thanks. the headlines this hour wiki leaks editor in chief confirms to r.t. the authenticity of a recording that does prove junior sanch try to prevent not facilitate the widespread release of us state department documents as claimed the courts knew about it with tape when deciding on his extradition to america. this evidence led you on through. the years not new to the courts in the u.k. transcript up for this conversation was presented to the portraits of emperor meanwhile sportstalk court cuts russia's ban from all major sporting events for doping offenses from 4 years to 2 but the country's athletes still claim they are

being unfairly treated. 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 it would hardly be allowed to play under our flag and google faces a 2nd lawsuit in 2 days over its monopoly of online search engines. good afternoon just gone 3 o'clock in moscow you're watching r.t. international that the head of wiki leaks has confirmed the authenticity of the recording could be a game changer in the sunshine r.t. exclusive the audiotape seems to prove that the a striking whistleblower in fact tried to warn the u.s. state department about a mass breach back in 2011 which turned out to be one of the biggest leaks in american history washington later claimed that a songe wanted to endanger lives well kristen. says the tape could put the brakes

on the songes extradition and charges mounting to 175 years in jail. this evidence that you heard and i can confirm that this is authentic is not new to the courts in the u.k. a transcript of for this conversation was presented to the court in september well this should have a tremendous weight because it supposedly throws out the argument that is in the narrative for the justice department in their indictment and which they are try to use now to get a much of a lovely u.k. they were talking about irresponsible behavior and putting lives at risk of following these revelations more than 400000 people around the world have already signed a petition calling on u.s. officials to drop charges against a songe politicians and activists want on trumped say to pardon him before leaving office in january saskia taylor has more. 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 but sarge is 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 itself a new t released tape has revealed a song just 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. having teletypes. state. database. because. it came. right kate. spread around. to. the degree that. we probably going to have to. 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 described. 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 he should be treated as an enemy combatant with you 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. every chance of having. people here is that it's more your problem. we have been calling. the embassy. every day trying to explain it. all back it's talk 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 julian and encourage brave activists world wise 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 bad set to replace him in the white house this could be the last chance for america to part an unfit give a man who wanted to save washington from its shame time is of the essence for

a saunders to avoid a life in jail the assistance was offered to to to stop this or mitigate and the and possible harm to this i have no idea why this was not to follow through and to call for. help the julian was was crucially and i'm 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 his warning but we have spoken to a number of guests about this and has some of their reaction. 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 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 injured america. reckless the evil lies john the he even had over a year. 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 pleased only added since. i 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 the extradition of julian assange jim pederson for. to be prosecuted for espionage for the crime of being a journalist the people who want that exactly the same people who were pursing the false. narrative. 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 pardon julian was not the 1st person to release this and. and it was already on dozens of websites. twitter obviously the guardian carty that password to get the files and then they ended up only prosecuting julian julian is the only one that. he's the only one he's currently sitting. well dozens of other people

published it or eat it what sense does it make if you allow the 1st 99 people free and hunnish 100 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 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 daughter and it's the process not me outcome which is the bro. now the kremlin spokes person has condemned the decision by sports top court to uphold a ban on russia from major sporting events the court ruled that for the next 2

years russian athletes can only compete is neutrals however despite a hardening of the ban from the original 4 years russia's limb pick chiefs still believe the punishment is too harsh. this is we do not welcome the decision to partially satisfy world then 2 doping agencies claim and deprive russia 900 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 sata 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 sanctions 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 stumbled. 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 underway 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 then as we heard the band means no russian flag or anthem at international sporting events until the end of 2022 ensuring that time the country won't be able to host many big tournament say that however the could still be more twists and turns to come as no to gas the explain this. 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 bid for 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 clause that someone did today and every russian athlete is 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 an extended its support for a world unto 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 the world and he duping agency wanted a ruling but it says it respects the court's decision for his fare 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 top of that these are these duff times for wada with calls and cries demanding the agency reform or outs but unless something changes the decision is final and then and a fresh start. then i mean the international committee has said it is ready to hammer out a roadmap for implementing the court ruling we did speak to

a number of guests about this story and his some of what they said. if the 4 years bad had still been in place it would be the most severe punishment in the history of sport. so a reduction to 2 years of nobody's particularly thrilled about this but it it's a deal and i take care to say ok this is the end of the road after 2 years presumably russia will be compliant with the war that the 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 that 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 or some other lawyer do you know of they just lost patience because remember it is also the huge fight of going on for control of the teams already so they're trying to play this nice also very very soon usada the usa you know to go be day they have all 'd their referee lined up to its back while we know that ranch 8 of us has not signed and error so you're hoping that this will save the masses who are crying you know for. everything and anything or worse this is not the end this is needed in middle. europe is just going to be one of those sensors of you know that which is falling down and. some become the saffi patients an attorney parked up in ambulances because of a shortage of hospital beds and that's the situation in northern ireland at the moment which is battling against the pandemic more details in

