find out what's really happening to the global economy is a report on our. thanks for joining r.t. it's half past the hour now and here's a quick recap of your headlines calls on the u.n. to speed up the search for a new syria peace envoy as kofi annan quits over growing violence in the country and the blame game out the security council now the u.n. general assembly is to vote on condemning the security council for failing to stop the violence. tear gas and stun grenades involved reign of the government leaves a fresh crackdown against the long running protests as activists try and cut all the key highway demos against the ruling regime began nearly eighteen months ago but have earned

a little attention from the world community. and the anti putin punk band is defending why it pulled a political stunt of russia's main cathedral the three women are charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and face up to seven years jail if convicted. next artie's speaks exclusively to the mother of wiki leaks is julian a song who's fighting to save her son from a seemingly aventure american politician. 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 it 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 whistleblowers citizens who goes to be able to get the truth out about some of the abuses that were happening in the country and for you that's what happened and he's locked wards in a way in which he was it would work but then when the documents kind to the wiki leaks drop box on america things all changed for some reason it was all right to produce documents that other countries but 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 as a mother. but as a citizen having this discussion with helixes. to transparency the world that the

pieces of corruption kidnapping extortion. torture. and for involved big financial institutions of course i please for my son so can you talk a little bit about your son who has joined us and. his knowledge of what a lot of the media says he's. she is a very simple easy this has started over to really stick and yes quite even still has quite limited wardrobe. the only way 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. he's actually quite a shock to some. only which he tried of the media with me really when the.

interview it sort of built way when the american disclosures came because he needed to feed which he didn't. and. so it's not really his way to be in front of the cameras. and if you knew him personally you would find that he's a little different from from what you 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 is another word for it 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 reliant even from a little boy. his question was always right and it is very inquiry is actually quite a creative person when he was doubt five he used to wake up the harmonica and play blues how very very intellectually 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. that a certain point julian says. that his son's mother was unable to care for. julius

and his fifteen and. was a single father the news. and he had to sell custody of his son from the time he was a day not so 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 to have cops 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 good feel for the

submerged inciting mood against myself. and still in the last few weeks. there's been a fox news is in total because fox news kool k.t. mcfarland who was screaming out to julian six a commission this is somebody who is not right in the world 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 are now quite obviously advocating for your son are you here particularly to advocate for his political asylum request is the authority mr 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 prove 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 strata 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 presidio the american government in their 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 in this little terrorists. so with that with america being within the top five countries executing their own citizens in the world and that actually is go ahead it seems nice you know a seven. from one year to nine hundred eighty years. this is a great concern and so your son 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. journeys against him in the united states and request for severe punishment against him what do you think would happen to

join if he were actually to the united states well i had the first hand it's emotional what the sludge have been apart from what to do each 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's been six years in guantanamo bay now. president obama came to 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 do as we speak. and david told me told all the all you guys about his treatment guantanamo bay and this is something that we could expect for sure if not worse because david hicks was a very nice reply 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 i can't 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 up with other ministers today as will head off the case much more that my government is willing to admit they do know although given the evidence have no understanding. or deliberately strip was it you two people there was very warm. i feel very confident going to be with these good people i felt that the concert for julian 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 at the truth and that's all i can ask of them at this stage the documents there in paris 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 u.s. 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 but the one the one country one cable that moves me the votes with the haiti cable if you read ahead to give it to yeah many of them share a clear answer for us to take advantage of

a country that was guy. the whole country was going through the speakers quite ok until you use that black belly to try and get the minimum wage temps down all refused in the high end to block attempts by venezuela to reduce the cost of oil to sixty percent so that eighty could kill these hospitals and schools and then to the us embassy to send a cable back from haiti to the usa the gold rush is on to the same us contractors who were found doubling quotes and brought in after hurricane katrina. after over a decade and that was it and. i looked at others that that is the one that i think touched my heart first. of the lack of ethics. and the brutal materialism to do that to 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'm a former soviet soldier. war prisoner. brave her. husband . a father. an alien in the beginning. a brother. an alien in ukraine.

