wiki leaks founder julian assange is slapped with 17 charges of espionage by u.s. prosecutors for publishing classified military documents and diplomatic cables packed in 2010. yards of time syrian army positions in a liberal vince using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives near the west points the finger at the baskets for the escalation. and emotional theresa may call this a day as the u.k. prime minister and the answer is that she'll step down as the conservative party leader on june 7th. and a new study reveals that the hundreds of widely sold e.u.

products from clothes and makeup children's toys may contain harmful chemicals. it's the weekly here on alt international live from last year with me in india today this is all round up at the top stories from the last 7 days and the latest update nice welcome to the program. u.s. prosecutors have unveiled a 17 fresh charges against wiki leaks founder julian assange of living under the espionage act they come on top of the challenge of a conspiring to hack a u.s. government computer which forms the basis of an extradition request for she's currently serving time in the u.k. don't call it takes a closer look at what it all means for the whistleblower. the stakes are now much higher for imprisoned wiki leaks founder julian assange and 17 new charges by

a notoriously anti whistleblower court and potentially up to 175 years in prison this new batch of accusations falls under the espionage act used to convict spies and detractors during the 1st world war the indictments legal ease of taining and disclosure of sensitive government information which often just means exposing government wrongdoings is lighting a fire under stablish when american journalists since after all they're doing it to this is to put it bluntly wrong unconstitutional and downright tyrannical this is a pretty aggressive new move by the justice department the big deal here for a 1st amendment advocates the government is now trying to assert this brand new right to criminally prosecute people for publishing secret stuff and newspapers and magazines and investigative journalists and all sorts of different entities publish secret stuff all the time that is the bread and butter of what we do with the new indictment of us on the government is advancing a legal argument that places such an important work in jeopardy the administration

has gone from denigrating journalists as enemies of the people to now criminalizing common practices in journalism notice anything not a lot about a songes work or faith but quite a bit about there's where the mainstream media is absolutely hypocritical you know they spent these last several years criticizing critiquing damning. stones for constantly continuously all of a sudden now they've woken up and pretended to be. so upset about the 17 charges of espionage in the fact of the matter is they do feel threatened now it has nothing to do with freedom of press freedom of speech they feel threatened because they do the same thing that this was done every day of the week it's called national security reporting and so now all of a sudden it's getting closer to home and there are tend to be more concerned about it the thing is though some might argue the war on freedom of speech began long ago back in 2012 a songe fled to the ecuadorian embassy in london for political asylum over fears of

extradition to the u.s. after exposing potentially incriminating acts by the u.s. military for 7 years he was interned there and conditions the u.n. said amounted to arbitrary detention at times he was denied access to the internet stifling his journalistic work and all the while an allegation of rape in sweden has hung over his head his lawyers claim the alleged victim said it was actually the police who sought charges not her the establishment media has had plenty of things to say back then and not much had to do with the 1st amendment the free press is not responsible for the origins of any material that gets to us. unless of course we are responsible for it because we had something to do with how it was a leak illegally obtained if someone's life was potentially a risk responsible media you would know it published yes these are conversation

hard conversations that are had in newsrooms around the country and the world at the end of the day what would you say to those people who claim that look he's his activities followed mold john made the good you are not allowed to help instruct you are not allowed to try to help somebody defeat security system they prefer to accuse the sonnes of working with the russians and of course to claim at the end he neglected his personal hygiene and liked playing. this fecal matter for years they've been ignoring restrictions on assad just freedom of speech and smearing him for the sake of the narrative but the monster they created has now turned against them and this is the hypocrisy of the mainstream media here in the united states just a couple of weeks ago the washington post editorial or granted editorial saying that julian was not a journalist well guess what the washington post one pulitzer prizes you'll using the information that julian and we keep leaks published so you would think that in

a normal world the washington post the new york times the wall street journal the guardian and every other major news outlet we'd be lining up 100 juliette to support him there not to remind you here are some of the biggest revelations made by a sign over the years back in a 2010 thousands of documents and classified video related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan were made public that leaked details among other things the indiscriminate shooting of civilians in iraq a year later the so-called to get my files revealed lutein torture at guantanamo bay camp and the death of inmates through harsh treatment and in 2016 wiki leaks revealed a pro clinton media bias cheney 2016 presidential campaign and a plot to push him bernie sanders out of the rice we asked people in london what they make of the latest charges against june in the solace. i think which may be for the good. i do not deserve to die over a lot of secrets all over

