hello welcome to our team karen tear out you have got your top stories three german copy cats of russian punk band pussy riot could face three years in a german prison for a protest style internet that's just five berlin's combination of a shorter prison term handed to the moscow trio. mass killer on their spray because declared sane and given twenty one years in prison while his fight against islam is serving to inspire a radical groups across europe. and the resumption of nuclear talks between iran and the energy watchdog is accompanied by concerns over un atomic agency bias and

growing criticism of sanctions hitting iranian citizens the hardest. ecuador is standing by its decision to grant asylum to wiki leaks founder julian song true is resisting britain's efforts to extradite him to sweden to face sex crime claims in an exclusive interview with r.t. spanish channel ecuador's president explains the choice he made and says what he thinks britain's motives really are. why did ecuador get involved in all this by standing up for julian assange the country's exposing itself to risk according to the media one of the reasons for the delay in granting him asylum was ecuador's fear of a possible u.s. response is this true or not at all we just wanted to address the request in a very thorough and responsible way will look to the motivations for mr sanders asylum bid looked into the charges brought against him in sweden reviewed u.k.

law as well as international law and of course we went over our own legislation then we made a responsible decision just as we promised originally after the olympics specifically because they were taking place in london and not because of fear of reprisals which we knew might follow them we will always be guided by principles and values not to fear what consequences might ecuador face after granting asylum to julian assange which normally such a decision shouldn't have any consequences that is if all countries respect international law which clearly says that the state has the right to grant asylum how many times has sweden granted asylum a lot of people requested asylum in sweden and leave the noun this country is known for its willingness to give asylum what consequences could there be but unfortunately in this particular case we see that some countries are displaying their colonial and imperial ambitions their ethnocentricity it turns out that if

ecuador grants asylum to someone it certainly might have consequences what consequences are we talking about if we're exercising our sovereignty in line with international law. are you afraid of any sanctions that might follow there is definitely no fear but let's face it there might be reprisals which would be terrible if the u.k. for example acted on these threats and invades our embassy to arrest the sound can you imagine how big of a precedent this would set mr president some media have suggested that the decision to grant asylum to julian assange is nothing more than that what it was it down to improve the country's international image and what is this international image i don't know anything about it fortunately in our country seventy five to eighty percent of the power belongs to the peoples no matter what some dishonest and immoral media trying to say that certain power groups use them to tell lies about

what's going on they say the reason new freedom of speech in ecuador is there is no freedom of speech how would they be able to communicate this idea they contradict themselves or they will world knows that latin america including ecuador is going through historical changes right now so we are finally witnessing social justice equality sovereignty and dignity there are some power groups that oppose these changes mind you these groups are very influential some of them own media outlets they constantly conduct smear campaigns trying to discredit our government i want to ask you a question how many days have you been in ecuador. no more than three i think have you feel that any of your reports have been banned or censored at the time you felt like there was censorship have you been told for example that you can it's publish certain stories has your excess to information been restricted in any way as a matter of course not and this is the reality but these power groups both national and international are constantly campaigning against us trying to discredit our

government because ecuador in latin america aren't changing and changing for the better thank god mr president in your interview with julian assange in his programme on our channel you said he's invited to the club of the persecuted do you feel like you're being persecuted i have prayed as i've said every day wake up and have to guess what lies the media will cook up to deny it in ecuador there are six families that own the whole media business and there are several other major business is that belong to them are new constitutional reform bend the media from being involved in any other business activities except for being the source of information they called it infringing on freedom of the press we want to avoid the conflict of interest and that was considered infringing on freedom of speech and whatever is in line with laurent ethics but is at odds with the interests of the media dictatorship that used to exist in ecuador is considered infringing on

