home freedom or a possible 175 year prison sentence. julian sanchez faith rests in the hands of the u. k. 's high court as an extradition appeal hearing to the u. s. for the whistleblower starts today in london. flat on the program fuel by a desire to save money. i made soaring prices, and german drivers are popping out of the country to fill their tanks, where it's much cheaper your it's cheaper than the jeopardy, the price it here. 30 percent lower. that's why we hear. of course everyone is worried about crisis. i've heard they could tripled next year. saddam's prime minister is released following them military. coups in the country. outside of the

u. s. freezes millions of dollars in economic aid to the african nation leading to questions just to it. it's the ha, ah, wednesday morning 80 m here in moscow. i'm, you know, neil, let's take you through the days. big stories here on our to imprisoned. wiki leaks funder julian assange, finds himself back in court today. now it's a 2 day extradition hearing gets underway in the u. k. the high court will consider an appeal by the u. s. over a previous ruling to block the whistle blowers extradition. he is wanted by washington to face 17 charges of espionage on wall of conspiracy to hack a government computer if convicted, he could face a prison sentence of 175 years. the

i will, the hearing comes after a number of potentially game changing developments that could influence the long rolling bothell over julian sanchez. fate right now though it remains to be seen whether the court will take them into consideration here, sar t's. the tranquil, not when last month journalists revealed and alleged to see a plot to kidnap or even kill julian assange. many of those who read it must have thought, wow, if the mighty use of spite agencies was so keen to get rid of the whistleblower, it's really a miracle he's still alive. if the claims from september's report are true, it just shows how much he's loathed by anyone in charge in d. c. for his partner though, and other problems activists,

it's served as another chance to convince the rest of the world. what washington's real intentions are when it comes to a sonjee. this is a game changer going into the appeal because this shows the true nature, the true origins, the true criminality of the u. s. actions against julian. now reports that the ca conceited kidnapping, killing assange, have cost even more doubt on the reliability of us promises and further expose the political motivation. behind this case. a quick reminder of what was revealed in september interviews with an entire team of former trump officials suggested senior members of the administration supposedly requested options for killing us on one of these alleged options included engaging in a shoot out in the streets of london. if you read all the gory details, you'll be amazed by how hollywood it all is. that was back in 2017 when we can lease published a damning investigation and to see

a hacking tools. this is just how embarrassing things blocked for the us system. it's the point at which you'd expect the people and organizations involved to react or rather fail to react by saying no comment. but mike compelled did. they should all be prosecuted for speaking about classified activity inside the central intelligence agency. maybe they didn't, maybe as a cop, just made it up. but you should, i take seriously my responsibilities to protect that information. this can be seen as pompeiian, confirmation of the songs kid, not all kill story. why else would you want to prosecute those sources? speaking about classified activity only a few months ago and i slammed the news outlet reported on some eye, opening testimonies by key witness in the us indictment against the weekly founder, very embarrassing for the us justice system to if true. the iceland national admitted that almost all of what he said while being questioned by the f. b,

i consisted of lies proffered an exchange for immunity. from american prosecution. me me. ah, this activity was said to include attempts to hack into the computers of members of parliament, a recall that conversations, in fact thought and now mister stunt in the songs never asked through the hot or access phone recordings of m p. 's. in the more deceptive language emerges in the mentioned judgments where it states the songs used and also it's access, given him by a source access government. websites of iceland used to track police vehicles. ah, and a reaction to that, edward snowden said that it was,

i'm quoting the end of the case against julian. his sons wishful thinking. edward, if only for once, someone in the obama trump, or the bible administration, gave a damn about what you've been saying or what the leading press freedom activists have been sounding the alarm about hypocrisy. first and foremost, it is a damning indictment that nearly 20 years on virtually no one responsible for alleged us war crimes committed in the course of the afghanistan and iraq was, has been held accountable, let alone prosecuted. and yet the publisher who exposed such crimes is potentially facing a lifetime in jail, right? by the looks of it be a new faces in the white house and the administration or not so new or outright old . forget even thinking about the idea of any of them showing mercy for julian sanchez. jolena sanchez and by extension chelsea manning and

