universe is. information precious. that is the. wiki leaks chief says the u.s. should scrap it. after revelations that were actually trying to prevent. widespread release of u.s. state department. through. the u.k. transcript. also had the russian olympic committee says there's no reason for. the country sport the international court of arbitration of held. collective punishment.

it was clear that an attack was under way. so we would hardly be allowed to play on the. cities are not sent to prison for the crimes of a few. tough questions from mainstream media supposed russian aggression against the west we'll show you exactly how he replied. cross state legal action. with the 3rd huge and 2nd. exploitation. one from moscow this friday the 18th of december just so 9 am here my name's kevin 0 in with the latest. for the next half hour great that you've checked in with us

today it's appreciated 1st new in the tell you about wiki leaks editor in chief kristen how franson is confirmed to r.t. the authenticity of the recently revealed julian a sandwich tape in the audiotape whistleblower tried to warn us authorities of widespread internet releases of american classified information back in 2011 but appears that in stark contrast to us claims that the sons wanted to endanger american lives after instance says the audio should be a game changer in terms of the u.s. bid to try to extradite and. this evidence that you heard and i can confirm that this is all sent is not new to the courts in the u.k. transcript or for this conversation was presented to the court in september this should have a tremendous weight because it's basically the argument that is in the narrative for the justice department there indictment and try to use you know to get

emotional and loudly u.k. you know talking about irresponsible behavior and putting lives at risk following those revelations more than 400000 people around the world now have already signed a petition calling on u.s. officials to drop charges against politicians and activists are urging donald trump before he leaves office in january to pardon him saskia taylor reports. public enemy number one a man with no conscience no morals no remorse judean a solemn child's been smeared as a villain who revealed the ugly face of u.s. foreign policy but i would argue that it's closer to being in the high tech terrorists this disclosure is not just an attack on america's foreign policy interests it is an attack on the international community wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service but as a narcissist who has created nothing of value here lies on the dirty work of others to make himself famous he is a fraud a coward hiding behind

a screen 10 years that narrative ron but is it all about to change is it actually that the whistleblower was more concerned about the collateral damage of his exposé than washington that sells a new t released tape has revealed a song to tempted to warn the us state department and then boss had to reclaim 10 back in 2011 not only does it seem she had to mold the cools she went as far as this key has to answer for what he has done so what was the motive for helping a firestorm was coming in the form of a rogue wiki leaks employee online. i think over time. because. it came. out right kate. spread around. to. the degree that. we believe

we've. become public. to some possibility. so no right can see dropping a political bombshell standing back and watching it burn as we've been told is easy is disguise. traitor a treasonist i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death i don't want to do it illegally shoot the son of a done great discredit to this nation should be assassinated he should be treated as an enemy combatant with you it should be closed down permanently and decisively no instead we hear a song trying to protect those and washington the very same who now want to send him down so life. having. people here is that it's more your problem. we have been calling to. take top p.m.c.

. every day trying to train. hold back it's cool to the wiki leaks out it's even advise the state department to tell anyone why the encrypted files could be allegedly found and also help to remove them a decade on a song just sitting in london's belmarsh prison waiting to hear whether he'll be extradited to the us to face a potential 175 yes sentence that's a hell of a sentence for someone who tried to warn the very top of what was coming so is it any wonder now that cools a mounting for president trump to pardon the whistleblower on hoping that he will pardon julian assange it's the right thing to do donald trump since you're given pardons to people please consider pardoning those who at great personal sacrifice expose the deception and criminality of those in the deep state mr president if you grown so you want to act of clemency during your time in office please free julian assange those you alone can save his life you donald trump can save julie and

encourage brave activists rolled worries time and timing is everything it's change the image of a man who was cost out as a traitor on without running out for donald trump's president see him on wiki leaks but to replace him in the white house this could be the last chance for america to pop. at an unfair give a man who wanted to save washington from that same time is of the essence for a sonorous to avoid a life in jail the assistance was offered to to to stop this or mitigate any and it possible harm to this it is i have no idea why this was not to follow through and it took up the offer. to help the julian was was carefully and considerably. worried in offering to say to the state department never came back to julian for more information and seem to have not done anything based on

