i'm going to talk about football not the world's or the singles are going to go. by the words of the. washington announcers seventeen no charges on the wiki leaks co-founder julian songs if convicted he faces up to ten years in jail on each count journalists and activists around the world are condemning the additional charges against astonished by the united states as a an assault on press freedom. hidden dangers the report claims hundreds of household items sold in the e.u. which contain harmful chemicals. five more years the world's biggest election seems that sees the incumbent prime minister handed another time in india we look at whether the perceived elite next of its closest rival to turn off to voters.

a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me nikki aaron. the u.s. department of justice has announced seventeen more charges against julian a song a new indictment claims that wiki leaks co-founder revealed the names of people working for the u.s. government putting their lives at risk his artie's kind of more and more. now there are new federal criminal charges being filed against julian assad in addition to the initial charge of conspiracy to commit computer and true we now have seventeen new counts including the one thousand nine hundred seventeen aspi and. at this point there is a total of eighteen criminal charges against julian a songe each of the new charges carries up to ten years in prison the a total amount of time julian assad could spend behind bars if convicted to be one

hundred seventy five years this is some of what is the in the indictment a federal grand jury returned an eighteen count superseding indictment today charging julian p. saunders forty seven the founder of wiki leaks with offenses that relate to a songes alleged 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 if convicted he faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison on each count except for conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for which he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison now one of the federal statutes used against him julian assange in this indictment is the nineteen seventeen espionage act which was passed during the first world war and is known for its rather vague

language and this is the first time the espionage act of one nine hundred seventeen 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 assigns that now it's important to note the chelsea manning is currently in jail in the united states for refusing to testify against julian a songe to the federal grand jury and at this point you. innocent is also in jail in the united kingdom for refusing to go to court back in two thousand and twelve now he has recently received that sentence after being taken out of the ecuadorian embassy where he was staying for seven years in order to and avoid 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 provided to them by leakers this is some of the information that wiki leaks made public.

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wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service talks like a hostile takeover of. the world is essentially watching to see what will happen next whether or not join assad will be extradited to the united states in order to stand trial on these now eighteen total federal charges facing up to one hundred seventy five years in prison. the news of the united states filing more charges against julian assange has sparked reaction from journalists around the world many are calling it a blow against freedom of the press as they say for the rights of journalists to publish sensitive information wiki leaks has condemned the additional charges calling it the end of reporting on national security while whistleblowers like edward snowden and on have condemned as a war journalism and

a witch hunt the reporters committee for freedom of the press have criticized the new charges also denouncing them as an attack on press freedom let's discuss this further now with lani who lost their lawyer on for mccann's defend new york city council loni thank you for joining us on the program now as sanjay is facing at seventeen more charges in addition to the one of computer hacking he faced before and why so many and what do you make of the timing here why now. well i think that the interesting thing about this case is that this is the first time in history that a journalist is now being prosecuted under something called the espionage act. and really what i believe is this is the criminalization of investigative journalism i don't think you can really. you can really discriminate from what we can read. versus what the new york times does with the guardian or any media outlet when they essentially publish classified information i really see that both are the you know

what is songe does and what the new york times does another media outlets basically the same thing it's the criminalization of the news gavel and i think every journalist and every media organization should essentially stand up in complete outrage about this because it's true i mean you know is it going to be criminal now that me and publish classified information i mean that would be absurd. and what do you make of the fact that the u.s. government and also the media seem to be trying to deny that julian assange is a journalist. well it's interesting because i think what a lot of the mainstream media is doing is that they're saying that oh a songe he's not a real journalist we're different from him so we're not going to experience the same sort of. censorship and he's experiencing and i would argue that what other journalists out there with us conscious of that closely the same it's investigative

journalism it's news gathering it's cultivating sources it's communicating securely with its source and. it's protecting the identity of your sources i mean all those things are what you get. and what i traditionally. really think so i think every every mainstream media. and every reporter should really stand up and out. if say a song does go to trial in the us how much of it do you think would be open to the public good deed to expect the government to use classified information as an excuse to hold you behind closed doors well this is a trap administration they hold everything behind closed doors so i'm not sure that we could expect anything but what i'm hoping that they'll treat you with his accusation and i'm sure you're going to fight it. so i'm hoping that you. never have

