wiki leaks co-founder julian the song is slapped with seventeen charges of espionage by u.s. prosecutors for publishing classified military documents and diplomatic cables back in two thousand and ten. an emotional treason may call the day as britain's prime minister announced she's jumping down as ruling party leader on june seventh. i do so with no ill will but with a normal during gratitude to attach the opportunity to the country. and john this attack syrian army position and ad libbed province using tanks as well as pickles filled with explosives and western governments blame damascus for

the escalation. this is the weekly here on our team welcome to our roundup of the headlines that shape the week. wiki leaks co-founder joined us on faces up to one hundred and seventy five years in prison for publishing classified files u.s. prosecutors this week seventeen new charges against him which fall under the espionage espionage act they come on top of a charge of conspiring to hack a u.s. government computer which was the basis of an extradition request for a song is currently serving time in the u.k. a court takes a closer look at what it all means for the whistleblower. stakes are now much higher for imprisoned wiki leaks founder julian assange on seventeen new charges by a notoriously anti whistleblower court and potentially up to one hundred seventy five years in prison this new batch of accusations falls under the espionage act

used to convict spies and detractors during the first world war the indictments legal ease of app taining 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 a big deal here for a first 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 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 or granted editorial saying that julian was not a journalist well guess what the washington post one well that surprises you using the 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 one hundred 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 two thousand and twelve. sonce 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 seven 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 first 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 a publisher 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 seventeen 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 to the songs was done every day of the week it's just 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 to remind you here are some of the biggest revelations made by a songe over the years back in two thousand and ten 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 get more files revealed routine torture at the guantanamo bay camp and the deaths of inmates to harsh treatment and in two thousand and sixteen wiki leaks revealed a pro clinton media bias during the two thousand and sixteen 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 an emotional speech outside number ten may express regret for failing to deliver that despite her best efforts she will resign as party leader on june seventh throwing up in the race for a successor. is now clear to me that is it it is in the best interests of the

country for a new prime minister to lead that effort i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. i don't know how to be chosen by you actually to become. a strong new positive vision for the future of our country let's it means brics it will be no second referendum no tension and we could risk no breaks it is all we can shoot. for or we can choose to unite and support the best deal that can be negotiated it is now clear to me that is it it is in the best interests of the country for

a new prime minister to lead that effort theresa may made bricks at a cornerstone of her premiership but delivering on the results of the referendum proved an impossible task her deal was wrongly rejected in huge defeat three times with m.p.'s on both sides of the house becoming increasingly irate mark almond director of britain's crisis research institute oxford believes 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 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 unless 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 thirty first of all which is the end of the extension because membership of the british politicians seem to forgotten that in the modern world divorce could be an issue to 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 bracks that goes next is hard to tell what becomes of the official conservative stance depends on who succeeds may labor the main opposition party except the referendum result it wants a deal but not may as you kept and the bracks that party are both advocating a so-called hard drugs that were britain also quit the e.u. single market they were both democrats the green party and change u.k. all want to reverse that and a second referendum. islamic state may have been all but routed out from syria but jihadists are still wreaking havoc in the country on wednesday government

troops repelled three large scale attacks by militants in italy a province the latest incarnation of what was the al nusra front has attacked our impositions 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 in first reporting on the alleged attack on tuesday the u.s. said it had seen some signs it might have happened however they did not provide any further details about the incident that came soon after the jihad a screw pyatt. formerly known as the al qaeda affiliate on the front claimed that they had been attacked by with chlorine gas by the syrian army. it's not the

first time president assad's government is being accused of staging chemical attacks on its own people last year a toxic attack in the city of duma just ten kilometers from the capital was immediately blamed on the mascot's incident 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 requested the o.p.c. to comment on the report but i've received no answer your style of has more. 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 twenty eighteen except did it really. the sixty newly revealed pages challenge of the bag bone of the official conclusions. after passing through the ceiling in 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 two locations suggest that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were money placed at those two 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 projectile

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 and this is 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 you. an investigation which is not found its way 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 has led to distortion their investigations and that is an incredibly serious matter. but this engineering analysis is not the first 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 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 six months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital. in twenty eight 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 crimes of a monster instead the nations of britain france and the united states of america have martial their righteous power against bobbers of 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 potently can cook the 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 the wide problem entering elections is underway that story more after the short break.