these warnings we discuss more than a son's case with a panel of guests. they've built a case around. the claim that he's a loose cannon that he's not a journalist this obviously throws that out the window because it shows he was doing his stooge ill gentz to cease always claim to have done. but you know it doesn't change the american government's attitude it's i will be astounded if trump has the guts to go to a pardon and drop the church or drop the charges against him which i suppose he could actually order his. department of justice to do still while he's lame duck president a lot of people have commented in reply i had no idea they thought the julian injured america. wreckless the evil lies john the heat of battle for years.

and i guess hearing julian speaking as a young boy and hearing him. basically pleading with the state department to help him help them help people really changed a lot of people i think very please only. hope i'm hoping that it gets a chance because i don't see how he could possibly here that he and continue this political persecution remember of course that the. people are very pressing for extradition and doing this and jim pederson for. to be prosecuted for espionage for the crime of being a journalist the people who want that's exactly the same people who who were testing before us now should gates not at. so donald trump has a powerful motive to. to go against those people and to and to come to their

influence so i'm not without hope that donald trump who will issue a public julian. was not the 1st person to release this information it was already on dozens of websites. twitter obviously the guardian party that asked the files and then they ended up only prosecuting julian julian is the only one. he's the only one he's currently sitting in prison. while dozens of other people published it or eat it what sense does it make it's you allow the 1st $99.00 people to free and hunnish $100.00 birds is that it's been the democrats that are angriest at him because of you know the clinton capes that he released. and. you know the the prosecution of the war under obama. it was.

certainly had the ability to to pardon him or drop the charges really it's dropping the charges because he hasn't found guilty of anything. and that could have been done with as you know a stroke of a pen any time by obama and he never did it nobody actually who was was harmed by the leaks and in the end of the earth that's quite an important thing to stake the chances of the legal process in the end going against you in the very limited time and i think the grounds for extradition is for a political offense and it does excluded by the u.k. u.s. extradition treaty and i think it will be knocked down by a higher court in the u.k. the worse and the united states i think in a very obvious attack on the 1st amendment impiety in using the espionage act against a journalist would get it knocked down in the higher courts and in america so the ultimate legal i'm not too concerned about the problem is the terrible

terrible conditions julian has been kept in in my. to jail alongside conditions amounting to torture and it's the poster not me which is the pro. sports talk court has rejected appeal by russia's anti doping agency after world governing body banned its athletes from international events the ban has been a half to 2 years but the country's limpid committee points out there are no grounds for any punishment at all this is what we do not welcome the decision to partially satisfy what is claim and deprived of its compliance status with the world anti-doping code our position is initially based on the fact that there are no grounds for any full or partial punishment of rossana and consequently any sanctions against the participants in this case we believe that in this part the

court did not fully take into account the presented arguments. it's an ambiguous story in general this decision was predictable but this is not for us to decide sports politics is such that few have inside information about what is happening at the top therefore we were only in the process of waiting but the rough picture was clear. everyone is so used to saying chance against russia as a whole this is no surprise i would not like to be categorical but in general this is normal it is necessary to punish but cities are not sent to prison for the crimes of a few here and the whole country has been punished because someone stumbles. so as mentioned just now the band's been half to 2 years that means no russian flag around the mid international sporting events to 2022 but more goes to explains why the court decision may not be the final twist in the case. what may be described is

a remarkably anticlimactic conclusion the court of arbitration for sport refrained from an outright ban and watered down what was recommended partitioned after years of scandal and accusations bickering and petty insults the duping xavier is over for now russia which categorically denied allegations of state assisted duping wanted all restrictions lifted but instead must settle for 2 years rather a 4 year battle during this period it could neither host nor be the major sporting tournament its flag and national anthem will also be bad but clean russian athletes lot involved in the doping scandal will be allowed to participate at the olympics the collective punishment clause that some wanted to play into every russian athlete is a potential cheat is gone the fact that wagner was unable to convince the course referees to punish clean athletes from russia and along with down the russian

