freedom of speech brought on task as the first to get a whistleblower goes an era pledging a t.v. stage for the figure is as inspiring a divisive as joining us on himself also. israel is not heard before as the very ones the court itself but not from the. thousands of them go on strike in israeli jails as new peace talks between the two strange nations go down a truly tried and failed past plots. public charts payer funded upper tries in campaign for some of the bush corporate criminals in our world today . taking a toll the shine off the olympics london twenty twelve's accused of being nothing but a money making machine. fortune

are you going to live from moscow with me. now i was a debut destined to stir up a media storm the much anticipated show by julian assange finally burst on to t.v. screens around the globe was controversy not only about the host but his guests as well as bar leader hassan nasrallah whose identity was kept secret until broadcast was the first person interviewed by the world's most prominent whistleblower is going to run rates the premier. poor most american media juliana songes guilty without charge reckless traitor and a threat to our national security interests sleazeball me and julian assange who is bent on damaging america how did this guy just land his own t.v. show the implication is assad is

a russian agent whose anti-american mission is now out in the open for all to see and the accusations kept flying as the whistleblowers very own show premiered on tuesday but also saw it coming because to. pray for. an. interview with. terrible radicals. i think that's the sort of it's a free card. with that if you look at how. we have complete control over the guests of his first show was the head of hezbollah as ignited by the us as a terrorist organization it was not starlost first interview with international channel in six years the reason why him could be found in the interview it's not for the united states is. posting to us

because we only want to be able to tell people that he's one of us are you terrorism terrorist organizations if you were the one that people listen to us high from a higher for example if it wasn't just a trial. very different thing should have an opportunity to defend themselves some say in the court of public opinion as presented by the us mainstream media there is a tendency to simplify issues often at the expense of the full picture somebody agrees or doesn't agree with hezbollah's ideas or all their ideas ideology or their theology american people need to hear the voice of has rather than simply have them demonize. targeted as a quote terrorist with the purpose of demonizing somebody like nasr or nelson mandela who was considered a terrorist until nine hundred eighty eight is not really to stop terrorist ideas from infiltrating but for the american people to only hear one side of a debate only hear one side of an argument julian assange is now under house arrest

in the u.k. fighting extradition to sweden where he may well be extradited to the united states u.s. prosecutors were portably have a secret indictment ready for our son was made public thousands of leaked documents with embarrassing details relating to the worsening iraq and afghanistan as well as other issues in the u.s. has been under fire from capitol hill the white house and the media and we've got to apprehend mr silence the founder of wiki leaks and bring him to justice as a those of violator of the espionage act because if we go into this whole keypad putting the dead man can't leaks that this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be so i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death i don't want to do it illegally shoot the son of one of our freedom of information cherished as a core principle of democracy almost like leading and letting genie out of the bottle mr assad has the the internet and the governments and everyone else at their

own game because he's gone from a place where others have not been before and he's introduced the types of information the range of information that previously were not available if one views the media as the court of public opinion then julian assange is someone who presents to the jury that is that he was argument evidence voices which they almost never hear on mainstream media and it's up to the viewers to form an opinion but what many find ironic is that our forces under attack by the u.s. government and the media for practicing tool for extend the freedom of information that america. around the globe i'm going to start now reporting from washington. and the first edition of the show that's caused such a stir cross the world is coming up next hour and you can also log on to us on dot com there you'll find the show itself as well as a twenty minute interview with that we can expound or also feel free to have your

say in the comments section and read more about how the world reacted to the program. now it's exactly one hundred days until the olympic games kick off in london but critics say there's already been plenty of running for gold with the organizers pole vaulting straight into bed with whoever is flashing the cash despite their dubious backgrounds ideas laura smith reports on the mixed messages coming from twenty twelve games. this supposed to be the greenest most sustainable games ever but a quick look at the list of partners and sponsors for london twenty twelve tells a very different story the way sponsors are chasing the ones with the deepest

