america. despite growing calls for president. reagan questions about who gets the money. comes under increasing pressure on the report. to.

the program to the united states has launched an appeal against the british court's decision not to extradite julian assange despite a petition sent to the u.s. justice department demanding that the case gets dropped altogether include rights groups like amnesty international and the american civil liberties union. indictments of mr asuncion threatens press freedom because much of the conduct described in the indictment is conducted gen the single routinely and that they must engage in in order to do the work the public needs them to do in our view such a precedent in this case could effectively criminalize common journalistic practices last month and a ruling that surprised many a british judge blocked the songes extradition over concerns for his mental health nevertheless days later he was still denied bail and media freedom groups were also left dismayed as the judge largely supported america's case against the

whistleblower america's indicted him on 17 counts of spying and one of conspiracy to hack a government computer he faces up to 175 years in prison if found guilty are solved exposed to what some of characterized as u.s. war crimes whistleblower and former cia analyst john kiriakou says convicting assad would pose a threat to journalism. you know this is not unusual actually even in my own case amnesty international and the american civil liberties union asked the obama administration to drop the case on me and they would even discuss it they don't want to look weak and at the same time they really don't have respect for the wishes of these human rights groups and civil liberties groups i agree that the justice department does not think this is about press freedom i think it is about press freedom but the justice department refuses to acknowledge that julian assange is a journalist were a publisher but i think the real disappointment here and the real danger here is the fact that mainstream journalists in the mainstream media especially

organizations like the new york times the washington post the wall street journal have not come out in support of julian assigns dat's where the danger is because of julian assange is convicted then any reporter in america doing his or her job is in danger of being charged with espionage for publishing information that is embarrassing to the u.s. government. united states a sold more than a 1000000 barrels of oil that was seized from the rain in tankers last year as part of washington's sanctions program and another vessel that's been capped it is currently on his way to another u.s. ports the seizures have become standard practice for the u.s. as punishment for alleged nuclear plant washington claims all income generated will go to a fund for victims of state sponsored terrorism but is that really the case has done a quarter. need not idea for a side hustle put sanctions on

a country pirate its oil exports and sell it that's what the us did with a 1000000 barrels of iranian oil seized under its sanction regime last year and suffice it to say there were some handsome profits to be made while the value of the seized fuel has not been announced compared to european gasoline prices the sale could equate to tens of millions of dollars while washington says the revenue will be used for the greater good the u.s. victims of state sponsored terrorism fund cording to its website victims are embassy workers who were held hostage in iran in 1989 and anyone who won a lawsuit against those who the u.s. considers state sponsors of terror but who exactly are these people has anyone ever seen them we're talking about tens of millions of dollars here don't worry until we find out who gets the money washington says it will be safely in the hands of government agencies and as for what effect this all has on iran the world's 4th largest oil reservoir taran claims it's not flinching in the face of u.s. sanctions. to the enemy and trump one of us to perish and our experts to

reach the room we set the highest record of exports in the history of the will industry during the embargo period still the country is fighting tooth and nail to get those sanctions lifted and revive the iran nuclear deal which the trumpet ministration pulled out of in 2018 biden though seems no more willing to cooperate than his predecessor will the us lift sanctions 1st in order to get iran back to the negotiating table. now the international court of justice is claiming it has jurisdiction over iran challenging u.s. sanctions the same ones that were imposed under former president donald trump and washington is telling the court to mind its own business and why not for he who controls the seas it's a never ending feast of someone else's oil and mountains of profit international oil or coal oil based octomom to set up told us that actions like this undermine america's status. well that's so it's.

