when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. the u.k. court rules wiki leaks co-founder julian assange will not face his u.s. extradition hearing until next year and convicted 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 apparently contradicting u.s. claims that iran planted a mine on the vessel. there on has hit back at the american allegation accusing the u.s. of resorting to sabotage diplomacy. and tech giants are accused of silencing speech they don't like that after you tube removed a video by project detailing the way it social media interests allegedly censors

conservative views. documents obtained raise serious questions about whether these companies are neutral platforms or publishers with an editorial agenda. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our church here in moscow introducing us this hour. whistleblower joined the song may be facing more than a century and a half behind bars in the u.s. but he won't find out whether or not that will happen until at least next february that's after an extradition hearing in the u.k. was postponed until then here's how the edward stuffed it with more. but it really was crunch time for 2 in the sun just this extradition request was being heard here at westminster magistrate's court though he was given a glimmer of hope as he will not face a 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 did follow indeed yesterday the u.k.'s home secretary such as shafiq signing that crucial order that paved the way for this judicial procedure now he believes that this was the skewing the right course of justice but protesters and activists here outside westminster magistrates court 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 prize you know there are more journalists here campaigning because obviously investigative journalism is under now we should be released and i think this is not enough people will realise that this is such an attack on freedom of press and also just ordinary pain 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 by seeing we will succeed again you will be victorious you know science will not be acting

like you would say you see kids none of us should be able to live with you trying to get one. of the many stories. but i'm willing to trade journalism. without these to see anybody living. 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 indicted him on to 17 counts under the espionage act from happening classified documents related to the iraq war. on the war in afghanistan but also one of conspiracy to hack a government computer to actually make these secret classified documents while some say his crimes his so-called alleged crimes for whistle blowing and indeed producing enough still 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 don't believe that we are going to win this with legal arguments there is no chance that 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 opposed to an assault or start back into the public on earlier this year in april when he was pulled out of the ecuadorian embassy by british police he was for a long amount of time in fact 2 and a whole 1000 days which is the sum amount of 7 is in that confinement he was a full seeking political asylum that he then moved to belmarsh prison where he was serving out his 50 week sentence for skipping fell in 20 trials now this is actually a video filmed inside got belmarsh prison that was obtained by. me which is the

video agency and in this footage you can see here in a sort of thing 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 wants to decide he's also wanted by 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 earlier i was doing fine award winning australian journalist john pilger he was also in the court room behind me when that ruling was indeed and now says he told me that this is an incredibly different. oh moment of freedom of expression universally and we have a direct impact on journalists well why charges will be made up the charges are contrary to the 1st amendment of the us going situation.

what they boil down to is that he is a publisher. released information which he has a right to do under the us constitution of the us ones see itself as a great bastion. of free speech no it's not all when in a rest of us and that's why so many american child also now so nervous about this. because it applies to them was to you lies to me lies to everybody who was a journalist who is what they told investigators. it means that journos will now. almost certainly be intimidated from doing their job we spoke to tracey we're stardust just a beaufort and julian assange his friend she believes he may not get a fair trial if he's actually tied into the us. june in a sign she's not an american because to the americans he won't be covered by their

free speech 1st amendment of their constitution so it's very dangerous for everybody who in any way is working towards revealing the truth whether you are a journalist or a human rights expert or an environmentalist and any time that you criticize the american government its secret service in its military you could be literally extradited by you know the british government why can't we stand up on our own 2 feet and say no he's a hero he has allowed us to have information which is precious we need to know if our government is committing crimes in war we need to know if it's true committing crimes in the democratic process this man is a beacon of hope for free speech. washington's claim iran was responsible for attacking 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman has had doubt

