the united states officially requests the extradition of wiki leaks co-founder julian. if he could be jailed for 175 years. also this hour survivors of. the legal action against u.s. companies with materials claimed contributed to the tragedy. and almost 80000 people have signed

a petition demanding that they believe dropped from the proceedings against the germans who rescued the refugees from drowning in the mediterranean. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. u.s. prosecutors have made a formal request to the u.k. for the extradition of wiki leaks co-founder julian a song according to media reports citing fishel from both countries. that extradition hearing is due to take place on friday we understand from the wiki leaks editor in chief that the u.s. department of defense is due to present its evidence as to why it wants to extra julian assange he's not expected to appear in person but he could appear via a live video link so what's he charged with well there are 17 charges and counts of

spying this is because of the publication of classified military and diplomatic documents by the wiki leaks website and also account of trying to conspiracy to hack a u.s. government computer now if julian assange is found guilty of those charges he could spend up to 175 years in prison so essentially this is a life sentence we can leaks editor in chief says it's just not possible that he will receive a fair trial i do believe that we are going to win this with legal arguments there is no chance the julian will get a fair trial here in the u.k. or in the u.s. of course unless there's a change of reporting that people actually start speaking out we're not talking about a prosecution we're talking about a persecution julian a soldier is currently serving a 50 week prison sentence that's because he skipped bail of back in 2012 he's serving that at the high security belmarsh prison now in recent weeks has been

concerned for his health he was too ill to appear at a court hearing video that was obtained by artie's rocky knees agency showing a songe inside the prison looking incredibly poor and thin chilliness on his father visited him in prison in the medical ward where he's been receiving attention for that weight loss songes father said that he thought his son's weight had stabilized also expressed concerns about this extradition and julian assange is father says that if his son is extradited then this is the celebrity slope for journalism to. or actions or words against somebody. who just. threw in. prison for the reason i. work with. you. were back in april julian

assange was forcibly removed from the ecuadorian embassy where he'd sought asylum for around 7 years he sought that asylum back in 2012 following the fact that there were accusations of sexual assaults brought to him by individuals in sweden that were being pursued by the authorities now julian assault has always denied those allegations of sexual assault and said that they were a pretext for moving him to sweden and then to be able to be extradited directly to the usa from there now this all spans form a massive dump of classified military documents this was provided to the wiki leaks co-founder to the website by a former us private chelsea manning since then the u.s. government has a searing julian assault for the fact that the wiki leaks co-founder on the website

published those classified documents which showed alleged war crimes being committed by u.s. soldiers in iraq while doing a wait his fate his former protector ecuador is refusing to extradite in an alleged american fraudster to the u.s. or in president lennon maranoa has personally blocked proceedings signing national sovereignty reasons humanitarian concerns and international law we asked wiki leaks activist clark stokely why the 2 cases are being treated so differently. i don't put down the standards very hypocrite always very showy of the morals and ethics of these governments you know the message that wiki leaks has been publishing as been the truth and showing that these you know major. government organizations are committing fraud or committing war crimes and so forth. you

know then. the messenger is going to be the one that keeps going you know walk away the fact the mare is it's always been a 100 percent factual evidence and. maybe people need to start reading the facts of the matter rather good goes to prison for. nearly $250.00 survivors and relatives of the victims of the grunfeld tower tragedy in london are suing 3 u.s. firms that made materials used at the residential complex it's claimed they facilitated the spread of the devastating fire in 2017 some of the materials are banned from use on u.s. skyscrapers prompting accusations of double standards iconic sent the message that foreign lives are worth less than american lives and that it is acceptable to expose people outside the united states to dangerous to which people in the united states would not be exposed. the last names caught in producer are connick whose

product was highly flammable something that helps the grunfeld fire spread very fast and also names whirlpool the maker of their refrigerator that's believed to have caused the fire and inflation made by style attacks is said to have released cyanide gas leading to further avoidable victims. all 3 companies express their sympathy is with the victims however it won't pull

