with julian assange charged in the us with conspiracy to have governments computers and washington is now again raising the issue of these alleged links to russia. over seventy people are reportedly killed in libya in a week as the international community remains split over how to deal with the escalating conflict in the country. and the german justice minister is rounded on after giving an interview to r.t. deutsche in which she mentions close ties between birdland and moscow. and maintain close ties with russia russia was and always will be our partner.

a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with nicky airing our top story this hour after his dramatic arrest wiki leaks front month julie north on is facing a charge of conspiracy is a hack a u.s. government computer but it appears washington has another axe to grind at least judging by the vice president's mike pence his words on friday. when he was a cia cia director said we keep leaks in state house intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia which strongly agree with that's where the justice department is now seeking extradition and. it's not the first time russia has been mentioned in connection with songs although currently he has not been charged with anything russia related art is more aghast you have looked at whether alleged collusion may nevertheless become part of the case against him. he did 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. was trying to sabotage the twenty six thousand 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 putin 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 what took kept information from the russians at least in a way to disrupt our campaigns and twenty sixteen i don't think that's that's not right to legal and i hope mr as much as possible gestures because if you're going to say forty years for all. russian meddling and why should you go 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 i'm gonna

stop the u.s. government house to. state all the charges they tend to charge mr sashi with extradition stick. you fail to do you not mr sargent's us that lands on us soil. about oil states government or their charts just consider this if the us had any of it anything tying as signs to russia or meddling or 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't add any more charges if they get him the extradition order. needs to know at that stage what exact charge aside for example . the extradition court u.k. will not extradite somebody to wes the charges that are probably going to store

such. nonexistent there's no charge. so the extradition court makes very clear we're only going to extradite on those charges are sent to us and . we just like it straight to your sosh. states or iraq churns are on the. balance sheets are going by what lawyers and experts are saying the u.s. doesn't have much of a case and that 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.

as remarkable as it may be the u.s. is now saying that exposing u.s. human rights abuses wanted murder committed by the u.s. military exposing that is serious than the abuses and murder themselves chilled formally bradley manning was freed by a bomb up but judging by the toxicity on t.v. in washington. shouldn't be too hopeful but you never know trump is trump wiki leaks i love what you like. say police forcibly removed julian assange from the ecuadorian embassy in london it came after quito stripped

him of his ecuadorian fittest and stepparent revoked his asylum which was granted almost seven years ago ecuador say this dungeon violated the terms of his own phylum in multiple ways but the country's former foreign minister ricardo patino claims the current ecuadorian government has struck a deal with washington. look here carol 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 loan us from the international monetary fund and an exchange they agreed to things hand over julian a songe and the process of the latin american integration moreno has betrayed his homeland your loud 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 in its 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. are he's going underground spoke to us sanjay is long time at legal advise that he explained why he believes that breach of bail was not the real reason behind the arrest you can watch the full interview later here on saturday. the home secretary. ahead of the release of further or further arrest 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 five or a few weeks in prison these politicians so maybe. the judge has to give him a couple of months but the justice that he's facing is justice or injustice in america which wants him and has charges riddy

for up to forty five years imprisonment the trump argument is this that the first amendment which protects the supreme asli only applies to american journalists and doesn't apply to any foreign journalists even those were. king for american papers and for a. good day who was the hero of the pentagon papers case he was the lawyer for the new york times he came out of retirement the other day and he sued. however much you dislike because. his case is the most important for media freedom since the pentagon papers case one of the biggest revelations of the leaks published by a concern alleged u.s. war crimes in afghanistan the international criminal court has been looking into similar accusations for a while now but has just decided not to open an investigation into the matter the i.c.c.

claims they're doing so 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 scared should an investigation be authorized hampering the chances of successful investigation and prosecution u.s. president are try and pair the decision as 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 lasting 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. plains 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 unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court. the i.c.c. opened a preliminary investigation into the syrian two thousand and six is looked at over allegations that over ten thousand civilians were killed in atrocities as well as claims of torture and rape and see a thousand and seven saying the i.c.c. prosecutor judges to take things further saying that were reasonable grounds to suspect the us military was implicated human rights watch those the court's decision to reject a proper investigation sets a bad precedent. the i.c.c. judge's rejection of an afghanistan investigation is a devastating blow for victims who have suffered grievous crimes without

treacherous the judge's logic effectively in the house member countries to opt out of copulating with a quote. antiwar activist sergio coach i can say is the i.c.c. has no power against the u.s. . 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 do that with the case with the song right now this is this is not only up down it's down but we have to look at did they do they do anything about iraq no that was illegal occupation legal 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 had to mons to the table and actually charging them with crimes. seventy five people have been killed and over three hundred twenty wounded in libya in the last ten days according to the world health organization the country's ongoing civil war has been escalating off the general khalifa haftar whose forces control eastern libya ordered his army to march on the capital the u.n. is calling on all parties to the conflict to end hostilities. 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 evacuated and emergency services to

get through and for all parties to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law meanwhile thousands of libyans have been gathering in tripoli to protest against renewed fighting in the region libya has been in turmoil since the ousting of moammar gadhafi in two thousand and eleven since then the country has seen the setting of a of two rival governments one backed by the u.n. in tripoli and the other based in tobruk. looks back at now at how the civil war in libya began in her latest edition of in case you missed it. the cia stooges competing colonialists a powerless us billions of barrels of the black stuff in case you missed it the looming civil war in libya has the sole. custody i still need to have freedom of parents libya twenty eleven creating a glorious life. like this and save those i was wrong and the

