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do you twist and join us on this cat and mouse game with the british authorities as we can examine her appeals for asylum in ecuador as embassy in london after losing his legal battle against extradition to sweden. egypt's convicted former leader hosni mubarak is reported to be clinically dead after a stroke the country is in a limbo after the presidential runoff vote as protests rage over the military's relentless hold on power. but mainstream media goes all out against those opposing intervention in syria with high top reports warning of imminent war games to be held in the country involving thousands of warships jets and tanks.
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now i am in the russian capital you're watching r t on marina joshie a dramatic new turn in the case of the world's top whistleblower join us on just pleading for political asylum ecuador's embassy in london after the u.k. supreme court gave the go ahead for his extradition to sweden to answer a sex assault allegations assad has repeatedly claimed the case is politically motivated and being driven by washington as he served for explains. when he hanged himself he made a statement and in it he spoke about his home country that's australia ignoring the obligation to protect a citizen that's being persecuted politically he also talked of his investigation for political crimes in the us and he mentions a country where the death penalty is still in force it's very interesting that to see some of the things that are possibly going to julian assange just heard when he decided to make this decision to claim asylum the ecuadorian embassy saying they're
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going to protect him while the department says mr sloan's obligation mr sands will remain at the embassy under the protection of the ecuadorian government decision to consider mr implications for project of a sudden she didn't know we be interpreted as the government of ecuador interfering in the judicial processes of birth of the united kingdom in sweden well it's been a long legal wrangling eighteen months julian a son and his team have been fighting this cause at the end of last month he's still the case supreme court upholding the extradition to sweden and he appealed against that and failed and so really you know he was running out of needs to pursue his so i mean not totally unexpected i mean it certainly is surprising stuff but as he said there wasn't much left open to him remember that julian assange has never actually been charged he faces questioning in sweden over sexual assault
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allegations but you know there's a lot of mis reporting that goes on here and says the legal team always very quick to point out the fact that no charges have a very important of course in a stanch had previously interview. the president on his show on our thing and they seem to hit it off in that meeting in fact the president of ecuador saying welcome to the club of the persecuted. president. it is really a pleasure to meet you julian least in this way and. to the globe of the persecuted . thank you. thank you thank. you. that's only we have to avoid every day. we already know that the president of ecuador has a big fan of wiki leaks and the wiki leaks release of the u.s. diplomatic cables that was hugely embarrassing for
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a large number of governments not least the u.s. government actually we know that wiki leaks has had a big fund raising difficulties they've had a lot of their fundraising of unease close to the i mean it's very interesting having followed this case to see what julian assange is going to and of course as we said his claiming asylum at the ecuadorian embassy here in london and just the latest twist in this unfolding drama. so our firstborn there how. the artist and we'll use activists as asylum in ecuador is the best chance for assad to continue his work and they can revelations about the u.s. . we're not so worried about him going to sweden actually. that's just small business what we're most worried about is him getting extradited to the united states and it's being orchestrated by the department of justice and most of the mainstream media doesn't seem to know about it because no one is allowed in and this is been going on simultaneously as bradley manning's trial i would say it's
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a fifty fifty chance either it does or doesn't i pulling for it sounds like this is a very good option so that julian can continue to do the great work he has been doing for journalism ecuador would be a very good choice i think the likelihood of an extradition from ecuador is a lot less than it would be from sweden or the u.k. . joyous sounds good have a plan b. if his request for asylum is turned down by a door in one of his shows aired here in our interview the tunisian president who said the whistleblower would be received with open arms in the arab state it is it is very nice to see you are you know i have always been you really you martin go for the job you have done and i think really we. i wish you the best you know. if you never have some problems that you would be what companies you think you.
