was. it. was. the swedish prosecutors drop a 2010 rape case against julian a song shelter admitting they lacked evidence to charge the wiki leaks founder. in a major policy overhaul the u.s. court is outraged by declaring that it no longer views israeli settlements in the old compiled west bank as illegal. policing international law or the law of the jungle. in norway an anti muslim demonstration erupts into a street brawl after a copy of the qur'an was set on fire.

from moscow studio where it's currently just past 2 o'clock in the morning you're watching r.t. international welcome to the program and we start with this prosecutors in sweden say they've dropped a 9 year long rape case against wiki leaks co-founder julian a song as the evidence has weakened over time the decision will likely clear the way for the whistle blows extradition from the u.k. to the u.s. where he faces espionage charges neil harvey was joined by donald quarter with the latest. 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 assad 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 and now it turns out that this case that started it all doesn't even have enough so-called corroborative evidence that the evidence sherry basis 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 1st inspection suppose of joining 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 i mean 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 while he is probably nothing fair i think a son should be assassinated actually. contract maybe use a draw or something this guy is a traitor a 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 i think the man as a terrorist could 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.

but are you kidding. well dr douglas mcnabb is an international criminal defense lawyer and we asked him how he believes the extradition proceedings will be handled i think it's absolutely fair politics those coming. election edition proceeding is not designed to be a political. politics absolutely positively should not come into why this should be

treated as you know me. proceeding where the u.s. are seeking to have someone extradited from u.k. or u.k. or seeking their warrant extradited the u.s. u.k. but i think it's cruel ish for one to assume the politics world now are coming to why in this particular matter. well my pump has also provoked outrage by announcing a reversal of a decades old stance on israeli settlements in the west bank he said they do not necessarily violate international law the settlements are on territory occupied by israel since the 6 day war under one of the most contentious issues in the ongoing 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 they're an illegal action that will kill to say 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. well for decades the u.s. regarded the settlements as inconsistent with international law and that's still the view of much of the international community citing the 4th geneva convention washington's change of stance contradicts numerous un resolutions and international human rights conventions and is any the latest controversial move by the trumpet ministration concerning israel earlier the white house recognized israeli serenity over the golan heights that territory cease from syria in 1967 and formally an

extent $981.00 washington is also broken with international consensus spite formally recognizing to resell them as israel's capital both decisions were widely condemned including by the un and when the us announced the embassy relocation violent protests erupted with israeli forces killing dozens of palestinians we are spiritual commentator i may or and what the implications of the latest decision will be. 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 do night it states will probably be isolated obviously this is

going to please the right wing news rail it is not going to change anything if at all it is going to give more strength to those extremists in the palestinian community who say that diplomacy is not garage for statehood and that they must act violently and therefore israelis should be against this policy announcement in order for it. well u.s. secretary of state mike pompei would justify 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 will resist as our religion says if you don't like fighting for your lands you are

a martyr and will continue one of the difficult off against any decision which can steal our right to decide and our freedom and our dignity it is only as a cover up the israeli crimes and propaganda against anyone opposing the building of settle. in our own or our decision of trying to consider all the israeli zionist settlements on palestinian lands and legal and legitimate is totally against international law to take any occupied lands and give them to the occupying force to do the lost his 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. dutch authorities say they have found 25 people in a refrigerated contain board a cargo ferry bound for the u.k. the discovery was made after the ship had left the city of larding and on tuesday evening they returned to the port and 2 of the stowaways were taken to hospital the others are being held in police custody and it comes less than a month after the bodies of $39.00 vietnamese nationals were found in the lorry in

the south east of england. the u.s. secretary of state has announced that washington will impose sanctions on iran's nuclear facility he also repeated his support for the ongoing protests in the country to iran hit back by accusing the u.s. of stirring up the rest. united states will terminate the sanctions were related to the nuclear facility at fordo people enjoy a better future when their government begins to respect basic human rights abandon its revolutionary. posture and its destabilizing foreign policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation but. it is strange the united states and its officials have committed the greatest of crimes by imposing much more pressure on the tougher sanctions on iran communicating to the iranian people that they support these protests we don't expect anything else from mr palmer who disgracefully defends the maximum pressure regime and imposition of sanctions on iran. well the rest broke

out after a surprise 50 percent hike in fuel prices announced on friday mass anger boiled over in at least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of iran's supreme leader and tear on said the revenues would be used to help the less well off it all comes with the country in the grip of a deep economic crisis aggravated by tough u.s. sanctions. and has more on that. the trumpet ministration seems jubilant about the recent protests in iran as i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the united states is with you now the protests are being driven by the economic situation g.d.p. growth projections are down by 9.5 percent inflation is it 40 percent and unemployment is at 16 percent and rising but it was a 15 percent increase in the price of fuel that sparked the recent turmoil.

