breaking news the not to answer national washington announces 17 more charges on the wiki leaks co-founder julian assange if convicted he faces up to 10 years in jail on each count journalists and activists around the world are condemning the additional charges against a song by the united states says no so it's on press freedom. hidden dangers the report claims hundreds of household items sold in the e.u. could contain harmful chemicals. thus 5 more years the world's biggest elections days the incumbent prime minister hands did another time in india would have whether the perceived elite ness of his closest rival proved a turnoff to voters.

very warm welcome you watching international with me nicky and we start this hour with breaking news on r.t. the u.s. department of justice has announced 17 more charges against julian a song's a new indictment claims the wiki leaks co-founder revealed the names of people working for the u.s. government's putting their lives at risk his own scale of more pain with more. there are new federal criminal charges being filed against julian assange in addition to the initial charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion we now have 17 new counts including the 1917 espionage act at this point there is a total of 18 criminal charges against julian a songe each of the new charges carries up to 10 years in prison the initial charge a potential of 5 years that brings the total amount of time julian assad could

spend behind bars if convicted to be 175 years this is some of what is in the indictment. a federal grand jury returned an 18 count superseding indictment today charging julian p. saunders with offenses that relate to his songes a legit role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the united states the superseding indictment alleges that a songe was complicit with chelsea manning a former intelligence analyst in the us army in unlawfully obtaining a disclosing classified documents related to the national defense now one of the federal statutes used against him julian assange in this indictment is the 1917 espionage act which was passed during the 1st world war and is known for its rather vague language and this is the 1st time the espionage act of 1917 has been leveled against a journalist for publishing classified material now in addition to that the indictment

basically alleges that that chelsea manning who leaked information was doing so in conspiracy with julian assad now it's important to note that chelsea manning is currently in jail in the united states for refusing to testify against julian assigned to the federal grand jury and at this point julian assange is also in jail in the united kingdom he has been sentenced and is in prison in jail in the united kingdom for refusing to go to court back in 2012 now he has recently received that sentence after being taken out of the ecuadorian embassy where he was staying for 7 years in order to win a void the charges that he faced in the united kingdom now all of this stems from the fact that wiki leaks has revealed a huge amount of classified information information that was provided to them by leakers and this is some of the information that wiki leaks made public.

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wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence sort of talks like a hot cocoa server. now it's important to note that julian a son just not an employee of the u.s. federal government he did not leak classified information rather classified information was leaked to him provided by sources and now he faces these criminal charges and these 17 new federal charges in the united states are just the latest in the ongoing saga surrounding wiki leaks julian a songe and other aspects of this ongoing case now the world is essentially watching to see what will happen next whether or not julian assad will be extradited to the united states in order to stand trial on these now 18 total federal charges facing up to 175 years in prison. but he makes has condemned the additional charges calling it the end to flip or sing on national security activist

sun journalists including edward snowden and the reporters committee for freedom of the press have also criticized the new charges to not saying there was not. attack on press freedom when i'm joined by david swanson journalist and radio host to discuss this but i missed it once and great to have you on the program with us and now as condi is based things 17 more challenges in addition to the one of computer hacking he faced before why do you think the u.s. has chosen now to do this i think they've been waiting many many years as wiki leaks has been predicting accurately that this would happen and the corporate media in the united states has been obediently ignoring that this was coming and if you read these charges it is an attack on journalism julian assigns is accused of encouraging sources to provide information is accused of promoting his own publication is accused of using the internet that seems to be a problem and is accused of publishing stuff that the united states government lies amounts to well well revealing endless endless lies and apparently without during

that whole time attending a single cocktail party in washington d.c. so it so this is the basis for labeling him a non journalist and attacking as a felony as a crime a sensually of treason under the espionage act the act of journalism with the notion that it won't really apply to other journalistic outlets but of course it will and it is already having a serious impact on journalists trying to get sources to provide them information as good journalists always do well how much of a threat. new charge is that pose to the journalists and publishes of classified information even if they do do in the public interest. well of course it's a it's a major threat to sources and that's been known for years since the obama and even the bush presidencies and it's increasingly of threats to journalists

and this is you know common knowledge and widely discussed in in washington that journalists find it more and more difficult to get sources to provide information because of the fear because of this intimidation so this this cannot be allowed to stand we at rick's action dot org and we have a petition with 10000 u.s. citizens asking the united kingdom not to extradite we do not want someone extradited to the united states on these charges and a lot of the information released by wiki leaks was published by a number of us the outlets and they just as culpable and more importantly why aren't they sticking up for us sons now they are find it more important to stand by the government and the establishment and treat he's indictment says respectable because they come from the u.s.

