the me ah, watching all the international in the headlines on this monday, the kremlin lectures offered obligations over atrocities carried out by russian army instructors and the central african republic. it's all in a new un security council report or pertain by the new york times a potential death blow to the u. s. case against julian songs. as washington's main witness admits, in an interview with slander media that he gave full testimony. also, who needs russian hackers when they're a british bus stop? that's the question. what goes off thing after a trove of u. k. state secrets is found at a bus stop and handed to the b. b. the fall suggested the british warship deliberately entered a rushing waters recently as a provocation. ah,

it's already a busy monday for your well by news headlines. thank you for joining us with this program. of course, it's out the international the kremlin has blasted alleged abuses by russia in the central african republic. all of this in a report by the un security council, the pain by the new york times pollution thinking among russian military advisers could not and did not participate in the killing. so robberies, this is another lie. well, a pretty strong denial to some pretty serious allegations. the charges have all that russian mastery is deployed in the central african republic killed civilians. they looted homes that even shot was supposed in a mosque. we're hearing this via the new york times from you and investigators who penned to report that's already been submitted on already. in fact, very disgusted by the security council. now these legit abuses atrocities really

are said to have taken place in january and february of this year during an operation to drive rebels out of several towns. now, what is the proof will apparent that all photographs and witness testimony all thought is at the moment available to us now is was mentioning that the are indeed russians in the c a r y country has been going through tumble since 1960 when it fosgate independence from france, but really tensions fled in 2017. that's when the rebels gained ground violence. spite thousands were killed. hundreds of thousands were displaced. so the government turned to russia to help. and it invited instructors less than $550.00 to come and train the local army. and, you know, she gave its blessing to that mission, has its own peacekeeping forces in the country to. so moscow says its train is not involved in any military operations for security and training purposes,

able to provide a pass and protection to see a leadership. so you can see a number of foreign actors in this one country and out very conflicting reports as to what each actor was actually up to the sky. when did these allegations actually come out? well, when this news broke, what's interesting is that russia's deputy ambassador to the un denounced it as an anti russia political hit job and the fast one. so she referenced me to reference to constant dubious attempt to discredit russians in the central african republic, especially with an american and french media. he used anonymous sources lots to sort of more the general backdrop, most recent, either the see and, and also publish an article that had echoes of the you and, and report. so again, firing out civilians the binding of homes. so also instances of rape and torture. apparently based quote, no calls who claims have seen all of this. the personal information of those locals

has been changed, so it's almost impossible to verify. so also one cap, one side of the story. what's interesting is that when the other side of the story is not just russia, as we've heard, but so the un fact c, a r leadership, the president of the republic would like to point out that cnn and sentry did not be that the central african republic to confirm these facts, the cnn report is a deceitful and defamatory report based on rumors circulated on social media. now while, as we had seen, that might not have visited the c a r to sort of see what's actually happening on the ground already correspondent, konstantin roscoe. did, and this is what he found moving forward in disability to talk to the local. and they were like really severely brutalized and harassed by by rebels in less than a month. and village was free. man, sadly, his father was murdered by military because he received. this is what a typical village house looks like inside jargon ramped. the only furniture is

small that the children sleep right on the floor. no stupid asleep when the russians came. and what did they do here? no problem. we came to protect. how did the russians have they been oppressive? no, we haven't. well, how those was, or indeed the was of the see our president himself fit in with the findings of the new ad and remains unclear. but one thing is absolutely clear, and that is that according to moscow, these latest explosive claims, in no way reflect reality. the main witness in the u. s. case against julian sanchez admitted. he gave false testimony. speaking to us like a newspaper, he said the whistling sound never asked him to huck any computers or any phones. this is basically a bit of a blow for washington, with some seeing the admission is faithful to its case against assange among them. fellow whistleblower edward snowden. this is the end of the case against julian

sanchez. if biden continues to seek the extradition of a publisher under an indictment poison top to bottom, with false testimony admitted by its own star, witness the damage to the united states, reputation and press freedom would last for a generation. it's unavoidable for the better part of a decade. the united states and its allies wanted sonjee. they came up with allegations and grand juries and smear campaigns to get to him. we knew that what we didn't know is how many of america's charges against the sods charges that could lambda signs in jail for 175 years. a reportedly made up the main witness and the charges against us on the extra decent request father in the u. k. gave an interview to stand it and i standing publication. his name is siegel due to english for this. and he apparently has a piece of work. charges were piling up against thought, a send with the i sunday,

