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extradition approved the london court rules the man behind the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks should go to sweden for questioning over sex crimes. to fight the verdict and insists the case is politically motivated joins me from all in just a few may but. let the people decide their own future that's the message sent by prime minister vladimir putin as he addressed western meddling in international affairs at a meeting in brussels. the e.u. agreed to coordinate efforts in the ongoing political and economic crisis in north africa more in a few moments. it's really braces itself for a massive flow of migrants and calls on the e.u. to rescue it from a humanitarian crisis which could see more than a million people flooding the country from the troubled arab world.

this is r.t. here in moscow nine pm in the russian capital and now six pm in london where a court has ruled in favor of julian assange extradition that we could expand his wanted for questioning in connection with sexual assault allegations during a trip he made to sweden last summer i found his lawyers fear he won't receive a fair trial in sweden and risks being handed over to america on espionage charges u.s. is currently investigating his website which released a swathe of secret diplomatic wires washington wants him help responsible for leaking classified information and it brings us the latest now from the hearing in london. essentially what we saw this morning was the judge knocking down these defense argument out of the water essentially one by one he said that our sons had

not in fact made himself available for questioning whilst he was in sweden and that our soldiers' swedish lawyer had missed the court when he said that he had. was unco on contactable and avoided interrogation while he was in sweden he also said that the european arrest warrant had been issued for our son's might be disproportionate but it was valid and it was definitely issued with a view to prosecuting ourselves for these charges and he also said that certainly one of the charges that is being brought against these allegations that are being made against student ourselves for sexual assault certainly one of them would constitute rape in the u.k. and all four of them were extraditable offenses now so she has always maintained his innocence in this case and in fact he says and his defense team say that this is politically motivated in connection with his work with wiki leaks wiki leaks of course we've seen releasing a series of cables relating to the u.s. diplomatic service some of which were deeply embarrassing for the u.s.

government to us and has always maintained that this is in order to facilitate his extradition own words to the u.s. we have heard in the last couple of days from the justice department in the american justice department in london saying that there are new charges currently against assault in america but that there is an investigation underway into wiki leaks but the judge again said that there was no evidence that our son should be extradited on to america all of that he might be tortured all that he could be executed or that he could be sent to guantanamo bay if he indeed was sent to america well this is very unlikely to finish the defense team have already said that they're going to launch an appeal they have now have seven days in which to do that they will take the appeal first to the high court and then if that doesn't succeed. cool here in the u.k. and then if they have to see a state of the european court of human rights this is a case that will continue into this on that but i wouldn't be surprised if you

carried on the much younger than us who are emmett's reporting there from london enough for a perspective from the us joined by brian becker he's director of the coalition in washington you can see here on r.t. so what do you reckon is washington behind all of this. well i think if you think of that courtroom as a theatrical stage you have the actors you have the judge the prosecutor the defense attorney and of course mr songe but in the director's chair i believe is the washington government particularly in the obama administration in the cia they want to stop wiki leaks they're doing all sorts of extraordinary actions stopping pay pal or leaning on pay pal master card and other private corporations to to not allow donations to be made to wiki leaks these charges have been pursued unusually vigorously for charges of sexual assault they should those kind of charges should never be trivialized but the fact that they are trivialized routinely and that this

case has used extraordinary measures with the european arrest warrant and finally in this proceeding for extradition when mr assigned was willing to cooperate with swedish prosecutors while he when he was there i think it's clear that behind the scenes is the american government well many would say the american government has every right to do this leaked a lot of information that could potentially put u.s. national security in danger not just u.s. national security but other nations throughout the world shouldn't he be held accountable for what he's done. well mr a son says that wiki leaks is a media outlet just like the new york times or the guardian or other news publications and media outlets that have also published the cables that wiki leaks first released if they're going to go after wiki leaks and shut it down well why aren't they doing the same against the new york times or le monde or the guardian it's clear that they consider wiki leaks that be a subversive organization because it believes that government secrets especially

classified documents that should not be classified that conceal the truth to the public to the people of the united states of the people of the world about us foreign policy which dominates world politics especially for the people in iraq and afghanistan they believe that those stories should be told so the u.s. government thinks they're a subversive organization unlike the new york times or the guardian alone so there's an unfair prosecution and persecution there is not a measure of justice if there are guilty then they should all be prosecuted but again that's not what's going on in the british court today i think what the american government wants is to have mr assad in custody so that ultimately he can be extradited to the united states to face charges for the release of those documents in the u.s. according to him to be executed facing the death penalty is that really likely to happen well i don't know if it's likely to happen but you know you see the american airwaves on talk radio including t.v.

