news outlets on both sides of the atlantic lash out at their former favorite truth teller as julian assange just second show premieres today here on archie. the cops walk in russian president elect played nearly two to six outgoing leader to meet the needs of a different replace him as head of the country's a ruling party the dreaded has also given a final kremlin speech on his terms. not so charitable n.g.o.s are being accused of trying to incite current action in syria most similar to those that led to intervention in libya.

apart from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said no it's good to have you with us six pm here in the russian capital now downgraded it from hero to traitor in the blink of an eye whistleblower julian assange she was held by the major media as a real freedom ambassador now they're labeling him as a notch up after a show debuted on our t.v. the second episode of which airs here today laura smith reports on what's behind a song she has image assassination. it was one of the biggest spooks all time ninety two thousand leaked detailing the bloody truths of the afghan war from the ground up shared exclusively with a hunt full of news papers and chilean assault was its hero a nomad with no fixed address and a backpack full of secrets contacted some of the big mainstream players in the media markets and they were only too happy of course to piggyback off one of the greatest perhaps the greatest leak of classified information in history the

guardian has benefited hugely by the deal they made with. the leaks contains the material for dozens of stories in the new york times and the guardian in hunting their reputations as protectors of tomorrow crissy and press freedoms but then the guardian newspaper was the best part of the original media partners called him an important figure a most interesting and unusual hialeah but now in the pages of the very same publication even if you feel it's yes from here it says here right. now and nothing more than journalistic jealousy a useful idiocy in the guardian a not job in the new york times with partners like these who needs enemies it staggers me absolutely least you know me sort of floored that so many journalists really i think their job should be trudging authority their job should be preventing governments working in the dark seem to be so critical of somebody who

is probably going with the most major issues in getting journalism or service and challenging power in recent years says one reason he chose r.t. to podcast his program is that other channels wouldn't let the people he wanted to interview say the things they wanted to say some say the resulting backlash on both sides of the atlantic is a way for publications of questionable integrity to whitewash the. images it really makes american media outlets feel good to be able to point to other media outlets and say oh well go over there those are tools and instruments for state propaganda because when they do that they get you forget about an obscure b.-o. their own role in disseminating state propaganda most of the story of say in the lead up to the iraq war where for example the new york times did more than almost anybody to convince americans about the need to attack iraq based on a lie but even since then the model of the us media is very much to show faithful

oil to each of us government and so it's really there's really a lot of irony in a park receiving this criticism in a further irony for the guardian it's backlash seems to have seriously misjudged its readership comments in response to the article overwhelmingly supportive of our songs and his show and he was the paper of bearing a childish grudge at best of three and three have worst it is a crucial political viewpoint taken by the mainstream media they don't like what the wiki cables have revealed they don't like what the side represents because it really does threaten perspective i mean stream media perhaps us on this latest and unintended shows how so-called liberal media outlets like the guardian and new york times are anything but demonstrating instead an intolerance of those who don't play by their rules laura smith r.t. london doing us punches second show is here in the next hour for you when you bring

together two political extremes person i tell logical fireworks you can also log onto a song started dot com to watch the programs are not. in other news president elect has emerged putin has picked to meet three mins radio have to replace him as the leader of the ruling united russia party britain takes over the country's top chart from if in two weeks here's our tease of iniquity. he is going to step down from his post as the chairman of united prussia and he proposed meeting with that if candidacy for that post that of course will happen after the inauguration which is to take place on the seventh of may and of course the person who is going to be heading the united pressure will have to be elected during the session of the united russia so that will also happen in the second half make now made to me that it has met with the members of the state council and given them a speech on the achievements and shortcomings off his presidential terms you mentioned

among other things that some of the issues which we still needed to be worked on in russia those course are education increasing the life span in the over the next six thirty years and of course fighting corruption in ancient china they used to say the biggest problem is despising your enemy which we've declared war on corruption we know who our enemy is and we will not back down for the first time in russian history we've created the right legal tools to fight this well armed enemy and we will carry on this fight. but some of the improvements he's also mentioned among those is the level of inflation which seems to have gone down to the level where it was four years ago right before the financial crisis so does look like russia has made it out of the economic slump a lot better than a lot of other countries is also talked about the demographic problem which doesn't seem to threaten russia as much as before it also of course which we did it has

