starts on t.v. dot com. breaking silence speaks from his current son true an ecuadorian embassy in london saying legal proceedings against him have been deliberately didn't aid another u.s. time to construct a prosecution case over leaked cables. fifteen of the world's top banks are left reeling after rating agency moody's slashes their credit scores. and battlefield their way relations between russia and syria become the target of mainstream media outlets get excited reports of literally a massive joint games. with business leaders to find out how work in your browser compares to the from pittsburgh international economic forum the business is just off the twenty plus deal.

around the world around the clock you're watching r.t. . now the world's top whistleblower says he's optimistic about his political asylum bed and his first public comment since walking into the ecuadorian embassy in london with a request for century joining us sanjoy also said the u.s. was building a case against him over the cables he applied for refuge as he faces extradition from britain to sweden which could eventually see him transferred across the atlantic. in london force. but huge amounts of speculation as he spends his life in the ecuadorian embassy and now we're all waiting to find out whether his asylum bit though is going to be successful now in the interview he gave it was interesting that the journalists. used. a lot of people have been using

it as a lot of rhetoric. in regards to his actions saying you know. being in some way so the genesis talked about doing extradition and julian assange which is. strays and says you know this is never. anything and it was never even really about sweden is it has always been about what would happen when he was in sweden an issue huge amounts of the u.s. actions while he is in sweden let's take a listen to what he had. to . buy. that i would. we shot in sweden immediately on the expedition i tried to cancel the fourteen days that i had to apply to you about it at the european court of human rights

is upon you to come to the u.k. the pasta eighteen months because by being absolutely normal procedure and the refusal to explain it in any manner whatsoever to the press corps has kept me trapped united kingdom while the united states has put paid to try to convince me anyway. to waive maintained. in detention the legal action will take and then getting a song to. take to the u.s. playing way again repeating thinking about all the no i think. the evidence that there is a case that again is everywhere. i now have a forty eight thousand one hundred thirty five i. just issued statements made in court in a traditional family matters you can next monday. and it just

are among the subjects of the grand jury proceedings which are now being going to come from. subpoenas everywhere there is to come out in public record about getting into a grand jury where you have received. the phoenix mention my name two people have been detained at the u.s. airports you created by the f.b.i. . so i mean a very serious situation and that gives an insight into exactly what's going on inside because this is really work again caught the attention of the world's media and we've been outside the ecuadorian to say the last couple of days huge amounts of press attention getting and everyone is coming to the end of being quit. but exactly how things are going everyone trying to get about what the outcome of this is going to be you know even though we can hear that not entirely sure about what exactly is going to happen. but under house arrest sounds recorded

a series of interview shows that right here on our team he's spoken to a high profile and controversial guests including politicians activists and intellectuals among the interviewees was one with ecuador's president rafael correa that's coming your way later this hour. also later this hour we report on health care in the u.s. is to pry into other countries business washington takes cyber spying to the national level and spending billions of dollars on the first bomb or so. fifteen of the world's largest banks have been rocked by credit score downgrades with rating agency moody's delivering on what it has long promised to do those hit include goldman sachs morgan stanley bank of america bank of scotland and deutsche bank financial powerhouses domestically and internationally the move could make it harder for them to keep existing clients or attract new ones and their money is

also fear the downgrades could trigger a fresh market panic and nexus to gold but surely the graph economic blogger and founder of the website wide awake news says the end goal of the group is to spread fear i spoke to him a little earlier. i think what we're going to see is this play out over the next couple weeks we're going to see more fear we're going to see more gloom by the mainstream business media in order to effect what citibank and they're doing to big just a week ago came out and said that they need it they need a shock to the market they need to get political cover not only the politicians here in the u.s. but they need to give political cover to the folks in europe as well so they can continue their process of battering in eviscerating representative government there and consolidating more power and handing it up to brussels is far is that the euro falling apart i think that that will not happen we will see the crisis escalate we will see fear and panic and i believe personally it is engine ears fear and panic

