breaking news this hour here in archie after a protracted legal battle and over five hundred days of house arrest in london without charge wiki leaks founder julian assange his appeal against extradition to sweden has been dismissed while he is officially wanted there for questioning over alleged sex crimes sweden's law can allow him to quickly be handed over to the u.s. where he's accused of espionage after publishing numerous american secret documents and the u.k. supreme court has rejected his appeal boss exhausting his options of finding the sentence in britain his supporters still hope for

a last ditch appeal attempt with the european court of human rights in strasbourg artie's sara firth of forth in london and now joins us live sara what is it like there i'm sure lots of buzzing. buzzing atmosphere i should say around you there in the court after this decision is announced. no doubt be a sense of disappointment among his supporters that have turned out today you can see them gathered behind me and they were really hoping to see a lot about ruling that they would have felt supported it in the silence that the spite the absence of the man himself the court rejected his appeal against that exhibition to sweden the court deciding feisty that the swedish prosecutor was a judicial authority she could now see to it in a cell and perhaps on a plane back to sweden within the next couple of weeks where he be facing questioning with a sexual assault charges now it is very likely that what you're going to see is that legal team. now picking this fight to the european court of human rights

people are really just quite this is a david and goliath battle with julian assange is taking on not just the british justice system but also the institutions in government that many people build the high end the silence not just purely the silence but with leaks as well. or it are too sour firth outside the court in london where it was just really announced julian assange how was this battle and he will be extradited to sweden. when next here on our t.v. we have an exclusive interview for you with israel israel deputy prime minister stay with us. with me i have dan meridor deputy israeli prime minister and minister of intelligence and atomic energy so thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. to be with you the million dollar question is israel preparing for war with you

when the one thing we should not speak on a war with iran i don't think the word from big one discusses good firm alyson public i think it's wrong the rhenish is the most important issue we're dealing with the nuclearization of iran becomes the most important issue of international politics we are. trying as much as we can with the rest of the world there with her to stop iran from becoming nuclear and yet to be has been a lot of create from much of israel's political leadership but on the other hand people like yourself have come on record and said that you will not support a war with iran so i always see disagreement in the israeli political when the issue of iran is of great importance i think that. if there is determination. resource and persistence in the word that is interesting here we feel a very broad coalition unprecedentedly broad all the arab world but syria. most of

the west i believe other countries will russia was on it two years ago in the un security council we i think have enough leverage all of us together to condition the rain's going to be heavier and higher price with every month that passes if you don't stop this. attempt to get nuclear but none of the rants critics including as well have given hard facts that prove that iran's intention is to build a nuclear weapon or that it iran is in a way near building a nuclear weapon so why is this so much fear and concern first of all that iran wants to have nuclear weapons we have no doubt i think that the international atomic energy agency in vienna published a report last november thing the head a weapons group they described the weapons group outworked why do you take it seriously they really did ship. him in a thirty openly again and again is version not exist. it should be removed as

a cancer tumor in the middle east but you did admit that ahmed and added not saying that iran would wipe israel off the map. will approve the israel of the concert is that the different metaphor but not a different conference he might not have said these words but the content of the same rhetoric the lot of statements but all of them in the leadership that is there should not exist in a two thousand and eight interview at medinah jack was asked that if the palestinian leaders agreed to accept a two state solution could he ran live with that and his answer was that if they agree to that well then they will respect that decision does that not suggest that there is a tiny opening for dialogue or some kind of work between as well any when i hear him again and again i heard him two were three weeks ago. here in my office twenty or thirty statements of people of others saying you know is that is not legitimate it should not exist it is on the verge of collapse anyway now what is it if not

direct threat against our existence iran has not attacked anyone in recent history why would it attack israel if israel did not attack you when iran. has not attacked israel directly iran is supplying weapons of the most advanced the kind that they have to all our enemies syria has by love beat hamas again and again iran is frightening the saudi arabian government why is that if they never take anybody. why is the arab world in such turmoil and such a fear of in the rain in the b. nation israel is thought to have several hundred nuclear weapons is this not a question of double standards why should israel be allowed to have it whereas iran can't we never said we have nuclear weapons we never said we have we don't react to this the effect but isn't it interesting that all the arab countries who may think that we have