wallets and least conscience's this is basically love and billion pined public taxpayer funded advertising campaign for some of the worst corporate criminals in our world today first stop dow chemical which never accepted blame for one of the world's worst industrial disasters the toxic leak in bhopal india that killed thousands its sponsoring eleven million dollar wrap around the stadium after a for rory dow's logo now won't appear on the wrap as for the game's official electricity supplier that e.d.f. . green. one of the u.k.'s big six energy providers self-proclaimed green pioneer and owner of all the u.k. sneakily a power stations and their hackers previous been convicted in france are going on greenpeace they haven't or email accounts and an attempt to undermine our campaign against them. sort of thing that people look to aspire to be the sort of olympiad

ideal not. packing in and espionage which is what e.t.f. sadly is well known for then there's b.p. a major backer and so-called sustainability partner despite being according to some one of the world's least sustainable companies there's been a deepwater horizon oil spill off the gulf of mexico they've continued their investment and really up their lobbying around the tar sands in alberta continuing to divert state indigenous communities there and then they also completely scrap. so any claim to being a leader in sustainability was wiped out with that move so. it's essentially they just bought an image that they want to project and it's worked since b.p. became sustainability partner surveys say three times as many people now believe it's working towards a cleaner greener world pure p.r. gold because down clock ticks past one hundred days till the olympics kickoff but

it's not just sports facilities that construction workers a feverish refinishing they're also building no fewer than four looked on outlets one of which will be the world's biggest in fact this event which stands at the pinnacle of health and fitness look donald's will be the only brand it will provide to essentially against free food and drinks provided. games are going to be good don't care. i'm capris three companies that are well known for pushing out refined sugars in complex carbohydrates and trans fats into the community responsibility for childhood in and out to obesity seems very inconsistent. which is designed to promote how physical activity senior mcdonald's executives make no secret of the fact they see a limp expenses ship as an opportunity to position themselves in healthier territory and there's the crux say critics olympic sponsorship moscow reading as

philanthropy when it's in fact savvy marketing which numbs and slim pick organizers are more than happy to swallow nora smith forty. so with our program online our friend against web control turd bill an intellectual property that drew massive protests across the world plans on shaky ground as a key arab piece says it must be volatile. now more than us thousand political prisoners and in cars so. the palestinians have launched a mass hunger strike throughout israeli jails it's one of the largest seen in the country and as a protest over the state's justice system which the palestinians say is grossly unfair that its high level peace talks between the two nations devolve into the same old promises artie's policy or reports. israel's prime minister. and his palestinian counterpart scheduled to meet for the first time ever

a landmark moment to bring peace right wrong israel is not ready for peace. for itself but not for palestinians america which initiated the peace talks is desperate to bring them back to life and get a deal on that score card for washington mcmullen climate of what they see as democracy voting out in the arab world is a perfect time for an art discord that's been going stale for years yet all these really some palestinians can see are clouds building well israel is basically divided between two schools of thought one of words there's just so much danger and uncertainty to take any kind of interface and the others with zero as. in these circumstances israel ought to try to do whatever. disarm hostility for the palestinians it's much starker they've seen change among the arab neighbors that's not only possibly by but he's seen them being let down and so

called by extremists we look at where the arab spring is likely to lead us it's most likely at this point it would seem to lead us to greater islamist influence around our borders and that means less chances fewer chances of peace rather than war and this war which is part of the border between israel and the west bank are the faces of the heroes of the palestinian people they've been smiling down from here for years and still nothing's changed but across the atlantic washington can see a fledgling democracies while all the time ignoring the trouble lifting me awake not least of all in building an entrenched immovable israel and a palestinian people running out of patience policy r.t. . meanwhile israel is also powering our weather its campaign against another stroke iran telling us it's easy islamic republics nuclear ambitions and going to. rhetoric as an existential threat and one it won't tolerate on cross talk later

today peter what al brings the two camps together was predictable results. and president never said that he will attack or destroy israel he said israel must cease to exist as a political entity and the willful mistranslation in the words of what he said is clear to all he said basically that this has always been iranian policy that israel as an apartheid state most used to exist just as apartheid south africa ceased to exist that's what they mean when they call israel a to bomb states that israel must cease to exist but he said already after a good thing when the iranians date whoever said that i don't want a world of you know well in a one day in a world of google i would advise you not to tell viewers of this program that the iranians have not refer to as rosa one bomb and. you know you can only hear that. come on you're going to show you. on google.

