the. claims of russian meddling are back in the headlines democratic senators are calling on president trump to slap more sanctions on russia alleging moscow is interfering in the upcoming 2020 election. sturrock legal hearing begins in london to determine whether julian a songs will be extradited to the united states where the wiki leaks founder is wanted on hacking and espionage charges his supporters claim the case against him is. what we heard this morning more of the same the same thing we've been hearing for 10 years. they are in court. for a set of single. woman requests asylum in russia.

sexually abusing their daughter as she shares her story with. live from moscow thanks for joining us tonight on the international and welcome to the program. or to start this hour u.s. democratic senators are urging the trumpet ministration to impose additional sanctions on russia that follows reports alleging the country's meddling in the 2020 presidential election. has the details. congressional democrats have written a letter urging new sanctions to be imposed on russia they say this was in response to allegations about russia meddling in the upcoming us elections here's some of what was said in the letter urging more sanctions on russia we urge you to immediately and forcefully impose sanctions on the government of the russian

federation any russian actors determined to be responsible for such interference and those acting on their behalf or providing material or financial support for these election interference efforts now the letter also said quote there is virtually no national security threat more serious than that of those who would posed by those who would systemically undermine confidence in or the effective operation of our democratic elections now these new allegations can be traced back to the intelligence community is top election security official miss shelby pearson now she gave testimony before the u.s. house intelligence committee and she testified that russia is interfering in the 2020 elections with the goal of helping u.s. president donald trump be reelected donald trump heard these allegations given in her testimony and didn't buy them his was his response did you see that i see these ponies these that do nothing democrats. they said. that courtney wants to be sure

that trump gets elected here we go these people are crazy now the allegations leveled by shelby pearson have been widely debunked by other intelligence officials they simply do not represent the universal assessment of the situation within the intelligence community but regardless they have given birth to even more allegations now it is being alleged that bernie sanders the u.s. senator from vermont who is running for president is also getting russian support and at this point we have russian officials stepping up and saying all of this is simply false this is simply paranoia from the united states as russia is not trying to interfere in the electoral process of the united states take a listen to what was said by russian officials which these are just the usual paranoid claims which unfortunately we will be hearing more about as the u.s. election some pro-choice of course have nothing to do with the truth. in 2016 the election that took place in the united states and its aftermath were

filled with allegations of russian involvement russian meddling in russian collusion many of these allegations were debunked in the aftermath of the election and the aftermath of the investigations regardless it seems that as the 2020 election set for november approaches allegations about russia's involvement are continuing to surface in new forms. this monday marks the thought of a historic extradition hearing in london which will decide whether the founder of wiki leaks julian a song just handed over to the united states the whistleblower whose count in belmarsh prison is wanted in the u.s. on espionage and hacking charges he could face a sentence of up to 175 years that he has the details. it is the 1st day of the hearing at the in britain that will decide eventually whether or not joining us always will be extradited to the u.s. as requested now his father has been talking out he's talked about julian being

tortured and says what will happen to journalist it will be the same as what's happening to julian this extradition is successful. julian. nations read. all of the old survival that is. the journal. published in public. if this extradition this political. tool in the sun is a success. you know when i arrived this morning it was absolute chaos apparently this court has never experienced the number of people they've had to deal with today the genocide to queue for about an hour to 2 hours and you heard chanting for the whole time of the proceeding hours and hours of chanting from supporters outside which you could hear inside the courtroom now. it was really

interesting what was said we had to see james lewis and to see adnan fitzgerald james lewis giving the u.s. point of view. and making lots of comparisons with which is what would happen if those charges against him in solitary happened in the u.k. in terms of the british point of view speaking on behalf of the u.s. they they talked a lot about the official secrets act the 911 and 989 official secrets act which is a generally only used on spies it bans the disclosure of classified information pasta tall good foreign spies and traitors and it's also used against journalists that they've been reports of the government plans to revive this legislation this is called. huge controversy amongst journalists and the national universe done this they've raised alarm saying that this would make it easier to prosecute journalists reporting on national security issues and sources who work for them now the u.s. who was have said several times and particularly today that

a solid is putting people's lives at risk we can hear from the wiki leaks editor in chief kristinn hrafnsson i know he's been speaking to the media during the breaks of this process. what we heard this morning was your war office shame the same thing we've been hearing for 10 years we 1st heard it in july 2010. reporting live shot rich and now jane years later there's no evidence of such would on the contrary to thank you and it will officially. be modeling friday the $22.00 d. that nobody had. because you do serve revelations you when you turn when you love it and now you want to see the audience for what it is. single evidence that is still there. so the 1st day over and you can see that this is