call thirties for massive fraud forgeries and theft on the one hand and for sexual violations against under age boys he had tricks or forced into sexual act from the other during his time as a volunteer wikileaks way lied and claim to be almost none, but 2 after a sons. he said to rob them of $50000.00 and donated funds and stole hard drives packed with documents. when we started asking questions, guess who he cooled thought and saw a way out on august the 23rd. he sent an email for the u. s. embassy in iceland offering information. the prosecutors and f. b. i were quick in responding and within 48 hours, a private jets, london in reykjavik, with around 8th agents who quickly set up meetings with thought us and thought that was willing to say anything. he lied to them. he now says about assigned to asking him to break into government systems. he admits to lying about that, but that is all ready in the charges against the savage. right now this activity

was said to include attempts to hook into the computers of members of parliament recalled their conversations. in fact, thought us. and now mister stunt in the songs never asked him to hack or access phone recordings of m p. 's. moreover, the british judge reviewing the extradition request agreed with the charges charges, many of which are now said to be live, such as went through this and claim that he accessed a police vehicle big to bass legitimately, while working as a volunteer for rescue services and blame that on all sides, more deceptive language emerges in the after mentioned judgments where it states a songs use the unauthorized access given him by a source to access the government. websites of iceland used to track police vehicles. there was more much more the but still embed falls in the hacking, all of which was twisted by thought this and, and the f b i who must have known how unreliable he was. but what one would do for immunity?

yes, the f b, i offered for this, an immunity from prosecution for all the things that they knew he did. furthermore, the f b, i told him it wouldn't share anything with the police. you think he learned his lesson? if this, the offer of immunity had encouraged thoughts and to take boldest steps in crime, he started to fleece individuals and coldness on a grander scale than ever before. during bo, kraft vice shell companies and much, much more. this is the main weakness than the prosecution. and persecution of julian assad. this is the best that they could do if verified these interview will be a serious blow, if not the dennis of the case against the sarge. the case that has riled rights and press activists for years, in case that may well criminalize journalism, as we know it, and the case that will ma america for years to come like what are they most good

luck with? we remember that the judge prohibited the sundays extradition only because of his own carrier health ration. it's in danger and commit suicide in the us prison. at the same time, she essentially agreed with the argon and fabricated by the us and based on the testimonies of a person who as we know, said himself that he's testimony was fictional false. and of course this must have consequences for the extradition presentation for the fuel, but i think the ministration must once and for all right, this case on a criminalization generally united states doesn't look for justice and the julian a sorry look for revenge and guns, revenge against the journalist who help us to reveal its all crimes, and that's why they will use any means possible to punish julian aside and make an example of india that no one else will dare thing that they can. all right, let's get some insight now on this from

a human rights activist and former british ambassador to his breakfast on craig marin, are joining us here and are you into national thanks so much for coming on. the program today is future towed in the report key parts of the accusations. in the case again, this julian sounds are reportedly based on testimony from a convicted fraudster who is now admitted in an interview that he was lying. edward snowden has claimed this is the end of the case. maybe perhaps a bit optimistic. what are your thoughts? yes, i, i am very much wish i would be right, but i don't it because it was already known. he was a convicted towards am day, been just a sex offender before the f. b, i used him to fool the americans presented his evidence was also a very important case here which is but for the sons of accusations were built in by the f b. i to pop up a failing case and they were added to the case in the 2nd superseding indictment, which came in one week before the 2nd session of headings. thought of some didn't

appear in the original expedition request at all. that expedition request claim he was doing very, very badly at the headings in january last year. and in august, last year, the u. s. came in with a new superseding indictment. with all these accusations from fordson in it, which would defend had no time to prepare to refute. so the court never heard any answer on the defense to these accusations by for the son because they were present to the last moment and the judge refused an adjournment in order to allow the defense to address these allegations. but it makes, it makes, he wanted with some of the games at play here across, across the atlantic. you know, how much, how much justice is really being played out here and how much politicking is also being played out. and let's talk about the broader picture. sondra supporters,

they've done an awful lot to try and get him released. i mean, they've written to the queen stage protest. while jonas of highlighted the threat, it poses just generally to the freedom of the press. but the judge back in january refused to expedite him on humanitarian grounds, while still siding with the u. s. case against him. do you think that could change? now? you would. you would hope so. but the use of the espionage act against journalists and the, the us government's saying birts note in central essentially there is no longer any whistle blowing. defense was no longer any public interest defense. there's most one they want to change that up. and of course, although the judge ruled against the expedition bank, now 5 months ago,