a lot of emotion which is upset a lot of people he has done what he's done i'm sure he's paid for it and. the one year is about suitable probably and he should be protected from the american system idea like you know. there's no there's probably no perfect legal system in the world to be an american so. i really knew it i mean i think 175 years i was going to live. yes a little much more study information we knew people would be aware before him he put himself on the line for that he will see anybody who says otherwise is wrong. songe has a long split public opinion on gas debated the latest twist it once been a long legal saga or that we can leak found. we're talking a lot about 1st amendment issues and 1st amendment rights and it is very important to look at that i mean we're looking at social media mass banning censorship of

certain political party outputs certain media commentators the 1st amendment has come up a lot not just with twitter banning but with banning of other people and a lot of the people that are being banned are journalists are either freelance journalists or members of the media in some way the prosecution of today in the sand is part and parcel of trump's war on the free press full stop and i think i'll be limited takers for that actually both if i see the u.s. and hear all of the 1st amendment the reserve to be a news gathering and clearly where julian the psalms goes united states of america goes there will be a court case to the supreme court related to that but if you look at why bradley manning released all they see information he was ultimately paul didn't bar brock obama not because there's there's a process here but what cannot be allowed to happen. a group of people in the

military in the intelligence services. break the espionage laws i think it's a basic mark of respect to chelsea manning to get her name right and and give her due respect on that score in addition she was never a part of the administration i wish she had been her sentence was commuted which means that her conviction her conviction stands which is something that she is still being appealed and i believe will go all the way up to the supreme court this could seem like a case where there could be some issues that he has to face and that he has to own up to but there also is the the facts that have come out that they haven't seen a lot of people who were who were either killed or damage in the light of duty because of this so there have to look at actual damages and harm that this cause in the very extensive server. the u.s. government did after the manning disclosures they could not find a single person who had been harmed by those disclosures the truth of march was he has been afraid of making his case to a group of juries courts that actually properly constituted judge you are in i'm

serious i begin need to go to america and he needs to make his case in front of the american courts which may although you may not accept that he's a journalist but what you can't do is what he did when he ridiculed the united kingdom by hiding in the door there but i think it's going to be a fight but i think i think he can win it because what has happened with this superseding indictment it makes the issues absolutely crystal clear i think this is going to be a much bigger case than people imagine look at the end of the day i could scream and cry and insult others and just and just sit there and sob and baton being my feet like a baby in call conspiracy theory where i don't like something but there are facts there are laws and all of that is going to be assessed very soon. islamic state may have been all but routed out from syria but your hardest is still a wreaking havoc in the in the country on wednesday syrian government troops repelled 3 big attacks by militants in syria's province the latest incarnation of

what was the al nusra front has attacked syrian army positions with hundreds of militants supported by tanks and vehicles filled with explosives. meanwhile the u.s. state department claims it suspects the syrian regime of using chemical weapons during its kind of when 1st reporting an alleged attack on tuesday u.s. said it seen some signs it might have happened however they do. not to provide any further details about the incident except the date on which it supposedly took place neither the syrian observatory for human rights nor the y to helmets civil defense group published any related to points on the alleged chemical attacks the

jihad is great pat. a full meaning of the al qaeda affiliate to al nusra front and that the syrian army had targeted its members with chlorine gas the u.s. special representative to accuse the syrian government of violence i think though that washington could not and could. use of chemical weapons in the province the bombing attacks which have been indiscriminate and very vicious have some 152200000 people in it most of whom are already internally displaced people to move again to temporary housing and create a huge burden on our very broad humanitarian effort that we and the internet rest of the international community are making so we're watching this very closely the reports of chemical weapons use so far we cannot confirm it but we are watching it the only source is and witnesses and alleged chemical attack in the region of the terrorists of the syrian al qaida branch jabhat al nusra with whom the u.s.