a really highly controversial case some argue one of the most important cases against press freedom a song to see as being a champion in the cause of transparency and freedom and we will of course be following this over the course of the. insert have been a long and taxing legal saga for julian a sausage saskia taylor looks now at how the wiki leaks founder has found himself ever closer to extradition. hero or enemy number one you decide either way judy in the song has become a name and a face recognized all over the wild and not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty want to do it illegally shoot the son of a. bitch. terrorist he should be treated as an enemy combatant was her 6 own was wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like

a hostile intelligence service by defending surely i'm not sure. we define the most sacred rights the 48 year old australian put a target on his back when he leaked 8 of classified u.s. documents nang bad views of powell at the very highest levels with the u.s. justice department hot on his heels and some sort of saddam in london's ecuadorian embassy the 7 nong he is but full suddenly and unceremoniously being dragged out by british police. or fire a stab in the back and perhaps coincidence that aquittal is bank account had just been credited with a 4200000000 dollar learn from the i.m.f. where the u.s. has huge sway so from the full rules of the embassy to the 4 walls of a jail cell as someone who was taken to london's belmarsh prison and handed an

exceptional sentence in britain bio violations seldom need to prison sentences they are generally subject only to finds a sunshade by contrast was sentenced in summary proceedings to 50 weeks in a maximum security prison clearly a disproportionate penalty that had only a single purpose holding a son should long enough for the us to prepare the espionage case against him he and his lawyer had just 15 minutes. path of the trial which itself also just lost it 15 minutes betrayed by ecuador feeling let down by the legal system asuncion now claimed his fundamental human rights were under attack he was put in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day the u.n. and rights groups were in disbelief and some feared for more than just his freedom we have real concerns on the evidence currently available that mr a staunch could die in prison the medical situation is there or by urgent there is

no time to lose against this backdrop is it surprising that suspicion swaddling around the extradition trial especially given the u.s. u.k. treaty clearly states no citizen can be extradited the political purposes which many tame at this is on while washington says this case is strictly about national security it seems queen elizabeth the 2nd didn't get the memo. i must tell you however that is a constitutional sovereign majesty acts on the advice of him ministers and remain strictly nonpolitical at all times this is therefore not a mess that you wish the queen would intervene if the u.k. kowtows to its allies request might be dealt not just a life sentence without parole but even the death penalty if washington to side step out on thought the charges in the future if it finds a willing jury which apparently will be a problem. it sounds will receive

a trial by jury in alexandria virginia the natori is espionage court where the u.s. tries all national security cases the choice of location is not by coincidence the cases are always tried in front of the same judge behind closed doors and on the strength of classified evidence nobody has ever been acquitted in a case like that that is a prearranged affair a show trial to make an example of julian assange the point is to intimidate other journalists global outcry human rights the law the right to a fat trial turns out there all week adversaries in the face of the government who will fight tooth and nail to keep a lid on it dirty secrets meanwhile the family of harry down a british 19 year old who was killed in a road accident last calling for a song his extradition to be blocked they say the united states 1st needs to hand over. the woman suspected of taking their son's life it was the wife of an american

diplomat and has admitted she was driving on the wrong side of the road she left the u.k. shortly after the tragic incident claiming diplomatic immunity and despite requests from the british government washington says it won't agree to extradition of the lawyer for the dog family has accused the u.s. of rank hypocrisy. whilst america is. protecting her harbor the person who's accused of killing her and done they have no business calling pretty extradition anybody from the united kingdom it is it is it is it was confined to where it's just discussed encounter the cases are completely different but the over arching principle of reciprocity routes all extradition cases if the united states is going to rip up the extradition treaty between the u.s. new case as it's done here then you know the united kingdom needs to stand up to it up and both countries need to abide by the extradition treaty so you know we are

very clear working you know doing our best work with the u.k. government. to make sure that the decision that united states is made to not actually good this is not accepted but we are in the middle of a diplomatic standoff this is one of the darkest moments. in the u.s. u.k. relationship. and a stone in woman says she's had to flee to russia to protect her daughter as she's claiming assign him off her husband was accused acquitted of sexually abusing their children she shared her story with r.t. . that's sort of it's a bit of my older daughter started scratching her face i would ask her how do you scratching yourself you shouldn't hurt yourself and she would reply oh mom i feel guilty about what dad did to us then we went to psychologist after several sessions she told me the girls are telling the truth about what they want to it's a classic reaction an offense or a sin has taken her 2 daughters to russia to keep them away from the norwegian