craving for money. paul still calls on the u.n. to street up the search for a new syria peace envoy as kofi annan quits over growing violence in the country and a blame game of the security council now the u.n. general assembly is to vote on condemning the security council for failing to stop violence. tear down sunstone grenades involved brain the government leaves a fresh crackdown against the long running protests as activists try and cut off a key highway the demos against the ruling regime began nearly eighteen months ago but have our little attention from the world community. around this defunding why and pulled a political stunt in russia's main cathedral three women are charged with the organism motivated by religious hatred and face up to seven years jail if convicted

. up next it's all the latest sports with kate. our welcome to the latest on day seven of the london olympics and the headlines russian battle maria sharapova take song maria kirilenko in the olympic semifinal to be told it's a golden grand slam. while topknots russia claimed their third gold medal of the games. showing in the one hundred kilogram categories in judo. greatest americans were among michael phelps wins he's sixteen goal to extend his record breaking personal towie to twenty eight medals. so let's start with the latest from the olympics and go straight to the tennis at

wimbledon where maria sharapova is taking on maria kirilenko in an all russian seventy final in the women's singles so russia is guaranteed an olympic medal walsh are up about it personally targeting a golden grand slam aiming to the olympic top gong to three major wins in career two while wimbledon champion serena williams is taking on one of them on victoria azarenka and the other much anticipated last clash for me one in the men's i mean final swiss top seed roger federer is not in a tough encounter with argentinian one martin del potro to sidestep that second seed novak djokovic of serbia is taking on british the wimbledon finalist can do very little bit later. on thursday russia claims their third goal for the third time was in judo as. one of the one hundred thirty thousand category five russian president and big judo fan but he may have thought it was going to audience the story of the wire produced the performance this is. facing

i still haven't realized what happened i just see people's happy faces around me the semifinal belt was very tough and i was very tired after that probably that's why i've run out of emotions. while in women's gymnastics victoria come over and stuff and i respectively took silver and bronze in the all round event behind america's gabrielle douglas who picked up the second gold of the game. and there was finally some joy for russia's shooters after a disappointing game so far. picked up from the spot in a shoot off the final podium spot in the double trap. which i'm happy to claim a bronze medal it's also worth his 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. russia how much luck in the swimming pool one of the country's most talented swimmers here if they're. managed to claim bronze in the women's two hundred meter breast stroke american rebecca

soni won that race setting a world record in the process. and the old boys the russians fences they managed to pick up a silver in the women's team foil but they didn't have enough to beat italians in the final one comfortably. while the greatest ever olympian michael phelps took his impressive tally of olympic medals to twenty the twenty seven year old american won the men's two hundred meter medley becoming the first man to defend a lympics winning title twice after winning this event in athens and beijing as well as changing and that standing sixteen a gold in his first individual victory in london the magic run not to came second to take silver that's like to say how do we have problems. now on saturday we'll get our first glimpse of a superstar sprinter usain bolt as the heats for the one hundred meters get underway it's the blue ribbon event of the olympics but who will win under far asked one of the greatest track and field athletes of all time nine time olympic

champion col louis. ok well i know you don't make predictions but can you tell us who might have an edge in one hundred ninety s. . i think that the story i don't make a predictions are exactly right because i don't want to get in the middle of the race but i will say i think a story that is not just about the hundred it's about the sprints and for what i see the american team i think is going to come out of this olympics showing their dominance again i think look at the most gold medals and the most medals in the sprints and hurdles especially if you had the hurdles of any country in the world so i think that'll really be the big story america's back ok will psychology is an important part mentally you always very very strong how important is it that you know how but i gaze into this rice since one hundred meters knowing that he's already beaten both twice well you know it's interesting because i don't really know at all but i've never seen them run even on on television so i don't know but i think that the big issue is that the one hundred meters or the two hundred or the

ford or any race is a race that has to be run and we have a famous commentator back in the united states named john that used to always say you've got to play the game you've got to run the race because there's so many factors going on whether it's going to be a big factor it's going to be cold it might even be raining at night so how is that going to affect people that may be the biggest game changer in everything now you were one of the last half lisa competes against the great soviet union. how important is it the thing to establish the rivalry rivalry like that in sport and would you like to see russia back at the top of the medals table competing with the usa again oh yes absolutely i think it's glitz korea some of the greatest television sports television in history back in the states was the usa russia to me i read in usa russia dorm mates and usa east german dorm mates i did i love that representing our country in a in a man oh man no one on one i think would be great and i would love to bring that back and finally have you enjoyed your time in london hey and boogy think that several should you should try and i mean i tell me thing that the london games are