a long haul and maybe this will happen. you know there's so many us outlets that publish the information that was released by wiki leaks over the years how is what they did any different to what stone is accused of. i mean i don't think it's how i i can't see any difference honestly for me it's the same thing it's restrict it's news gathering it's. you know investigative journalism where you you know you get a story you're publishing classified information you're cultivating sources are cultivating to come to you through your organization you know this protecting the identity of your sources i don't feed your friends really at all and i think kind of the overall broader thing that i see is this is similar to the pentagon papers where the supreme court essentially ruled that what is in the public interest is actually more important than issues of national security and actually you know it's a blanket statement anybody can allege any government can allege oh this is

national security you can publish it but actually you know i think what the court found in the pentagon papers was it was really political science of ship so i think this is really the same thing and it's a shame i mean i feel like right now we're living in an age where it's really difficult for whistleblowers to come forward and for whistleblowers to get the recognition that they need because i think what the science did was like really an amazing thing to you know publish this kind of information that actually made the american government look really bad and the public needs to know what our government is doing. do you think that what we're seeing here is an effort to really throw the book at a song to ward off any other potential whistleblowers and journalist why did. i do they're making his life miserable and i think they're making an example of him. and in a shame but you know what i would like to see is i would like to see every journalist and every mainstream media organization you know you know essentially extremely

outraged about this and you know understand that this could be the criminalization of investigative journalism. and i think people should be outraged about that what happens at that given that the idea that. you know the throwing the book at a song how do you say things playing out from hey if you think no basic sense when extraditing him do you think you face a death penalty i you know i think with the extradition and the appeals and he's going to fight it i think it'll take years and years so i'm hoping this will take years and years and you know maybe another administration will come in hopefully the democrats play their cards right. and you know maybe the next administration might not be so hard on him i mean i think what's interesting is people tend to forget that obama actually tried to prosecute a songe in chelsea manning as well but they actually decided not to because it was such a grave threat to press freedom so the obama administration decided not to do that

so i'm hoping you know with the new administration maybe with all the appeals. that hopefully things will happen where. he might get some kind of not necessarily pardon but things might work out in a gentler way for him to want to last a lawyer and for mccown's if a new york city council thank you for your time. thank you. now india's prime minister new random nobody has won i landslide reelection victory with his party gaining a parliamentary majority and the largest democratic exercise in the country's history the prime minister has been celebrating his victory with supporters india has around nine hundred million eligible voters as the six hundred million cars that ballots know his main opponent raul gandhi has conceded defeat or trying to use it why don't they touch the candidate of the elite fails to make it in right.

have a 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 who gandhi's background his father was a prime minister preceded by guess who his grandmother his great grandfather was the founder of modern india and what an alma matter the ukase super the cambridge

university how's that for a contrast. not seen as a serious challenger to use to another. because dynasty is not it doesn't appeal to the young people in the country anymore if you contrast. that to my minister. not at all the who actually has risen from the bottom he comes from the very poor section of society he comes from a cost which is all go back one of the costs will be c. so given the fact that there is a lot of appeal for people coming from the very bottom and rising i think died on cross you know that dynasty of the calmness has almost relieved for the last almost seventy years because completely lawsuits 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 play or independence from the elites who lead us from one financial and foreign policy disaster to another. eight hundred people what. do you have heard me talking about the people will of abusing. taking advantage of a good going. and

he main task is to bring into the politics in our country a completely new people fresh decent people who actually care. what if soome government hopefuls will begin misplacing their at least backgrounds just like some do with parts of their tax returns. talk to charlie a professor and dean at the jindal 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 in the listeria for years and for upward mobility and for economic growth and to become a group in world politics all of this you know 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 going to definitely he has the masses of the public behind him