also noted that 2 separate probes failed to find fault with its refrigerator for attacks said it inflation was just one element of the cladding system used on the tower and iconic said it would respond in court we spoke to peter herbert co-founder of b m e a lawyers for grand fell says that multinationals who are found guilty of negligence are likely to be punished the united states does have a very loose it could a friendly culture whereby if a multinational national company. guilty often selling negative product or a child product without sufficient safeguards then they will take those previously be cases in the united states where the building collapse has resulted in damages of around about 270000000 dollars to be distributed to the victims residents and not trying to be i believe there's a 2 year limitation period in the united states that action must be tremendous the full 2 years expires otherwise the limitation act would rule and yet. outside of

their limited jurisdiction of the u.s. so it is a necessity to safeguard their legal position and at the end of the day the question is are the individuals the grand so stuff that so much going to get you to real benefit for those of their families who have been bereaved people who are often the breadwinners and therefore if that is right then that must be part of a just settlement. unless $80000.00 people have signed a petition demanding that italy drop criminal proceedings against german boat captain pierre clem the 35 year old skipper of the rescue ship is accused of abetting illegal immigration that after she personally assisted in the rescue of more than 1000 migrants they were at risk of drowning in unsafe dinghies as they attempted to cross the ministry and sea to reach in europe are his various national reports. this is the case of peer clem a german boat captain and hero to some criminal to others she was at the helm of

the event of boat in august 2017 when it entered the port of lump it was it located on an island between malta and the coast of tunisia the rescue vessel was detained and appears a lawyer now says she may face up to 20 years in prison and horrendous fines but no matter what appears stance is unwavering get a phone have witnessed 200 women and children have to face if they are denied safe travel. loads of european warships and expelling libyan militias from people who shelter refugees from unsuitable overcrowded scraps and beat them up sometimes too late italian investigators have accused her crew of colluding with smugglers with photos leaked to the media alleged in the bodes returning to libya's coast on purpose to be used again by smugglers a date hasn't been set yet for with klemp has dubbed her show trial and many agree tens of thousands of people are back in her in

a petition calling for italy to drop the charges this however falls under matteo salvini is crackdown they tell interior minister and deputy prime minister is known for his open and strong until migrant to stop rescue ships that are carrying migrants from docking on italian shores and allowing refugees to disembark it's what he's been after since his appointment last year and he has supporters too it's not as though the italians are to do without probable cause there is much truth through reporting that every year of investigation preceded the arrest including videos witness statements don't develop the picture mrs rescuing people from drowning is b.s. propaganda rescue them and take them to germany it is quite convenient to rescue people and leave them initially greece cetera we have enough migrants. we do not want any more sheen able the trafficking of people that's illegal she's responsible for the so-called refugee crisis there is a clear split within the e.u.

over how to tackle the migrant crisis and while they see it undecided on whether to assist or hinder the flow of migrants into europe captain clem could be losing her battle at sea and on. rafe nationality reporting from germany. although the a time authorities say that their entitled migrant policy is a success rights organizations say lives are still being put at risk. pretty much and now you're since the start of the year there have been around 2000 rivals by street with nothing small boats sailing boats rowing boats whatever they have to cross the mediterranean that's compared to 14000 last year. by guns have no say in how or when to leave the traffickers make that decision for them they couldn't care less if the people arrive dead or alive if we do not intervene soon it will be a sea of blood the reason why all dissent in this because there is no agreement to that european level for the resettlement of the asylum seekers and therefore easily

could have become just the container of all asylum seekers waiting for maybe resettlement in other european countries the 1st thing is to return to the european level and establish leaders rules that apply to all member states so the country of 1st arrival we could say doesn't become also and only the only one to receive these people so this this food creates a flow there should be a coordinated approach. but the moment to europe is not capable of device in any kind of solution. the new york times has officially stopped publishing political cartoons comes just over a month after a strong backlash against a cartoon featuring a blind present donald trump led by the israeli prime minister in the form of

a guide dog one of the paper's longtime contributors broke the news i'm afraid this is not just about cartoons but about jordan and opinion in general we are in a world where moralistic mobs gather on social media and rise like a storm. cartoonist patrick page and his post stressed that without humor we are all dead the new york times issued an apology soon after the offending cartoon was published the disputed image of donald trump and benyamin netanyahu it was the work of antonio where and tunes back in may he hit back over the controversy claiming the backlash was however catered the backlash was made through the jewish propaganda machine which is anytime there's criticism it's because there's someone anti semitic on the other side and that's not the case meanwhile the decision of the new york times to abandon political cartoons caused uproar and twitter. really did fail this time decision not to run political cartoons by

