ever think that we will imprison ourselves. i. wish. to appear before a london court for an extradition hearing with the wiki leaks founder as lawyers saying his health is in rapid decline. russia back at us claims that it is probably conducting tests in the arctic dismissing washington's allegations as baseless. seeking safety a dramatic surge in knife crime in london lead some in the somali community to send their children to east africa to live and study. the field for the safety.

they fear death safety. to themselves it's created very dangerous for the us. from calls for impeachment to declarations of case closed special counsel robert final say on the rush for investigation proves to be no less polarizing than the report itself. thanks for choosing us via headline news this hour on call in brian altie international thursday here in moscow at 6 pm in the u.k. that's where we're starting a british court has postponed an extradition hearing for julian assange after the health of the wiki leaks founder shopping deteriorated in london's belmarsh prison he was then placed on the medical supervision as the details. the extradition hearing isn't taking place any longer today the sound was actually meant to be here in person he was meant to pass via video link but he's not even well enough to

appear via video link 10 minutes on has been moved to the hospital wing all belmarsh prison that's up to a maximum security prison where 7 out of 53 eccentric specific details that he went into the ecuadorian embassy back in 2012 and wiki leaks a whole range from some about the face of his health to what we know is that there was a push from the medical board of. the fact that they did this and that may put him on the board speaks speaks plenty and that's how you know being in a higher security mike's a maximum security prison is difficult for anyone but 4 julian spent 7 years confined in the ecuadorian embassy before but without medical treatment without hospital medical treatment attorneys form in other words states that most people might think i'm fair we are outside westminster magistrate school this was meant to be the 2nd hearing about this on just the extradition it will have to be a fairly procedural affair well there wasn't any major arguments from

a scientific team or the prosecution the official start of it has been moved to around about the 12th of june we think but essentially the question of what's meant to be all cute and boils down to 2 fundamental things it is to get us on to act as a journalist when he published those slow news that secret us materials and information and crucially for him is the u.k. going to allow him to be handed over to the us so far as he is where he could face up to hundreds and 75 years behind bars that will turn. 17 counts on the espionage act and one commentator just about julian is facing on some 75 years in prison which is outrageous the idea that a publisher can be. prosecuted and persecuted publishing the truth and face a lifetime and in a prison in another country is outraged at this espionage act was never this will

be induced against john certainly against government officials who believe secrets in the cost of course washington's argument is that a sound isn't such on the list that he's a backpack and that his publications put the lives of informants for the u.s. . for its allies around the world in grave danger although what's interesting here is that with the charges unveiled against. a lot of people even his critics of which there have been many many press freedom organizations and just journalists and whistleblowers around the world say that what happens with this exhibition case could have serious implications for the freedom of the press in for journalists around the world which is why i think honest so you much attention. only because there will supporters of the wiki leaks founder also staged a protest outside the court earlier in the week decrying his treatment and demanding

a fair hearing that turned documentary filmmaker john pilger told us he believes the song his case sets a dangerous precedent for journalists everywhere. but what these new charges really or to strike. ring a bell at the very least it nor strikes fear into many investigative journalists who have been have been with wiki leaks from the green with julian assange through this whole i would say the sting would step aside. for releasing the book through about government secrets and how they affect all of us to warn the sisters of those people for the very very good of. their own old but most of. the newspapers gaudium new york times to be. you know. there are individuals who have done no mold. no less

no less than julie. so they could all be targets of. russia's family denying us allegations that it's probably conducting tests of nuclear weapons in the arctic and thereby violating its international legal obligations the head of america's defense intelligence agency claimed on wednesday without providing evidence that moscow seeking to covertly and haunts its technical capabilities in the field. united states believes that russia probably is not hearing the nuclear testing moratorium in a manner consistent with the 0 year old standard. our understanding of nuclear weapon development leads us to believe russia is testing out to use would help improve its nuclear weapon capabilities. in public between the u.s. and russia what you saw there was a speech that was given at the huston institute in washington by the director of

the u.s. defense intelligence agency to the world questioning moscow's approach to nuclear testing and saying that this help russia in hans new head designs now russia's categorically denied any of the violations that they've been accused of of the accord and perhaps this time on this occasion russia have got a point they've actually got the backing of an organization called the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization the to be. a bit of a mouthful there that's have a listen quickly to what they had to say the sea has full confidence in the ability of its monitoring system to detect nuclear test explosions but despite having that backing the opposition to russia has continued as you can see by that speech by the americans and it is these specific accusations that have angered the russians this time the officials have not been shy in responding we've got

