may day riots. coming up on the program. just sentenced in britain to fifty weeks in prison for skipping bail and twenty. reaction coming off. calls for another day of government protests following choose the. president.

twenty four seven news live from the russian capital this is our. names you know neal hello welcome may day is being marked around the world but in the french capital it means more violence on the streets with one group calling their protest these are live pictures right. peaceable images we've been seeing for the past thirty minutes or so before a lot more smoke let's just see what the riders we were talking about earlier. i i i.

i i i'm thinking i. let's go live now to our part correspondent charlotte. may day charlotte can always get a testy in front stop much we know but there's other significance this year of course how is the situation there unfolding. yes that's why i added significance this year because it's not just about the traditional may day protests which is about showing solidarity with the working people in france showing the coming together and a commitment to food but it's also because this year it's been joined by the movement the yellow vests which have been going on now for over five months since november seventeenth and of course we had that warning yesterday from the interior

minister that between one and she thousand block blocks these are protesters who are known for acts of violence in protests will be heading to paris to take place and they say we do know that as a result of that there is a massive security presence a front's around seven and a half thousand security forces out in the city center today to try and keep the peace that c.r.s. that's police and overhead to try and keep a leads on any violence as a result of that the protest this is the main protest which at the moment is being stools i'm not speak oz they tried to she would go down the road to power an hour and often she was before the official procession was due to start and they were right she said. stopped about half a kilometer from the start by of the security forces two security forces trying to round up some of those

a black blokes who have come to participate and are expected to want to cause mayhem and chaos here on the streets of paris the police making several arrests and also using tear gas within minutes of that rifle and blocking the protesters say basically what happens is people would then try to flee away from the police officers moving back to the original point we were all cool to in a crush essentially like sardines in a can with people just not being able to get anywhere by itself who some people have injuries i had pools for medics i'm not sure what those injuries were but if you knew the heat today and those conditions of being crushed not a particularly nice place to be when we took ing about injuries as well we already have been told reports of one journalist who was injured in the use of crowds apparently the police and this is what we're reading from social media and other networks that were hitting the protesters back to trying to spur some as well as

easy not to cast and not journalists she was mocked clearly as being a member of the press was cool tip in the fray and was a hit with a baton they've now been taken to hospital at fool the injuries to check on those and that is just the latest in a long series of not just problems of in the protests here of people being injured the protesters themselves but also the journalists from south i mean who are just without report reporters without borders actually said to the around eighty five journalists have been injured since the start of the yellow best protest and we know on top of that there have been thousands of injuries with the protesters themselves again it seems that this may day protests his goal to up to a violent start with the police using tear gas and using. forced to push the protesters back and stopping them from proceeding along the route ahead of time r.t. charlotte dubin ski live in paris thanks charlotte well there is heavy policing right

across france this may day with trouble reported in a number of locations. this is to move in the south of france it's been reported that a runner throws and people have gathered there demonstrations as you can see turning pretty violent with the authorities using tear gas and smoke grenades to disperse crowds. well. ok to another one of today's big stories wiki leaks founder julian assange has been sentenced in britain to fifty weeks in prison for skipping bail back in twenty let's go live now to our kate partridge who's outside crown court in central london kate julian assange just legal team spoke to reporters

a little we caught some of it what they have to say. hello there union yes as you say we here at side saw that crown court while earlier an hour or so ago julian assange was sentenced to fifty weeks in prison for breaching his bell conditions set in twenty twelve the charge that deborah deborah taylor she said that the case was particularly serious and merited almost the full sentence which would have been and also highlighted the fact that the whole duty in a song but cost the british taxpayer sixteen million pounds she rejected the claims by his defense that he should. give you levy and see due to the fact he'd already spent seven years in the ecuadorian embassy while he was given the sentence judy in a song if he was impassive standing there in the dock. but his supporters up in the public gallery chanted show you when you as a sentence was passed and off two words this is what the head of wiki leaks himself had to say. to get

a sentence only two weeks short of to maximum sentence is an outrage. it's known as the sentencing guidelines. and when i point out it's just a comparison. that is people killer. that's six months. for not showing up in court to hear his sentencing for manslaughter. or joining the song should be in the ecuadorian embassy here in central london for almost seventy years not sought asylum there to avoid being extradited to sweden where he was wanted for questioning in relation to sexual offenses well his defense attorney today mark some of us he presented a letter that julian assange had written trying to explain the extraordinary circumstances in which he faced and also mitigating circumstances he said that he apologized on reservedly for not handing him self into the old forty's but that he had feared being extradited to the u.s.