state department is communicating closely in the deescalation zone of it live there was no of the opposition front in the region except from al nusra which eliminated all the armed opposition groups back in february that is now keeping the region under its total control. it is ago documents raised questions about the global chemical weapons watchdog report on last year's toxic attack in city of duma just 10 kilometers from the capital back then blaming assad's forces u.s. britain and france carried out strikes against syrian government facilities because the donald has the background. we saw petrified children. we listened to the righteous indignation very terrible regime we read a scrupulous investigation into what happened by the un chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. reports was meant to pose an indisputable and to speculations over what happened

in duma in syria in spring 2018 except that it really. the 16 newly revealed pages challenges the bag bone of the official conclusions. after passing through the ceiling and impacting the floor at lower speed the cylinder continued in altered trajectory until reaching the position in which it was found. observations of the scene of the 2 locations suggest that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were money placed at those $2.00 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft the engineering teams the counters well structured it includes pictures from the side of the incident blueprints and images of the test cases studied to deliver their verdict it's unlikely the project tile

fell from above which would in that case mean one thing the assad controlled air force had nothing to do with it and while the sky was dominated by the government of the ground at the time was in control of the. gents so the question is now who else could have placed this cylinder on that bed now the revelation at the o p c w concerned except not the substance of it but the fact that someone in their ranks when grow and exposed something they tried to bury as deep and far away from the public eye as possible the bottom line in this is that the documents have been passed to us as i've said before we've had we have confirmation from multiple sources which clearly shows that there has been an investigation carried out and when you don't do you an investigation which is not found its way to move leak into

the fire do not report the. p.c. w. and how it has been operating because it is the case that this organization has been subjected to political pressure and that have led to distortion their investigations and that is an incredibly serious matter. but this engineering analysis is not the 1st blow to the official version of what happened in duma now this video purported to show the harrowing aftermath of the chemical attack resonated across the airwaves and was hyped by many channels horrific images of syrian children fighting for brownfield and suffocating in their homes the editor of urgency shelter many with foam in their mouths disturbing reports of a chemical weapons attack chemical attack carried out by the acid regime except later people in the video said they had no recollection of

a chemical attack some people barged into the hospital hosed people with water instigated panic and vanished even a producer with the b.b.c. a broadcaster that gave major airtime to the clip said he believed the hospital video was staged. after almost 6 months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital. in 28 seen the allowed us to voices on the world stage were quick to deliver their verdict and punishment these are not the actions of a man. they are crying of a monster instead the nations of britain france and the united states of america have martial their righteous power against barbarism and brutality.

but with this new information it's not that obvious anymore and although it speak the interest of the politically engaged classes in light of the new evidence from an old p.c. w. engineers report i hope the guardian newspaper will have the good grace to print an unreserved apology for their scurrilous ad hominem attack on me after i denounce the white house potently concocted story for what it was we may have just discovered to major piece of the puzzle explaining how seemingly independent international organizations how deceive us into consent into wars and regime change interventionism around the world there's a deafening silence from the great and good. 23 has announced she is stepping down from the role of u.k. prime minister and emotional farewell speech outside number 10 they expressed regret over failing to get

a break over the line despite her best efforts she'll step down as part of the country the 7th rung up in the race for successor at the parcher brings the count of its prime ministerial casualties to tick. and we will surely be heading to buckingham palace to see images. the queen tender my resignation as prime minister. today announcing that i will resign as leader of the conservative and unionist party on friday the 7th of 2 so that a successor can be chosen. with enormous and enduring gratitude to it hard for the opportunity to serve the country i love. the.

trades i made brags it a cornerstone of her premiership but delivering on the results of the referendum proved to be an impossible task with m.p.'s rejecting her deal 3 times despite the setbacks theresa may had in and she tried to pass a deal for a 4th time and offered m.p.'s a chance to vote on a 2nd referendum if they backed. where breaks it goes next is hard to tell what becomes of the official conservative stance depends on who succeeds may they were the main opposition party accepts the referendum result it wants a deal but not may's you can't ban the brands that party both advocating a so-called hard drugs it where britain also creates the single market the liberal democrats the green party and change u.k. all want to reverse bragg's it and a 2nd referendum mark on the director of britain's crisis research institute oxford says the country faces uncertainty and chaos. it's going to be

