war and legally get away with. all the fire crawls stillbirth all the trouble to the point it's hollow flying to k.k.k. exists because america wants it to exist they are the biggest terrorist group to ever operate in this country and to me they're worse than the people who destroyed the world trade center. breaking news this hour from london wiki leaks founder julian assange sentenced to fifty weeks in prison for. twenty. venezuela's opposition leader. calls for another day of government protests heavy

clashes were reported on the country's. tuesday president nicolas maduro saves the government. also ahead. armageddon. may day with another wave of protests. which are already turning violent. every year churning in from rights around the globe this hour a warm welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my names you know. breaking news for you first this hour from london where wiki leaks founder julian assange has been sentenced to fifty. the weeks in

prison for skipping bail in twenty twelve before he sought asylum in the ecuadorian embassy there he also faces a hearing tomorrow thursday on his possible extradition to the u.s. let's go live now authorities kate partridge in london kate after seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy events are escalating fast for julie massage bring us up to speed on today's developments. there you need yes indeed joining us on she has actually literally just left the building we saw his van going away after he was earlier sentenced to fifty weeks in prison for preaching not bell in twenty twelve the judge debra taylor said that his crime merited almost the maximum sentence or two to his seriousness and also highlighted the fact that the assigned affair had cost the british taxpayer sixty million plans she rejected his claims to leave in sea based on the fact he'd already spent almost seven years in the ecuadorian embassy while she handed down the sentence to the

innocent was impassive in the dock but his supporters up in the public gallery shouted shame on you and in the meantime we can take some solace and also tweeted this response. julian assange just sentence is a shocking as it has been addicted we have grave concerns as to whether he will receive a fair extradition hearing in the u.k. . or julian assange which was in the ecuadorian embassy a bit seeking asylum as he was trying to avoid extradition to sweden where he'd been accused of sexual assault but in the meantime his defense attorney mark some has provided a letter here at southern crown court from julian assange saying that he apologized undeservedly for not handing himself into the u.k. on charges but the there were extraordinary and mitigating circumstances that he feared for his life should he go to the u.s. where he could end up on death row or one time obey and julian assange which is the legal troubles doesn't end there and also we. relation to the us on april eleventh

when he was arrested at the ecuadorian embassy in the us on behalf of the u.s. who charged me with conspiracy to download and distribute classified information along with chelsea manning the former government analyst well the hearing on thursday is anticipated to be short julian assange is expected to appear via video link but in the meantime more details and further charges are expected by the u.s. prosecutors perhaps by around june but in the meantime julian assange has left the building to begin his fifty week sentence for breaching bail back in twenty twelve . ok thanks very much for the authorities kip partridge in london well for more on today's developments and top of the say we're joined live on the program by human rights campaigner peter tatchell peter welcome not i would put it to a surprise today given has strongly the judge spoke against him at his last hearing but is it surprising he was given a century the maximum sentence. well first of all let me say that quite clearly

during the sarge did skip bail that is a criminal offense and he therefore should face some form of punishment however the near maximum sentence of fifty weeks is in my view excessive and disproportionate according to law and sentencing guidelines near maximum sentence should only be applied if a person poses a risk to the public or has a history of previous serious conviction and i think it's pretty clear that during a science does not pose a risk to the public and he has no previous serious convictions so therefore in my view this fifty sentence is excessive extreme and unjustified a huge day tomorrow the hearing for julian and son join us extradition from the u.k. how do you believe it's going to play do you think the u.k. will to washington's request. but i think it is

a matter of law tomorrow in. court about extradition to the u.s. it's not a matter that the british government can actually intervene and so the judge will simply be looking at the extradition request and i would suspect it would merely adjourn tomorrow's hearing until a further date when more details submissions could be made both by prosecutors the u.s. authorities and signs of defense team. in other countries of course involved sweden allegations of sexual assault made against this could be revived they were earlier thrown out of course how likely do you think that is and perhaps. give us a thought of why they've chosen to do that now. well as of the moment and for all these years of sanchez never been charged with any offense there have been allegations that he sexually assaulted two women and i take those allegations very