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 up into a big girl 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 tickles and dimes and a lot of people are so. joined me every thursday on the alex i'm i'm sure and i'll be speaking to us on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy one sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race based on often scary dramatic development that

only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. back to the weekly 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 are the most dangerous item singled out however fall under the category of industrial substances which can cause genetic defects in cancer more commonly use 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 eye or

titian and dizziness six hundred fifty four companies were named as culpable most of them german british or dodge big names like exxon mobil and bear on the list charlotte devinsky 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 phoned 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 e.c. to tell us the rest of this investigation shows around six hundred and fifty companies and many household brands of breaking the law by failing to perform the required safety checks that are mandated by the e.c. ha's main safety regulation this includes some brands which are already making the headlines amidst major health scandals. have done and i'm a lot of work but that work i clearly and totally subscribe to is not sufficient

and not enough. but we have looked at seven hundred substances up until now of those seven hundred two thirds end up needing further data bund says that. it's not enough and it's the morning that the e.u. and national authorities raise their game in a bid to ensure that the products we use are simply just safe to eat show that people stay off c r e r she asked a number of the companies accused of wrongdoing to comment on the claims only c f i c and henkel responded saying that while they comply with all safety regulations they are committed to improving where possible you're going to hire who had a green non-governmental organization 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 have not sufficiently been checked we house nokia intimation wish chemicals we have no clear

information which ones have been sufficiently checked the only thing to be taken no is safe for sure is that the system doesn't work properly we have to can because. apparently not sufficient they control and that is a potentially a big danger so all the information because it was. basically sureness deficit so it's fossil complete. and this is playing with the lives of people. and independent journalists association in indonesia has condemned police violence as after six people were killed and hundreds more injured including journalists and protests over the presidential election result which spilled over into writing in the country's capital. i think i was i

think i think i think the protests broke out shortly after the central election committee confirmed the victory of current president juggle widow several thousand supporters of his opponent took to the streets authorities used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the protesters were armed with rocks and fire bombs the opposition leader claims there was widespread cheating in the vote and will challenge the result counterterrorism specialist and then raj believes radical islamists are infiltrating political groups in indonesia to propagate their ideas. because the situation now we are getting at here is due to the fact that political islam has been evolving just so easy for the countries especially in indonesia so we see extremists and radicals even open marriage in political parties all the different parties i just got from i remember to get me

ready to do well there scream groups granted three being political parties now and in the living. like where we can actually probably see and propagate the ideology to believe all of the political needs in the country. yell of us protesters have clashed with police and brussels on the final day of voting in the e.u. parliamentary elections on twenty arrests were made a few hundred delegates activists have gathered in the center of the belgian capital for an an authorized rally earlier in the day police were forced to respond in crowds turned violent had corners of the so. party was targeted with a number of projectiles thrown at the building. people across the european union are voting in the final day of the e.u. parliamentary elections polling stations and twenty one in you nations open on

sunday other member states have already voted the first to cast their ballots for the u.k. and the netherlands who held their elections on thursday uses since our choosing seven hundred and fifty one any peace will start for the next five years some five hundred twelve million eve citizens are eligible to vote. that's a recap of just some of the stories that helped shape the world these past seven days thanks for joining us this hour. there's an petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last twenty one years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing a key economic issues facing russia emerging markets the world thousands of business community members attend the forum to address today's financial issues.

watch our special forum coverage on r.t. . facebook and google started with a great idea and great ideals unfortunately there 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 first 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 seen if they have this kind of power then democracy is an illusion the free and fair election besan exist for the more growth we give them the sooner we are all pain.

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september twenty first two thousand and fifteen for the distribution of possessions you tend to distribute drugs correct those cases still can use now been resolved threat of another pending charge you were arrested on july sixth of two thousand and sixteen percent carol breath. that's not yet been resolved i just as you sit here today testifying after the skate those two pending charges have not yet been resolved is that correct just. part of starting it is best fifty seven you recognize that don't let your statements in the police do it. when you say that it. is that you were sweeping up a little bit correct but the fact is you want to sweep if you were selling drugs correct it'll blow up from. the heart.

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