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can get all of us on just for these programs in our website just log on to a songe dot r.t. dot com. now new york based azer and political analysts have a goal here has no doubt joined us salinger's in washington sights and she also says he's application for asylum to act with dory's unlikely to affect the country's relations with the u.s. as they are already almost as bad as it gets. well technically the u.s. and student have any kind of public at least legal interest in the case because as of right now there's been no admission on the part of the united states government that they're pursuing any kind of legal action against julian assange however obviously we know that washington has been pursuing him secretly now for over a year or so what i think is that there may be some kind of. more sort of clandestine pressure coming out of washington against ecuador but their relations aren't great any way between the government and washington or washington accuses
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ecuador of being a government that is violating democratic principles about its being an expression i mean most of that unfounded it's just because it's no longer government that's subordinate to us agenda so you know you could only really make a relationship that's already pretty tense as we've been saying it sounds as conover for your show airs right here on r t talking to pakistan opposition leader imran khan is in the latest addition and says that it was only through a wiki leaks that he's contrary learned about corruption in the leadership. related to. the wiki leaks made not just. the middle of the world but in. the with the little of these two famous politicians you know who was sucking up to the marriage in the same. grade telling them how they were. sucking up to them and. giving completely opposite state
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it was a really specially this one really this is this guy that was the. least this religious body will. do in the middle and he said look if you backed me to become the prime minister i would have gone we do do. and he's considered the most anti american politician so he was it was a. it really exposed a lot of. all of the show is on later this hour here on r.t. and of course we'll keep you up to date with the latest on julius on his surprise asylum request. there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. the full source material is what helps keep journalism honest we.
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we want to present. something else. well there are unconfirmed reports from convict of former president hosni mubarak is clinically dead after suffering a stroke that news comes as a nation awaits the results of a presidential runoff between as long as a candidate and a former prime minister and deposed regime is in cairo for us. we are hearing reports from the state media that he is committee did but these reports have been refuted by the ruling staff the ruling military which insists that he has not died but says that he is in a critical condition we're also hearing from his lawyers that he's in a coma and that he's suffering from water to the lungs the one factor that all sides do seem to agree on is that late on tuesday the former egyptian president did suffer a stroke but it's not clear whether that stroke happened before during or often he
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was moved from prison to a military hospital most egypt is all skeptical about this news most people here one verified confirmed reliable and solid information before the election believe that the former egyptian president has indeed died thomas which is dimming we have seen in the last hour or so people slowly making their way back home although there are some die hard so no doubt they'll be having a sit in at least in the midst day also before those official election results come on thursday the fundamental question though when are asking just how people in tahrir feel about the news that mubarak has died away otherwise is the question whether will not his death would make a difference to people here on the streets in the general answer is actually no certainly for people he came out and called for him to step down from power last february mubarak for them is dead whether he is dead physically or not makes little difference he's dead in their hearts and in their minds and most egyptians though
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on skeptical about the news of his death and talking to people here in town this way many say that they believe it's actually a ploy by the ruling generals to detract attention away from the fact that in recent days they have been making an attempt to grab power to detract attention away from the fact that they have issued this interim constitution the fact that they've essentially made themselves the law makers of egypt essentially what they say is that this is a ploy on their side and that is why they don't believe it. so look out for you the program of bargain for progress iran is ready to trade full nuclear cooperation for the lifting of sanctions as to grant pave the way for a diplomatic skate from political stalemate. looming breaks economist challenge america's longstanding dominance over the international monetary fund as a group of twenty most industrialized nations meets in mexico. u.n. monitors say they're staying put in syria despite having suspended their mission
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after a spate of attacks targeting them the observers are now asking for safety guarantees from the syrian factions but so far only the government has agreed with the opposition failing to follow suit has more. the head of the united nations supervision mission in syria general robert mood briefed the u.n. security council on the state of syria and more importantly his decision to suspend the mission's activities according to general mood supervision mission in syria can resume once he feels that the observers will be safe and secure as they monitor syria he says the government has made a commitment to ensure the safety of the u.n. workers but so far the opposition group has not the commitment of the government and the opposition to the safety and security and freedom of movement told the observers the government express very clearly in the last couple of days.