seriously and i believe the stand should answer those allegations but the point is he's always been willing to do so back in two thousand and ten he was interrogated in sweden about the allegations and the chief prosecutor of sweden concluded that no crime had been committed and that she was free to leave sweden which he did but then when he came to britain the allegations were revived the prosecutor reopened the case and another prosecutor reopened the case and again julian sands offered from the get go that he could be interviewed here in london and would be happy to answer any questions the swedish prosecutors have they took until twenty sixteen to actually get to london to interview him you know the whole like nearly six years and. even you know the swedish courts or the prosecutors over the

knuckles saying that they had dragged in the late unnecessarily and basically criticized them for failing to come to london to interview a sanj and take up his offer when they did eventually come after that interview again it was decided that the case would not be proceeded with now of course the swedish prosecutors are free to reopen the case and they may well do so but as of now they haven't julian assange just father claims his son was thrown out of the ecuadorian embassy viewers will remember that of just a number of weeks ago because the south american country he ses he claims had made a deal with the us in exchange for a loan your take on. do we know anything more about that. will. it's as yet not fully corroborated but certainly leaks from within the ecuadorian government official leaks have indicated that there was a deal that the trump administration offered

a favorable trade deal of economic benefits including debt relief to ecuador if it was handed over and that is what appears to have happened but we haven't actually got that absolutely confirmed and obviously we're unlikely to because neither the top administration nor the ecuadorian government will want to admit it unless we have a whistleblower who will you know the memo we won't know for certain but i suspect that it's all about a deal with the u.s. that led to. being evicted from their could or an embassy in london for your time and thoughts this are peter tatchell human rights campaigner thank you. and moving on to another big story of the day and indeed week calling for a final phase then this will a self the clear an interim president is calling for another day of government protests this wednesday afternoon sheeting

a so-called military all pricing in the country's capital the opposition leader has the full support of america once again with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo even suggesting venice wieland president nicolas maduro was ready to flee the country but was stopped by moscow. it literally had nicolas maduro getting prepared to go on this airplane and out of the country before stuff stopped really at the direction of the russians he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it and the russians indicated he should stay he said during his the plane ready to go to cuba to flee and the russians took him off the plane i'm forbidden to leave the country. at least be serious. old venezuela's foreign ministry has hit back as well branding pump statement fake news russia responded saying washington has launched a decision for nation campaign local correspondent norah stargardt's covered the clashes near the capital for us word of warning what you're seeing right at the

start of her report coming up is disturbing. i. was. i was. like. these people write that you. can claim to keep. people like al people. are. today brave soldiers brave patriots brave people who are following our constitution i'm sure in the cool today the armed forces are standing behind the people and the constitution.

and other. party class material. the president has already launched a probe into what he calls a legal cuckoo attempt saying several people are being questioned he singled out a ringleader of the uprising we saw moments ago a prominent opposition figure leopoldo lopez it appears he has now claimed asylum in the spanish embassy in caracas just some details about some lopez's the funder a volunteer popular lar the party that quiet all leads indeed he's seen as one of the key figures behind why it was moved to clean the presidency lopez was sentenced to thirteen years in prison back in twenty fifteen for inciting public on rest but on choose the of this week he was reportedly freed from haas arrested by his guards . meantime the united states sons bombed american airline companies from flying

over venice will lead you to what they're calling. political instability it's part of a string of sanctions imposed on the nation of late our senior correspondent broadcast the of looks at what washington really means when it says it stands with the venezuelan people. what a day why do so brazen attempted coup the violence on both sides the people even guy do hanging in the specially strange was what the united states had to say about it we need venezuela ruled by the people of venezuela not by external forces do you think he may have missed the irony this the bolton who's done his damnedest to ensure regime change in venezuela whose country has championed regime change sanctioned venezuela frozen billions in state funds threatened it with invasion now he's saying no one should meddle that it's up to

