julian assange she waits for ecuador to decide on his request for political asylum . for the chances of him leaving the u.k. without being arrested. and britain and the u.s. may give immunity and clemency to syria's president assad if he attends a conference on the transition of power all as part of the effort to oust the syrian leader. continues in libya with over one hundred killed in a week of tribal clashes as the interim government fails to end violence in the post . president says the private investment not boil

should be the driver economic growth in russia join me in twenty minutes time from this a p the book international economic. worldwide news live from moscow this is with me rule research on the fate of julian assange could be sealed within hours as the president of ecuador is expected to make a decision on the whistleblowers request for political asylum the wiki leaks editor has spent a second night in the london embassy of the latin american state where he came hoping to avoid extradition to sweden it's all as british police say they are ready to arrest him as soon as he as he steps out the front door of the embassy building . takes up the story. held under house arrest and oppressed by the

government in an effort to silence a pro-democracy message to the public but we're not talking about famous political dissident song suchi she's now free and being warmly welcomed by the british government we're talking about a western exponents of freedom of speech the charges of ever being voted against julian assange yet he still spent more than five hundred days under house arrest fighting extradition to sweden and possibly the u.s. now he's desperately hoping ecuador in the safe haven he seeks the latest dramatic twist in the case of julian assange she is once again called the eyes of the world's media behind the ecuadorian embassy those chilean astonished takes a breath eat it away from the height and his supporters say that this is a dark a tale of a man who has been abandoned by his own country persecuted by the us and failed by the u.k.'s legal system but he's not looking for consular assistance he's looking for political and diplomatic assistance and he's looking for

a stroll in government to stand up for and son just fight has been a long one eighteen months of legal wrangling in the resulted in the rejection of his supreme court appeal against extradition to sweden what this was about was once julian assange gets extradited to sweden he's in prison in sweden the next thing that happens is the u.s. assuming there's an indictment largest extradition warrant in sweden eventually the u.s. gets his hands on him they stick him in a prison in the united states fears of what might await him across the atlantic may well have prompted his latest i think you'll end up actually very very serious charge probably life in prison if not the death penalty and it will be a stacked against those who are sitting with the bradley manning case united states now has the records rather than we'll of course these on time founded concerns as a long list of u.s. figures he. openly calls not only for songes incarceration but even for his death

this guy is a traitor treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be and i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a and here's why because of his work with wiki leaks this guy has made some powerful enemies you know the collateral murder video shows american helicopter gunships. the iraq war logs the afghan war diaries all of this cable guy has embarrassed american british government freedom fighting in the twenty first century is a whole new ball game with new rules new players and unexpected me even first songes legal team this was a complete surprise so we found out about it on twitter and say the man he revolutionized with and three wiki leaks released ground breaking stories has in another twist become the story himself and there are many now heaping that the next big release will be julian assange himself so r.t.

london. legal experts are in dispute over what's going to happen if indeed ecuador does grant songe asylum since there are no guarantees the u.k. will provide him a safe passage a professor donald rothwell from the australian national university college of law has explained the complications that could be likely to arise. i think if it would all is intending to remove mr sanchez with these permission to take a quick all there will be a delicate diplomatic negotiation that will need to type ties between ecuador and the u.k. authorities on that matter but the key issue is whether or not the immunity that the ecuadorians will be seeking to grant his sons will be respected by the u.k. government and the complexity associated with that is of course that assigned is currently being held in the united kingdom as a result of the swedish arrest warrant he's on bio at the moment pinning the

finalization of those extradition proceedings to sleeping and of course he's breached by all conditions by actually spending a night or two now the ecuadorian embassy so he is now wanted by the british police and they have indicated that will suit your esteem and while the world is watching where the latest twist in a songes legal saga will leave him we met with a leading figure from the wiki leaks website that made its founder a household name you can watch our interview with christin the trusts and a close friend of julian assange a little over twenty five minutes time hungry for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. and r.t. is coming to you live from moscow thanks for joining us today as a part of push to see syrian president assad step down britain and the u.s. and are thought to be considering giving him clemency that's if he agrees to attend

an upcoming international conference on the transition of power in syria. is following the story for us on live on here on r.t. could a sea of paper and i do tell us more about this potential deal what do you know at this point well the offer is being seen as a potential sweetener from britain and america to get back to the negotiating table for talks in geneva at the end of the month however the offer of clemency which could be contained in the proposal suggests that london and washington are remaining true to their mantra that despite no charges having been brought against him assad is a criminal and must be removed from power clemency offer could be crucial though if assad is to travel to switzerland as it's unlikely that he would attend talks during which he could be packed off to the international criminal court however should assad accept an offer the question has to be asked who and what would fill the power vacuum if he steps down now there are thousands of tons of weapons on the

