oh you can defend yourself and your. communication. see. the enemy are saying give you. the recovery of our top stories of the week just gone from it was revealed the u.s. state department was actually warned by julian assange about massive leaks of documents prompting calls for washington to pardon wiki leaks for. the turkish president to washington for sanctions imposed over the purchase of a russian missile defense system. what kind of an alliance is this this decision is an open attack on the sovereign rights of our country. the daughter of iran's former military chief assassinated by the us this motional 1st interview to

r.t. revealing how she learned of her father's murder. when i turned on the t.v. and i saw this picture. i understand what happened. from that day tell now. it's hard to believe. and. explain to me why he believes corona virus means that our world will never be the same again after it all. one of the morning here live from moscow this sunday welcome to the program it's the weekly with me kevin though in a recap of some of the big stories we brought you over the last 7 days company 1st then the head of wiki leaks. confirmed the authenticity of

a recording that could be a game changer for julian a songe and says it could put the brakes on his extradition to the u.s. that audioslave must approve the whistleblower in fact tried to warn the u.s. state department about a mass breach of classified information back in 2011 appearing to be in stark contrast to to washington's claims that a son's wanted to endanger lives this is what kristen how france and told us in an exclusive interview in the week 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 they are trying to use it to get a much of a lovely u.k. you know talking about irresponsible behavior and putting lives at risk following the revelations more than 400000 people around the world already signed

a petition calling on washington to drop the charges against the sanch politicians and activists want donald trump to pardon him before the outgoing president leaves office next month 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 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 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 kools 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 to. spread around. to. the degree that. we believe we've. become public.

some possibility. so no right can see dropping a political bombshell standing back and watching it and as we've been told is easy it is discussion. 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. our viewers. we have been calling. to end the embassy. every day trying to train. the holdback 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 u.s. 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 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 part of me and 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 time and timing is everything it's change the image of a modest who was cost out as a traitor and without running out for donald trump's presidency i'm on wiki leaks

but to replace him in the white house this could be the last chance for america to pardon and for give a man who wanted to save washington from its shame time is. the essence for a sourness 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 they took up the offer of the 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 this warning. little the coverts impacted all our lives in one way or another town did an article for conlon in the week renowned philosophers level told us that we no return to normal once the pandemics over i wanted to know more slovenian face

to face to expand on why he told me it's because the crisis has opened up opportunities to control people like never before. that's great if we can save our lives. just afraid. to you know perspective now a strain to think it's happening which we so much more of but a lot at the same time people are afraid lest they die to go all socialized and so it's no dispiriting dream and those now we have been already. enjoyment like let's enjoy it while it lasts who knows what will happen i did a virus. or something that although i am far measures looked down and. many use diesel took establish.

their own. little bit into what i call a post human state of being totally illegal to me on the horizon given the prospect of so why our brain. mind process usually been dealing so definitely i'm not exaggerating here and you. think we should. have. that we learned from. me. going to. interest and pointed a scientist seriously yes these possibilities open but they're by gaming but

they're all in the being that many many millions of go surely ses each deny science just isolated the one with. the same. she tells me right most of them and me. and you can have. all these new. drug smuggling has risen massively and with drug dealers now controlling swathes of the german capital and the ecosystem channel r.t. german took a hidden camera than to some of the most troubled areas of the city and this is what they found.

the intimidated me a well built young man came into my kiosk i told him to get out but he refused to they started grabbing me i called the police but they arrived too late so i gave a statement but nothing has changed. if you can see them looking out for a potential victim and if somebody is not paying attention they smash their bag or wallets.

when i go to the station looking for a dealer i tell him what i need he takes a rubbed elbows out of his mouth the standard price for a job is this $20.00 euros i give him the money and we go our separate ways. in the 1st of a t.v. interview the daughter of iran's former top general chief has been given an emotional description of when she found out he'd been murdered the u.s. assassinated general sum of money in a drone strike in january zeinab salome also speaks about the wider consequences of a father's death and you can still watch the full interview at the time but r.t. dot com. i got so shocked and full of stress like my heart was going out from my chest when i turned on the t.v. and i saw his picture. i understand what happened and from that they tell me i'm still shocked how is the death of you off the road iran together

what happened in iran and iraq was something something so special in the history you see how people come to the streets and they are crying and they are sad and they are angry and they want revenge and they are waiting for an answer because they know what general fully money did for them and they know also well why order to kill my father so so after that after killing my father america thought that everything will be stopped because they killed general soleimani to power of the middle east but they are so wrong they didn't see the anger of the od in the eyes of iranian people they didn't see their tears they didn't see their sadness and i have to say that generously money has

