swedish prosecutors dropped a 2010 rape case against julian the sons after admitting they lacked evidence to charge them with police found. policy overhaul the u.s. trying to claim that it no longer views israeli settlements in the occupied west bank as a legal. international law with the law of the jungle. i no way an anti muslim demonstration erupts into a street brawl after a copy of the qur'an was set on fire. by the very good evening and thanks for joining us this is our international.

prosecutors in sweden say that they are dropping a nearly decade long rape case against wiki leaks co-founder julian the science admitting the evidence we can over time the path through is likely extradition to the united states where he faces espionage charges earlier i discussed the case with the artist on the quarter. you know this whole saga started out did it with the rape allegations against us and you've been through the whole mill since then but now we're back to those initial charges that's right neal exactly it was in 2010 that the swedish government filed in international arrest warrant against songs for 2 charges one of molestation and another of rape but assad has always denied these charges he's even cooperated with the international investigation from abroad and it was the threat of extradition to the united states if you were to have been arrested in sweden that forced him to take political asylum within the ecuadorian embassy in london now it turns out that this case that started it all

doesn't even have enough so-called corroborative evidence. dividend cherry bases is such that he corroborating evidence is not sufficient to in a way that is prescribed by the supreme court deemed that the description of the alleged criminal act can be proven. earlier today the swedish prosecutor explained her reasoning for dropping the charges she said that the witnesses involved were were credible but over the years the case itself had weakened and in the q. and a that followed she also said that the heavy media influence on the witnesses was another important consideration that they took into consideration inspection suppose of doing the soldier might think this is good news but things are rarely that simple do you think it is good news well at 1st glance it certainly seems so but the remain the original fear was that if a songe was arrested in sweden he would be extradited to the united states but the fact of the matter is that the situation has changed since then and let's not

forget he's been sitting in a u.k. high security prison since april sancia has been i mean the government is set to decide his fate in 2020 and the united states has already filed an official request for his extradition to london so wiki leaks has already said this actually only means that sweden is no longer going to be competing with the united states for the extradition rights over a song now as for what awaits a songe in the united states if he is extradited that was probably nothing fair son should be assassinated actually. maybe you should draw or something this guy is a traitor treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be and i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death and want to do it illegally shoot the son of a. terrorist act tough and say if we catch you we're going to hang you whatever wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like

a hostile intelligence service ignorance or misplaced idealism is no longer an acceptable excuse for lionizing these demons and why has the us been so set on getting its hands on the songs well see for yourself. i i. still. like to cut . the to.

the touch. police i'm joined on the line live now by fidel not advise says the former consul of the ecuadorian embassy in london very good evening to fidel 1st of all your reaction to the recent developments sweden dropping those while dropping the charges because there were charges their investigation into alleged sexual misconduct. well i think this was an avoidable thing it was spec'd it nothing. really other outcome was possible in this case i think julian has been vindicated in this one and ecuador has been vindicated as well for

granting him asylum his fear of u.s. prosecution was always as we know. the case through then while we see that after 3 times opening and reopening the investigation they concluded that they cannot indict him of anything. i think it would be tragic that it took that long because i think irreversible. damage has been inflicted on julius and and the very danger that we wanted to avoid with the asylum when it couldn't be avoided and giuliani's as we know. in the prison waiting for an extradition. will crimes so there's a positive outcome by. somehow too late yes and i just want to pick up on what you

said there are about the ecuadorian embassy is role in all of this i would suggest that as far as the public were concerned they couldn't offer it is we considered somewhat saviors for signs offering him sanctuary in the belief that he was innocent and he was a political refugee but we're hearing newspaper reports they love republicans claiming that the surveillance inside the embassy itself was really quite extensive incredible the reports saying that there were microphones hidden in the women's bathroom surveillance equipment in a fire extinguisher did you have any idea that you know surveillance was this extensive we didn't know that it was to these extreme an extent. to be honest some of us including julian always suspected that the security company working for the embassy was spying on him and was

