it will send a chilling effect to all the potential missile. loses his legal bid against extradition to sweden with fears this is just a prelude to the wiki leaks founder being handed on to the u.s. to face espionage charges. a million. a million a week. at a geisha is that saudi arabia is optioning off suicide bombers to syria's rebels as the u.s. threatens to act against syria without u.n. security council approval. the us tonight sending special forces to spy inside north korea but the journalist who uncovered the story says the pentagon is all in damage control mission to save face.

online on screen this is r.t. live from central moscow with the twenty four hours a day and you're going to sound now looks set to be extradited to sweden after britain supremum court dismissed his appeal and we can expand that has been under house arrest in the u.k. for more than five hundred days now he's wanted in sweden for questioning over sex crime accusations which the whistleblower himself strongly denies sara first has the details from outside the courthouse in london. chilliness and was a nazi in court today when that judgment was passed for checking his appeal against that extradition to sweden but it's not over yet he's being granted a fourteen day extradition stay while his legal team try to get an appeal to reopen cases now that is a point on some of the point that were made in the judgment that they say they haven't had time to respond to say that's the immediate steps that you're going to

see taken if that fails then you could see today in the sand and then put on that plane to sweden but it's very likely that you are going to see his legal team taking this fight even further to the european court if he even writes that everyone said today among his supporters that the turned out that this isn't just a loss to julian a stunt that the british justice system as a whole and i'm joined now by n.e.p. gerald pathan what they've actually said to dinosaurs there was this was this was this saudi donor submission that was put by the lawyers and i thought put an intervention in as well as what is the meaning of a judicial authority now. we argued and the doors argued that a judicial authority meant a proper job or a court of law because it's a centuries old principle of english law that you cannot be a judge in your own crisis and the prosecutor in sweden was going to try this crisis there for the purpose of the person requesting extradition so it was an

independent the call actually referring to an extraordinary joint judgment in my view which was that the original you framework decision used the french word go forward you judiciary which had a wide variety of meanings including i prosecutor so although our own parliament and our own government minister believes a judicial authority made a proper call for a proper judge that was overturned and it was the saudi that the french the wording of the story the meaning of the word in french was actually what mattered and therefore they threw out the submission i think it's extraordinary it means that now english law has been decided on the meaning of a french word i have to tell you the. british justice system has been overridden by the now for some time creating their own system of criminal law the european arrest warrant is a key part of this and in fact the english and scottish courts now have no power to protect people from extradition i really have no power to prevent an extradition provided a piece of pipe has been correctly filled out name address the nature of the offense i don't have to supply any evidence and the core is not allowed to take

into account the problem the facia evidence or lack of it against the accused person you know as mr saunders five found out this is not about the evidence against him about whether it stacks up or not it's about the meaning of a word in french thank you very much for joining us then you heard the evidence against you nina thanks it's been widely misconstrued and misreported as well a lot of facts of the case haven't been presented that clearly said a real sense it's a day that certainly justice hasn't been served when it comes to dealing the sanj sara furthur reporting in central london well today's decision by the british court has revived fears that julian assange might now be extradited to the us where he could face espionage and conspiracy charges the case against the wiki leaks founder has been consistently built up in the media with the tone shifting from celebrating the whistleblower all the way to calls for his execution. today in a sanchez held it is a modern day t.c. where he likes wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks crap and many

of the same people he had to champion ten have now joined the smear campaign aimed at silencing him with julian assange is a cyber terrorist and war time he should be killed and we've got to apprehend mr songe the founder of wiki leaks and bring him to justice as of violator of the espionage act because if we don't this will keep happening the dead man can't leaks that this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be shot 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 very short time after we could be. released to launch a number of u.s. diplomatic cables suddenly the case was reopened why is it that i am kept. under electronic house arrest. when i have not even been charged in any country sweden wants him extradited for questioning if a sexual conduct allegations of having unprotected yet consensual sex and with this

crime unique to sweden many a questioning why he found himself on the same in supposed list alongside senior mexican drug lords the european commission has acknowledged that these arrest warrants are being misused the no questions asked system these judges very little discretion to refuse the warrants the outcome of the case could have wide implications for human rights issues today when wiki leaks published u.s. embassy cables it gave the world an unprecedented insight into u.s. government activities and revealed some uncomfortable truths it's time to sing the we need to be our own sound and it's also important that really we need to be working for society. is no longer necessary but democratic process is something. that now seems to be lacking he could be locked up with very little access to the outside world he will be allowed to see