a white c opinion is spineless we need political humor now more than ever 4 years ago the new york times was all just see surely now they're no longer publishing cartoons new york times or not throughout to be with the bathwater yes there was a terrible lapse in judgment to print that cartoon so pollak eyes and have a keener i freak regis lee offensive cartoons john and the art firm completely political cartoonist and author ted rall believes not being able to laugh at political leaders creates a serious problem for society. this is a pretty despicable series of events i mean 1st of all i don't think we need to throw an tonio portuguese cartoonist under the bus there really is but it's highly debatable whether his cartoon was anti-semitic or not and i think to portray him as an anti-semite despite the fact that he repeatedly has denied it is really egregious and something that many of my colleagues probably should have spoken out

against months ago and now you have the new york times firing its own syndicate i mean the editors who ran the cartoons are still working at the new york times and the and now they're firing to cartoonist who had nothing to do with the cartoon in question so i mean i've never heard of a political cartoonist getting fired over a cartoon that he did not draw so the new york times has literally declared nuclear war against my art form they've decided that all the traditional editorial cartoons that depict a strong opinion about the events of the day will no longer appear there when we can't laugh at ourselves when we can't poke fun at our political leaders we've got a major problem on our hands politically coming up popular messenger service what's up plans to say years there's been a platform that started more after the break. join

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be the one percent. in the middle of the room sick. to leave. the. room. welcome back police in moscow say they have arrested some 200 people on an unsanctioned rally in support of a nest again of journalists from going north he was freed from house arrest on wednesday and least 8000 people are said to have taken part in that march all charges against will not have been dropped he's been accused of illegal drug possession with intent to distribute and what he claimed was a trumped up case over his journalistic activity against on a purports. it's not just the participants here people just minding their business and even celebrating because it is russia day it is a national holiday so little people are just out and about having their fun and

this is this is what the local authorities are citing as the main reason for fusing to prove this particular date for the march now the ask the organizers it to move it a few days in a calendar to this sunday just so that so that you know the main thing on the agenda russia day does not fall does not entail ops just not all fall out with this protest now but even if we can i speak to you before the night we had announced this meeting with before we found all enough was released from the rest. on everyone who were going to attend not to show up until enough himself he's not here yesterday he said that he doesn't intend to attend to than a 1000 people they have been saying that it is bigger it is larger than just one man and so now all sorts of political slogans you can be heard chant being chanted here including such stuff like for instance affordable mortgages so clearly the

participants are turning this protest into a big thing on bowling over the investigative journalist he was arrested in central moscow last week and he was charged with trying to sell drugs but from the outset the case was written with holes they were put there were plenty of things the police didn't have the answers for for instance of angolan of tested negative for a new drug consumption he his fingerprints were nowhere to be found on the ziploc bags containing the drugs that were alleged to be found in his apartment so initially the judge sentenced him to house arrest but the case fogs massive truly massive social outrage and it wasn't just people activists who were journalists also major russian very well really. to be the voice this support for. and eventually all charges would drop just yesterday all charges were dropped and he was released he is

a sweet. little girl through the year i hope the investigation will continue and no one will find themselves in the same situation i happen to be bitter rivals. the situation thanks a lot of children for a 2nd thank you but now i need time to come to terms with what's happened. says a minister of internal affairs he wants to do generals who have been implicated in the case and he has already said he will be asking in the book whose mission to do that well you'll hear what he is required to do so he called the most people within the last year and in general rushes authorities have been watching this case very very closely in fact they're still saying that they expect more answers the expect more explanations from the people from the investigators and from people who slapped a goal in of the charges in the 1st place. police have used tear gas water cannon

