tonight userland from both sides of the atlantic lash out of their former favorite truth teller as julie the son she is second show premieres today here on r.t. . also the top swap in russia president elect putin of putin picks outgoing leader to meet with better to replace him as head of the country's ruling party but it was also given the final kremlin speech of his. a not so charitable n.g.o.s are being accused of trying to incite foreign action in syria with moves similar to those that led to intervention in libya. hello and welcome this is r t i'm kevin though in it's no ten pm here in moscow our

top story tonight downgraded from hero to traitor in the blink of an eye with a blow julian assange was hailed by the major media as a real freedom ambassador now though they're labeling him a nut job after his show debut here on r.t. the second episode which is airing here today laura smith reports on what is what's behind her son she is image assassination. it was one of the biggest and only time ninety two thousand leaks no detail on the bloody truths of the afghan war from the ground up shared exclusively with the hunter full of newspapers and julian a soldier 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 guild and made with. the leaks contains the

material for dozens of stories in the new york times and the guardian in halting their reputations as protectors of democracy and press freedoms but then the guardian newspaper won the best songs of the original media partners called him an important pick up a most interesting and unusual i can hear but now in the pages of the very same publication he used to call it yes from hero to zero. but now to nothing more than journalistic jealousy a useful idiots in the guardian but not job in the new york times with partners like these who needs enemies it staggers me the absolutely least you know. for so many journalists really i think good job should be troubling authority their job should be preventing governments working in the dark seem to be so critical somebody has probably done more than most major issues in giving journalism

a service and challenging power in recent years i thought says one reason he chose our time 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 work over there those are tools and instruments for state propaganda because when they do that they get you forget about an obscure and you know their own role in disseminating state propaganda most notoriously 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 library even since then the model of the us and years very much to show faith all the oil to each of the us government and so it's really there's really a lot of i really seen this criticism in

a further irony for the guardian it's backlash seems to have theories lee misjudged its readership comments in response to the article overwhelmingly supportive about science and his show and accuse the paper of bearing a childish grudge at best it's the envy at worst it is a crucial political viewpoints taken by the mainstream media they don't like what the wiki cables have revealed they don't like what julian represents because it really does threaten the perspective of mainstream media perhaps this latest and unintended scoop shows how so-called liberal media outlets like the guardian angel york times are anything but demonstrating instead an intolerance those who don't play by their rules and no risk. just like you know julie who signs a second show is here on air again in the next show you know throughout the day

today when he said to bring together two political extremes for some ideological fireworks you can also log on to the show as well as a sarge dot r.t. dot com to watch the program online if that suits you should you have it. president elect but in a putin has picked dmitri medvedev to replace him as the leader of the ruling united russia party put in takes over the country's top job than from the advent of in two weeks bringing us up to date on the story his art is ridiculous. he is going to step down from his post as the chairman of the united pressure and he proposed meeting with candidacy for that post that of course will happen after the

inauguration which is to take place on the seventh of may of course the person who is going to be heading the united. to be elected during the session of the united russia so that will also happened in the second half make now to me that it has met with the members of the state council and given them a speech on the cheapness and shortcomings of his presidential terms you mentioned among other things some of the issues which too stupid to be worked on in russia those words are education increasing the life span in the over the next six years and of course fighting corruption should people in ancient china 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 give you 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 this type of thing prove ment's you also mentioned that

among those this 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 it 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 meets with it if god's returns to the issue of freedom versus on freedom he said that some russians have been associating to marcus lee and 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 the civil society which we need even late democracy is no longer a swear word it's kristie she has been recovered and it's prospects for our country . i believe the political diversity intellectually involved. politics will only hold you should democracy politicians improve and we will become stronger and more effective as far as little business plans for what is going to do after he is

no longer president we can assume that most likely the chairman of the united russia party and a lot of forecasters are saying that he is the most likely candidate for the prime ministerial all. the way in just a few minutes why israelis should people worried. if someone told me i don't need to one of their leaders say this threat to attack iran is no hot here but nothing prepared for their own citizens is to run on his back as we have a. mind of like a war zone you're seeing here in southeast asia but it's not we're reporting from the massive joint exercises between russian and chinese neighbors this is in the yellow sea we find out what's driving them. far from helping an embattled nation n.g.o.s operating in syria being accused of helping the push towards military intervention some are peddling unverified reports

