hello this is r t the international news broadcaster from moscow thanks for being with us top stories gets overwhelming support from fellow american nations and its row with britain over julia son condemning efforts to undermine the sanctity of embassy. egypt extends a hand of friendship to china and iran in a gesture seen as the country breaking away from washington's influence. and brand new talks between iran and the u.s. atomic watchdog come to nothing amid fears into round that giving assistance the agency will come in too high a price. up next on r.t. ecuador's president exclusively shares his view on how the standoff with britain

might pan out and what price his country may pay for backing julian assange much. 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 we 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 but let's face it there might be reprisals which would be terrible if

the u.k. for example acts on its 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 goes 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 para groups use them to tell lies about what's going on they say the reason new freedom of speech in ecuador if 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 have you felt like there was censorship have you been told for example that you cannot publish certain stories has your excess to information been restricted in any way. of course not and this is the reality but these bama groups both national and international are constantly campaigning against us trying to discredit our government because ecuador in latin america aren't changing and are 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 am afraid as i said every day i wake up and have to guess what lies the media will cook up today in ecuador there are six families that own the whole media business and there are several other major businesses that belong to them are new constitutional reform ben the media from being involved in any other business activities except for being the source of information as 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 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 that you have to

understand that the media and latin 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 . 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 fish oath prior to requesting political asylum because he needed to be certain that there were dorrian 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 haps even in ecuador's embassy was sure he would be allowed to stay when he entered the embassy so i think mr sanchez 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 has 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 stores 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 we'll 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're 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 the support we have enjoyed has been primarily due to britain's diplomatic clumsiness i hope you will excuse my language but i just cannot find another word to put it is the british threatened us with storming our embassy to arrest mr sand and 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 what do you think could happen in the short term what. 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 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 son he's under the protection of ecuador and i will do everything to make sure this protection is effective thank you mr president.

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gets overwhelming support from fellow american nations and with britain over. condemning efforts to undermine the sanctity of overseas. egypt's new leader extends a hand of friendship to china and iran in a gesture seen as the country breaking away from washington's influence. talks between iran and the un's atomic watchdog come to nothing amid fears into giving assistance the agency will come into higher price. exports kates here. hello and welcome to the court on this busy saturday and these are the top stories top and bottom rubin rallied to inflict a first defeat on zinni to grab

a late win over spot and in our stunning automotive to rise up the bottom on a thrilling day in the russian premier league. while belated arrival record signing to all those stories finally on valid free spending perry signed your man after playing for runners up brazil at the london olympics. no checkmate russia's maria kirilenko prepared to take on in the final at the new haven open in the final warm up for the us open. but first a football where twice former champions robin came from behind to win two one it's an age to inflict a first defeat of the season on the defending champions but they stay top of the russian premier league watched on by russia manager fabio capello big to presume in the home side ahead in. cross after twenty five minutes but seven minutes after the break alexander was fouled in the area for the visitors and not joe levelled from the penalty spot for the israelis league leading six goal in

as many games and then only our young men netted from long range what proved to be ribbons winner at the same petersburg side failed to find an equaliser. and and stuck between the john especially as men meant a win for a spot i could inform direct would see the last go side go top and they took the lead through debutant one inside all the up to sixty seven minutes but with ten minutes to go eagle ever drank a level to protect and in stoppage time defender antonio pereira snatched the winner of the home side to want to see the leapfrog spartak to go level on points with sin eight while in the last game of the day second. automobiles don't have just kicked off against a light. wall earlier look at our t.v. christian a boa headed in the winter is dynamic one three two in an action packed moscow dobby to claim their first points of the season and move off the bottom of the table michael reports. on paper this match would have probably ended in looking at

moscow's favor what with the railway men sitting pretty in third place while their opponents languishing without a single point at the bottom of the table the game did start in looking at the favor especially seeing as they were playing in front of a home crowd but it was denominated russian international alex on the cordon who broke the deadlock arguably against the run of play with a cool finish pass die of clashes. with the home fans silent it took a while for the railway men to pick up their game but did so with a neat header by brazilian showboat mike on and this followed through into the second half as each side continued to disrupt each other's play but it was the nominee that went ahead once more this time through by last judah who smashed the ball home into the far corner. slot and village had subbed an ineffective roman pavlyuchenko at half time for a dam and boy and was rewarded when the senegalese strike ahead of home to equalise for the second time however a resurgent unama had the last laugh when christian a boa popped in a glancing header over anton shushan looking much he did have one last chance to

even the scores though filed by a last ditch clearance of the line after injuring one of the worst league starts it was understandable that the dynamic camp wasn't too emotionally overcome opting for a more cautious attitude in light of the conflict. we won we finally got the long awaited victory which i think will give us a morale and physical boost that's why this week is very close to mr. milledge put the blame firmly on his players admitting that the nominee simply wanted to win more than his own players. did not get a single point in the first five games which doesn't reflect the policy of this side of it i wouldn't say today was a matter of luck knowing how white and maybe we could have got an equaliser at the end but today if we simply played badly enough. but naturally the players were also disappointed with the result then i think we need to make this. expression. you