the days whelan's to decide course not what he meant is no one but america all options remain on the table we said it would be a big mistake for me dora and those supporting him to use force against innocent civilians mr bolton's deficient of innocent i think defers from the classic meaning look at these demonstrators with guns shooting at troops and police i suppose the bullets of full of love to if you bear hold these innocents accountable says mr bolton we might invade between the lines as thomas call a status where with you america will stand with you until freedom and democracy are restored by and can do yes. today interim president who i'm going to announce starts of a person that the u.s. government foolish supports the venezuelan people who in the quest for freedom and

democracy democracy cannot be defeated what do you know they stand with the people never mind the sanctions and the misery for millions that they've caused i question is which people exactly did you say you stand with the few hundred machete gun wielding fellows that tried to stage a violent coup or the thousands upon thousands who concurrently marched in support of the venezuelan president but against this coup this is clearly not a coup we recognize one go i don't know as the legitimate interim president of venezuela and just as it's not a coup when the president of the united states gives an order to the department of defense it's not a coup for wind why don't you try and take command of the venezuelan military your own father mr bolton one by do who was never elected doesn't control the military

or ministries or anything he is the president but nicolas maduro the actual president supported by millions the military the ministries he's not the president see what i mean by strange it's almost like the bitter and banal things didn't go according to plan. a return to our top story from london this hour where wiki leaks founder julian assange has been sentenced to fifty weeks in prison for skipping bail in twenty twelve his team are not briefing the media on the court decision let's listen in. today's time that a british court has he found evidence about consensual let me think it's time to get it done and. all of you take the time to read the submissions that will be made public and to come to your own conclusion about that evidence and the

reasonableness of these decisions to go inside the embassy when he chose to do so. in this case even has always been a bad risk to extradition to the united states. we've been saying since two thousand and ten that that risk is real and we now have a provisional extradition request from the united states. the focus of our energies will now be on fighting that extradition requests and not fight starts tomorrow i think. we will take good questions but if we are willing to take one or one interviews. so come to those who are offered up to this thank you very much playing field here making a deal to establish. such actually just a brief speech there by some of julia songes legal team confirming that they had got an extradition request of the u.k. government house for julian assange on that will take place at tomorrow

a very important twenty four hours in the life of julian songe we will have collaborates all the info and bring the very latest to you right throughout the day here on r.t. international for a short break. i .

would. put themselves on the line they did accept it or reject it. so when you want to be president and she. wanted. to be close this is what before you can't be good. i'm interested always in the was. ok today is may day it's being celebrated unmarked right across the world though in the french capital it means more violence on the streets these are live pictures right now a sizable amount of people gradually making their way to the prison streets of have

been doing from early morning very reminiscent of weekends the past twenty four weekends they have not coming out to make their demands heard at one group of rioters even call their protest today armageddon. i i. was. i'm. a correspondent in paris charlotte. has been following developments right through the day charlotte the authorities no doubt expected trouble how serious is that where you are give us a sense. well there is plenty of tension here in the

streets of paris we're at the start of the protest which begin in the next fifteen minutes or so but actually an hour know how often the people that we're here to mope around us already left and try to make their way along the agreed perception reached towards plasty it's early but actually about half a kilometer from where we are then he was stopped at the police with a pizza be it couldn't and we understand from luke who says that the police actually started she detained the no no the law books this is a group that would expect you to take part in the protests today the interior minister warned yesterday between one thousand and two thousand would be here in paris including two hundred pool for easy in black cloaks as well as we employ from other european countries that the black book says you may be aware how have they known for the filings that seem see when they've taken part in protests in the past just a year ago when we saw may day the last may day procession in black cloaks took.