a spy and basically on all his visitors and in in in the embassy stuff themselves. but we didn't know that it will go to extreme as we are discovering now. certainly we didn't know that they were working for the americans secretly working for the cia is a bit shocking yes and disappointing and sat course. if we look at was happening now the impeachment proceedings in the united states where the word of a whistleblower is being given great credibility in allegations of misconduct against president trump and yet we look at the you know the work by julian assange as a whistleblower this is a man who is being hunted down and is set to go on trial possibly imprisoned for over 100 years i mean how do you conflate those 2 situations. well this

is the more important case of our generation about freedom of expression and we haven't seen such are among. the apart from some of bin ladin perhaps. for anybody no doubt if you look at their reports from the united nations representatives from top to for example they say that the 20 years of experience they haven't seen an extreme case of persecution. go it on by different states and by different states are we winning then who is responsible responsible for the reputational damage and for abuse of judiciary does this does this as set by the united nations representative against or to. the united kingdom for having king in such conditions and also abusing the judiciary

against julian assange and suddenly suddenly also ecuador in the last period with a new government of lending money not who basically sold julian to comes on to the to the british so is the is a very very worrying case. should. everybody alair. certainly every journalese in the world and now died soon in case is close finally we could and this is very positive because finally we could shed light finally we could focus on their. main issue which is the u.s. persecution against julian assange and wiki leaks. they don't really appreciate your time our hope is the case continues we'll get a chance to speak to you in more depth in the future as well fidel narvaez my guest former consul actually ecuadorian embassy in london thank you. my

bumppo has provoked outrage by announcing a reversal of a decades old stance on israeli settlements in the west bank he said that they do not necessarily violate international law the settlements are on territory occupied by israel since the 6 day war and one of the most contentious issues in the conflict between israel and palestine the u.s. administration has lost its credibility to play any future role in the peace process we regard washington's decision as another step aimed at collapsing the system of international law regulating the middle east and thus further straining israeli palestinian ties settlements in occupied palestine are a blatant violation of international law and un security council resolutions there an illegal action that will kill 2 state solution jordan's position in condemning them is unwavering we warn against dangerous consequences of the us change of position on settlements on middle east peace plan all settlement activity is

illegal under international law and it erodes the viability of the 2 state solution and the prospects for a lasting peace. for decades the u.s. regarded the settlements is inconsistent with international law still the view of much of the international community starting the 4th geneva convention washington's change of stance contradicts numerous un resolutions and international human rights conventions and some of the latest controversial me upon the trumpet ministration when it comes to israel only the white house recognize the israeli sovereignty of the golan heights that territory ceased from syria and only $67.00 formally annexed in 1901 washington is also broken with international consensus by formally recognized in jerusalem as israel's capital both decisions widely condemned including by the un when the us announced the embassy relocation violent protests erupted israeli forces killed dozens of palestinians as political commentator me a war and what he thinks the implications would be of this latest decision. of

course a very. discriminating way of conducting diplomacy and the united states has chosen to act unilaterally disregarding the united nations security council even its allies and the western allies do not see eye to eye with washington on this topic so obviously it will not be a precedent and the united states will probably be isolated obviously this is going to please the right wing in israel it is not going to change anything if the toll it is going to give more strength to those extremists in the palestinian community who say that diplomacy is not the road for statehood and that they must act violently and therefore israelis should be against

this policy announcement and not for it. were you a secular state my pump just defined the decision saying it provides the space to find a political solution between the 2 sides however the us has issued a travel warning at the same time we asked people on the ground what they think. the usa zionist position is against ethics this is our homeland and our families so we'll resist as our religion says if you die fighting for your lands you are a martyr and we'll continue want to a difficult path against any decision which can steal our right to decide and our freedom and our dignity it is only to cover up the israeli crimes and propaganda against anyone opposing the building of settlements. in our own or the decision of trying to consider the israeli zionist settlements on the police union lands legal and legitimate is totally against international law to take any occupied lands and give them to the occupying force today they lost this role as a mediator in the peace process in the eyes of the palestinians by declaring in