a priest and he will be allowed to see a lawyer but his ability to speak to others family members the media to read newspapers and to access the internet could be severely restricted fear that the united states may use the liberal extradition laws in sweden today and get him fast track to go state where he could face really serious charges attractively over to me by the release of the ribbon cables. i think this will send a chilling effect to all potential whistleblowers that if they dare challenge the secrecy and indeed in many cases war crimes and united states they will face retribution that is why his many supporters have to instill that night where stands normally keenly and silent tears are streaming in and. has been fighting his extradition from the u.k.

here on r t we've been airing his series of interview programs and later this hour he meets members of the group behind some of the biggest protests in the world right now the occupy movement here's how they describe their relations with the law . occupies sort of simmer for a while for the first the first week or ten days or something until it was violence . well yes i mean one of the police violence but nonetheless we did not provoke at least silence. for the record police speak we took a nonviolent direct action we went and we occupied a square so we could have a general assembly and starts talk about the world that we wanted to live in which we saw is completely antithetical to the world we're currently living in and the structures that governed it so yeah i mean i guess by being there by exercising directly democratic process we're posing a threat and so the police had to respond i mean there's nothing that terrifies the

american government so much as the threat of democracy breaking out in america that are there for to react violently. and you can see that interview in full a little later here on t.v. . the u.s. says if audience in syria continues to escalate foreign powers may have to consider taking action which bypasses the u.n. security council russia and china have so far blocked any resolution that would allow outside intervention but washington is preparing a plan b. should the current international peace plan fail let's get the latest now from artie's. joining me live now from new york marina the statement about the potential action sidelining the un's most powerful body came at a special council briefing what exactly was served. well it was a closed door council briefing that was held where the members discussed what exactly the security council should be doing what actions to take in the aftermath

of last week's syrian massacre in houla and as the huge david states ambassador to the u.n. came out to the stakeout she pointed the finger at the syrian government holding them responsible for last week's massacre and continued to say that the security council needs to ratchet up pressure on the syrian government in the form of sanctions in the. ambassador susan rice european allies the u.s. also came out also echoing those sentiments on sanctions in the event that are right said that sanctions were not agreed upon and that the six point peace plan put together by a u.n. sports joint special envoy kofi annan in the event that breaks down and doesn't seek to subdue any violence in syria and bassett or rice said that the u.s. would consider unilateral action outside of the united nations but it's not clear

what type of unilateral action because the u.s. has already imposed sanctions on syria that leaves many to believe that it might be military action in addition to what was said about that russia. the united nations a tele churkin said that in the wake of last week's massacre of course responsibility can't be lifted off of the syrian government to blame should also be put on the opposition groups many of whom are violating the cease fire that they agreed to conform with. about six weeks ago what is clear what was clear and interesting is that more and more of the security council ambassadors are speaking of a third element operating in syria they are specifically talking about armed terrorist groups that are acting on their own. and outside of the opposition outside of the syrian government that could be provoking more of the violence and so it is well it's been reported over and over again that is if there's been an

illegal flow of arms to syria from abroad but there is for the foreign support may just not be limited to arms sales it could be limited to actually sales of terrorists as well and for more on that story we go to our tease n.h.s. because. this is said to be an auction taking place at a hotel in saudi arabia what's on sale is a human life the video shows a father offering his son as a suicide bomber into syria and raising money as compensation thank you the pillars of my knowing that he's seeking someone finds him on his brother is already a. yes member of the i didn't know you were going to send him to them but i'm obviously not the beating to them two hundred pounds with. the chilling footage was leaked on the web we cannot independently confirm its original source or authenticity. they are sacrificing their lives we need you to sacrifice your money

don't be stingy. syria has seen a dramatic increase in suicide bombings the syrian government has been raising the alarm about its gulf neighbor sponsoring and staging terrorist attacks in their country. how do you strike that let's say but it seems here in the west nobody hears their outcry the spotlight is placed solely on the actions of the syrian government in the meantime saudi arabia qatar and other gulf states are flooding millions of dollars worth of weapons into syria while u.s. officials say they are providing their gulf allies with intelligence and command and control infrastructure the statements we hear from the state department is that . the u.s. is there to help the opposition with. non-lethal weapons however if others would provide that is the weapon we will manage that so it's lots of hypocrisy the gulf countries are not the brains behind this they are merely

