wiki leaks founder julian assange with 17 charges of espionage by u.s. prosecutors for publishing classified military documents and diplomatic cables back in 2010. an emotional trade to make calls it a day as the u.k. prime minister announcing stepped down as the conservative party leader on june the 7th. i do so with no ill will but with a normal. gratitude to a power to the opportunity to serve the country i love. you hard is the syrian army positions in province using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives yet the west point the finger at damascus and all the escalation.

and a new study reveals that hundreds of widely sold the e.u. products from clothes and makeup to children's toys may contain harmful chemicals. it's the week here on r.t. international live from our studio with me. this is all roundup of the top stories from the last 7 days and the latest up to date news welcome to the program. u.s. prosecutors have unveiled a 17 fresh charges against wiki leaks founder julian assange all falling under the espionage act they come on top of a charge of conspiring to hack a u.s. government computer which forms the basis of an extradition request for asylum she is currently serving time in the u.k. don 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 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 obtaining and disclosure of sensitive government information which often just means exposing government wrongdoings is lighting a fire under establishment 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 a sauna 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 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 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 a songe fled to the ecuadorian embassy in london for political asylum over fears of extra. 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 claim that look he's his activities to follow 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 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 threatened now it has nothing to do with freedom of press freedom of speech they feel threatened because they do the same thing. every day of

the week called national security reporting. getting closer to home pretend to be more concerned about it to remind you here are some of the biggest revelations made by a sign over the years back in 2010 thousands of documents and classified video 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 good files revealed routine torture at the guantanamo bay camp and the deaths of inmates through harsh treatment and in 2016 wiki leaks revealed a pro clinton media bias during the 2016 presidential campaign and a plot to push bernie sanders out of the race assad has long split public opinion and our guest today to the latest twist 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 they'll

be limited takers for that actually both they 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 he does the 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 when 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 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 when i don't like something but there are facts there are laws and all of that is going to be assessed very soon. trey's i'm a has announced she is stepping down as u.k. prime minister in an emotional farewell speech outside number 10 may express regret for failing to get a break that deliver the line despite her best efforts chill resign as party leader on to the 7th throwing up in the race for a successor 3 years ago when she assumed office mates future looked more promising

than total political failure. thank you i was on earth and probably to be chosen by actually because it's a strong you positive vision for the future of our country gretz it means brics it will be no 2nd referendum no attempts we could risk no breaks it is all we can. i. or we can choose to unite and support the best deal with the even go through to rex it means bricks it and we're going to make a success of it it's now clear to me that is it it is in the best interests of the country for a new prime minister to be starting from scratch i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i

love. tourism a major brags a cornerstone of her premiership but delivering on the results of the referendum proved to be an impossible task her deal was roundly rejected in huge defeat 3 times with m.p.'s on both sides of the house becoming increasingly irate. says he you really think if you force the government receiving this deal should not come back you know we only she would change your redlines are you saying she will move forward people outside of this chamber will rightly wonder what on earth is going on today that has always been her and we all the high we british government is in question it's completely dysfunctional trey's may was even hoping to put her deal to m.p.'s for a 4th time offering them as a sweetener the chance to vote on whether to hold a 2nd referendum despite her own reluctance on lott issue it proved the last straw for some in her party his polyploid. but he's never wanted it herself she's always

said that she would just like to stick to implementing the results of the 1st one but she's trying everything she can to try her already dented political legacy she is after all a one issue prime minister she came to power almost 3 years ago promising to deliver on gregg's it take a listen to how grooming if the deal is rejected again some suggest leaving without a deal but whatever you think about outcome paula has been clear it will do all it can to stop it. it's not snow deal then it would have to be a general election or a 2nd referendum that could lead to read like ation and no bricks it at all see thale to post her bill through parliament 3 times already see play all day think this week 3rd party negotiations the u.k. was meant to leave the e.u. on the 29th of march that didn't happen and the u.k.

wasn't supposed to be taking part in the e.u. parliamentary elections which is happening 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 europe 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 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. where briggs it goes next is hard to tell what becomes of the official conservative stance depends on who succeeds may labor the main opposition party accepts the referendum result it wants a deal but not mase you keep on the brakes that party of both advocating a so-called heartbreaks it where britain also quits the e.u. single market liberal democrats the green party and a change u.k. all want to reverse bragg's it and a 2nd referendum items containing a harmful chemicals have been flooding the market for years according to a recent study that story on more after this break.

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to the program islamic state may have been all but routed from syria but still wreaking havoc in the country on wednesday syrian government troops repelled 3 big attacks by militants and serious problems the latest incarnation of what was the al nusra front has attacked syrian army positions with hundreds of minutes and supported by tanks and vehicles filled with explosives. meanwhile the u.s. state department claims it suspects the same. in regime of using chemical weapons during its current offensive well 1st reporting on the alleged attack on tuesday

the us said it had seen some signs it might have happened however they didn't provide any further details about the incident that came soon after discrete hired tire for me known as the al qaeda affiliate al nusra front claimed that the syrian army had targeted its members with chlorine gas. the u.s. special representative for syria later accused the syrian government of violence adding that washington could not yet confirmed the alleged use of chemical weapons in the province. the bombing attacks which have been indiscriminate in a very vicious have 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 in the infinite rest of the international community are making sure 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 some of the alleged chemical attack in the region of the terrorists of the syrian al qaida branch. with whom the u.s. state department is communicating closely in the escalation zone of there was no other 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 days ago a leaked document raised questions about the global chemical weapons watchdogs report on last year's toxic attack in the city of duma just 10 kilometers from the capital back then blaming assad's forces the u.s. britain and france carried out against syrian government facilities it was a done off at. 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 did 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 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 account as 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 governments 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 documents have 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 you. an investigation which is not found to move leak 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. 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 a known reserved apology for their scurrilous homeowner attack on me after i denounce the white house potently concocted story for what it was well may have just discovered a major piece of the puzzle explain how similarly 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. hundreds of european companies have been flooding the e.u.

market for years with items containing potentially harmful chemicals that's 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 item singled out however for under the category of industrial substances which can cause genetic defects and cancer 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 irritate and dizziness 654 companies were named as culpable most of them german british or dutch big names like exxon mobil and buyer on the list challenge 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 food and european consumers 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 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 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 are already making the headlines amidst major health scandals. 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 the. it's not enough and it's the morning that the e.u. and natural storage is raise the game in a bid to ensure the products we use are simply just safe seat show

that people see not see the rights. also of the companies accused of wrongdoing to comment on the claims including b.s.f. cafe can hankel both calving and hankel responded to saying that while they comply with all the safety regulations they committed to improving. here then maya who heads an environmental engineer told us he pleased the study only scratches the surface of the problem. i think there is a big possibility that behalf now can you coast on the market who have simply given we house a nokia intimation wish 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 ask and it goes to who all apparently not sufficiently control and that is a potentially a big danger so all the information recalled. basically sureness

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