now an economic squeeze like that is bad. to get people upset but why is iran in such poor shape well donald trump has a lot to do with it in 2015 the international community agreed to lift decades old sanctions in response to an agreement that was reached about iran's peaceful nuclear energy program but then along came donald trump he decided to pull out of the nuclear agreement he says that iran broke the spirit of the deal however international observers say that iran fully complied as of today i can state that it is implementing its. commitments after pulling out of the deal the trump

administration began imposing sanctions on iran intended to wreck their economy accusing iran of quote destabilizing activities around the region the usa even threaten to impose sanctions on other countries that dared to buy iranian oil anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states i'm asking for world peace nothing less. on any activity subject to restrictions after the iran nuclear deal in 2015 iran was exporting roughly $2500000.00 barrels of oil per day now that number is down to roughly 200000 in a country where the economy is centered around state run oil exports that's a pretty big financial loss and it has been detrimental cuts in fuel subsidies and other benefits for the population had to be made so i don't know. if issues have made a decision for the country based on expert assessments of this decision must be executed . but according to donald trump working to economically ruin iran makes him the

best friend of the iranian people nothing says i love you like bleeding someone dry . to support a ranch people as they struggle to reclaim. their religious. and righteous. just today i want to deliver a message to the long suffering people of iran. the people of america stand with you will be arrayed in people return to the nations proud roots as a center of civilization culture and wealth where their people can be happy and prosperous once again the united states throughout the reigning in history has always been against democracy i mean the united states was the country together with britain that instigated the 1963 rule against democratically elected mohamed

mossad there right now it's no different i mean the united states has imposed a very severe sanctions on iran which is worth a lot of ordinary people so coming out and saying that they support these people is hypocritical in the sense that if you do support these people then you wouldn't sanction them so hard that you know they are having difficulty in getting on with their daily normal lives a new poll in sweden suggests the country is undergoing a seismic political shift we'll tell you more about that after this short break. backs geysers financial survival. housing bubble all. oh you mean there's a downside to artificially low mortgage rates don't get carried away that's cause

a report. seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out to stay active. and engaged because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. temperance to impeach and remove donald trump from the presidency have clearly divided the country this should not surprise anyone trump is probably the most divisive public figure of our time however all this division over a single person is changing and even damaging institutions is impeachment being normal.

a demonstration by a group called stop ism is a sion of norway ended in a brawl when it was confronted by a muslim counter-protest tensions flared when 2 copies of the koran were thrown in a rubbish bin and another one was set on fire by the organizations leader. was was. the firing local media reports claim the demonstrators also compared islam with fascism and call it a religion of violence describing the prophet mohammed as a paedophile several arrests were made as police moved in. well the local muslim union later described the whole incident as a hate crime he promised to take legal action against the organization itself and its leader who burn the koran the instant provoked an international reaction to 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 all the head of dialogue in islamic cultural center aslam fahad and believes that the rhetorical some the wage and politicians is even more dangerous than this kind of incident as it happens far more often. sometimes you get. ringback blood in that sucker was it borders that was a politicians that were against muslims. of the woods in society but is that the more dangerous that a couple of crazy people in christian son i think the most important thing to come when he comes you know how do you hate speech is to talk to each other and create good examples will muslims about muslims and look when we talk in our way and this is really important to us as muslims we don't talk about muslims and that not

muslims or the asian talk about us the reasons and they will slips what we talk about is just as. everybody's part that their us. sweden's ruling party has lost out in popularity to anti establishment opposition that's the findings of a new opinion poll for the 1st time in more than 100 years the social democrats are no longer the country's most popular party the figures show the anti immigrant sweden democrats would have the support of 24 percent of voters if an election was held today compared to 22.2 percent for the ruling party other parties trailed well behind the margin between the 2 has been narrowing ever since 2010 when the sweden democrats gained enough votes went to parliament for the 1st time. the major reason cited for the trend is rising crime in the country which is seen citizens swing in favor of more right wing and nationalist groups so even democrats favor tough immigration controls an increase of curity along with traditional families it claims that sweden has become something of

a hub for international crime according to a separate survey swedish citizens have increasingly experienced lawlessness violence and vandalism it says the numbers are among the highest in europe the ruling party concedes it's bearing the brunt of public anger. it's a damn tough situation right now so i'm not surprised when he consider what we've got against us we gang murders shootings and explosions it's us as the ruling party who has to pay the price. from the sweden democrats believe the hard line against crime is something his country has been lacking. we need to raise taxes to pay for all this immigration and of course affects ordinary people because they have to pay more taxes but it's also murder all of a cultural phenomenon will swedish people don't feel at home anymore in their own city or in their own country they walk outside and they think where did the big debate now in sweden is on this increasing gang violence that is almost exclusively

related to the regular 'd order of people can't even walk in. without the fear or their risk of getting raped getting assault getting robbed that's the real risk to freedom well now we have a situation we need to address and one of those things is to be tough on crime which none of the other 7 parties have been or have been interested in. being. that's your update for now i'm right on the back with another round up of the latest news in 30 minutes time see that. you know world of big. lot and conspiracies it's time. to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each

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within a decade my country was ruined. it lost a quarter of its manufacturing. a 1000000 people emigrated and public debt kept arising. in 2015 a government claiming to be left wing promise to put an end. however it agreed measures that tie the country up until 2060 and started messing privatization. voters on the lift became depressed because it had succeeded with what the right hadn't. the right was depressed because they knew they'd lost their is on difference. in this country of mass depression however there was one word that awakens the political fervor of the. venezuela.

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during the 11 hour flight i read all sorts of articles warning me that caracas is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. if i wasn't murdered as soon as i got off the plane i'd be kidnapped or mugged or die of hunger or disease. will rot in prison. venezuela's capital is indeed amongst the most dangerous cities but so are dozens of cities in mexico brazil lo columbia. however the people there do have fun like we do they exercise much like us. children eat ice cream and some women carry refrigerators for some reason.

surprisingly nobody trying to kill kidnap or imprison me when i arrived. during those 1st few hours i sold venezuela had fallen victim to the biggest propaganda plot of the 21st century. and not only becoming out there i wanted to see life in the barrios the slums of caracas gatecrash rich winnings i have a good piano and i wanted to be to young people assists and workers see what they do for fun what they eat how they vote what newspapers they read their favorite hobbies.