ground in syria and enough factions within the opposition vying for power that we could see a repeat of the violence which is marred the transition of power in other countries who toppled their leaders during the arab spring as sambo who will have to take into account the fate of those arab leaders who were not offered this kind of deal in egypt mubarak was sentenced to life in prison tunis is ben ali is in exile in saudi arabia and t.v. news audiences around the world witnessed the brutal slaying of colonel gadhafi by his own people well his personal safety is side the syrian leader must also consider what would happen to the sizable portion of the people who still support him they won't receive the same clemency and may be subject to the type of brutal reprisal attacked which we see continuing in libya following the killing of gadhafi . are about his betrayal of a thank you. meanwhile a number of cia officers are operating secretly in southern turkey distributing

weapons between the syrian rebels to fight against the regime and this is according to american officials and arab intelligence officers and in syria itself people are often forced to join the armed rebellion by threats and intimidation. or if a national guard out. every evening cause a man has a spends time with his grandchildren but the stories grandpa tells the kids about bad and good people aren't fairy tales they're real wondering. who is this mohamed where is he he's dead. what they kill him because he didn't want to bring down president bashar assad garzon is the leader of a five thousand strong tribe his son and youngest granddaughter were shot dead by terrorists after he refused to join the movement against the syrian regime. when i stand here they came to me masked men carrying the al-qaeda flag with kalashnikovs

and many other weapons they wanted me to demonstrate and bring my tribesmen with me then they came in the night and started shooting in my house is covered in bullet holes from floor to ceiling later cars and saw them on t.v. once arrested the militants confessed to many crimes and mentioned cars and two. we stormed gaza mohair this house we were shooting and set fire next day where arranged to meet another victim but when we called him back for final details a stranger picked up when they had what is more hardin. you want. yes i will give you the whole sorry. because basra is a moment dean will bring you a great head start dog where is my danish bring me bashar al assad imo tell you where. the hell is this if you have families that had up and running people. sure.

you will get kidnapped too but we found a man who didn't hours later in hospital fortunately alive he told us he'd been attacked the gunman stopped his car took his money and mobile and shot him in the leg. they came asking to journey to go they searched and me and they took my family and love the city i was told they were following me but what should i do it has a came i don't even know why me was a little while my head dean is wondering why him mahmoud the last of the two matt knows exactly why people with guns visited his home and threatened him in his restaurants he used to feed syrian army officers and was also delivering center which is to the checkpoints with terrorists told me i cannot feed the army and i now have to see them for free free syrian army they also wanted me to lead an armed

group just like many others mahmud has fled his native it lip the city known as one of the syrian opposition strongholds which has seen several deadly terror attacks and now hiding in neighboring aleppo change in location every ten days and just like others he says he's already lost a lot but his ready to sacrifice the rest if it helps turn this dark page in this country's history while the west continues to pile more pressure on the syrian regime in the hope of deposing president assad it's remains unclear what kind of people would take his place with open support for the syrian rebels and a rise in the use of terror tactics the question many are asking is that what kind of direction would these force take the country. ready for national our team from syria. and r.t.

is coming here live in the heart of moscow still ahead for you in this program just a rap on the knuckles for actions which an enraged nation u.s. troops involved in burning the koran in afghanistan in february may get off just with fines and the reprimand. plus uncertainty results of the presidential election in egypt are delayed with experts saying egyptians are between a rock and a hard place anyway. now more than one hundred people have been killed and five hundred injured in just a week this is with tribal clashes going on in libya the tensions have been running high since last year's uprising which toppled moammar gadhafi but the interim government at the moment failing to stop the violence that's cause live to our middle east correspondent paul us we're standing by paula how serious could this be it may seem a bit dramatic but some are saying could libya be on the brink of civil war just months after the revolution. well i'm certainly hearing that kind of analysis in

the region there are many who say that a nother civil war in libya is on the cards this coming as you say off to the interim government announces that a week of classes southwest of the capital city of tripoli have left one hundred and five people killed and more than five hundred people injured this to happen just days after authorities called for an immediate cease fire and declared civil mountain of cities in the west of the country a military zone now we do know that a national audience brigade has been in the corridor between the warring factions that heavy and light with is being used that since monday the situation has been calm but this doesn't attract family very real volatility that we're seeing there in the region hoping this is also reporting that at the same forty two ambulances and dozens of doctors to evacuate people and at the same time to bring in emergency supplies the situation is such because what you have at the moment is a long standing rivalries between various tribes and also divided communities