know bitch because. i think you're going to get. really tough on it. so look among the most goes creation revolution has been derailed somewhat by local rivals do now most go in the two three defeat here at home this gives dinamo the first win of the season and they'll go into next week's game against to band with a new confidence village's men however will have to pick themselves up really quickly because they face another darby in spartak moscow. r.t. . me while i running an issue scored his third goal in two games is free scoring swanzy won three militant to west ham to go top of the premier league model out of sight have yet to concede on triumphing fight now that key p.r. last week while elsewhere everton won three want to ten men aston villa robin van persie and shinji kagawa school their first club goals as manchester united won three two a time to fallen but wayne rooney went up injured norwich to one one with

q.p.r. wigan won two nil at southampton west brom's notched an injury time to top them sunderland against reading was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and chelsea and i think newcastle in the late game is still nil nil after twenty minutes while on sunday champions match the city go to liverpool and despite the reds three no i think defeat at west brom city manager roberto mancini is still wary of his opponents. every game that you play and i feel this is a really tough. that for us would be. and if you go game also because they come from. a game against west brom which. where probably they then there's a about the foot what is strange for these it in that would be. the much is to say and go that belief and i think you'll see that even most of this year when you become a champion i think it gives you that we. more confidence and knowledge the more we

shift to come from two men behind to go in and get the win which was important for them to work it was a good game and we know that manchester city of qualities. but i would concentrate more on my own squad and a look at some of the world class players i have and this is it we're not going to be a good game for us. well meanwhile leaders chelsea have just gone one day a lot have continued this summer as a spending spree the champions league winners have completed two signings in one day to support the one hundred and twenty five million dollars mob twenty one year old nigerian strikeout victimizes has made the wigan twenty two year old spanish fullback. quite that has arrived from los a the spring is the largest on the run abramovich since the russians arrival at stamford bridge in june two thousand and three while in france thiago silva says he joined paris on demand for the quality of their football and not for the money the twenty seven year old brazil defender has been officially unveiled several weeks often moving from ac milan the transfer that sets the capital side back

a reported french record of over sixty one million dollars bucks tiago says it's the chance to play on the call up on chelsea that persuaded him to join the mega rich club. parties are more concerned about my work i want to do it in the best possible way and play football mean my family decided to come here because it ties in with my goals i want to write a new page in my history money isn't the priority i'm here to produce good results and to win with my team. now on to tennis and maria kirilenko is one step away from ending her four year title dragged off to the russian moved into the decider of the new haven open in connecticut the seventh seed was how did a spot in her first final since february after former world number one caroline wozniacki retired due to an injury to her right knee the day it is the four time defending champion but was forced to pull out after losing the first set seven five an unfortunate first ever defeat for those a.n.c. in new haven while caroline connex faces second seed petrik bit of air and knows

she'll need all the energy she saved from her tortured semifinal. of course you are not you always want to win different when you know you're going to close the marriage like two sets of three so there and then for it including she couldn't continue in the mansion so i didn't expend so much energy i keep some energy from the fine. motor g.p. standings later jorge lorenzo has broken the law to record in bernhard's to claim his fourth pole of the season ahead of sunday's check from prix the yamaha rider was just a fraction of a second faster than. his boast but in a one minute fifty six seconds it was the best qualifying result for the briton despite coming off midway through the session also crashed early on but the repsol honda man did enough to secure the search and last spot on the front row of the dress that you second in the championship standings eighteen points behind the end zone champion casey stoner was third but the australian is out after breaking his ankle. from the beginning i felt much better not done in the bike and put in

straight. so much of it and i just enjoy the ride in improving the. more so we take on you for that doesn't work but then we came back. to the previous one to me the first up we make we had the back of the saw but it was feeling in again that it would base and i think we are ready for it for tomorrow. and finally longs armstrong has been stripped of his seven tour de france titles and given a lifetime ban from cycling after he refused to fight drug charges from the u.s. anti-doping agency the agency alleges armstrong used banned substances as far back as nine hundred ninety six and has raised fourteen years of his career the forty year old maintains his innocence but said he'd had enough of contesting accusations he goes numb since the american retired in two thousand and five after his last victory but returned between two thousand and nine and two thousand and twelve while on monday he failed in his attempt to block the chargers in

a us federal court a cancer survivor. well maffei thoughts on the one done by his i'm charity while the world anti-doping chief really the americans decision not to fight on. friday to rebut the charges those very serious charges mean that he's effectively acknowledging that they had substance and that allows usada under the rules that he always subjected himself to to impose sanctions which they will do and those sanctions a pretty onerous sanctions effectively a lifetime ban. task.

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