a low i never confirm or deny never said because these are has it we'll have it but when they hear iran is going to get it if you don't get it we get it. isn't that a sign if approved the real danger for the stability and peace in this region for these regimes is iran not israel if there was a strike what would it look like are we talking about some kind of israeli aerial strike or would israel consider sending in ground forces or not speak of a military option at all not in general not in specific terms i don't think it's right i think it's not helping us it may help the rain is not as i don't speak of it i'm very hopeful the sanctions. will work once sanctions just make you a new nationalist close rank and support their government more certainty well is there another way to do this if you drop in from the you don't speak of the french and the not to be working what is the over option iran was asked or all the both

security council not to enrich and they go on rushing along with the united states is building a missile defense shield in the persian gulf what would be the purpose of this if israel had to attack you when they want speak of an attack on iran israel and i'm not a spokesman for the american. the american defense establishment the american president . but it's interesting that the americans and the arab countries are in full agreement about the development in iran and that it needs to be stopped is israel preparing for any raining attack or some kind of way in which television israel needs to defend itself is a never ask anybody to defend it is a living in area in which there were many enemies i think that we see very positive trend of arab countries leaving the camp of. denial negation and coming to the good guys came by presidents about of egypt signing

peace with us king calls in a jordan saying piece of the people who became rule is after them kept the agreement we wish and hope it would be kept longer there have been comments by leading israeli figures that the israeli population is not being told the full consequences of what an attack on iran would mean do you agree with us. i don't think i should speak on israeli attack on iran i think this is something israeli should not speak oh i'm sorry that some of my colleagues did speak of it or hinted to it i think it's a mistake and i from day one said don't speak of it for from thing will speak for i think the clear the clarity of the object is very poor the objective simple iran should not be there to stop the enrichment and stop the building of weapons miss everything go to the and how we do it how we get it we need to be very. balanced and strong and sophisticated when i think we thought only israel it's all those

countries we just had a report on how the israeli public is not ready for an attack by event that there aren't any kind of shelters or awareness to get gas masks which begs the question why is the israeli public not being prepared for an attack if there is so much was coming from the government if the countries of the world who are interested in stopping iran from becoming nuclear are is persistent as you are in asking me questions about this wolf when no the is there a clandestine war well no doubt that there is. there are things that are done against syrian nuclear capabilities by all players. from the west and other countries probably is on the table from with under the table and things going on not everything should be made public but i think that this is a serious better it's a very serious matter and i think it should be taken care of very seriously and

this includes all sorts of actions and i don't speak of war here the united states has said it's against of what event if this remains the situation what israel go it alone we have been used sometimes to stand alone and we threw the alone when other countries who had to help us a problem type of didn't help us this were the case nine hundred sixty seven when we were attacked to give guarantees that nobody seemed to find the time and we had to fight for our own lives and we did it successfully we do it full time you time but not are a deal or a deal is many countries acting for the same goal and we as part of a big coalition they would not fight for us not only but if they have the same interests as we have the saudis the americans or the french or the germans or the russians as it were two years ago if we have a broad coalition it's much better than to be on our own so of course america is an

important player in this world as everybody knows and if america says and the president president obama says iran should not be nuclear will not tolerate a nuclear iran will not continue to play around who prevent iran from becoming that it's very important if we look at syria are developments there good or bad for israel first of all they're very bad for syria. although syria is an enemy they don't like us at all but when they both and we all are human beings and what one sees on the screen and syria is horrendous. it's not our business to tell the syrians who should rule this is a different perspective the one that you just spoke of iran syria is the only arab country. of iran and the axis that was built. between iran syria and hizbollah unholy alliance so they call it this is a very bad axis very dangerous axis. against us against all the arab countries.

