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think about. that words. in the stories that shaped this week we. rested after spending almost seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. his arrest grabbed the global attention and sparked concern over a song just possible extradition to the united states. and u.s. republican senator military help for venezuela to prevent what he calls genocide by president. claims in the version is being discussed behind closed doors. with a trip to ns the president of sudan's thirty year rule thousands of protesters have
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massed in the capital demanding an immediate transition to a civilian government. from moscow you are watching r.t. international hawkins' rove you are tonight thanks for joining us this hour. after almost seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. was sensationally dragged out while police this week this comes shortly after the south american country suspended the whistleblower citizenship and revoked his asylum are video agency filmed exclusive footage of the moment he was arrested. ah. ah i.
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he. needs to make sure in. the united states. try to resist arrest and then. put. into custody. very soon. and aggressive behavior of mr june. the hostile and threatening declarations of his annoyed organization. on especially the transgression of international treaties have led the situation to a point where the asylum of mr assad regime is unsustainable are no longer viable
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the ecuadorian authorities didn't like the fact that they said julian assange countries are interfering in the international affairs in the affairs of other countries through his online activity through his activities is the editor of wiki leaks but also there was this kind of domestic disputes bubbling beneath the surface as well last year julian assange was given a list of conditions that he needed to add here if he wanted to stay on the good side of his neck for dorrian hosts he was told they needed to tidy up after himself clean his bar pay for his own food to pay for their own three clean up after is to hand which they threaten term leave and subsequently did british officials are pretty pleased about what's happened we'll welcome the news this morning that the metropolitan police have arrested judy in a song. mr speaker this goes to show that in the united kingdom no one is above the law but what we've shown today is that no one is above the law
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julian assange is no hero he's hidden from the truth for years and years but also a very courageous decision by president around zero in ecuador to resolve the situation we missed the end at the very least of the embassy chapter of the julian assange one step saga and we're moving on to perhaps or rather the truncated chapter of an illegal extradition battle. julian assange sought refuge in ecuador an embassy back in twenty twelve the u.s. was then investigating the publication by wiki leaks of classified military documents relating to the war in afghanistan it also looked into a song release of cyber tools used by the sea oh yes. and often real interns private emails which its claim was part of alleged russian interference in the twenty sixth presidential election and following his arrest on thursday the u.s. issued a formal request for songes extradition and washington accusers sons of conspiring
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against the united states the indictment alleges that together with chelsea manning that's a former intelligence analyst in the u.s. army and sons cracked the government password and access to classified documents if he's convicted he could face up to five years in jail is a look back at we can leaks major publications over the years. i'm. cut.
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don't have to like um you don't have to like everything he's ever written or published but if you like the fact that we have the right to speak and to know often uncomfortable truths to our rulers don't want us to know then you should be here in person or at least in spirit because if julian our certain age is criminalized and incarcerated for revealing because you'll no longer be free and you'll never be free again there may have been a theft of information involved but if every publisher who publishes material that was stolen from its owners was put on trial and extradited and sent behind bars there would be no publishing i give you just one example i was a member of parliament when the daily telegraph bought stolen information about
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m.p.'s expenses and they published it and they want to wards for it because it was in the public interest that people should know that hundreds of members of parliament were cheating the taxpayer stealing from the taxpayer by fiddling their expenses that's what journalism is that's all that julian assange has. a song his arrest has gained global attention with thousands running in support of the australian born whistleblower from quito to budapest protesters have been gathering outside u.s. embassies expressing concern over a song just possible extradition. and discuss the international reaction to a song as a rest with. a lot of these skeletons in the closets of the world's mightiest the most powerful probably will never be pulled out but if it wasn't for julian a song and some people wouldn't even start thinking. really that some of this nasty
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and gruesome stuff even existed and indeed a very important part of his legacy probably the most important part will always be encourage so many people to think and ask questions about what the most powerful people in charge of this world could be hiding and this can truly be felt through the things that are being said by the activists right now in reaction to what's happening with the whistleblower let's take a look at what the american civil liberties union came out with any persecution by the united states. publishing operations would be unprecedented and unconstitutional would open the door to criminal investigations of news organizations prosecuting a foreign publisher of a vine vital to the public's interest cumin rights watch are now actually saying that every news organization is in danger and this kind of sentiment is being