returned to the issue of freedom versus long freedom he said that some russians have been associating the two markers the end freedom with chaos and absence of any bodily comfort he said that that is a mistake and he has encouraged people to take a more active part in a civil society which we need democracy is no longer a swear word its prestige has been recovered and its prospects for our country can be restored i believe the political diversity and directs public involved. in politics will only democracy develop and improve we will become stronger and more effective but as far as the president's plans for what he's going to do after he's no longer russian president we can assume that he will most likely be the chairman of the united russia party and a lot of forecasters are saying that he is the most likely candidates for the prime ministerial post. on the way in a few minutes why do you throughout these should be worried. if someone with me i

don't know you need to watch. their leaders say the threat to attack you promise no hot air but have nothing prepared for their own citizens if tehran gets back. it might look like a war zone in southeast asia but it's not a report from the massive joint exercises between russian and chinese naval forces in the yellow sea and find out what's driving up. far from helping an embattled nation n.g.o.s operating in syria are being accused of helping the push towards military intervention some are peddling i'm verified reports to deliberately encourage foreign action as reported by explains the agency's hold sway with groups like nato which is weighed in on their findings before with deadly consequences. it was billed as a necessary humanitarian intervention requiring nato warplanes to rain bombs on libya before the u.s.

led attack on moammar gadhafi forces. came unconfirmed allegations from western funded non-governmental organizations here who move on to. write in saturday we've got information that in the gadhafi forces they could have been massing maisonette. these were stories seem to have particular. village and kill civilians a distinction according to a new report by the center for the study of interventionism many western n.g.o.s exaggerated the circumstances in libya to expedite the campaign led by america britain and france some admitted mistakes after the damage was done but was ordered but today we have to make we have no other than for the employee who mercenary forces a record it has unfortunately we have seen. a very close relationship building up between certain big powerful and intricate human rights

watch a mystery international they're supposed to hear and object to boldly which monitors standards equally and of course doesn't play excites these organizations as i say entering into an excessively cozy relationship with for example the united states government but also without the powerful western allies over libya and over on issues. currently the most pressing issue is syria after more than a year of violence critics say western funded n.g.o.s appear to be following the same pattern the equivalent if you like of the libyan league for human rights which is called the center has played exactly the same role they've made statements to the human rights council they've alleged crime. actually they say faith in this. country and they are. trying to secure

a military intervention against syria along the lines of the moment or at least approved last year in order for connie to be arrested this year this infamous connie two thousand and twelve movie came from california based ngo invisible children it said the film aim to end the use of child soldiers and promote peace in the ugandan civil war but according to u.s. embassy cables posted by wiki leaks invisible children provided uganda's authorities with intelligence in two thousand and nine that led to the arrest of several regime opponents willing to. believe. that was not the one time. provided information. we now know and terms of their relations with go undercover. we know that. for the year for. prominent green politicians. who were

supportive of their position in terms of supporting the bill to approach to come here and help promote this. bill was proud it was signed by the president and improve the way for the introduction of u.s. troops into the bank c.e.o.'s are not currently held accountable for the information they publish no matter how much collateral damage false facts may cause left on regulated critics believe some non-governmental organisations will you be giving away for conflict rather than the t.v. possibly some bring up or not artsy new york. for more stories head to our t dot com read about how the u.s. may stain afghanistan for another decade that's beyond the twenty fourteen pull out . deadline according to a new draft pact here in washington in kabul american military forces may be years in what the agreement describes as a plan not to defend afghanistan. an asteroid mining robo ships

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south sudan's president says attacks by neighboring sudan amount to a declaration of war salva kiir is now in beijing seeking help in setting its oil import of disputes with the north island has escalated since south sudan split from the north last year after two decades of civil war separation led to this oil south of there now has most of the reserves of all of the pipelines running through the north on monday sudanese warplanes bombed a town in the south killing at least two people china is urging restraint on both sides in india and africa. both which political analyst so i am charlie says at first some hope. i do believe there is a conflict like these you know it's usually washington not a european company but being here is a good injun's florrie nation polish emerging economies to me you know an important diplomatic intervention that will show that you know the world order is changing otherwise you see the video being floated to go back to the security council where