instruments. the brains you can find them in the u.s. and israel in some countries the u.s. is formally committed to kofi annan as u.n. backed peace plan which calls for a halt to violence by all sides of the conflict but some analysts say the influx of arms and increasing number of suicide bombings make peace in syria virtually impossible and plunges it deeper into chaos the syrian regime plays an active role in supporting the palestinian resistance the lebanese resistance in claiming brights and part of stein and things like this and this is not doesn't sit well with with israel so if we can not change the role of syria we will destroy syria so that it doesn't have any international monitors are on the ground investigating the massacre in houla where it's not clear who's fully responsible for the deaths of over one hundred men women and children also on a regular basis they observed destruction from suicide bombings which bear all the

signs of terrorist attacks we need. to understand that this is going only to create more suffering for the women and children the syrian people outside syria back in saudi arabia a young man named ali was allegedly sold for the equivalent of four hundred thousand dollars maybe only a million and a half million and we have a winner right here. we don't know the fate of khalid maybe he is now on his way to syria to bomb something or maybe he is behind one of the deadly blasts which already happened there with the u.s. supporting the proactive approach of its golf allies with regards to syria the question one might ask is could it be passively supporting extremism like this as well i'm going to check on reporting from washington. later on r.t. and cross talk questions whether foreign intervention is the way to bring an end to

the vicious unrest in syria. at the end of the day if there is going to be an intervention i would tend to think they will be along those lines it's not that we're not going to see rerun of iraq or not not even a rerun of libya ok. it is a rerun of iraq go ahead it's a rerun of iraq it's a rerun of york post. you know no fly zones humanitarian corridors so i kind of thing that or nowhere near as benign as they say mark you want to jump in there. though i think i think. we rock is a sort of terrible example the only thing i would say is who knows the creative destruction us in washington may come up with an even newer more disastrous unique form of chaos worse news from the if the syrians are iraqis will have to. talk throughout the day here on our team the debt crisis is still gripping europe but that's not stopping the e.u.

splashing out tens of millions of euros to build a museum about european history in brussels building hasn't even started and any piece or already it all day over its cost and purpose matter and dress and a member of the e.u. budget committee who voted against the project says the museum is the last thing the e.u. should be focused on right now. it is very important that this point in time that we focus on you know the economic and financial crises and that we are allow people to be able to eat and feed their children before we. divert resources financial resources into this narcissistic project the parliament doesn't exercise in the defense of the interests of taxpayers us a should they live in a comfortable environment where they get their fat salaries and pensions and they just don't care about the interest of the european taxpayers the interest of european cities since really i mean i think there is no hope for that because.

parliament you know we elected members to this parliament should be very forceful to make these changes happen and and we are not i mean i am a solitary voice in this parliament about the way the money of taxpayers should be spent the day the the proper way and the efficient way. we've got all of top stories covered all the air and online and all to dot com that's website online all the time here's what else is on the site at the moment ukraine gears up for your authority twelve bodybuilding special medical facilities for treating foreign firms and other guests the details are on the website of the moment. plus a boeing beauty a rare motion picture done and the biggest of its kind goes under the hammer at christie's vinyl what the price tag was. dot com.

it's a scandal likely to fuel the longstanding tensions between washington and pyongyang a media report accuses u.s. and south korean special forces of parachuting into north korea to spy on underground military facilities the source was an american army general who admits the missions had happened it's been women he denied by washington which now accuses the journalist behind the report of making up the quotes who have insists what he published was exactly what he heard it comes as the u.s. looks to reinforce its naval power in the asia pacific region already experiencing american military buildup journalist says that washington strategy goes far beyond

that. i think u.s. policy on north korea really. really wasn't exacerbating the threat from some people more than anything else and the building of simultaneously building up the military occupation of the cells various ways as part of the u.s. policy pivot to asia i want to emphasize that the legal infrastructure is already in place at the moment to apply a very belligerent policy to north korea ensured that including foreign occupation of true occupation and preemptive nuclear strikes no that sounds a bit extreme but given a second here to back it up in two thousand and nine big chance on foreign relations released a policy paper and title preparing for sudden change in north korea advocated stationing four hundred and sixty thousand troops inside host regime north korea if the regime were to collapse for whatever reason to maintain security and to capture pyongyang's w m d's so this sounds like