judy is still in jail. remarkably, the expedition was stopped, but he's still in jail. and the high court hasn't even decided yet whether to have the united states appeal against his continued imprisonment. so we have an innocent man in the highest maximum security prison in the u. k. but i see no reason to believe that the, the manifest injustices in this case a going to stop any time soon so, so ultimately you think that they will continue to make an example of julian, a saw in effect scaring journalists and, and those who want to be outspoken about issues like i guess for generations to come. do you think a scientist just being made an example of and basically there's no real light at the end of the tunnel for him. now i think that has to be done. i mean we, we have to hope, but the decision of the court not to extradite him on health grounds is up held. that's not the issue here neatly issue here is,

but this is an attempt by the united states to intimidate any body of again, publishing evidence of american walker because that's what this is all bank. this is about american war crimes and keeping american war crimes secret, unless no dent whatsoever that the americans always knew that these claims by for the son were both. it's not but they will be surprised to hear this. this was a deliberate use of a convicted criminal and told sir in order to the f b i to fabricate with him false charges against julian. this is a deliberate, bitter, malicious falsification by the american policies, not just by for the symbolism, but we will continue investigating this case and analyzing what the future of julian assange will be here on the international a crick, murray of human rights activists. and for my british, i'm back to to us back is don craig, please, if you would just stay with us for

a few more moments. i want to get your reaction to another story in just a sec. please stand by for the meantime. at british state secrets were apparently ditched at a bus stop. in kent, at least if the b, b. c is to be believed. it says it was handed the files by someone who wants to remain anonymous. and the documents relate to the recent journey of the roll navy's h. m. s. defender. russia claims the destroyer breached its waters in the black sea last week. and moscow was left rather unimpressed by the bbc's bus. stop scoop. in fact, till london has demonstrated another provocation and around of life to cover it, the double. 07 agents are not the same as they once were. and now a quick riddle for the british parliament. why do you need russian hackers when there are british bus stops? on wednesday, a russian patrol ship fired warning shots at the h. m. s. defender as it sailed within 20 kilometers of the crimean co studies, a region regarded by russia as its territory. the u. k,

though is just it was in international waters. now, according to the bus stop trove, the destroys route had been deliberately chosen to irritate moscow. an alternative route was considered, which would have kept h m, s. defend well away from contested waters. this would have avoided confrontation of the presentation noted, but ran the risk of being portrayed by russia as evidence of the u. k. being scared running away. let's return to craig murray. the human rights activist and former british ambassador to pakistan were just talking a bit earlier about julianna's tonge. knowledge of this story about the h. m. s. defend, if you would be so kind the captain of the h. m. s. defend them. we must have been aware that the russians would get angry. why didn't they take a route that would have avoid a confrontation? do you think so what, i've been this other music, you know, i find the idea that these documents were accidentally left as a bus stop, but been to be given to the, the b, b, b, b, c, the state, topic and organization,

but already was handling the story on behalf of the government is paying the emotions. it's also quite amusing, but the leaked document the document. the key documents regarding the defender has a map on it, which shows tool tentative dates, one which just clips inside territorial waters of crimea. and another one which stays a 100 miles away was in fact all things that had to do was stay a 100 miles away. it had to stay one miles away and stay side to tell you a waters, but it could have gone to do too, when and by a tiny, tiny diversion. of course, stay just outside told waters and there would never have been any of them so plainly. the idea that this was 2 alternative boots being weighed up. it's a non, it's been time nonsense. and parts of this, this whole propaganda incident because x are simply what this is mr. murray,

i wanted to ask you, do you think we can read anything into the fact the b, b, c. and also daily mail had journalists that just happened to be on the h. m. s. defend at the time of this incentive, do you think that's a coincidence? perhaps know plainly they but the embedded m t position journalists in order to make a propaganda incident. and actually that's quite important because that makes it illegal in international law. and i also happen to have used to be the head of my time section of a british fall and come with us. and the head of a u. k. delegation to the un convention on the law of the sea. so this isn't of expertise of blood. and on the rights of innocent passage, article 19 section d. it is illegal to conduct the propaganda exercise in territorial waters. this plainly was a propaganda exercise with tomorrow. why do you,

