massive fire is extinguished the cathedral in paris off the raging for more than nine hours causing extensive damage is believed to have started by accident during the work west of condolence and support for all the world as france reels from a shock. with julian songs now in jails foreign politicians hold a media conference outside to show their support for a man they see as a hero look at the media's shock over the whistleblower. and human rights organizations cry foul offer of palestinian activist was denied entry to the u.s. spoke to omar about his experience. with the u.s.

administration has been mobilized now to do israel's bidding and trying to silence . international human rights defenders. from moscow you watching our teams national with me hawkins review all sides thanks for joining us on the program a devastating fire has been extinguished off the raging for more than nine hours at the cathedral in paris the main part of the structure has survived including the two belfry towers but the roof collapse president has pledged to restore the building here's our correspondent charlotte lewinski with more details we know the fines i just have been working throughout the evening trying to dampen down those flames we even know who they had to so i didn't know she used aerial water if i was just because they wanted to ensure that that frame didn't. collapse and it looks

like those reports coming through now that they have been able to secure that so some incredible news that stephanie giving people here some good some cheer in fact we've had people singing throughout the evening trying to keep their spirits up as they've been watching this fire unfold a jewel in the crown of not just paris but in wool to heritage went up in flames unfitting very. front which is burning reduces france's desert of paris she's with the first king was crone so he's really huge trauma is from an even century from thirteenth century and everything is disappearing and defy you know to today in twenty one century and little the underbelly is a very beautiful symbolic of of our country enough our city of paris it's like a monuments in the literary reason you tell you go and so that's

a part of our culture and we are losing tonight and that's very sad for this dempsey's said look you have that body is the heart of paris it is grander it is monumental it is horrible to see everything we have learned growing up in small centuries of our heritage when news of this fire not spread out the church bells that certain churches across the city rang their bells in solidarity to show that they were all thinking of not to our lady as it is in english and when to stand that a number of works of art have been rescued from this fire they are not damaged that's incredibly good news in terms of the heritage to try and preserve that for not saddam and we also understand that the crown of thorns this was probably one of the most iconic and important relics that was contained in not that has also been rescue. that is

a relic that dates back to at least the fourth century although catholics believe that it was actually the crown of thrones that jesus wore just before his crucifixion so an incredibly important relic to the catholic church here in france so that crown of thorns as well as many are works of art and of the relics have been saved by those firefighters who have been working tirelessly throughout the evening at this cathedral it's not just the building it's the heart of paris it was built all those years ago to represent paris being the economic the political and the cultural heartbeat of france and it remains just that twelve million people visit it every year it's the most visited site in paris possibly one of the most visited sites across the world but what we do know is that restoration work that was underway to try and stop it crumbling unfortunately hasn't done anything to stop this majestic crown jewel of france this french got sick architecture and

architecture superbly example going up in ashes tonight but that good news coming through in very much welcomed by the people here that it looks like the construction itself has been saved as well as a number of works of art and important relics all have been rescued from the grips of that fire after the fire broke out around six in the evening local time on monday crowds gathered near the not praying for the cathedral to be saved the local church officials were among the crowds. the. point to get a legal or somebody did you needed illegally for us catholics it is a symbol of unity of the church that it is a place that has seen the great historical events of our country since the

thirteenth century and it houses holy relic states in fact a fifth century which we were about to start or easter celebrations there the purpose of the world is sharing in francis shocked the russian orthodox church called the fire a tragedy for the whole christian world leaders of numerous countries have also expressed their condolences to the french they should these horrible images of not to dawn on fire painful not true damas a symbol of france and of all european culture all thought so with all french friends not your damn inflames emotion of the whole nation thought for all catholic and french people like our compassionate same sad tonight to see this part of us burn so horrible towards the massive fire at the not today in cathedral in paris perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out must act quickly i'm following the not tradition for minute by minute not today on the peri belongs to all humanity what a spectacle what horror i share the emotion of the french nation which is ours as

