[000:00:00;00] with freedom or a possible 175 year prison sentence. juliana sanchez faith rests in the you. case high court extradition appeal hearing to b. u. s. for the whistleblower starts today in london, you old by a desire to save money amid soaring prices. german drivers are popping out of the country to the alert tanks where it's much cheaper we hear from somebody cheaper than germany. the price is here. 3rd, you said lower. that's why we hear. of course everyone is worried about prices. i've heard they could tripled next year. so don's prime minister is released

following the military coup in the country outside the u. s. fries as millions of dollars in economic aid to the african nation leading to the questions over. who gets ah, live from our international new center in moscow. this is r t i'm union ally. let's get to the stories. imprisoned, wiki leaks funder julian assange, finds himself back in court to day and say to 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. now he is wanted by washington to face 17 charges of espionage on one of conspiracy to hack a government computer. if convicted, he could face a prison sentence of 175 years.

the, i must have few days. a head on the hearing comes after a number of potentially game changing developments that could influence the long running battle over julian sanchez. fate. right now there was, it's found, it remains to be seen whether the court will take them into consideration 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, it's a mighty use of spy 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 any one 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 joe n. now reports that the ca conceited, kidnapping, or killing sounds 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 assigns. 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 got war. 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 the cop just made it up, but you should, i take seriously my responsibilities to protect that information. this can be seen as pump out a 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 u. s. 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 record that conversations, in fact told us. and now mister stunted, that the songs never asked him to hot or access phone recordings of m p 's. the more deceptive language emerges in the after mentioned judgments where it states the songs used unauthorized access, given him by source access. the government's website of iceland used to track police vehicles. ah,

and 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 biden 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 julie in

a songs. 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 assange when the justice department's primary source against him is a convicted child rapist, a pedophile, an admitted liar, a convicted embezzler, and a,

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. her far would you drive to fill up your tank because of soaring fuel prices. it seems the answer for some german motorists is abroad. increasing numbers are traveling across the border to get their petrol at much cheaper prices. and it appears that could be a journey they'll be doing for some time with a political talk at home focused on green energy or europe correspondent peter oliver reports. the cost of living in germany is on the rise. it's clear when you go to the supermarket and see the prices a 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 refuel is particularly worthwhile. if the price difference is a high and the distances are 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 the side of the river odor in germany, it would cost you around 25 years more than if you were to philip here. 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 triple next year . da,

at some prices are going up everywhere. i'm worried filling up the tank will become too expensive as i depend on my car, if in the far away from public transport, what is supposed to do? my own the grocer, the price is unbelievably high. we are. oh, sure. 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 in germany. the prices here are 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 calvin neutrality. meanwhile, german drivers may well be forced to cross national boundaries more in order to make sure they can philip. so less feature all of a r t on the german polish border to a story we helping following all week bouts of the turmoil on going as well in north east africa with a sudanese prime minister. the latest line is that he has not been released. he had been detained along with his wife and 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. he had been staying at the general hours. the miller free overthrow sparked widespread osage across the

country with people pouring on to the streets to vent their anger. the subsequent chaos in saddam led to global condemnation of the cook 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 in a warming set back. let's just translate exactly without means. the u. s. state department has announced a whole 2 hundreds of millions of dollars in economic aid to the country in response at to the on rest. but just who does that decision hurt the most? a question, our senior correspondent auth gazda,

has been delving into 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 hurt. 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 are 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 gas don's 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 boy out in the streets, willing to sell family members for food because they weren't getting salaries because i've got a sons bank accounts had been frozen, but no magazine among them. and this sort of carrot and stick approaches seem frequently. we stop 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 neo. and you can't blame egypt for being a little bit upset. i had a deal done for them and unfortunately escape had broke the deal, which it should not have done. that was a great mistake and sought the united states, cut hundreds of millions of dollars worth of health care,

and education and development aid to the government of ethiopia. the suspension of a proved pointless. the little besides irritates ethiopia, and of course the land stop. countless health care and education programs, or take palestine for ever at the receiving end of those u. s. h cut. what does 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 that resulted in near complete e can amik annihilation. inflation had 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 is like pulling a meal from a hungry parson. the leads aren't the ones that suffer and starve that isn't the reasoning behind age cut. think cynical, think heartless? the idea behind putting aide is as simple as it is cruel to compel, ve the angry, the hungry and the desperate master rise up against their own rulers? that the elites truly fear another story to bring you through today. 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 manning immediate action. its latest report says a record $22000000.00 plus afghans will for, from food insecurity. while almost $3000000.00 children under 5 are at risk of

dying from malnutrition, not is amid the precarious state of the economy, which has been heavily dependent on foreign funds for years or around. 40 percent of its gross domestic product has been international lead. the crisis follows the chaotic us withdrawal after a 20 year military presence there, the taliban class, by much of the world of a terror organisation, rapidly re took control of the country and captured its capital couple. since then, western countries, along with international financial bodies have halted their aid payments. the un food and agriculture organization has worn the worst is yet to come. first and foremost, a situation to day 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 are describing tearing christ children all the worst hit a few days, a few weeks of deep hunger can lead to stunting, 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 was, it's the most important sector in terms of people's lives in this collapse is now done with looking at massive displace. there are thousands of health clinics that are struggling at a time when because of the, the crisis, the need to going up. we're starting to see more and more children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. the clinics need need money for the doctors of the salaries of the equipment, et cetera. a really big, broad, deep, terrifying monitoring 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 he said,

