ah ah, top headlines are right now here were naughty international. the european union failed to agree on how to protect the citizens and businesses from soaring energy bills. but it does say though it has launched our hon for who's to blame for the heated market. and freedom or a possible, a 175 year prison sentence. juliana sanchez faith rests in the hands of the you. case high court as an extradition appeal hearing for the us for the whistleblower stotts. today in london, and a chill, a warning from the united nation, which says the situation in afghanistan is so dire that a half the countries entire population could face acute malnutrition, this winter with many potentially dying. or we hear from the organization on the program. the really big, full, deep, terrifying material crisis. well,

here today we're talking about 90000000 people who are as we say it can be funded, secure that means the experiencing on good on a daily basis. ah, it is wednesday afternoon here at moscow and a very busy day for all of us here at archie international. welcome to your news, i'm real research. the e u has failed to agree on how to shield consumers on european companies from soaring energy bills or their brussels now. so i was just looking for who to play for the price spike. the commission competition department has begun collecting evidence about market behavior of main guess suppliers with a view to detecting any anti competitive behavior in the energy market. use investigators, though avoid naming any potential culprits or the emotions he talks were held on

tuesday. ministers from the 27 member states gathered in luxembourg, hoping to come up with the new anti crisis measures ahead of the winter season. and some suggestions include a tax cuts for small businesses as well as social support, vulnerable households. and lists predict there'll be no sign of the energy price search easing before the spring. well, meanwhile, soaring fuel prices a begging the question of how far would you drive to fill up your tank? and it seems the answer for some german motorist is abroad. increasing numbers are traveling across the board to get that petrol a much cheaper prices, and it appears that could be a journey they'll be doing for some time with all the political talk at home focused on green energy. here's our correspondent peter, on that. 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 on to the full court of petrol 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 altima beale. it's prompted some german motorists to cross national boundaries like coming here to poland in order to try and find a cheaper alternatives to filling up driving across the border. just refuel 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 were to fill up a full tank of fuel on the side of the river, oda in germany, it would cost you around $25.00 euros more than if you to phillip here in poland. i spoke to some people who made that journey from germany to poland in order to fill a tank today. yes, of course. everyone is worried about prices. i've heard they could tripled next year. then the gas prices, da,

at some prices going up everywhere and worried setting up the tank will become to expansive as i depend on my car evenly, far away from public transport. what is supposed to do only i wish good. also, 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 in germany, the price here a 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 is 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 philip. so less feature all of a r t on the german polish border. imprisoned wiki leagues found a julian us on the find himself back in court today as a to day extradition hearing gets underway in the u. k. of a high court is considering an appeal by the us over a previous ruling to lock the whistleblowers extradition. he is wanted by washington to face 17 charges best be a knowledge and one of conspiracy, the hacker government computer. if assange is convicted, he could face a prison sentence of a 175 years. mm.

i a hearing for just now case off in the united states is now appealing to kind of made by just started back in january with to the united states. that was a decision phase. primarily on the day of risk i made about trying to put it to try and i didn't know if i've already been to the all came in the united with not the place and a maximum security prison in the united states. and even 2nd sentence, grade level. so on hearing the sound of mental and physical health even as bad as has been made out of actually misled that the united states are,

you could actually put that hadn't been making suicide is expedited. interestingly though, during the day is a parent, a l. how, but the noise acting, pull the united states, say a day that today hearing a date, will they the opportunity to present a defendant is gone. but today already there are plenty of processes behind me that i hear a song. and just this whole hearing, i just a few hours with the fiance and you say that you not be free. julia will not be here in person today. it was denied that opportunity was i think i'll great that can be only one decision here. that is no expedition. us has abused the laws,

the agreements with this country. it's abusing the expedition agreements with this country in order to have this hearing today. it has to come to an end. julian has to be free, representing a complete mean area to the last of the month, years now, and that has been a nation that they all do a potential gain change in this case. i say how one of them felt more it's a feel, say, even mentioning, had to that i was going to have mom that she was taken by just health. and he was many medical professionals saying that i got the radio just have it taking his i live could really be, but the most mom, a 7 a can really i problems in the fall that investigation have on people that you as intelligent. how often does

a inflammation that reveal the kidnapped the sergeant even estimate advantage while he was hold up in london, ecuadorian embassy. now it's all just annoyed, say that this shouldn't be, i'm pulling up evidence. those are the case. and finally, out to a case, i get an area today, don't get to the father of units on. he was here on the streets of london banking protested, embracing them saying that this campaign will not be over until june. this honorable freely, oh, a condition with his

