3 of the boys became. interested always in the water using. their ship. among the stories that shaped the week if you want to explode experts on torture says the way julian assange has been treated in recent years amongst the psychological torture meant came a day after us on the hill to appear in court due to poor health. sticker to her she would be exposed to some closure of the courtroom over the coming. from impeachment to case closed all sides get something from special counsel robert muller's the final say on the from prosecution report. and redrawing the map of the e.u. elections the anti-establishment parties make major gains as europeans crave a shake up of their politics.

welcome to the weekly here on our to international where we bring you the latest headline news on the top stories in the past week. on friday a u.n. expert on torture said the way julian the song has been treated amounts to psychological torture on him but he doesn't think the wiki leaks co-founder will get a fair trial if he's extradited to the u.s. . this is. crucial together is to medical experts specialize in to find and and documenting symptoms of physical and psychological torture in the treatment mr assumptions all the symptoms that are typical for a person that has been exposed to psychological torture over a long period of time we're speaking of severe stress some chronic anxiety and severe psychological trauma what i have never seen is several democratic states

going up in order to persecute the miss and isolate and single out a particular individual without granting him the protection that actually is accorded to him but a lot of britain was quick to hit back with the country's foreign secretary granting the experts assessments wrong and inflammatory as well saying assad had always been free to leave the ecuadorian embassy in london. the controversy came just a day after us on his extradition hearing was postponed as ill health meant the a wiki leaks co-founder failed to appear in court with all the details here. dude 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 she's been moved to the hospital waiting all belmarsh prison that's up to a maximum security prison where 7 out of 53 eccentric specific details and he went into the ecuadorian embassy back in 2012 and went to the state of the brain inside

about the face of his health what we know is that there was a push from the the medical board of. the fact that they did this and that may put him on the world speaks speaks plenty and that's how you know being in a higher security max a maximum security prison is difficult for anyone but 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 this was meant to be the 2nd hearing about this on just extradition it will have to be a fairly procedural affair well there wasn't any major arguments from a scientific team or the presentation the official start of it has been moved to the 12th of june 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 u.s.

materials and information and crucially the head is the u.k. going to allow him to be handed over to the u.s. 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 shooting his face in a constant 75 years in prison which is outrageous the idea that a publisher can be. prosecuted and persecuted for the publishing the truth and face of a lifetime and in a prison in another country is. outrageous this espionage act was never before been games against agenda standing against government officials to keep secrets in the pasta of course washington's argument is that a son isn't such on the list that he's at the path 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 extradition case could have serious implications for freedom i'm depressed and concerned those who are around the world which is why i think on it so you much attention. u.s. special counsel robert mueller has handed in his resignation 2 years after he opened his probe into alleged collusion between donald trump and russia speaking to the public for the 1st time since the investigation he sought to clarify the major findings of the report but as killed in explains both camps in washington are interpreted in his words in their own ways. robert mohler is all done the 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 a special counsel found no collusion by any americans in ira's illegal activities now trump or the opposite from robert mueller he says he's in the clear nothing changes from the miller 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 a statement there was no real news and there he reiterated the points that he'd already made in the report. 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 impeach trump or no collusion why did we have the investigation to begin with. our new york t.v. host and political commentator steve malzberg told us that the democratic leadership understands that it won't be able to get trump impeached. nancy pelosi knows that it's politically and unpopular and she would be the 1st to go it sure in the senate he knows that even if the house impeach is donald trump then it goes to the senate and they have to convict him and they need 2 thirds of the senate to convict him and schumer knows that's never going to happen it didn't happen with bill clinton when they impeached bill clinton he won reelection so nancy pelosi has been around long enough to understand that the public doesn't really care about this and

they're fed up with this whole russia nonsense and so they know that even if they have pictures of the house it's going to fail in the senate and donald trump i believe really wants to be impeached he's kind of egging them on you know hey do it if you want it's a horrible word it's a terrible thing but he's kind of prompting them to i dare you to do it because i think and i think nancy pelosi knows it will help trump. europeans have taken to the polls and what's considered the most fiercely contested parliamentary elections in new years and so anti-establishment parties win big as longer established centrist parties lose their grip and reflecting the apparent appetite for change voter turnout was the highest in 20 years at over 50 percent.

the elections are green and liberal parties make significant gains while anti-establishment movements came out on top in countries like italy france and belgium right wing populist groups now hold about a quarter of their seats in the parliament and the charlotte reports while the results might be surprising there is no shortage of political drama in the run up for months pundits have been predicting a rise in anti establishment parties ahead of the e.u. elections for once they were wrong but across the bloc in the weeks leading up to the vote panic was setting in. take martin 10 days before france headed to the polls the e.u.'s top court ordered her to pay back 300000 euros to the european parliament this followed

a case in which the national rally had been accused of paying an 8 incorrectly but the timing felt off it was almost as if it was a way to tell voters that her party just couldn't be trusted that came hot on the heels of accusations that former trump strategist steve bannon was actually the one pulling all the pens strings yet the public didn't seem to care and the national rally still talked the polls here in france other scandals that were rife in the media included one russians well at least the alleged russians. it was of course if. the party which was in coalition. people's party found itself under the spotlight not for its potentially dubious policies but for a good old cash influence gambit. measle