saw i think that would give him strength in the second. box because the you know the journey do. so that is actually your national opposition party what to do anymore and they have to blame themselves for it because they lost sight of the needs of the changing times and of the changing. hundreds of european companies have been flooding the market for years with items containing potentially harmful chemicals that's according to germany's largest environmental charity it's what is a study warning that consumers across the block couldn't wittingly be harming their health by using any of 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 a study include third chair toys and clothes which is claims can put unborn

children at risk are certain cosmetic and personal products are said to cause serious eye irritation and dizziness six hundred fifty four companies were named as culpable most of them german british or dutch big names like exxon mobil and the list child 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 products but according to a new report by environmental lobby group and european consumers a face exposure on 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 are 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 when your pink chemical agency we see a.j. is accused of trying to sweep this scandal under the rug. has said in 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 e.c. to tell us the rest of this investigation shows around six hundred and fifty 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 seven hundred substances up until now of those seven hundred two thirds end up needing further data bund says. that's not enough and it's the morning that the e.u. and national authorities raise their game in a bid to ensure the products we use are simply just safe. shots even ski off the. r.t. or some of the companies accused of wrongdoing to comment on the claims including b a s f 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're going mayor who heads an environmental n.g.o.s told us 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 again we have no clue until nation 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 commit codes to who are apparently not sufficiently controlled and that is a potentially a big danger so all the information recalled was. basically. sureness dishes fast and complete. and this is playing with the lives of people meanwhile activists have storms that powers the h.q.'s mr tickles giant they are which was mentioned in the study they staged a protest against the health and environmental dangers posed by some of the products of bay a subsidiary monsanto the risks surrounding the monsanto weed killer round that were brought into the spotlight recently went to california court on the phone to

pay a record two billion dollars in damages that sum to a couple suffering from cancer which they successfully argued had been caused by the herbicide and back in france a court there ruled that the company was liable for the sickness of a farmer who refused to monsanto with killer despite their warnings monsanto and insist that their products are safe as in that health regulators worldwide agree. turkey is refusing to back down over its decision to buy the russian made as four hundred 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 twenty seventeen which sent personnel to russia for as four hundred training that will begin in the coming days more spam 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 four hundred by june in favor

of a u.s. made alternative and warns that turkey would otherwise face repercussions from nato it's not the first time washington sought to pressure its ally over the agreements with russia turkey must choose its potential acquisition. of the hundred will result in a reassessment of turkey's participation in the f. thirty five 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 four hundred some compatibility with nato technology as the reason for its opposition it also said that there is a risk russia could gather sensitive information about the u.s. made f. thirty five fighter jets which turkey has in its their fourth circuit has consistently defended the deal saying that its neighbor greece has an older model of the s four

hundred and has not faced any blowback from the us signed back in december twenty seventh seen the price tag on the four as four hundred is two and a half billion dollars that's around half the price of the u.s. alternative the first batch is due to be delivered early this summer both china and india have also signed up for the s four hundred the former turkish ambassador to the usa is 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. very unfortunate have seen this in the case of iran and the truth telling sanctions. on countries. purchases for hundreds.

in my judgment a little full and necessary. i think. america should make its products. technology more close competitive. trying to do that for sure countries. can make choices. 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 that comes off the japanese firm's toshiba and panasonic followed google and intel's example in suspending certain shipments to far away the trump administration accuses huawei of spying for beijing something this firm denies washington has blacklisted walk 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 twenty five percent tariff song two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods in retaliation beijing plans to raise import tariffs on sixty billion dollars of american imports starting next month president trump has threatened to raise the stakes even further by introducing tariffs on an additional three hundred billion dollars of chinese imports. but in the u.s. one hundred seventy three companies including added dallas and nyc have written an open letter to donald trump urging him to call off the tariffs on china they argue that american consumers will be the ones to lose out adding a twenty five percent tax increase on top of these tariffs would mean some working american families could pay a nearly one hundred 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 warfare to

discuss the impact of the trade war in china and artie's boom bust 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 chinese and foreign in china they looking always for the cheapest labor they begin 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 second 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 an american 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. so those are the headlines for you for this hour thank you for joining us international we're back in thirty minutes with the latest.

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