solution not the business of the revolution to get rid of this guy and the more you know this is what you share is up i just look at them like a little despotic. general. self-proclaimed libyan. apparently full of a kind on want gadhafi then turned against him before going into exile in the u.s. the 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 pledge to take control of the whole country is off with their reassuring promise that security comes politics second. how to stop one to defeat the government of national accord which isn't really

a government or national or in accord with anything but it's got one thing on its side the recognition of the un and the civic center seems easy enough international condemnation of nato. hostiles bill says everything gets better it works every time the plan has everyone's best boil in a crisis. so while the un 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 and went to seventeen italy is backing the other side and the u.s. just pulled out of its soldiers from libya. oh. and quite a geopolitical because currently all the sides are doing the only thing me when they can't do anything for. restraint and dialogue my advice to

anyone who lives in a corrupt sandy country with a serious amount of oil is to leave it here and there they'll just carry back. meanwhile is demanding the general kaftan stop his military operation against the aaa government. the military attack launched by the enemy on tripoli and the subsequent escalation in and around the capital are in danger and 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 but the block seems to be split over the issue france reportedly rejected an earlier statement calling on the leader of the libyan national army so pull back his troops paris has oil assets in eastern libya and has been providing military help to counter italy has criticized france's stance. it would be very

serious of france for economical commercial reasons have 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 the then french president nicolas sarkozy was triggered can commercial interests than what humanitarian concerns former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament load of a new things these splits in the e.u. over libya is linked to the geopolitical interests of its members. about your political position of france and italy in the lesson man of bronze was the one country and 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 to dismount those leading libyan national army is

a former gadhafi colleague or a tool down and gone disagreed with him and left the country for several years this man is just as a reliable as any other good 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 the german justice minister is under fire after giving an interview to r.t. deutsch what he said after this short break. join me every thursday on the elec simon short and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the multiple different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to suppressing. one on t.v. . i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can think i was going to do. by the way what is of that slide here.

welcome back german media outlets on politicians have rounded on the country's justice minister after she gave an interview to auntie joy in the seven minutes of parents caterina bali touched on a number of issues concerning europe including germany's ties with russia. reports one by the. for 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 compas 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 bali gave an interview to r.t. german language sister service. member whose land 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 that minister must be out of her mind according to the german tabloid press justice minister caterina bali wants to join the european parliament for the s.p.d. and is giving 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 security the s.p.d. european candidate. gives interviews the russian state propaganda that is twenty four seven to weaken europe because the arena barely of the european the un through body all smiled in and friendly to those who want to send you are 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 now learn to you in jail under a new law this just come into force the government say is the new measure is aimed at 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 new amendments to the counterterrorism and border security act include jail terms of up to fifteen years for clicking on terrorist propaganda people could also be jailed for showing reckless support for banned groups and entering designated areas or brought him in rights groups have voiced concern over the new measures the bill is legislating closer to the line or indeed crosses the line in bridging 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 we spoke to george swanley a senior research at the global policy institute he says the u.k. government may have a hidden agenda. i 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 for warped 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 insists 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 then what people are able to communicate with one another on the internet and there is i guess saturday afternoon had lines where back at the top of the out of the nato fever. there are millions of people in america and around the world who are better educated than ray dahlia but in order to succeed on wall street you need to have a complete lack of empathy this is been driven in study after study after study re dahlia has no consideration about the effect he's having of society and the the ruination of the law is that he's contributing to my being a leech on the system with a. hedge fund that's a lack of empathy and play there that takes

a certain kind of myopia and stupidity to work yourself into that state. bests drug where her cocaine is where four bucks for the under fifty it's the everybody use cocaine crack cocaine you can smoke it this is worth fifteen thirty. twenty. score came to this is about a fifteen dollar big people smoke this one bigger second sweetie you can find these drugs in any city in the united states that you want a long as you want to get it about the. make money. and that's one of the day.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. you know world of big partisan lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watched. the hawks.

thank you who are who you are thank you and i was under attack to deny this is a comedy show where americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents. thank you for joining me while the entire country focuses on trump and his book blue marie very few seem to care that are organized the murder machines continue their work around the world that's the term i like to use instead of military organized human murder machine you know that has a nice ring to it just kind of rolls off the tongue got it. doesn't really tearing sound so boring and but. it's. sounds like a super lame millipede you met at a party at military over there is an accountant if i hear one more capital gains

tax joe i'm going to kill myself. so let's just go on with organized human murder machine show a ten months ago i covered how twenty one trillion dollars had gone unaccounted for at the pentagon over the past twenty years don't try to think about the number twenty one trillion because you'll pass out and hit your head on a desk ok if your salary is forty thousand dollars a year in order to earn a twenty one trillion it would take you five hundred and twenty five million years . at which point you can even enjoy the new jet ski you bought because you're a brain in a jar. since i last brought you that report there has been a little more coverage of it the nation magazine did an article for and did another article in just a few weeks ago and that tell you wrote about it in-depth in rolling stone then in a few a few months ago i brought you another report about the huge number of whistleblowers who have been retaliated against at the pentagon.