a little insight into what the foreign ministry had to say about this unfortunately search verbal attacks transmitted by the world's media have become commonplace. as a rule they occur when washington is determined to withdraw from another international treaty or has been accused of not complying with one we cannot rule out the washington is preparing to use this as cover for the resumption of its own full scale nuclear weapons it seems that has become the norm and it is those loose words that they seem to be using like russia is probably not adhering to an international treaty or a questionable approach overwhelming evidence highly likely we've heard it so often and those general accusations have really caused again these diplomatic tensions despite the fact that they have the backing on this occasion we can really have a look at what accusations we've seen over the last few years the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible quarrel. and we

think overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision we also believe that the trial we likely did to push it with the chemical weapons use but what mike said yesterday i think we have a very high confidence was accurate i think it reflects the role russia has in venezuela from russia's standpoint the russia's ambassador to the u.s. he said he doesn't understand why these discussions go on going through the correct channels the correct diplomatic channels from the u.s. point of view they've made it absolutely clear that they do not trust the way that russia is doing its nuclear testing and developments and the question is are they going to be able to sort out this latest batch behind closed doors or are we going to continue to see them wash their dirty laundry in public and international affairs commentator jonathan steele believes the united states ought to provide evidence to support its allegations. but if they said there is strong evidence for

those convinced you know that in secret sound better than just to say highly likely or probably is to vary. it's based on intelligence which is or is liable to the florida anyway well this is standard us unilateralism i mean if you come onto the rain you think it's the same thing is highly damaging and should be done with visions at a press conference which everybody has a chance to ask questions she can favorite media outlets and giving them little tidbits of so-called intelligence assessment which nobody can prove one way or the other. london continues to struggle with a knife crime epidemic increasing numbers of british teenagers of somali heritage are being sent to live in east africa by their parents away from the violence that's despite the fact that somalia is regarded as one of the world's most dangerous countries and the u.k. foreign office once again travel the edge of the threat of terrorism and kidnapping with more on the unlikely trend partridge. stabbings of young people across england

have become epidemic in those 2 years i was doing my a levels it was tough just seeing people being dropped every other day being stabbed london is not the place to be for a teenager when they're living here in britain the context is britain this is a british problem and it's a problem that with fallen into one of the things i'll never forget is the fact that when you walk in the streets of kenya you don't have to go over your shoulder here i could travel women out of the city go and visit her about wanted and it was good i felt a sense of freedom when i came here it was like a clean slate my mum feels i'm much safer here than anywhere else in the world and it's not just parents and teenagers who are worried the author or it is are also raising the alarm i'd have to say that the last couple of years on down to julie have been as dave said the highest and most worrying levels i think in my service and it is really worrying 50 people who have been stabbed to death in the capital

since the beginning of the year and what's even more worrying that number has almost doubled in the past 2 years in hammersmith and fulham in west london there has been an 84 percent rise in these crimes from 236 in 2017 to 18 to 434 in 2018 to 19 while in central london there has been a hike of around 52 percent in knife crime the number rising from 652985 and kensington and chelsea has also experienced an increase in knife related incidents a 25 percent spike from 262-2328 were home secretaries side you job it has called the rise in violent crime a national emergency and the targets are often teenagers from black communities i know for terms of live. there is. it's very different than what used to be people who would buy

they. feel for the safety of children they fear of safety to. themselves i think it's very dangerous for them really to lose even. if. it was a defective it's good for the mode of. thought it. even good for it's good. to put over you while off camera somali people in north london say gang related crime is the real problem several refused to be filmed because they fear reprisals for speaking hours and to save their children some parents even prefer to send them back to africa while it is promising to put 20000 policemen back on the streets to fight this virulent disease somehow africa seems safer than london. u.s.