. he. there was even an attempt to drag le pen's name into the thick gate as it became known a few months ago marine le pen was singing the praises of austrian vice chancellor heinz christian straka saying how formidable he was struck as being forced to resign we find out why he was trying to sell his services to foreign forces behind this nationalist movement is a submission to foreign forces despite this the f p o still managed to pick up just over 17 percent of the vote in austria. there was also of course the elections very own 2 moment one swedish democrats candidate accused the other of sexual harassment and even though this scandal

washed away it didn't hamper the anti immigration party's performance they increased their share of the vote to more than 15 percent. and despite merkel not calling it out warning the populist parties wanted to destroy europe we are haring to deal with populist movements that in many areas are contemptuous of our avail use and want to destroy the europe of the values we represent we have to stand up to this these parties significantly increase their representation in many parts of the e.u. sex money the long arm of washington reaching for controlling europe nothing seemed to put voters off seeking something new what is clear from the results of these elections is that the old guard could no longer count on the masses to support them in blind faith what europeans want is something different it seems but godless what

that is what i think why you're skeptics because of the migrants people are skeptical because they do not know what it's going to get them they're afraid of migrants or. the reason is the decline in the number of elites compared to the rest of the people as well as the quality of the democratic representation. i think it is because of immigration all europeans who are afraid of tea many migrants coming i think this is the primary cause of this boat. big parties had a disastrous defeat in my opinion it was high time for it and now we'll see whether the european results could influence our national politics all be implemented here . i think that brings the debate in england has made many people here in germany think about it this discussion has turned many citizens against the u. . i think people feel as if the existing political parties are giving them what

they want and therefore they're hunting around for something else i think says some extent it's probably a protest just trying to engineer a tory vote to to go more with. it wasn't unexpected as an outcome i would say kind of the level of division i would have expected across the country still to come malaysia threatens to ship $3000.00 tonnes of waste back to countries like the us britain and france that story and more after the break. standardized testing. it's a very well done nowadays and you know to say we should have standardized testing to be like saying well we shouldn't have our blood pressure checked or or even or wait. to see the doctor those are standardized instruments that you need to be able to know how children are doing right from when they start school.

china is not a partner number one for us yet steel. and e.u. countries are trade partners number one with us and. i cannot share the. news for those who say that it's a turn of russia he scored no russia i hope will never turn eastwards you know russian eagle is looking to both sides west towards a nice towards. welcome

back israeli army targeted syrian territory on saturday night killing 3 soldiers and wounding 7 it says it was responding to tunis also fired from syria also reports. well the israeli defense forces the i.d.f. has confirmed that it hit a number of targets in syria overnight saturday and it says that this was in retaliation to 2 missiles that were fired from syria at the israeli part of the golan heights there were no reports of injuries or damage on the israeli side but we are hearing from the israeli cabinet that it was the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who posts to meet ordered these retaliate tree strikes now it comes as the israeli army issues a statement in which it says its planes and helicopters hit 2 artillery batteries and a defense battery and also a number of observation points along the israel syria border syrian state media is reporting it that 3 syrian soldiers were killed and an additional 7 injured this

happening in the eastern part of the connector country side all of this is happening as tensions between israel and syria escalate particularly in the area of the golan heights now earlier in the week jared krishna who is the son in law and also the senior advisor to the american president donald trump was introduced to them where he gifted netanyahu with a map that had been personally signed by the american president and they clearly showed the golan heights as part of israeli territory netanyahu held a press conference in which he acknowledged and thanked the american president. brought me something from the u.s. presidents in the state department there was an official map of the states which had not been updated since the sixty's well now it's been up to it's. brought me the new map which includes the golan heights as part of his road it's signed by president trump who writes this so i would like to say that's very nice. and now

this follows trumps a full recognition of israeli sovereignty over the golan heights back in march that happened during a meeting between the 2 leaders when netanyahu was at the white house in washington this has. been denounced by the international community who consider the area occupied territory and that is the status they have accorded it ever since israel took over the golan heights back in the 1967 war at the same time we are hearing from the syrian side they say that the aerial defense systems were activated to strike at so-called enemy targets in the southern damascus countryside so certainly the situation between the 2 sides remain stains and both sides on a state of high alert. this week representatives of venezuelan president nicolas maduro and opposition leader one wideout held a 2nd round of talks in norway without producing a deal the host nation did say the 2 sides have made progress however the us has

its own solution. as we have repeatedly stated we believe the only thing to negotiate with nicolas maduro is the conditions of his departure the return to the negotiating table comes despite the opposition's initial reluctance to take part or those self proclamation of power it was supported by a consistent and hawkish stance among western leaders over the last 4 months takes us through the power struggle. to leave i swear to formalise soon the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela. that was how it all began a long and put old road to the curious and mayhem venezuela's in today it wants me local politician overnight short into political stardom and with the u.s. on his side it seemed one why don't you simply couldn't lose. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the