news and fox news the walter mondale's former chief of staff is key aide call for the death penalty for joining us on johnny said well if they if they can do it legally they should just go out and kill the s.o.b i won't use those words but in other words they're talking like this on american national t.v. i don't think it's likely but i certainly mr assad has reason to fear for his life given the atmosphere of hysteria that's been created here just very briefly what is sweden getting out of this. well. an independent country is nonetheless although not a member of nato are part of the partnership for peace program since one thousand nine hundred four close cooperation with nato what us dominated a military alliance that's been true for since one thousand nine hundred four i think sweden is vulnerable to to american pressure as are most of the european countries but i think that's really what's going on here brownback i live in washington thanks very much for your insight into the second case thanks for

joining us. the continuing crisis in north africa has highlighted the need for russia and the e.u. to coordinate their efforts in terms of foreign policy and economy and economy that's according to prime minister vladimir putin who addressed the media following a meeting with the european commission president jose but also well the new bushell has been following the events for us in brussels. obviously our question is dominating world affairs at the moment and this was no exception although validity of putin has kept his powder dry on the issue up until now we have come out with a passion plea for foreign powers to stay out of the conflict in so much as to allow the democratic process and the people to elect their own leaders in that region themselves he gave several examples of how interference has brought the reverse effect it was because of that which is today we say we're concerned about things happening in libya please note the following the north african cell of al-qaeda is also concerned about what's happening in libya do you think that's

a coincidence i would like to go back in history a little the former leader of the iranian revolution where did he live he lived in paris and as a whole he was supported by the western community now the entire western community fights against the iranian nuclear program i remember just recently our partners were very active in supporting democratic elections in the palestinian autonomy and her mass won and immediately they declared her mass a terrorist organization and started fighting against it we need to give people a chance to determine their future themselves we need to give them an opportunity to take a natural way without any foreign interference to build their future he also said that the is the mystification of north africa was unlikely in his view if the democratic process was allowed to take its natural course of course this is having an effect on the economy already we're seeing brant oil prices at one eighteen dollars a barrel analysts say it's set to double in the short period there were putin was

very open about the fact during the conference that had the e.u. already allowed such gas projects as north and south stream to pass through the european union the prices for energy would be lower he reminded the e.u. that it was in both sides interests to to allow maximum corporation between a u. and russia. well let's get more on the knock on effect of the political crisis in north africa and head over to our business desk now where we find kareen. i'm guessing all this instability which is fueling all prices is good news for the producers specially here in russia but not very good news for the rest of us as well that's right crude prices have had a two and a half year high on the back of those disruptions in libya brant is now trading one hundred fourteen dollars a barrel and of course we see russian energy companies doing exceptionally well however in his speech today putin said that he stressed that spiking of oil prices

are not in russia's interest although or is the main source of income for russia he said that russia wants oil prices to be fair and not to come to out of balance now if the world economic growth slows down this will have a knock on effect on the russian economy as well and high oil prices lifted the russian markets today they closed in the black help primarily by the energy sector like gas prom was among the leaders lift. it five percent higher again three and a half percent higher but this is bad news for ordinary people as well because we expect you know fuel prices to come up well look we'll be looking more at the figures later in the program so we'll have more of that very much indeed kareen about from the business team and as chris is more from her a little later. it's really fears it will be brought to its knees as a new wave of immigrants is expected to flood the country thousands of refugees of reach its shores from the unsettled arab world the government has called on the

european union to help with the predicted invasion of up to one million people and reports on how locals are dealing with the situation. at eighty miles off the coast of north africa the tiny italian island of lampedusa has relied on fishing and tourism for its main sources of income but for the first time in years the boats on hold at the nets are dry. but. there are always out here we haven't gone out to sea for twenty days now since the recent uprising in tunisia the island has been flooded with refugees over five and a half thousand arrived in just two weeks sometimes up to three hundred refugees were crammed on just one tiny fishing boat to make the perilous journey to the mediterranean island dozens have already drowned many of those who needed have nothing to lose turning local life here on its head with no money and no jobs they

have already been cases of vandalism and theft you know who started leaving the lights on at night they always wonder ronde none of the locals never used to look at 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. we are historically a free nation and we want freedom of islam we want to live like a prophet told us and who leave books to live in an islamic state. most are housed at this refugee center where they are provided with food water clothes and medical aid all financed from the state budget is the zone to house only around eight hundred people so under tight security hundreds of refugees are flown to the

mainland each day. we send four planes yesterday but on average two planes with refugees leave every day to. barry and pollute. italy and tunisia used to have an agreement under which most refugees were intercepted before even reaching the island but now that the government has been overthrown the floodgates have opened i put the violence continuing to spread in both north africa and the middle east already warned other e.u. states up to three hundred thousand refugees could flee libya alone for decades managed to remain a tiny isolated world of its own with calm and peaceful lives and no one was afraid to leave their doors all. five something changed and the biggest wave of refugees may still be out there to leave this tiny island but being entire continent he

was still on board the flight to italy. to libya now where areas still under the control of colonel gadhafi a shrinking all the time protestors have reportedly taken over the east of the country the capital tripoli remains heavily guarded by prototyping forces with tanks deployed around it the leaders call on thousands of mercenaries to defend his bastion as he's faced with more defections from his own regime revolt has now entered its tenth day the overall death toll has been difficult to determine conflicting reports put the number between three hundred and a thousand many foreigners caught up in the trouble or attempting to flee russia has most of its citizens out with the remainder being taken to turkey by ferry. or bahrain yemen and algeria all up in arms calling for reforms the anti-government discontent has spread across the arab world with tunisia and egypt leading the charge and sweeping aside a decades old cycle of oppression peter all of us has traveled to cairo to