a military from people that they will take revenge from trump and they are so wrong they are thinking this will be end the end of general soley money this is the beginning our people are united and they will stand in front of such a they just powers. the us has imposed sanctions on turkey over its purchase of russia's s. 452 a missile system and angry president there when the week says he thought washington was a friend. as a nato member it is being applied against our country for the 1st time what kind of an alliance is this this decision is an open attack on the sovereign rights of our country. turkey is a valued ally and an important regional security partner for the united states and we seek to continue our decades long history of productive defense sector cooperation by removing the obstacle of turkey's s 400 possession as soon as

possible so the empire goes target turkey's defense industry and officials whose assets will be frozen and visas restricted russia's foreign minister says the move breaks international law but goes on to say he's not surprised. that your solution should. this is of course another example of arrogance towards international law a manifestation of illegitimate unilateral coercive measures that the united states has been using for many years even decades left and right and of course it doesn't increase u.s. or thora t. on the international arena is a responsible participant in the international division of labor including military and technical cooperation. just bought the s 400 system last year and the trumpet ministrations been threatening to punish turkey ever since claiming russia's system is a danger to nato istanbul based political analyst use of air i'm told to say that one

has got plenty of ways to retaliate though if he chooses to. it's a huge no because we see the americans saying that they want to give diplomacy a chance but throughout this whole s 400 process being acted very symmetrically very unilaterally or do will try to reciprocate and complicate things for the united states bilateral relations and american activity in the region as well start you can alter the seat by us whether turkey to cease producing parts for the f. $35.00 there's american presence in georgia the air be as american president that shouldn't use the radar station but i don't think turkey will take any very aggressive steps right now especially with the new administration coming in and we've already seen the turkish president called for a review of the sanctions where he's hoping that they could be lifted or going forward. is 10 16 in the morning here in moscow morning this has happened in spain

and last night london is rushing to get out of the capital ahead of tough new law rules when tough ones come in and out of warning to an even more contagious strain we look at the broader covert response across the continent just one of the stories after the break. the wish to extremely bad in understanding other cultures and other kinds of society. precisely because it believed every word should be motoring in a west direction. so it doesn't really feel the need to understand other cultures i think that she's one of the great problems the west faces now is that it just doesn't understand china and i can't make sense of china will cause you can't make

sense of journey if you don't have a bowl of really studying you. join me every 1st week on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. again so as you say before the break there londoners have been scrambling to get out of the capital of what's been called the biggest evacuation since world war 2 after the city announced a really strict extra lockdown from saturday night people even jumped into hugely expensive taxis to try to get through the side of the country in time to save their

christmas freedom as it's been revealed to a 70 percent more infectious corona virus strain spreading fast pm boris johnson had earlier admitted it would be hard to enjoy the festive period as usual this year. given the early evidence we have on this new variant of that virus the potential risk it poses it is with a very heavy heart i must tell you we cannot continue with christmas as planned johnson's words echoed warning from the world health organization which this week said the festive period is no time to relax about covert adding that the pandemic may get even worse and across the continent in germany a strict new lockdown was also announced this week with records being set there for the number of new covert cases but the problem is even wider sadly as peter oliver reported back to us. the christmas lockdown period is a policy here in germany they comes at a particular time the couldn't treat posted record breaking covert figures this

week that combs 'd are saying that they will roll out a vaccination program in the coming weeks but also warn that the foundations of already. for a 3rd wave of coronavirus we saw that a 3rd wave had started to build before the 2nd one actually subsided we need to give a clear signal this christmas the new year must be different to usual it's not just germany italy is facing a grim record of its own 700000 deaths this year the highest figure since 1944 were during the 2nd world war rome has put in place new regulations to run from monday the 21st until january the 6th that will see restaurants closing at 6 pm and 10 pm curfew but hospitality workers say these measures will ruin them all and they actually destroyed our sector by making us clothes are established at

6 pm and blaming us for things they were guilty of instead because during lockdown we didn't receive anything not the 1st time the 2nd 3rd or 4th a similar scene is playing out in france where the stay at home order has been replaced with a curfew that move has seen thousands of workers at cultural venues protest a shutdown on their places of work i did i was. in spain testing is found that one in 10 of the population had been infected with covert 19 the scale of this pandemic is hitting home in sweden as well with more deaths this november than any since the spanish flu pandemic over a century ago. and an official investigation into sweden's coronavirus strategy has found that stock must take the blame for its high death rate prompting the swedish

prime minister to put out a statement saying the country got its tactics of role i think most health officials didn't see such a wave in front of them they spoke about clusters it's not like we weren't prepared for something to happen again but no one could have predicted the strength of it some conclusions have been made about where we could have done better in a week's time families would be coming together across europe to celebrate christmas however this year with covert dictating the rules the festive period may well be a lot more distant than we used to as european leaders to keep contacts to a minimum peter all of r.t. early. we brought you this story today and hundreds of restaurant workers rallying in central new york this week after a new city lockdown the strictures came into force there which protesters warn will force most business. right. or wrong.