a joshua shulty who revealed the vault 7 documents of all revealed evidence of american or crimes. whether there war crimes or crimes against against humanity, or those people should be celebrated, they shouldn't be prosecuted. it's the killers and the criminals who should be prosecuted. but beyond that, julian has repeatedly embarrassed the cia and the rest of the intelligence community. and they're not used to being embarrassed, vault 7 was just the, the final straw for them. and they wanted to make sure that julian, a sancha paid a very steep price for it, which, which essentially would have been his life. this just shows the ridiculousness of this case against julian assigns. when the justice department's primary source against him is a convicted child rapist, a pedophile admitted liar, a convicted embezzler, and

a guy who said that he was close to julian assange. and in fact, had only met julian his sons 3 times. so that's your case. that case would be laughed out of most courts anywhere in the world. no. hi, far would you drive to fill up your tank? well, because of soaring fuel prices, it seems the answer for some german watrice is a broad increasing numbers are traveling across the border to get their petrol at much cheaper prices. and it appears that might be a journey they'll be doing for some time with the political talk at home focus on green energy or europe correspondent peter over reports. the cost of living in germany is on the rise. it's clear when you go to the supermarket and see the prices of fruit vege. it's even clearer when you go onto the full course of paint chill stations. and what we're seeing really is the unstoppable force of rising fuel. prices colliding with the immovable object that is german reliance on the

automobile. it's prompted. some german motorists to cross national boundaries like coming here to poland in order to try and find a cheaper alternative to filling up. driving across the border just to fuel is particularly worthwhile. if the price difference is a high and the distance is a very short, germany has some of the highest fuel prices in the european union. and to break down this whole situation into its most basic form. if you wish to fill up a full tank of fuel on this side of the river odor in germany, it would cost you around 25 years more than if you were to philadelphia in poland. i spoke to some people who made that journey from germany to poland in order to fill lead time today. you know, of course everyone is worried about prices. i've heard they could tripled next year . the da at some prices are going up everywhere. i'm worried enough. the tank will

become too expensive, as i depends on my car, if the far away from public transport, what is supposed to do all the grocer, the price is unbelievably high. we are oh, shocked. i do worry back to lot and it's happening all around the world in germany and here in poland as well. it's not just in poland, but this is being seen with savings of almost 50 euro cents per liter. drivers have been going from germany to the czech republic to fill their tanks. it's cheaper than germany. the price is here, 30 percent lower. that's why we're here. 3 way coalition talks to form a new german government between the social democrats, greens and the free democrats are continuing. and what to do about price high expose at the supermarket. and the petrol station set to be a big part of both with some suggesting but a cut to taxes, particularly when it comes to fuel is the only way forward. however,

that's likely to be contested by some who would say that lowering taxes on fossil fuels sends out the wrong message when it comes to germany's strife the carbon neutrality. meanwhile, german drivers may well be forced to cross national boundaries more in order to make sure they can fill up. so less feature all of a r t on the german polish border to the ongoing turmoil in northeast africa where the sudanese prime minister has not been released. he had been detained along with his wife on monday, amid the military takeover of the country. the military chief who led the coo claimed on tuesday, the prime minister was detained for his own safety. not he had been staying at the general's horse, the delivery over through spark, widespread outrage across the country. people ring onto the street to vent their anger. the subsequent cale since saddam led to global condemnation of the coup with

washington piling on the pressure we've already made clear that we are pressing pause on a significant aspects of our economic assistance to sudan. and we will look at the full range of economic tools available to us in coordination and consultation with regional actors and other key countries to make sure that we are trying to push ah, the suit, the, the entire sudanese political process back in a positive direction after this significant and warming set back yet just like mr. sullivan said there the u. s. state department earlier non say whole to hundreds of millions of dollars in economic aid to the country in response to the qu. but just who does that? a decision heart the most out is a question that our senior correspondent morale gazda has been grappling with. here's his report. in this day and age, almost nothing is sacred off limits. you can weaponized anything, trade,

culture information. it doesn't have to kill all it has to do is hut. in light of these developments, the united states is pausing assistance from, from the $700.00 are $700000000.00 in emergency assistance appropriations of economic support funds for suzanne. this was badly needed money for one of the poorest nations in the world, but it came of all sorts of political strings attached thick cables of them. as a door assistance often does they all weapons behave do as you are told or will cut you off. the problem is the people who get cut off usually aren't the ones that misbehaved. like when the us froze of ghana stands bank accounts. president biden is not hurting the taliban, or the current regime. this is really hurting every day. afghans and the united states will push them into further poverty. take my word for it. while in

