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. and emotional theresa may calls it a day as the u.k. prime minister announced as i shall step down as conservative party leader on june 7th. i do so with no ill will but with enormous gratitude to attach the opportunity to serve the country. and you harnessed attack syrian army positions in the province using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives at the west point the finger at damascus for the

escalation. you're watching the weekly here on our t.v. every half of the biggest stories from the past 7 days and for joining us this hour . u.s. prosecutors have unveiled 17 fresh charges against wiki leaks founder julian assange all failing under the espionage act they come on top of a charge of conspiracy a conspiracy to hack it could u.s. government computer which forms the basis of an extradition request for a song is currently serving time in the u.k. a 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 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 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 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 julian 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. assan 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 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 free. no it has nothing to do with freedom of press freedom of speech they feel threatened because they do the same thing to the soldiers every day of the week it's called national security reporting and so no i'm getting closer to home and there are tend to be more concerned about it let's look back at

some of the biggest revelations made by a songe over the years back in 2010 thousands of documents and cost wide 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 at the so-called get more files revealed routine torture of the guantanamo bay camp and the death of inmates through harsh treatment and in 2016 revealed a pro clinton media bias during the 2016 presidential campaign and a plot to push bernie sanders out of the race. theresa may has announced she is stepping down as u.k. prime minister in an emotional farewell speech outside number 10 may express regret over failing to get a deal over the line despite her best efforts she will resign as party leader on june the 7th throwing open the race for a successor 3 years ago when she assumed office may's future looks more promising than total political failure. oh i don't know how to be

chosen by the r.c. to become. a strong view of the ship for the future of our country let's see it means bricks it will be no 2nd referendum no tension in the back we could risk no bricks it is all we can shoot. for or we can choose to unite and support the best deal that can be negotiated it wrecks it means bricks it and we're going to make a success of it it's not clear to me that is if it is in the best interests of the country for a new prime minister to be content. i do so with no ill will but with enormous during gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love.

theresa may made brags that a cornerstone of her premiership but delivering on the results of the referendum proved to be an impossible task her deal was wrongly rejected in huge defeat 3 times with m.p.'s on both sides of the house becoming increasingly irate mark almond director of britain's crisis 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 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 all 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. 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 many you kept and the bracks that party are both advocating a so-called hard drugs that are britain also creates the e.u. single market the liberal democrats the green party and change u.k. all want to reverse brags that and the 2nd referendum. islamic state may have been all but routed out from syria but jihad is are still wreaking havoc in the country on wednesday syrian government troops repelled 3 large attacks by

militants in syria's illit province the latest incarnation of what was the illness or 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's suspects the syrian regime of using chemical weapons during its current offensive when 1st reporting on an alleged attack on tuesday the u.s. said it had seen some signs it might have happened they did not provide any further details about the incident that came soon after the jihadist group here formally known as the al qaeda affiliate almost a front claimed that the syrian army had targeted its members with chlorine gas.

now it's not the 1st time assad's government is being accused of staging chemical attacks against its own people last year a toxic attack in the city of duma just 10 kilometers from the capital was immediately blamed on the mascot's instant prompted the u.s. britain and france to launch air strikes against syrian government facilities but a leaked document by a group of researchers raise questions about the global chemical weapons watchdogs report on who's to blame because donald has the details. 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 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 is well structured it includes pictures from the site 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 aren't being an investigation carried out and when you don't do you an investigation which is not found old to move leak into the fire do not report and use your investigation into your p c w and how it has been

operating because it is the case that is organization has been subjected to political pressure and that have led to distortion their investigations and that is an incredibly serious matter. but this engine airing 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 lots of the new evidence from an o.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 put simply concoct a story for what it was when they have just discovered a major piece of the puzzle explain how similarly independent international organizations how deceive us into consent into war and regime change interventionism around the world there's a deafening silence from the great and good the final day of continent wide e.u. parliamentary elections is underway a look at who's casting ballots and more after a short break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic to follow only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. trailer home climate 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. 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 they're extracting nickels and dimes and a lot of people are so. join me every 1st day on the alex simon shore and i'll be speaking to guess who the world of politics

sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back 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 released a study warning that consumers across the block could be unwittingly harming their health by using any of hundreds of popular everyday products the most dangerous item singled out however fall into the category of industrial substances which can cause genetic defects and cancer more commonly use products noted in the study include furniture toys and clothes which it claims can put unborn children at risk while certain cosmetic and personal products are said to cause serious eye or taishan and dizziness $654.00 companies were named as culpable most of them german british or dutch big names like exxon mobil and bear on the list charlotte devinsky

picks up the story. when it comes to using hazardous chemicals on 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 a face exposes your own 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 ranging clothes shoes and makeup or 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 were still with 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 in 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. 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 the. it's not enough in this demoting that the e.u. and national authorities raise their game in a bid to ensure that the products we use are simply just say. show that even ski off sea. we asked a number of the companies accused of wrongdoing to comment on the claims only c f i c and responded saying that while they comply with all safety regulations they're committed to improving where possible you're going meyer who has 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 knocking the coals on the market who has the locks sufficiently in we house no clear information which coming comes we have no clear information which ones have been sufficiently checked the only thing that we can know a safe for sure is that the system doesn't work properly we house can be closed.

apparently not sufficiently controlled and that is a potentially a big danger so all the information because. basically. this is it suits them complete. and this is playing with the law if some people. friend saw a 28th consecutive saturday of nationwide yellow vests protests demonstrations in several cities turning violent with police dispersing the crowds using tear gas i. i. was there. was. god. and our 2 friends journalists got caught up in the clashes with police or covering

the demonstrations and to was the incident happened while the channel's team was filming the clashes standing on the pavement at a safe distance despite the press markings a police officer hit our correspondent several times on the leg and tried to take away his mobile phone. or. people across the european union are voting in the final day of parliamentary elections polling stations in 21 e.u. nations open on sunday other member states have already voted the 1st to cast their ballots for the u.k. and the netherlands who held their elections on. thursday eve citizens are choosing 751 m.e.p. is who will serve for the next 5 years some 512000000 each citizens are eligible to vote. that's a recap of just some of the stories that helped shape the world these past 7 days

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this footage is unique because there's only a tribal lens on normally off limits to the public erik's allowed in because he's been so is personal don't. people here know him simply as don't to eric he's rich famous some always on the move its. sailing yachts and flying an aircraft that is its. own. he's considered one of the best neurosurgeons in brazil. that's happening amazon. are you so soon. going to busy doing that nothing's going to do the population much because it's going to people from mama zone.

and. the more i tried to understand venezuela the more i could see the signs of all solitary unism emerging on my continent as well. however what venezuela's critics didn't didn't do was compare human rights issues to those in other countries on the american continent. civil and political rights have been violated in venezuela. but they're violated every day in colombia and they're violated every day in mexico and they're violated every day in brazil. what i call human rights. what i call selective integration.

you shoulda known wasn't a nation with regard to one country. and you keep quiet with regard to many other countries where the situation is many times worse. in brazil the police kill 14 people a day on average. 10000 civilians between 20022010. that doesn't include hundreds of political activists assassinated every year by groups tolerated or even supported by the authorities. even in the usa the police killed almost a 1000 people in 2018. politicians in some of those countries have called for military intervention in venezuela to

protect so they say its citizens. but we have troops over the world that places a very very far away venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and they're dying we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary. i'm always careful when we talk about south and central america and the cia there's a lot of stories. we are very hopeful that there could be a transition of venezuelans i was just down in mexico city and in bogota week before last talking about this very issue trying to help them understand the things they might do so that they can get a better outcome for c.n.n. can now confirm the president trump asked a number of his top foreign policy advisers last summer about the possibility of invading venezuela thank you.

and now opposition needs you on honda has declared himself the country's new president have you also the president of the united states for any military support in your struggle by as a way down on the amount of us he's going to and i would in terms of taking decisions that even though this is a dictatorship the little people want to advance with whatever pressure is needed this is no time for dialogue this is time for. any negotiations with nicolas maduro.