special counsel robert mueller has handed in his resignation 2 years after he opened his investigation into alleged collusion between president trump and russia speaking to the public for the 1st time since the probe he sought to give clarification on the report's key conclusions but it's kind of morbid now explains both comes from washington our interpreter in his words very differently robert muller is all done these special counsel's office is closing and he's going to retire and to celebrate $35000000.00 in 2 years' worth of work he decided to address the media there's an old psychological test they call the war shack and basically it's a set of ambiguous ink blots it's up to the mind of the patient to determine what to see and the 10 minute presentation of robert muller seems a very much be in the eyes of the beholder if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so. we did not however make a determination as to whether the president did commit

a crime it's not that different from what he said at the end of his report but the democrats certainly took a lot from the statement of the mother was essentially referring impeachment to the united states congress. statement makes it clear congress has a legal and moral obligation to begin impeachment proceedings immediately miller statement makes clear with those who have read his report no it's an impeachment referral and it's up to congress to act they shewed given the special counsel was unable to pursue criminal charges against the president if the congress threw stones of the crimes and other wrongdoing of president trump and we will do so i think it was very clear if you could clear the president he would have but he couldn't makes clear well muller said the report speaks for itself we chose those words carefully and the work speaks for itself. and the report is my testimony now trumper the opposite from robert mueller he says he's in the clear nothing changes from the mother reports there was insufficient evidence and therefore in our

country a person is innocent the case is closed thank you then the white house press secretary clarified with the statement there was no real news and there he reiterated the points that he'd already made in the report. that we agree with them there was no collusion there was no conspiracy and we consider this case closed he completed his investigation now he's closed his office and it's time for everybody to move on the report has been published the investigation is long over but the saga continues both sides are sticking to what they said all along so you have to ask yourself if everyone was just going to keep saying what they've said the entire time impeached or no collusion why did we have the investigation to begin with. our new york on the way claims of u.f.o.'s a colorful billionaire kohls about alien invasions and if you've seen a string of strange lights in the sky we've got the ounces after the break.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. what is it called the coin is magic internet money the new type of digital currency the centralized digital scarcity chancellor. of 2nd for bankers call the genesis blog for reason to coin a civil disobedience a source of optimism because i can control my own financial destiny it's just a new way of coming to consensus is a game changer in the human history of this columbus discovering the new world this

paradigm shifting technology that transforms economics and finance in a heartbeat the apollo 11 landing on to the next stacy. back. went into overdrive on saturday when reports emerged of a row of strange objects in the sky over the netherlands and i went to a stronger captured these images the mystery turned out to be the 1st of a possible satellite program by entrepreneur. space x. program they were all heading into orbit and there are plenty of them made plans to move into the $12000.00 of these things this year with the aim of providing internet coverage to black spots around the world. this seems that not everyone was

prepared for the surprise of seeing so many new celestial bodies heading skywards wouldn't would you one local us where website reported 150 calls of an alien invasion or the concern there for a lot of professional stargazers is that the night sky is going to now be changed for the worse forever i know people are excited about those images of the train of space x. starlink satellites but it gives me pause if space x. launches all 12000 they will outnumber the stars visible to the naked eye i consist of us from my garden down to magnitude 5 i'm on the edge of the sitting lots of light pollution and can just see the milky way 1600 stars a bright of the night 5 thanks to space 6 star link i will soon see 7 satellites for every single star to those upset about how bright the elon musk's starling set allies are please don't forget their horrendous invoked under johnny much later asked his team to investigate ways to reduce the amount of light reflecting

off the satellite one astrophysicist we spoke to thinks that even more companies are going to be encouraged to use the night sky as a business platform in the future be sure issue which is that you telescopes usually track big stars in the sky and then the subtle waves move not according to the 30 minutes go according to their orbits which is a bit faster and that leaves huge trade tricks in the images when you analyze them and therefore this is a huge problem that you have to deal with we usually have the numbers we do in these kind of problems but if the number of satellites increased too opposed to and us with the brightness is maintained as we observed last weekend and that this could be really problematic that in the optical reading which is the kind of light that we can see the other probably meeting the radio which i think it's even worse because there is some leakage of radio signals from the sub loads. it might have

been that the big relation has to be updated in terms of how many players want to get into this business which is you know big providing internet for everyone sounds like a good idea but is really. the price but we want to paper do you know this case for everyone. i mean if we want to pay the price of fine but someone has to ask this. has issued a scathing condemnation of u.s. trade policy accusing the trump of ministration of pursuing a policy of economic terrorism comes from a growing talk of retaliatory moves by beijing including an end to the export of rare earth minerals to america and the sell off of u.s. treasury bonds with more on the worsening dispute his. ships us. do you remember how china saved the u.s. economy it bought a huge part of u.s. treasuries and 2009 amid mounting fears that washington was unable to finance its being bailouts i appreciate greatly the chinese government's continuing confidence

