wiki leaks founder julian assange is slapped with 17 charges of espionage by u.s. prosecutors for publishing classified military documents and diplomatic cables back in 2010. of. the hardest attacks syrian army positions in the province using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives yet the west points the finger at damascus for the escalation. and emotional to raise them a call to today as the u.k. prime minister announces she will step down as conservative party leader on june the supplements. and a new study reveals that hundreds of widely sell the products from clothes and

makeup to children's toys that may contain harmful chemicals. it's the weekly here in r.t. international live from our studio with me in india today this is all round up of the top stories from the last 7 days and the latest up to date nice welcome to the program u.s. prosecutors have unveiled 17 fresh charges against wiki leaks founder julian assange all of falling under the espionage act they come on top of the charge of conspiring to hack a u.s. government computer which forms the basis of an extradition request for song serving time in the u.k. one quarter 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 on 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 is a pretty aggressive new move by the justice department 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 a song 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 fate but quite a bit about there's this is the hypocrisy of the mainstream media here in the united states just a couple of weeks ago the washington post editorial board ran an editorial saying that julian was not a journalist well guess what the washington post one well that surprises you using any information that julian and weepy 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 would be lining up 100 juliette to support him they're not the thing is though some might argue the war on freedom of speech began long ago back in 2012. 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 not publish yes these are conversations 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 do claim that look he's his

activities to follow mold john made the good you're not allowed to help instruct you're 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 like playing with his fecal matter for years they've been ignoring restrictions on the songes freedom of speech and smearing him for the sake of the narrative but the monster they created has now turned against them when 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 they do feel threat. no it has nothing to do with freedom of press freedom of speech they feel threatened because they do the same thing that assad has done every day of the week it's called national security reporting and so now

all of a sudden sitting closer to home or pretend to be more concerned about it mind you here are some of the biggest revelations made by a songe over the years back in trying to 10 thousands of documents in class i think you have related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan were made public that leak detailed among other things the indiscriminate shooting of civilians in iraq a year later the so-called get to move files revealed routine torture at the guantanamo bay camp and the death of inmates through harsh treatment and in 2016 weekly revealed a pro clinton media bias june the 2016 presidential campaign and the plot to push bernie sanders out of the race. assigned to has a long split public opinion debated the latest twists in what's been a long legal saga for the wiki leaks founder. the prosecution of fuel in the sand is part and parcel of trump's war on the free press full stop and i think the limited takers for that actually both see both in the us and here although the 1st

amendment the reserve to be a news gatherer and clearly where julian the songs go see united states of america assuming it goes that there will be a court case to the supreme court related to that what cannot be allowed to happen is when a group of people in the military in the intelligence services in government break the espionage laws 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 damaged in the light of duty because of this so there have to look at actual damages and harm that this cause truth the matter was he has been afraid of making his case to a group of juries i'm courts that actually properly constituted judge you are in i'm serious i think he needs 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 ecuadorian embassy 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 issue 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 when 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 heart is still a wreaking havoc in the country on wednesday syrian government troops pound 3 big attacks by militants in syria is it profits later. carnation of one of the our newest of france 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 current offensive when 1st reporting on the alleged attack on tuesday the u.s. said it had seen some signs it might have happened however they didn't provide any further details about the incident except the date on which it supposedly took place that came soon after jihadist groups hired thorir al sharm formerly known as the al qaeda affiliate front to claim that the syrian army had targeted its members with chlorine gas the u.s. special representative to syria later accuse the syrian government of violence adding though that washington could not yet confirmed the alleged use of chemical

weapons in province. the bombing attacks which have been indiscriminate and very vicious have sent some 152200000 people in islam 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 that witnesses and alleged chemical attack in the region are 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 is 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 days ago

a leaked document raised questions about the global chemical weapons watchdog support on last year's toxic attack in the city of david just 10 kilometers from the capital by then blaming assad's forces u.s. britain and france carried out al strikes against syrian government facilities it was done off the back wound. 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. report was meant to pose an indisputable and to speculations over what happened in duma in syria in spring 2018 except that it really. the 60 newly revealed pages challenge of the bag bone of the official conclusions.

after passing through the ceiling in impacting the floor of the lower speed the cylinder continued in altered trajectory until reaching the position in which you do is 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 account is 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 that time was in control of the insurgents so the question is now

who else could have placed the 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 document has been passed to us as i said before we've had we have confirmation from multiple sources which clearly shows that there has been an investigation carried out from within your. own investigation which is not found its way to muttley into the fire do not report and use your best to get your 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 editor emergency shelter many with foam in their mouths disturbing reports of a chemical weapons attack chemical attack carried out by the asset 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 20 teen 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

and then reserved apology for their scurrilous ad hominem attack on me after i denounce the white house personally 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. people across the european union are voting in the final day of the e.u. parliamentary elections polling stations in 21 even nations open on sunday and the member states have already voted 1st to cast their ballots were the u.k. and the netherlands who held their elections on thursday is said to censor 2 things 751 and it will serve the next 5 years some of 512000000 citizens are eligible to vote. but it prime minister and i are it's about her upcoming