in order to implement the agenda that they've talked about for a decade now global financial governance you need to have fear in order to take away people's sovereignty so how will these big banks react to the stand all the days of rampant risk taking that. no absolutely not carry a in fact look let's look at some facts here you know pre-crisis in the united states the top five j.p. morgan chase bank of america citi wells fargo goldman sachs they made up under forty percent of our economy in two thousand and twelve in june as i sit here and speak to you they're over fifty percent of the economy you know these banks don't have to worry about risk these guys are writing the law in my opinion they are writing the law that governs not only this country but the world saving the euro is going to be top of the agenda today as the days of us and for biggest economies meet in rome where there is enough time to rescue the single currency is also the topic for debate with people about his guests and cross talk coming your way next

hour. yes the ways are but there's a cost significant cost of attached to each way out so i think what you have is the one at this moment is they're trying to calculate these costs because this is a chance and they will choose the lower cost so i personally think greece out or any country is going to be hurting the zon on the currency immensely was i think precedent has been said if they're exactly as if you know years that you are you cutting out you're nowhere to be able to avoid the who's next question that's number one because we'll see the markets will see at least if greece is otherwise why is portugal then why is there such as all these weak links will always be questions. reports of russian warships headed for syria massive joint military exercises putin's sudden change of heart regarding the us and regime they're all stories flying in the mainstream media over the past week which have been raising eyebrows

in moscow. explores what's behind the speculation. syria may be on the brink of civil war but it's already the subject of a full blown media war ships on a ships that's been the question for the past week as reports russian ship was on its way to say according to the reports the battleships were laden with arms and troops and headed for syria it later turned out they would know when mysteria they're in their home port of sevastopol empty but in the fog of war any reports however it accurate has some kind of influence. as long as you have so many forces . excited about the your option and that is that things are always yes they were and they were. going to get there through this information as usual will like they did before the iraq war and before. intervening in afghanistan in the late

seventies also there was a delay of some this information there was one ship it was turned back off the coast of scotland respond to be carrying helicopter parts bound to syria q a sessions that russia was supplying combat helicopters to president assad we are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from russia to syria which will escalate the conflict quite dramatically it's an allegation that russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says is part of a propaganda campaign the shape of which is being discussed but these days that indeed was scary for the defense systems and it was carrying the three helicopters which have been repaired in russia under the control signed into cells of a dose of soviet helicopters seventy five feet in syria from seoul did this and of

course i wouldn't say there was a construct a repeat of the past two to be assembled when they are delivered a fifth of the symbols of the entire process will fit with less than three months so to speak about something which we just sold to syria and which is being used. in action is not true that it wasn't only ships apparently war games were planned to it rainy a news agency fawaz reported that iran russia china and syria are planning to conduct joint military exercises in syria next month analysts think the story was planted by syria or iran as a show of strength but that u.s. outlets took it up because the. suited them for the u.s. and you love this story because it matches their narrative you know the. regime and its supporters in iran or russia or china or. they are the ones who are. the conflict instead of seeking the peaceful solution so

a lot of the story you know. tension to get in the news agency is then there's the war of words british prime minister david cameron came out of a meeting with president putin at the recent g twenty summit saying putin no longer wanted president to act that in power in syria russia's foreign ministry later denied that was peace his position but was it a case of lost in translation wishful thinking on the prime minister's parts or another attempt to exert pressure on russia in the last fifteen months is being a media attack on syria that the crisis to syrian crisis is seventy percent of media so two percent on the ground so there is a quite a lot of stories every day. like for some mob stations by just some of those using you tube. there is no confirmed reports anymore it's said the

first casualty of war is the truth and all this international rumor mongering and jockeying for position comes at the expense of the syrian people the situation doesn't change regardless of which country won the latest battle of words lower smith. britain and the us are said to be considering giving president assad come and see him safe passage out of syria if he goes to an international conference on a power handover. from the universal he said federation n.g.a. believes it's a move designed to soften russia and china's objections to what they see as the west's aggressive rhetoric. i think this is a tactical standing point by the west specifically by the u.s. and the british or the brits in order to maneuver actually this is a political maneuvering in the middle east or forward in order to attract such.

