with a son charged in the u.s. with conspiracy to hack government computers washington is now again raising the issue of his alleged links to russia. also to come over seventy people reportedly killed in libya in a week has the international community remain split over to deal with the escalating conflict in the country the german justice minister has rounded on after giving an interview to r.t. she which she mentions close ties between in moscow. and we maintain close ties with russia russia was and always will be our partner.

fellow there is eleven am here in moscow you're watching international. after his dramatic arrest wiki leaks front man. is facing a charge of conspiracy to hack a u.s. government computer but it appears washington has another axe to grind to at least judging by vice president mike pence his words on friday. when he was the cia the cia director said we keep leaks in state house intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia we strongly agree with the justice department is now seeking extradition and while it's not the first time russia has been mentioned in connection with this currently he's not been charged with anything russia related. takes a look though at whether alleged collusion may nevertheless become part of the case against a cell. it didn't say it years ago a son that the united states wanted him that's why he was in the ecuadorian embassy

and he was right america is seeking extradition and if you watch enough t.v. you surely know why his russian connections can we address the question at hand and that is whether or not you can say definitively that russia had no part in this camp was trying to sabotage the two thousand and sixteen election and have these facts in front of them saw assad as an agent agent or at least a provocateur or a collaborator with the russian government tonight there is growing evidence that russia is using wiki leaks as a delivery vehicle for hacked e-mails and other information it was everywhere on every pundit slips for years assad's weekly spew to russia meddling echoed and echoed by everyone important enough to be on camera like us need is it's time to call out wiki leaks for what it really is

a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia they've acted in concert with the russians to interfere on our elections to help you pack into took that information from the russians and at least in a way to disrupt our campaigns in twenty six you know i don't think that's that's not right to legal and i hope mr and as much as possible gestures should come to cuba and so forth is for. russian meddling in what you do by their word he's a covert k.g.b. asset on a secret mission to topple the united states that is if you watch enough t.v. if you don't if you actually read the indictment against in the charges no mention of russia not a mention of elections of meddling e-mails or grand plots to topple the united states his crime allegedly was that he worked with chelsea. manning to obtain classified documents that showed us human rights abuses in iraq and

afghanistan the u.s. government asked. state all the charges it tend to charge mr sosh with extradition stick. built to you not mr sergeants us that lands on us soil about oil states government or bring their charges just consider this if the us had any of it anything tying has signed to russia or made legal conspiracy do you think they would have shown it to mention that the this is it this is the unique charge he faces and because of how extradition works they can to add any more charges if they get him the extradition order. needs to know at that stage what except charges side for example . the extradition court u.k.

not extradite somebody to the west the charges that are probably going to. not exist there's no charges. so the extradition court makes very clear we're only going to extradite what those charges are sent to us and. we just i guess direct your sosh. states of iraq turns on now saying balance sheets are going by what lawyers and experts are saying the u.s. doesn't have much of a case and if as and is found guilty it sets a nasty precedent where journalists can be jailed for posting classified material no matter how vital like the manning files.

this remarkable as it may be the u.s. is now saying that exposing us human rights abuses wanted murder committed by the u.s. military exposing that is more serious than the abuses and murder themselves chelsea formally bradley manning was freed by a bomber but judging by the toxicity on t.v. in washington as shouldn't be too hopeful the. you never know trump is trump wiki leaks i love what you like. but on thursday police forcibly removed from the ecuadorian embassy as we saw in london came off to

a strip to make is that doreen citizenship i'm revoked his asylum which was granted seven years ago ecuador says. to have his asylum in multiple ways well the country's former foreign minister ricardo patino claims the current ecuadorian government struck a deal with washington. what is clear here is that moreno who is currently the president of ecuador has reached an agreement with the u.s. they agreed to loans from the international monetary fund and an exchange two things hand over julian a songe and the process of the latin american integration moreno has betrayed his homeland british police to enter our embassy the embassy which we've been defending since two thousand and twelve it's clear that the death penalty still exists in the us i repeat it's public information they commit barbaric acts of torture against

