the founder of one of the world's most popular websites who is now fighting extradition to the us piracy charges it tells us here at r t why he thinks the prosecution of internet freedom activists is purely political. and david cameron says he's not turning his back on europe using the. storm promised a british referendum on whether to leave the e.u. . jordan's parliamentary election failed to convince the people of the democratic credentials as the opposition ultimately condemns the vote as a rigged a smokescreen to conceal the lack of reform. not once

but twice i'll give you the story of a one year old girl who survived this. with news from around the world this is our city with me rory sushi live in moscow welcome to the program. and internet activist known for his now banned file sharing service he says he's at the center of a political witch hunt now until last year his mega upload site was one of the most popular in the world it allowed millions upon millions of people around the globe to exchange information freely if you log on to the mega upload site now this is exactly what you'll see banned by the u.s. the cases are already sparked many questions about the issue of internet freedom

the founder has started a new service but we'll have to see how long that's going to last. blake exclusively spoke to the man known as kim dot com about why he's being hounded all across the globe. here's a guy who grew up on the internet was a guy who made millions off the internet and here's a guy who designed mega upload at one site one of the most popular websites in the entire world with over one hundred million users is in the top five most trafficked websites and you know that's kind of why the f.b.i. wanted to shut it down i'm not. my hero he was selfless he is completely the opposite of me but i'm a businessman i'm driven by the success of achieving something in the business world ok that's not a crime there's nothing wrong with that big raid on the mega mansion the dot com mansion happened january twentieth two thousand and twelve it was the middle of the night kim was at his guest house on this house the mansion all of a sudden the authorities the local police showed up on helicopters came into his

house with guns drawn arrested him arrested his colleagues hauled him off to prison froze his assets shut down his website essentially they put his entire life on hold and caused him to kind of take this new stance in terms of what he thinks of the internet particularly what he thinks about the current state of privacy and surveillance of the government is quite exposed here because they really went in was completely be prosecutorial abuse and overreach and ignoring due process ignoring our rights spying on us illegal search warrants illegal restraining orders illegal spying and i mean the whole picture when you look at it shows that this was an urgent mission done in a rush to take them down i want them to go and it was a political decision to do that is still waiting a eventual extradition hearing to the u.s. at this point though it seems like every single passing day the justice

department's case against him just crumbles more and more and more so sooner or later the u.s. government is going to have to prove that kim dotcom is worthy of the extra us and at that point if he's convicted expend decades in prison but the opinion that i got from him and from his legal team is that that's not going to happen any time soon. now you can see our exclusive interview with kim dotcom that will be a later this hour here on c o two we found in the mountains breaking this. the worst. radio. receiver. right if you can do stay with us without breaking the set david cameron says he's

not turning his back on europe or the u.k. prime minister is in davos trying to iron out tensions following his promise to hold a referendum on e.u. membership for britain is one of the big names on what's seen as politicians day at the world economic forum these business host pilbeam is there for us. today it's all about politics that will take center stage british prime minister david cameron has addressed other european leaders we've got german chancellor angela merkel she will also make a speech on how to boost the stagnate global economy the two marios are in town as well of its leaders mario monti e.c.b. president mario draghi as well and i have a feeling that the really interesting conversations about the referendum the european union today in britain will happen behind secret closed doors but you know what i'm going to really try my best go tactics to get into those listening to what's going on i guess knows all about russia's oh we have the prime minister to

meet you medvedev speak about the prospects and i realized the dependency on oil the complacency that can come out of a van sometimes that russia gets a bad rap in sounds of a major as well the brics are also going to be discussed today how they serve in these challenging times i'll be going into a lawsuit veto a novice's ago exclusive interviews for you in the business balloted at six thirty at eight thirty g.m.t. so join me. i will seek a bit later in the program for now though a jordanian islamists who boycotted wednesday's election claim the vote was rigged and its results will undermine the future parliament's credibility the government however hailed the poll as a crutch or step towards democracy and a monarchy that seen a wave of protests spurred by the arab spring. offers more from the jordanian capital. despite a boycott by the muslim brotherhood and other opposition groups and jordan's first parliamentary election since the start of the arab spring turnout was quite high

