the launch of julian very own interview show here on caused controversy the first episode lauded. largely frozen out of the mainstream media. photos of u.s. soldiers posing with body parts of afghan suicide bombers emerged the latest in a series of scandals involving american troops and their behavior in a war zone. one hundred days before the start of the summer olympics in london there are accusations that sponsors are using the games as a p.r. campaign to improve their own tarnished reputation.

you're watching our t.v. with me live in moscow welcome to the program. julian assange debut as a talk show host here on arts he was bound to face criticism and praise from around the globe that's exactly what happened but the world's most famous whistleblower attracted controversy mainly due to his choice of guests and of course the channel chosen to broadcast the program party's garnished you can gauge their response poor most american media julianna songes guilty without charge reckless traitor and a threat to our national security interests sleazeball named julian assange who is bent on damaging america how did this guy just land his own t.v. show the implication is a sergeant 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 it was truly. a legal battle and put. it into a bit. of an. interview with a. terrible radical liberal but i think it's a pretty trivial car. flitter if you look at how. we made it we have completely go through control of the guests over his first show was the head of hezbollah are designated 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 itself the united states is booky. staring into us as well not when we want to be able to tell people that one of us is terrorism terrorism is

a small organization as if it goes and it murders but the one that people listen to us from ohio for example if there wasn't just a trial then you have a very nice defendant should have an opportunity to defend themselves. some say in the court of public opinion as presented by the u.s. 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 of their ideas ideology or their theology american people hear the voice of hezbollah rather than simply have them demonized targeted as a quote carer's by the purpose of demonizing somebody like nazi 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 pointedly have a secret indictment ready for a sign was made public thousands of leaked documents with embarrassing details relating to the wars in 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 assad's the founder of wiki leaks and bring him to justice as a as of violator of the espionage act because if we don't this will keep happening the dead man can't leave this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be and 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 a what about freedom of information cherished as a core principle of democracy almost like leaving and letting genie out of the bottle mr assad's has the internet and the governments and everyone else out there 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 need here as the court of public opinion. then julian assange is someone who presents to the jury that is if you were is the argument evidence. which they almost never hear on mainstream media and it's up to the us to form an opinion on what many find ironic is that our salvation is under attack by the us government and the media for practicing pool full extent the freedom of information that america preaches around the globe i'm going to check our reporting from washington are quick. to well if you missed the show itself you can just watch the full version on a special section of our website that is a song c dot com by the way you also find a pre-show twenty minute interview with the weeklies hard to himself where he explains the choice of guests and of course the choice of channel as always we're

eager to know what you think of the first episode you can leave your comments and find out how other views from around the world reacted as well all that and so much more a sign of dot dot com. new photos of american soldiers posing with afghan corpses have emerged in the u.s. the images of appear to be another example in a series of extreme breaches of discipline by u.s. troops which of dangerously undermined their position with the afghan people let's now get some more details on this and cross live to what is more important i am standing by marina the images of emerge a very sensitive moment for ties between washington and carpool tell us more about . that's very very very sensitive moment and these images are quite grim so grim that the u.s. department of defense did specifically asked the l.a. times not to publish these photos but the paper said that it was for sponsible to report. to the object of the on the u.s.

mission in afghanistan and decided to move forward publishing these photos now in these photos that were taken in two thousand and ten you could see u.s. paratroopers grinning either holding body parts of afghan corpses or squatting beside afghan corpses and they were smiling or making different gestures to the camera the u.s. paratroopers according to the l a times a total of eighteen photos were provided to them by one u.s. soldier under the condition of anonymity and according to the l a times this u.s. soldier said that he wants these photos to draw attention to the breakdown in leadership and discipline that is taking place in afghanistan and as this mission draws on and on and on of course incidents like these are posing are a great challenge they're already fragile relations between washington and kabul and it's not the first instance of you know back in january there was an incident

of marines u.s. marines urinating on the dead corpses of afghans and in february there was an incident of u.s. soldiers burning the koran in march we had the shooting rampage a seventeen afghan civilians were killed at the hands of a u.s. army staff sergeant so clearly this shows that this long u.s. led war in afghanistan it's taking quite a toll on the u.s. soldiers it is challenging uncompromising the relations speak between the united states and afghanistan and all of this is happening all of this news is coming as nato ministers are meeting right now in brussels to discuss discuss the future. afghanistan after the international coalition pulls out so clearly a very delicate and sensitive situation being even more compromised with these new grim photos being published of the u.s.