well the incident to notre dame as a catastrophe for france as well as for spain and europe frames that emotion eight hundred fifty years of history i could see a chip engine and sculpture it through a card to forget it france can count a mouse in order to recover the greatness of its heritage my thoughts are with the people of france tonight and with the emergency services who are fighting the terrible blizzard not uncomfy drove. the not to do with egypt was built in the twelfth century and i've seen multiple restoration projects over the years that i just one started just this year after officials warned the structure was crumbling and in danger of collapse because the drill is one of the most popular tourist attractions in europe pulling in thirty million visitors every year and the policy professor u.n. and nine eleven first responder phillips france gave us their views on the damage and the firefighting operation. it certainly has that tension all pulled together

to help rebuild and i think the rebuilding also helps you know the people of france and give them something. to rally around i think you've got. to stay with the original architecture but certainly as you build it back you can be built so this doesn't happen again. with materials that are less flammable and things like that mean you know i think you have to stick with the original framework and then i will have looked even if you've never been there you you you you feel the loss and you know maybe it's off your bucket list no i don't know the system that they had in place but i do know that a building that is eight hundred plus years old the timbers and dry and once they catch fire it spreads rapidly they want to keep the aesthetics of the building but while keeping fire safety is number one it's

a real tough balance firefighters in paris they they went all out for this this is an iconic structure as we know has been standing in paris for over eight hundred years when this fire fell you know it takes everyone's breath away but that they're trying to preserve not only destruction but the priceless all works that are within the building i'd say they did a tremendous job just to say do you have the two towers is an amazing accomplishment firefighter safety is number one because we have to make sure that we can battle the blaze tomorrow as well and that's tough to balance when you're dealing with emotionally charged incidents when you have circumstances were civilian lives are being threatened and in a case like this where you're dealing with property or you know happy that has value what you consider normal property so just this to i'm believably historic call the fair start work i'm sure that's a sentiment that is shared worldwide that we want to see this fire be extinguished

we want to see the property her serve as much as it can be and we want to see all those firefighters go off safe. and completely completely shocked because this is not just one but it is. afterwards and peters and the vatican and the second most important symbol of christian europe so it is like all the christian europe being. rebuilt is extremely difficult because. it has a master p. as a free graphic. and graphic stonemasons which. had a mythology which is very difficult to be. understood and if we construct it was more of a modern means still on the other hand it's a symbol of errors and i think. we have the mission to rebuild it as good as possible. wiki leaks co-founder julian songe is now in

prison in the head of a hearing next month on extradition to the u.s. lawmakers have spoken to the media outside the jail and been scheduled to meet assad's in london's ecuadorian embassy until last week's arrest and isha sesay was there with the details. i'm outside belmarsh prison where julian assange is being held in custody is a category a prison in south east london now earlier today members of the german bundestag and the european parliament were in front of the prison holding a press conference per testing against a songes arrest they believe it sets a dangerous precedent worldwide for journalists. journalists he's a whistle blower and needs international protection and not the criminal criminalization we recently he gave us the truth he delivered to provide the truth to the public about the war crimes you rock and afghanistan

and therefore he should be awarded to criminalize if he says that most of the sins of the knights and. his accusers by subpoena as he can be in prison for all their life i mean it's not fair because he only then mousa cases that corruption cases the right information to society to people in the wall now the spanish m.e.p. and a memorandum of the times talking to area where she received an official invitation from the ecuadorian embassy to visit a songe on monday however this was of course not possible over the weekends we had there were many supporters head right outside belmarsh prison carrying banners with the phrase don't shoot the messenger and since julian the sanchez arrest we've seen an outcry from an international audience regarding the potential extradition to the united states if anything though this is made people more aware about the revelations of wiki leaks and about questioning people and political power but the