way he lived in fear of potentially being on death row or even ended up in guantanamo bay but for today he's been sentenced to fifty weeks here in a british prison and this is what his lawyer had to stay off the roads. this case even has always been about risk extradition to the united states and we now have a provisional extradition request from united states the focus of our energies will now be on finding that extradition request and not fight starts tomorrow. but there are other legal issues persons to see so this was just the first of two with the next one is tomorrow that's on thursday that's in westminster magistrate's court and that's an extradition hearing as part of his arrest on april the eleventh was also on behalf of the united states who want to have charged in what they see as conspiracy with chelsea manning to. to download and distribute what they see as classified material or the court case on thursday expects expected to be extremely short very brief judy messiah is expected to attend the viral video link but then

the u.s. prosecutors are expected to provide more evidence more details and perhaps more charges later on in june but for today julian assange the co-founder of wiki leaks has been found guilty and sentenced to fifty weeks in prison and a u.k. jail for breaching the terms of his bail in twenty twelth thanks for bringing us right up to date on artie's care partridge live in london. well last night i bring in independent journalist luke rivera a for his take look friend of the program welcome back to the moxon i'm sentence for a song and it was said to be it was going to be year twelve months prior to the hearing do you think the judge's decision to hand died pretty much of that fifty weeks behind bars is too severe or not. well it is city year of what he did to the british sort of. escaping to the ecuadorian embassy but it is small beer compared to what the americans off that i mean for the americans of

course accuse him of having cold on spired to get into that and again the secret documents oh it was just mentioned that they could leaks in two thousand and revealed a nearly a million documents five hundred thousand. secret documents about the war in iraq and afghanistan and the end there we could see i mean it creates the precedent for all that the americans committed serious military abuses and then of course that was the famous two thousand and sixteen seventeen campaign president cheney presidential campaign in us where we can it's revealed about the stuff of it with clinton was fake detrimental to her but so the americans especially the state washington isn't democrats ate his guts in one team over expedited so you know how

does that work then look because it's a big twenty four hours for julian assange and as you say thursday we're going to see a u.s. extradition hearing take place in london how do you expect that to play out. well it was fast and of course the. might be illicit ease with effect that if they did extradite him there will be an outcry in the world because our soldiers are hero for many people for the press for the benefit of the press. called the whistleblower somebody revealing things that the americans wanted to keep it in and so easy hero for many but of course the law says that this guy must be extradited to the press if the u.s. suit on to the u.k. so his lawyers he has good lawyers of course will defend him it could take months or even years before east extra that you to the west and there of course will be

judged or celia's. but it seems that being an australian not an american citizen and not military like bradley manning you know it's become since. chelsea manning. her. own thirty five years in prison. transformed into a seven used by obama but in the case of a sergeant with only five years in prison or arctic the thing is know that he's been sentenced he's under the control of british authorities that opens up a whole lot of different avenues here we haven't even spoken about sweden we know that stockholm is considering reopening its sex assault case against julian will sweden also look to make a move does that in turn double his chance of of perhaps extradition to the u.s. which was always the fear. yeah i don't know about the swedish case drugs that's what we heard earlier and so that was only the american. resolute. attack

against against the saudis but the skeets might of course. bring it up again the cyclists ational raven and misconduct and with women i have no idea really if the swedes will do it but the worst. is the way it starts floppies freight off and that's why his lawyer second the fight gets pretty shocking pictures a few weeks ago when julian sound was was dragged from the mc it would have been the first time a lot of people saw him for a for such a length the time a medical assessment of julian assange just after that showed both psychological and physical ailments could his health impact and just how lengthy this case gets do you think. i think it makes him more of a beautiful the people who see him as such but of course the fact that you use