sports organizations and federations is a fixture of common sense given clean athletes from other countries a chance to defend themselves the world and he duping agency wanted a ruling but it says it respects the court's decision full is fair for the next 2 years so no more scandal no more investigations who fully it all ends all restrictions will be lifted it's a new start which not everyone is happy about the united states especially has made a stink of it that have preferred a more permanent ban usada acknowledges the devastating decision from the court of arbitration for sport in the russia case that hands water and clean athletes a significant loss at this stage in this sordid russian state sponsored doping affair now spanning close to a decade there is no. consolation in this week and watered down outcome to once

again escape a meaningful consequence proportional to the crimes much less a real ban is a catastrophic blow to clean athletes the integrity of sport and the rule of law which of course is ridiculous given the unprecedented enmity between the us and the world adds he duping agency largely because washington allegedly attempted to seize control of it and threatened to cut its payments to wada if it didn't play along it didn't and it made clear that american athletes risk being blocked from the olympics if washington stops paying its jews at the end of the day this final ruling pleased know what top of that these are these duff times for wada with calls and cries demanding the agency reform or else but unless something changes the decision is final and then and

a fresh start meanwhile the international olympic committee has said it is ready to hammer out a roadmap for implementing the court ruling we discuss the implications is major in sports experts. if the 4 your band had still been in place it would be the most severe punishment in the history of sport. so a reduction to 2 years are ok nobody's particularly thrilled about this but it it's a deal and i'd take care to say. this is the end of the road after 2 years presumably russia will be compliant with the war that it doping agencies procedures and it will be reintegrated back into world sport this appears to be the end of the road technically they could appeal it they could go to the swiss federal court but they would have to show new evidence which i don't think there is any or that there have been some kind of procedural irregularities in other words

a technical problem again i don't imagine that there are any and even if it did get to the swiss federal court it's by no means sure that they would go against the court of arbitration i think more southern lawyer do you know of they just lost patience because remember it is also the huge fight them going on for control of the unfolding so they're trying to play this nice close will be very very soon you sat in the usa you had to go be day they had all 'd their revelry learned not to it's fact while we know that ranch 8 of us has been you know not signed into error so you're hoping that this will ambush sake the masses who are crying you know for russia. everything and anything always this is not the end this is needed in middle. it is just kind of one of those sensors and you know that russia is falling down into. look what i tell you about this morning because this is sad the patients literally parked up some for many hours in ambulances in covert hit

northern ireland because it's run in a hospital beds details on what's been happening there that after the break. is your media a reflection of reality. in the 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 what is faith.

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a new cold war between russia and the west don't you think you bear some responsibility for the bad state of these relations or is russia being peaceful and calm honesty yes we are peaceful and calm nato promised it wouldn't expand to the east but didn't deliver on this we see an expansion we see nato infrastructure coming closer to our borders should we respond to this who quit the antiballistic missile treaty it wasn't us so we have to invent brand new types of weapons to protect us from a possible threat then our american colleagues left the i.n.f. treaty again not us no it's our partners then they withdrew from the open skies treaty so what should we do leave everything as it is your small people so why do you think we're done. no health care system in any country was prepared for it's our system proved to be more or less efficient russia was the 1st country in the world to come up with and stop producing its own vaccine it's 95 percent effective not a single serious case of side effects for colleagues are ready to work with us i

would be glad for a world renowned specialist to join forces with russian partners i'm sure the result will be good. why were the russian hackers unable to help donald trump win this year's election russian hackers have never helped any american president get elected never interfered in the domestic affairs of the usa these allegations are all used to make relations between our 2 nations worse to undermine the legitimacy of the still incumbent president of the us and in this case in our bilateral relations are hostage to american domestic issues. the patient at the bowling clinic is actually supported by american intelligence services and so then of course he is followed by other intelligence services to even if he is followed by russian services or others that does not mean that he should be poisoned. russia has always condemned all terrorist acts specifically the terrorist acts in europe