investigate whether the revolt has brought real change to egyptians. one month on from the outbreak of the revolution it's on the bottom step down from power many protesters who stood up to the egyptian regime jubilant of what they achieved until you square the works that. it was announced like we had on the screens on the square and people just couldn't resist for second to get overwhelmed by the joy of getting rid of the big figure of corruption or the regime western leaders were quick to throw their support behind the popular revolution in their country that spent the last thirty years under mubarak. these democratic change has to start now . it needs to happen now for the growth of freedom and democracy in egypt ultimately of the united states can't have sort of the will dictate what happens but you know 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 however support wasn't the only thing coming from these nations during the uprising western rumors were rife that mubarak had fled tyrone was headed to germany and later 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 they are heating up 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 that might be greater than from what is happening the charge shell of a political party's headquarters in a country policed by the military todd levy 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 is 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 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 helped remove 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 and 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 too soon for a nation emerging in three decades of dictatorship peter oliver r t cairo egypt. time now for more world news in brief for you this hour rescuers in new zealand say they have little hope for more than two hundred people still missing as the death toll from tuesday's earthquake reaches ninety eight at one site alone up to two hundred twenty people are unaccounted for crews are continuing to comb through the rubble in the country's second largest city meanwhile thousands of flocked to christ churches recently reopened airport and attempt to escape the devastation. mexican authorities are paraded six suspects in front of the media arrested for the fatal shooting of an american immigration and customs agent a week ago according to raid on the gang safe house and it's believed that three of them took part in the attack which sparked outrage in the united states a second american agent was also wounded in the incident when they were ambushed as they drove towards mexico city. peru and bolivia have declared

a state of emergency with massive flooding affecting both nations and bolivia three people were killed and almost seven thousand were left homeless after torrential rain battered the country for the past few weeks swollen rivers burst their banks destroying crops bridges and washing away roads it was similar scenes in peru where some three and a half thousand people lost their homes. the controversial islamic cleric abu bakar bashir has denied terror charges as he turned to court in indonesia is accused of setting up a cell that was preparing a series of high profile attacks on western hotels and embassies claims he's the victim of a u.s. conspiracy and the charges against him fabricated his previously escaped terror convictions in two trials that attempt to link him to the two thousand and two bomb . the world's most journeyed spaceship discovery is preparing to lift off for the last time its final mission comes after. almost three decades of

orbital travel the norge marks the beginning of the end of the u.s. space shuttle program with the remaining two also heading for the scrap heap later this year and as r.t. is going to reports it's a loss some americans are finding hard to accept. by the end of this year nasa will no longer be able to send humans into space according to obama's plane 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 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 wounded 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 after right on the hope of the backseat of the take the wheel. yes you know they're going to let us touch the radio they will 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 sunny williams 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 families 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 were 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 that 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. based craft after the two thousand and three space shuttle columbia disaster columbia exploded during re-entry into the earth's second a sphere 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 us are saying space is no longer a place for competition it's now a ground for cooperation but the question remains if ever wanted here in the room was ready to fully accept it i'm going to check out our to washington d.c. . well that's your news update from me for the moment kareena is next with the business update us on short break stay with us here in moscow.

would be soon which brightened if you knew me. from still. down time don't come. and i welcome to business thanks for joining at this hour we're go straight to our top story world leaders are considering the prospect of an oil shock resulting from the unrest in the middle east and north africa crude prices have surged to a two and a half year high on the back of supply disruptions from libya shares and russia's energy companies have done well in the crisis but speaking in brussels prime minister putin has said spiking oil prices are not in russia's interest that the

condition of. this is a serious threat because you can only grow the world if we focus and then if this goes on i can tell you that in spanish actually the russian economy is not interested we want prices to be severe and you know we really are safe when you can on the green slows down this will have a negative effect on our economy as well so we need to do everything we can do it with our european partners to prevent this from happening peacekeeping but. russia has limited options to pump more oil although energy minister sergei shmuck course says it can provide extra gas to make up for the shortfalls and maybe as production russia faces the sun the same jeopardy as the rest of the world from the economic slowdown but it is likely to get some political credit from being a reliable energy partner. it was the beginning of the process so we can see the global instability of course of can be very bad news for russia's strategic review because it's. the beginning of the call of so follow global call them and so on. of

course the serious serious strategic problem for russia but they were speaking about next months of course crowd crisis is a good use for us and the one more good news is that our win as i said our main competitors on oil and gas markets now we understand what the very real political stability in this regime so that is where we will see the increase of the role of russia as the supplier for oil and gas first of all to europe of course now let's take a look at some of the numbers now crude is of a touch from earlier high stats after saudi arabia said it was considering stepping up supply to compensate for the loss from media light sweet crude is just over ninety nine dollars a barrel up one point seven percent of the day brant crude is trading at over one hundred fourteen dollars a barrel up nearly three percent now turning to equities now both has in my six closed in the black help primarily by the energy sector defensive gold stocks were also doing well among the losers retailers banks in the us.