those they consider an enemy clearly julian assange is an enemy to them that's exactly why we gave him political asylum. well arty's going underground spoke to songes long time legal advisor he explained why he believes a breach of bio was not the real reason behind the arrest you can watch the full interview later on saturday. the home secretary said german ahead of the release of further or further rest of said he's right be facing justice in the u.k. where he's not facing justice in the u.k. other than for breach of bail which is a very minor offense usually dealt with by a guy or a few weeks in prison these politician so maybe he will stir up the judges to give him a couple of months but the justice that he's facing in is justice or in

justice in america which wants him and has charges really for up to forty five years in prison the trump argument is this that the first amendment which protects journalists for him asli only a prize to american journalist and doesn't apply to any foreign journalist even those working for american papers in fact driven goodale who was the hero of the pentagon papers case he was the lawyer for the new york times he came out of retirement be up a day and he said we are. however much you dislike which his case is the most important for media freedom since the pentagon papers case well one of the biggest revelations of the leaks published by a songe concern alleged u.s. war crimes in afghanistan the international criminal court has been looking into

similar accusations for a while now bird has just decided not to open an investigation into the matter the i.c.c. claims that doing say now would be counterproductive. the judges decided that investigation into the situation in afghanistan at this stage would not serve the interests of justice the i.c.c. noted the lack of cooperation that the prosecutor has received which is likely to go scarcer should an investigation be authorized hampering the chances of successful investigation and prosecution while the us president donald trump ale the decision is quote a major international victory for the rule of law washington recently revoked an entry visa for the prosecutor responsible for the probe citing the need to protect the country's sovereignty the us has refused to sign up to the i.c.c. with officials lashing out at the court. we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c.

and we certainly will not join the i.c.c. as far as america is concerned the i.c.c. has no jurisdiction no legitimacy and no authority we will ban its judges and prosecutors from entering the united states the i.c.c. planes near universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country the united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from i'm just prosecution by this illegitimate court. the i.c.c. did open a preliminary investigation into the she when two thousand and six this looked at allegations that over ten thousand civilians were killed in atrocities as well as claims of torture and rape and twenty seventeen the i.c.c. prosecutor asked judges to take things further saying there were reasonable grounds to suspect the u.s. military was implicated human rights watch says the court's decision to reject

a proper investigation does set a bad precedent. the i.c.c. judges rejection of an afghanistan investigation is a devastating blow for victims who have suffered grievous crimes without red dress the judges logic effectively in the house member countries to opt out of copulating with a quote human rights watch has slammed the court's decision that saying it is a devastating blow for the victims of atrocities in afghanistan and he war activists church again says the i.c.c. has no power against the us. i don't think that an entity like an i.c.c. would be able to bring those charges to the front and i think if we look back i mean you take on yugoslavia you take on small countries in africa maybe countries in latin america or maybe countries in south asia but taking on the united states i mean i i mean you i guess the president too that would be the case with the sign right now this is this is not only

a janet stand but we have to look at did they did they do anything about iraq no that was illegal occupation with the invasion just like a pianist in this case is not the first case that points that out i think there are a few cases that point going back to even the crimes in yugoslavia that the nato committed i think there's quite a few cases and there's quite a few precedents to show that i.c.c. is actually not capable of. bringing the real actors so the western countries the hedge amman's to the table and actually charging them with crimes. in other news seventy five people have been killed and over three hundred twenty wounded in libya in the last ten days that's according to the world health organization the country's ongoing civil war has been escalating after general hurley for huff whose forces control least in libya ordered his army to march on the capital the u.n.