resignation this news and more after this break. historically to accuse opponents used to claim that there are 3 issues. too big and to accuse 2 muslim the fact as we are too poor is no longer correct because our per capita church is very deep is higher than some of the curia do you remember a country. i mean we were at camp rounds of america i think it's called there's like a chain of these campgrounds and trailer parks across america so yeah these types of organizations would be rolled out into a big a rural up so you have economies of scale you now have lots and lots of trailer

parks all socialize reporting to one corporate behavior on wall street and there extracting nickels and dimes and a lot of people are so. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back to the program hundreds of your pain companies have been flooding the market for years with items containing potentially harmful chemicals 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 of hundreds of popular everyday products the most dangerous items for under the category of industrial substances which can cause genetic

defects and concepts more commonly used products noted in the study include furniture. toys and clothes which it's claimed can put unborn children at risk while certain cosmetic and personal products are said to cause serious i ever taken and dizziness 654 companies who are named as culpable most of them german and british or dutch big names like exxon mobil and by air or on the list shall and do penske picks up the story. when it comes to using as a disco mccall's 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 food 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 ranging clothes shoes that make

up even children's toys borne says these potentially harmful chemicals 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 but why all the secrecy the very foundation of e.u. chemical safety rules are being ignored bund revealed the teeth of the iceberg now it's on the cheek 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 . since 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 says that's not enough and is the morning that the e.u. and that's where authorities raise their game in a bid to ensure the products we use are simply just safe. charlotte even ski off c s. r.t.r. some of the companies accused of wrongdoing to comment on the claims including b a s f catholic and hankel both kevin hankel responded saying that while they comply with all safety regulations they're committed to improving where possible.

now tereza many hands and she is stepping down from the role of u.k. prime minister in an emotional farewell speech outside number 10 may express regret over failing to get a breakthrough deal over the line despite her best efforts she'll step down as party leader on june the 7th throwing open the race for a successor. so i am today announcing that i will resign as leader of the conservative and unionist party on friday the 7th of june i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to hold. the 2nd female prime minister but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will but with enormous during gratitude to have hard to the opportunity to serve the country i love. the phrase i'm a major brags that cornerstone of her premiership but delivering on the result of

the referendum proved to be an impossible task with m.p.'s rejecting her deals 3 times despite the setbacks traitor may had and try to pass a deal for a 4th time and offered m.p.'s a chance to vote on the 2nd referendum if they backed or. where bragg's it goes next is hard to tell what becomes of the of the efficient conservative stance depends on who succeeds it may labor the main opposition party except the referendum result it wants a deal but not may's ukip and the braggs it party are both advocating a so-called hard drugs it where britain also creates the market the liberal democrats the green party and change u.k. all want to reverse briggs it and the 2nd referendum are calm and director of britain's crisis research institute often 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 brig's that party who are mainly conservatives who want a serious break with your up and the members of parliament and so must you 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 your pin union may decide we find you too much trouble we want you to leave now and so that could be a chaotic disorderly brags that you've been watching the weekly here on our. back and around 30 minutes and more updates so please stay with.

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going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. facebook and google started with a great idea and great ideals unfortunately there was also a very dark so. 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 on what they think you should be seeing if they have this kind of power then democracy is an illusion the free and fair election doesn't exist the more we give them the sooner we are all.

welcome to worlds apart it's been barely a week since the new ukrainian president was sworn into office but he's already being threatened with lawsuits and an overthrow by the very same people who came to power by violent street protests 5 years ago can flood a missile lansky deliver on his promise of reading ukraine of the old guard without employing their old habits well to discuss that i'm now joined by ilya upon the

matter of a former member of the russian parliament who made a new home in ukraine disappointed myself it's always good to see you how are things in kenya. it's very good thanks for having me here always my pleasure now mr had such a smashing success of the polls that's one would think that he has it absolute mandate from the people to implement he said john that i'm yet. when we look at the people's representatives for example the speaker of the current dr don draper o.b.e. there seems to be quite a lot of pushback against the new president how do you explain that you know it. is very near trump alike personality he teamed to power with the promise to break the system as the call to the elite came to that's quite natural that all the elites really like him if you. actually voted for mr

who else could you would see that. the very center of key you were both against him . some of the districts. in ukraine and the rest of the country gave overwhelming support for the new president well i personally think that mr dylan is a little bit more likable than mr trump he seems to be a more progressive found to be honest with you i think the the political establishment in the united states is also a little bit more. well i would say reserved in ukraine because if we take mr proby for example he's not your regular scheming politician he's actually a pretty violent guy i mean he represents a pretty extreme faction of the ukrainian politics he's people were filmed moving around weapons on them on my donkey you know that he's widely speculated to have had some role in the massacre that followed when he alludes to the smell of burning tires as he did on twitter just the other day how is that not

a threat well i think you're describing mr power be your forwarding. russian i mean he he has a previous catchy record and it's recognised not only in russia but also in the west. part of the middle so i don't think that many people would agree with what you just said of course in culture the rostrum radicals. they are not representative of the parliament this parliament is an area that would be a union between right wing conservatives. liberals this is true but very much the same for example in a country in russia. very very similar portraits of the parliament and that's very different from the parliament seen other countries in the west you could at least agree with me that mr pruitt be has been quite critical.