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statements from the opposition that as the head of the u.n. mission in syria was briefing the international community about the crisis taking place in the country media outlets many of them were reporting stories indicating that russia was sending or attempting to send attack helicopters to syria a claim that russia has denied there was another somewhat outrageous report about some legit military exercises that were scheduled to take place between russia syria china and iran now the reason i say outrageous is because when you listen to the numbers of this report claiming that ninety thousand soldiers would be participating one thousand tanks one hundred warships that sounds like a humongous exercise to take place between countries and of course to
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include one country in the midst of his own conflict now the russian foreign ministry immediately denied this report saying it had no merit there were no facts to it and also russian officials say that those reports. being a unleashed by many western media outlets are part of a false information campaign being spread about syria so it is more important than ever right now with this considering the state of the syrian crisis for the information that is being provided by media outlets to be factually supported so here we see that the international community is not just dealing with a an escalating conflict in syria there's also an escalating information war taking place outside of the country and most recently it is being aimed at russia by many western media outlets are now reporting there meanwhile former u.s. presidential candidate senator john mccain has called for washington to bypass the
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u.n. and launch a military strike on syria coming contributing editor for the online magazine syria common says is just part of a well established cycle there are too many players. trying to achieve something out of the crisis this is a very very complex prices you know we were told was wont to grow its forces in syria which are trying to topple the regime so this has been a cycle where there is human viruses and there is this case again because they would like to go in this preserve say it's the best way to help them cope with that if you will in the almost so long as you have so many forces. excited about the world that is that in general it was just they were they were. going to get there through this information as usual so will like they did before the united order and before. intervening in afghanistan in the late seventy's or so that it was you doing some information. while the media war rages outside of syria we've been
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hearing an insider's view of ha it's affecting the regime of bashar a loss it was a political and media advisor to the syrian president told r.t. of her views on the uprising and international coverage of events in her country well her full interview is coming your way next hour but here's a preview. of that are. the tron and. made them so part of the war on syria and side things like that in wars. about what's happening in our country a lot of them are the media war because when you. fly thing and hatred among the thin people there are many people who fall victim. to this inside the unfortunately the media would throughout history could be very damaging. but effective.
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iran will fully cooperate with the international atomic energy agency if all sanctions placed on the country are lifted to iran's chief negotiator has offered the deal to the group of six world powers during their two day talks in moscow trying to bridge the gap between the sides has more from that meeting. the e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton said that they have made some serious progress on certain issues but warns of that significant gaps remain in the two sides positions the next round of talks essentially is going to be a technical level meeting of nuclear experts that has been scheduled for july third in istanbul the arabian chief negotiator saeed jalili had a welcome to the top of the level talks saying this is something that the iranians have been asking for all along he reiterated the arena and position that the right to enrich uranium is in the in the helium old mode right of the arabian people but
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he had also hoped expressed some us some hope that sanctions against iran would be lifted of course there has not been any agreement on that we have to keep in mind that israel has threatened to attack iran over its nuclear plans if a diplomatic solution isn't found that is a serious threat that was we iterated by the israeli president to the media interview on monday but we also have pressure for the u.s. president probably almost by this congress to essentially abandon talks that again some progress it does look like this round of negotiations actually merited and at least a few inches of steps both work so not all hope is lost as it gets loose a couple of reporting there now ways of resolving political crisis between iran and international powers have been the subject of intense debate in today's cross-talk here's a preview of what's coming at eleven thirty g.m.t. . policymakers have said going to go clearly they've been affected you suggested the sanctions on affecting the policy that's what i'm saying. to myself ok i can
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assure you i'm going to be on time now but i think gentlemen as you know we deduce well sanctions are going to be going to force regime change there i mean that's the difference of opinion here in the probably won't happen ok sanctions alone won't do that well i'm not sure about that but i'm talking more. communicate clearly i'm talking about the injustice but i think it's. a bully uncivilized to hurt innocent person a so innocent person they will go after a guilty person potentially guilty person b. . the breaks group of five leading emerging economies has been seeking greater sway over of the i.m.f. at the g twenty summit a massacre with a pledge of seventy five billion dollars the gathering was the first meeting between the russian president and his american counterpart since a lot of important return to the kremlin as artie's guy next to count reports it was an encounter that was visibly strained by the differences between the two. the
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brics the group of the world's largest emerging markets are making an additional contribution to the i.m.f. that money can be channeled to europe if the crisis there spreads those emerging economies brazil russia india china and south africa are also pushing for reforming the international monetary fund which is why they dominated by the u.s. and europe they want to have a say on how that money is spent and as president putin pointed out a more balanced on a map would become a better tool to react to global economic challenges on international issues on syria president putin said it's nobody's rights to decide for syria who's their legitimate leader and who is not except for the syrian people themselves from president obama's statements it was clear that the u.s. will continue pushing for regime change in syria on the sidelines of the summit president putin had a very long meeting with president obama over to our worst who was behind closed doors but then the leaders came out with a joint statement they said both russia and the u.s.