government then to stand up for journalism just as congress members find it more important to stand up for the establishment and the white house rather than impeaching a president there is this bias toward accepting already that you know is a problem across our society and across the world but it will come back to bite journalistic outlets it will put in danger of their employees of wiki leaks and employees of the new york times and washington post and many other outlets. the u.s. says that this sounds and within its hands and have endangered the lives of people by publishing this classified information then they have a point. they would have a point if they had any evidence correct me if i'm wrong they've been making this claim for years and we have yet to see the evidence and this is a government exposed by wiki leaks among others as lying about the motives for war

lying about the conduct of war lying about relationships with foreign governments around the world blatantly and maliciously and criminally lying and now we're supposed to believe that assad. put you know recklessly endangered people's lives despite the fact that none of those lives were lost it's so that the burden of proof is on the government that's been exposed as a serial liar which is actually the motivation here rather than concern for people's lives to find me for that matter any other evidence of concern for human life out of the u.s. government and i'll take that charge more seriously so how do you think things playing out from hands to swanson do you think he will be extradited to think he will face the death penalty. there are certainly those didn't washington who want him to face the death penalty which is an international to strace i think the world and the people of the united kingdom and of sweden and the old countries around the

globe need to insist as a matter of basic human rights as well as the right to free press and free speech that he not be extradited and again we have 10000 people signed a petition to that effect at reception dot org and more people can and should sign . david swanson journalist and radio host thank you for your time thank you. india's prime minister and iran's remote he has won a landslide reelection victory with his party gaining a parliamentary majority in the largest democratic exercise in the country's history the prime minister has been celebrating his victory with support as india has around $100000000.00 eligible voters of a $600000000.00 cost of ballots now he's made opponents run who has conceded defeat to try and coax it went on dave dubbs the candidate of the elite failed to make inroads. how to look at this simple guy modi as

a child the prime minister helped his dad sell t. out a railway station ever heard of the caste system in india well his was officially classed as backwards there was even a t.v. show called the journey of the common man showing his tough life path. now let's compare that to opposition leader rahul gandhi's bag around his father was a prime minister. preceded by guess who his grandmother his great grandfather was the founder of modern india and what matter the ukase super the cambridge

university how's that for a contrast wrong gandhi's not seen as a serious challenger to mr not in the mold because dynasty is not it doesn't appeal to the young people in the country anymore if you contrast that dynasty of. gandhi who let's see is that the prime minister not in the who actually has risen from the bottom he comes from the very poor section of society he comes from a cost which is known although back what the costs will be see so given the fact that there is a lot of appeal for people coming from the very bottom and rising i think died on. you know the dynasty of congress and the congress has almost believed it for the last almost 70 years because completely lost it's of the. year on year it's becoming clear politicians all around the world should have realised being

a part of the elite is now out of fashion shall i remind you of what's been going on with the people's voting habits everywhere lately. i want you to imagine how much better our future can be if we did claire independent strum the elites who lead us from one financial and foreign policy disaster to another. 800 people what. do you have heard me talking of all the people in tool of abusing. taking advantage of they are going to go and. listen to our animals or any main task is to bring into the politics in our country

a completely new people fresh decent people who actually care. what if soon the government hopefuls will begin misplacing their lead bag rounds just like some do with parts of their tax returns. professor and dean at the gentle school of international affairs believes there is no longer a national opposition party in the country i think essentially it shows that the people of india continue to believe and invest their hopes for india's rise and for upward mobility and for economic growth and to become a great power in world politics all of this you know what we do mr movies the carrying of the hopes of the people of india just because he won doesn't mean that it's all going to be easy but definitely he has the massive mandate of the public behind him saw i think that would give him strength in the 2nd term as he embarks

on what because the you know the journey to a new india so that is actually not national opposition party what it's needed anymore and they have to blame themselves for it because they lost sight of the needs of the changing times and of the changing water psyche. and he reports say hundreds of european companies have been pushing products containing harmful chemicals on the market on that after the break. what holds us do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to be cross this is what before 3 of them or can't be good. i'm

interested always in the waters in the. first city. are we entering an era the end of flag money you know money with flags on it or parts or to open tate or royal person good day. we are not to shy to talk about i'm to should move to turn chinese navy into a blue water navy actually we have but it clear that if by mid a century a will be developed hopefully into a world class military xacto course it would even crude 1st because the chinese navy.

