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one technology update here on the market we've got the future. the wiki leaks founder will be sent to sweden to stand trial on charges of sexual assault. well the reaction from inside the courtroom pale in r.t. in just a few moments. with north africa and the middle east in turmoil europe is facing a threat of a human avalanche especially fear some three hundred thousand refugees could have bought into it shores. and an end to the space race with the u.s. shuttle discovery poised for his final launch many americans say it's a blow for national pride as russia's rockets will become the only way to get into orbit. and or oil prices are reaching new highs and while the situation of

instability continues to jango investors nerves it's probably handy for some russian oil companies more in business in twenty minutes. very well welcome to you this is live from moscow now the founder of the controversial whistle blowing website wiki leaks julian assange will be sent to sweden to face sex crime charges a london court has just ruled the extradition bit has been successful let's get more details now from marty's lawyer man who is live from outside the courthouse or there's been a lot of controversy surrounding this extradition request what did the judge have to say about his ruling. well essentially what we saw the judge do this morning was knocked down the defense arguments completely out of the water one by one and all just three with you some of them made some of the key defense arguments that the

prosecution made that story the defense made and what the judge had to say about them they the defense maintained all along. made himself available for questioning jaring the time that he was still in sweden after these offenses took place and but the judge said that in fact our soldiers swedish lawyer had misled the court which is a fairly serious allegation for a judge to make to a lawyer when he said that he had tried to contact the prosecutor and offer us on up the questioning the judge said that they were there was evidence that our sons had been uncommon tactical and have had avoided interrogation while he was still in sweden there was also an allegation that the swedish prosecutor wasn't qualified to issue a european arrest warrant the judge said that she was and that the warrant although it was possibly disproportionate under the circumstances was certainly valid and it was made issued with a view to prosecuting ourselves rather than merely questioning him and that there was no reason not to extradite him within sixty days there was also some evidence given about the prosecution marianne not i saying that she had

a grudge against men and that she was a radical feminists now the judge said that the person who made these allegations actually had never met marianne nine per cent and had no grounds to make those kinds of allegations no personal knowledge of the prosecutor there was also an allegation that the charges wouldn't constitute rape in the u.k. the judge that the least one of the charges would constitute rape and that all four of them were extraditable offenses there was also some talk about assaults not receiving a fair trial in sweden because the trial would be held in private and also because of some damning comments that the swedish prime minister made in recent days about jude innocence but the judge said a private trial would be fair it was inside the constitution in sweden to do that in sexual offense cases also there has been a lot of talk about the possibility that songs could be sent to the u.s. from sweden the judge said that there was no evidence to suggest that his extradition would be requested by the u.s.

or evidence to suggest that he would be tortured executed or sent to guantanamo bay so we heard really a damning indictment of the. defenses had to say from this morning and the result. has been a great been agreed upon but what's next for joining us. well it's very unlikely that he will in fact he has seven days he and his defense team to appeal against this decision it's very unlikely to be the end of the story the defense always said that if they would take the case to the high court and then if they have to up to the court and then on to the european court of human rights they say. this case when finished but in fact it seems likely that it could go on for much longer than that all right. to life in london outside the courthouse thank you. but it's the storm of revolt but as the arab world before being increasingly felt in europe

italy has declared a humanitarian emergency on its southern island of lampedusa the tiny outpost buckles under a wave of immigrants desperate to escape the regional trouble five thousand refugees have already reached the shore was with fears the number could quickly swell to three hundred thousand and. eighty miles off the coast of north africa the tiny italian. fishing in tourism means sources. for the first time in years. there always are here we have been going out to sea for twenty days now since the recent uprising in tunisia has been flooded with refugees who have arrived in just two weeks sometimes up to three hundred refugees just one tiny fishing boat to make the hero's journey to the mediterranean. doesn't.

mean you. have nothing to. do. on its head with no money and no jobs they have already been cases of bad and theft and not to any who started leaving the lights on at night they always wonder ronde none of the local seventy used to lock their doors now that this people here will feel uncomfortable due to its location lumpy doozies familiar with refugees but never so many in such a short period of time and with many voicing strong beliefs officials say identifying genuine cases is one of the biggest problems. that we are historically a free nation and we want freedom of islam we want to live like our prophet told us in holy books to live in an islamic state. most are housed at this refugee center where they're provided with food water clothes and medical aid all financed from