father she accuses him of molesting the girls something he strongly denies according to her it started back in 2012 in norway when the girls were aged one and 2 but the us was when our younger daughter was born he offered to be their older daughter i need something from the bathroom so iraq turn without knocking i opened the door they were not washing they were not even in the bath they were just standing there naked and i went on to describe the horrific details of that incident who is from a story nya obtained a story in passports for the girls and took them to her homeland but the husband hired a lawyer filed for custody and won the right to see the children for a week every 2 months and it was legally unable to prevent him from taking the children to norway there were by years after the 1st trips the children would come back and tell me would be naked with dad or where we slept naked with dad in the same bed sometimes the older one would wake up screaming for a long time i couldn't it to myself what was happening and me 2016 he once again

brought the children back from a weeklong stay there i saw a very strange scene when we were saying good bye i asked my daughter whether they played like that when they are in norway and my youngest one said yes. after that on a went to the store and police and the criminal case was opened she says a gynecologist examined the girls and found evidence suggested will abuse the father was then arrested and charged on a visit to the psychologist who gave some advice on how to get the truth from her own daughter although that was a survey of all the psychologist said i needed to talk to her in the home environment and when she started talking it was a nightmare. she told me that her dad tickled there that it was painful but later at the trial they accused me of teaching my children what to tell the investigators and social workers despite the girl's testimony the court said there was insufficient evidence to convict your stain fencer us and so he was acquitted he then sued his wife and in 28000 managed to win custody of the children mr finster us and denies all the allegations against him my father was accused of doing

something to a 1314 year old started using it as leverage but my father was like that and i have to be like that i'm a launched a legal appeal and turned to human rights groups for help but she was unable to overturn the ruling in january this year your son finster austin was due to take the girls to norway so ana decides to flee to russia taking the girls with their now being looked after while and his asylum claim is being processed. police in the central german town of say around 30 people including children have been injured after a car plowed into a carnival procession drive has been detained on the authorities are investigating the incident peter all over has this report. well the chief of police in frying 1st is confirmed that 30 people were injured 7 of those seriously including children after a car plowed into a carnival goes attending the rose and month celebrations in central germany

the frank 1st attorney general's office have taken over the investigation they are describing it as looking to liberate at the moment but of as far as they're concerned it doesn't appear to be either a political or extremist act a 29 year old man understood to be from the vaults martin area was arrested at the sea that all carnival events in the region have been canceled because of this eyewitnesses describe the car having accelerated into the crowd and traveled some 30 meters that's why so many people it would seem have been injured police had to protect the suspect as he was being taken into custody from angry members of that crowd who were trying to get to him to find out exactly what was behind this incident that as they say according to the chief of police of frankfurt has left 30 people injured 7 of those seriously after

a car crashed into carnival goers in the central german city of. staying in germany a virtual sort of christian democrats suffered a devastating blow in state elections in hamburg with support for the party plunging to a meager 11.2 percent the c.d.u. finished in a distant 3rd place behind the social democrats and the greens as well leaving its leaders in disarray. i will get straight to the ball and not beat around the bush it is a better day for the german c.d.u. it's a historically bad election result for the c.d.u. in hamburg. with popular support for the c.d.u. slipping german media have mockingly dubbed the party big chaotic demoralize the union arguing that it's suffering its deepest crisis in 2 decades with the unions woes have been compounded further by this month's announcement that it's leader and i. will resign once a replacement is found and once seen as i'm going to merkel's hand-picked successor

for the chancellorship the moves raise doubts about the political course being charted by both party and country we asked political commentator stephen meissner just how dire the situation is for germany's christian democrats. it's looking pitch black for the c.d.u. . basically seems to have missed out on our exit time and the whole game is starting to fall apart right before very eyes she's in the process of destroying the c.d.u. here it's i would place this whole disaster basically firmly on her shoulders she's not left enough time for a successor to really move in and fill her boots and take over it place themselves in some experience and place them selves in a position to be able to fight and win an election in 2021 so she's just not left enough room for people and she's missed her exit point basically she's really missed it. a number of coronavirus patients located far from the deadly epicenter

in china has suddenly spiked italy put emergency measures in place over the weekend with 150 reported cases and 4 deaths it's europe's 1st major outbreak while iran has the highest number of deaths outside china with officials there in the mud to 12 earlier this monday or thirty's in italy cancel the carnival in venice major sporting events were postponed as well as entire towns and communities were put on lockdown in asia cases of infected patients surged in south korea on monday with another 161 people confirmed ill take a toll there most 800 of the government's also temporarily shut down religious movements cults whose members make up a sizable number of infections. meanwhile the u.s. is accusing russia of spreading alarm and coronavirus link to conspiracy theories. by spreading disinformation about coronavirus russia malign actors are once again choosing to threaten public safety by distracting from the global health response