freedom of speech we would like the world to understand what is really going on in ecuador the things that the needed us here would be unacceptable in such countries as the u.k. russia or the us for example the murder case in the u.k. if something similar happened in ecuador and the people responsible were brought to justice this would be called infringing on freedom of speech you have to understand that the median letter in america have always been very corrupt it supported the pinochet regime the dictatorship in argentina and so on conflicting interests when every day occurrence there was even a clear pattern having become a successful businessman you set up your own channel not to keep the population in for. and but to protect your business interests now everything is changing and i've become the target of daily criticism of regular smear campaigns no one believes them though when julian assange has mother came to ecuador did you have a chance to talk to her yes of course christine is a wonderful person isn't she we gave her a warm welcome and it was

a pleasure to talk to her deter visit to ecuador influence your decision to grant julian assange asylum in any way. no we didn't all decision was made in accordance with international law and was based on x but those traditions of humanism as well as the grounds that mr sanchez presented to support his request for political asylum we met with christine she's a very nice woman but it in no way influenced our decision. mr president it's hard to believe that julian assange had no contact with ecuador in the fischel prior to requesting political asylum because he needed to be certain that there were dory an embassy would ensure his safety did you discuss this option with him before hand. no we didn't i didn't talk to mr sands personally but if i'm not mistaken at some point the situation became suit hands that he said he was thinking about seeking asylum in an embassy the haps even in ecuador's embassy was

sure he would be allowed to stay when he entered the embassy so i think mr asuncion discussed it with the embassy staff since he i believe entered after hours so they must have been expecting him any person seeking asylum in ecuador as embassies will be safe we will see to their needs but after that we will consider granting them asylum with all due thoroughness if the person in question is a criminal we will never grant asylum to him but why do you think julian assange strolls ecuador and not another country only mr sands can answer that and the fact he did is the best response to this smear campaign and to the people who maintain we have a new freedom of speech the man whose freedom of speech personified requested asylum in ecuador it's the best response to organize how long do you think will julian assange should be staying in the embassy in theory indefinitely unless the u.k. goes ahead with its threats to raid our embassy to arrest him as you know the threat is in a written form and the u.k.

hasn't revoked it do you think they drill a go as far as that i think it will be pure insanity on the part of the u.k. after doing so any of their embassies could be raided and what will they say then what kind of repercussions would such development have we would immediately server our diplomatic ties of cause i think it would lead to a backlash in all the latin american countries but i maintain that the u.k. has more to lose after that how would you prevent the same from happening to the u.k. embassies around the world and i assure you the u.k. has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic the call no which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you are in a car with diplomatic license plates you're still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from

the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the ecuadorian embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr stanton person isn't that what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we supposed to think now percent of the so many countries and organizations have supported ecuador's decision to grant asylum to songe including nassau and most of the alba nations in what we did they express their backing to support we have enjoyed has been primarily due to britain's diplomatic clumsiness i hope you will excuse my language but i just can't find another word to put it is the british threatened us with storming our embassy to arrest mr sun this is what has united all the nations in south america and other

continents in their desire to stand behind ecuador confronted as it was with such a barbaric prospect such threats are unacceptable have they been carried out this would have constituted a violation of one of the fundamental principles of international law the inviolability of diplomatic premises it was this threats rather than our eventual asylum decision that has prompted such widespread support in our favor from the valley varian alliance of the americas and the union of south american nations and on friday foreign ministers of the member nations of. the organization of american states will meet to discuss this issue what do you think could happen in the short term what are the possible scenarios i'm not an astrologist i'm an economist a lot will now depend on the u.k. in sweden and all positions remains the same and we are open to dialogue all we want is a guarantee that mr looney face those challenges that were brought against him in

sweden and will not be extradited to third countries or they could give him safe passage from the ecuadorian embassy in london will ecuador stand behind us no matter what consequences might follow once we granted asylum to mr sanchez he's under the protection of ecuador that will do everything to make sure this protection is effective thank you mr president. today violence is once again flared up. are the images of. canada. showing operation.