to deliberately encourage foreign action and they start his report now explains next the agency's hold sway with groups like nato which has weighed in on their findings before with deadly consequences. it was billed as a necessary humanitarian intervention requiring nato warplanes to green bombs on libya before the u.s. led attack on the market duffy's forces. came unconfirmed allegations from western funded non-governmental organizations here who knew from previous interview whenever this friday and saturday we got information that even the gadhafi forces that we've been massing. at these mercenaries seem to have come to your. pollution and kill so you're 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 would you prefer to believe we have to go motive as we have other than the there is not need to do is a civil war it is a record of things unfortunately we have seen. a very cozy chose relationship building up between certain big powerful engine goes i'm thinking of human rights watch and amnesty international supposed to an objective which knowledge and standards equally of course doesn't take sides we see these organizations as i say entering into an excessively cozy relationship with for example the united states government but also without the powerful western dollars over libya and over of the 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 leader for human rights which is called the best percentage of human rights as a paid exaction the same role they've made statements to the human rights council alleged crime. against humanity they called safe havens and french country and they are quite obvious who are trying to secure a military intervention against syria along the lines of one. or at least approved last year in order for economy to be arrested this year this infamous connie twenty twelve movie came from california based ngo invisible children it said the film aimed 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 invisible children provided information on. what are we not know in terms of their relations with the ugandan government. we know that. for the year for. prominent politicians they knew which supported their position in terms of supporting the approach to come here and help promote. the bill was passed it was signed by the president and it paved the way for the introduction of u.s. troops into n.g.o.s are not currently held accountable for the information the matter how much lateral damage false facts may cause left on regulated critics believe some non-governmental organisations will continue being away for conflict rather than advocating the school solution more nine parts of new york. from or

from. you could read the us now they may stay in afghanistan for another decade beyond the twenty fourteen. story book e.s.p. misfits online more details according to a new draft between washington and kabul the son of the weekend american forces may be used in what the agreement describes as a plan to defend. whatever let us to avoid mining robo ships and mineral riches like gold and water and fuel in space they say within five to ten years maybe but the big question is it going to be cost effective another great story from us online tonight from our web site r t. these are the images we're seeing from the streets of canada. operations

today. down the official ante up like a ship your i phone or i pod touch from the i choose our. life on the go. video on demand our keys my old girls and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. on the dot com. thanks for being with us former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko is currently serving a seventy year term for abuse of power is going on hunger strike she's been refusing food now for five days after another corruption probe was launched against their would she insists is fabricated to michelle who was taken to hospital last friday which a lawyer claims against her will elect here is your school brings you up to date from ukraine. no you need to shave herself has accused policeman working in the

prison in kind of physically abusing her of covering her with a blanket and punching her in the stomach twisting her arms and feet while delivering her to hospital the oath ortiz on their behalf denying all such allegations at the same time we understand that you are saying or has filed an official complaint against the brutal the use of brutal force against her i would like to remind you of us that you need to show ukraine's former prime minister was sentenced to seven years in prison last october and now we understand that a new case has been launched against her in relation to her t.v. in the one nine hundred ninety s. when she was the head of ukraine's united energy assistance company she could face additional twelve years in prison so emotions are still running high especially with the deputies of the block of you to strike a party suspending the work of ukraine the promise demanding that doctors should be admitted to treat in that prison which she's being held right now. waging 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 told us that while not all arctic nations are keen to work with beijing they will eventually have to accept chinese involvement. but i think in the key question of where that the nordic six explosions we give. them back in there came for resources in the arctic ocean in china. of. the arctic powers like. you. do not one two people would. be an expression a strong china as china is now china's. not big enough to

petro the arctic ocean as of now but. that will stop china's premier in trying to exercise diplomatic get rich 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 europe ecological is soon or later maybe soon i. think the global community. in accepting the images of china's economic superpower and accept work with china rather than outpost china. israel says it's not playing gigs its threats to attack iran becomes a defense minister insists it's not just belligerent rhetoric to bully to advantage to abandon its nuclear program but israel's apparent failure to prepare its

citizens for any retaliation may suggest otherwise as pulis lier. they were very family lives the missile range of gaza for years they complained to the government they had no shelter to protect them from because some rockets fired by hamas but disappointed 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 school or to work it took a direct hit on your course house five years ago before the government finally woke up and bought him a shelter opposite the one he did with people to solve now across israel's close to city to gaza there were bomb shelters in the street on sports fields and in children's playgrounds with a cleverly disguised like this one but that one who was sure the rest of the country in the event of a conflict with

a much bigger threat of iran it would have spoiled the world government worse after war there for a poor pair of the civilian population for a show of walkerton for current. we have one point seven million people with hiv in growth initiatives. we have both three and a half million people if heaven god 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 obviously doesn't want to put the public into panic but i think the public itself. does not believe in a strike is imminent other words people who've gone crazy the experts say any

israeli military strike is very likely to cause any rain in retaliation the target of which is no secret this is the city that iran has threatened to pummel 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 masks remain in storage i really don't know why they are 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 if there will be a world because i think the government is. gone they're not doing nothing to prepare citizens for a decision to asian 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. cared to start a war they would do things differently or at least prepared