russian let's say back up for it or the chinese even back up for this new i'm actually idea by the west in order for them to get the i mean reserve year you know the out of the presidency i mean pressured last heard and this is their own tactical actually or strategical interests actually in the middle east and to the above all is syria so the whole scenario i think it's an american movie illustrated and directed could be by the but it's. a small waiting few well on our website r.t. dot com telling of the go high in real life. government and take matters into its own hands and start legalizing the selling of marijuana to fight drug trafficking. plus a drone business experts predict up to twenty thousand of them. to be flying u.s. planes and twenty.

reports have surfaced suggesting the u.s. and israel are behind a computer virus that appears to be in the want to try to spy on iran's nuclear activities that despite washington's condemnation of hacker attacks it is those directed against the u.s. authorities going to teach account reports. that american officials may sound defensive when they talk about cyber attacks as being a major threat to the country's security a weapon of mass disruption you could have a cyber attack that would be as consequential in terms of the economy maybe even in terms of loss of ryan fashions we typically associate with more fry the next pearl harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our our power system cerner our grid acts of terror could come not only from a few extremists and suicide vests but from

a few keystrokes on the computer but it turns out the u.s. government itself carries out cyber attacks against other nations the washington post cites officials speaking on condition of anonymity to say entrap aeration for cyber sabotage against iran the u.s. and israel developed the flame virus flame is the most complex computer spying program ever discovered it has the capacity to steal or alger elec twenty documents by now nobody doubts the program was development by a government entity that something like this appears to be what they would call state sponsored it sounds like the n.s.a. it is even but i mean they're necessary to see has it does this kind of thing we know they've done this kind of things you're getting intelligence without having to put someone actually there it's cyber espionage while the flame war was collecting intelligence the stuxnet virus borrowed into iran's nuclear program and created havoc in its uranium enrichment centrifuges the obama administration did not deny

the leaks in the new york times that it had teamed up with israel to create stuxnet at some fear that the move almost invites retaliation when you attack for instance iraq's nuclear program you provide the iranians with their weapons your word which they can that really reverse engineer take apart figure out how it works turn it around send it your way a leading man. so basic you're ready for it which uncovered the flame virus says part of its code is nearly identical to the code finding stuxnet and suggested that the viruses were developed by two teams working in collaboration leaks in the press support that assessment one official also on condition of anonymity said is just the beginning and the u.s. is preparing the battlefield for another type of covered action we're setting precedent for other nations and that's where the real problem lies because we've been criticizing china for allegedly attacking united states companies and u.s.

governments while the same time engaging in this in the same conduct with other countries feel bomb administration has openly confirmed hacking websites but only if alleged al qaeda sympathizers in yemen the u.s. secretary of state described this cyber effort as part of a larger attack on terrorism but many fear the u.s. cyber efforts go well beyond that. as u.s. defense authorities go offensive in cyber warfare the pentagon's cyber command has fast tracked the development of weapons the administration just announced a one hundred ten million dollar program to solicit proposals from universities and video game manufacturers so much hype about cyber war is that some people that seem to be in the authority about war start talking about technology as if they understand that they're always talking about war because that's their business and so they're trying to root technology into that and so when we have no control of our technology we have these people that wish to use it for for their ends for war

specifically that's a recipe for some pretty scary stuff cyber space as a whole is now seen by the u.s. military as the basket of opportunity you can't really tell the government don't do to others what you don't want them to tell you but in light of the recent revelations about the u.s. being engaged in cyber attacks one might ask what message does the same with the government being with the dems library. have heard them all but it is. like one hell of a hacker i'm going to check out reporting from washington. now look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour. seventeen people have been killed after a tot about an attack on a lakeside hotel north of kabul civilians hotel guards and a police officer monk dead with all of the militants said to have been killed around forty hostages were freed by afghan security forces well just a day ago present and cause i want that attacks were increasing in the run up to

nato troops leaving in two years' time getting off an assault on an afghan checkpoint on wednesday which killed twenty one people. norwegian prosecutors in the trial of unders brave ik say they believe him to be insane and have recommended he be sent to a psychiatric hospital rather than prison judges are due to deliver their verdict on the case in july august where it has admitted to killing seventy seven people in norway last july he bombed government buildings in oslo before going on a shooting rampage at a youth camp an interview. well time now for the business news and the annual meeting of economic heavy hitters in petersburg forum is underway in russia's capital.