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impressions. whose friends. stunts on t.v. don't. read german probably accounts of russian punk band pussy riot could face three years in a german prison for their protests in a country that's despite their lines condemnation of a shorter prison term handed to the moscow trio. mass killer on there's brevik is declared sane and given twenty one years in prison while his fight against islam is serving to inspire battle groups all across europe. and the resumption of nuclear talks between iran and the energy market is accompanied by concerns over u.n. atomic energy agency rather biased and growing criticism of sanctions hitting iranian citizens the hardest and. now it's time for a sports update with kate. hello

welcome to the latest news in the world this fall until the top stories standing down seven time tour de france winner logs armstrong says he'll no longer fight drug charges from the u.s. anti-doping agency. while advantage because he thinks mad have one foot in the round of the europa league one no without have to use it out more to scout win one don't install code. and thunder and lightning in your house like the one hundred meters and you saw him bolt cruised through the two hundred to get to break a double sprint triumph at the diamond league meeting those. first to cycling and seven time tour de france winner laws armstrong says he'll no longer fight drug charges from the u.s. anti-doping agency the american maintains his innocence but says he's had enough of contesting accusations he calls nonsense and claims he won't get

a fair hearing the agency alleges armstrong used ballasts substances as far back as nine hundred ninety six and intends to ban him from cycling for life as well has stripped him of his seven tour de france titles the forty year old retired in two thousand and five after his last victory returned between two thousand and nine and two thousand and twelve on monday he failed in his attempt to block the charges in the us federal court the council's survival will now focus on the work done by his own charity while the world anti doping chief ruse the americans decision. about the charges those very serious charges i mean there is effectively acknowledging that they had substance and that all. of the rules that he always subjected himself to to impose sanctions which they will do those sanctions a pretty onerous sanctions effectively a lifetime ban. on to football now and energy are ninety minutes away from reaching the first round proper of the europa league the first time after winning one

they'll attempt a dutch side isabel alice in the toy spike five minutes into the second half was enough to give her siblings man a slight advantage to take to the netherlands next week a draw or victory in the second leg would then be enough to see the dagestan side reach the group stages for the first time while the japanese midfield like a city on the gators can muster a vital away goal lead as they are men one one nil at stockholm. and meanwhile new barcelona head coach tito villanova has claimed victory in his first meeting with counterpart jersey were in year after basso came from behind to beat well madrid straight at the nou camp in the first leg of the spanish to pick up a year on from the famous clash that saw marino punk fill it out over in the eyes christiane are now they finally headed way out in front ten minutes into an action packed second half only for barcelona through the eyes ruthlessly to go inside the national olympic track requests then so he had almost tripped and i was in yesterday in the penalty area allowing the you know messi to put basra in front

after seventy minutes and in yesterday then we had numbers to make it three one. but with five minutes to go substitute and how the media jumped on goalkeeper viktor bout this complete power to pull a goal back so victory of a villanova merinos meant having sex those days return like it's a way to go. home and have a whole what all of it there's a lot it's always better to wait for one than three two but i think we played a very good game you would. trying to dominate throughout and we achieve that we created a lot of chances and their two goals were teed up for specific players and it's no more of these things happen more especially because real ira team of greater equality with particular with freaks and haven't players that are good in the air in the end of the game three two and the competition stands no favor will go to the burn about to win it really wasn't about do it then in the meantime for russian youngsters dreams of playing for long the biggest stage has come

a step closer to reality after they've given places at barcelona's luncheon dilemmas occurred to me but says yvonne sikorsky reports the hard work starts now. many are called few are chosen that is exactly the case with these up and coming players aged sixteen to twenty they're looking to have the jackpot of their dreams all while getting up close and personal with world class coaches and players such as former barcelona manager pep guardiola and player javier mascherano the coach who has won just about every trophy possible knows exactly what qualities can transform raw talent into a world class full dollar we don't pay much attention to the players physical build and a flood a system because they're all still growing technique however is a vital importance and that's what we look for at barcelona cademy one hundred finalists from fifty five countries able to make the cut for now including four russians from st petersburg crossing the dar and moscow it's unlikely that dimitri

