this. requires. the most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become the invisible clerks. wiki leaks editor in chief confirms to r.t. the authenticity of. tried to prevent facilitate the widespread release of u.s. state department documents further question how for courts knew about the tape when deciding on his extradition to america. this. is not new to the courts in the u.k. transcript for this conversation was presented to. the russian olympic committee says there's no reason as it sees it for any sanctions against the country sport after the international court of arbitration upheld of ballots earth leaks go on said no to

a collective punishment. cities are not sent to prison for the crimes of a few it was clear that an attack was under way on russian sport so we would hardly be allowed to play under our flag and google is the latest tech tycoon to face prostate legal action claiming monopoly abuse with a 3rd huge lawsuit in months and 2nd in just 2 days alleging unlawful exploitation of. their good afternoon from the 18th of december live from moscow and. kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes delighted to have you company so 1st as mentioned in those headlines wiki leaks editor in chief chris and her friends confirming to this channel the authenticity of a recently revealed julian assange tape. in the ordeal the whistleblower tried to

warn us authorities of widespread internet releases of american classified information back in 2011 well that appears in stark contrast to us claims that a sans wanted to endanger american lives have france and told us the audiotape should be a game changer in terms of the u.s. paid still on going to extradite assange. this evidence that you heard and i can confirm that this is authentic is not new to the courts in the u.k. transcript of for this conversation was presented to the court in september well this should have a tremendous weight because it's basically the argument that is in the narrative for the justice department in their indictment and try to use you know to get a measured a lovely u.k. you know talking about irresponsible behavior and putting lives at risk following those revelations more than 400000 people around the world already than to sign a petition calling on u.s.

officials to drop charges against the sanj 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 is closer to being the high tech terrorist 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 is a narcissist who has created nothing of value here lies on the dirty work of others to make himself famous he's a fraud a coward hiding behind a screen 10 years that narrative ron but is it all about to change is it actually the whistleblower was more concerned about the collateral damage of his exposé than

washington itself a new t released tape has revealed a song just tempted to warn the us state department undone 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 he 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 our time. our turn because. it came. right kate. spread around. to. the degree that. we believe we've. become public. maybe some possibility. so no right can see dropping

a political bombshell standing back and watching it burn as we've been told who 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 beast on our great discredit to this nation should be assassinated you 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 in washington the very same who now want to send him down so life case for. having. people here is that it's more your problem. we have been calling. to and p.m.c. . every day trying to train. the holdback it's still up 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 and without running out for donald trump's presidency i'm on wiki leaks but on 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 i have no idea why this was not followed through and it took up the offer. to help the julian was was carefully i'm from sydney. who worried in altering to say to the state department never came back to julian for more information and seem to have not done anything based on his warning we discussed all the latest and only assad'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 seize 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 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 lame duck president a lot of people have commented in reply i had no idea they thought the julian the injured america. reckless the evil lies john the heathen at all for years. and i guess hearing julian speaking his own voice 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 pleased only added since. hope and 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 the extradition of julian assange and jim pearson for. to be prosecuted for espionage for the crime of being a journalist the people who want that's exactly the same people who were pursing befalls gates narrative. so donald trump has a powerful motive to. to go against those people and to and come to their influence so i'm not without hope that donald trump who will issue a pardon julian was not the 1st person to release this and. and it was already on dozens of websites easily twitter obviously the guardian party that asked where it

gets the files and then they ended up only prosecuting julian julian is the only one. he's the only one he's currently sitting. well dozens of other people published it or eat it what sense does it make it's you allow the 1st $99.00 people are free and hunnish $100.00 words 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 say 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 implied 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 in a maximum security jail alongside terrorists. andersen's amounting to torture and it's the poster not me which is the pro. sports

talk courts rejected an appeal by russia's anti doping agency after the world governing body banned the country from international events however its our fleets can still compete as neutrals the barlows but a bit of movement has been hard to buy 2 years than to 2 years but the country's a limpid committee points out as far as it is concerned there are no grounds for any punishment at all this is we do not welcome the decision to partially satisfy world then to doping agency's claim and deprive russian $1000.00 oping agency 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 for saddam and consequently any sanctions against the participants of the case we believe that in this part of the court did not fully take into account the presented dark humans everyone is so used to saying sions against russia as a whole this is no surprise i would not like to be categorical but in general this

is abnormal 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. 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 and therefore we were only in the process of waiting but the rough picture was clear it was clear that an attack was under way on russian sport so we would hardly be allowed to play under our flag but i am glad that there was no complete dismissal. so the ban means no russian flag or anthem at international sporting events no till 2022 but explains next why the court decision may still not be the final twist in the case. in what may be described as a remarkably anticlimactic conclusion the court of arbitration for sport refrained

from an outright ban and watered down waters recommended participant after years of scandal and accusations bickering and petty insults the duping savior 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 not involved in the doping scandal will be allowed to participate at the olympics the collective punishment includes that saddam wanted to paint every russian athlete as a potential cheat is gone that was nice because of the most important result of our collaborative effort is the fact that the court of arbitration for sport has been extended its support for

a world on to duping agency in applying measures of collective for accountability and refused to introduce additional participation criteria for russian athlete and the olympic games paralympic games and world championships in the world and he duping agency wanted to rule it but it says it respects the court's decision for his 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 battle 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 stay. sponsored doping affair now spanning close to a decade there is no consolation in this week 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 u.s. and the world adze 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 on top of that these are these the tough times for wada with calls and cries demanding the agency reform or outs but unless something changes the decision is final and then and the fresh start.

coming home of the alleged big hack of 40 companies in the states got an expert on the law after this break. universe is really our. information presence. that is the ultimate reality of this thing we call matter. if you can touch it achieve sold a. bunch a loser. or that it. seems wrong. why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out these days become active. and engaged equals betrayal.