this is a bushel is there for us with exclusive in-depth coverage of the high profile gathering to go to you daniel what's the mood among the global policy makers today . yeah they say hurry up they want the transformation of russia to be speeded up they say that president putin made all the right noises that his speech promising to bring more foreign investors into the country and also to make the country more investor friendly but delegates point to the joint sale of russia's crown jewels the biggest rolls in after the biggest lender sperm bank and so on which has been postponed over the years so many times that they've lost count now i'm delighted to be joined by the head of one of the world's big four accounting firms young james turley jim thanks so much for joining us we'll watch this privatization big proposition drop start this year but i think it's going to get going there is a strong desire to i think that the capital markets in the volatility in those markets are always something the government has to consider but i know there's a deep commitment to do so you know i mean some of the world's biggest banks have

just been downgraded that's one reason why it's been put off because of the world problems how serious is the downgrade of the credit rating of some of the world's biggest banks i think that most of the down various were expected and i think it's a reflection of the volatility we just talked about a reflection of the turmoil in the capital markets and self i don't think it's a indicator of doom and gloom i think it's a reflection of some of the views of the rating agencies given how vulnerable of the rest of the world russia or other countries to the euro and build of debt problems look i think the eurozone has a lot of challenges right now in the fiscal situation is right about a lot longer term the growth challenges across the euro zone are a bigger worry to me there's a lot of koreans from asia that has to take place for europe to get competitive and i think that's something that russia has to pay attention to tell us about this transformation is what well i think that when you're. the euro zone in demography is working against you populations aging i think that combined with work

rules harmony and other social cause customs are not globally competitive is a bad mix and so a lot of changes take place will russia continue to growth move quickly if the developed countries do you believe yes will i think that the president was very clear that he is on the move warning make sure the russia is a very attractive destination for investment from outside but also important real commitment entrepreneurship within russia will grow faster now this isn't a business question but it's something that's in the news you're one of the board members of the boy scouts association in the u.s. but you've just come out in favor of gay people being able to lead this organization do you feel attitudes are changing towards gay people in america who are i think they are nurturing young is known as almost inclusive leadership cultures in the world we're just seeking tell them in whatever shape it comes to whatever orientation comes in and so what i said is the membership policies that boys got to have are not ones that we support of ernst and young what i think the

boy scouts is a great organization and i think it'll get even greater it's wonderful it's really interesting jim turley. thank you very much indeed so privatization may still this year but some worries that it has been postponed yet again as promised we'll have another guest next hour katie is that almost go test you have the latest figures from around the world hello there daniel i show day i'm going to get some european markets there at the center of it all at the moment after the fifteen banks were downgraded by me. we've been reporting about it all day it's really taking a hit in the region we've got doing to buy in town yes credit suisse all suffering from those cars also want to mention about that in the last ten minutes or so we had german business confidence now it to your lies it see the common currency and see how that is responding to all of this the exchange rates that we may and. it is still lingering around the six month low also to talk about the ruble which is still losing value against the u.s.

dollar and the euro that's as investors really steer clear of risky assets and head for the same behave in the u.s. dollar ok let's head on and see how the market's doing here in russia we can see they were made in negative territory that was feeling the pressure from the asian pressure earlier on and also feeling the pinch from the european markets as well and oil certainly isn't helping matters that see these prices as we can see that below ninety dollars per barrel for the bread just about for the first time in eighteen months only a weak economic data comes from china the u.s. europe as well all pointing to a lower demand so the us the markets without me on the business desk ounce of petersburg for now and see the headlines.

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