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eventually share one goal and that is a peaceful syria where syrians get to decide their own future but russian the u.s. have seen very differently on how to reach that goal and as president obama said this tuesday the differences are not go anywhere also president putin was asked about the controversial missile defense shield in europe he was asked about whether the obama's reelection would bring about a breakthrough on the issue and he said he believes the u.s. is going to carry on with the shield plans no matter what. the president is but would dress the coolie as he pointed out. the situation what would lift the tensions around the issue would be the u.s. russia and iran as partners in building and managing the ship that's the kind of partnership that russia has been putting forward for many years now the one that its partners are not take you. now take
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a look at some other stories from around the world patmos president ricardo marginality says he's withdrawing plans to sell off some state assets following protests in the country's capital students trade union groups and opposition politicians joined the demonstrations outside the national sampling protesters claim the plans include selling off stakes and utility and telecommunications companies to boost government spending in the run up to next year's elections the government denies the allegations. talks between three political parties in greece are expected to resume after negotiations to form a coalition broke up late tuesday night the conservative new democracy party is expected to lead the new government after falling one hundred fifty one seats short of being able to rule alone a left wing series a party finished in second but have refused to join any coalition to follow the terms of the country's international bailout. pakistan's ruling party says it accepts the dismissal of prime minister yousaf raza gilani following his conviction
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for contempt of court two months ago he was found guilty for refusing to reopen a corruption case against the country's president he refused to step down which led to protests calling for him to be banned from holding office president of the pac nationalist lobbying for him she says the u.s. and u.k. have both had a hand in creating pakistan's problems. the united states and the united kingdom have had a very important investment in this government this government came into power this is a quotient government that came into power due to the. deal that was brokered back in the year two thousand and six in two thousand and seven which resulted in the incumbent president president coming into power this government basically came into power too because of certain regional interests and mainly of birds because of the american interest in afghanistan this was one of the most corrupt governments and probably one of the most in. prime ministers the pakistanis
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have seen in modern history almost seventy years we're seeing huge. power i would use the scarcity of water supply is against. corruption i think the united kingdom the governments of united kingdom and the united states should really stand away from work so you. can read it actually have had a hand in this mess and i think it's. all right we are now indulging in a bit of business hi katie so speculation seems to be the word of the day on the markets exactly right marina and it's all to do with the federal reserve considering further moves to stimulate the economy and that's as they enter their second day the meeting in the u.s. with the federal reserve they're going to be talking about extending operation twist which is a program the selling of short term security as well by a longer ones and essentially what that means is it just puts a lid on interest rates it stimulus and that's what investors like to hear some
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more of that later let's see how the asian markets are responding right now to all of this speculation as you say but there is again you got to make a around nine tenths of a percent and around the heart of that for the highest talk about stocks that have got the most company there operad one of the talks of having car production plants overseas also want to talk about japan's biggest consumer electronics companies sony as up around three percent and that was japan's exports rose actually rose ten percent in may that's the most in seventeen months and that's due to easing concerns over the slowdown of the global economy shipments to china japan stock trading partner rose the first time in eight months while deliveries the u.s. dropped by over third now the same time imports nine percent during the month indicating that domestic demand may be picking up. so that's how they have to wall
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street see how they closed up as i say there was all this speculation going on that we're going to see this stimulation from the federal reserve this week stocks on the rise around three courses a percent for the dow jones the nasdaq over a percent imposed of territory we talk about stocks bank of america a four point five percent said there was also of unease as well coming from the federal housing finance agency saying that they're planning to help the bags to avoid being forced to buy about mortgages amid concerns that lenders are really tightening their standards not even the most prosperous by is credit worthy ones those people who are the suffer is that right now so i want to talk about is fed ex as well the largest car go it alone company jump two point eight percent that's off the pledging significant cost reductions also had markers of this while jumping three percent off to a leashed tablet and that set to rival apple's i pad they want to tap into that
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market maybe so it's still some of those customers part is going to the exchange rates and see that the euro dollar is losing traction to subside they want twenty six seventy seven the revolver we shake less than forty minutes time not close up yesterday so we'll start to the year engaged to get the u.s. dollar as far as russia markets were concerned they managed the prize only defying expectations to hold on to their gains obey it modest it was a pretty lackluster performance there was a march movement volumes. in moscow yesterday as i say opening bell in about forty minutes time for how the figures next up let's see how those oil prices are getting on and it's a change of fortunes eversleigh slow going to make speech it just says the money is to regain some we've also had reports as well that u.s. stockpiles are on the rise like a parade is the next hour as i say figures for the russian market are right already waiting for there was bated breath thanks very much indeed for the subway katie and
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