sanctions. to see these sanctions. as not internal national. that. you know is. well aware of this sort of. u.s. coalition with the united states and. it is. certainly. the response i'm going to serve but i think it's going to have the responsibility is. fast. filmmakers are demanding an investigation

after a leaked message suggested a top aide of the new york governor admitted withholding the correct figures on covert deaths and. basically we froze because then we were in the position where we weren't sure if what we were going to give to the department of justice was going to be used against us while we weren't sure if there was going to be an investigation the scandal escalated 2 weeks ago when the new york attorney general's report accused the administration of undercounting covert deaths in nursing homes by some 50 percent the state health department had revealed nearly 4000 previously unreported victims who had later died in the hospital or in another facility one grieving daughter who lost her mother says new york's vulnerable elderly are being used as political pawns. you know the sad part is that they used our seniors and everything that they it was going on with death that death toll to their political advantage they were covering up for in order to remain in power and

that's that's a travesty that they did that not only to seniors but to get to their loved ones when we've been calling for a monster and she's an accountability and all we we've been met with insults and with stonewalling so we're happy that this is starting to come out and we just believe this is that ship of the dice sunico advisors promised an investigation but blamed the trumpet ministration for what it presented it's a politically motivated smear campaign. says and i'm biased pro-business essential to revealing the truth the reality is that we needed an independent investigation with subpoena power to be able to get to the communications that were happening before the election if they're going to play political football with our seniors and with this information then we're still not hopeful that they'll be held accountable governor cuomo this press conferences has said who cares where the seniors died we care we continue to say that we care where they died we care where they died and we hear how they died. you know makers and about him

have written an open letter warning to the governments code restrictions wrote in the door because they fail to get parliamentary approval 1st. what we have criticized is the fact that covert measures in belgium have been create ministerial decree we think that restrictions on fundamental liberties should be decided. by the law an active part of that is the proper way to deal with that sort mentions action still in place include a night curfew across the country bars and restaurants remain shut and visits to the homes of family and friends about and citizens also go shopping alone and work from home whenever possible. and the letter of the lawyers added the lack of political legitimacy gives a perfect grounds for public unaddressed something the country has repeatedly suffered through the knock down the government insists it will put

a pandemic law to parliament but the lawyer we spoke to says this should have been done long time ago. we know one year from the start of the pandemic we think. governments sufficient time to put in place a new piece of legislation that could replace the urgent ones and the provisional that could be taken in march so it is it is sad to see how. we live under the rule of law and we want the rule of law to prevail in all circumstances also in particularly difficult situations like the crisis we're going to now that is what i am concerned. paris police officers are said to be charged over violence again over protests in 2019 once believed to a fight a stun grenade that left activists your own rodriguez blind in one eye he told us that his injury was just the start of government led attacks. i joined the

political opposition at least in relation to my crohn's policies considering what is happening in many countries it is obvious that they are trying to silence me it is not only about a bullet or a grenade as a result of which i lost an eye on january 26 in 2019 but also about everything that followed the pressure i was subjected to subsequent problems accusations that were brought forward against me from the government or certain ministers and assembly members. capture of cameras capture the moments after a drink as was hit in the eye thousands were injured in the yellow vest mass rallies for economic injustice that broke out in late 2018 a study found that 5 percent last hands from being hit by police munitions and 30 were partially blinded the number of disciplinary proceedings for violence by officers rose dramatically.

over. 2 years ago the u.n. human rights commission called for a probe into the possible use of excessive force by french police during the protests however the government rejected the accusations with president bush calling them unacceptable although the event prime minister edward felipe did admit no reinforcement had made mistakes in handling the rallies. describes the lack of action from the authorities as being even worse than police brutality. you know

when officials talk about you as mentally retarded on live television you also need to be able to deal with that says that has lasted 2 years and of course there is no way i can fight back against that the pressure that these people the government the state put on me personally and on my family cost me much more harm than the police who gathered my eye out. for. this is a c. on the way hospital chiefs in britain are under fire for putting efforts into adopting new gender neutral language rules during the pandemic but explain that among all stories often this. 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. with the 3 headed vigilante coming our way we've got the bond vigilantes are coming back they're stranded drug dealers shorting bonds now it means that he is going to try to force bond collapse like we saw on 993 so the bond vigilantes back he's talking about gold then so are others just a gold in the big coin vigilantes i've been here since 22009. they're growing exponentially now and the price of course as it goes under a trillion in this year 2021 it'll be worth more than 4 trillion so those are the 3 headed vigilantes that are now coming for the dollar the dollar is just sitting ducks.