several buildings being ransacked a car dealership was set on fire in fact that journalists hacked the filming those events so it looks like the police stopped trying to take some of those but books to perhaps a stem some of the violence that they're expecting today and we know that only within minutes they used tear gas to trying to spin other parts of the. crowds to come back and that resulted in quite a big crush the talk about how difficult it is for me if i myself or my cameraman were in the wash at one point we were like sardines in a chain as people were trying to get away from that frontier that the police and the police had put on so there is palpable tension here at another point we were in between the protesters and the security services as they were trying to move up the street and the protest is we bring we've heard the general chance here over you

know break the police people calling for revolution and the eighties and it's not clear how many people come out but normally the made a procession brings out tens of thousands of people this year of course they're being supported by the yellow bus movement that's been going on now for over five months as well as those expected blackbox we know more than one hundred fifty people have already been arrested since yesterday evening not nazi down the preventative checks to be taking place not so seriously that the police in the studio city taking this protest today is that they are actually carrying out preventative checks the police at the train stations except for that means they go into people's bags and if they feel that there is anything in that that could be a weapon they are there confiscating those items or they are then taking those individuals away and arresting them so over nine thousand preventative checks since yesterday evening we know how seriously they're taking it more than seven thousand

security forces only streets today here in paris this procession hasn't even officially started and already there's been violence. there are charlotte toobin skier to correspondent live from paris. the washington post newspaper is warning american journalists who are responsibly with information leaks the spy previously resorting to using such sources itself and explains why so-called weaponized anonymous sources are freely in use nowadays. with the twenty twenty presidential elections set to start dominating our headlines pretty soon the media is running crisis protocols in case wiki leaks gets back up to its old tricks so should sensitive or insider information be published what if it has an impact on the vote well the washington post has you covered insured don't publish weaponized gossip there if i remember this nie number so is the source of the hack and it's

meant to be nation and be transparent with news consumers don't publish things before verifying them double check your sources that sounds like pretty standard journalism but apparently in the age of trump that is not common sense among the press corps anonymous sources seem to be a big trend when it comes to inside scoops about the white house anonymous sources reportedly from the mother team an anonymous source telling n.b.c. sports the new york times citing anonymous sources the again these are all anonymous sources it's important to note that n.b.c. news has not confirmed this as a washington post report cites anonymous sources and some of this information has been almost the definition of weaponized gossip let's review some of the reporting about u.s. president donald trump that president trump called attorney general jeff sessions mentally retarded ape was a trump using the n. word and a much lighter note this even though some white trump demands two scoops of ice cream while everyone else at the table only gets one now some of this information

actually turned out to be blatantly false so why was it ok to publish it without verifying it well apparently the source was someone inside the u.s. government not wiki leaks so fact check your independent sources but not anonymous figures within the u.s. government. maybe there's another idea out there remember it's illegal to possess these stolen documents it's different for the media server that you learn about this you're learning from us it may be time to start thinking you know sort of the books about how we can prevent russia from meddling in our elections in that vein consider this admittedly radical idea. american journalists should take a pledge to not report on the contents of a hock and social media site should remove from the networks any news stories disgusting hack material now the job of the journalist is to dig into facts ask bold questions and try to determine the truth them in a sea of falso it however for some in the american press the rule seems to be don't dig into facts that are inconvenient of course journalists should be careful and

check their sources but that's not what the washington post is talking about what many journalists confiding to the post are considering doing what they're doing is talking about the examining the motivations behind the source and then considering maybe not even publishing factual information if the source and their motivation are considered not just shady but contravening. american national security imperative in the washington post relies routinely on unnamed sources and specifically unnamed u.s. officials when it's all unnamed sources and their us officials we as the readers of the news consumers or as citizens are supposed to put our blind faith in us officialdom in the u.s. government in order to believe that those sources are correct and i think most of the public does not trust their government. they want to bring you know a reminder of our top story this hour wiki leaks co-founder julian assange on

china's been sentenced by a court in london to fifty weeks in prison it's for skipping bail in twenty twelve before he sort granted asylum in the ecuadorian embassy in may recall the images of him being dragged out of the building on april eleventh seven years of being allowed to opt their sons now also faces a hearing on thursday on his possible extradition to the human events on a busy news day do not miss a thing by getting her up to the minute updates on twitter i'll be back here in thirty with more on this story plus plenty more besides. our teacher. thank. you.

seem wrong. just don't call. me that you get to shape our disdain and become educated and engagement because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. my son was doing drugs my nephew's was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse he started going after the users in the prison population who are we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i can see. that the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for.

a long sentence and for whom minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by daddy as you're walking out of the business it's just it doesn't get easier.