the state budget is designed to house only around eight hundred people so under tight security hundreds over eighty g.'s are flown to the mainland each day. we sent four planes yesterday but on average two planes with refugees leave every day to kootenay body and pollute. with. italy and tunisia used to have an agreement under which most with fiji's were intercepted before even reaching the island but now that the government has been overthrown the floodgates have opened. with violence continuing to spread in both north africa and the middle east italy has already warned other eras state up to three hundred thousand refugees could flee libya alone for decades limpin those are managed to remain a tiny isolated world of its own level when called the snow line and no one was

afraid to leave their doors all. five something changed and the biggest wave of refugees may still be. the only one this tiny island being entire continent you go to school or board you want to do that you know we. all ought to rosemary hollis who's an expert on middle east policy studies at city university london believes that the influx of immigrants will be a real test for the entire continent. the europeans thus far even though there are an aging population in western europe even though there are dwindling population in western europe are not ready to receive more african migrants or arab migrants who also have some other voices in europe being raised where they're suggesting that there is a crucial moment where the europeans need to be seen to be doing more for the safety of libyans and they should not be talking about sanctions because those can't be activated quickly and they're not going to have an immediate impact they

can freeze the assets of gadhafi and family if they want to but again he's fighting for his survival he's fighting to the death he said so so something a little bit stronger than sanctions is called for. meanwhile the libyan leader colonel gadhafi is fiercely fighting to retain control of the capital since faced with more defections from his own regime sporadic attacks continue across the deserted streets with part of uprisings ongoing in nearby towns after more than a week of your position. it's gangs with demonstrators take over the heart of the country the u.n. security council and washington have demanded an immediate end to the violence the e.u. is considering sanctions against libya colonel could have used a bloody crackdown on protesters after some reports say the army used air strikes against its own people several hundred protesters are said to be killed but the real toll is fit to stand up more than. an emotional former m

i five agent says that some western countries are exploiting lucrative relationships with libya as khadafi vallance to fight until he. is just a very brutal as he of the regime that's been in place and the fact that the west has been cozying up to gadhafi ever since two thousand and three when he came in from the cold in the came our new ally in the warden's terror means that he's of course very tooled up with lots of new weapons which been supplied by countries like france in the netherlands and the u.k. so he's in a very strong position and also a very strong position financially to fight back and i think perhaps that some of his new friends in the west are a little confused on how to respond to what to do about him he had come in from the cold he was the sort of poster boy of being a post route dictatorship of course after you've seen what happened to saddam hussein he did offer up what little technology had which might mean taking him towards a situation where he had weapons of mass destruction and then of course he was welcome back into the international fold with with open arms and has been allowed

to start opening up his country to a certain extent but certainly financially so because he's been held up as the the way to go the way that the west can deal with middle eastern dictators and bring them back into the fold they don't really just don't know how to handle this sort of backing off but they don't want to overtly support the protesters either. and there's more on the repercussions from the unrest in north africa and the middle east that's to come shortly but first let's go to what. you had for this hour here on out. now we're we're reduced to being passengers on a russian ship by the end of. will and no longer be able to send humans into space find out how the americans are dealing with this dent in national pride that's coming your way later in the program here on. well with libya in the throes of violence and the bloodshed and the government unrest across the arab world is showing little sign of dying down however egypt is one of the countries that managed to break a decades long cycle of oppression but the question remains whether those fighting

for reforms will get the change they crave. are all about the reports from cairo. one month on from the outbreak of the revolution the step down from power many protesters who stood up to the egyptian regime to what they achieved and tell you square the works that down and it was announced like we had on the screen in the square and it was just couldn't resist for a second to get overwhelmed by the joy of like get rid of that big figure of corruption or the regime western leaders were quick to throw their support behind the popular revolution in their country to spent the last under. these democratic change has to start. needs to happen now the growth of freedom and democracy in egypt ultimately of the united states can't be kept sorcery will dictate what you happens but what we can but what we can do bill is we can say that

. the time is now for you to start making a change in that country or other support wasn't the only thing coming from these nations during the uprising western rumors were rife that mubarak had fled cairo he was headed to germany and he said british foreign secretary william hague said that colonel gadhafi had left tripoli in the midst of the ongoing crisis there but protesters are now very heated up it's all very hot in each of these countries and the fact that they might be falsely made to believe that they have won that they have a victory is very dangerous because the heating up of the situation opens the door for other countries other power structures to come into egypt and to come into libya into coming to tunisia and all of the other countries to try and take some advantage in some cases might be great about this from what is happening the charred shell of a political party's headquarters in a country policed by the military todd lee the image many in the west would