you know i get france and britain and the us out of the farms i'm going to resume ocean against one of the other states what exactly is an insult why didn't somebody it's back to square one and whether it's china a neo militia could become more put in even jointly do something to end this conflict which is a remarkably pretty anybody in the west has not. because the companies are going out of the gear more together it's watching a bystander because of u.s. sanctions on sudan since darfur. because the germans are joggers and the western emphasis on the want of crimes committed by president bashir there is been total lack of access for western corporations so it's interesting that even south sudan we just created. westerns of order an intervention at the international level he's increasingly turning to china and your money here to resolve the problem then i'm going to ask you know washington are the europeans for it so i think china i would say historically more little come. than western countries which have been so. and

it is nothing but you know a piece of land we do not want to be destroyed. former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko is currently serving a seven year term for abuse of power has gone on hunger strike she's been refusing food for five days after another corruption probe was launched which she insists is fabricated to miss shango was taken to hospital last friday which are a lawyer claims was against her will the former premier alleges prison guards punched her in the stomach and twisted her arms when she refused to go which the prison authorities deny to the same cause been complaining of poor health and she was jailed last october and is demanding treatment in germany cranium court is now investigating whether tymoshenko committed economic crimes in the one nine hundred ninety s. if guilty of those she could get next to twelve years behind bars. beijing is looking for backing from nordic states for its bid to gain

a foothold in the arctic region and its vast energy resources china's prime minister is now in sweden for talks france's learn from a hong kong based investment firm says that while lot all arctic nations are keen to work with beijing they'll have to eventually accept chinese involvement. but i think in the key question no big six explosions i think stays with. them back in there if i came for resources in the arctic ocean i try never to find . the arctic powers like. you. do not one two people would. be expression a strong as it is now china's navy is not really not big enough to truly be arctic ocean as of now but. that will stop china's premier in trying to

exercise. a reach even to the arctic ocean because china now is the second largest economy and it has a stake in just about every economic issue will for europe wallow in recession and china growing at least eight percent a year. and china outpace euro ecological e soon or later maybe sooner and i think the global community. in accepting the emergence of china as an economic superpower and work with china rather than outpost china. israel says it's not playing games with its threats to attack iran the country's defense minister insists it's not just but literate rhetoric to bully tehran into abandoning its nuclear program but israel's apparent failure to prepare its citizens for retaliation may suggest otherwise us policy here now explains. they were very family lives in missile range of gaza for years

they complained to the government they had no shelter to protect them from because someone could see fired by hamas but this poor immigrant town wasn't a top priority for tel aviv far from it prompting yakov to eventually build a shelter himself to protect his family we went through some very tough years we used to worry all the time every time we left the house we were in danger when we went to the store or to work it took a direct hit on our course house five years ago before the government finally woke up and bought him a shelter opposite the one he really built himself now across israel's closest city to gaza they will bomb shelters in the street and sports fields and in children's playgrounds where they cleverly disguised like this one but that won't be assure the rest of the country in the event of a conflict with a much bigger threat of iran if this government. war.

difficult for parents civilian population for a show of walkers of all crimes. we've got one point seven million people that haven't got a mission. we've got three and a half million people with hiv and good guess misc israelis themselves are skeptical about the country's ability to defend itself many still remember iraqi scud missiles landing in the center of israel some twenty years ago and a scathing government report issued months ago suggests the home front is woefully unprepared and the government. doesn't want to put the street doesn't want to put the public into panic but i think the public itself probably does not believe in a strike is imminent otherwise people would move would have gone crazy the experts say any israeli military strike is very likely to draw any rain in retaliation the

target of which is no secret this is the city that he ran has threatened to come up with missiles in response to any israeli attack but many of the public bomb shelters here are dusty and neglected and whereas in previous times of tension tel aviv distributed gas masks many of those must remain in storage i really don't know why they're talking about it so much that's why i think there won't be a war because we are talking about it i don't think you there will be a world because a government is. on not doing nothing to prepare citizens for decide to ation if someone will bore me i don't know any one. which has many wondering what exactly tel aviv has planned up its sleeve if a government will really. kurds to start a war. they would do things differently or at least prepared a public policy r.t. tel aviv. well look now at some more world news for you this hour

a series of blasts have rocked the syrian capital with several people said to have been killed syrian state t.v. and anti-government activists claim three intelligence officers dived into mass chaos another person is believed dead after an army truck who are driving near the iranian embassy the attacks come as u.n. cease fire monitors are in the city with the government blaming rebels for the attack. by then clashes have erupted between protesters and security forces in part of rain overnight they followed the funeral of a man whose body was found riddled with birdshot pellets a day after he was involved in a confrontation with police demonstrators threw stones and petrol bombs that police officers who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. egypt's ruling generals have approved a law passed earlier by part of the mint banning mubarak era officials from running for president the move could affect the former prime minister and it's a really cool once just found it was published in comments into force before the