is a fancy international welcome back hundreds of european companies have been floating the e.u. market for years with items containing potentially harmful chemicals according to germany's largest environmental charity that was released a study warning that consumers across the block could on wittingly be harming their health by using any of her. hundreds of popular everyday products the most dangerous items singled out however fall under the category of industrial substances which can cause genetic defects and cancer more commonly use products noted in the study include furniture toys and clothes which is claimed can put unborn children at risk while certain cosmetic and personal products are said to cause serious i irritation and dizziness 654 companies were named as culpable most of them german british or dutch big names like exxon mobil and bay are on the list shall i do penske picks up the story. when it comes to using hazardous chemicals at

home we're told to wear gloves and to rinse immediately if your skin comes into contact with the product but according to a new report by environmental lobby group and european consumers face exposure on a day basis and we don't even know about it as consumers we are kept in the dark not knowing if every day products are safe or not range from clothes shoes and makeup even children's toys borne says these potentially harmful chemicals of widely being sold to manufacturers of household goods without having being properly vetted it says some of these chemicals could cause a range of health problems from cancer to bring disorders worse still the european chemical agency we see a.j. is accused of trying to sweep this scandal under the rug. has said on

this problem for years we see the agency moving in the right direction by why all the secrecy the very foundation of e.u. chemical safety rules are being ignored bund revealed the top of the iceberg now it's on the to tell us the rest of this investigation shows around $650.00 companies and many household brands of breaking the law by failing to perform the required safety checks that are mandated by the e.c. ha's main safety regulation this includes some brands which are already making the headlines amidst major health scandals we have done and i'm a lot of work but that work i clearly and totally subscribe to is not sufficient and not enough. but we have looked at $700.00 substances up until now of those $702.00 thirds end up needing further data bund says that. it's not enough and it's the morning that the e.u.

and natural thirties raise their game in a bid to ensure the products we use are simply just safe. shots even ski off the. r.c. are some of the companies accused of wrongdoing to comment on the claims including b a s f a suffolk and hankel both suffolk and hankel have responded saying that while they comply with all safety regulations they are committed to improving where possible you know the man who heads an environmental and geo told as he believes the study only scratches the surface of the problem. i think there is a big possibility that behalf narcan yukos on the market who have to watch sufficiently in we have no clear information which chemicals we have no clear information which ones have been sufficiently checked the only thing that we can know for sure is that the system doesn't work properly we have to can because.

apparently not sufficiently control and that is a potentially a big danger so all the information recalled was. basically. sureness diffuse it's fast and complete. and this is playing with the law if so. meanwhile activists substories the paris h.q. or pharmaceuticals giant bail which was mentioned in a study they staged a protest against the health and environmental dangers posed by some of the products of bayer subsidiary monsanto the risks surrounding the monsanto weed killer round up were brought into the spotlight recently when i california court ordered the firm to pay a record $2000000000.00 in damages some to a couple suffering from cancer which they successfully argued had been caused by the herbicide and back in france the court their role that the company was liable for the state use of a farmer who have used an old photo weed killer just why the rulings one sound so and bayer insist that their products are safe adding that health regulators worldwide agree. turkey is refusing to back down over its

decision to buy the russian made s. $400.00 missile defense system that's despite washington threatening its nato ally with sanctions if it follows through with the multi-billion dollar deal made back in 2017 which sent personnel to russia for as 400 training that will begin in the coming days small sperm to thaw in months. the news of turkey reaffirming its commitments to the deal comes after the us reportedly issued an ultimatum saying ankara must turn its back on the s 400 by june in favor of a u.s. made old senate if it warns that turkey would otherwise face repercussions from ne so it's not the 1st time washington sought to pressure its over the agreement with russia turkey must choose its potential acquisition. of the 3rd 100 will result in a reassessment of turkey's participation in the f.