and pepper spray against protesters and hong kong where lawmakers have delayed voting on a controversial bill after tens of thousands took to the streets the bill would enable the sum i autonomous region to x. right suspects to mainland china but activists say that would seem too much control to beijing and encroach on hong kong special status they fear it would enable politically motivated extraditions though china argues the bill is necessary to prosecute crimes committed by hong kong residents on the mainland numerous shops banks and enterprises gave their employees the day off to protest on wednesday on sunday over a 1000000 people in hong kong protested the same issue. messenger service what's up plans to sue users who abuse its platform saying it will also use what it calls off platform information as evidence against them. what's up we'll take legal action against those we determine are engaged in or assisting others in

abuse even if that determination is based on information solely available to us of our platform of platform information includes public claims from companies about their ability to use what's up in ways that violate our terms among the list of offenses that could lead to legal action are sending a base of messages automated or bulk messaging and using the out for no one personally use like advertising what's up has been waging war on pot form abuser since its foundation in 2009 the messenger uses machine algorithms to identify terms of violators and claims to issue over 2000000 bands per month but now it will start using our platform data as well though it doesn't say how or collect this the specter of possible legal action against users has seen some about to migrate away from the platform i don't use what's up but there ain't no way in hell i'd use it now just when i thought privacy scandals were enough for me to abandon facebook

apps i don't like what's up with some of my friends would get off it switch to some of the trustworthy apps out there anything oh and buy things book microsoft google etc is not what it's advertised to be what's up says these measures are aimed at keeping user safe but a privacy activist and technology expert we spoke to says the company is taking it too far. they've already been criticized for some of their exit existing tactics where they sanction people without necessary due process i think is terrible enough for them to extend this applying and seeking potentially to ban people from evidence gathered elsewhere outside their platforms is taking things a little bit further i think we have concerns on many different levels here not only do we have privacy concerns about looking at what individuals are saying and

their personal information but also we have the right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression and you wouldn't want to impose draconian measures that would impinge on these rights one of the things that we need to guard against is mistakes making made either by the a.r.u. or the mistakes in the identification of the perpetrator because the identity may have been mall store or falsified in some way and therefore without an appeals process we're looking at the potential for real damage and real miscarriages of justice that's a global news wrap up for now but i'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest thanks for tuning in. so you say that brings the spirit of the series we couldn't just let you. go away so we decided to treat used to a very special farewell party. we

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and china have gone south as of late other nations are taking sides foxconn has said that they won't be able to move apple's production out of the people's republic of china r.t. correspondent alex mchale of it is on hand to catch us up on what shaky relations can mean for manufacturing. amazon has now claimed the title the walls loath to tell you all company as they are beginning to wade into the new sectors adam ash has on hand to break down why tech giants are making their way into the finance sector. and later tariffs on mexico have been avoided for now but what could be in store for trade lower cost of the center for international policy joins us to break down trade across the southern border we've got a packed show do they so let's go and dive right in. i cancel merger leaves our global report today as the european competition commission blocks the merger of the steel making units of india's tata steel and germany's the same crap the 2 companies had previously fact off the proposal after the e.u. competition commission signaled that both companies would have to divest certain

assets to address the regulators antitrust concerns the competition commission our market has now effectively terminated the deal that would have created the 2nd biggest steel manufacturer in europe mr best a.j. decisively deny that they are after many stakeholders told the commission that the 2 companies counterproposals on antitrust issues would not address their concerns the final denial may fuel calls for reform to the rules the commission runs by as the steel industry observers say that some consolidation is needed to stabilize an industry unsettled by events including the u.s. tariffs on imported metals from the e.u. china japan and russia. a number of technology firms are preparing for the long haul is a turf war between china and the u.s. continues while some companies are trying to avoid the battleground others are asking for help from their governments are challenging it which has the latest in toronto alex without an end in sight right now to say the least to the u.s.

china trade war one of the world's biggest employers time once foxconn technology group says that it is preparing to move its production facilities out of china why is that. foxconn is worried about what investors are thinking investors are seeing this long war between china and the u.s. get longer and longer this trade war is something that a lot of people in the business community in the investment community want to see go. away and foxconn is one of those companies that is affected by this now what foxconn is saying is listen which is their biggest client and that happens to be an american company there saying we can start moving our operations or productions out of china to one of our many other facilities that we have across the world and we can supply you a valid way now of china is not of when it comes to foxconn foxconn is taiwan base so as you can see here it's a bit of a split moving away all these operations out of china.