according to election officials more than fifty six percent of the country's two point three million registered voters came out to cast their ballots this is higher than in the last parliamentary elections in this country the muslim brotherhood and opposition activists meanwhile dismissed the results as illegitimate saying that voter turnout was actually much lower than officials describe now jordanian officials want credit for what they claim are successful if cautious democratic reforms this is the first time that outside election observers were invited to watch over the polls and the new parliament for the first time will be able to elect the country's new prime minister the parliament will also have more of a say over day to day affairs but the king will continue to retain authority over the security services and foreign policy moreover the new parliament can still be dismissed at any moment by a royal decree which has cost some jordanians to say that the new reforms are simply too little and too late now the opposition groups also claim that the new

parliament is illegitimate because of the country's new election law which they say is tilted towards favoring candidates from rural tribal organizations that are largely seen as being supportive of the monarchy in fact of the one hundred fifty seats in the new parliament only twenty seven went to national candidates of which the muslim brotherhood is the strongest most powerful and most popular political party they will continue to dismiss the results as illegitimate and are likely to try to ferment more street protests to boycott continue their boycott of the new poll now at the end of the day jordan stability may not be dissolved by politics and may in fact depend on the economic situation jordan faces high levels of unemployment and has twenty two billion dollars of national debt now jordan's new parliament will have to push through even more biting austerity or. forms which could severely undermined stability in jordan the future of the arab spring and

depends on the economic situation. of course. today. especially.

the road is clear he decides to overtake his lips on the road the truck coming back she's on to him they go something falls out there you see why don't your left corner is the baby who's just literally out of the moving car into oncoming traffic now what's more surprising about this is that the father comes out luckily this driver is quietly you know is pretty much aware of what's going on around him he picks up the kid goes back into the car his wife comes out picks up what is what's left of everything in the now this video has gone literally viral people are going crazy over it and it's only natural that they would because so many questions are being asked on why was this baby not properly settled in this car that was nervy

the seat obviously seen that the baby fell out of the car and it's unacceptable that they just nonchalantly just went about their business but now the question that everybody should be asking is rather who was filming this video where all of this was happening so russia motorists know that they'll put cameras on at the actual car so that if anything happens in terms of insurance they have something to actually show you the police and say this is what happened on the road the person who was filming this decided to continue filming even as he saw that there's a child who just fell out of this car he continued filmy didn't stop to help didn't say anything and he just went about for me maybe because he thought it was going to be on you tube you know i'm not involved who cares but something that got everybody even talking more is the actual parents they just nonchalantly pick up whatever's left of their belongings and just move on i think the lesson of the day here is that not only are you not you know supposed to be driving recklessly on roads as we

have right now it's winter it's slippery it's snowing you need to be a bit more vigilant and baby seats are there for a reason to protect us and to protect our kids. this is a now the u.n. security council draws a harsh response from north korea. nuclear power against the u.s. over the tightening of sanctions. also was france's military presence in mali a mission of rescue or a mission for resources we explore that in a few minutes as well. as well as vice president amid growing concerns over the health of the country's leader as we speak exclusively with the vice president himself who says there's no need to panic.

more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. day.

worldwide news live from moscow on arts he and other u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton confirmed that terrorists behind the recent deadly hostage taking in algeria got their weapons from libya but the attack was station a response to france's intervention in mali r.t. is more if a national looks at why french troops are there in the first place. the french have died headlong into the military operation in mali but the discussion is still ongoing as to exactly why the western nation has put boots on african soil again costing money and people's lives official rhetoric remains in line with the mantra of the war on terrorism but some statements suggest another layer of france's

defense minister has declared total reconquest of mali is the main goal with the president echoing french troops twenty five hundred so far who remain in the region for as long as necessary there are ten thousand to militarize huge sections of africa so they want to monopolize access to this to the resources this is it that we think this is the complete specifically i mean in relation to the united states i know we seeing it with problems in other parts of the european union through european union troops actually being used i mean some of the money conflict as well which has been relatively rare in the past gold mali is the world's third largest producer of oil gas and especially enormous uranium deposits make the country very attractive nearly eighty percent of all france's energy generated by almost sixty nuclear power plants is dependent on african uranium. french companies must go on the offensive and fight the growing influence of rival china for stake in africa's increasingly competitive markets all this is neo colonialism but with