cast on it earlier the u.s. presented a video claiming to show iranians removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels but the tankers owner says his current ported being the boat being hit by flying projectiles. more than a good job or that the crew say they were hit by a flying object and we don't think it could have been a bomb attached to the boat. as mentioned the u.s. military central command claims the video shows iran responsibility. the iranian leader hassan rouhani has accused the us of destabilizing peace and security in the middle east a secretary of state mike pompei i said 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 the 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 as sabotage diplomacy all russia's foreign minister said the us was creating an artificial escalation of tensions in the region and has more. so there were 2 or oil tankers that were hit. i'm going to vote on but i want to know. from one of

them to from both of you. don't want company. to go and you've been wondering why i have more news for. the bill but to put the good civil the bill in the system when the did it will get on the. let's go over the facts now the 1st one belongs to john fredrickson 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 abbay was in tehran meeting with iran's supreme leader did that shit on your 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 u.s. . 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 time cues 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 hale bopp and r.t. new york 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 and the instant prompted oil prices to surge tehran has threatened to shut the waterway in response to u.s. threats about sanctions last month 4 other tankers were sabotaged in the area back then the u.s. also pointed the finger at iran and sent an aircraft carrier group plus bombers to the region or join the live now by dr i'm a lendu mr here lecture from lancaster university you're very welcome to the

program now how do you assess the recent accusations by the us. well the claims and counterclaims both are trying to say that they haven't done it on the conspiracy theories abound you don't obviously has a lot to lose if you participated in the medical claiming and also we have to look at the americans are saying in terms of the evidence produced but in this time an age when we're talking about doctoring many images one doesn't know where the food is that we have actually that was there and there's little and actually there were. some guards there so we don't know it yet but both are good motives to undermine the sipping lines in the strait of hormuz and the gulf of oman united states because you can ratchet up its water to educate conserve lawn and tear

around because you will see on the press by washington the german foreign ministry claims the video provided by the us doesn't give any proper evidence so why do you think the state department chose to release it and rely on it. but the fact is like if you look at what was happening in the prelude to the war against iraq we are talking about weapons of mass destruction and there is not. very clear as to there is not to that regard so we could be talking about weapons of mass deception and bia if that was kind of critical of the international community would have shown that iran have this particular point in time the european union hasn't bought the argument so far and the united nations secretary general has asked for restraint that goes into so the 3rd the evidence of the americans are produced doesn't have the clear basis and which to go on this particular point in time what do you think the u.s.

is trying to achieve with accusations that don't come along with indisputable proof trying to provoke someone. well the fact is you have to remember that thought which has been blockaded by the girl corporates and counsel for the last 3 years is a great friend of iran so if it wants to kind of create this confusion in the region then it might sort of wean some kind of international. applaud by suggesting that whatever policies they have taken in terms of blockading iran in terms of the nuclear deal is kind of produced in the residence apart from that they don't have a kind of clear water on top administration doesn't want to engage with iraq iran in direct military confrontation because that would be fatal for the entire region so in the absence of that they're going to engage in this kind of low level of interaction with the tehran i don't sometimes iranian smartly feeling the pressure

of this they're pulling the it and they may be doing it at the same time but we don't know but given that since there are many private companies military establishments who are prepared to go that extra line and do things it could be i'm innocent of the conspiracy theorist to suggest that it may have been done by some private military companies to destabilize the region to undermine the listen submitter in both iran as well as the united states exactly some analysts say the attack could have been carried out by some militants or rogue groups that could have it raining in origin but act on the behalf of their own interests how likely do you think that scenario is. that cannot be avoided i mean there are many private military companies all the united states is saying that the lead with the lead has called the logistics it was called the intent here but the same time one could buy i mean let's not forget about the many military

establishments we are fighting water in iraq as well as in afghanistan so if they are provided with the required amount of try to take support with the amount of money they could in fact do that and given the fact that iran is fighting 2 battle syria want to get the united states one of the all the one he's against the blockade imposed by god poor person council that decided to be bought in egypt and united out of him it's that could be that angle as well so it could be coming from that side they say the saudis ponsford all the united out of it sponsored one doesn't know what i just said conspiracy theories abound or distaste so we have to wait for hard evidence to see exactly what has happened dr i'm a lender mr senior lecturer at lancaster university thank you for joining us on the program. twitter and pinterest have been accused of bias and censorship yet again the details after the break.