a public policy r.t. tel aviv. elsewhere in the world is choose day and night developing story in the last hour or so former egyptian prime minister average has no being disqualified from the presidential race the move came after the country's ruling generals approved a law banning would barrack era officials from running for the top job another hoping to run the country's former intelligence chief omar slade when it's already been barred as well as two leading islamists. two people have been killed and dozens injured after a huge explosion struck a major real weigh station in eastern pakistan during rush hour a bomb was planted in a bag placed on a platform it allows of a luxury business express train but has done such as frequent attacks blamed old qaeda and taliban linked militants almost five thousand people across the country were killed by insurgents in the past five years. a series of blasts is what the syrian capital has several people said to have been killed syrian state t.v. and anti-government activists claim three intelligence officers died in damascus

and another persons believed dead after an army truck blew up while driving near the iranian embassy the attacks come as that u.n. cease fire monitors are in the country with the government blaming rebels for the violence. sell sudan's president says attacks by neighboring sudan and now to a declaration of war violence has escalated over all disputes since both states split last year after two decades of fighting independence has left south sudan with most of the reserves of all pipeline soever running through its northern neighbor or monday sudanese warplanes bombed town across the border left to the dead. thousands of military personnel along with naval craft including submarines and destroyers are taking part in the first of a joint russian chinese sea drills currently underway in the yellow sea off the korean peninsula but even though the war games are purely peaceful nato is keeping a watchful eye as it is blots expects. a floating fortress the war games

were on board the admiral when a crowd of 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 with everything from gaping guns to therapy dogs and muscles the ship was designed to pose serious threat to cruisers and submarines but in a few recent missions they are we're all going to grow out of has been in a very different kind of war the 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 were handed over to yemeni police and received ten year prison terms for attacking civilian ships. for two helicopters scrambled the criminals were detained and in keeping with international agreements handed over to the yemeni authorities the experience gained could world prove useful during chinese maneuvers booth countries train their sailors in counterterrorism tasks

become on the it will be exercise in general is important to improve interaction in the asia pacific i think which is or says the patient in years is up towards closer cooperation but what certainly not again 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 restamp their old tortie on their traditional stomping grounds down as below r t on board destroyer admiral going to grow out of in the yellow sea. twenty five in his first ten she is a very here in moscow i said the business test where we are katy's evaluate is on the right word yes manning and i guess i k t are the investors across the pond holding tight to those gains you're telling us about. a pattern but i'm not letting god i really like a firm grip on them it's no surprise me. the law says yesterday's design is healthy

gangs and i say they're now edging towards the second part of the trading day in the u.s. and they're holding tight is how the locals say now is corporate seasonal corporate results and the stock sort of regaining all phone companies i t n t the largest u.s. telephone companies posting guys with over two percent the world's biggest computer services company business machines called their one point two percent back up as well which i'm sure a lot of you have heard of that it's actually retreating two point three percent ahead of course the results is not all good and let me tell you as well that u.s. home prices in february. first monthly gain in ten miles or sign they were expressions of dissolved just figures to come out it wasn't nearly as bad as what they saw as the downside hoping to stabilize the housing market and therefore stabilize the market as we can see themselves let's talk about europe because this is to say now it's all started with for all it's actually francois hollande he

wants to renegotiate france's a euro membership and stop the spending cuts. to make. a foreign minister simply said there's no room for negotiation and now a round has said let's have a look at the european markets are mostly held. today as you can see them managed to have a respectable gays have a great diversity and i think about polo she's standing by her man she's saying it's all about stereotyping measures for the country going to stick together to really push them through in order to get through the sovereign debt crisis have a look at the euro zone and see how that reforms now are karen to promote your fear as well what we've got we are currently out there now we political tensions in the netherlands as well we've also got strained posting trash in g.d.p. all of these concerns about a year ago that is indeed as wild birds do is there as well this hour now that's

how the ruble formed earlier on today now. close but it actually managed to gain against the euro dollar. as well as the yearly government plan now we've got the russian markets just there that's how they closed up today it's a very lackluster day there wasn't much movement a whole i suppose investors a very much as somebody you asked. for now we just heard some positive corporate results if we look at the big polluters we can see that it was the sea of red today they didn't do very well at all in the end despite some positive performances early on especially go past problems on our half percent down there lou call around half a percent down six is well they had some will be positive results as far as their first quarter performance point eight percent in negative territory if we look at oil as well as just reading just now this is a very interesting one now granted all this month broke the news of a wreck or day care enough for the first on the benchmark crude has traded about one hundred dollars per barrel for two hundred consecutive days now that is

important because in two thousand and eight when prices had a record of one hundred forty seven dollars a barrel the triple digit crowd was just one hundred and seven days a case of this being a parallel be drawn between alison and basses at the moment so poor start me once more i read about how the markets are cutting back about fifteen minutes to the latest numbers already good to hear some good news as well over a little bit of good news anyway for those u.s. homeowners of course last few years katie thank you so much surely for you the year lowdown on the intensifying spat between iran and israel we speak to a key television lawmaker on this show and more for i've updated the headlines it's now twenty eight half minutes.

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