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echoed by so many activists and activist organizations to those who support him he is you know. harry right he's an award winning journalist but there are those who hates am out here as a whistleblower a villain how is he raghad it while some people don't see a difference between behavior to a list and a whistleblower some people do but you can argue that in any case this joy in a solemn situation and his whole fate well always be intertwined with the notion of freedom of speech and it seems that any kind of attempts by the us political elite to paint him with that brush and to try and convince the world that he is not a journalist will always be challenged by the world's most renowned whistleblowers and investigative journalists as well images of quick with those in buses inviting the case secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher from. like you to know award winning journalism out of the building are
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going to end up in the history books critics may cheer but this is a dark moment for press freedom week you leaks is a publisher charges now brought in connection with its material or any attempt to extradite assange to united states for prosecution under the deeply flawed could you know of the espionage act nine hundred seventeen is an attack on all of us the d.-o. g. sis part of what a science did to just before his prosecution be young allegedly helping manning get the documents is that he encouraged manning to get more documents for him to publish journalists do this with sources constantly is a criminalization of journalism it's hard to make know the political undertones of this case how has politicians been weighing in since his arrest well i want to raise i'm a said no one is above the law and it looks like the likes of the u.s. the u.k. and the current government of ecuador will continue to team up in saying that these
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suspected criminals should be prosecuted and they will keep on pushing that line but at the same time even in the western world and also in other parts of the world there will be politicians will keep on saying things like phony pretext and they will continue to treat this case as pure hypocrisy of the western political elites this whole story that the prosecution and hounding with establishing inhumane living conditions is consigning to oblivion the rights of the freedom of speech and disseminating information. that is something that it's absolute if you think that i mean that we are talking about that. shown towards abuses and violation of human and international rights. we absolutely reject the and no amount of julian assange just natural ization that and the handover of the. really
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and journalists to the united kingdom in a shameful act surrendering our sovereignty the extradition of julian a son to the u.s. for exposing evidence of atrocities in iraq and afghanistan should be opposed by the british government in any case now whatever the people say it's still all depends on the next steps by us police and u.s. prosecutors so we will be watching out for that. u.s. republican senators called for military action in venezuela in order to prevent what he's calling it genocide president nicolas maduro this comes amid washington's repeated violence that it won't exclude any option after proclaimed the country's opposition leader one go door interim president back in january we've got to really consider whether we do military. you know help getting this aid in just a save the starving people of venezuela they are starving to death i mean this is genocide emma duros doing it meanwhile an american think tank called the center for
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strategic and international studies or c.s.i.s. has reportedly held an off the record meeting to assess the use of military force in venezuela a list of roughly forty eight in these of the event includes current and former u.s. officials including from the state department michael a deal harvey spoke to max blumenthal the editor of the gray zone dot com and the man behind the report. i confirmed that the meeting took place with a staffer at c.s.i.s. however she refused to give me details grik stream lee nervous on the phone in a second source who participated in the meeting who confirmed it also refused to give details they were extremely nervous that somebody in the media knew about the existence of this event it was a very high level meeting with basically the main people in washington involved in making the sausage of trump's venezuela policy one of the more interesting elements was the participation of high level staffers from the u.s.
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agency for international development and usa id is now talking about military options so this could be done under the auspices of some kind of humanitarian intervention to save venezuelans but it's really interesting that an aid agency is participating in this discussion and the u.s. is using economic sanctions as a form of unilateral coercion in place of a military invasion that's according to the un special rapporteur or edris just siri. and they don't seem to be removing the dural the u.s. has called on the military in venezuela to turn on the door on they've stood firm and honored the constitution and one kind of on a tour around venezuela and he's not rallying the crowds the u.s. had hoped for and so i see this secret or a private meeting at c.s.i.s. as evidence of the u.s. is desperation and they're trying to find any means to dislodge the material after several months if the u.s.
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wants to use military force to go in to a sovereign nation do you think that the people of america would tolerate that and on not i think this would cause an existential crisis for the trumpet ministration many people think oh trump would be happy to distract from his problems but i think you would see the anti-war movement similar to the kind that we had during the invasion of iraq with hundreds of thousands of people in the streets. and you'd have a catastrophe across south america the entire region right in his so-called backyard would be destabilized so in many ways this is unworkable but i never underestimate the arrogance of washington's elite policymakers. all this weekend thousands turned out in the french capital in support of ongoing anti-government protests in algeria the details of this short break.