in the united states treasuries so now even better tomorrow of china u.s. relations the relationship between the united states and china will shape the 21st century. and the buying spree continued for several years china has long been the largest holder of u.s. government treasuries currently worth more than one trillion dollars but now the trend has been well and truly reversed and the ongoing trade call flick is it helping matters and march alone china offloaded one neat $1000000000.00 of us that the fastest selloff in 2 years there is a massive sale of the us treasury the supply of. the creases in the market which up the interest rate and in turn the cost of business increases and the stock market tumble meanwhile the taper for is taking its toll on both sides. this bad cycle

will be enlarged magnified when people have to form a rational explanation for the conflict to be long term and that would mean force some so-called self-fulfilling prophecies and people will and the welfare economy will be badly suffer but china has plenty of other tools in its arsenal based on what i know china is seriously considering restricting growth exports to the us china may also take other countermeasures in the future which no wind in sight to the dispute trade officials in washington are bracing for some far reaching cultural measures from beijing in particular in the wake of the decision to put on the entity list the raw concerns that the governments of china may decide to retaliate against american companies china's would tell you should put some of america's biggest corporations in the fire line china would be very cautious to name it as says to most american companies china is able to have

countermeasures if he is forced to do so however there is a strong signal that china is able to tell its butt is reeling to come back to the table for negotiation and europe try to siberia china because of the very good prospect the chinese economy of the u.s. . is allies on the euro. be on a wall with china and it's not a good news to get in yes but the spite all evidence continues to insist that all the china stands to lose self china said not to retaliate will only get worse so while the threats continue the global economy is being held hostage and that's how it looks from moscow so far this thursday thanks for watching in actuality update follows the alex salmon show. in or wow the state puts me in the surveillance cameras in. our present day for

a well 19 eighty-four dystopian nightmare we put in the cameras we install the cameras on the nest cameras in our doors another mantle pieces on but the spine devices in our hands and in our homes with alexy and other of these mass surveillance technologies that's the difference between orwell and today it is the worst nightmares would never think that we will imprison ourselves. who of them so moving. who was before. much of those who heard the food you. knew move. move. move.

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there with them but never be peace unless there will be a palestinian state there will never be a whole rise and fall of the state of israel without a palestinian state all those that hope that the moderate arab countries who somehow call rate we something that reflects the basic they rx of a 2 state solution is a mistake and none of the countries will come forward unless there will be a proposed solution on the bases and to states.

welcome to alex aventura in the aftermath of the european elections in the u.k. at 1st sight all seems to changed and changed utterly however today we examine whether the underlying political tectonic plates have really shifted it certainly has been quite a week. i will shortly leave the job that it is be the honor of my life to hold in this show we survey that turbulent political landscape we talked to some of the winners this is a big big message big wake up call the westminster will listen and those who won their own seats amid carnage for their party and yes richard king but it's not quite this week people thought. we look at some of the immediate consequences. and some of the medium term ones. i was among.

so all of that to look forward to today but 1st your tweets messages and e-mails i just want to alex's interview with mick keelty of sluggo to blog feed robert says another interesting alex element interview i've missed the regular show on our t.v. since swapping from sky to virgin or no need to what you can actually watch the show online on r.t. and also on alex's facebook page every week david says very simply love your show this brit says good to see scotland and northern ireland talking together john says i honestly think the biggest reason union a struggle with their voice is because being heard is hard 1st start with an apology to not unionists it have suffered because of it marches and backwards mentalities need to be called out on both sides john goes on to see both sides need equality that won't happen until both sides forgive each other i know that equal treatment any the cleaning the sleet are charging everyone on both sides happens if

before the courts were counted the brakes at party breakthrough was having an impact their prime minister was gone or at least growing and the opposition labor party were also licking their wounds alex speaks to independent m.e.p. and rex a campaigner stephen roof. mostly was joins me from brussels stephen you'll be celebrating the success of the brakes. much would you say that's due to the popular feeling about the failure of westminster the other breaks that another high level much to do to the personality of nigel for i think there's a combination of both the british people aren't stupid they are very angry and upset pretty ticked in the north of england the middle and in wales where you saw increasing votes but surprisingly also in the southwest of england and in london and of course you need to have somebody that they can fix on someone with a personality a character and has

a very clear message and there's no one better in the political business in britain at the moment that nigel farage in expressing the single.