paratroopers in two thousand and ten posing with the corpses of afghans and even as you say america meeting with its allies in brussels today trying to ask for a billion dollars in funds per year to finance the afghan security operation once they leave that country he's going to put in a new york thank you. well meantime a former afghan m.p. sultanzoy thinks that the size posing a threat to relations between his country and the u.s. or the scandal will contribute to nato leaving behind one grim legacy. biggest legacy that it would leave if it doesn't address the problems that will be left behind would be that we will think of the west the europeans and the americans. for a generation who are looking for instant gratification even in wars like this. instant coffee and hamburger results or fast food restaurants in this kind of war

and their lack of stamina and lack of perseverance will create more room in poverty stricken and corruption stricken countries there will be more room for a stream ism. and there is also. chaos and. problems that will stem from that. from moscow this is are still to come for you in the program so for controversial copyright nor gripping europe in another blow to the global and piracy pact the m.e.p. responsible for its progress into law misses it as a threat to civil liberties also. the peace enforcement disaster and america's no. joint budget here is called over thirteen hundred bills as the bridge details in the business in fifteen minutes.

you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry was a big issue. this

is r.t. of the controversial anti counterfeiting trade agreement otherwise known as act has suffered another blow in europe a vote on its ratification is due this summer but the n.e.p. responsible for monitoring its progress says it should now be rejected international build aims to enforce intellectual property rights and fight internet piracy twenty two countries in the e.u. signed up to be removed which then triggered a wave of protests all across europe thousands demonstrated against it saying it would give big corporations unprecedented control over their personal data political commentator samuel says the treaty exposes an undemocratic decision making in. the real problem with access specifically is how it shows that you're opinion it's effectively allowed to do politics without any reference to national populaces so the fact is that this is a piece of you law it's

a trade agreement that will. be gracious on european countries to make law in certain ways but it still is europe it's european law making effectively by proxy and what it shows is that the european union have effectively created institutions and procedures which have prevented these kind of agreements coming under any kind of democratic scrutiny whatsoever that's the real problem it's true that countries have signed up to it but no point have national populaces had any say whatsoever in the provisions of this agreement so that's a really troubling aspect of it is the fact that it's fundamentally antidemocratic . back to his future in doubt europe's pirate parties have agreed to team up for elections to the european parliament in two thousand and fourteen to promote internet freedom later this hour here on our tom barton speech to rick. now the founder of the swedish pirate party says the failure of similar legislation in the

us shows that people's voices can be heard only as soon as politicians realize that their jobs are at stake. so for people i think that was the first case where the general population really woke up through realizing that while we have been saying all along isn't wolf cry we are actually warning for a very real danger out there you have the key element that politicians started to fear for their jobs if that hadn't happened people would already have passed but politicians sort of saw the floor crumble beneath their feet as here in europe two hundred fifty million europeans cheering culture that's not a problem with a couple of teenagers that's half the voting population and if you want to keep your job you can't call them criminal.

we are not far off from the world of day here in our see but for now it is exactly one hundred days before the olympics start in london however as artemis laura smith explains some sponsors are already making millions using questionable marketing tactics all in the name of the game. 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 first start dow chemical which never accepted blame for one of the world's worst industrial disasters the toxic leak in bhopal india that killed thousands it's sponsoring eleven million dollar wrapped around the

stadium after a ferrari dows logo now won't appear on the wrap as for the game's official electricity supplier that's e.d.s. he is. one of the u.k.'s big six energy providers self-proclaimed green pioneer and owner of all the u.k. sneakier power stations and their hackers really have been convicted in france of spying and greenpeace the hacking into or e-mail accounts sort of thing that people look to aspire to this sort of ideal not sort of grubby backing and espionage which is what e.t.f. sadly is as well known for them there'd be a major backlash 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 their lobbying around the tar sands in alberta continuing to

devastate indigenous communities there and then they also completely scrapped b.p. sold out 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 the countdown. clocks ticked past one hundred days till the olympics kickoff but it's not just sports facilities the construction workers a feverish refinishing they're also building no fewer than four mcdonald's outlets one of which will be the world's biggest in fact this event which stands at the pinnacle of health and fitness donald's will be the only brand is milk provider senior mcdonald's executives make new secret of the fact they see olympic sponsorship as an opportunity to position themselves in healthier territory and there's the crux say critics olympic sponsorship a raging as philanthropy when it's in fact savvy marketing which numbers limping

organizers are more than happy to swallow r.t. london. very minute always a lot's more on the story at our website archie dot com also certainly worth checking out is this for example a fabulous find in southern russia look right here only just discovered dozens of what looked like fossilized dinosaur eggs and save these rocks during road construction and lots of more amazing pictures for that about si dot com. caked in pain a provocative piece of art lands its creator in the center of a race and all this involving the swedish culture of minister but are those details also what r t v dot com. these are the images. from the streets of kenya that. corporations are rooted.