the u.s. state department alleges that thousands of fake social media accounts of publish pushing what it calls russian talking points some of the posts apparently claim for instance that the virus is an american biological weapon and is being used to inflict political and economic damage on china the misinformation is said to be undermining the global response to the epidemic artie's little quarter reports. foreign meddling support for donald trump and sowing discord the saga continues you'd think by now the u.s. state department would have burned through its reasons to blame russia for everything under the sun but with the coronavirus epidemic in full swing it looks like they're just getting started russia's intent is to sow discord and undermine u.s. institutions and alliances from within including through convincing coercive malign influence campaigns moscow says washington is just stirring up trouble and that could be the case but we're not even allowed to investigate the accusations officials are clinging to the details of the classified report kept secret by the

state department's global engagement center and apparently accuses russia of using fake social media accounts to spread conspiracy theories about america's involvement in spreading the coronavirus but if we compare the secret reports charges against russia to what moscow was actually doing we see 2 very different pictures. of. if it's conspiracy theories american officials are looking for they might find them closer to home they are the ones publicly casting doubt on the official information coming out of china while some of them were later retracted allegations that the

virus came from a chinese bio weapons lab were quick to emerge stateside just a few miles away from the food market is china's only biosafety level 4 super laboratory research of human infectious diseases you have lived consistently about this virus if you give me a senior administration official told me that the united states does not have quote high confidence in the information coming out of china. this point the world health organization has called for all sides to think twice before making accusations and the chinese envoy to the us has warned of the damage inaccurate information can cause the 29000 and covert outbreak and response has been accompanied by a massive info demick an overabundance of information some accurate and some not that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it so very harmful it's very dangerous to stir up suspicion rumors and spread them among the people forwarded this to

a crowd panicked friend. racial discrimination as you know phobia there might be a lot of confusion and mudslinging but at least u.s. officials are trying to look on the bright side of this worldwide epidemic the fact is the does give businesses there yet another thing to consider when they go through their review of their supply chain so i think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to north america this is a wake up call for an issue that has been latent for many years but is critical to u.s. economic and national security we cannot necessarily depend another country's even close elyse to supply us with needed items from facemasks to vaccines and while washington continues to accuse russia of undermining the country's institutions they seem to be doing a good job of that already russia serves a very important purpose. and american politics these days rather than add

a lot of thing its own problems and trying to figure out how the you know how they arose and how to fix them americans find it much easier to blame someone else and that target is usually russia the us just the us intelligence agencies feel that they can only benefit if they attack russian accused russia of various malign activities but i believe i don't believe russia has any any desire or any interest in spreading this information about the corona virus because. if you spread this information that causes that that allows the the disease to spread all the more rapidly and russia is vulnerable as well so why would russia want to burn down its own house. israeli defense forces say palestinian militants in the occupied gaza strip of fatah multiple rockets into southern israel this comes off the fence

ministers said tel of eve had plans to radically result the long standing crisis. we're preparing a plan to fundamentally change the situation in the gaza strip i really understand the situation of the people in the south they deserve peace and security well it certainly seems as if it is on the cards we have heard from the israel defense forces home front come on that all roads all schools and the train line along the israel gaza border are closed until further notice now this follows a deadly night of the tell a tree airstrikes ducted by the israeli army on several locations in northern gaza and on the syrian capital damascus now the israeli army says that these included sites belonging to the palestinian islamic jihad group and amongst them were weapons facilities and training sites it also says that 4 people were injured however we hearing from islamic jihad that 2 people have been killed and it has vowed to avenge those deaths zionist aggression against damascus and the murder of

2 of our members as a result of the bombing is something that must be stopped and will not go unnoticed well this is comes after the american president donald trump's so-called deal of the century which was supposed to see a long lasting peace between israelis and palestinians but has been slammed as the slap of the century by the palestinians all of this coming just a week before israel holds its 3rd parliamentary election in a year the country is in a political deadlock now at the same time the americans have recognized israeli sovereignty of the golan heights and also put in place plans for israeli enix ation on the west bank all of this is being seen here by many as attempts by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to win political points. the un special rapporteur on torture is the guest going on the ground if you're watching us in the u.k. you though you documentary looks into the history of sectarian violence in all of us will take you through the right side lines.

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direction or times you were going underground as a landmark freedom of speech case in a london court could decide whether nato nation journalists and their editors are to be arrested all around the world coming up on the show the united nations special rapporteur on torture and all but 3 detention tells us about dirty tricks by british authorities against the world's most famous publisher julian asuncion who revealed u.s. u.k. war crimes to the world as the persecuted wiki leaks founder fights extradition to a secret court in donald trump's usa and amongst the billions on earth helped by revelations of wiki leaks against the powerful what about what it told us to be international caustics trade we talked pills powder and smoke and now imperial control of board and coercive political control at home or refracted by a brutal war on drugs illusion killing millions all the civil coming up in today's going on the ground but 1st the world's most famous.