court rules wiki leaks founder julian assange will not face with us in curing until next year in america he could face up to 175 years in prison. also this hour the crew of one of the oil tankers damaged in a suspected attack in the gulf of oman say they were hit by a flying projectile partly contradicting u.s. claims that iran planted a mine on the vessel. iran has hit back at the american allegation accusing the united states of resorting to sabotage diplomacy. and tech giants are accused of silencing speech they do not like that after a new cheaper moves a video by project veritas detailing the way social media pinterest allegedly

censors the new. documents we've obtained raised serious questions about whether these companies are neutral platforms or publishers with. you're watching international come into line from the russian capital where it's just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. wiki leaks founder julian assange will not face a full u.s. extradition hearing until february of next year a protest against his possible extradition is underway in front of the london courthouse stateside aslan's faces more than 175 years in prison for publishing cost by documents edward stuff she is following the case. this extradition request was being heard his westminster magistrate's court though he was given a glimmer of hope as he will not face the full extradition until february of next

year and 2020 it's understood that a 5 day hearing will take place at a later date off to february the 24th which his lawyers have agreed to that timetable now of course it to follow indeed yesterday the u.k.'s home secretary such as shafiq signing that crucial order that paved the way for this edition of procedure now he believes that this was this hearing the right course of justice but protesters and activists here outside westminster much a safe course think that this is not the course of justice in fact completely goes against justice and simply they believe that this is the gang's freedom of expression prizing that there are more journalists here campaigning because obviously invest because journalism is under 2 now we should be released and i think this is not enough people will realize that this is such an attack on freedom to race and also just ordinary play for the right of us to know what's going on the things that he exposed a threat the american woman that's what we should be checking in for free fighting

we will succeed again you will be victorious you know oh yes i would say it is none of us should be able to live with you trying to get. all the men story. that. you would bitrate journalists to see without these to see anybody living with it so well today might be slightly more symbolic in terms of laying out the procedures and the very next step it does actually set the ball rolling towards extradition to the united states for 2 innocent we know in the united states they've been directed to on to 17 counts under the espionage act for. classified documents related to the iraq war on the full and afghani something. also one of conspiracy to have a government computer to actually make these secret classified documents so if found guilty he would be convicted and facing

a prison sentence of over 175 years behind bars while some say his crimes his so-called alleges crimes awful whistle blowing and indeed posing as national security risk and threat many say that he will not face a fair trial in the united states and that's an opinion that's been held also by the wiki leaks editor in chief. 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 yuki 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. opposed to misunderstand back into the public on this year in april when he was pulled out of the ecuadorian embassy by british police he was that for a no amount of time in fact 2 and a whole 1000 days which is the sum amount of 7 is in that confinement he was of

course seeking political asylum that he then moved to so marsh prison where he was serving out his 50 week sentence for skipping fell and 20 probably no this is actually a video from inside that belmarsh prison that was obtained by alex he brought me which is the video agency and in this footage you can see your innocence taking someone may see it didn't get it so it's known that he's not a dramatic amount of weight you know something that his father has voiced concerns of earlier this week and we know that he was also sent to the medical ward in prison that on top of all of this is not just the united states to want students on she is also wanted for swedish prosecutors for allegations of sexual assault something of course good asuncion self-image need to know i think he also believes it's a pretext to extradite him to the united states journalist and founder of the 21st century wire news site patrick henningsen was inside the court hearing and shared his impress and. other defense is asking for more time because of the complexity of

this case and julius on himself made the comment via video link that he hasn't even read the full indictments yet there was a video that was leaked online a couple we last week of which weeks ago when he was underweight severely underweight he's gained some weight back his says here was home to well he has a beard so he looks like he's put on a little bit of weight mentally he's compas meant just so physically better mentally he's clearly been under some of the rest you can tell he's not his fluid self not so quick on his feet as usual but i think those because he was trying to process everything that was coming through this issue is absolutely pivotal in terms of freedom of the press the united states is effectively exerting universal jurisdiction over non us citizens there's no us media outlets do doing something that journalists do every day which is to get classified information in the which is in the public interest and to publish it in the united states is saying this is a crime internationally and we will exert international universal jurisdiction and