a willingness to fight. the next i was really, it's going to be jobs really crucial for the same songs. what is unlikely to reach any concrete decision really? because if the united states is successful in the next 2 days, the case will be sent back to another court then could make a decision and many appeals could happen until then even to reach the court as well . in the meantime, however, you remain within the prison on march 4th, and it's not infected that he will be broad pittsville anytime soon. really all of you that you should be walking free. it isn't just about judith johnson about the story of one man, but actually this is a one dimensional agenda, mystic freedoms and basic rights of people to access information and really the

right to tell the truth and do the right thing or life now to margaret beavis a g p in australia who is actually one of the sickly trees who signed an open letter to the u. k. expressing concern over the health of julian assange. margaret great to have you with us today. thanks for joining us on our international. how worried are you that the verdict in the next 24 hours will not go? we're sanchez way. look, julian's been in belmont 5 to a half years. he's a non violent person in a really tough environment. if the verdict started against him, what's already happened and damage is going to just continue and get worse. i mean, he has suffered really, neil's nelson, united nations special order on torture, said that he had been psychologically tortured. he has nearly suffered and if it goes against the sort of ongoing, indefinite imprisonment will continue. and really i worry

a great deal about his health outcomes, whether he would suicide or whether he would just he's health would continue to deteriorate as it has during the decade. or more that he's been hounded and yeah, very serious concerns for his health. but it was, it was now it was back in 2019 watson. did you sign this letter expressing concerns of julian sanchez health. it went to the u. k. government, that was, that was 2900. did you ever get a response to your concerns back then? not that i'm aware of. i am part of, it's quite a big group of doctors globally that have signed onto this because it's quite evident what's happening to julian is sort of ah, a planned attack on his health. and the government is not, he's a he, if he, i mean the risk of suicide is david also the risk of medical neglect risk of covered 19. he has his own health issues and i think his papa has reported that he didn't. so the very fragile health, psychologically,

along with the doctors that are examined in. so i think there's a really strong concern here. i think it's interesting that there's reports now that i wanted to consider assessment to him because i think in some ways it's prolonged imprisonment like imprisonment of political prisoners globally in all countries. i'm often used just steadily around the health and, and, and damage them. well, it's in a sense, um, i call it a form of psychological torture. what's, what's been happening to the julian sons as a g p and looking at his situation from your point of view, he's been suffering now for the past few years. do you think he has a strong argument during this hearing to, to address the concerns of his health? was suddenly it's worth noting that when he was, he won his case in january this year. none of the health concerns or statements about his health. what was happening to him in terms of torture. they were all

accepted in the judgement and it's really distressing to see some of the people who gave that evidence being attacked in the fight. hope by these americans to try to let back. i think it's clear that his health has been in order to damage this clue that's been done in a fairly systematic and intentional way. this has not been done by mistake because it's been done on purpose, and i think he suddenly suffered a lot while she's been in so much proven well as, as, as you mentioned a few moments ago this, this whole c i a plot allegedly, to kill julian assange and you know, as we know, the u. s. has been wanting to expedite a song to america for the past number of years. now, when this story of the cia plot haven't killed came out. i mean, this should present some pretty wiring evidence during the court hearings. don't you thing as to why assange would truly be endanger if he would be expedited to the united states? look, i don't know enough about the ca stuff. i mean, it's come from could apparently that i read some with 30 different sources,

so that's fairly rigorous journalism. my concern here is what is actually happening in britain and what would happen if you went to the us. the us is saying that eventually he might be able to come and go to jail in the strait you are the legal experts say that could take him 20 years for that to happen. in the meantime, the american crims hard to believe that they can be could be even worse. bill mash . and i think it's a really major threat to julians mental health and his health and his survival to keep him in jail, facing facing charges of espionage are facing that charge of a hacking a government computer. at the end of the day, julian assange unveiled u. s. war crimes in sovereign states around the world. why is he being punished like this? i think whistleblowers around the world political prisons around the world, governments in prison, them. and that's to get them out of the way to get them out of public high to try