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of the. welcome back you tube has removed a video by project veritas which uncovers the way social media pinterest allegedly censors consider conservative views twitter also chimed in temporally banning the group for sharing internal communications from pinterest founder a project or task as accuse you tube of waging war on journalism. tech giants retaliate against 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 raise 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 and somebody's going to notice. wardrobe. 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 vera toss has so controversially done what journalists are supposed to do. one strategy. shadows. than someone they don't really. know what she should get. the voting and i'm trying to go i says i mean that is the you know they want you. if you're good. i think whatever you want. but what about people like. you know what they say when the going gets tough the tough get going pinterest said the web

site was targeted for misinformation relating to conspiracies and anti-vaccination advice you've added it's robust guidelines exist to the importance of user privacy and tech expert told us platforms like you tube are increasingly losing people's trust. well 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 speech that people have that'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 instagram this is the kind of thing that's happening now and people just they know one thing they cannot trust these platforms for anything. that's

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last. this is the old boss broadcasting around the globe and covering the world of business and finance an impact upon us all time to anybody in washington here's a look at what's moving the markets today while prices are on the rise after an attack on the world key oil producing region this comes as the u.s. is storming forward with an expansion of oil production r.t. correspondence type sites haven't garren alex mahela that are on hand to drill into the bigger picture and oil markets losses the transpacific trade fight continues it's having an impact on stocks on both sides of the ocean dr gupta of the institute for china american studies is on hand to rip through the harsh rhetoric and get to the numbers finally as the effects of the trade war weigh heavily on

china another link in an economic chain begin to last as swine fever grips the nation's ports supply or what's above the trading joins us to lay out how china plans to get through tough times ahead we have attack showed this let's go and died right in. with our global report today in the middle east where a dangerous situation is heating up after 2 tankers were reportedly attacked in the gulf of oman the u.s. navy was a ploy immediately to assist the sea vessels as they were blazing their crews were evacuated the situation remains of an attack in may 14 ships were attacked near for jerry row near the united arab in the united arab emirates an international investigation it's even tack said a state actor was likely at fault in that case this afternoon u.s. secretary mike pompei o announce a trumpet ministration believes iran is responsible for this attack iran has devolved denied involvement in this or the other attack the location of the strike is crucial as it is near the strait of hormuz an important choice choke point

through which crude headed particularly to. asian markets passes because further significances japanese prime minister shinzo oddly continues his visits with iranian leaders and tehran on the heels of the time the most crucial region oil price of oil which started to spike joining us now to further discuss the moves in the market is our producer site just walk i'm sorry what's going on today with the oil busy markets are these dramatic events well danielle the attacks under 2 tankers and off oman is certainly the main driver today given the refocus on tensions in the gulf as a result of this standoff between the u.s. and iran but this is actually a fairly modest reaction in the context of the oil market as we see it at the moment and that's because the macro environment is more about concerns of falling demand that it is actually about potential supply oil had been falling recently yes that actually fell to a 5 month low with concerns on u.s. trade war concerns about slowing growth in various countries around the world and

we still see all of those factors play today as those of macro factors haven't gone away so this move could have been a lot bigger and more significant but still it was enough to make oil investors nervous now after the attack u.s. crude futures rebounded and the price for brant crude and that's the global mench bark surged over 4 percent to about $62.00 a barrel today now daniel prior to this crude oil prices had drifted lower in recent months as a huge surge in american production more than offset the effect of u.s. sanctions on oil producer countries like venezuela and iran and then the opec recently supplied curbs and just today opec cut its forecast for growth in world demand this year to 1140000 barrels a day and that was from a may as to met a 1210000 barrels now in its monthly report opec said that the revisions a large.