afghanistan, i didn't see a single hungry taliban fighter. i saw thousands of civilians the poor out in the streets, willing to sell family members for food because they weren't getting salaries because of ghana sons. bank accounts had been froze it, but no magazine among of this sort of keratin stick approaches. seen frequently, we stopped paying a lot of a to them and they will not see that money again until that here to the agreement. but they built a damn that stops the water from flowing into the neil. and you can't blame egypt for being a little bit upset. i had a deal done for them. and unfortunately, if yoga broke the deal, which it should not have done, that was a great mistake. and short, the united states cut hundreds of millions of dollars worth of health care and education, and de eloquent aid to the government of ethiopia. the suspension of a proved pointless that little besides irritates ethiopia. and of course de leon,

stop countless healthcare and education programs or take palestine for ever at the receiving end of those u. s. h cut. what is that achieved? this administration is thereby targeting the most vulnerable segment of the palestinian people and depriving refugees of the right to education, health, shelter, and dignified life. but that was all child's play compared with what transpired in venezuela helped along by ruinous us sanctions. they struck as venezuela was going through an economic crisis and it resulted in near complete e can amik annihilation inflation at half a 1000000 percent of fantastical figure, but with very real consequences. you'd think that lessons had been learned that pulling aid to poor nations as like pulling a meal from a hungry parson. the leads aren't the ones that suffer and starve that isn't the

reasoning behind aid cuts. think cynical, think heartless? the idea behind pulling aid is as simple as it is cruel, to compel the, the angry, the hungry and the desperate master rise up against their own rulers. that the leads truly fear at to some pretty eye opening figures. no more than half the entire population of afghanistan could face acute malnutrition, this winter with many dying. that is the dire warning from the un, which is the money immediate action. it's latest report says a records of almost 23000000 of guns will suffer from food insecurity, with almost 3000000 children under 5 at risk of dying from malnutrition. it comes amid the precarious states of the economy, which has been heavily dependent on foreign funds for years. around 40 per cent of

its gross domestic product has been international late and just to go through indeed, why perhaps it's happening. the crisis follows the chaotic us withdrawal. after a 20 year military presence there, the telephone club by much of the world as a terror organization, rapidly reach a control of the country and capture the capital capital. since then, western countries, along with international financial bodies have halted their aid payments. the u. n . food and agriculture organization has worn the worst is he had to come. ah, 1st and foremost situation today in afghanistan and looking forward is really, really alarming. let's remember 70 percent of afghans people live in rural areas involved in agriculture. so the drought has had had a massive effect already. that's why early on this year we were already sounding the alarm for this or this bit, this growing, you know, tearing crisis children are the worst hit a few days,

a few weeks of deep hunger can lead to standing, it can lead to wasting. these are secondly, look at the short term. we're talking about the country in which agriculture, as i said it's, it's, it's 80 percent of livelihoods that's, you know, it's, was, it is, it's the most important sector in terms of people's lives in this collapse is now done with, we're looking at massive displaced. there are thousands of health clinics that are struggling at a time when because of the, the crisis, the needs are going up. we're starting to see more and more children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. the tanks need need money for the doctors, for the salaries of equipment, et cetera, a really big, broad, deep, terrifying, communitarian crisis. well, even today we're talking about 19000000 people who are, as we say acutely food insecure, that means they're experiencing hunger on a daily basis. and as you said, we haven't seen the worst yet. the projections are the by the end of the year and next year, 23000000. that's more,

that's 55 percent. more than one out of every 2 afghan men, women and children will be in that situation. in september, a high level meeting in geneva took place a $1000000000.00 was pledged, but that about $275000000.00 has arrived in the hands of human terrans, fm i and organization w, p. unicef. so one of the money that was pledged has yet to arrive, but who quite honest, it's only gonna be a drop in the ocean. the situation is, is deteriorating so quickly, so dramatically the scale and the speed of which the humanitarian catastrophe, which monitoring rushes, unfolding, heading towards catastrophe, means it unfortunately fall, fall more money is required. is artie still ahead? a prominent supporter of the funding, the police in the u. s. no claims dysfunctional police thing is to blame for sky rocketing fine in minnesota. now it's coming up with the

blue. ah ah ah mm. does here a path to strategic vision for the future? what kind of relationship will it develop with china? europe stands at a crossroads, will remain dependent on washington as