in that respect this alliance between syria and iran is broken this is good for peace for better peace except for more fundamentalist regime comes to power in syria. i don't know who comes next we have no influence on that. in a productive way for support somebody maybe it was the treatment because the best thing for somebody would be to we fight the jews so we're not taking part in that what about israeli egyptian relations particularly in light of the terminations of the gas deal see the egyptian israeli peace treaty that has been fined thirty two years ago and is that the three years ago in seventy nine was the most important dramatic change in middle east history changed at least from a very warlike zone to a much more stable and peaceful area so whoever is in power in egypt after next presidential election we very much hope that the peace treaty is kept i think it's

not only our interest i think it as well it is an interest and i think this is one of the most important goals that we have and we wish for the egyptians to have more free regime and a better economic situation and keep the agreement with us dan meridor thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. thank you very much. wealthy british style it's a time to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy is a report on our team. wiki

leaks founder julian assange just. stepped closer to extradition to sweden after the u.k. supreme court rejected his appeal but lawyers say he can still fight the decision and could reopen the case. guilt by default confusion and conflicting reports over the massacre prove no barrier to further demonizing also with france now threatening military intervention in syria. allegations that saudi arabia is going well beyond the call of duty and its support for syrian militants with suicide bombers apparently being auctioned off to join rebel ranks. that speculation over reports that washington parachuted spies into north korea incites

a fresh wave of tension and distrust on the korean peninsula we'll have more on all those stories at the top of the hour up next it's the sport with roma. thanks very much for that and this i want to welcome this is for the north seeing with me ramon calls for a ban we have plenty up ahead but first the headlines. suzanne once a goalscorer this draw for russia against lithuania with only one friendly remaining ahead of the european championships in poland and ukraine. and dream machine alexander ovechkin and his russian teammates follow their eyes hawkie a world trophy as an open top bus parade in central moscow. and a perfect start maria sharapova doesn't drop a game as the russian begins her quest to win the only grand slam missing from her

collection in the first round of the french open. let's get rolling with football russia's national football team have begun their final preparations for the euros with itself nil nil draw against lithuania and switzerland they could've accosts men dominated for the most sport in what looks like a largely one sided affair but couldn't find the finishing touch michael crush ankle has the story. of the final to put the ration matches before heading off to the so to play euro co-host poland russia's getting this is the feeling it was my fault that your paper starting in place of the x. that my look they have who played in russia as one one draw with europe what was this kind of stuff we're going to see it but after a hectic start with both sides of the course he was really troubled by the way in his look. in the middle of the roman shirokov and he got the nice of will increasingly running the show with neat passing and come work on the ball.

alexander came close on a number of occasions as to andrea sharon but neither seemed to find a way through to fill in the stubborn defense half time came with russia clearly controlling the game but without anything to show for it. dick advocaat up to to make some changes bring on four players including roman publishing co for closure call. and the second half began pretty much as the first hop ended with russia camping in their opponents. was political we knew this was largely a meaningless game having failed to qualify for the upcoming euros but as the game came to an end they managed to hold on to a well deserved draw dick advocaat was rather nonplussed by the end result but was happy lithuania had managed to frustrate his team thanks because they have. to say. if you give on a position if you're not in the right share to do that then that is easy to stay

defensively. for the first legs on the on the other hand blame the lackluster result a little when his refusal to play properly. i guess they had a different objects of than europe why these guys played football but lithuania didn't do that but roman shirokov put it down to a lack of with in russia's game i progressed implement everyone understood how they would play we concentrate too much in the midfield when we should have used our flanks so all of russia's early initiatives on both the sessions this through and you did prove to stop and to break down the substitution at halftime also failed to make the necessary difference in the game. hitman andrea shahan who celebrating his thirty first birthday today also failed to find the chilling strike to give russia the much needed win now russia only has one game left to prepare for the euros and that comes against italy which will no. being easy test them being the two thousand

and six will champions and this game will be in zurich on friday michael christian on the on switch world. and let's stay on the subject of the russia's national teams but switch sports now alexander ovechkin was the star attraction as the triumphant national ice hockey team showed off their latest world championship trophy as an open salt boss parade through central moscow the washington capitals front man along with a russia captain in the army colin held the prize the law says the rapturous crowd chanted thank you and well done to their heroes russia thrashed surprise package slovakia six suit in the final area this month to finish the championships on beaten and lay their hands on their third world crown in five years getting multiple as the tournaments most valuable player the big three was also russia's first top accolade under a new coach and it's allowed as the team now it's our gets gold at their home winter olympics in salt jeans wednesday fourteen. for the victory at the world