coming to the fore and the government the rule of politics at the moment are to simply unable to impose law and order it's also raising questions over whether or not the election for the national assembly that has been slated for the july the seventh is going to go ahead it has already been postponed once with just tickle and technical reasons. for the audit medleys course want to thank you. now a u.s. military investigation into the qur'an burning by american troops in afghanistan has reportedly ruled against criminal charges it instead it recommended administrative discipline for up to seven soldiers which could mean fines or letters of reprimand several copies of the koran or worse set ablaze prompting deadly and to u.s. riots washington has apologized for the incident though it's fear the penalty could lead to a new wave of anger among afghans that phyllis bennis director of the new internationalism

project believes that is this decision shows a lack of accountability. the relationship between the us and government in kabul has been very difficult for a long time it certainly isn't only about this question of the burning of the qur'an there's been the killing of civilians and most especially the use of drones that have been responsible for the deaths of so many civilians across afghanistan these troops that are responsible for these outrages should be held accountable and there should be severe punishment there should be severe punishment right up the chain of command to those who have put them in these situations and set up the scenarios that have led to these actions the killing of sixteen. afghan civilians just a couple of months ago by allegedly one u.s. soldier this kind of activity highlights what is the reality of a longstanding war that from the beginning has been characterized by the deaths of civilians and other violations of international law military occupation breeds

outrage by the people who are occupied whether that is palestinians occupied by israel whether it's afghans occupied by the united states iraqis that were occupied by the united states for so long you know that in these situations the incidents the specific incidents that get a certain amount of attention are really only the tip of the iceberg of the atrocity that is military occupation that's what has to be brought to an end. this is r.t. don't forget there's always plenty more for you on our website certainly including a case of consumer discrimination in the. us a girl was refused the right to buy goods from an apple store simply for having iranian ancestry. plus nuclear sniffer dogs discover explosives near a swedish atomic power plant those details also at r.t. dot com.

just a moment on the r.t. world update for now though in egypt the election committee has postponed the results of the presidential runoff into the weekend and says it must review complaints presented by both candidates now there is uncertainty over the condition also of the convicted former president hosni mubarak who said to be in a coma sunday professor of political sociology at the american university in cairo thinks the run off has forced the majority of egyptians to choose between the options they just don't want. there are three options now is the you will have a confrontation with the and i was a. and that would leave the muslim brotherhood and move on who should know is mobilizing against him and that would leave the country in big tears and the second scenario is the military council and the muslim brotherhood would reach an

agreement pakistan your model in which there is the vision of the political party between the military and the muslim brotherhood so the option is clear that the muslim brotherhood candidate is in this case there will be this violent reaction in this to be the when he said this in the country this is the first time in seven thousand years. that the president but this was not the most favorable choice he wanted. was that we don't want. and we do not want a military. or a straight to jakarta now to kick off the r.t. world update and an indonesian air force plane has crashed into a residential area in the country's capital killing at least six people a jet hit a housing complex setting eight buildings on fire it was on a routine training flight at a time carrying. i think violence has left over eighty people dead in

me in ma this month with seventy of them killed just during the last week the state of iraq has been a rocked by revenge attacks between the region's buddhists and a muslim minority the apparent spark to be unrest with the killing of ten muslims by a buddhist mob in the wake of the rape and murder of a local group. and arrest warrant has been issued for the man who has just been nominated as prime minister of pakistan mark bowden is facing allegations over imports of an illegal drug while he was health minister he's currently the country's textiles minister but just had just been. nominated by president asif ali zardari to take over from such use of money he was fired after being convicted of contempt of court two months ago for refusing to reopen an old corruption case against president zardari. and after the business section we go there

is marina good to see you today i understand many of your colleagues are in some petersburg for the annual economic forum and president putin has just dressed those in attendance any highlights to the speech yes that's right in fact we will have some a part of the most important things that president putin did mention of course this is a three day long event that will once again become a platform for the financial elite to discuss the issues that are most relevant right now in this of course the european financial crisis around five thousand participants from almost ninety countries are paying additional attention to the eurozone problems this year naturally and the as you just mentioned has already made his key speech there where he emphasized the importance of boosting investments let's have a lesson. we

must increase investment into the economy to the level of twenty seven percent of g.d.p. by twenty team this is a realistic goal given the fact now this level stands at twenty percent of course it's private investment we're talking about here we do understand that we need to offer investors exclusive terms that's why it's the government's turn to improve the investment sentiment towards russia. and of course the impact of the escalating that crisis in europe is a hot topic here in russia right now because everyone is this cousin how it could impact russia's reform agenda and earlier we spoke to the point p.w. see partner david gray and he told us this is a not the case. and it seems that we are having some technical difficulties will have that sound for you later on but now let's take a look at the markets also very important to gauge what the situation is like if we can start with europe of course all eyes are there right now we see it's a mixed picture and that's because what we're seeing is investors reacting to weak manufacturing data coming out from china and also of course the u.s.