when something you find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground . join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. again u.s. security officials have branded the alleged hacking of multiple government agencies and private firms as a grave risk to organizations and infrastructure the energy department the latest federal agency to report an attack than the break 1st reported the weekend also hit state department and pentagon networks it's thought the attackers infiltrated software of a texas based tech firm compromising

a network safety but the latest report by the u.s. cyber security and infrastructure security agency reveals hackers used several breaches by a quote patient and a well resourced adverse eerie officials have yet to pin responsibility but that hasn't stopped across mainstream media and politicians from going to town. the recent hacks allegedly carried out by a russian linked group america under virtual invasion that's what senator dick durbin is calling a massive russian cyber attack on u.s. government agencies tonight we have learned russia is behind it. let's go live to political science lecturer and security expert hind scarlett joining us on the line hey there yeah it makes fantastic headlines doesn't it microsoft and discovering 40 customers targeted in this massive campaign to get into the irony seems microsoft was one of those companies target itself there's talk about microsoft you think all

the brains all the tech they've got all the safety they've got in place how did it happen the must be some soul searching i guess at microsoft what you think about it . i cannot confirm independently this information so but what of course what we know. going on between. microsoft. in many ways this is due to american domestic policy and i don't do not know how much. information of all do you believe that you believe that microsoft let's talk about them with everything i've just said all the technology all the safety they've got they do you really believe they were hacked. i cannot i cannot confirm that a 2nd will confirm this. i'm a critic or scientist so i don't have to rely on what you say the have anything to do with american politics expand on the. of course after.

hillary clinton lost elections. i had the most blame to interfere in the american elections and in many ways he's blamed for interfering in american politics so i don't know how much it influenced in fact. elections but which you know it goes both ways cyber attacks comes post ways and so. as independent researchers can only observe it so we don't know really what's happening what's. this happening last september. is it going to further what russia u.s. relations there's a new administration coming in now in january the stories they come they go don't they i mean how big is it. so i do think we have to distinguish

between policy and diplomacy and the one and structure on the other hand i do think independently of this hacking policy and diplomacy will improve when it comes to control for example sort of new start to be overly extended and might be for a long maybe on the production of their own number of warheads may be moving on to the collaboration of governments you know and also importantly you know. talks about. jesus if you have in the. area of cooperation when it comes to structure it is more difficult because. our competition is here to stay and. it is this is to me i guess i just want to say is this going to muddy the waters it's a huge story blowing up into me there is no i mean there's no official comment that

russia did this year but the media is very much as usual jumped to these going to things it said they muddying the waters isn't it before a new biden team get in there all these things she had talking about hope will happen are they going to take much notice of this is it going to muddy the waters or will it blow of. as i said this seems we can't go on and comical ordered time but the structure. remain and this of course concerns not only hotshots but also china is an economic and political slant to the u.s. and differences remain on the crane issue and also in the middle east and controversial views of course. and allstream yancey i was going to ask i mean it's a bit soft off topic really you know what we're talking about with this hack but as you say with the. team coming in now how is that going to be affected the north

stream to gaslighting from from russia to e.u. it's been heavily opposed by washington any change i get it is heavily post and from many station and former news the pump a of course want it to mean right the way they will be split because some want to continue on this but claire remind our viewers why why it's opposed by washington. washington argues that you will become too much dependent on russian energy but on the other hand of course wants to sail their own. oil revenues to the able beings but that there is a political issue behind you can to ensure that. at the present more diplomatically i don't know whether you really need a state behind finishing of the. crime because there are so many economic

and political interests in the us. security establishment never a dull moment is there political science lecture security experience got a thanks coming on the line we'll follow this story maybe come back in the. follow with us as well over the coming days thank you for a good day thank you. health northern ireland covert what's happening there were patients in northern ireland are being treated in the back of ambulances and hospital car parks because of a chronic lack of capacity amid a worsening pandemic crisis queues of luce's formed outside clinics throughout the area with no beds free in one county antrim facility 17 of the vehicles had to line up outside its emergency department one patient was reportedly held in an ambulance all night medic john kelley seen was out in the 1st hand he told a small. i've been a doctor for over 35 years and the scenes of the ambulance. actually merged.

apartments. that. it is very important that we get our section rates 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 them i know it is difficult. we need to get the numbers to i'm about our health service and coke until hopefully we start to get a vaccination rolled out to our population while with the situation critical after more than $59000.00 confirmed cases of 1100 deaths northern ireland starts a new 6 week. residents being urged to only home for essential reasons deputy 1st minister this little choice. it'll 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 accepted the challenge and for many many people unfortunately last time seems to be the only true look we have to reduce numbers of people getting as virus hospitalisations and that's it's a very difficult decision for our party for our politicians to make they have to balance the risks of. increasing numbers going into hospital into a sea and dance against the mental well being of the population and also the economic problems that this has caused. i think a prolonged lockdown would have been beneficial here.

jones are facing a wave of massive lawsuit for the moment with google the latest in the firing line the online search for a more spin slap to the 2nd empty monopoly case in 2 days this time from schools of state attorney generals. and filing a lawsuit against google with 37 a tony generals to end its legal monopoly in serious services it doesn't take a web search to understand that until it's corporate power shouldn't have disproportionate control over data and information the lawsuit alleges that google showed favoritism in the 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 its actions benefit consumers but nonetheless cases against the company of mounting is double quarter 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 into actual will potential rivals that facebook does not all can also acquire 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 monopolist 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 for violating and to trust 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 it's a gatekeeper breaks the rules we can impose fines if it's done several times repeatedly 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 out.