championships show do team score this is the team we intend to build on with its own character and recognition no one knows what will happen in the olympics but i am sure the blues will go alone to claim to gold with an ounce of paris now where in tennis world number two maria sharapova was in imperious form and didn't drop a single game in her opening match at the french open a golfing class separates of the second seed and romania's alexandra could down two as sharapova needed less than an hour to roll into the second round in four russian is looking to complete a career grand slam in the french capital. you know i think i learn more about the game and the point construction and i feel like moving i better than i did years previously which has helped me a lot in the recovery process within the points so yeah it definitely gives me a lot of confidence for this tournament but just like any other. within this

tournament i hope that i improve with every round and get better and whoever is across the net is the person that i have to be thirteen so i'm grand slam champion serena williams crashed out of the french open losing four six seven six six three to first round opponents version of the result of france williams swiftly back her bags as she digested her earliest grand slam exit and forty seven appearances result ranked one hundred eleventh in the world celebrated her greatest wire but the home run slam. yeah i tried you know i kept going for my shots which you know always works for me so. it didn't work out today. you know i just wasn't i made so many errors today which is a game that i've been playing in the past you know. it's. already through is wimbledon champion beaten by the czech world number four proved too strong for sixteen year old ashley barty was broken once by this trade in wild

card but won it six one six two. twenty ten champion francesca schiavone eased past forty one year old kimiko dots a group of japan's skip when he was in good form both from the baseline and at the net as a crew was guilty of thirty five unforced errors to lose it six three six one. so into the second round world number one victoria azarenka will face was in meyer sam stosur has it all going her way to the third round while russian not yet but for all that will have her match with south africa's channel shepards and her compassion on acoustics over will face junk shot. in the men's draw rafael nadal began his quest for a record seven french open title and world number two did it in style as he clinched an emphatic six two six two six one victory over italian simone.

i did what i had to. and. it was. less. mysterious ordinary on our first rounds in the past so. happy the way. i am through the second round i'm happy though how i play and i had a mistake and i go back to the little bit with which to form my opinion i was playing. and the mary also faces just a few problems in his first round match with that's why it's out of japan six one seven point six love at last year's semifinal this then moves on to around so. it was pretty good i mean of could. for. like five six. one. one. you know my serve. in the first and third. were very comfortable and the second. could have been but.

for sure i'm just. so in this second around the world number one the valve job which is all set to face blast the congo former world number one lets me feel it's in the first round juan martin del potro in his quest to win a second grand slam title takes on as war russia boss long from the host nation roger federer will continue his french open campaign against three on own good and small marsh burdick faces michela low draw. the senate on his first to nothing series lead after beating the oklahoma city thunder once once he won eleven the spurs have become the fourth team in n.b.a. history so when twenty games in a roll and the only side who's winning streak extended it's the playoffs tony parker scored with thirty four seeking sixteen out of twenty one attempts the

thunder did their best to keep as close as kevin durant's russell westbrook and james harden combined eighty eight points but that was still a not enough to level the score in the worse in conference finals series. and finally russia's current golfing herring. has been welcomed back home after making history in ukraine just last week that twenty five year old became the first russian to claim it so when after clinching the sides all at the inaugural gulfstream ladies open events and the first of its kind in key of course in the produce the final round of seventy to finish four shots clear of overnight leader benedict to see from belgium since that victory cost and has emerged as russia's biggest hope for a place at the rio olympics in twenty sixteen but she says more young talents would get to qualify for those games. i think we have a lot of hoops that have very elusive young kids growing up in very dedicated in we have very good team of coaches found with the russian group association and the

team will be very new to this for a specialist as well and it will be the set up very very good you can use a shin very good team of approaches and players. will have more for you in less than a couple hours meanwhile you may enhance your artsy sport experience by going to our youtube channel at artsy sport use thanks for watching and i'll be right back with. the question is that so much a given to you each musician apparently finding the time to mark when the series many words in the aftermath of an alleged massacre of civilians the u.s. military is warning that continue to try cities in syria could make.

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