of the u.k.'s nuclear tests. this is r.t. our top stories the un general assembly is set to condemn the security council's in action on syria as moscow calls to speed up the search for a new peace envoy says the battle for syria's second city aleppo gets increasingly bloody. tear gas and stun grenades in bahrain the government leads a fresh crackdown against the long running protests as activists try and cut off a key highway gemma's against the ruling regime began nearly eighteen months ago but a little attention the world community. the anti putin punk band is defending why it's called a political stunt and russia's main cathedral with three women a charge with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and face up to seven years

jail if convicted. next r.t. speaks exclusively to the mother of wiki leaks julian assange fighting to save his son from vengeful american politicians. 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 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 see this and this guy was to be able to get the truth out about some of the abuses that were happening in the

country and for us that's what happened and he's like was in 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 this summer is that 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 eclipses the 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. his knowledge of what a lot of the media says he is. 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 when it's in front of the media when the really when the. interview it's a big way when the american disclosures came out because he needed to do field which he did. and. so it's not really his way to kind of the cameras.

and if you knew him personally you would find that it's a little different from what you've seen for the cameras 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. when it was scientific truth or philosophical truth. so he has an incredibly high reliant even belittle hallway. his question was always why on earth is the inquiry

he's 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 fire in essence 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 fifty and. was a single father meaning to use. and he had so 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 for his mood out in the most brutal while 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 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 get interested in what 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 foreign ministry 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 this trial. we have. a prime minister who is really can only really be described as a puppet for the us who approve all writings twenty seven percent of people are not happy with it war and from the beginning the prime minister. condemned my son. in the media sticking ahead of a case which is unafraid of being

a stranger to speak about a case and commits judgment upon a person prior to a trial she jeopardized his right to due to the presumption 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 and so we you know this is a great concern given that the united states has been labeling its own citizens as

little terrorists. so with that with america being within the top five countries executing their own citizens in the world and actually is cooperating since ninety seven. from one hundred year to ninety eight a 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 see gauguin 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 i had to first hand you emotionally what work was lucky to have been apart from up to doing to one of their own soldiers bradley manning. which the un report on torture says is cruel and inhumane treatment is very concerned i was at

a petrol. cambridge capital city. and one of the other speakers was at his trial you called david hicks who's been six using 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 go as we speak. and a bit told me it 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'm 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 of that with other ministers to do as will head off the case much more that my government was willing to admit they do know all they've been given the evidence had no understanding of it or deliberately stripper's if you to the people there was very warm. i felt very confident going to be with these good people i felt that the concern 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 has been abused and the views 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 but the one the one country one cable that moved me the boats with the haiti cable if you really had to give it to yeah many of them share clear answers for us to take advantage of a country that was guy. that poor country was going through the speakers quick and she used that black belly to try to get in you know why age ted stay out all all refused if i am to block attempts by venezuela to be

just the cost of oil to sixty percent so that you could kill these hospitals and schools and then for the u.s. embassy to syndicate pull back from haiti to the us the gold rush is on to the same u.s. contractors who were found doubling quotes in routing after hurricane katrina. after i read that let me see and i looked at others but that was the one that i think touched my heart most. of the neck of the x. . in the brutal materialism to do that to country it's a whole country suffering with that in and of disgrace thank you so much for taking the time to do the center here that's today thank you.

you know sometimes to see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture.

headlines from r t the un general assembly set to condemn the security council's in action on syria a call to speed up the search for a new peace envoy says the battle first serious second city aleppo can't sing precinct people. to gas and stun grenades in bahrain the government needs a fresh crackdown against a long running protest says activists try and cut off a key highway the demos against the ruling regime began nearly eighteen months ago but have little attention from the world community. and the un chief putin punk band is defending why it pulled a political stunt in russia's main cathedral the three women are charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and face up to seven years jail of convicted. presents world sport.

they're welcome to the latest sports on day seven of the un picks in london where the headlines. talk to go and see russian maria sharapova beats maria kirilenko in the olympic seven final as the third seed gets a golden grand slam. wall top must russia claim their good gold medal of the games yet again live showings in the one hundred kilogram category in judo and something we call a whole circus take two of the. greatest american swimmer michael phelps wins the sixteenth gold to extend his record breaking personal tally to twenty medals. so let's get the latest from the olympics and go straight to the tennis at wimbledon where maria sharapova has beaten compadre at maria kirilenko to reach the final of the women's singles tournament sharab about come to play one six two six