is calling on your part he said the conflict to end is still a tease. health partners have verified seventeen civilian casualties so far with seven fatalities including three medical staff at least five ambulances have been hit since the onset of the conflict we continue to call for a humanitarian pause to allow people to safely evacuate and emergency services to get through and for all parties to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law. meanwhile thousands of libyans have gathered in tripoli to protest against renewed fighting in the region libya has been in turmoil since the ousting of gadhafi in twenty eleven since then the country has seen the setting up of two rival one backed by the un in tripoli based into broke pretty boy looks back now at how the civil war in libya began in her latest edition of. the cia stooges competing colonialists powerless us

billions of barrels of the black stuff in case you missed it the looming civil war in libya has this your. cousin only i saw. freedom and prosperity in libya back in twenty eleven creating a glorious life. like this and saved turns out i was wrong. not the business woman of the revolution to get rid of this guy and the more you know this one shows up i just look at them like little despotic because. general. and his self-proclaimed libyan national. apparently fought for colonel moammar gadhafi then turned against him before going into exile in the u.s. for twenty years in langley virginia where the cia is based.

how is that significant seriously i am trying to record something here. where was i after is launching a military offensive and the place to take control of the whole country is off of their reassuring promise that security comes politics second. house stop to defeat the government of national accord which is really in some list or national or in accord with anything but one thing on its side the recognition of the u.n. and the service that seems easy enough international condemnation of nato for half dollars bill says everything gets back so it was every time the plan has everyone's best whale in a press up top. so while the u.n. officially recognizes the tripoli government the french egypt and the saudis have been funding and backing general ham who also got a personalized guided tour of a russian aircraft carrier by going to seventeen italy is backing the other side

out of the u.s. just pulled out of it soldiers from libya. quite a geopolitical. currently all the sides are doing the only thing may sound do when they can't do anything calling. for a strange kind of dialogue my advice to anyone who lives in a corrupt sandy country with a serious amount of oil is to leave you here just very back. with meanwhile he's demanding that general have to our stop his military operation against the tripoli government. the military attack launched by the enemy on tripoli and the subsequent escalation in and around the capital are in danger of civilians including migrants and refugees and disrupting un led political process

with the risk of serious consequences for libya and the wider region including the terrorist threat the block does seem to be split over be a huge france reportedly blocked an earlier e.u. statement calling on the leader of the libyan national army to pull back his troops paris's oil assets in eastern libya and had been providing military to help after italy has criticised france's stance. it would be very serious of france for economical commercial reasons had blocked an e.u. initiative to bring peace to libya and would support a party that is fighting as minister of the interior i would not stand by and watch something that the two thousand and eleven nato led military intervention in libya promoted by then french president nicolas sarkozy was triggered by a konami can commercial interests than what humanitarian concerns the former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament lode the news thinks the split in the over libya is linked to the geopolitical interests of its members. about your political

a position of france and italy in a lesson manager brown's was the one country does start of the war on libya in the first place for the same reason that there were there but they do not supporting the guy that they think will protect their interests ironically enough this man is leading the libyan national army is a former gadhafi colleague or eight who knew down and got disagreed with him and left the country for several years this man is just as reliable as any other military dictator i mean it just shows that when it goes really comes down to democracy human rights and so on he's just irrelevant. you're watching i say good to have you company this morning we're back again with more news to.

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room six. million real news. again german media outlets and politicians have ranted on the country's justice minister after she gave an interview to each in her seven minutes appearance catarina touched on a number of issues concerning europe including jim unease ties with russia peter all of his more. well the german justice minister catherine of bali is found herself in hot water according to some lost on the political sea according to others it's scary to see how you can completely lose your political compass in no time well what heinous act did she commit she spoke to the media or as some would

have you believe the wrong type of media this is all come about after ms barley gave an interview to r.t. german language sister service. and we maintain close ties with russia russia was and always will be our partner however that doesn't mean we don't take issue with certain things but then that's a natural part of any relationship. nordstrom to is a private enterprise and we as a government do not interfere i also do not consider it appropriate to comment on u.s. plans in any way. europe has external and internal enemies these include all who seek to weaken at first of all of course these are the e.u. countries that want to become nation states again and stop their usual cooperation with us in order to pursue their selfish national interests heaven forfend