people i spoke to earlier the chairman and p's and the spanish i mean paid well they believe some kind of this information campaign is starting against the songe and they're very concerned about the pick. extradition haring to be held on may the second debate over whether the we could weeks student assad is a criminal or a journalist is continuing to heat up in the us in fact all the americas done cohen himself had a heated exchange with some politicians he has his first hand account. well the house foreign affairs committee tweeted democrat eliot engels statement in support of julian assange just prosecutions saying he is in fact a tool of lattimer putin and the russian intelligence service know there's never been any evidence that proves let alone suggest a connection between we q leaks and the russian state or russian intelligence furthermore we can actually published embarrassing information not only about the

united states and its allies but also about russia we can expose files series revealed more than two hundred documents about russian surveillance contractors so i responded with a tweet saying angle statement is an endorsement of president trump's attack on press freedom and i called it absolutely reprehensible now the house foreign affairs committee came back at me tweeting quote the first amendment protects free expression even for russian propaganda outlets like the one you work for it doesn't protect criminals who weaponized stolen information and i thought this was revealing for a number of reasons assan just charged with allegedly helping chelsea manning log in to a department of defense computer under an alternate identity computer that manning already had access to not weaponized and stolen information and that's a reference to publishing stolen or perhaps the leaked e-mails from the recent

campaign that proved that the democratic primary was rigged in favor of hillary clinton and against bernie sanders but it also shows what many have argued that this charge is a thin veil for in the words of a guardian op ed to punish those who expose embarrassing secrets about its actions about the united states actions and on top of that assad has not yet been extradited if he even will let alone tried in the united states and there are two in. men meant in the u.s. constitution talk about due process and there was a concept called innocent until proven guilty so the house foreign affairs committee has declared songes guilty for a crime that he's not even been tried for so this i think many would argue that this really reveals the true nature of his prosecution and we've seen many american politicians celebrating his arrest senator joe manchin even went as far as saying

he's our property the property of the united states though a few like democratic presidential candidate told see gathered have come out in his defense as has the american civil liberties union they've also criticize songes arrest but they have been in the minority. the song isn't getting that much support in the media once hailed as a hero helpless now appeared largely to have turned against him painting him as a villain. looks at what's behind his fall from grace. you want to see just how radically the media you turned on a songe from champion of the press to a leper an outcast all you need to do is watch saturday night live it's comedy but boy does it hit home. thanks to wiki leaks you can see how corrupt governments operate in the shadows and then lie to those who elect them thanks to facebook you

can finally figure out which sex in the city character you are i've attempted u.s. military. because i'm an actor james bond supervillain and i'm one step away from destroying the god. because reality is entirely less funny what i songes faced a tidal wave of smear really ugly stuff a little over a decade ago the us military declared war on wiki leaks drop a plan which was actually need a plan to discredit it and terrorize whistleblowers and it looks like they're winning. wiki leaks uses trust as a center of gravity by showing insiders leakers and whistleblowers who pass information to wiki leaks personnel or who post information to the website that they will remain anonymous the identification exposure terminations of employment criminal prosecution legal action against current or former insider is leakers or

whistleblowers could potentially damage or destroy the center of gravity and deter others from considering similar actions from using the wiki leaks website back then at the turn of the decade as sanj was a hero of the pundits cheered his leaks exposing bush era war crimes exposing the elites corporations politicians how they loved him for it is outstanding journalism their words he was given on or after on or including the economist's new media award back then we can mix was news wiki leaks is an online news organization that specializes in publishing documents alleging government and corporate misconduct we invited judean a songs editor in chief of wiki leaks in pity. how times have changed what was news in two thousand and ten

is enemy propaganda now journalistic hero or enemy agent asks the same economist neither reads the subtitle just a useful idiot who the economist awarded for his stellar journalism or take time magazine who gave their front cover to a songe in two thousand and ten now they run virtual hit pieces quoting and headlining anyone that doesn't like a songe it seems be it hillary clinton or a judge that met him once and labeled him a narcissist gets much dirtier uglier out. outlets that have historically supported and cheered america's wars such as the atlantic put out fishies pact hate mails or the equivalent of musingly enough the hack behind this story first calls out assad just permissibility with facts and almost immediately