hunt down to apprehend detain and hold to the us to extradite people who are not even us citizens but for these crime of exposing flaws in the u.s. national security or embarrassing the united states. washington's claim iran was responsible for attacking 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman has had out kast on it earlier the us presented a video claiming to show iranians removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels and thinkers owner though says his crew reported the boat being hit by flying projectiles and more than a good job with the crew say they were hit by a flying object we don't think it could have been a bomb attached to the boat. as mentioned the u.s. military central command has released a video showing what it claims is an iranian military patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers. iranian leader hassan rouhani has accused

the u.s. of destabilizing using peace and security in the middle east secretary of state mike pompei i've said washington's assessment that iran is culpable was based on intelligence adding that no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out such an attack islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. over the last 2 years the u.s. has been implementing an aggressive approach violating international law and using its financial and military clout this poses a serious threat to the region and to global security iranian foreign minister has branded the claim his country was behind the attacks sabotage diplomacy the u.s. has set missile destroyers to the region tehran denies any involvement and has questioned the timing of the incidents and reports. so there were 2 tankers that were hit.

over your. back. to get a forward. and we've learned. from one of them to from both of you to. has. been on one company here to go and he's going to be our new. group of everybody by the book the civil that appeared in the in the did it will get on the. let's go over the facts now the 1st one belongs to john fredrickson 2 he's

a long time norwegian trading partner of iran his relationship with iran goes back to the 1980 s. one biography even refers to him as the ayatollah as lifeline so at a time when washington is using all kinds of pressure to try and stop or running an oil exports it really doesn't make sense for iran to then lash out and attack one of its oldest friends now the 2nd oil tanker to be hit is even more interesting this is a japanese owned chemical tanker and it was hit at the same time that japan's prime minister shinzo ave was in tehran meeting with iran's supreme leader is that. iran from the ancient times of the persian empire into the present day has been the great country of the middle east and will remain so i mean the future so we're to believe that at the time that iran was making nice with japan while japan was helping them to find ways to help their oil exports keep flowing despite us. sanctions that iran then turns around and decides to bomb a japanese vessel in fact iran has been rather nice to the united states in the

last few days a us resident who is charged with espionage was just released as a gesture of good will so why would they then choose this moment to fire tar paedos in the gulf of oman the iranian foreign minister job and zarif is describing these events as suspicious reports of the tax on japan related to tank use occurred while pm was meeting with ayatollah for extensive and friendly talks suspicious doesn't begin to describe what likely transpired this morning while iran is struggling to keep its nuclear deal intact and keep its economy afloat by selling its most prized resources on the international market like bomb peo would have us believe they then flipped out and torpedoed their 2 key business partners now why exactly would iran do that well because they're the bad guys of course don't ask too many questions caleb mop and r.t. new york iran says it sent

a group of experts to check whether or not it's safe for the rescue crew to return to the tanker the 2 vessels caught fire and one of the world's key oil routes near the strait of hormuz is the only way in and out of the gulf the incident prompted to all prices to surge tehran has threatened to shut the waterway in response to the u.s. ending waivers on the iranian oil imports last month for oil vessels worse have tarnished near the same strategic straight back then the u.s. also pointed the finger at tehran and sent an aircraft carrier group plus bombers to the region and may iran said it would renege on some of its commitments under the nuclear deal unilaterally abandoned by the u.s. after washington post sanctions this escalation sparked fears of a confrontation but both nations say they do not want war president of the jerusalem institute for strategy and security effort in bars says it's too soon to jump to any conclusions. i'm not sure that any investigation will really be able to come out was it was a clear result basically is our suspicions against the iranians which of course

create additional tensions between the united states and iran and we'll see what follows so we don't have the fact is americans will produce some evidence of course it's likely that the iranians have sabotaged the ships because. they are under american pressure. it seems that. change or the strategies they don't want to outwait president tampa until the new elections and they can do trouble. in order to affect the flow of of an important strategic commodity like oil telecom you to twitter and petra's have been accused of bias and censorship yet again it tells after the short break.