probably. mentally after having stated in a few square meters for seven years there with cameras in every corner you know that there were cameras everywhere there was not one place where you could apply to door to one of the surface it was without being on camera so it was a terrible life for seven years and i'm sure you see the press then and following the brother overboard in bad psychological health but of course this will not be probably kept as an important matter by the court in the u.k. i don't please look thanks for your time this our independent journalist of a speaking to us from our county spain this or as i'm. calling for a final phase then a socialist self declared interim president one why don't is the mounting another day of anti government protests this wednesday after initiating a so-called military uprising in the capital the opposition leader has the full

support of the us once again with secretary of state mike pump even suggesting venezuelan president nicolas maduro was ready to leave the country but was stopped by russia. literally had. getting prepared to get on this airplane and head out of the country before a stop stop really at the direction of the russians he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it the russians indicated he should stay he said during his the plane ready to go to cuba. and the russians took him off the plane and forbade him to leave the country. please be serious. well the venezuelan foreign ministries hit back as well branding pump a statement they can use russia responded to accusing washington. launching a decision for mission campaign journalists at norris are galt's reported from tuesday's clashes for a spear where though that's some of the video at the very start of this piece is

the survey. was. nothing like. the people that are seventy one pleydell. like people. like mark even. today a brave soldier is brave patriots brave people who are following all comes to choose i'm sure will cool today the armed forces are standing behind the people and the constitution the.

people of missouri you know there's no. particle of material. the president has on launch the probe into what he calls on a legal coup attempt seeing several people are being questioned he singled out a ringleader of the uprising who we just saw moments ago prominent opposition figure leopoldo lopez the spotless government has confirmed that he is not of the country's embassy in caracas under protection lopez is the founder of volunteer popular are the party that quite only he's seen as one of the key figures behind why doe's move to claim the presidency lopez was sentenced to thirteen years in prison and twenty fifteen for inciting public arrest. but on tuesday he was apparently freed from heiser arrest by his guards meantime the united states has

bombed american airlines from flying over venezuela saying it is due to political instability but with washington having stopped a series of sanctions continually on the country rocco's d.s.p. looking at what the u.s. means when it sees its stance at the venezuelan people. what a day why do so brazen attempted coup the violence on both sides the people even go i do hanging and this 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. 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 dare 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. the 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 maduro 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 due 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 we've been getting reaction to this week's developments and indeed the united states' role in the venezuelan conflict in more detail a political analyst morons our own chris bambery. i think other one american militias are probably quite nervous about the whole situation nervous as well with their own populations would see this as american even if it's under the you know. it's not the americans directly intervened in see the americans being behind this and the legacy of what america has done across latin america what this shows you for. him that as a whole who did really. well the united states and the way hasn't succeeded at

least you know what will be y. z. should it become and it seems to have gone. you seem to dynamic and the dynamic here is very important if you want to call for an all of the food that is just the president's you know the momentum and he's lost momentum american are working on a very much on the front foot here they've got. bolton trump on lot of very for conservatives out playing front and center and talking the talk of a smooth transition of power now we hope that this does not result in the loss of lives but there were some footage earlier on social media showing some armored vehicles running running over the horrific pictures running over protesters in the streets now we don't know whether these are. i don't foresee if we don't know which side those. those protesters are demonstrators around so we have to handle stuff very carefully but there is already bloodshed there's already violence in the

streets and i think this is going to be a really really difficult time. under the united states pressure on venice will is also in evidence in washington where protestors have surrounded the venice will an embassy staff left the building last week complying with a state department deadline activists say they are blocking the consulate to stop new pro why dos stuff from getting in. no we are still here twenty four seventh's living in here sleeping here working here from the day during the day in order to maintain our presence here in the building as a interim protective president intil be the only government to venezuela can find another protector for this building or in till the truck the distribution stops trying to orchestrate this clue so what this is about the u.s. government this is about state known to us imperialism saying no to us intervention

in the affairs of other countries saying that the us has no right to overthrow the government of another country we've seen it before and we are not going to tolerate it again. or news stories for naught but do stay with us because the former mayor of london ken livingstone is among the guests next on the latest edition of going underground to stay close this is twenty four seven or two. my son is doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just me doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse started going at the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill. the war on drugs was

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