them and doing in fact the movement has already selected leadership all fourteen people and this leadership consists among other three groups of the muslim brotherhood so i do not believe that the muslim brotherhood misses out and it will take over the who. the movement remain secularized live through our professional movement from across the ship genocide so it is not one

specific ideology so there are some members who are extremists but for the most part the muslim brotherhood has participated in egypt general elections and already indicated they would be willing to participate in fair and free elections eat meat . live from moscow you're with r.t. coming up a talent that never eighteenth. parties close a team brings you that culture a brush with western europe and an unusual addition to the country's euro vision roster. russia will not tolerate japan's radical approach towards the far eastern kriol islands which tokyo claims as its own moscow's official stance comes as the japanese foreign ministers in the russian capital for talks the others were handed to russia as part of a capitulation a great managing end of the second world war however no formal peace deal has ever

been fine between the two countries you can't just cannot have the details. no radicalism or any preconditions that's the message from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov right after his meeting with his japanese counterpart if you pour your hopes for when japan adults a radical approach towards the peace treaty with russia which opens regularly and issued by the country's government it's impossible to negotiate these issues and i said to mr million that we're still ready to work on this peace treaty but with no preconditions the through dispute between russia and japan over the crew islands has been going on for over half a century now and swears up every year during the so-called northern territories the in japan tokyo claims that these southern crew islands are traditionally and historically japanese territory while russia says that it would be or

a strategic partner for russia and that is one of the outcomes of the second world war so we continue standing firm on their positions but nevertheless both sides said that they are ready to talk more about this issue and also to work together in many other serious. all sure and energy to business of course which is only growing every year. now after a surprise inspection of one of moscow's major rail stations on thursday to me that is raising is continuing with his unscheduled security checks this time he dropped by in the capital's third largest airport the president said he was satisfied with the level of control there even went through the scanners at the airports entrance where he was checked by staff well it was in stark contrast to the scenes witnessed twenty four hours before when the president discovered major security lapses at a key rail hub in the city transport security in russia was supposed to have been

hyped following last month's terror attack on doma dead of a airport which killed thirty six people and left many more injured. just a few hours after president medvedev the visit of new cover airport was dealing with a full scale emergency of its own a business jet was forced to make an emergency landing a flight from warsaw came down on its belly after part of its undercarriage failed to lower it's been reported there were only crew members on board and no one was injured the incident caused widespread delays told by vel's at the airport. are closed to a team can the discovery of the western your area continues now as they get an inside look into the culture and traditions of the region and its capital. the republic is known for its rich culture and traditions many of which have been

passed down through the centuries from cuisine to music the region's creative spirit has given rise to a wealth of local talent some of which has spread around the globe we're going to go to scott discovers how song gets moving. when you come to shift you're in for a surprise though it's known for its weapon producing factories and plants the first thing that catches your eye is the city's architecture which seems to have changed a little over the centuries and once you dig deeper you find the more people are good at preserving their heritage and not just on the outside culture for me is a part of my life it's a way of my life my mother's lullabies my friend's mom is so. cool and fairy tales told me this is very become logic i'm very educational to them coming and term very close to major culture but of course to get

a full taste of the culture you have to get out of the city and go to the village where traditional songs dances food and drinks are still very much a part of everyday life so when we hit the road trudged through the snow and ended up in the village of one of the and the home of local celebrities who made waves in russia's last bid for your vision song contest glory but don't expect to find any short skirts and hair extensions here most of the stars are over the age of seventy and dress much more tastefully. we come here in the evening meet so watch t.v. and sing during the commercials globalist told us that these grandmothers became an unexpected hit coming one place short of a present in their country but they still caught audience's imagination with their songs giving some of the world's best known hits a new sound. was that i.