a recipe for disaster certainly and the same pretext i want to point out can be applied to you wrong and any other country which is basically accused of developing w m d s. what three trees with us very soon with a look at the business news but first let's check out some of the major headlines from across the world now at this stage of the day former liberian president charles taylor has been sentenced to fifty years in prison after being convicted of war crimes last month he was charged with eleven counts of helping rebels in sierra leone to school so fifty thousand people himself has been accused of cannibalism in the policy the sentence as i'm president of the first head of state convicted by an international war crimes court since the second world war and. rescue workers in northern italy have removed what's believed to be the last body from rebel following tuesday's earthquake it brings the number of dead to seventeen a series of strong off the show so shaken the region which is suffered two major earthquakes in a month almost

a fortnight ago seven people were. killed unfurls left homeless. the former top meter advisor to british prime minister david cameron has been arrested over accusations of perjury it relates to andy corson's evidence the trial of a former sort of politician in which he denied knowledge of phone hacking by journalists at the news of the world calls and was editor of the paper at the time last year he quit as cameron's communications director off to becoming involved in the wider allegations of phone tapping in the u.k. . so has promised to reach is next with business news so partners in the raso british oil giant b.p. they're considering a divorce is that right well at least the russian shareholder billionaires want a change in the ownership structure they're saying that they want to either buy outs b.p. or exchange their shares for shares in be paid now that's according to stand pull of ads who in an exclusive interview to business r.t. says that the fifty fifty joint venture structure that we see right now has pretty

much outlived itself is no longer viable and this comes after me whole friedman stepped down as the c.e.o. of b.p. and this is basically a sign of tension between the two sides who are open to whatever firm makes the most strategic and commercial firms one thing for. certain about it. want to remain. pretty. sure that we remain. holders of. maturity shareholders and controlling shareholder. or whether we become significant shareholder. bumping. rude that's. what we want to go through this if your enjoyment of course and it's going to be on your. move over to the stock markets and we start with the u.s.

where ten year bonds have seen the yields go to the lowest of all time whereas the stock market is down usually going in different directions with the bond markets down one point three percent this is on growing concern about what's happening in europe where the markets of also decline around one point eight percent in wednesday's session that's on renewed concerns about the state of the financial sector notably in spain where bond yields have been going up and therefore borrowing costs have been going up also greece. showing that in a recent referendum that it's not happy with the terms of the recent bailout suggestion. over on the commodities market was seeing a deep plunge in oil prices with light sweet amber and declining more than three dollars per barrel as china has reported its economic growth would be eight point two percent this year the slowest pace since in one thousand nine hundred nine and

this is one of the most important consumers of wealth that is falling oil is of course a he is so on the exchange rate of the russian currency the ruble which has seen one of the most dramatic nosedives against the dollar fifty nine copecks at the end of this session where is the euro continues its plunge also versus the greenback as more investors are cashing out notably into the door russian market therefore did not see any support from abroad and it's declined two and a half percent in the r.t.s. a little bit less than that on the my sixth week or ruble second ago was moving to my six now despite the oil prices several major energy shares work better than the market with gazprom down just points three percent as a said that its export program to europe would remain the same despite faltering demand and rosneft was up one point seven percent on optimism about the nomination of eager to see action as the head of the company has always been a pioneer of last year's interest. and burbank was down two percent at the close

now the bank has said that in two thousand and eleven of the one percent of its profit came from the national operations from abroad assets and it wants to bring that up to five percent over the next two years through additional acquisitions for example denny's bank turkey's largest was recently acquired and the head of the bank has said it was a bug. it's a high quality but it won't concede we're taking advantage of the moment currently banking assets are not expensive dexia would have never sold this bank if not for the current turbulence. pilots from the business team for today thanks a lot to me tree yet more from the business team tomorrow and hours after the dismissal of gene in the sand his extradition appeal will bring you the latest edition of his interview program here on r.t. that's after a reminder of our headlines stay with us for that. my

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