after says this artist tagline his question more and indeed one might inquire how it came to pass that the spin off of a kremlin propaganda organ and now registered for an agent in the united states first arrived on the scene i stand ready to answer your inquiry unlike other networks and publications who all learned at the same time that might be leaving the embassy we could leaks told everyone unlike them we took it seriously we went and documented what happened this is called journalism journalism like what i did when he exposed various war crimes he's a publisher buz he's a journalist he. and the material that he leaked we know from the pedestrian mails from the logs is real and credible and was published by mainstream

organizations once it was released by wiki leaks the very news organizations that over many days over several days august the documents that wiki leaks provided last instantaneously once those documents route turned on assigned him so ray prodding from the national security state so of course there was an effort to discredit we and to carry out of very sustained and unfortunately quite effective. character assassination of a shah a songe to isolate him and demonize him in the eyes of. at the end of the day come on we all know the exact moment these people turned against their former hero. maybe you're kind of picking up where julian a songe was before he went bad because we used to like you know we used to really be doing a good service and then something happened i guess his hatred for hillary clinton

maybe is would turn him basically into someone who was a russian. aid really yes yes of course as. hillary never did anything wrong she was perfect wasn't she. a prominent palestinian activist has been prevented from flying to the us from israel that's the spot having a valid visa. he's the co-founder of a movement to boycott israel and what it considers the jewish state suppression of palestine we spoke to him to hear his story. i was. prevented from boarding a flight airport because under instructions from the u.s. consulate u.s. immigration have banned me from entering the u.s. despite having a valid visa and valid travel documents we see this as outsourcing its mccarthyite antidemocratic repression against the b.d.s. movement for human rights in palestine to the united states the us administration

has been mobilized now to do israel's bidding in trying to silence palestinian israeli and international human rights defenders who are active in this extremely important and very effective nonviolent b.d.s. movement or human rights groups have expressed outrage at washington as the situation calling it the politicized nation of borders so far american authorities have refused to comment insisting all information relating to the case is confidential he was traveling to the u.s. to take part in a series of speaking tours featuring prominent universities including panel discussions with policymakers and journalists about booty him self co-founded the boycott divestment and sanctions movement known as b.d.s. that was back in two thousand and five calls on the international community to stop supporting israel and its companies it also seeks to return west bank territory to the palestinians in turn israel accuses the movement of being anti semitic. the

rector of the jerusalem center for public affairs says the decision to deny barghouti entry was not arbitrary. i think that is the that's the argument that we're hearing all over the place is that this is what they call the shutting of mouse in the and the closing of free and the prohibition of free speech but this is not the issue of omar barghouti omar barghouti from the united states' point of view is a foreign agent with terror links the islamic jihad p f l p hamas and other designated terror get as asians by the united states and europe so they don't like to have those types of terror linked individuals coming into the united states also date over half of all u.s. states have introduced laws penalizing boycotts against israel earlier this year the senate passed the bill allowing states to terminate contracts with entities which support the boycott movement. says this legislation comes from fear of the government the movement growing in popularity. the u.s.

supreme court ruled that boycotts for political social and economic change are considered free speech protected by the first amendment of the us constitution so all those twenty seven states are following orders basically but they're violating their own u.s. constitution we will challenge that we are challenging that in u.s. courts a.c.l.u. is challenging at least if three states on their anti-democratic. laws and we think we will prevail in that struggle israel is trying to suppress b.d.s. from above by passing laws because it has miserably failed to stop the immense growth of the movement at the grassroots level among trade unions churches women's groups energy beauty groups and so on and so forth as the headlines from a solid join us again at seven am moscow time for the latest global news updates.

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