associate with a democratic nation however this doesn't stop world leaders from speaking about a newly democratic egypt. the country is now being watched over by the armed forces while a partial curfew was still in place in cairo many key figures of mubarak's regime remain in the current cabinet including prime minister ahmed shafik a figure of hate for the revolutionaries who met with david cameron during the british leaders visit a visit that was termed france in some circles as cameron was on his way to the gulf states to hawk the u.k. arms industry political groups in egypt are calling for a million man march to demand a new cabinet so how do those who help the movement barack feel about the future the army is in charge they're taking they're taking action there the hand the upper hand to give everyone everything on control so yes getting more and more to figured that out and hated and think about how we're going to deal with it we don't want to be like who plays

a military regime with another. potentially elections could take place in around six months however political sources in the country suggest this could come soon for a nation in three decades of dictatorship. egypt for all the unrest in north africa and the middle east will force its way onto the agenda at a meeting between prime minister vladimir putin and a top european officials there is in brussels for major talks with members of the european commission and its president jose manuel barroso both sides will focus on energy trade cooperation and high technology and moscow's beef to join the world trade organization and you know your partnership agreement that is also on the table. we can always go to www dot com for more news blogs and analysis here are some of the options we have lined up for you right now at our. abortion could soon mean in the u.s. state of georgia there's a new bill c.

to criminalize the practice and ensure that authorities will investigate all miscarriages. in the gold rush was about to make a comeback in russia as the parliament passes a law which could reopen old mines to talk and. find out more at your own leisure. special forces are stepping up the hunt for a gang of militants hiding out in a mountainous area and russia's republican southern republic of korea it's part of a major terror effort in the region police sources say weapons and explosives have been found in a hidden militant camp targeted group suspected of attempting to refer. to the gunman stopped a minibus heading for a ski resort on mount elbrus three tourists were killed and two others were injured . i just took a brief look now at some other international headlines this hour the police in new zealand announced the death toll from tuesday's devastating earthquake has risen

now. eight may also fear one hundred twenty bodies may still be inside one building that was leveled in the city of christchurch two hundred people remain unaccounted for following this disaster rescue crews are continuing to comb through the rubble and meantime the country's prime minister warns that the number of fatalities could rise. authorities in peru and bolivia have declared a state of emergency as massive flooding affects both countries. three people died and over seven thousand were left homeless after weeks of strong rains rivers burst that banks and flooded farmland residential areas they were similar scenes in peru where some three and a half thousand people lost their homes. mexican authorities have captured the main suspect in the fatal shooting of an american immigration and customs enforcement officer a little over a week ago. during a raid on

a gang safe house it's believed three of them participated in the attack which yourself described as a deliberate ambush a second american agent was also wounded when the gunman opened fire as they drove towards mexico city. well the longest serving a special discovery is preparing to lift off for the last time after twenty six years of flight it's also one of the last times the u.s. will send any shuttle into orbit before it suspends a space program to use a guy in a chicken looks at what the move means for america. by the end of this year nasa will no longer be able to send humans into space according to obama's plan responsibility will go to private companies which are expected to come up with cheaper ways to ferry astronauts to low earth orbit they know that they have a big step to take when they if they're thinking about putting humans into space and that's going to take a you know the next phase of their development so i have a few years oh gosh i. can even estimate exactly no one can say for sure when the

private american companies will come up with a new spaceship for years to come it will be the russians so use that's going to be the only means for people to reach the international space station which is perfectly fine with the leaders of russia and the u.s. but doesn't sit well with many americans how could this how. we could make it to the moon person build this wonderful equipment and then. and now we're were reduced to being passengers on a russian ship and that's that's sort of it's a wounded pride thing one did pride revealed itself in comments by some american lawmakers astronaut scientists and former nasa officials comedians in the u.s. did not miss out on poking fun at american sense of pride so we pony up the cash then have to ride on the hope of the backseat all the risk is take the wheel. yes

you know they're going to let us touch the radio they won't let us eat snacks or stop to use the bathroom should have gone before we left. use but those the nasa who now actually work with the russians like astronaut sonny will you. have different sentiments i couldn't imagine when i was growing up walking through red square or going to a russian company and working hand in hand with my russian colleagues or going to their family's homes and having dinner with them and likewise when they come to the u.s. and so i think. maybe we're not competing but we're to working together i think it's more of a time of joint cooperation and learning from one another that's just as healthy as the competition we had in the past it's not the first time americans have to rely on the russians to take their crew to space they depended on washing rockets during the two year grounding the few s.p.c. craft after the two thousand and three space shuttle columbia disaster columbia