including this year's terror attacks in france in response to the publication of prophet mohammed cartoons at the same time russia doesn't support these publications where is the threshold between freedom of expression and the feelings of the faithful. we do not accept it when people are offensive towards other beliefs there is something that can destroy a country from inside the multiculturalism project in europe failed and many people who called for this project had to admit that it had happened organically over hundreds of years and we value that foolish talk about this for the break patients in northern ireland are being treated in the back and says in hospital car parks because of a chronic lack of capacity amid the worsening pandemic crisis the queues of ambulances formed outside clinics throughout the area with no beds free in one county antrim facilities 17 of those vehicles had to line up outside its emergency department one patient was reportedly held in an ambulance all night local medic john ok ellie down the situation. i've been

a doctor for over 35 years and the sins of the ambulance and skewed accident merge . departments is unprecedented but. it is very important that we get our section under control and we need clear concise advice to our population and we need clear action by our executive reaches those numbers we do know that locked doors reduce. i know it is difficult. we need to get the numbers to i'm about our health service and cope until hopefully we start to get a vaccination rolled out to our population. with the situation critical after more than 59000 confirmed cases in 1100 deaths northern ireland starts a new 6 week lockdown on boxing day residents being urged to leave the home only

for essential reasons deputy 1st minister michelle o'daniel said there was little choice. and to be disappointing to many i think a lot of people also would have expected it and it's very clear that we needed an urgent intervention i think this is the right decision by the executive albeit i accept it would be challenging for many many people unfortunately last time seems to be the only true look we have to reduce numbers of people getting. hospital patients and that's it's a very difficult decision for our part for our politicians to make they have to balance the risks of. increasing numbers going into hospital into a see you dance against the mental well being of the population and also economic problems. and. i think a prolonged lockdown would have been beneficial here.

tech giants are facing a wave of massive lawsuits with google the latest in the firing line the online surge behemoths been slapped with a 2nd anti monopoly case in just 2 days this time from the attorney generals of 38 u.s. states. and filing a lawsuit against google with 37 a tony generals to end its legal monopoly in series services it doesn't take a web search to understand that until it's corporate power shouldn't have disproportionate control over our data and information so the lawsuit alleges that google showed favoritism in search results grading competing websites the company is also accused of not giving users any choice but to use its products on devices google insists that sanctions benefit consumers but cases against the company of mounting little courtroom explains google staring down the battle of a lawsuit filed on wednesday by a federal court in texas it's backed by 10 states who are crying foul on the tech

giants apparent anti-competitive practices google is a trillion dollar monopoly going so far as to induce senior facebook executives to agree to a contractual scheme that undermines the heart of competitive process google is essentially trading on insider information by acting as the pitcher catcher better and umpire all at the same time this is anti-market and illegal the plaintiffs are claiming google's formed a monopoly around the means of online advertisement and that it's unclear who it's with facebook which is manipulating the ad market in exchange for favors google says the connection is a lot of baloney but soccer has already taken flak for his company's buyer barry competition tactics facebook's got another lawsuit to deal with from the federal trade commission. facebook has maintained its monopoly position by buying up companies that present competitive threats and by imposing restrictive policies that unjustifiably actual will potential rivals to facebook does not school can

also require and that's just the tip of the big tech lawsuit iceberg in october google had yet another legal battle on its hands once again accused of monopolistic practices today millions of americans rely on the internet and online platforms for their daily lives competition in this industry is vitally important which is why today's challenge against google feel violated antitrust laws is a monumental case both for the department of justice and for the american people across the atlantic europe's waging its own war on tech giant rule breakers the gatekeeper breaks the rules we can impose fines if it's done 7 times repeats actually we can also impose structure remedies divestiture that sort of things tech giants roots go deep into the every day lives of millions of people around the world it would be hard to imagine life without them but with legal battles becoming more commonplace than ever it might be important to remember that the bigger they

are the harder they fall. ouch we'll follow the case for you let you know how that progress is but that's a wrap of the headlines so far that we're across for you coming up to 29 minutes past the hour on to the incomes go up so much more for me kevin i will have a great day. seemed wrong why don't we all just don't call. me old if you get to shape out these days comes to educate and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

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