find out what's really happening to the global economy is a report on our. own thanks for being with our team it's half past the hour and these are your top stories the u.n. envoy to syria also says he's quitting with kofi annan blaming the international community's failure tonight to find a peaceful solution to the conflict this comes as the battle for the syrian city of aleppo is about. according to the u.n. . while foreign media coverage of the conflict is criticized as inconsistent by some syrians rebel atrocities are going largely unreported while the lion's share of the blame for the killing has been placed on damascus. the controversial trial of members of a woman's punk band charged over and todd who stand in the main orthodox cathedral

in moscow is to hear explanations for the cutest lawyers for the three of the riot members aren't present defense arguments today. started exclusively speaks to wiki leaks whistleblowers mother christina song about the fight for her son and america's role in the process. thank you very much christine perhaps for being here today with us in this show. just to start how do you feel about the work that your son has done and the effect that it's had on the rod on and policies of the united states the reactions that have occurred since then and that but also on his life and and you as his mother the perception that you've had of his work and what he's done when he initially started wiki leaks told me that he was doing something to help.

people in repressive regimes to be able to whistleblower citizen whistle blows to be able to get the truth out about some of the abuses that were happening in the countries and for you that's what happened and he circles and the way in which he was it would work but then when the documents kind to the wiki leaks struck books on america things all changed for some reason it was all right to produce documents that other countries that this is the united states was embarrassed his life became three. so i have two reactions one is the mother of course i wish she'd never done and said nothing but as a citizen having this discussion with helixes. to transparency to the world that the abuses of corruption kidnapping extortion.

torture. and for involved big financial institutions of course i completely support my son so can you talk a little bit about your son who is joining us and. he's not sure what a lot of the media says he's. she is a very simple living this has started over to really stick and yes quite even still has quite a little wardrobe. the only vento we collect snakes if we can exist and none not for profit organization and they are on modest wages including julian. so this was not in any way to create it. and financial impact some people say is. it's actually quite a shock to some. only which kind of the media with me really when the. interviewer sort of being away with the american disclosures came because he needed

to feed which he didn't. and. so it's not really his way to come to the cameras. and if you knew him personally you would find that it's a little different from what you'd see in front of cameras it is much more relaxed his has a very good sense of humor. he would smile more like what did you imagine i mean growing up or even in his early adult years that this is something that he could have done had he wanted to be a physicist. and. molecular physicists these other words work he wanted to discover. the source of the universe that was what he wanted to do and i guess it's a similar sort of thing his always been to that truth in some form. of his scientific truth or philosophical truth. so he has an incredibly high

realize and even the little boy. his question was always why and it is very inquiry is actually quite a creative person when he was doubt five he used to pick up the harmonica and play blues how very very actually he can also draw a bit of odessa is a person that chosen to direct it and he can write beautifully and so he's chosen to direct his energies into we keep the x. which is a bicycling. journalism combined with ingenuity. is a good father who is the young father and many people don't realize this that. at a certain point julian says. that his son's mother was unable to care for. julius son and he's fifteen and. was a single father when you use than and he had to sell custody of his son from the

time he was a dad a few months old and he gave up his studies. i gave up his career to stay home and look after my grandson until he went to school and just work part time after that so that he could be his own man does he just have one child either to his two children but i don't want to talk of course because i'm trying to protect the family there now or do you think that your son's life is in danger absolutely. from the beginning. from the u.s. from politicians and from. news commentary this was screaming out his mood in the most brutal way. they seem to be no. hilltop at all in how they were feeling. calling out for the goofus of murder inciting mood against myself. and still in the last few weeks. there's

been a fox news because it has because fox news kool k.t. mcfarland who was screaming out to julian six a commission this is somebody who is not writing the war and has done nothing more than any good in this a good journalist would do which is to be an interesting one is one very waterfall where you're now quite obviously advocating for your son are you here particularly to advocate for his political asylum request is the authority in history invited me so that i could speak to him that there were going knew that the conditions in this trial for example by the government has been due to him can you talk a little bit about that yes well unfortunately for australia. we have. a prime minister who is really can only really be described as a puppet for the us who approve all writing is twenty seven percent of people are not happy with it all and from the beginning the prime minister. condemned my son.

in the media sticking ahead of a case which is unheard of in a struggle to speak about a case and commits judgment upon a person prior to a trial she jeopardized his right to due to the resumption of innocence by saying that what he did was even. she actually proved preceded the american government in those statements and. despite the fact that this trial in federal police. some two weeks later. after this decided that julian had broken no laws at all in a strata and the u.s. treasury had refused to blacklist wiki leaks because they could find no crime that had been commuted this trial in prime minister julia gillard. continued to defy my son in the media do you think that the australian government would hand over to the

united states if they had the part about have done so absolutely you know this is a great concern given that the united states has been labeling its own citizens as low level terrorists. so with that with america being within the top five countries to executing their own citizens in the world and that actually is cooperating since ninety seven. from one hundred year to ninety eighty year. this is a great concern so you're sam has been passably fastly accused most likely fast the accused he's now been detained for over a year and a half in england and there appear to be secret grand journeys against him in the united states and request for severe punishment against him what do you think would happen to jury and if he were actually to the united states well ahead sophist head it's emotional but work was lucky to have been apart from what they're doing to one