and thing, and i some and the health impacts of that. all of the, of the same, i mean, indefinite prolonged imprison mood. and then there's other levels of suffering. actually, the sanchez is gone through a very damaging and this is deliberate on the part of many governments. and certainly you can deliver here, margaret davis, a general medical practitioner joining us live from australia. many thanks for your time today. and we wish you all the best in your pursuit here. thank you very much . thank you. thank you for the hearing comes after a number of potentially game changing developments that could influence the long running battle over a sanchez fate. right now though it remains to be seen whether the court will take them into consideration as if a trained colonel takes us. when last month's journalists revealed an alleged 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 served as another chance to convince the rest of the world want. washington's real intentions are when it comes to a sonjee. this is a game changer going into the appeal because it shows the true nature, the true origins of the true criminality of the u. s. actions against julian. now reports that the ca conceited kidnapping, kill in essence, have gustin more doubt on the reliability of u. s. promises and further exposed to political motivation. behind this case. a quick reminder of what was revealed in september interviews with an entire team of former clump officials suggested senior members of the administration supposedly requested options for killing assange. 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 colleagues published a damming investigation. and to see i hacking tools. this is just how embarrassing things got for the us system. it's a point at which you'd expect the people and organizations involved to react or rather fail to react by saying no comment. but my compare 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 pompoms confirmation of the assange kit, not oh, kill story. why else would you want to prosecute those sources? speaking about classified activity only a few months ago and i slattich news outlet reported on some eye opening

testimonies by key witness in the us. indictment against the weaker leads founder, very embarrassing for the was 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, bmw ah, this activity was said include attempts to hack into the computers of members of parliament and recalled that conversations. in fact, florida and now mister stunted that the sancha never asked him to hack or access phone recordings of him. piece motor sets of language emerges in the aforementioned judgments where it states the

songs use the unauthorized access given him by a source access equivalence. websites of iceland used to track police vehicles and reaction to that edward snowden said that it was, i'm quoting the end of the case against julian sanchez. 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 damn name, 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 songs watching autism national goods, happy with us on this wednesday program called the com. a prominent supporter of defending the police in the us now claims its functional policing is to blame for skyrocketing prime in minnesota. the story animal. we're back in a minute. ah, ah, join me every thursday on the alex sermon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport, business, i'm show business. i'll see you then. me. oh, driven by trees shaped banks,

concur. some of 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. you as the news here, we're not international. now,

more than half of the entire population of afghanistan could face acute malnutrition, this winter with many people dying. that is to die of warning from the un, which is demanding immediate action. it's our latest reports as a rec, all $22000000.00 plus afghans will suffer from food insecurity. while almost $3000000.00 children under 5 are at risk of dying. that same at the precarious state of the economy, which has been heavily dependent on foreign funds for years and factor about 40 percent of its gross domestic product has been international aid. now the crisis follows, of course the chaotic us withdrawal after a 20 year military presence that the taliban class by much of the world at a terror organization rapidly re took control of the country and its capital. since then, western countries, along with international financial bodies have stopped their aid payments and the he wins of food and agriculture organization has won the worst is most certainly yet 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, 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 the describing tearing crisis. children are 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, 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 clinics need need money for the doctors,

for the salaries of 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 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 an 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 crisis unfolding, heading towards catastrophe,

means that unfortunately fall far more money is required. well, crime rates are skyrocketing in the us city of minneapolis. and the states, democratic representative has pointed the finger directly at the police, accusing officers of not fulfilling their duties that is to spite ill. and omar being among the most vocal advocates of def, funding, the police force policeman t o n i e public c o v m minneapolis department as wow woo lean t o. so far this year there have been $75.00 homicides in that city. that's up

a 114 percent compared to the same period in 2019. it comes out as the minneapolis police department has lost more than $200.00 offices due to funding cuts and really bad morale. but activists claim to funding the force is not enough and wanted entirely replaced with a so named department of public safety. o minneapolis was the center of a massive wave of protest last year following the death of george floyd in an altercation with a police officer. a violent riots are opted nationwide and lead to a vocal beef on the police protest movement. and we call to thoughts of retired police officer. dominic is oh about this issue. the number one thing that people wind up doing for political purpose when it comes to r d funding to police as it's a gut ral gut wrench or reaction that they're looking at. because you have your constituents, if they're trying to get their votes from, i'll look at it as they're going to get rid of police as 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 crime rates keep growing up is lack of prosecution. the state attorney would always try to lessen a charge to, to win more prosecute prosecutions, which would put them in a better, 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. sorry before we wrap up, the program here were naughty. let's bring you to my breaking news just reaching us now regarding a long simmering rule of law. a dispute between the e. u and poland has taken yet another ton of the e. u. court of justice has just ordered war saw to pay a daily fine of 1000000 euros for not suspending its new judicial reforms. now it comes off the potency constitutional tribunal of previously ruled. that key

articles of one of the e. u. s. principal treaties were incompatible with polish law. the dispute goes on, we'll have more on this next, our hero, nazi international, white ha thought they are on wednesday afternoon here at moscow. thanks for joining us. so far. we're back of the top of the hour. oh, does europe pappas 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. china continued his dry 1st to parry already through a space attack system. countries including the united states, are wondering what is actually being built actually defend against such advanced

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 e policy rural 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 just broke through the national guard ro 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 reach 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 t america.