a direct way that the settlements are legal and legitimate that. the demonstration by a group called stop islamization of norway ended in a brawl and it was confronted by muslim counter protest tensions flared when 2 copies of the qur'an were thrown in a rubbish bin and another one set on fire by the organization's leader. local media reports claim that the demonstrators also compared islam with fascism and called it a religion of violence describing the prophet muhammad as a paedophile several arrests were made as police moved in. a local muslim union leader described the whole incident as a hate crime and promised to take legal action against the organization itself and its leader who burned the qur'an into the provoked an international reaction turkey expressing its condemnation. we are deeply concerned about the recent

rise of discrimination against muslims hatred against islam and attacks on mosques in western european countries these attacks are not only aimed at muslims but also pose a threat to all humanity the head of dialogue at the cultural center arslan fellow didn't believe that the rhetoric of some norwegian politicians even more dangerous than this kind of incident because it happens he says far more often but sometimes we get stuck in blood in this our progress but more interesting was the multi since they were against muslims. islamisation of the ways in society that is at least more dangerous than a couple of crazy people in christian sun i think the most important thing to count when it comes you know how do you hate speech is to talk to each other and create good examples are all muslims 'd that muslims and look when we talk in our way and this is really important to us as muslims we don't talk about us muslims and that not muslims or addition talk about us the reasons and they will slips what we talk

about is just society where everybody is part that they their us. and american museum will only acquire works by female artists for all of 2020 is part of a radical new policy in addition the baltimore museum of art will also feature works exclusively by women in 19 of its $22.00 exhibitions the museum's director claims the move will raise awareness and quote shift the institution's identity. you don't just purchased one painting by female artists of color and hang it on the wall next to a painting by mark rothko to rectify centuries of imbalance you have to do something radical. that's fine according to the far left rules they live by any man can simply say he's a woman and poof he is one so any man who wants to sell his art can simply market it to the poor to move museum of art as female created rights with the belts and

more museum of art is doing here is just another example of the left fostering the false notion that women do best with crutches. ok joining me now to debate the topic we have the leader of the british political party justice for men and boys that might be cannon and women's rights activists maria beatrice giovanni welcome to you both a very good evening. to 1st as i understand we're talking just 4 percent of the museum's current permanent works are created by women so people would say you know this is a long overdue correction. you know it's complete nonsense i'm not aware of a field of human activity where excellence can be measured objectively where women compete and in numbers at the top level this is all about. this is all about forcing institutions to buy poor arts from poor female artists.

that's a strong assertion maria how would you respond to that. well of course they don't agree and. museum is actually to. affirmative action to to write a historical wrong which has been. excluding basically women from from the arts world and i fully support their their choice i mean they said don't give up this can be used in many runs a life might that if people aren't given the opportunity then they they were proven only by being able to perform at the very highest level does anyone's work you know ascend to a higher level so if these women are given a chance to display their work when they get better and there will be defacto more women at the highest level. won't they get better well they may but we wouldn't say for example you know why don't we give women the opportunity to play in you know the top level of football in men's teams because that would just

be ludicrous it's only in areas like this. you know let's say women's chess or is recall that chess for for a people who can't compete against men this is at the end of the day. this is about . you know giving crutches to women i think you are you are the point was right but you talk about sports sports you know you took him out physical strength is completely different surely and this is a purely create ok all right. ok ok well let's stay on that i mean i challenge maria maybe of self male to tell me one area of human and where you know excellence can be measured so for example in chess there's a winner and there's a loser that's really black and white. so i do not know of an area where

women compete at the top level successfully against men and i think there's there's quite a number of reasons behind that i'm one of them it's simple work ethic men men. than women and we know from a 2000 study published in 2000 in the u.k. that while 4 in 7 british men. only one in 7 british women is what men and women are different it is not a problem that this a small minority of. museums and galleries by women i mean some i mean all too often recently is i've seen somebody and they are paying for the poll and you know very often it must be by a woman because it's been put in there to satisfy some gender quotes but you know the public knows good fine arts from poor. maria i'm sure there must be some female out so i recently i repeat my challenge to martin and the must be female artist yeah sure i mean when you are how do you respond i mean both of you are