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a mate in the shallowness. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. again welcome back no patients in northern ireland being treated in the back of ambulances in hospital car parks because of a chronic lack of capacity amid a worsening pandemic crisis queues of ambulances form that psi clinics throughout the area and with no beds free at a hospital in county antrim 17 lined up outside the emergency department one patient reportedly stayed there all night we spoke with medic john i kept. i being

a doctor for over 35 years the sins of the ambulance and screwed up outside action to merge these apartments is unprecedented but. it is very important that we get our section rates are controlled and we need clear concise advice to our population and we need clear action by our executive to reduce those numbers we do know that locked i'm daws reduce them 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 or the situation critical after more than $59000.00 confirmed cases and 1100 deaths northern ireland starts a new 6 week lockdown on boxing day presidents are being urged to leave their homes only for essential reasons the deputy 1st minister said it was little choice.

it would be disappointing to many i think a lot of people also would have expected it and it's very clear that we need an urgent intervention i think this is the right decision by the executive albeit i accept it will be challenging for many many people unfortunately loctite seems to be the only true look we have to reduce. numbers of people getting virus 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 seeing to it's 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 earlier.

tech giants are facing a wave of lawsuits at the moment with google the latest in the firing line is been slapped with a 2nd anti monopoly case in 2 days this time from state attorney general. and filing a lawsuit against google with 37 a torn you generals to end its legal monopoly in serious services it doesn't take a web search to understand that until it corporate power should have disproportionate control over our data and information but the lawsuit alleges that google showed favoritism in search results downgrading competing websites the company's also accused of not giving uses any choice but to use its products on the vises google insists though its actions benefit consumers because it is against the company maintaining don't quarter as more. 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 in cahoots 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 or

cannot 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 engine 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 it 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. lashing out at each other to facebook which is also fighting and he monopoly also says it out apple the social media giant has paid advertisement some major newspapers attacking the i phone producer for planning to let uses opt out of tracking that has been a major source of income for facebook. whose book is speaking out for small businesses new i.o.'s fulton policy will have a home full impact on many small businesses that are struggling to stay afloat but on the free internet that we all rely on more than ever. however claims to be the hero in the story the company says the move which comes into force next year will protect users privacy. we believe users should have the choice over the data that is being collected about them and how it is used facebook can continue to track users across apps and website as before at track in transparency in iowa last 14 will just require that they ask for your permission 1st will be

called the views of the author michael right to moment about this and he says that facebook is being hypocritical facebook has been agreed just violator of privacy of course people sign effectively sign away their privacy rights when they create an account but they have also really collaborated with the governments especially in the us they're using the small business. as a stalking horse they're hiding behind it is just state a proxy for their own interests really i mean they haven't done anything for small businesses and i would venture to guess that their majority of their ads and it does not come from small businesses anyway apple has been the most protective of user privacy of all the big tech firms and i'm not praising apple gratuitously err they have been more reluctant to what for example the n.s.a.

in the back door of their data to collect data from their users they've they've not revealed how to mock their phones apple could probably negotiate a deal with facebook and perhaps that this is just a rhetorical move in order to do so so that they could extort extort money out of facebook for getting rid of this particular feature but if they don't then it's very admirable. just come it's up austrian moscow that's all and you say far today here not international but back again at the top of the. universe is really. information crisis. that is the ultimate reality of the thing we call matter you can hear people here can change you can touch it it shapes sold a. bunch a new so it's all about exposure i've.

been. hey folks next up on dennis miller plus one we're going to talk to flee the bassist for the chili peppers but he searing the memoir and a turbulent youth like a lot of these people who come on and you find a great talents often coming from that white water chair and man it can get tricky in your youth that are usually open some sort of stargate into some sort of artistic or and off time saves them seems like sleaze story but he'll tell us in person right after this and dennis miller plus what.

a folks plucked him to dennis miller plus one this will be fun admired the music for a long time but it seems like we're going to. get to know michael byers balzarini more today flee the iconic bassist from the red hot chili peppers and also i want to talk about this upfront because sometimes we bury the lead on these good hearted or straight will do but he's the founder of the nonprofit so for like conservatory of music and he's the author of a new book acid for children a memoir and he's now nominated for a grammy for the audio version of that book there i say that the memoir wall allow us to understand what makes flea tick sorry i've been waiting on that all day i had to get it that you know really. love will run in the trails with my dogs.