a simpler role france is far from the only nation to have and defend its interests in africa the french have intervened around fifty times in africa in the last fifty years since official declination contact in regimes from rebels like into beauty of the central african republic of fighting regimes like in libya france is always driven by his own economic or geopolitical interests this time is no different i call lies asian wasn't actually over apart from economic there is also strategic importance this part of africa opens routes to the red sea and the middle east britain and france have for centuries force over it before it's like a remake but with many others involved but that doesn't mean the round mutual interests here. if you ask people in mali you'd be surprised they were waiting for somebody to save them because their army is not equipped to are trained to oppose

these militants but it was necessary to intervene in mali people see this operation as a liberation they hardly wanted to live under islamicists meza had that is a philosopher in the formant an asian in bassa to unesco his view on the positive impact for the people of mali is that it is actually a colonial throwback. it's ok if you want to come use resources but then it's logical that locals profit as well those riches go to improve their life but that's not the case this way as wild a kind of slavery mali him on the richest national resources in africa yet remains one of the poorest nations in the world. for many years these will be very happy this is the countries ministry of colonies if i did minister french territories overseas today that ministry normally exists and oh my. some one just got to the street and.

i turn our attention not open as well when the vice president says that the country's security forces have uncovered a plot to assassinate him and another senior ally to go chavez comes amid growing on so over the leader's health who is still recovering from cancer surgery in cuba . eva golinger spoke exclusively to van as well as vice president nicolas maduro who dismissed speculation that chavez is on well insisting he is still in full control during the interview with vice president nicolas maduro to the vice president of venezuela he informed us that president which is right now in his best moment. since his operation that took place and the beginning of december that there's a lot of expectation regarding his return to venezuela that he's definitely been improving complications have been overcome that arise during his surgery and in the post-operative phase at the same time he did want to speculate about when president

chavez what exactly return to the country that that's definitely the cards definitely the near future. this is a new good post-operative condition and he's recovering with very well will make an official announcement to the public soon we were able to visit him all the time. vice president said that right after this interview he would be leaving on a plane to have an excuse to meet with president chavez to visit him informing us also that president chavez is conscious the way he's aware of what's going on he's actively involved in this government wants to know what's happening and that he's still at the head of government that he's the one giving the orders and. decisions he's still making the decisions about the different paths that the government's taking. but if he's the president and more than fifty six percent of the people who voted for him he's continuing to fulfill his obligations everyone in venezuela and the rest of the world know that the government is continuing to develop social and economic reforms and he's waiting for the president to recover and fulfill

constitutional obligations. overall there's a lot of expectation regarding the return of president chavez and the people of venezuela are very anxious awaiting his arrival. we can watch all of the full version of our exclusive interview with the vice president of venezuela that's coming up at eighteen thirty g.m.t. . but for now north korea has a want of a quote full fledged confrontation with washington promising to conduct a rocket launch on a nuclear test targeting the u.s. the threats come a day after the u.n. security council expanded u.s. backed sanctions against pyongyang for its rocket launch that was back in december now. says that washington is keeping up the pressure because believe it or not north korea's isolation benefits barack obama's policy. any military analysts have commented on the seat nature there is military hardware most of it is based on

old soviet designs and although their own so long reach here seems that no jihadist of the recent years of capability to directly attack the states from where they are i think the danger is he treated people. with the spirit to asia was easier game because there can be treated united states. so create a country even further and i think we have to look at it as if she gave a she should we need or should. she surely and i think that. if we could still be free. by the story into the r.t. world upside down some of the global headlines for you in brief starting with syria where rebel forces attacked and looted several christian and muslim religious sites claiming the buildings should be searched as barracks for regime forces but according to human rights watch which is also warning the country it's sliding