a junior partner. or will europe opt to play the role of a great power on the world stage? with ah, 21 minutes past the hour. welcome back. crime rates are skyrocketing in the us city of minneapolis. on the states, democratic representative has pointed the finger directly at the police, accusing officers of not fulfilling their duties. now this, despite ill hon. omar, being among the most vocal advocates of de funding the force to

the public c o 2, this is in minneapolis lease apartment one when, when we get rid of that cancer and we allow for something beautiful to rise. well, so far this year there have been $75.00 homicides in the city. that's up 114 percent compared to the same period in 2019. it comes as the minneapolis police department has lost more than $200.00 officers due to funding cuts. but activists claim to funding the force is not enough unwanted, entirely replaced with a department of public safety. minneapolis was the center of a massive wave of protest last year following the death of george floyds in an altercation with a police officer violent rights, a ruptured nationwide and led to

a vocal de, from the police protest movement. we got the thoughts of retired police officer. dominic is about the issue the number one thing people wind up doing for political purpose when it comes to are defining the police as it's a gut ral gut wrench or reaction that they're looking at. because you have your constituents that they're trying to get their votes from. i'll look at it as they're gonna get rid of police and blame police. let's define them. whatever she wants to put in place, a department of mental halted to take over this. or you're just, you're asking for problems. this comes from not allowing law enforcement to view their job and not being backed properly. and you're going to see such a disaster unfold in my personal opinion and experience with law enforcement. one of the main reasons that gr crime rates keep growing up is lack of prosecution. the state attorney would always try to lessen a charge ah, to, to win more prosecute prosecutions, which would put them at about a better position for reelection. but you just, you see a lot of stuff like that, which puts people criminals back on the street. and it perpetuates

a cycle. you need to go back to the constitution. you need to have like police officers do their job painting over the past. that's the claim being made against an art museum in that german city of dresden. it's decision to re title more than $100.00 art works to make them more politically correct. has been widely to write it. since the beginning of last year, the dresden state art collection house renamed $100.00 on $43.00 works, which it's deemed racist and discriminatory. for example, moore was removed from the title, moore with the emerald stage. gypsy madonna became a domain with this standing child on dwarf in the title dog dwarf and a boy was changed to short man. but the campaigns attracted nationwide ridicule with a petition. now live demanding. it's immediate reversal. the thing went out, i think such decisions should be taken. kathleen,

if it really is discriminatory than something have to be done as a fina that i think it's really go to use political correct speech. but if it used to be called that, then i probably wouldn't name met him, but i think it's important to point out such things. i think there are bad approaches to highlight this without rename in historical things you can, for example, sign to day were, was called that. but give the old name look anything an ongoing text if they're not politically correct. it's probably better to give context. office of explanations is that of changing names and actually raising history from oscar push. i'm very skeptical about this. the historical meaning gets changed. if you do this, you should at least leave an explanation and the original title, her. well, what's happened in dresden isn't the start of the renaming trend. let's go through some of it. back in july, toronto city council renamed a straight because it had originally been named after henry dundas, a politician who turned out to be involved in the slave trade in 2020 minneapolis

city console. to approve the renaming of our street there after george floyd, which has just been speaking about in the u. k. hundreds of streets linked to colonialism, slavery they've been renamed on to recognize black history. cities in the u. s. have been at regularly renaming their streets, but historian dorothea when de burg thinks the original titles are historically significant. a government, i don't think you should rename anything. you should leave the name of that page or some sculpture then south dave, if you want to comment that it was the norm of the time and that you wouldn't say like that today. but is 17th century work is the 17th century work. in 100 years people will judge the names were give to day in the same way and say that's wrong or immoral times change. and that's why i'm always in favor of leaving it as it is in their original home. is how busy when say, shipping up, check in with

r t when you can throughout the day, will strive to make sure you don't miss any of the updates that matter. bye for now . oh, look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such order that conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about on personal intelligence. and the point obviously is to place trust rather than fear i would like to take on various jobs with artificial intelligence. real, somebody with a robot must protect its own existence with

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1st of all charge to add what's called the chargemaster price, which is usually a very high price that is far in excess of what the hospital needs to pay to deliver the service. the chargemaster is a list of items, hospital services, billable to a patient. every hospital maintains its own chargemaster and said its own prices are each item, medical procedures, drugs, diagnostic evaluations and so on. in the chargemaster is assigned a unique code and a set price, which is not related to the patient. so its impossible for them to know exactly what they been billed for. ah, hospital systems employ all kinds of people to work in as coders and their job is to.