whatever you want to try to refer to our friends or even i don't want. to governor andrew cuomo but dawning demonstrators demanded support from the government the report found that without help well than half of city restaurants will close forever even some of the most iconic venues they have to shut up shop as cullum open reports. the coded night teen pandemic has been deadly for a society's most vulnerable even the big guns are not safe and for businesses it's no different here in new york city the latest victim is club 21 and i conduct establishment that is now shutting its doors the restaurant has been serving customers for a century there's been some big stars along the way such as novelist ernest hemingway tennis player john mcenroe as well as every sitting president since roosevelt except of course george w. bush and barack obama in light of the going global crisis and it dissipated

extended recovery period for the hospitality industry the difficult decision was made that it will not be feasible to reopen the 21 club in its current form for the forseeable future club 21 is not alone small businesses have been devastated some estimates say that as many as 50 percent of them could go under soon who is closing secular in this country my business is in holds no water walks no go literary openings and i can't even open my studio because therapeutic massage is so up close and personal i have only come back to about 40 percent of my previous clientele i am afraid that the gov will shut us down again which will be the end of my business i also believe the ruling elite does not care about small businesses. the new york state restaurant association made up of over 6000 operators has many who fear they won't make it through the next 6 months you carried everyone in or

every day and we were there some people we had a little bit of business we could do of these little bit more right we had to bring some people back to work and it's terrible to tell them that you know we give them you know hours people working full time jobs. so it's been hurt. having told people that and i'm scared about my family but i'm going to have a job you know a few months if there is nothing because we will be shutting down probably by more that's a realistic look right now $552000000000.00 was provided as a bailout to small businesses during the pandemic however a big chunk of that went to major corporations tied to big banks not the little guys who are struggling to stay afloat meanwhile those that are still open for trade are facing even tougher restrictions now one bar owner in los angeles was fighting back tears and anger when mayor eric garcetti closed down her outdoor patio and just across the way

a hollywood movie set had outdoor dining all set up town but this is dangerous. but right next to me as a slap in my face. that face politicians love to praise small businesses but is the whole game rigged it seems like when we finally emerge from this pandemic we might as well have dined out sheerest and said farewell to our favorite local spots caleb mop and artsy new york. so sad isn't it well let's hope for better soon a that's the best we can say so far that's the update of our top stories of the week who want to see more. of a social media reporting from moscow kevin owen signing off to stay safe and well and enjoy 'd the rest of your weekend.

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the welcome to worlds apart we will heard the cliché that the chinese word for crisis is composed of 2 charge choice signifying danger and opportunity and while the story itself appears to be a misconception it hasn't stopped beijing from pursuing the exact same strategy looking for silver or even golden lining see in every cloud coming confidently repelled because of it 19 slowed down china is now said to be the only major economy to register growth this year much today on b o it's american competitor in don't troll house and managed to stop china and joe biden do it well to discuss that i'm now joined by mark. jake's former senior fellow at the department of politics and international studies at campus university

and author of when china rules their world mr jakes it's good to see you thank you very much for taking time to talk to us thank you now i am well has been in publication for more than a decade now it's been reprinted me she is quite at an achievement in this day and age when and alice is often gets outdated before it hits the printing press and i would attribute the your ability off your book to find that you were at a mall the 1st in the west you. cast doubt on this assumption that as china was more denies it would also westernized how did you contour these realisation all the way back until 80000. yeah i think it actually the reason the book should have jura bitchy is the 2 reasons that exactly the reason you just said i mean i i at the time everyone assumed or a lot most of the west the shift is so that the opposition as china modernized

it westernized because modernization was seen as synonymous with western eyes a ship and. i reject this view because i actually have only got to understand a bit of china to say that that would never happen i mean you know there's an extraordinary continuity about china over a 2000 year period not least in governance the idea that somehow western eyes a should was going to have was an illusion the other thing by the way i predict in my book if you of course china will replace the united states as the leading bear in the world which i think a very large number of people around the world probably know a beginning to feel it's true now e you call this idea an illusion and many in washington now call it anything they read what i'm surprised by is by the sheer backwoods existence and the ease with which it was adopted because i present a scheme to be super right.