we haven't seen the worst yet. projections are the by the end of the year and next year 23000000. that's more that's 55 percent more. ringback 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. not that about 275000000 has arrived in the hands of humanitarians. fm i an organization w at p, unicef. so one of the money that was pledged has yet to arrive, but to be 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 crisis unfolding, heading towards catastrophe, means that unfortunately far more money is required. we are watching our t international still. i had a prominent supporter of the funding, the police in the us now claims dysfunctional policing is to blame for sky

rocketing friday. or it is coming up with join me every thursday on the alex simon, sure. i'll be speaking together in the world of politics, sport, business, i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm. oh, driven by dream shapes bankers and those with

dares sinks. we dare to ask for does your 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? ah, ah. let's start the program back stateside. crime rates are skyrocketing in the u. s. city of minneapolis. the state of minnesota is democratic representative has pointed the finger directly at the police accusing officers of not fulfilling their duties, doubts despite ill hon. omar, being among the most vocal advocates of the funding,

the force ah, she now fulfill, dear oh, i e, humbly c o 2, this is in the service department is y m o n y o n. we get rid of that cancer and we allow for something beautiful to write. well, this is what the citizens are dealing with. so far this year there's been $75.00 homicides in this city. that's up 114 per cent compared to the same period in 2019 . and it comes as the minneapolis police department has lost more than $200.00 officers to, to funding cuts and low morale as well. but activist claim to funding the force is not enough. they wanted entirely replaced with a so name 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 riots are rutted nationwide and led to a vocal defun. the police protest movement. we got the thoughts of retired police officer, dominic izzo about the issue the number one thing that people wind up doing for political purpose when it comes to are defining the police as it's a gut ral gut wrench, a 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 going to get rid of police. that's blame police. let's to fun them. whatever she wants to put into place to department of mental health to take over this. 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 great crime rates keep growing up is lack of prosecution. the states 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 a criminal back on the street. and a 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 is the claim being made against an art museum and that german city of dresden, it's decision to re title more than $100.00 artworks to make them more politically correct, has been widely derided since the beginning of last year that dresden states, art collections has renamed $143.00 works, which it deemed racist and discriminatory. for example, nur was removed from title at moore with the emerald stage. gypsy medulla became madonna, with a standing child on dwarf in the title dog dwarf on a boy was changed to short. ma'am, the campaigns attracted nationwide ridicule with a petition. no lived among its immediate reversal. this thing went out,

i think such decisions should be taken carefully if it really is discriminatory, then something has to be done as a finance that i think it's really go to use political a 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 better approaches to highlight this without renaming historical things. you can, for example, sign today we're what's called that. but give the old name look anything at all context if they're not politically correct. it's probably better to give context. officer based relations is that of changing names and actually raising history always 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 for sure. well, what's happening in dresden follows a creeping trend or on the world of renaming. last july in canada, toronto city councilor named st. because its originally been named after

a politician who turned out to have been involved in the slave trade. as we're going through here, you may have just noticed some of them are. i'll reiterate in 2020 minneapolis city council approve. they were naming of a street there in tribute to george floyd, said he's in the u. s. have been increasingly renaming their streets in fact, ostensibly to recognize black history. while in the u. k. hundreds of streets linked to colonialism on slavery, have seen their old names consigned to history. historian dorothea, when de berg is among those concerned, and there's quite a few about efforts to simply forget the pos a 7 months. i don't think you should rename any. think you should leave the names of painters or sculptures themselves gave if you want, you can common that it was the norm of the time and that you wouldn't say it like that to date on time. but as 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 said that strong

or immoral can times change. and that's why i am always in favor of leaving it as it is in their original one that already in honda job. right. scottie nell's back again in moments with another fresh episode of news views. hughes. i'll be here after that with all your mid week news updates. i'll i can promise you a few. it's a busy day bye for now. ah, ah .

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combat weaponry. we're going to tell you what is currently available and what is being developed. and the european union is having a repeated problem with one country. and i just don't know what to do with it. while the issue, poland refuses to conform and lead each policy rule supreme over national legislation, we will bring you that the latest power struggle going on in europe, and a terabyte and we're coming. that's the motto for the new migrant caravan, which adjuster broke through the national guard row block in mexico. we will have a debate about the latest round up thousands marching towards the southern border and what should await them when they reached their destination. home prices skyrocketed just a few weeks ago. however, you are unable to purchase a home and don't expect to save much money by renting as a rental prices are also dramatically increasing. so what does this mean for the current state of the economy? we will look into it. i'm sky now hughes and we're going to give you the 360 view of these stories on today's news via hughes are right here on our