35 program those who want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world we are against the having some of our partners and allies around the world potentially purchase us for hundreds of potential sanctions or doesn't want to risk the security of their partnership. washington has cited the s 400 think compatibility with nato technology as the reason for its opposition it also has said there's a risk russia could gather sensitive information about the u.s. made f. 35 fighter jets which turkey has in its air force take a house consistently defended the deal saying that its neighbor greece has an older model of this of the s 400 and has not faced any blowback from the us. signed back in december $27000.00 the price tag on the $4.00 x. $400.00 says 2 and a half $1000000000.00 that's around half the price of the u.s. alternative the 1st batch is due to be delivered early this summer but china and india have also signed up for the s 400 the former turkish ambassador to the u.s.

says washington's rhetoric of ultimatums is simply not conducive to cooperation. i think the propensity. for the u.s. administration and now the congress to impose sanctions on anything that they don't like. is a very unfortunate we have seen this in the case of iraq and outre turning sanctions. on countries. purchases for hundreds. in my judgment awful or unnecessary war i think. america should make products. more technology and more close competitive. trying to do that for sure countries. to make choices.

in life and to the imposition of sanctions that's large and strong it's all lawful but surely. u.s. president donald trump has announced that chinese technology giant huawei could be included in a trade deal between the united states and china a comes off the japanese firms to ship and panasonic followed google in intel's example and exit suspending certain shipments to far away they troubled ministration accuses one way of spying for beijing something the phone denies washington has blacklisted far away meaning american firms can no longer trade with it it all comes amid an ongoing trade war between the u.s. and china it's seen the white house impose 25 percent tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese goods in retaliation beijing plans to raise import tariffs on $60000000000.00 of american imports starting next month president trump has threatens to raise the stakes even further by introducing tariffs on an additional

$300000000000.00 of chinese imports. but in the u.s. $173.00 companies including added hours and nyc have written an open letter to donald trump urging him to call off the tariffs to china on china they argue that american consumers will be the ones to lose out adding a 25 percent tax increase on top of these tariffs would mean some working american families could pay a nearly 100 percent duty on their shoes this is unfathomable your proposal to add tariffs on all imports from china is asking the american consumer to foot the bill it is time to bring this trade war to an end economist richard walsh discussed the impact of the trade war in china on artie's you can see the full episode on r.t. dot com. well the trade war dispute between the u.s. and china left many businesses in a state of confusion and uncertainty and i expected beneficiary emerges be an arm companies operating in china have been subject to increase tariffs on exports to

the u.s. so businesses are making a smart decision to move manufacturers and production over to probably thought their neighbor but how much of it has to do with tariffs for companies both from chinese and foreign in china they looking always for the cheapest labor they diggin long before the tariffs to look around elsewhere in asia particularly for example in the where the wages were and still are considerably cheaper now they have a 2nd incentive not only will they make more profits by cheap wages in vietnam but the united states has not yet put tariffs on vietnam these goods so that they don't have that problem either every company and every country in the world is watching the aggressive economic nationalism make it risky to do business with an american company or with anybody from the united states because you could be cut off suddenly by some politician who is looking to advance his career the way mr trump

is a little mean taking a step back from business with america cutting a deal with another producer was not a very good even if that's not the best price because you don't have to worry about any history of politicians interfering in this dramatic way. thanks to using aussie international we're back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines statins now the latest episode has been passed. really there's there's not much happening in the. economy as a result of the u.s. trying to so-called trade war just to put things in perspective you know most things that are exported from china's the united states are exported as finished products of the same holds true for most things exported from the u.s.

to china so any tariffs on those products while they might affect price levels in the u.s. or in china and they might affect the level of trade between the u.s. and china they simply don't destroy the global supply chain so the rest of the world is hardly affected at all. so what is it going to decline is magic internet the new type of digital currency the centralized digital scarcity chancellor i'm bringing a 2nd for a bank that's called the genesis blog for reason calling it civil disobedience a source of optimism because i can control my own financial destiny it's just a new way of coming to consensus it's a game changer in the human history this is columbus discovering the new world this paradigm shifting technology that transforms economics and fine.