courageous decision many more countries followed suit brazil has just issued a note recognizing one we're going to go as venezuela's president. one plan 11 way door in europe where you go you know when global venezuela began to devour itself from the inside too on by protests streets flooded people on mass reassuring maduro of their support all venting their anger at a president they call a dictator. meanwhile washington unrolled its arsenal from threats to sanctions to even seemingly harmless things like aid it try to slip the balance of power in favor over their man why don't i wish him a long quiet retirement on a pretty beach far from venezuela and the sooner he takes advantage of that the

center is likely to have a nice quiet retirement on a pretty beach rather than being in some other beach area like guantanamo an unconventional holiday but among the mildest ideas in america's rhetoric all options are on the day all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table because they always are but with all that commotion in why doses camp would have made during the incumbent leader was willing to go all in conventional to trying to a to kill his readiness to talk it out with his new rival program if you go i am committed to international dialogue today tomorrow and always i'm committed and personally ready but back then why do it was feeling too good to grace's arch nemesis confronted with the blatant refusal my duro klang to the 2nd best thing he had and has apart from the support of a good share of his people the military is. stood strong with a dural despite what you do and washington's efforts to encourage defection.

the president imposter tried to make it look like things were going his way. the armed forces are standing behind the people and the constitution but very soon his votes tool overstatement was clear desertions were sporadic local and way below the critical mass needed to have the doura worried and all that leads us here to a complete stalemate why don't has won the battle for the hearts and minds on capitol hill for the embassies for the right to be called president of venezuela on the diplomatic papers of 3rd party countries but not his own to like to see them into vain militarily your office and i as president in charge of the national parliament will evaluate all necessary options however cautious it may be an official evaluation of an international intervention is as good as an open call for

one but with the us no longer looking as trigger happy as before why do it has sent his emissaries to talk with material no longer too good for that and the us apparently once confident a quick power play would lead to victory now has learned that all are doesn't elect presidents. malaysia is mounting a fight against illegal imports of contaminated and non-recyclable plastics environment minister about on tuesday to ship $3000.00 tonnes of waste back to their countries of origin including the us britain france and japan actually showed reporters the scale of the problem whoever this cell there are ways to where they where those plastic ways or whatever ways we will send it back and we will fight that even though we are small country we cannot be bullied by a developed countries. malaysia has been awash with way since china stopped

importing millions of tonnes of plastics from the developed world last year much of it has been finding its way to other neighboring countries but malaysia isn't the only south east asian state pushing back against the influx of waste on friday the philippines started shipping $2400.00 tons of waste back to canada despite pleas for more time that after a 6 year long dispute was partially resolved last week more than a 100 shipping containers of mislabeled household waste has been sent to 2 ports in the philippines back in 2013 and left to fester there the political fallout became so severe that presenter tara take part in a dump the rubbish in canadian waters. water this guy human that is a loaded. 2 gun i would advise you and your garbage. a lovely bit of the. t.v. if you want the environmental campaigner george part i believe this is all the an

ethical side of free trade. so the wind a phenomenon and this is part of his work is what's known by some as waste colonialism and the really you know the secret of so-called free trade is that it's free for corporations to do what the how they like but there's very little freedom for. you know poor countries that are often the subject of this you know these toxic arrivals to do anything about it after china announced a ban on imports of plastics at the end of 2017 that neighboring countries in asia philippines. now become the dumping grounds for that country for that waste and the depressing thing is there seems to be no evidence whatsoever that countries like the u.k. are doing any kind of follow up to make sure that that wastes is being treated in a in a remote responsible way is virtually no there's no inspection of that regulations that was a snapshot of just some of the stories that help shape the world these last 7 days

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join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that in this population a profit if you look at any interrogation out there bill c. is threat promise threat promise threat lie a lie a lie the process of interrogation is designed to put people in just that frame of mind make the most comfortable makes them want to get out and don't take no for an answer don't accept their denials she said if i would. say i stayed there i would be home by that time the next day there's a culture on accountability and police officers know that they can engage in misconduct that has nothing to do with solving their crimes.

there's. some x. on our journey from the genesis block to the moon there are many things along the way including the block size wars 2016 starts. january 14th 2016 with this headline the resolution of the big coin experiment yes this is my current rage quitting. he has been a bit quick or developer at this point for the past 5 years since 2011 why has big

coin failed it has failed because the community has failed what was meant to be a new decentralized form of money that lacked systematically important institutions and too big to fail has become something even worse a system completely controlled by just a handful of people worse still the network is on the brink of technical collapse the mechanisms that should have prevented this outcome have broken down and as a result there's no longer much reason to think can actually be better than the existing financial system right well i think this could be the beginning actually of the mame of rage quit what would make jimmy reach would be a coin if they're picking centralized then it wouldn't be an interesting project but maybe ridge to a big one if jamie diamond could somehow co-opt the entire i would balance quicker than anything you'd ever see. welcome to the.