federal reserve gave some disappointment to ours and i came on a wednesday because basically everyone was expecting to hear about quantitative easing which it did not happen what they're doing they are expanding operation twist the government's current bond buying program and they're extending that by two hundred sixty seven billion u.s. dollars or if we move on to russia a similar picture here also the markets are max the r.t.s. is dropping almost half a percent there and the my sex is adding around the same and here not only are investors focused on everything that's happened in the euro zone and the negative reaction on the american markets but also we have a decline in oil prices and if we can take a look at those right now as i look at the oil prices i said they are declining south in fact they're heading for fifteen month lows and this always has a very negative effect on the russian economy. and it seems that our business team in st petersburg is back with us and here we go hello dmitry nice to see you and i

can you please give us the highlights of president putin speech there since you were there a lesson in what happened. well basically what it was certain started with an assessment of what's going on in the world economy you know in europe saying that the situation is of course far from being perfect but the fact that the efforts that have been implemented for the greek situation are creating grounds for moderate optimism on on his side basically what he needs he says that europe needs a more drastic approach a more unified approach with more dramatic measures because hof measures are basically damaging the economy. then they hear basically talked about the russian economy praising the efforts that were again implemented by his government and various government over the past years to come out of the crisis and he said that basically russia is now back to a levels even exceeding the pre-crisis levels when it comes to unemployment when it comes to g.d.p.

growth which is the first fastest in the world and also he said basically that russia is that main task right that was to diversify still away from oil and that g.d.p. growth must come from private capital let's listen to what he had to say. my and then i think we must increase investment into the economy to the level of twenty seven percent of g.d.p. by twenty team this is a realistic goal given the fact that now at this level stands at twenty percent year of course it's private investment we're talking about here we do understand that we need to offer investors exclusive target that's why it's the government's turn to improve the investment sentiment towards rushers. because that means let's now discuss the the aspects of that in approach and speech with the chief economist of the t.v. capital alex a may say thank you so much for being with us so what did you make of that speech what were the highlights for you from the most important for the

comments we should the president made about the need to conduct conservative african on the policy when he spoke of how important it is that inflation has gone down that inflation is to be contained in the future and they have the budget spending also has to be put under control from the point of view of not spending windfall boylen gas related revenues and he has praised that the government is talking about the option of the so-called budget rule which would limit spending of this kind of revenues and would therefore make russian budget significantly more. more stable is relative to potential as you know it's in the rules about which the president obviously has spoken look quite well and to me always the most important point was when he said that russia has exhausted all the possibilities to grow extensively and russia needs to move to grow using intensive measures such as this was a productivity putting investment climate doing business conditions and that to me sounds like an agenda for his neighbors national terms and that i think is the most

encouraging and promising from the point of view of reforms and certainly to achieve this he spoke long about the importance of the privatisation program and it's the different aspects that basically private capitalist the sometimes more efficient than them government control what do you make of this call to basically move away from state control is that a good sign for investors i think that's definitely a good sign for investors and that's very important that the russian government which has ended up quite a lot of questions here in the last crisis in my city in two thousand and eight is actually now planning to dispose of those as a son fuel cell many of them i don't think a lot though the present within the sound a little more balanced in a sense. he's not going to support. the bulldogs ation at all costs it up with the of the placings that monopolies in his words are places that monopolies with private monopolies is not necessarily a good thing now we know that from the one nine hundred eighty s. century writings. and that to me is important that people presume is not the

panacea that what has to be done is structural reforms and here i go back to my previous comment about the need to modernize to prevent climate. and here proposition is the portal to local if you get rid of the state told us about those great efficient markets and petition arrives on the scene we say thank you so much because you are right with the question on time this out i would like save me save chief economist at the capital talking to us here at the st petersburg economic forum where with course we will be providing you with the latest coverage about evolution is to sign crucial deals in the energy sector we'll keep you posted on that and of course with the monster in the situation from here me too with them because they're reporting from st petersburg thank you very much looking forward to hear what else is coming up there were able for now about seven miles from where the base is that ski both here and in st petersburg back to you in the studio and of course the headlines which will be coming up.

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