of their own soldiers bradley manning. which the un report on torture says is cruel and inhumane treatment and is very concerned i was on a pedal. cambridge capital city. and one of the other speakers was at his trial you called david hicks who has been six years in guantanamo bay now. president obama came into office with the promise of closing down guantanamo bay but it hasn't been cause and effect this thirty billion dollars with the fiberoptics going to go as we speak. and a bit told me told all the all you guys about his treatment guantanamo bay and this is something that we could expect to do if not worse because david hicks was a very might apply so. i am terrified what will happen to myself. so kristina here in ecuador or to support his request for political asylum you've

met with foreign minister met with the president do you think that he's going to get political asylum here so i can say that all i can say is that. was very impressed by the level of intelligence and knowledge already that the foreign minister and the president and his other ministers of that with other ministers to do as will head off the coasts much more that my government is willing to admit they do know although given the evidence have no understanding of it or deliberately strip was it you two people there was very warm. i felt very confident going to be with these good people i thought that the concert for chile was genuine. they have expressed that they believe the case is political and it. really disgraceful the way that the rule of law is being abused and the use of my son's human rights and legal rights and. they are going to be

looking at every detail. so they can make it sound decision and they're leaving no stone unturned to find out the truth and that's all i can ask of them at this stage the documents they're impaired by wiki leaks have been incredibly useful for many of us doing investigative reporting in latin america because of course they are disclosed all kinds of. different evidence of us meddling in the affairs of other countries in the region and particularly against those that have progressive governments yes if i don't have much time you've got that the one the one country one cable that moved me the most with the haiti cable which we had to give it to yeah many of them share clear answers for us to take advantage of a country that was guy. the whole country was going through the speakers quite and she used that black bow only to try and get immunity why age attempts down.

refused in the eye and to block attempts budget is wired up to reduce the cost of oil to sixty percent so that could kill these hospitals and schools and then for the u.s. embassy to send a cable back from haiti to the u.s. so i could go rush is on to the side of the u.s. contractors who were found doubling quotes and groping after hurricane katrina. after i read that kaiden that was it for me i looked at others but that was the one that i think touched my heart the most. of the lack of a fix. and the brutal materialism to do that to a country it's a whole country suffering with that amount of distress or thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview with us today thank you.

i. did full started here. before going global and now it's my. blog you. choose your place to take your stand. to. make your statement. split into what. you points to illo.

the u.n. envoy to syria also says he's quitting with kofi annan blaming the international community's failure to find a peaceful solution to the conflict this comes as the battle for the syrian city of aleppo is about to escalate according to the un. foreign media coverage of the conflict is criticized as inconsistent by some syrians rebel atrocities all growing a largely unreported while the lion's share of the blame for the killing is being placed on damascus. the controversial trial of members of a woman's punk band charged over and anti putin's stand in the main orthodox cathedral in moscow is to hear explanations for the accused lawyers for the three pussy riot members are to present defense arguments today. time now for some

sporting action dimitris here with the latest. hello there welcome to the sports update here in our company again the top stories . at russia claimed the gold medal of the summer olympics. shines in the one hundred kilogram category in judo. yet another girl the greatest olympian ever michael phelps now becomes a sixteen time olympic champion extending his medal tally to twenty. new northern lights needs some sailing infuses helping to reveal russia's arctic waters to ocean loving tourists.

first their landon olympics where russia has claimed a third world success came in. life won the one hundred kilogram category final but it wasn't the only medal for russian athletes on thursday i respond richard has more on day six of the games. day six of the london two thousand and twelve olympics has been russia's most productive as of yet it's a goal of two silvers and three bronze it's taking their medal tally to seventeen so far these games but it came as no surprise whatsoever of the gold came on the judo mats where russia had so much success so far and with the russian president vladimir putin in the audience is of course a massive judo find himself on a black belt. produced a performance all his life with the men's one hundred kilogram category. i still haven't realized what happened i just see people's happy faces around me this in the final bout was very tough and i was very tired after that probably that's why i've run out of emotions. russia's female gymnasts of also how to find games

success also continued on thursday has sold her comb over and. claimed a silver and a bronze in the women's all round events however they didn't have quite enough to capture eventual champion what was going to be old douglas of the united states who continues her very impressive games with a second gold medal was finally is some joy for russia shooters had very little luck so far at this event but we came into the london two thousand and twelve games full of hope and a very good record plenty of medals and points out of a podium spots but still be some relief the most in the top their first medal of the game as he got a bronze medal following a shootout in the men's double trap. i'm happy to claim a bronze medal it's also russia's first medal in shooting at these games and i hope it can boost our results in other disciplines because we've got many fourth places and that's probably the worst place to finish. the russian swimmers haven't had

much luck at these games either with just a simple three bronze to show for a reference going into day six however one of the country's most talented swimmers you leave female for the problems of the women's two hundred meters breaststroke was incredibly her first ever big medal but the gold that went america's rebecca soni set a world record in the process and move us some joy as well for russia's fences are having a fine tournament as they managed to pick up a silver in the women's team for live and i went head to head with italians in the final but they just didn't have enough to beat their opponents from italy who managed plain gold quite comfortably in the end. finally gets underway on friday one of russia's massive hopes for gold on the chatham over show beginning a tough competition underway so there's plenty to look forward to and hopefully plenty more medals to come over the next few days richard dancy london. morning.