why do you think there was a b, b, c correspondent on the ship that reported shots being fired warning shots across the bow. he also reported russian jets flying over and buzzing of the h. m. s. defend. and then you had the british government saying, no, no, no, nothing happened, no shot to a fight, nothing to see him move along. why chief think that it was such a disconnect between the corresponding story from the ship and the ministry of defense in london. i think they realized the store, they were having the effect, they thought it would, they the plan was to come up with a, a didn't go with stick exercise to try to those anti russian settlements sentiments to try to, to win political support from a conservative party base for this attitude of being shown to challenge. gotcha militarily and i think they've been discovered that that

wasn't playing well with public opinion at all. and most people just thought they were crazy. and this is unnecessary lunacy. so i think that enjoy to time play the incident and almost pretend it will have happened. but benny very strange. i'm the whole episode is just daft a very intriguing commentary from craig, mary, human rights activist, and for my british ambassador to respect s, dawn, thank you. very much for joining us. we appreciate thank you for more bodies having recovered from the rubble of the collapse apartment complex in miami, now bringing the desk told to 9 more than 150 people are still missing off the part of the building came down on thursday. refurbishment of the apartment block was due to be carried out this year, though a report made public on saturday shows engineers had raised the alarm 3 years ago. they noted serious structural damage, recommended major repair, work,

abundant cracking and spooling and varying degrees was observed in the concrete columns, beams, and balls in the parking carriage. the failed at waterproofing is causing major structural damage to the concrete structural slab. failure to replace the waterproofing in the near future will cause the extent to the concrete deterioration to expand exponentially. i'm under the impression that it is something that nobody had seen until yesterday. when we started looking back into the records to try to understand if there was anything in the record that would indicate why this building fell down. a search and rescue operation is still underway, though it was hand put on saturday after a fire broke out underneath the rebel. a full investigation into the tragedy will be launched when the rescue work ends. for now though, a quick report from the local journalist paula center. we are here are the closest point up vailable to the ground. 0 building you see over there is that was our champ lou gave the tower that was evacuated. these wall by your what you ring

now, the community is, have come to this lead to pay tribute to the victims and the families, the real leaving flowers, roses and features of all the victims that people that feel me see if i'm looking for their relative there they have for my grandmother, she's lived here since 2000 on. and the last time that i spoke with her was the day before the collapse on the phone. i'm praying for the miracle, the millennium, where my grandmother is alive and well underneath the rubble against the odds. i'm concerned about my mom. i wonder if she was leasing. i wonder if she didn't call any of our phones on the voicemail. terrible tragedy. i mean, i came out here basically to lend moral support virtual support,

but it's crazy. last information we got from the authorities is 9 people, 9 bought it, have a be a recall over there is still more than 100 and the virgin still missing. this is just a process. they are asking the people to have patients while their rescue operation is still happening. it's all what have the wrong side for that? this is our last order with in, in the 24 for our a major fire has broken out in the elephant and castle station in central london. a picture show a huge plume of thick black smoke and golfing a building and rising into the sky. let's get more details on this right now. cross live to london across from montana and you're standing by for us martin, can you bring us up to speed? what do we know so far? packet of scenes in london this afternoon at 145. as i said, i was actually passing through to film another story about my crime. thought i'd be

part of the scene when the police force everybody back to, excuse me, back plumes of smoke really concerning everybody here. as you can see behind, the fire seems to be contained at the moment until weather was the railway arches, or the actual buildings that were gone by itself. it now has been contained. there were a series of very, very scary explosions. but it seems to be the repair shop, of course, in the post hands demick site guy said the moment that is a kind of on the edge already. and we've got also the memories of our in 2017, the residential building that sadly killed 72 people with a place that so people to see such an astonishing image this morning. we're really quite concerned. but fortunately up to 10 engines and it was $7755.00 to it seems to be contained here. we love the glory mark managers. thank you.

i thank you for joining us here on the international. that's a rep on your monday program, only for this hour though. we're back soon with more. me the finance go through. i'm john did a little about money laundering 1st to see that this is a good start. well, we have our 3 banks all set up here, maybe something in europe, something in america, something overseas and cayman islands. you never know how these banks are complicit in their property. we just have to give me a call. i am ready to do some serious money laundry. ok, let's see how we did. well, we've got a nice luxury watch for max and for safety. oh, beautiful jewelry. and how about luxury automobile?

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