deeper into sectarian violence there's just no end in sight for the twenty two month old conflict which already claimed thousands of lives of both pro and anti assad people. at least twenty one have been killed and thirty injured in a bus crash in southeastern bolivia a vehicle reportedly flipped over and rolled down a cliff while traveling along a mountain highway a police are not ruling out the driver may have been drinking this comes just a few days after a similar bus crash left twelve dead in the same region. and mexico the supreme court has released a french woman who was arrested in two thousand and five and sentenced to sixteen years in jail for helping her mexican boyfriend run a gang florence was freed after a judge ruled ruled that they had actually been some violations in the. case she was transported on the police protection out of court and later boarded

a plane to france and the case for a considerable diplomatic tension between paris and mexico. now the parliamentary race in israel is over but the political wrangling is only just beginning the election deadlock that unexpectedly gave prime minister netanyahu is right when bloc and his center left rivals sixty seats each means that tough coalition talks and a possible compromise on policies just around the bend. looks at what israelis themselves expect from the new pope. the voting here might be in secret but what's no secret is the result there was never really any doubt that prime minister netanyahu would win another term in office but the knot on paper isn't matched by the anger on the street to. start a mission and we know that never knew who brought about a deficit of thirty nine billion dollars he's going to cut the welfare social education and health budgets this is what the next four years will look like you

know and he meant to be part of the new medicare i'm scared to death i really am it will be a disaster very simply he's going to rob us of the chance to fulfill true zionism in israel it's. just not on our whose hands will be tied trying to keep a lid on domestic anger half of his radios are more concerned about the economy then making peace with a posting in his or dealing with iran's nuclear ambitions but it's precisely these issues that see is wrong on the coalition course with the international community. continuing to build new settlements. daily not weekly. this is really a very powerful signal to the palestinians to the. community that is not willing to move for the long and the road of two state settlement this settlement was founded nearly thirty years ago by just fifteen families it's since grown fifty fold at a rate of about one hundred families

a year for the world to tell me that if i'm going to build a summer home or want to have kilometer of course on my house is an obstacle to peace is absurd the sects are such that jews came back to their land the facts are such that we as a population are growing i am not willing to the former house for what. for what peace netanyahu has vowed that the days of uprooting jews are behind he needs the support of the settlers and right wing parties if his coalition is to succeed a gamble american president barack obama has reportedly warned will lead the country down the path of isolation it's no secret netanyahu and obama don't see eye to eye and not just on what's happening within israel's borders i think the issue of iran will come back to that they will it will not surprise i think anyone in israel if we'll see an israeli attack during the next year or two for netanyahu is

seen as a critical threat do is work into these and may bring him to postpone. the issue the palestinian issue and so now begins the obvious task of coalition building it could take weeks of bargaining a negotiation before the final make up of the new government has declared if netanyahu stays true to the polls he could be on course to give israel the most to hard line government in its history policy archie television. are back about a half an hour's time for an hour there in just a moment it's breaking the set with abby martin. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized

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to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous i had luck i got so many i mean i have way and i believe that i'm seeing things really messed up. and we're all very slow motion the. worst you're going through. right now superman. radio guy and four minutes from me. i want. to produce never seen anything like this until. go welcome to breaking the set since it is a big day isn't just a few moments we're going to give an exclusive interview with kim dotcom and for those of you don't know him dot com is and you the lowdown he's an entrepreneur and tech genius who founded it make it upload

a website had one hundred eighty million registered users make it the most popular file storage network in the world if you go to the web sites domain now this is what you'll see that's right the web site's been shut down by the u.s. government shutting it down it also meant that every single user pain into the service had their data seized but it didn't stop there they then attempted to extradite him on charges of criminal conspiracy money laundering and copyright infringement and an example of the amount of government overreach in this case can dot com as a german citizen who lives in new zealand that timber event they're all out which aren't where they raided his home and seize assets and of course f.b.i. botched their investigation every step of the way. leaving the heavily contentious case pending marty's andrew blake just returned to new zealand where he sat down to conduct himself he was also present at the mansion for the launch of his brand new web site now simply called mega.