around eight hundred rebels across syria have used an amnesty to throw down their arms since the start of the truce and that's as the regime comes under fire from foreign powers who have hinted the government is not keeping its side of the bargain the opposition leaders inside syria however say damascus is facing constant propagation from fragmented rebel factions meanwhile the e.u. has announced it's working on a new set of sanctions i can see with washington also strengthening its calls for tougher measures previous restrictions have already seen the country's foreign currency reserves slashed by half but political analysts want to in damascus says it's the people who carry the main burden. sanctions for a summit at least from the a c. sanctions for a transfer of. care and see you in this new sanctions on trade at least with really

very hard to syrian citizens i do think they really concerned the government and if they do the only concern the government in the sense that they would create a sense of undress among certain segments of the population and this whole litany of sanctions as proved over the years could be nothing but a tool to really help hurt the weakest members of society the situation though is really tense right now and i think this is not the time for political posture this is a time for everyone to sit down behind an emotion that unthinkable and think about the shape and the future of syria that we want well there's always lots more on the story on our website r.t. dot com also worse checking out their own mind frenzy caused by last days book post by one of the world's top female tennis players via sharapova on only known for her skills on a core of birth for courting publicity often said game set and match to her

luscious long locks and share her newest photos with the world's biggest online community. plus these the worst nightmare for the occupy wall street protesters and now you may have your running for new york mayor as republicans push the top and wide p.d. officer for the big apple's top job and. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing up for asians to rule the day. the controversial and to counterfeiting trade agreements or may soon prove to be dead in the water a vote out it is due this summer but the am a p responsible for monitoring its progress has already said it should be rejected international deals aimed and forcing intellectual property rights and fighting internet piracy twenty two countries of the e.u.

signed up to the agreement however europeans rose up against it saying it would give big corporations unprecedented control over their personal data how would a commentator like samuelsson as the treaty exposes the undemocratic decision making in. the real problem with access specifically is how it shows that european union it's a fact of li allowed to do politics without any reference to national populaces so the fact is that this is a piece of you know it's a trade agreement that will. be gracious on european countries to make you know in certain ways but it still is europe it's european all making effectively by proxy and what it shows is that the european union have affectively created institutions and procedures which have prevention these kind of agreements coming under any kind of democratic scrutiny whatsoever but the real problem is true that countries have signed up to it but no point of national populaces had any say whatsoever in the

provisions of this agreement so that's with a really troubling aspect of it is the fact that it's fundamentally antidemocratic . coming up this hour here in our t.v. interview tom gardner speaks to our founder of the swedish pirate party and he says internet freedom isn't something governments should take lightly. you cannot these rallies are huge i mean if you look at poland there the rallies that have already been are absolutely astounding and people are probably demanding their rights act that means censorship of the net and that is not acceptable not to the generation growing up not of the people who understand what it is about and that it's the greatest equalizer that mankind has ever invented and that's not something we're ready to give up frankly we are discovering things that just shouldn't be that your beat your people mission went out the other day and said that this is no big deal everybody will be free to keep sharing it governmentally approved things.