exploded during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere all seven crew members died shuttles track record includes another tragedy in one thousand nine hundred eighty six the space shuttle challenger broke apart seventy three seconds into its flight . the russians so use proved to be the safest way to deliver people to space and now with the shuttle retiring it will be the only way we're no longer racing against an adversary we're no longer competing to achieve a singular goal like reaching the moon. in fact what was once a global competition is long since become a global collaboration the leaders of both russia and the who are sort of saying space is no longer a place for competition it's now a ground for cooperation but the question remains if there weren't clear in the was ready to pull the except it down are to washington d.c. . i thought he was coming to you live from the heart of the russian capital to investment johnson locked in a lawsuit over. the layman brothers suing it j.p.

morgan chase for over eight billion dollars our financial guru max keiser explains how buying swapping toxic assets is a common occurrence. bank state just exchange cocktail napkins they say they're worth a billion dollars they swap them they charge other fake and then when it comes out that there is nothing there they go to the government for bailouts they think we're joking about this but clearly the headlines prove exactly what we're saying the banks themselves call the assets that are swapping with each other go to. reporters one hour to you throughout the day or you can catch it anytime at r.t. dot com but for now the business news with you. that's right time for your business update

a very warm welcome and oil prices have surged to a two and a half year high as the rest of the wider middle east the shocks through the market which is wrong the world have been reacting negatively to events as investors consider the specter of an oil shock and the one sector that is going to clean well is energy well let's take a look at some of the numbers news that oil companies are shutting down their operations in libya which is the world's twelve biggest producer has sent light sweet crude above one hundred dollars a barrel up to. five nine percent on the day broad group is growing even faster up three percent at nearly one hundred fifteen dollars a barrel. now turning to equities both the r.t.s. and my success because of the dominance of the energy sector defensive gold stocks are also doing well retailers banks industrials and minus all all down let's have a look at some individual share moves from is among the leaders it's up almost

three percent because it's raising two and a half percent is rising two and a half percent and also being held by news it signed a deal with american vanco international to develop true offshore oil fields in romania and gold producers are also gaining as prices for the precious metals such high up. two point five percent. so a similar story on europe as forces with oil majors and gold mine is providing relatively few bright spots the footsie is down for a fifth day its longest losing streak since july and the texas down a one percent seventy weight with banks and industrials two sectors that are struggling most with uncertainty created in the middle east. well as a gassing game over how far the unpressed will spread in the middle east and how this will impact the oil market some analysts speculate of iran gets caught up in it or oil will spike above one hundred fifty dollars per barrel or what happens is

the world's biggest oil producer saudi arabia becomes suffused with revolutionary spirit to consider some of these questions i'm joined now by constantin seen enough from national energy security as fund thank you very much for joining us constantin so what sort of oil price would you concede the world is heading for an oil shock and what does that look like what do you mean by an oil shock you know i think it's only the beginning of the story and the situation in the north part of. all of this is you said earlier in the spirit and the question is not only that the situation in for example so directly because i can't imagine that there will be revolution so do it but even there will be the change of political regime in nearest countries so the next question will be what will be the situation with the main transportation routes it will be possible to export oil by i think is from saudi arabia to other

european countries so the situation in egypt in the situation now in people if the situation discover is only the beginning of the story next it will be the revolution so the situation not maybe not not in so directly but in the nearest country so that is why in my opinion it's only the beginning of this call ups in the sort of the dances that is rising that one kind of fifty two will be the price of for oil i soon could do it in the next week but it's not the end or not the end because we can remember the situation one thousand and seventy three. so called the second or the crisis so this iteration one hundred seventy three was only the beginning when there was an embargo it was only the beginning of the increase in the for prices and the increase before prices. extremely high but it was something that was not doing so at all day so that is why i think that the prize that there may be more soon or. not to see me sick for cross because you know but. two hundred or do you think we'll reach that price for

a sustained length of time it's very difficult to predict the behavior of the stock exchange but i sing that we can understand now where a simple thing and we spoke about it and we said about it several years ago that i can't say what will be the price exactly what it will the price of oil for example next wednesday oil in two thousand and twelve but i absolutely assure that oil will never be cheap come on that is so or oil will be expensive we cannot speak about the level of price we can speak about what will be the world for example next week will one year later but i absolutely sure that oil who never very cheap come with it it's the main reason and it's the main impact of this revolution just because what does this mean for russia is definitely good for energy shares but what about the economy as a whole if if speaking about russian economy to be of course it's a good news it's a good use why because first of all as we said the read it if you will but this.