election committee agrees the final list of candidates on thursday will be disqualified another hoping to run the country's former intelligence chief has already been barred as well as to leaving as the us. thousands of military personnel along with naval craft including submarines and destroyers are taking part in the first ever joint russian chinese sea drills currently underway in the yellow sea off the korean peninsula and even though the war games are purely peaceful nato is keeping a watchful eye as bosky reports. a floating fortress for war games were on board the admiral vinogradov in the real conflict those destroyer would act as the first line of defense to the rest of the convoy one hundred fifty metres long and armed to the teeth were everything from gazing guns to therapy dogs and most of the supports designed to pose a serious threat to cruisers and submarines but in and through recent missions they

are going to grow out of has been in a very different kind of war one against the poirot's of the coast of somalia and it's more than providing its model the group of poirot's captured by the vinogradov in the gulf of aden handed over to yemeni police and received ten year prison terms for attacking civilian ships. or two helicopters scrambles the criminals were detained and in keeping with international agreements handed over to the yemeni authorities the experience gained could world prove useful during rossouw chinese maneuvers both countries trained their sailors in counterterrorism tasks come on the bit with the exercise in general is important to improve interaction in the asia pacific i think which is participation is a step towards closer cooperation but what's certainly not a game is the fact that every move in our convoy is being watched closely by nato planes ships and submarines in the past few years the u.s. and its allies have been increasing their presence in the asia pacific region so

for russia and china this exercise is about more than simply practicing maneuvers it's a chance to restart their all forty on their traditional stomping grounds. r t on board destroyer admiral been a grad of in the yellow sea. time now to get all the latest business katie joins us she's a vest katie u.s. markets now open what's happening out there absolutely u.s. markets have opened and they are actually gaining in the first hour of traders following on from yesterday's decline because of all those international actions going on. now we're also experiencing a better than estimated quarterly reports coming off today one star is unhappy and so is apple they've had ten days of losses and a total of eleven as they're not doing that she is now also i want to talk about this we've got the u.s. prices as well dropping sharply in february to hit the worst level in nearly

a decade to get the figures on the screen just there we got the dow jones point eight percent of the nasdaq around half a percentage point i came moving on we're going to talk about the situation in europe because that is dominating investors' minds at the moment now as i say tensions are still high and that solved the differential presidential candidate hollande has spoken about his desire to renegotiate his country's membership of the euro zone in order to avoid the bulls bending cars expected by the e.u. ministers now the german foreign minister is very pressed by these comments he says the terms are simply not negotiable so let's have a look at the european markets now and check out the for the dax with the first point three percent up in the diet pretty much just sorry now they've been lost and we have read numbers on this review it just seems to me the caution is a very much the element of today you know let's get over to the year and sort of see how the currency is getting oh no as i say it's good tensions in the never been

is that at the forefront of investors' minds is still a fragile situation g.d.p. can tranq say we've got the euro it's all about one thirty three zero six for this our global group of gaming as well that's going to be closing up less than ten minutes time now to see how the russian market is getting on in the last ten minutes or so of trade and it looks to be that they're going to and on the back foot we've got the yes around a quarter of the said down the mises over a percentage point down if we go into the stocks you see you really been suffering say we've got scrubbed down the nearly one and a half. this time last after announcing higher than expected production for the first quarter just to download i got luke all down as well they started drilling in the no rocky our bill it was good news for dixie though despite them being point eight percent down they reported the first quarter revenue year on year over stewart managed to get themselves back up as i said it was the market's going to be closing up unless it's have but it's time to check out those oil prices for now now

all supplies are growing to the highest level and always eleven months in the us is refineries it's just a late surprise for their summer demand as you can see because the mix numbers on the screen be just that light sweet nearly one hundred four dollars per barrel right now out of the breads one hundred eighteen and a half right now and in other news stories are to be talking about oil with steak with russia's top oil is reportedly in talks with israelis to drill in the black save looking for foreign expertise to tap new hall to access deposits night comes after the firm agreed to explore the arctic with the knife and america's exxon mobile. and that's all we've got time for for now and next hour how the closing figures for the russian markets and. all right thanks kate you will see you back here next hour we're shortly coming up here on r.g.p. we have an interview series for you after

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