saying that. are saying what's that what's better what's warse but i don't think that's up to you and also the statistic that. my counterpart is talking about absolutely ridiculous and not and not true and probably so that's what my opponent is right parties now are ready for a king on t.v. but on the on the point of again i don't i think my counterpart is not really understanding the argument the argument is the fact that. we may have never big given our very well arts and it's important to give access to art to all genera to all genders in general like all races etc because if you can let me talk because. myself for example as a woman i don't feel represented by most of the art that is being made by men so it is important for women to express artistically their points of view their thoughts

their minds their saw except try because whatever comes out of that is going to basically like. help other women to be 2 to 2 to feel represented and so if you think men's art is better than women that's going to be your opinion remain your opinion because and so are you again i fully support the move of the museum because inclusiveness is important and also because society has proven to not really be the greatest society to be part of and because as a sighted the only represents man whatever field we're discussing whether it's arts politics business etc is always going to be that ferments all oppressive and just simply not equal or just because men are live 50 percent of the world not 100 percent or 96 percent of the world so you have to equally represent all fast feasts

of society and of the story remade several boards there are. the fact that all its objectives of legal representation now do you want. they're not subject to will be given over to the rules if you if you want to throw a mirror it's. maria if you would just throw merits in the bin then yes let's fill the museums with the poor ought to be what about the poor may laugh that's your. very fine the point of course is my opinion that's what i'm here to talk about but the bigger the of course the refined female artists but there are just a damn sight more fine male artists i get remains your opinion like i am not really contests i like my painter and opinion like you have opinion of. someone that thinks women cannot do art and i don't have that opinion i don't feel represented by me to tell you that being rated by man.

that's what i did i did not say women cannot be good artists what i'm saying is that for you that i let most of the work coming out of the humanities where art please please maria let me finish. please let me finish what i was saying the top of virtually i think of every field where excellence can be measured objectively not subjectively women are almost under represented at the top level. why do you think that is. first of all i don't think you can play the merits not because the origins of this argument. in order to play the meritocracy card you have to have an equal playing field right not society's not an equal playing field as a lot of studies have shown a statistical proof so you cannot put play the my talk of the card like we have this is an important move and it's an affirmative action to prove to write a historical wrong and you need to give access to people 1st and foremost in order

for people to prove their capital ities right now the world is not an equal playing field so. maria do you think that you're not going to be the very privileged or if you think that the people who go to the art of the galleries to look at art care about the gender of the person who made the art. people from it the people feel represented by arts and the view of man is not representing 100 percent of the world because the world is made 50 percent of women and 50 percent of men. so if you want to do things that are. fact when they go into a gallery. i believe they do. so how would you respond to the wife marie is just asking for equal representation that we've been she claims want to be very interested in the you know the artistic perspective of predominately male works of. well the perhaps women with all the money that they have should

set up their own galleries and museums and fill them with ribbons are like but this is this is all about bleaching this is about women being parasites or institutions sets up and funded by men it's the same with female instincts that makes makes women want to take want to take over men only gold clubs. it's exactly the same golf clubs are your problem. that explains a lot just to give you both 30 seconds just that women also are the poorest they are across the world are actually the poorest there is so you cannot say that women are privileged and have most of the money because that's again not true maria just want to give you 30 seconds finally just what i'm asking if you think this will be the last of the bet you think that this is just an idea that will spread. and yes absolutely a national gallery is also representing this here as it. has just bought

a great painting by a to me the gentle asking. dispense of the 17th century and i think a lot of people in the arts or as well as the tate here in london there are understanding the importance of the role of women in the arts world because again like because equal presentation is important because the the man the world again is not made entirely by men it's 50 percent women 50 percent man so that we have equal represents all got 30 seconds left mike i just want to want to ask if you saw the one you know it's only one museum we're talking about for one year what i'm going to do. it's symbolic isn't it i mean i mean let's let's have equal representation in football let's let's let's have 5 or 6 players in our top football teams being women i mean how it would be no less ludicrous than demanding. equal representation on the on the walls of

museums. ok we'll wrap it up much appreciate it so i'm just this for men and boys party leader might become a women's rights activist maria beatrice juvenility thank you both. appreciate you guys what she is but with updates on our top stories and often it. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true. is faith.

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