from the british capital in the women's tennis maria sharapova is targeting a goal during a grand slam after beating kim clijsters in straight sets and reaching the semifinals six two seven five eight finished russian had won all four majors and needs just an impact for the full set of the last four she'll play compatriot america or lanka who saw patrick way to. the in straight sets to set up my semifinal against wimbledon champion cyrano williams threshed current business people. at the olympic basketball tournament russia have booked their place in the playoffs claiming their third victory in a row in dramatic fashion david laufman defeated brazil by a single point seventy five seventy four with six seconds to go in the final quarter the russians were two points down but vitali free zones shot from behind at the very end of the period gave his teammates the victory next up for russia spain

on saturday. now the greatest olympian ever michael phelps has added yet another gold to his impressive collection of olympic medals now he's got twenty over all the twenty seven year old american one of the men's two hundred meters medley in a time of one minutes to. seven seconds for his outstanding sixteen for gold that was his first individual event victory in london. two second for silver while lost all track of hundred plaint bronze. moving on to football where you have one two meal at dutch side to take a first leg lead in the third qualifying round of the europa league and a shot to finally broke a deadlock for the team after sixty three minutes and ten minutes later for small

of made. suniel giving guus hiddink. gold advantage to take the netherlands to take to the netherlands for the second leg in a week's time while in a more school drew with scottish side down the united goals from a flood and gave in gunning responded to by precise shots from central and under. new liverpool manager brendan. reign off to a winning start the reds claimed a one zero victory at f.c. global in belarus all of was guilty of shooting wide midway through the second half the best chance. to pay for their wastefulness ice to downing blocks of a long range beauty just two minutes later the victory means little will take away goal advantage into the second leg at anfield next wednesday. and finally sailing in russia's arctic has been almost inaccessible to foreigners

until a few fuses came up with a solution designed to attract tourists to the world's biggest country and my culture is now reports from on board the pay to. the adventure racing eighty degrees consists of two course the first is cruz and company in other words he said leisure trip that takes it to places in northern russia very few have seen before it starts over in st petersburg and you're not home just three weeks later now the second port is by far more extreme and only the most experienced crews will get some make that voyage show which will culminate at the a.t.m. parallel at the france joseph black caps and sands eighteen point five metre bermuda sloop is right for the cold peter the first back into one hundred ten the crew became the first sailing boat to circuiting navigate the arctic circle with down to a nice breaker but their current plan is just as daring and near insurmountable well at least for now because i never got the regatta i was initially set up in

order to jumpstart tourism in russia i think up until may of this year foreign boats needed a special decree by the prime minister in order to access russian waters while all flags are now welcome here the mechanism is still far from running smoothly adventure races help for the second time this year and we proved that it's possible to have eight yachts from poland germany norway finland and russia began their trip in st petersburg visiting and number of sites on the way to our high gets over it for a week period but the trip for your strewed he began in the harbor of solid it's good islands where i found out that one does not have to be a professional sailor or extremely wealthy in order to visit one of the world's most unchartered territory french tourists pierre and maya instantly became one with the crew and will bring back some unforgettable memories from the white sea in the north of russia i need to still to digest everything that happened for the past three weeks because i actually didn't get time to prepare so it came on me really

suddenly and that it was really a fantastic trip great organization and great places and really a discovery of many things that i had very much wanted to see. three long weeks of deprivation finally ended for the truth there's enough gets most locals witnessed their arrival for interest in such fashion for the first time and it now seems that yachting in this previously hard to access area could not become the next hot spot for northern sailing fans from all over the world. russia is hoping. this was the last bus permission from prime minister is it will support crazy to forget the old who wants to go across the russia. prime minister and. free for a year six yachts will go on their own way and simple story they excrete arctic adventure race record breaking flank ship peter the first is one of the boats and

german yacht luna accounts and by a brave woman straight is the other getting acquainted with russian culture along the route was probably secondary to her and invaluable nautical experience from captain dan took center stage closer to the departure beyond the arctic circle the major reason is to go to france he was a friend so. with a way to make it possible to go to france you have to come to a. second part of adventure race. yet it's such a beautiful landscape so why don't come back again so and i would really make a sort of time whenever it's possible the arctic adventure will wrap up on the fourth of august answer peter the first and luna will have traveled nearly two thousand miles but captain dan and the rest of his crew are already hoping next year's voyage will attract with foreigners into russia's northern waters remarkable

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