a difficult task because the house of commons is still strongly against leaving the e.u. except on terms which involve remaining in a customs union almost certainly so that there's going to be a disconnect between the tory party members and supporters and presumably the people who defected to the briggs's party who are mainly conservatives who want a serious break with your ip and the members of parliament and so much to change the arithmetic in the house of commons whoever succeeds mrs may if they want to leave the e.u. was going to face huge problems in the same sort can they force a new general election what will be the result of that we don't know but there's going to be a great deal of uncertainty and as i say there's this looming deadline of the 31st of october which is the end of the extension of britain's membership and the british politicians seem to forgotten that in the modern world divorce can be initiated from both sides the remaining members of the european union may decide we find you too much trouble we want you to leave now and so that could be

a chaotic disorderly brigs it. and rid of european companies have been flooding the market for years with items containing potentially harmful chemicals us according to germany's largest environmental charity it released a study warning that consumers across the block could unwittingly be harming their health by using any hundreds of popular everyday products the most dangerous item singled out is have a fall under the category of industrial substances which corden cause genetic defects in cancer more commonly use products notice that include furniture toys and clothes which it's claimed can put unborn children at risk on certain cosmetic and personal products is said to cause serious eye irritation and dizziness $654.00 companies were named as a culpable most of them german a british or dutch big names like exxon mobil and the buyer are on the list sal it depends picks up the story. when it can be seen using hazardous chemicals that home

we're told to wear gloves and dry. prints immediately if your skin comes into contact with the products but according to a new report by environmental lobby group food 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 everyday products are safe or not range from clothes shoes and makeup even children's toys borne says these potentially harmful chemicals a 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 to tell us the rest of this investigation shows around $650.00 companies and many households 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 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's not enough and is the morning that the e.u.

and national authorities raise their game in a bid to in. sure the products we use are simply just safe to eat show that people see not see. some of the companies accused of volunteering to comment on the kinds including yasser arafat catholic and a hankel both catholic and and correspondent saying that while they comply with all safety regulations that committed to improving lap possible yeah then my who had an environmental engineer told us he believes the study only scratches the surface of the problem. i think there is a big possibility that behalf now can you close on the market who has he not simply been checked we house no clear information which chemicals we have no clear information which ones have been sufficiently checked the only thing that we can know say for sure is that the system doesn't work properly we have chemical zte who are all apparently not sufficiently controlled and that is a potentially

a big danger so all the information because it was. basically sureness deficit so it's far from complete. and this is playing with the lives of people. you've been watching that week a onto international and i'll be back around 30 minutes with more global updates so stay with us. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the pope the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go home fields where everything is familiar on the other i want of a new challenge and a fresh perspective and i'm used to surprising us all why not if you think.

i'm going to talk about football not the or else you think i was going to go. by the way what is it that sliding here. facebook and google started with a great idea and great ideals unfortunately it was also a very dark side. they are constructing a profile of you and that profile is real it's detailed and it never goes away turns out that google is manipulating your opinions from the very 1st character that you type into the search bar it will always favor one dog food over another one comparative shopping service over another and one candidate over another they can suppress certain types of results deiced on what they think you should be see if they have this kind of power then democracy is an illusion the free and fair

election doesn't exist the more growth we give them the sooner we are all. right. so we ended 2014 with the u.s. marshals auctioning off some more of their big coin enter 2015 and we see the

arrival of the banks and them trying to figure out a way to how to have block chain without bitcoin this was the year that we had blocked chain not that queen and in fact i'm going to skip ahead to this headline from bloomberg markets on october 25th 2015 and it has on the cover live masters the former head of the precious metals trading desk over at j.p. morgan and it's all about the block chain they claim this is attempt by the banks to. nudge their way into this emerging market and they can't recognize bitcoin as such because it's a competitive threat so they've decided that the underlying technology of block chain is something that they want to be involved with and that if they can push block change over bitcoin they can get into this business by without having the

competitor of bitcoin and blith masters is a well known character on wall street who created and invented the credit default swap to help exxon void all kinds of taxes and environmental penalties there is a very good. buy bill gates. are writing on a book in 95 that they think that it would not be important what would be important is instead of the highway of information. an intern would just be a small part of the i would information but the most important thing is not the internet is what is the concept beyond internet broaching is the same i think it comes from the typical. ross elaboration of loss theory basically at the beginning something bad something this scares you something that is causing a loss for your business for example at the beginning if the nile it doesn't exist then it becomes a rage it does exist but is evil and we are going to shut it down then it's by again so.