that's not what they should be saying they should say you still have freedom of speach. secret lover a tour here in the curb and was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which on her feet leap doesn't give

a darn about anything change mission to teach creation why you should care about humans. this is why you should care only on the orgy dot com. washington will be trying to talk its allies into raising one billion dollars a year to assist security forces in afghanistan our clients nato ministers some of do kick off later today in brussels the meeting comes at a crucial time for the alliance with some members having recently announced an early pullout of troops from the file and ravaged country by the selfish interests of american parties are still determining washington's policy there. are founder of the anti-war activist group. unfortunately we've seen during the primary campaign of the republicans a hard line with saying that we should be staying beyond twenty four and that tends

to bring the obama administration into a war position as well we don't have any challengers coming from a more progressive position saying out well in the race the american public seems to be muffled i think there is always the fear that should things fall apart in afghanistan even more than they are right now that that would be blamed on the administration then the republicans would use that as a hammer to hear the. ministration of the head with during the coming months. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world qatar has reportedly seen an attempted military coup organized by high ranking officials and overthrowing the country's leader according to unconfirmed information the royal family had to be taken by helicopters to safety officials have sought to keep the incident away from the media due to a volatile situation throughout the arab region. and african union mediator has

urged the u.n. to take action to stop fighting between sudan and south sudan over an oil rich region the security council has already to manage the south moves its troops from the disputed area of the country sent forces into the set there last tuesday claiming it was in response to air and ground attacks from sudan which accused its southern neighbor of occupying the economically filed region. reallife sleeping beauty at one thirty pm g.m.t. we invite you to discover the mysteries of a comber ice cave in russia an astonishing site which acts as a magnet for thrill seekers this by the risks it poses. something. lies beneath. thousands of the surface of ice. on. the love. that is

a good for many. but dangerous even to those who keep it as a distance. all right we're crossing straight to the world of business word has gone all the way it is for a skater you want to get out of your sleeve this hour well i've got a mixed picture actually for you got european stocks down ever so slightly we got asian stocks posting very healthy positive gains as to the russian market so let's get to it let's crack on and have a look at m i six and the r.t.s. as you can see keeping grip on those green arrows that we've got great the r.t.s. and then why say it's around seven tenths of a percent after this hour let's have a look at the stocks and see which ones are really performing this hour we've got point seven percent we've also got steady gaze crude because of those

crude prices being marginally down there gazprom is a round just ever so slightly up that we've also got m.k. that's bucking the trend they're not doing who why it's so well the company said it could assess up to joint ventures with its rival naiveté about its gas from to produce liquefied natural gas in western siberia that is just wrong and talking about m n k a president also sixty seven million dollars for the last quarter of twenty eleven's that's how those stocks look on the russian my stakes at this hour moving on going to have a look at the current business see the ruble is now gaining against the us dollar and think euro at this hour the euro dollar has just had a slight change of fortunes it's still relatively flat but it's got a different color this hour moving on to the european it figures now are showing changes just literally seconds ago because they did actually that we always got the asian markets we're going to get to those of us getting ahead of myself we've got

the nikkei that up over two percent for the post again and the anxiety over a percent as well now the lows a positive sentiment coming out of the region we had one positive spanish bond auction that asia really appreciated also coming from germany we have the e.w. . biggest investor confidence really showing their appreciation that because of course is a large customer for asian exporters i'm brave jambo have a look at the european markets and see how they getting on as i say just a fraction downgraded they did go up marginally a while ago i think interesting to see because we have earnings out today now we have tesco the biggest supermarket in britain opposing. to. heineken three point six percent so be interesting to see if the european markets managed to later on in their own afternoon session if we look at the oil markets we'll see the i.m.f.

also says as far as oil is concerned that they're anticipating a surge of ten percent in prices as far as gold is concerned as well as president u.s. president barack obama was saying yesterday that he's anticipating the fact that congress should really get involved because he says that the or markets have a lot of manipulation going on so we'll see how the prices are affected later on when the u.s. markets is ok so that's how the market is that for this i'll be keeping a track as usual marina in about fifteen minutes all right candy thanks very much indeed and about twenty minutes time it's getting harder and harder on you guys during some of the battle for the guardian cop and standard it's very final stage will get the latest from andrew farmer in our sports of data in just a few minutes but before that i'll bring the headlines.

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