we are in a strange situation where everybody is making a lot of noise about military action against iran but nobody in the part of that alliance actually wants to do it there's no desire for it so do you hope that iran makes a mistake. somehow and then does it some kind of confrontation and then the iranians will be forced to come to the table you know begging for some kind of solution on american terms but you know i think that is dreaming that's a pipe dream. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the

world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see that. welcome back to the program you tube has removed a video by project veritas which uncovers the way social media pinterest allegedly censors conservative views twitter also chimed in temporarily banning the group for sharing internal communications from pinterest the founder of project has accused your tip of waging war on journalism. tech giants retaliate the side who leaked docs showing censorship of christine and pro-life material they have removed our investigative inside reports you tube now 14 bullet proof journalism by deleting it censorship that's how you tube responded to a recent report by project vera 6 posing well censorship in social media the

investigation features an inside source from the social media platform pinterest concealing his identity during the interview whistleblower eric cochrane exposes the ways his employer censors conservative voices on the platform words like bible verses and christian are put on a so-called sensitive terms list basically words that might offend people are excluded from search suggestions a list of what the company considers conspiracy theories was formed also to control the spread of certain information and a pro-life website was even labeled as pornography to prevent usage of its link on the platform the documents we've obtained raised serious questions about whether these companies are neutral platforms or publishers with an editorial agenda or her school groups and cruise through talking about who will of course when somebody's going to notice. or. are the ones who support our.

troops over from war groups so what did this whistleblower get in return for shedding some light on social media censorship the boot from his job and the backlash didn't stop there twitter also suspended project veritas after the organization leaked pinterest employee chats publishing conversations without permission violated the terms of service they said but the published talks revealed employees calling ben shapiro a white supremacist the pinterest insider also saw how quote white supremacist unquote content like ben shapiro. commentary for instance goes from identified to censored and somehow his name found its way to pinterest sensitive terms list alongside cocaine and some not so very tasty sandwiches see the connection and to be honest this isn't the 1st time project veritas has so controversially done what journalists are supposed to do.

one strategy is to. shut. down someone to. show she what she shared. the photo doing and i was actually trying to go i says i mean that is the you know it was you. know that was. i think a lot of fun. but a bit. like. you know what they say when the going gets tough the tough get going pinterest said their website was targeted for misinformation relating to

conspiracies and anti-vaccination advice you've added it's robust guidelines exist due to the importance of user privacy attack expert told us platforms like you tube are increasingly losing people's trust but they didn't want people to know what what they found out i mean what they found out was actually very bad they found out that that there was a systematic suppression of conservative voices on on these basically on these platforms that are open and in fact under the law these are supposed to be communication systems which are protected. reach the people have it's just like a telephone they don't censor your telephone calls and why should they be able to censor you when you go on twitter or on 1 instagram this is the kind of thing that's happening now and people just need know one thing they cannot trust these platforms for anything. the b.b.c. is facing a backlash from u.k. pensioners they're angry after the broadcaster announced it was scrapping free t.v.

licenses for the over $75.00. has more respecting and. elders looking out for them is one thing but money is money if a 75 year old can watch t.v. they sure as heck can pay for it says the b.b.c. currently all households with people over 75 are entitled to a free t.v. license that government funded scheme which is expected to cost $745000000.00 pounds by 2021 slash $22.00 comes to an end in 2023 tele's over the grandpas and grandmas time to cough up in short millions of pensioners many of the disabled and living on very modest incomes are going to have to sponsor the b.b. she because the corporation doesn't feel like shutting some of it's hugely expensive projects the b.b.c.

did the math right what they got wrong was the public reaction outrage boycott the b.b.c. there is disgrace money grabbing all sound a 5 year old should be exempt from pains a license fee. so over 70 five's have served their country and worked for decades to make our country a better place will not be church $154.00 pounds for a t.v. license a week after d.-day commemorations shima new b.b.c. petitions popping up left and right anger frustration a feeling of injustice why of those who worked serve the nation for decades being put in the same level as everyone outs where are your manners even government ministers party leaders are upset pensioners have spent their lives contributing to our society providing over 74 hours with free t.v.