a german politician give an interview to a russian news outlet about issues that affect both nations the minister must be out of her mind according to the german tabloid press justice minister caterina barely wants to join the european parliament for the s.p.d. and has given many interviews so far so good but why she took questions from the kremlin propaganda portal russia today is not comprehensible to many in political circles. while the c.d.u. is fighting for every euro to strengthen europe's security the s.p.d. european candidate for three nobody gives interviews the russian state propaganda that there's twenty four seven to weaken europe because they're in a barely of the european the un through body all smiled in and friendly to those who want to send you a plummeting into chaos with their education freedom of the press sorry make that freedom to talk to the press as long as it's the ones the chairman tabloids approve

of. viewing terrorist propaganda online in the u.k. could land you in jail under a new law that's just come into force the government says the new measure is a preventing terror attacks these new laws give the police the powers they need to disrupt terrorist plots earlier and ensure that those who seek to do us harm face just punishment as we saw in the deadly attacks in london in manchester in twenty seventeen the threat from terrorism continues to evolve and so must our response which is why these vital new measures have been introduced by new amendments to the counterterrorism and border security act including jail terms of up to fifteen years for clicking on terrorist propaganda people could also be jailed for showing reckless support for banned groups mentoring designated areas abroad human rights groups have voiced concern over the new measures. the bill is legislating close to

the line or indeed crosses the line in britain human rights one should be able to freely browse the internet in private without fear of criminal repercussion as part of the basic enjoyment of the right to privacy and freedom of information. well we also spoke to george similarly he's a senior researcher at the global policy institute and says that the u.k. government may have a hidden agenda. don't find it logical at all i think it's clearly a law to restrict speech to restrict academic research a way of ensuring government control of expression and thought i mean it's all a piece of what's been going on in the west over the last few years in which governments of increasingly brought the internet under control they use different guises fighting terrorism trying to thwart russian influence on the elections

but it always has the same effect which is to limit the freedom to study the british government couldn't give a damn about terrorism any time the british government says that they're in the business of fighting terrorism you know that's a lie they couldn't care less about terrorism they're using terrorism as a pretext to do what they really want to do which is to restrict what people can see on the internet and what people are able to communicate with one another on the internet if you have two or something really a senior research from global policy institute that brings you up tonight that's out and he's looking so far today we're back again talking. about hope to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to be. with you going to be for us this is what the fore. in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the lawyers in the college. first city hall. and you'll see that i.q. . if you do. you do this the first one you look up and you missed we just can stumble through all the hundreds in the. last you'll see just what it did except. if it was national guard. or. the to the plate you talk a little. it's a look what you're going to pull from some. school board if he's going

to explain up to the school with the police you're getting your beliefs because the . showing in july third be smeared. all over the city and you go to. the polls someone to be near the president also wants to let you know the late eighty's. i'm not sure if that you know what you're going on the ground special in the week the british authorities up to nearly seven years of detention captured the founder of wiki leaks coming up with a show in one publication publishes

a dynamite story other publications don't have a story and so they try and undermine the story in some way they have to write something so they often do that. and then unfortunately a lot. what of those people who are too close to the very powers that they should be trying to hold to account if we go back and look at what the us military robert gates and mullen said about our publications of creating hypotheticals that maybe they would cause. our publications documented their involvement in a case by case level in the deaths of more than twenty thousand people in afghanistan and more than one hundred and eight thousand people in iraq those are the stakes that we were talking about. not only the dissolution of two societies but the deaths of over one hundred thousand people and so when you want to distract from this you just made the same accusation to the so the person that is making

accusation against you it's sort of is akin to the kindergarten rhetoric the founder of wiki leaks julian sands there speaking to going underground from the ecuadorian embassy before we go to daddy street chambers in london to speak to julian's lawyer geoffrey robertson q.c. about the legal and human rights implications of the case i'm joined now from sydney in australia by legendary journalist and filmmaker john pilger john welcome to going on the ground you've said the arrest of julian assange by british authorities is a warning to all journalists explain it's a it's a warning from history it's a stop warning. anybody watching that shocking image of julianne baying forced out of the embassy by heart but also in police and pushed intro via a well know that if that can happen to somebody for using journalism to let us know.