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to the weekly thousands of algerians demonstrated in. paris on sunday in support of ongoing anti-government protests in their homelands capital people gathered it plastered. with many draped in the algerian flag and holding anti-government cards long term ruler with a fleet of resigned in april second letter and purchase those have now set their sights on his successor to consider the new interim president. as a host into continuation of the old regime rallies in the algerian capital have been marred by violence with twenty seven officers injured and one hundred ninety demonstrators arrested is why some of the protesters took to the streets. you know
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that it is the people alone are sovereign it's always been said even in the present constitution they have made the revolution is by the people and for the people we want to real democracy real freedom and algeria that is modern and worthy of our martyrs long live algeria every day if we get it but if leak is no longer the problem the problem is those who hold power to day to day their june diasporas fight is against all those who have had power for sixty yes who have eaten their country because it is a mafia who have been looted the country who have not given anything to the population who must resign i think you have the chance for would you do is you its position as a nation on the african and world stage and you it deserves better than past had in the past sixty years the. u.k. u.s. and norway have stated their support for the handover of power to civilians in
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sudan a joint statement was released by the british foreign ministry turkey also says it would welcome a transition in the country which includes the participation of all parts of society and comes after several days of protests in the sudanese capital khartoum on saturday people say there they will remain in the streets until a civilian transitional council is formed on thursday the army toppled longtime president tomorrow bashir transco. as one does if explains though the mood soon turned sour. a dictator falls and the people rejoice happy empowered optimistic it's it's always the same how many times have we seen this happen this decade revolution in africa in the middle east the dictator amal bashir was removed by the military which sided with the people. sort of what
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the how militant must really have to be the military takes full responsibility for changing the entire regime for a transitional period of two years in which the government will be handled by the armed forces. now you could understand why people are a bit miffed they rebelled risked everything to get rid of a dictator for freedom for democracy and what they go to the end is a military regime what has been just stated is frost's a coup and it is not acceptable they are cycling the faces and this will return us to where we have been on the other hand consider how much worse it could have been temporary military rule may just have been the lesser of two evils but these revolutions rarely and well.
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a grim even depressing picture yet it seems people just don't learn from the past earlier this week we heard the same tired calls from the u.k. u.s. norway calls for regime change. the demand for political change from the courageous and resilient people of sudan is becoming ever clear and more powerful the sudanese people are demanding a transition to a political system that is inclusive and has greater legitimacy there is a reason they wanted him gone out so much because he's a dictator they have plenty of tyrannical friends no because mr bashir like solly and gadhafi before him made inroads with the west's rivals boosted relations trade military and economic cooperation with china with russia iran.
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which i think if you get any air of iranian conflict will harm the whole region arrow counter ease and iran itself neither iran nor the arabs would leave the region i suppose the best option is to kill exist and deal with the problems that we have through dialogue and negotiations it is better than using guns and that it would appear was an unforgivable sin the united states considers africa its own and doesn't want anyone else on its tough unfortunately billions upon billions of us taxpayer dollars have not achieved this are effects they have not prevented other powers such as china and russia from taking advantage of african states increase their own power and influence from now on the united states will not tolerate this longstanding pattern that without effect to be fair mr bolton
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hardly helped years of u.s. sanctions of civil war atrocities and the split up of the country have left their mark so don is a traumatized nation expecting democracy and magical reforms overnight is well it was never going to happen. as the headlines for the south from the team i myself thanks for your naughty will back in thirty minutes with the latest global news updates. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront a shouldn't let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic developments only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful
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sloops. didn't really get it right when. i started out as a very conservative republican like every person in my farming community and upstate new york in the fifty's. my father was a member of the john birch society he was very opposed to the new deal labor unions catholics jews i thought. he was actually not that unusual and my dad for those attitudes to prevail. because i was a good athlete good in school and good in my church and a good boy scout of my time i was really proud of. in one
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thousand sixty-six as the u.s. military began ramping up its forces in vietnam brian wilson was drafted. i enlisted in the air force for a four year program to go into the army as an induction. and then i got my orders to become an air force sure ranger officer commanding. a unit of forty men. and so soon i found myself in vietnam. my duty us to go and assess the success or failure bombing missions.
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