doing considering they have the sochi games and also the athletics world. championships in twenty thirteen well i think it's been tremendous i love this games i mean i've had a great time and for us it's easy language is no problem it's kind of like right over there it's almost like it's home field advantage for us but i think the thing that i love the most about london is they've been able to integrate this community into these games we know that they bring in turns in turns in terms of volunteers and we know all these people help but all these stadiums we know that the stadiums are going to benefit the community and the ones are going to keep for the future that they get back to the people and the ones they don't need are going to take away that's ok but this game is going to be a part of this community forever and i think it's a wonderful idea. now moving on to football where angie want to nail a time to dutch side vitesse arnhem to take a first leg lead in the search qualifying round of the europa league shut off finally broke the deadline for the home team after sixty three minutes and ten

minutes later feel small maybe two no giving us he thinks man a two goal advantage to take to the netherlands for the second leg in a week's time while under a cup or installed the ninetieth minute equaliser amsterdam i was called twice came from behind to draw two two scottish side done to united. when you live a full manager brendan rodgers got his reign off to a winning start of the reds claimed a one no victory and the russian side going on to retrieve the top was guilty of shooting wide midway through the second half and the hosts were soon made to pay for their wastefulness and stewart downing blasted have no range the sixty eighth minute. out of victory means liverpool would take a vital away advantage banks around for the second leg next thursday. now into gulf and jim furyk carded a sudden on the par round of sixty three to take to strike the first round late at the start studying world golf championships in ohio the american had an eagle and

seven bird is to make up for a couple of bogus and stormed into the lead on the green. of the firestone country club england's only slatter is in second two shots behind its top ranked luke donald and masters champion bubba watson both in a six way tie for third seven time for more we're not tiger woods could regain the top spot in the world after this weekend but the american could only manage a par around of seventy didn't he should have done better just keep it going i was at three under par minutes but not at the time i was. three back of a lead. thing so i thought that was a good sign fortunately i. finished off all and area. and finally rushes junior ice hockey team is preparing to host canada next week in a four game tournament celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the legendary summit

series as michael craft a record. i two of the world's dominant forces in ice hockey managed to pull off a series of games back in one thousand nine hundred seventy two that changed the face of the sport since then russian canada have been neck and neck in trying to reach the summit these commemorative events have been just that commemorative yet for the players there is important as the original. coming up next to come on this tournament is extremely important for me for the team and for russia it's two of the best ice hockey teams in the world going head to head with each other so of course it'll mean something plus it's the forty year anniversary of the original series i the russian team will have a decidedly n.h.l. feel when they take on net canadian counterparts defend our children said give has been drafted into the tampa bay lightning as has goalkeeper on the bus see if keep whereas the buffalo sabers have snapped up forward mikail good income but one of

the most promising newcomers to the n.h.l. has to be eighteen year old naive young people drafted first overruled by the edmonton oilers so i'm pretty excited being here with national team and i think we have three. shows with hockey games. play hard play good then we have a system so that we know how we're going to play against and against that's not what's low i.q. germany it seem like you know just play our game while the kind of the russian challenge is obviously oh my gosh to the legendary super series from one hundred seventy two there's also a point you know reason why the russian leg of the series will be held in the other slot it's of course to commemorate the tragedy of the two thousand and eleven ad disaster with claims the lives of the entire got a slot for kicks. of course such a tragedy can never be forgotten and through it the international hockey community

has become closer it also shows the will of a city that's keen to put the past behind them overall there hasn't been much between russia and canada in from members of summit series match ups of the past and that's exactly the kind of rivalry the players will no doubt thrive on when they clash in yaroslavl on the eighth and ninth of august and then again in halifax canada on the thirteenth and fourteenth of august michael grimm janko r.t. moscow region has all the sports news i said. thanks.

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