was. that. it was a. it was lay out your reading of a crooked. after your vision we wanted to come home quietly the old mortar shy people and we didn't want to make a fuss but people found out and when we got back to our own village they give us a grand welcome back party with songs and dances. and these buggers because take a creative hands on approach to everything they do but i'm trying to do right now is help these really because i look at it which are which is sort of like really working so you make this little basket and then you have to put the stuff in the side and this is a traditional dish and we're going to try and this will comes out of it the people here seem to have a song for every occasion be it a wedding baptism birth or c. need young man off to the army or whatever life throws at them the good lord find

a way to market the levy it's that approach which has kept these traditions going strong for hundreds of years even if you go r.t. . well let's take a look now at some other stories from around the world at twenty three minutes the hour hundreds of thousands joined in marches across iran for the country's national day rallies which are backed by the state march thirty second anniversary of the one. that was one thousand nine hundred seventy nine promise the public was created following the rule fall led by the late. police marksmen have shot and killed the gunmen who had taken seven hostages during a bank robbery in the us state of north carolina following a three hour standoff the nineteen year old walked out of the bank holding a female hostage and pointing a gun to her head while seven hostages caught up in the robbery are said to be unharmed. hundreds of transport workers in the greek capital are protesting against

planned factor reforms workers from athens metro system it's trams trolleys and buses all walked out the demonstration is the latest in a series of disruptions in the city the reforms are part of a public sector cost cutting exercise which is being implemented following a multi-billion euro bailout aimed at rescuing greece's economy. but next is the business here in our teaser mitri joins us how are the russian stock markets looking any better than at the start of the week yeah absolutely so much better than the start of the week and better than when we last talked about that like an hour ago looking rosier with every minutes but gazprom is losing one percent i'll tell you why in a couple of minutes british oil major b.p. looks set to get its dividend from. the russian partners and the joy promised to block the estimates of one point eight billion dollars payout for the fourth quarter that was all to b.p. and russian oil giant both that for now from asset swap with the exploration do.

claim that b o called provides the competitiveness of. the terms of the alliance spots mike soon calls. he says. they are has little chance of looking at evidence if that goes against the share. i think it would be quite difficult for them because the shareholders agreement provides for an obligation of the to pay at least forty percent of their net income. each quarter and it makes no real difference if such payout is brought to by the shareholders or not. gazprom expects to supply an extra nine percent of gas to europe this year and predicts prices will be fifteen percent now that would give an average price of three hundred fifty two dollars per thousand cubic meters compared to three hundred six last year exports to europe are planned at about one hundred

fifty two billion people and gas this year but are still below pre-crisis levels of almost one hundred sixty in two thousand. russia is the largest oil producer gas from there has increased its profit by eight percent to three point three billion dollars in twenty ten that turnover rose to almost thirty seven billion dollars that's a thirty six percent gain on the previous year. old gas from. the look of the markets stocks in europe still struggling for some kind of direction but looking well flat to negative at this moment mobile phone giant nokia is posting heavy losses after its agreed to form a software partnership with microsoft it shares are down ten point seven percent this is one of the biggest drops in ten months. here in russia stocks recovering off the show rules on thursday this is as well is climbing boosting the outlook for produces a second look at more detail at some of the stocks now. gas problem however it's

losing one percent after investors reacted negatively to the gas giants recent sale of a ten percent stake in rival nova got a thirty percent discount their tech shares however up one percent on the same lenders burbank is up almost four percent after it doubled its january net profit to nine hundred forty million. russian minor nor did gold is postponing its i.p.o. in london due to uncertain demand and volatile markets the company sought to raise four billion dollars in the offering or gold operates in russia cans of stand africa and produced around six hundred thousand. ounces of gold last year. out of many of james' roussel as last a court case filed in siberia council nickel produced enormous nickels election of board members in its annual general meeting in june of two selves nominated chairman was ousted in favor of an interest back both roussel and interests have

twenty five percent stakes in the nickel and have been fighting over control over the metal producers since that meeting. so often i'll be back in one hour's time headlines next on that city.

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