really studying. the top stories of the week here on r.t. international has revealed the u.s. state department was forewarned by. massive leaks of documents and calls now for washington to pardon that we could. the british prime ministers accused of cancelling christmas. following the discovery of a highly infectious. travel from the u.k. . the daughter of iran's former military chief assassinated by the u.s. this year gives an emotional interview to r.t.

revealing how she learnt of her father's murder. when i turned on the t.v. and i saw his picture. i understand what happened. from that day tell me. what happened it's hard to believe. from moscow thanks for joining us tonight on the. welcome to the program. now we can confirm the authenticity of the recording could be a game changer for julian assange and says it could put the brakes on his possible extradition to the u.s. . seems to prove the whistleblower tried to warn the state department about a massive breach of classified information back in 2011 if confirmed it could challenge washington's claim that a song wanted to endanger lives this is what we're. told in an exclusive interview

. 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 supposedly throws out the argument that is in the narrative for the justice department in their indictment and which they are trying to use now to get a much fuller lovely u.k. they were talking about irresponsible behavior and putting lives at risk of following the revelations more than 400000 people around the world signed a petition calling on washington to drop the charges against the sons politicians and activists want donald trump to pardon him before the outgoing president leaves office next month that's good taylor has this report. 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 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 u.s. 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. the cable. right kate. spread around. to. the degree that. we're going to going 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 who 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 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. having. people here is that it's more and more. we have been calling. the embassy. every day trying to explain. the holdback it's stored 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 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 part an unfair give a man who wanted to save washington from its shame time is. the essence for a silence to avoid a life in jail you know assistance was offered to to to stop this or mitigate any and impossible harm to this i have no idea why this was not followed

through and it took up the offer of the help julian was carefully and considerably . worried in offering to say that the state department never came back to julian for more information and seemed to have not done anything based on his warning. to get out of the capital head of lockdown measures that took effect at midnight on sunday this comes after british scientists that act at a new co with strain at 70 percent more infectious the prime minister has admitted it will be hard to enjoy the festive period as usual given the early evidence we have on this new variant of the virus the potential risk it poses it is with a very heavy heart i must tell you we cannot continue with christmas as planned or london much of southeast england on a tear for the toughest level of covert restrictions which include

a ban on household mixing over the christmas period of the rules have been met with widespread frustration and also those of mistrust in the government's handling of the crisis. sort of. it's called what you. call i feel like you know standing here. sensing your presence and a book called grinch who stole christmas i think he would be like you probably never knew before he might be like

a man but this is i mean you still have. you know the basic you know you probably just playing this for folks it's always like. just if you can for christmas you christmas if you know. if your best your germany experience once. just does well as the christmas looked on its effect the u.k. daily infection rate hit a record high with almost $36000.00 new covered cases registered on sunday despite the surging numbers but it will come and say it's anthony weber predicts a widespread flash some of the rules and it's distrust in the government that's to blame. taken off my father christmas hat like a lot of people because the prime minister and the governments are clearly destroyed the christmas break scare a lot of the annoyance with the general public is because they were trying to rely or all the information that governments try to choose a tool to do. and what's actually happened is they will be preparing for me.

and now it's being taken away and will be the evidence is incredibly flawed speak quite frankly i don't think people are going to be questioning whether their government poll is straight but i also think it's so you know a number of people or people are not concerned since at least new regulations we've also got a longer piece and the column woman should be recalled 'd to write these things because she had to earn mind that these decisions are made very strong are the advice of a small group wrote the process that we've gotten is this to. be independently from a review by other medical. professionals with a more transmissible variant of code out than neighboring countries are battling down to try and curb the spread france and germany freezing transport links with

the u.k. starting from tonight on and is doing the same for at least that 48 hours and the netherlands belgium and italy have also issued travel bans on the u.k. well germany of course also now to the stricter knock down this week with a infection records being set in the picture playing out across europe as peeta all of our reports. the christmas lockdown period is a policy here in germany comes at a particular time the couldn't treat posted record breaking covert figures this week that combs is. 'd 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 in this we saw that a 3rd wave had started to build before the 2nd and 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 $700000.00 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 or don't 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

'd. in spain antibody 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. 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 wrong. 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 contact to a minimum peter all of our party early. in our 1st ever t.v. interview the daughter over on the former top military chief was given an emotional description of when she found out he'd been murdered the united states assassinated general qassim sort of mahdi in a drone strike back in january zainab son of mani also speaks about the wider consequences of her father's death you can watch the full interview any time dot com i got so shocked and full of distress 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 your brought iran together what

happened in iran and in iraq. was something it's 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 one revenge and they are waiting for an answer because they know. what generals really money did for them and they know so well why order to kill my father. so so after that after killing my father american sought 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 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 chomped and they are so wrong

they are thinking this will be end the end often or also the money this is the beginning our people are united and they will stand in front of such a they just powers. still ahead but in this poser earning drugs crime all sees hidden cameras captured just how bad and brazen the problem really is as on our story just a few of its time ago back. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe.

isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. direct. what is truth what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. welcome back drug crime has risen massively in bahrain with dealers taking over

whole swathes of the german capital to shine a lot of german took a hidden camera to some of the most troubled areas of that city and this is what they found. intimidated me a well built young man came into my kiosk i told him to get out but he refused and then she started grabbing me i called the police but they arrived too late so i gave a statement but nothing has changed. if

not then you can see them looking out for a potential victim and if somebody is not paying attention they smash their bag or wallets. that i'm open with when i go to the station looking for a dealer i tell him when i meet he takes a rubbed elbows out of his mouth the standard price for a job is just $10.00 a year it's like even the money and we go our separate ways. the most important reason for this freestyle drug trafficking is a very lenient city government and they instructed police to turn a blind eye towards the good dealer said girl it's up to ethnic groups from africa most of them are not rejected asylum seekers not deported according to the law the

activate the africans are acting out it's going to suck cock and trying to make a living but they're not alone. immigrants looking for decent work but as i said most of them rejected you saw him saying he is and should not be in this country secondly. activities. who are dominating certain areas and. their very very well organized and organized crime and. their word is the law and this happens not just in berlin but also in other cities in germany. you noted state has imposed sanctions on turkey over its purchase of russia's s 400 surface to air missile system an angry president said he thought so washington was a friend it tells the view to not just 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 while the embargoes target turkey's arms procurement and development body imposing visa restrictions on 4 officials among other things russia's foreign minister says the move breaks international law but doesn't surprise him. should move. this is of course another example of americans towards international law a manifestation of illegitimate uni lateral 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. ministration has been threatening to punish. or announced plans to purchase the us 400 system washington's position has been it's a danger to nato is the political analysts use of them says no one has plenty of ways to retaliate it's a huge snow because we received the americans saying that they want to give diplomacy a chance but throughout this whole s. 400 process. acted very nice symmetrically very unilaterally certainly will try to reciprocate and complicate things for the united states in bilateral relations and american activity in the region as well turkey can also be buying u.s. whether. it be producing parts for the f. $35.00 american president. today if you read our station but i don't think any very aggressive steps right now especially with the

new ministry she coming in we've already seen the turkish call for review of. going forward. with the fund has changed almost all aspects of life from work and travel to government surveillance and philosophy things the old ways of doing things are gone for good he's written an article for altie dot com he spoke to us giving us his vision for the future. that's great if we can save our lives. just afraid. to you know perspective now explain think it's happening would be so much smarter but a lot cheaper 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 a bank and then already it's most enjoyment like let's enjoy it while it lasts who

knows what will happen i did a virus she's waiting to die. or something i am for measures looking down and. many use decent book establish. their own. so i'm going to do what i call a post human state of being totally legal don't get me on the horizon even the prospect of so why are brain dead mind process use may be dealing so definitely i'm not exaggerating here and you. think we should. have. that we learned from. me.

saying i'm going to give you any details. interest and pointed a scientist seriously yes these possibilities open by the by gaming but they're all in the being that many many millions. deny science i usually go on with. the same. she tells me and most of the me. and you get about. all these new. well. predicts the future of us china relations on the radio ministration in washington. back in 30 minutes with the latest join us again.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. thinks . we dare to ask. the. teacher more movingly include those who did just that in japanese and i. don't mind it just by commision on. the shuttles all. the time you can look them up if you know for a long today my company not in the least of upset the map. about

the economy to have more than a from bush at last sept is that. you will slow down the muscle to get the knuckles oh you mean that as the aggressor. almost around to. use the term obama momentum to go. look at what's called the minimum 0.0 don't get me to my homeland going to come up thinking i come up each time she comes home to go tell mr gompers you know the i mean come on we have to get out what am i going to. do with time let me know we'll get in should intervene to stop the persecution of julian assange also as this tumultuous year comes to an end we assessed the cost to average working people. inequality just getting worse.

by. the welcome to worlds apart we will heard the cliché that the chinese word for crisis is composed of 2 characters 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 your only major economy to register growth this year much today on b o it's american competitor donald trump hausen managed to stop china and joe biden do it well to discuss that i'm now joined by martin jakes former senior fellow at the department of politics and international studies at cambridge university and author of when china rules the world mr jakes it's good to see you thank you very much for taking time to talk to us. now your bill has been in publication for more than a decade now it's been reprinted species quiet at an achievement in this day and age when and now it is often gets updated before it hits the printing press and i would attribute your ability off your book to the fact that you were among the 1st in the west you. cast doubt. on disarm saddam asked china was

more than i think it would also westernized how did you conti these realisation only way back until 80000. yeah i think 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 not most of the west the ship that i was so the proposition that as china modernized it westernized because modernization messina's synonymous with western eyes a ship and. i reject this view because i actually have only got to understand a bit of china to see 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 westernize ation 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 pair and the

world which i think a very.