welcome back the national health service trust in southern england is facing condemnation from many sides of a new gender neutral language requirements while some think that makes hobby the time for a huge politically correct hole leaving those it's meant to benefit such as trans groups are critical of the timing explained. do you think the national health service in a country in lockdown in the middle of a you raging pandemic would have other things to do than go on a rampage of political correctness but no you'd be wrong in fact here's a list of the new lingo you need to brush up on.

and i just trust has come up with a roadmap to increase of it and apparently this is just the start fast off so many revelations so tons out that all those people since the very beginning of time who thought they had breast the were no mark this wrong man could easily have been doing the midnight chest feeding all these years out of the robot to be a row way ahead of his time but irony of ironies this trans friendly policy didn't even win over all the people it specifically set out to include this is an absolutely classic case of a public sector institution trying to be woke and succeeding only in making life much harder for the very people on whose behalf it presumes to speak and the 34000000 in the u.k. who identify as one well they were not impressed excuse me housing racing women's words to describe their lives experience anything other than

exclusive i breastfed my children with milk from my breast not from where i cast my test contains my heart and lungs a concious house seen breastfeeding affronts anyone enough of removing women women exist we menstruates give birth and have breasts can we keep our terminology for sun this was just the cherry on top of the gender fluid biology question in cake big by. what warriors and companies terrified of being canceled i meet a few years back the solitude product always removed the female gender symbol so that trans man what does it feel dysphoric theatres no longer ask a decent job to learn to take their seats mellow female toilets are so out self selection facilities are in i don't want shows a mother an abortion the female and male categories because i know how well says non-binary sam smith supposed to when everything so you are no more men never women

no more chair manal manholes subsidy no man kind is the love that's going to change the future of mankind so we'd like you to look at what we really just people coming to not necessarily mankind well i'm just waiting to hear what j.k. rowling says about rufus i mean she's got nothing to lose really sure he suggested that people who menstruate all women in margin and you can't be canceled twice. facebook's being compared to big brother after admitting that it shared private data of people thought to be involved in the u.s. capital riot the social media giants disclosed that it cooperated with law enforcement to hand over messages from those who allegedly broke into the seat of government last month we were monitoring this out in real time and made appropriate referrals to law enforcement this includes helping them identify people who posted photos of themselves from the scene even after the attack was over we're continuing to share

more information with law enforcement in response to valid legal requests as they continue their investigation number one snitch in america big brother is facebook surreal farce. storming of the capitol building is already seen reported to 221 people charged him facing up to 20 years in jail democratic party officials and media are calling the offenders domestic terrorists and the f.b.i. is identifying suspects with the help of more than 200000 photos and videos mostly culled from social networks has not come without consequences for facebook either it's lost more than $30000000000.00 in market value with investors spooked by the platform's coziness with the f.b.i. analyst and commentator warns that innocent people could have been caught up in the sweep. a lot of people realize that lot of your social and your date is why do the other thing is that. facebook changes your policies and what

may have been acceptable. 6 months ago may not today and in they may come back and go oh you did this and that's against our policy so we're voting for most people i would say hundreds of thousands of people really did nothing illegal whatsoever there you had if you had some absolutely but but the majority of people in fact some people that are being turned in and turned over investigator were not in the capitol they were perhaps on the capitol grounds but that completely equally well until recently completely legal and open and public space so there was really no violation of any type of war whatsoever but we kind of twisted that and interpret it differently and facebook seems to be and i would gather other social media platforms are turning over extensive amount of information and probably you've probably got a lot of business probably review of a lot of c.c.t.v. drone footage years or other types of video information is probably being looked at

as well. 38 people have now been confirmed dead after himalayan glassy a broke off and destroyed it down causing devastating floods that have left almost 200 people missing this is the moment a fast moving mix of water and rocks smashed through golden india environmental activists have criticised government claims that it was a freak accident saying they've been warning for decades that industrial development of the territory was a road to the mountain range and today's edition of going underground see his from an award winning environmentalist from that area has some of the show which you can watch now and often don't call. what have you made of this dreadful tragedy in the himalayas involving a. well you know i am from this region of with that kind where the ganges starts i became a volunteer for to call a decade we fought and we stopped the luck but in the damn building started and in