in a few minutes of daniel with the business but for now russia is accusing beyond opposition in syria of provoking violence to breach the internationally brokered cease fire foreign minister sergei lavrov cited reports that the free syrian army is using refugee camps in turkey as safe havens to plan assaults on regime troops but also says there are many who want a very special envoy kofi annan peace plan in favor of using force some western and arab states agreed to tighten sanctions against the syrian president who they use of breaching the truce but arrogantly say director and founder of the french center for intelligence studies says it's in the interests of some syrian rebels to inflame the conflict. an army groups didn't stop their attacks against the security forces because the wrong to use them to react so strong. that the regime of the

prison bashar would be absolutely nice because he didn't respect the ceasefire but i think it's a kind of game because they want to push for more international pressure on the regime let's the situation would be better to. make the nation. but. we have to be very cautious because not stop people from the beginning they want to denounce the shah regime with absolutely no i mean. communication concerning the victim and the college of the major of the jury's group so all the i mean international pressure all the media reporting are going on the same direction just to decide all the time and i shall reveal. some of the international news for you briefly as the world cup it will start with the norwegian mass murderer anders breivik who has said now that he wants the death penalty or acquittal calling norway's twenty one years of maximum prison term quote

pathetic on day three of his trial he refused to answer questions about the muslim militant group he claims to be a part of the issue is important as the court decides if he is sane and can be sent to jail a predicate mr carrying out the shooting massacre that killed seventy seven in norway last year. that. high ranking official also reportedly attempted to overthrow the leader of kut in a military coup d'etat according to reports army officers rose against the qatari setting off with class years against u.s. backed royal guards outside the emir's palace the coup was foiled and those responsible were arrested it's believed the royal family had to be taken to safety by helicopter. massive crowds have marched through. in northern progress in protest of a proposed gold mine project in the area is completed it's expected to bring billions of dollars of profit and investment to the south american country however

experts warn it could jeopardize the region's already scarce water supplies nine construction plans have stirred unrest in the city recently with the biggest protest drawing ten thousand people in two thousand. well peace talks between israel and the palestinians hit another roadblock when palestinian prime minister salam fayyad pulled out of the planned meeting instead to low level officials met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and little progress was reported as artie's paula slayer explains palestinians see the chance of change continuing to pass them by. 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 israel wants 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

a score card for washington the current climate of what they see as democracy building out in the arab world is a perfect time to iron out discord that's been going stale for years you know all the israelis and palestinians can see are clouds building well israel is basically divided between two schools of thought one of words there is too much danger and uncertainty take any kind of interference and the other school of thought which says. 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 and that's not only possum in by but is seeing them being let down and circled 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

molester answers fewer chances of peace rather than more on 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 all 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. ramallah. let's go to her straight over the arteries or down a bush or standing by but obviously if that's where you are john you're so war stories are going dark what's the word well it's. not this week's run off the several take firm posted quarter one results. for course infecting the shares but yahoo dot com topping estimates slipping crude prices are driving most to go down point two percent it's been slow to go look at those figures if we can accommodate

this area. they're weak i'll t s m i six as you see they have losses and stream is complete the second line of the world's longest gas pumps being finished ahead of shared the capacity of the international link between russia and europe equals around twelve percent of the e.u. and your consumption. is coming under fire for its environmental record in russia the natural resources ministry blames it for seven hundred fifty separate oil spills a year in the country's biggest fields in west siberia has gone off as more. russian authorities including the minister of natural resources and environmental officials have been flying around the area which is one of the richest regions of russia when it comes to natural resources drinking out the situation with the environment there and what we're seeing here is caused meanly and officials say ninety seven percent of he says namely by weeks off used by companies and specifically by the end.

of. the main sanction in this case could be forcing the company to increase its investment in modernizing its pipelines today b.p. only spends around thirty four million dollars on it while it generates one point three billion dollars in profit a big problem here is also with the legislation because it's not the first year that this region is being used by the all industries first decade in fact some of the pollution first appeared back in the seventy's during the soviet union which doesn't exist anymore so the biggest question is who is responsible now for cleaning all this up with the authorities and the companies pointing the finger at each other we don't agree with the ministries opinion and that we need to prove it we always clean up all our oil leaks and don't forget that russia has

a history of oil spills we voluntarily took the burden of cleaning those all skills as well and we planned just handle the thirty seven million dollars on that piece here as the. hopefully it will bring some positive changes to the situation and finally establish those responsible for creating the environment but the bigger stand for themselves officials say that annually around five hundred thousand guns or gets into the arctic ocean why are rivers and springs because of oil production in general. b.p.'s shares are sliding in the last minutes on the problems down as well the u.s. demand for its shares is growing top investment funds american funds says it will to not one hundred seventy billion dollars in the first quarter fertilizer major posted record little twenty eleven he credits strong demand exchange rates and the euro's down on the dollar for the third day in history in madrid spain says the

ratio of loans for its banks reached a seventeen year high in february britain's unemployment rate fell to eight point three percent as brought in the move reports italy could delay balancing its project by a year didn't help crude. oil prices jumped ten percent this year of rising to more than possible supply disruptions and long siege of the second russian oil fields in the saw more properties owns high end offices in moscow reportedly looking to raise about half a billion dollars is expected to start in may and you're up to date more stories on our web site doesn't always altie dot com slash business and always a pleasure to see you next hour i will do stay with us here on our headlines in just a moment then our special interview looking into the worldwide outrage against the global and piracy act we speak with one of those fighting against it in just a moment here on alt.

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