licenses is not too much to ask here is the kicker the b.b.c. plans to make an additional 500000000 pounds by making the seniors pay for comparison that's roughly the cost of $5.00 f. $35.00 fighter jets which the u.k. is buying $140.00 of talk about priorities some are angry about the t.v. license cost say the b.b.c. of today the quality of their programmes don't justify the billions that go into it with the latest public hits show hosted by a cartoon vladimir putin who has what appears to be a middle eastern accent. you see now why the b.b.c. needs more money the poor fellow is can't even afford a russian voice actor public patience is wearing thin for those that are getting

tired of the scandals of the scandal coming out of the b.b.c. be it ridiculous salaries for the top guys or lack of objectivity so many british people are asking openly why are they still paying to own t. these in the age of the internet almost certainly this idea of a t.v. being a separate box that stiffer into your computer will completely disappear. from many many households and then the question do you have a t.v. will become a weird question to ask by the way the b.b.c. is still 250000000 pounds short of keeping the all of its stuff on there so if you have any ideas of who al it's the squeeze for a few more quid immigrants ginger's centenarians don't hesitate get in touch i'll appreciate it the b.b.c.'s decision comes after the u.k. government passed the cost of funding free licenses for the over $70.00 five's to

the broadcaster the b.b.c. insists maintaining free licenses were fact the quality of its programming adding that those least able to pay will still be entitled to a fee waiver writer mike yardley says people are losing their patients what they believe you see. there is a tremendous amount of anger in the country about the b.b.c. there is this feeling that the b.b.c. no longer represents the voice of ordinary british people and it is of course a state broadcaster and t.v. licensing is a brand of the b.b.c. and it is extraordinary the 10 percent of the people who go to court in britain are going to court about t.v. licensing issues and that most of those people are little old ladies and some of the may even end up in prison for not paying a t.v. license i think there is an argument that people are deeply concerned about the elitist liberal direction of the b.b.c. they're concerned because it pursues certain agendas for example it's very positive

on global warming this is a major issue for the b.b.c. it doesn't like mr trump it doesn't like bracks it and a lot of people feel there's been a huge political bias not just in b.b.c. news programs but in b.b.c. comedy and in other output i mean this is a very big issue. that's a wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and facebook for up to the minute reports. that's geysers financial survival guide liquid those that you can convert into it quite easily. to keep in mind though as to take me into a place. or. is an officer. to get up off the ground or begin to down. them freaks on the

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world. and poems so. when lots of flashpoints around the middle east flaring up or setting for now there is always the fear that tensions today could mean war tomorrow to talk about this i'm joined by. now program director at the international crisis. still licking its wounds from the war against isis the middle east is being pulled apart by a cold war between iran and saudi arabia and with america's hoax around bring up the pressure on teheran is the region in danger of having the chill turned into a heat wave. didn't keep up the proxy let's count

a definite winner remote from the middle east and rivalry. yes tel turn great to have you on our program today welcome lots to talk about so let's start with this mess around iraq. after a lot supposed a lot is that were coming from the united states toward stay wrong on iran we're now hearing. them mary and saying by the way we're ready to negotiate without preconditions. and at this point iran's later anything this is just play words getting it's delayed i think there'll be talks. i'm not going to make predictions in this case because you know that u.s. policy seems to change from day to day. very hard to predict what will happen next but so 2 things one is u.s. policy is really unclear and. we should keep that in mind as we go forward and i think the iranian leadership is also very much aware of that

and they are probably i imagine hesitant to stake any kind of. future on the fact that. they cannot predict what the united states will do next secondly there is a real difference within the american administration about how to deal with not only iran but the world and that difference is most starkly evident in the approach of different approaches of president trump and his national security advisor john bolton. president trump is someone who is more of an isolationist mindset he does not want to see the use of american troops outside the united states unless absolutely necessary. he was against the the iraq intervention not at the time but afterwards of course and and

he is he has already said that u.s. troops should leave syria he has no interest in starting a war with iran that would involve the deployment of american forces john bolton on the other hand is someone who is intent on regime change even though he's trying to not use those words when he talks about iran. by whatever means of course he would like to happen internally inside iraq. it was american military force but when you follow that kind of strategy it's all very difficult to imagine that american troops would not have to be involved but what does this nuclear deal thing this is just standard trump isn't it 1st confrontation then you start negotiations i understand where you're saying about the differences within the white house but at the end of the day he does what he wants to do with the same happen with north korea yes so i think for trying.