2013 there was a disaster we're actually bigger this one has lost a few lives and 200 people are missing. 2013 disaster and get that out was. nearly 610-0000 missing and we did a very g.t. it's tacky there were tunnels where dynamite is being blasted all over hydroelectric broaching and all the muck from these tunnels was being dumped into the river so at that point we realized there are 3 things much. climate disaster because the glaciers are melting hillocks are forming a mad development just asked of thinking these fragile mountains can take all the wilds of a war and turn disaster a deregulation disaster which is heels that contractors can make whatever money they want to and there's no liability there is no responsibility.

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as sex workers and customers to fight the early sex trade. i'm after a time when you're watching a locked out edition of going underground in the wake of a himalayan glass you're breaking away causing an avalanche in the northern state of account in india but how is that as ours are involving hundreds linked to billions that alone perhaps the largest workers' strike in human history taking place joining a global pandemic joining me now is one of the world's foremost environmentalist scholars and activists who founded the research foundation for science technology and natural resource policy to come under the she joins me now from new delhi vandana welcome to going on the ground again albeit a lot down edition there is actually news here from india they haven't explicitly

calling it an environmental catastrophe let alone its links to dams and infrastructure projects what have you made of this dreadful tragedy in the himalayas involving a glass here you know i am from this region of with reckoned with again she starts i became a volunteer but she called a decade we fought and we stopped to look but in the dam building stopped it and in 23rd jean there was a disaster her actually bigger this one has lost a few lives and 200 people are missing. the 2013 disaster to get that out was. nearly 610-0000 missing and we did a very chatty there were tunnels where dynamited was being blasted all of all had related growth and all the muck from these tunnels was being dumped into the river so at that point we realised the other 3 things much. climate disaster because the

glaciers amityville except for me imagine i look well just. off thinking these fragile mansions can't take all the wilds of the war and disaster. deregulation disaster which assumes that contractors can make whatever money they want to and there's no liability there is no responsibility well deregulation which i got to reemphasize is definitely not mentioned linked to this tragedy in the himalayas has been connected i think by everyone to the largest what some say are the largest workers' strikes in human history it just recap what on earth has been going on over the past 16 months because in very little of all coverage in nato nations if you look at only the last 6 months you want to understand what's going on because this started in 1901 when the world bank with

conditionalities having got us into debt for the green revolution the chemical agriculture the fertilizers the dams and the 90000000000 debt we had and then they put structural adjustment and there were elements of structural adjustment they said you have to remove will stop holding the past limits you have to remove price regulation you have to get rid of the regulated markets which are run by corporate chips of treatise and farmers and governed by the regional governments not by the centralized government this isn't just such a large country every region has a different type because crop differences to be you should system and you can have one uniform button but now not only do we have one unit going back to india mr gates my favorite person these days says he wants one it's one for the whole work so the world bank want this package together and this means resistance against this

but at the same time the w 2 rules were leaked in 91 and we knew what the globalized as the corporations wanted they wanted to patent scene they wanted pretreated commodities and they wanted to see. of sanitary measures to shutdown local food economies and promote junk food the result of all this has been 30 years of huge political agitation and movement and the fathers of many of the people on the streets today what must with me 500000 farmers in bangalore 200000 in the red thought we were saying food is too precious to be left to trade driven by profit it's not a commodity it is a lie you have for the farmers and a necessity for the rest so you have 50 years of who owns a grotesque it's just that during the school with as has happened in every country

the laws have been put in place which in democratic debate would not have come through and the furnace where young activists then saw it to full $91.00 and today it's a continuum and part of those who would like us to forget history and raise it and rewrite it will probably get a machine really think people who've lived that being can forget it we truly east india company out in 857 it was a peasant revolt and britain but they still haven't found a heretic either. in london the british name to the support of mutually just like they're trying to now renamed these low moral ones as lead to religion or terrorism and and the spend is working overtime but these are peasants and as they say again . we are fighting for the saw oil and the soul of india if the small farmers are normal india is not a civilization that is india they nourish the soul of this country.