three to ensure russia is guaranteed either link the gold or silver while the world number three is personally targeting a golden grand slam having to hand the olympic top gongs to four major wins in her career and wimbledon champion serena williams is taking on well the more on the tour as the other much anticipated last clash is romping in so far into the second set there for me while there was an epic encounter in the men's seventy finals where top seed roger federer finally overcame argentina's one martin del potro after the longest match in olympic history to win a thirty six games first set match in four hours and twenty five minutes and federalize take on the window between second seed novak djokovic and british third seed andy murray will be playing later. for russia alexander mccall and had just taken silver in the men's plus one hundred kilogram category in judo adding to russia's third gold one on thursday i think you could be in the one hundred

kilogram final watch delightedly by russian president. that if you take. the stage i still haven't realized what happened i just see people's happy faces around me the semifinal bout was very tough and i was very tired after that probably that's why i've run out of motions. while in women's gymnastics victoria conover and stuff in a respectively took silver and bronze in the all round event behind america's gabrielle douglas who picked up her second gold of the games. and finally some joy for russia's shooters after a disappointing game so far the city most in picked up bronze following a shoot off the final podium spot in the double track. which will i'm happy to claim a bronze medal it's also worth his first medal in shooting at the. 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. our greatest ever again pan

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 and olympic swimming title twice after winning this event in athens and beijing as well as injury and outstanding sixteen over gold in his first individual victory in london to magic run not to came home second to take silver last night to some like hungry but. now on saturday we'll get our first glimpse of 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 former aust one of the greatest track and field athletes of all time nine time olympic champion college. col i know you don't my predictions but can you tell us who might have an edge in one hundred ninety s. . i think that the story i don't think they 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 blake goes into this rice since the 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 have never seen them run even on on television so i don't know but i think that the big issue is that one hundred meters or the two hundred or the fourth or any race is a race that has to be run and we have a famous commentator back in the united states named john madden 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 cool it might even be raining at night so how is that

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 rive really 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 chris korea some of the greatest television sports television in history back in the states was the usa russia domi iran and usa russia dorm mates and usa east german dual meets i did that 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 would you think that several should you should try and i mean i tend to thing that the london games are doing considering they have the sochi games and also be at. lettings world championships in twenty third st 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 it's they've made they've been able to integrate this community into this games we know that they bring in tons and tons and tons 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 they're going get back to the people and the ones they don't need they're going to take away that's ok but this games is going to be a part of this community forever and i think that's a wonderful idea. now moving on to football and promoted mordovia are hosting rostov in the first of this weekend's fixtures in the russian premier league and is the home side who currently leave you have done it all support opened after ten minutes in the beginning of the second half last boss. made it to the all with an own goal as a southern russian side look for their first points of the season during stoppage time left. one of those three proceedings and he wanted another time to dutch side

it has on him to take a first leg lead in the third qualifying round of the europa league i like chopped off finally broke the deadlock the home team are to sixty three minutes rather small of made it to ten minutes later while under a gag order in school the ninetieth minute equaliser as an arm of moscow twice came from behind to draw to two at scottish side done deal united twelve when you liverpool manager brendan rodgers got his weight off to a winning start as the reds claimed and one mail victory that revolutions i don't know dimitri pulled off was guilty of shooting wide midway through the second half and the hosts were soon made to pay for their wastefulness stewart downing blasted a long range beauty in the sixty eight minutes the victory means riverboat taking vital away going to advantage back to one for the second leg next thursday. in the meantime jersey radio has clearly david beckham's absence from great britain's football team after round madrid won five want to tell a galaxy in a friendly on thursday night is banished champions kicked off their four match tour

of the united states with a comprehensive victory with beckham providing the cross the galaxy's consolation goal and royals boss believes the thirty seven year old midfielder should have been in london playing for his country instead i don't understand why he's not playing go. i think you know in the group of routine. you would have thought what qualities to give human qualities to give. the people who were to live your assumed she was one of the best. sort of professional school. to express. what is the deal of the school that. i'm so sorry is not is not there. and finally russia's junior icici team is preparing to host canada next week and i forget i'm twenty minutes celebrating the

fortieth anniversary of the legendary summit serious as michael craft trying to reports. 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 though commemorative yet for the players there is important as the original. coming out this week from 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. the russian team will have a decidedly and i feel when they take on that canadian counterparts defend our children said give has been drafted into the tampa bay lightning as has goalkeeper see if skate where the buffalo sabers have snapped up forward mikail gregorian but

one of the most promising newcomers to the n.h.l. has to be eighteen year old now you'll be a keyboard drafted first overall by the edmonton oilers but i'm pretty excited being here with national team and i think we have three. great hockey games. hard to play good and we have a system so that we know how we're going to play against canada and i guess that's not so i q germany you mike and you know just play our game while the kind of the russian challenge is obviously our march to the legendary super series from like in seventy two there's also a. point reason why the russian leg of the series will be held in the outer slab is of course to commemorate i charged over the two thousand and eleven ad disaster with claimed the lives of the entire got a slab. 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 russian 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 janko r.t. moscow region. and that's all sports news by.

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