call a call off curial romance q re a lot more blood just last year not ever invision doing drills under the watchful eye of my serrano and his teammate thiago alcantara but that's exactly what happened however just like in professional football nobody spot in the lineup a safe with the organizer said to slash the list almost in half to fifty two only sixteen players will remain in the end though and they'll embark on a tour to play the manchester united football academy select and the united states youth national team among others the winners will be announced on saturday. and while simple math suggests that the russians have a slim chance to enter that last sixteen muscovite lops have been particularly has been impressing the scouts with his footballing prowess so a tough pressure filled test for the youngsters in front of the sport's biggest names set to separate the very best from the rest vonzell gorski arche. now on to tennis and olympic champion andy murray could face wiltern champion roger federer in the semifinals of the u.s.

open after the draw for the first round was made in both the men's and women's competitions so before that the world number one and number three meeting i might be lying to me for a third mouthwatering encounter in two months or federer first has to overcome american donald young get round one well mari is up against russia's alex for too long defending champion that document's would make its way east palo runs last years being fine as the doll has already withdrawn to turn do you. feel like i'm playing great i mean to be free mentally ready to do sacrifices and work hard and make it happen for me but that other guys are playing well as well last year you know back at such a great year with so much confidence it was just really hard to stop him into conversations well after winning the olympics of course it's a big opportunity and those are all around for many of the players not just the other top three guys. in the first round of the women's draw top seed victoria as aren't their faces russians alexander kind of a second there i have to run for her is also against the russian idea of batticaloa

walt world number three maria sharapova will take on harry and linda change and defending champion sandstones of australia you see these seven i will take on croatia. the last couple of weeks have been playing pretty well and obviously you want to absolutely take it at this moment in these couple of weeks so it has been a bit of an up and down a bit you know i feel like doing all the right things i hope there's just a better time. i want to let extend jamaica's yohan blake blitz the one hundred meters and you saying bolt cruised through the two hundred on a night when the olympic star shown at the latest development league meeting in less than a limbic champion bowls decided not to compete in the one hundred meters and silver medalist played on a personal best of nine point six nine seconds to be joined to third fastest time in history both his run faster american tyson gate finished second to making mr carter while both come to be won the two hundred meters and nineteen points. seconds and they're the ones trying to lighten it up silva and rifles we call ashmead and prawns while unpick champion khurana james of grenada won the men's

four hundred meters in forty four point three seven seconds after the dominican republic who can in some toss while there was a photo finish in the women's one hundred meters as american commonly to jetta in jamaica as shelley and appraise a price of both time a point six seconds jetta was awarded the gold. was and we finish where we started with cycling while local swiss riders have swept the podium in the world's longest mountain bike race cost the alps the youngs has more on this year's grand rate. was the swiss mountain bike race marathon is an event which attracts this pool to late and amateurish from all over the world and this year the twenty third edition of the grant rate was no exception with around three thousand writers taking part in the race consisted of four different routes so that everyone could have chosen

the want to their liking or abilities the longest route ran between the villages over here and agreements and their one hundred twenty five kilometer course from the start to finish also included a five thousand meter climb and without doubt this will spell ups provided a breathtaking background to this port in drama. i both participants of the race representing more than twenty nations and a chance to enjoy the splendor of the surrounding landscapes but only if you. most of the trade managed to get into the pool and the end of the day and all to the

delight of the swiss crowd the main raise became a one hundred percent triumph for local riotous alexander moves who celebrated a truly deserved victory was followed by his countrymen. and cool to lose a. deposit on it took a lot of work and a lot of sacrifice i was lucky during the first descent to climb one off super two i was in a great mood and the fans were fantastic and then there was the last descent and here i was at the finish i really admire it but my third place today there was a really hard race it was my goal to go on the podium today and i had a really. big lock because my chain must say yeah i had aggression like jane and then i could only arrive to appears there and then to finally that that i mates are today but yeah i really have to if russia also had a representative from this endurance event and dream alicia and to finish in two hundred seventy fourth in the overall standings still coming home ahead of

thousands of the competitors that's only going to announce the r.c. . postings i i think .

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